41 32 1900 http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/8a169dfd5c211cf382606c82c6ac0e97.PDF c4b5b0998bc048deed93efe327075d7d PDF Text Text •!j- V *ers' Log Seafarers' IiiCernational Union of North America Official Organ of the A tlantic and Gulf Seamen xNEW YORK, N. Y., FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1939 VOL. I BROTHERHOOD OF THE SEA No. 6 ^ 446 NMU OFFICIALS FOSTERING THIEVES SNATCH PROGRESS REPORTED BY GOVERNMENT ffi^ENTATIONCURRAN PIE! GUiJ HUOQUARTERS Accuse SIU of Selling Jobs But Cut NMU initiation Fee to Sell Only Membership Books Tile NMU Pilot, followiiitr in tlie footsteps of the Voiee of the Federation, has ijooie to jrrent pains, and no little expen.se. to make much of .the fact that one Japanese by the. name of Kenjiro Suzuki was is.sned a hook in the SIU. Although ad­ mitting that he was once a member of the NMU, they con­ veniently neglected to mention that he had never secured a job Avhile he Avas a member of that organization. They baldlj' .state that the SIU has "Jobs for Sale", and that Ave joined this man on the strength of tiie promise that Ave Avoidd get liim a .job on a ship so that he could get. back to his native land. Although it, is hardly necessary for us to deny this utterly ridiculous statement, ne\'ertheless, we feel that we should offer a Avord of explanation. NOi PROMISES MADE When Suzuki fir.st applied for admittance to the SIU. he Aves refused. Not only once.—^but on several different oehasions. HoAvever, he persisted, and although he AA'as told that the SIU has no ships running to Japan, he insisted that he desired to be a member of our organization, as the NMU had done nothing for him in all the time he had been a member. He Avas eventually issued a book, for a mere transfer fee, and •Was not charged a full initiation, and shortly tliereafter, Avas fortunate enough to ship out on a ship bound for the West Coast. What happened Avhen he got there, Ave don't knoAA', but it is quite evident that the comrats saAv their chance to put out some phoney propaganda, Avhieh, as usual, Avas a lot of distorted fact.s. NMU BARGAIN RATES NOAV,—^while the NMU officials are accusing the SIU of having "Jobs for Sale", the NMU National Council has de­ cided to make a drive on the SIU membership, particularly in the Gulf District, by reducing the initiation fee from $25 to $10. IT'S NOT JOBS THAT THE NMU IS SELLING, BUT MERELY A MEMBERSHIP BOOK, WHICH GUAR­ ANTEES EXACTLY NOTHING! Over sixty percent of their own membership are on the beach, and they want to take in more members! THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE ANY JOBS TO SELL! NMU NEEDS MONEY Their treasury (?) i.s depleted, and they are badly in need of funds. What simpler way of getting money than to de­ clare a bargain on membership fees? As a matter of fact, even at $10, it isn't any bargain! Of course, they intend to intensify their membership drive on SIU members who are employed aboard ships. The strategy of such a move is very easily seen. THEY DON'T WANT THE MEN:—THEV WANT THE SHIPS, AND THE MONEY THEY MAY REALIZE BY SELLING CUT-RATE MEMBERSHIPS IN THEIR OUTFIT! And then they have the supreme gall to state that the Seafarers' International Union is selling jobs! What sublime hypocrisy! They don't even have any jobs to sell, but are actually planning on making an attempt to buy the jobs right out from under the men AVIIO already have them! WIND UP ON SHORT END We've said it before, but Ave'll have to say it again,—that they, tried this same stunt on the Waterman ships, but as soon as the men on the ships got Avise to them, their so-called membership drive flopped! When the Avould-be militant com­ rats and stooges, in the guise of "rugged individualists" in the NMU took it upon themselves to try to terrorize the Watermen seamen off the ships, the Waterman men really fouAd out what the score AA-as. But Avhen it ended up, the comrats Avere on the short, end of the score! PHONEY PROGRAM So, hurry up boys,—get your NMU books fresh oft' the press at bargain rates, Avhile they last! This i.s po-sitively our . (Continued on Payc Four) • t;• i •v) \(i i • • -' '' -•' ' • ''i'' Bad Gunmen Take Dougli Meant for Pie Cards On Friday, March 17th, two armed bandits accosted George Young, a clerk in the employ of the National Maritime Union, as he was entering NMU Headquar­ ters at 126 EleA'enth Avenue, New York City, and seized a $27."t.00 payroll intended for the otficials and office staff of tliis CIO affiliate. It is reported that the "Curran Baking Company, Inc.," the C.P. unit which exerci.ses complete con­ trol over NMU policies and poli­ tics, and whose world-famed slo­ gan of "Our pie is famous for its fruit" is beginning to irk the NMU membership, was highly in­ dignant ovei' the theft. Joe and his hirelings are .said to refer to the robbery among themselves a.s "the snatch of our snatch." So annoyed was Curran, Chief Baker of the NMU pie, affection­ ately referred to as "Little Jackie Horner" because of his unfailing accuracy in snaring the most' lus­ cious plum, that, he is alleged to have stuck out his tongue in sheer; spite at several reporters assigned to cover the holdup. "Tsk! Tsk!" clucked Curran, "a legitimate stickupl And after all the trou­ ble I went to prying that dough out of the. boys! Personally, I don't give a damn—there's more where that came from —but the technique of these two -vodmen sickened me. Now when me and the boys work our regular week­ ly snatch—" "Charley McCarthy" Tommy Ray coughed strategically at this point, and Joe calight him­ self in time. "Oh well!" as one loyal NMU'er was heard to remark upon hear­ ing of the robbery, "'What the hell's the difference! Joe and his crowd don''t use gims, "but, as I said already, what the hell's the difference?" NOTICE! TO ALL MEMBERS OF THE AFLSU NO. 21420, AND OF THE SIU. ON BOARD ISTHMIAN S.S. LINE VESSELS. Upon arrival in all ports where SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION offices are maintained, kind­ ly contact the Hall and make arrangements to hare the Agent or Patrolman meet you on the dock, or at some other convenient place. In order that you may keep yourself acquainted vdth the progress of your Union, and know what is going on, it is necessary that you contact your rep­ resentatives at Svery op­ portunity. CALL YOUR UNION HALL! Maritime Transportation Council Functioning; Gulf Members Oppose Fink Hall and Govern 111eiit Training Plan > NCAV Orleiuis, March 21—'The NLllB has advised us that applieation has been receiA'ed to elian<?e the proposed ballot from the ISU to the Seafarers' InternatioTial Union of North America, vs the NMU, or no union. The latest advices are that the NMU has asked that their <-name be withdrawn from the bal­ lot. The Labor Board should certify the SIU right now—at once! But, of course, they will stall a while longer, and give the com­ pany a chance to play their hand. Teaiiisters' Election This election for a collectlye bargaining agent will go over at least three to one for the AFL. A^ent Reports Many Men i We doubt that the CIO will even send representatives to the polls. Sneaking Aboard Ships After the Maritime Transporta­ In Outlying Ports tion Council lefnsed to allow CIO From Agent E. G. Moreno in teamsters to deliver cargo to the docks, the bottom dropped out of San Juan, P.R., comes a few words the CIO drive. of warning to the members .sail­ The barge lines are next. They ing in and out of the Island ports. will make a united frpnt of the In a letter to I he LOG under date AFL on the waterfront, v/ith the of March 16, he has the folloAving exception of the NMU. They will to say: not last long in such an isolated "Just a few lines for your LOG position. Where will their sup­ to put some of our men wise, and port come from? They do not enlighten some ships' officers by- know. Of course, the pie-card advising them that they can't' pull artists in the NMU will hold out any tricks on the SIU of NA. to the bitter end. ""When a vessel arrives in San S.S. Oratano Juan very few men quit their This vessel sailed with a full jobs, and still fewer are given a West Coast crew on deck and be­ chance to do so. "Why? Well, low—the* same as the Ormee. Ar­ there are various reasons, and ticles read to pay off in Seattle here they are: with .$125 to cover pullman trans­ "1. Many of our Union book portation, with lower berth, plus holders who have some relative $6.00 per day subsistence. Wages or fnend who are friendly with for four days' traveling time will various ships' officers, and who be paid in addition. On both want to beat the other man. to the ships, the NMU furnished the job by asking the mate or en­ stewards' department. Only one gineer to allow the relative or member of the MC&S got a job. friend ship in his place, some­ even though there are many of where outside of San Juan, so that ashore. It seeme that the Moreno can not do anything about them MC&S Union is willing to give it. their jobs away. Ship Off Docks The Point Ancha .was in this "2. Many of the supposed-to-be last week. Like all others in the seamen, who have certificates but S&H, they got fresh milk by de­ no discharges, and who are not manding it. A little job action admitted to the Union, have con­ will get all the chow on these nections with some of the ship­ ships that you want. Maritime Commission owners' offices, find attempt to ship through such channels in San The men in the Gulf have Juan. passed resolutions to fight the "3. Men who only cause the Fink Hall and Training Ship pro-" Union trouble, and are no longer grap^. Any member of the SIU wanted, or have been expelled who'-^hips through a fink hall any­ from it, and all other phonies are where will be expelled. The same shipping off the docks In the out- applies to training ships. The boatswain on the SS Delof-town ports. "Well, all these little birds, with norte was taken off the sh'n^ the help of the big birds on the under charges, by a special meet­ ships, are getting back into the ing. Members of the crew pre­ Union, and on the jobs, with hard ferred the charges. He is charged luck stories, and excuses from with advocating the Fink Hall mates and engineers, who claim and Training Ships. At Monday's that they don't have time to call meeting, a trial committee was the Hall in San Juan because the elected to try this case. The Deck Delegate and one Or- ship left on a Saturday or a Sun­ dinary Seamen were taken off the day, or any other phoney excuse. Then theee phonies who manage ship for working for time off. All to ship out this way, secure SIU overtime is cash. Any one violat­ this part of the rules will be books when they get to the main­ ing removed from the ship. land. Mississippi Shipping Co. clarifi­ Refuse MemhorsMp cation: On sailing, all hands will , "This Branch is asking that all be kept on deck until the ship is Agents, Organizers and Patrolmen completely squared away. Col­ refuse to take any of these birds lected ^overtime at seventy cents into the Union. By this I mean, an hour for shoring up cargo. (Continued on Page Four) "Red" Dean WARNS AGAINST DOCK SHIPPERS IN PUERTO RICO V ••A". , -::-X -' • III 1. �fffF-V-• "ir- rrniTiiijrnx'v > ••v- ^•:j»rt7o«?r"^-v. •'i' ' c/ V. THE S E A F A R E R S ' LOG 4. *' , Published by- the a Baltimore SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA :T- Friday, Mai-ch 24, 1939 News Items Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor - ,,„. Highlights the teamsters and loagshoremea are going to ^suddenly stop wo^fc dto^h Isthmian way, and then watch how fast our friend the lieutenant spreads the carpet, and bows our patrolmen aboard thesq ships. • HARRY LUNDEBERGi Acting President - n !?teuart Street, San Francisco, Calif. Rumors of a strike of the li­ Baltimore — Shipping slowed Philadelphia, Pa., Marrfi 18— Shipping good here for A.B.'s down somewhat during the past censed officers aboard the MepBlack gang Is moving very slowly week, but Shows signs of getting clia"nts and Miners ships, sched­ Atlantic District but we hope to have ft move at back to normal this week. From uled for April 1, are sO far uncon­ HEADQUARTERS a better pace lit the near future. down in the region of lower firmed. The offifficers in this line New York ...2 Stone Street Broadway, where Patrick the are members of the United Li­ The Merchants & Miners Lines Whale(n) holds forth, there ema­ censed Officers, and want a ten •"ERANCHES Boston .1 Rowes Wharf will, we hope, soon come to terms nates, along with the usual smells, percent increase in "W'age.s, with Providence ......465 So. Main Street Mr. Blaisdell has promised to do an atmosphere of profound gloom, every eighth week off on full pay^ Philadelphia ..6 North 6th Street a favor for the hoys on his ships due, we believe to the sight of However, the Company has just Baltimore .212 East Pratt Street and see that they all sign up the SIU men shipping out a sixty installed motion picture equip­ Norfolk 307 East Main Street with the S.I.U. of N.A. Well, we per week clip, while if Paddy ment aboard their ships, and wo San Juan, Puerto Rico 55 Tetuan Street hope>so, as we are sure tired of ships that many in a month, a hear that the'ULO will .compro­ Gulf District x hearing the same story over and general holiday is declared;—or mise and renew the old agree­ HEADQUARTERS over again. should we say assessment instead ment, If the officers are allowed , New Orleans .309 Chartres Street to see the movies once a week. These lAds would be eating of holiday ? -DRAMCHES curry and rice three times a day With the Bull Line, Ore Steam­ Savannah .....;. '.218 East Bay Street if it wasn't for the sCanfen'i ship, Calmar Line, Merchants and BaltiDiore, March 20—Shipping Jacksonville — 136 Bay Street labor movement. They realise Miners, Atwater, Cuba Distil­ picked up considerably this week, Miami 809 Ni E. First Avenue this, but are a little headstrong, leries, and a couple of the smaller and business was good. Of the Tampa 206 Franklin Street and soem to be a sort of a lost lines safely tucked away for the tlilrty-six American Flag ships Mobile 55 So. Conception Street brigade. Brothers Reddle and SIU, Agent McKay is looking entering port during the week, Houston 1407 - 75th Street Coliine have to act as shepherds around for fresh fields to conquer, twenty-one of them carried SIU Great Lakes District for these lambs, and it is to be these days, and from the gleam in crews, and the patrolmen were _ HEADQUARTERS hoped that they will soon have his eyes when he glances over in kept busy. Detroit 1038 Third Street them in the fold. SoOner or later the general direction of the Con­ Last Monday's regular business they will have to colne home,—so tinental Oil, and Chesapeake Line ADDRESS ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS why not now? If they could only piers, we have a hunch that meeting approved the appoint­ PUBLICATION TO: see that it is Organized Labor something in the nature of a ments of Brother A. "Wingate to "THE SEAFARERS' LOG" that has gotten them the condi minor whirlwind is about due to the Dispatcher's Job, replacing P. O, Box 522 Ghurch Street Annex tioiis they have now, and realize swoop down on these ships any Brotlier Roberts who resigned be­ New York, N.Y. that the ship-owners never gave day now! cause of ill !i.?alth, and Brother them something for nothing. If Another Port Council meeting John Lui to regular patrolman In our patrolmen get a little song is scheduled for this coming Wed­ this port. and dance every time they go nesday in the office of Pres. Joe Claiming that the NMU is ship­ aboard, how are we ever'going to McCurdy of the Central Labor show these guys the light? We Council. A big attendance of the ping its members on "West Coast wish to say to the men on the waterfront organizations is as­ ships, the local branch of the M&M ships:—TALK WITH THE sured, and we are confident that "West Coast Cooks and Stewards AGENTS AND PATROLMEN the council will be functioning as- are planning to move in with the WHEN THEY COME ABOARD.— a permanent body by the end of MFOW in their new Hall at 850 East Pratt Street. The" phone BE REGULAR,—YOU HAVE ALL the month. TO GAIN! Along with the 35,000 members number of the new MFO'W Hall is Calvert 2339. Now, to the Brothers who have of the Tenant Farmers Union, and Beefs were plentiful during the at some,titne or another shipped several other organizatioa's pull­ out of Philadelphia, and knew the ing out of the CIO this past week, week, which, in itself -is good we note the CIO radio operators news. A UnioiUWith a peaceful, It ha.s been bx'ouglit to the attention o£ New York Head- old set-up,—^no ships, and nO have at long last seen the light, satisftod membership, is a Union jobs. We want to say that times quarter.s that certain individuals have been circulating vicious have changed here. The Patrol- and are quitting the ARTA in that is losing its grip. -A fighting, propaganda to the effect that the members of the Atlantic man now gets out and covers the droves, to get into the CTU, and kicking membership makes up the District Emergency Board, who are at present engaged in waterfront,—no more 333 Market recover their sanity with an or­ backbone of any organization. It negotiating an agreement with the Eastern Steamship Com­ Street,—and those who have ganization which is to the radio keeps the officials on their toes/ operator what the SIU is to the pany, are not sincere in their desire to secure a really gooc shipped out of here know old seamen;—a lifeline out of the and alert to any attempts of the employers to put over a fast, one. number 333. It was the stamping agreement uutli that Company. grounds;- on a rainy day, for the morass of dictatorship and in­ But' there are beefs, and it should The statement has been made, by the scandal mongers, patrolmen. We . want to say that trigue in which they have, been be remembered that they usually that the Emergency Board is entirely too radical arid drastic our Agent, Brother Reddie, and floundering for the past couple of take up a lot of the patrolmen's time—which is O.K. if the beef is in their demands, and that they don't care what g6rfe-d$ an Patrolman Collins are on their years. Maybe seamen are a bad influ­ bona fide. toes. They make the waterfront However, there have agreement they get. on rainy, days as well as on clear ence or something, but we note been a few lately that caused a We would li^^e to point out right here that the members ones, and they .not only settle that less than three months after lot of trouble and disruption. —of the Emergency Board have already demonstrated that they beefs to the satisfaction of the the Coast Guard boys received which, upon investigation proved are perfectly able, and more than willing to get the very crews, but they bring jobs back orders to study the make-up and to be nothing else but the airing personnel of the Merchant Marine, of personal grudges between mem­ to the Hall as well. best agreements possible. they are agitating' all over the Our" Dispatcher is a little off bers of the crew. Perhaps a bit BAdK t7P DEMANDS key, but don't let him scare yoii place for an increase in wages. of investigating by the ship's dele­ Perhaps this maritime training Certain persons, whose names we know, have asserted that when he sticks his head out of stuff might work both ways, and gate and a committee of the crew soine members of the Board are entirely" tod mililaht, and the port hole. He is O.K. and Is instead of the Coast Guard show­ into some of these beefs, before just one of the boys. thej^ were turned over to the pa­ that they are asking too much of the shi|)o'wiiers. SINCE The boys oh the SS Suwied ing us how to run a ship, we'll trolman, might save a lot of time show them how^ to get their WHEN HAVE T^[E SEAMEN EVEIt GAINED ANYTHING gave the boys-on the beach here and trouble for the boys. wages boosted. Thinking it over, THROUGH THE BENEVOLENCE OF THE SHIPOWNERS? a few Ijucks, so thank yon bro­ we've always noted that although Wednesday, in the office of the The only way the seamen have ever gained anything was thers, thank you! oiir picket lines were tops in mili­ Baltimore Federation of Labor, through MILITANT ACTION, AND BY MAKING THEIR tancy, they weren't so hot in a the second meeting of the Port sartorial sense, and perhaps a Coijncll was much better attended, DEMANDS, AND BACKING THEM UP YO THE LIMIT. coupir of Admirals on picket duty although the ILA were stiil con­ The men on the Eastern S.8. Co. .ships were asked to sub­ would give them some class". spicuous by their absence. On be­ mit to the Emergency Board any points which they thought Isthmian is still a tough nut to ing contacted as to why his or­ Ships' Delegates: Demand crack in this port. With the. should be incorporated in the agreement, and they did so ganization was not represented at that all replacements produce patrolmen barfed from the ships, the meeting. Brother Jim Kelly of willingly. THHKl E]\[ERGENCY BOARD HAS NOT MADE ANY EXORBITANT DEMANDS OF THE EASTERN S.S. a "properly filled out assign­ contacting is done by meeting the the ILA said he didn't feel like on the docks, and due to the getting info it, because it would qO,,r^^iliEY HAVE ASRED ONLY FOR WHAT THE MEN ment card from" the Dispatcher men presence of numerous stooges, be a "headache." It's too bad, DK THE SMIPS WANT, AND ARE JUSTLY ENTITLED at the Union hall. such contacting is generally un­ Jim—but did you ever know any­ TO. WHAT'S WRONG WITH SUCH A PROCEDURE AS satisfactory. One of these days. thing connected with the labor i MEMBERS MUST BACK UP DEMANDS FOR WAGES AND CONDiTIDNS Phoney Propagarida Being Circulated With Intent to Discredit Men Negotiating Agreements Notice: THAT? PHONEY POVERTY PLEA The shipowBsrs, particularly oh this coast, have chiseled on the seamen for a good many years, and it is indeed high time 'that the seamen Were given a break. The Eastern S.S, Co.,—like all the rest of them,—^put up the plea of poverty,— that they aren't making any money,—and expect the seamen to feel sorry for them! If they are losing money, as they claim, then why in Hell do tRey continue in business? ; All shipoivners engaged in the coast-nLse trade on- this coast are anticipating a very good year becau.se of the Fair here in New York, and there is no good reason in the world why the seamen should pot share in these profits! MEMBERS MUST BUPPDRT ^ J# Wages s-re not the only thing "which must he .taken into ^;;!^<msideration, as working and living conditions are not en- tirely up to standard. THE MEMBERS HAVE ASKED FOR CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS, AND THE EMER­ GENCY BOARD W,ILL DO EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER. TO GET THEM FOR THEM! However, it must be remembered that their power is ONLY AS STRONG AS THE BACKING GIVEN THEM feY THE MEMBERSHH' I . WE CAUTION THE MEMBERSHIP NOT TO LISTEN TO AEY OP THIS PHONEY PROPAGANDA WHICH IE BEING CIECULATED. THE EMERGENCY BOARD DOES EAVE YOUR INTERESTS AT HEART, AND WILL GO THE LIMIT FOR YOU! WILL YOU GO AS FAR FOR THEM? REMEMBER THAT IN UNITY THERE IS STRENGTH! PULL TOGETHER AGAINST OUR COMMON ENEMY, AND BACK UP YOUR DEMANDS! movement that wasn't a headache? Ask some of the shipowners? Some of/Our brothers are get' ting a little bit choosy these days in the matter of tUking jobs. Sev­ eral times of late the Dispatcher has had a hard time filling a job, because the boys in the Hall all passed it up in hopes of some­ thing better coming along. In do­ ing this, they are, of coarse, cut­ ting their own throats, by forc­ ing the officials to sign up new members. What goes on a ship eventually hds to Cdme off, and one of these dliys you'll wake up to find the shipping list so full that It will be months before you get to the top. J-:'.- �jay, Mardi 24. 2939 THE SEAFARERS' LOG ^11>1CE and New Orleans, March 21 — Just lad a talk with a member of the rew of the SS Ormes, a run Job 0 Seattle, for tlie Alaska Traneortation Company, who returned :o New Orleans. I was told fha^a fireman and ah oiler, upon arrival of the SS Ormes in San Pedro, contacted. Agent Quinn to ship out of ths IWW liall in New Orleans. Lo and behold! Reminds me of '35 and '36, when the commies were sabotaging with those rotten scandal sheefs on Clay Street. Commies may try to wreck the only Union in the Gulf—the StU. 1 believe that the veal W. C. Fire­ men will stick with us through thick and thin. Eventually the W. C. Firemen will rid their Union of the dis­ rupters who want everything but unity of the seamen. There is supposed to be a letter here in the Gulf, that San Pedro Branch of the Firemen will start the move to ship out of the IWW hall instead of the SIU hall in New Orleans. I have my guess that none other than Bill Patton, brain-trust of the NMU, ex-Secre­ tary of the IWW, New Orleans, would try such tactics to split the W. C. Sailors and Firemen. No! No! No! How can a sailor, or fireman, or messboy, or whatever he sails at, when he sails—-Which is once in every ten" or twelve years—be the brains of the de­ funct NMU? Your guess Is as -j^od as mine. I believe the Firemen should try to visit some of the SHl ships in this port and look the crews over with one of the Delegates; and I aWdure you that he will find damned'good militant crews, and they will back up the SIU to the last man! So, Firemen, take a good .look for yourselves! 'To Hell with the braintrusts, and on t'o a powerful SIU! Fraternally, New Orleans, ^a., March ItIt being imperative that I return to,the Coast, it was necessary that I resign. Things are in good shape at present, with the exception that in the past week we have seen the Waterman ships return to their old tactics of one and two watches tieing up and letting go. On the Maiden Creek, the deck department refused to get oft to enforce the use of all hands, so they wanted to settle the beef in Mobile. WHAT IN HELL IS THE MATTER ^NYWAY? Let's have a little cooperation or find out why. DON'T LET CONDI­ TIONS GO BACK! PU*.« in there and keep punching! What the Hell is the matter with you? Thanking you fofTiast coopera­ tion. Red Carolan, GUP No. 3142 TO THE MEMBERSHIP: Dear Brothers; Just a line to thank you for the splendid cooperation shown to Brother Gunnison and myself during our recent trouble in Tampa. Through the support of you who donated to our .defense fund, and the rest of the members who were with us in every possi­ ble way, we were able to beat the phoney irap that the anti-labor forces were trying to put over on us. The anti-labor union phonies' main Idea is to frame the labor men who can't be bought off, if they canit be controlled by these same phonies. TliiB is one time that' they found out that they had a brilliant mili­ tant organization to fight. Instead of dust a couple of lonesome sea­ men. And when you brothers showed your solidarity by your donat'ions, they realized that they were heading into a real battle, and so the phoney charges were dropped by the man who has done the most to disrupt the labor movement in the Florida district Thanking you brothers for your Support, and assuring you that it makes me proud to be a member John B. Patton, SUP in such an organization. Fraternally, New Orleans, March 21 — The Ralph Hart, SUP, No. 4417 SS Delnorte sailed from Bere last Saturday for South-America. Well, New Orleans, March 26—Bror. I suppose that you know that "two ther Clive C. Allison passed away for one" Captain Smith is still on at thie Marine Hospital, New Or­ board lier. This "two for one" leans, on RfarcU 14, f939. He had by' Smith is Hell—he would log his been in the hospital about a year. wn brother! Brother Allison was well liked One of the men had an hopr by ail. overtime coming to him, and he Brothers J. J. Hughe, E. A. tried to hold it back, just to see Boyd, Bill Luberg, "Vance, S. H. if this man would make a squawk Ham and McCaleb acted as pall­ about it. 'This I'two for one" Cap­ bearers. tain Smith does not' like to pay "overtime. Dispatcher's Report The company has n ine sh ins, and eight of them are O.K. But New Orleans, March 21—Ship­ it they keep this chiseling "two ping is very good. for one" Captain in the company, This iveek, shipped 14 SUP men, they will have plenty of grief; as the crews who sail with "two for 10 MFOW men, and 23 SIU men. one" Smith have a miserable Making a total of 47 men, leav­ ing very few West Coast men on voyage. the beach here. L. J. Bollinger, ditipatcher, i New Orleana, La., 'March 14— SUP No. 3859 During the week there were quite a few ships in port. The crews are all getting better conditions Jacksonville, March 14 — The than formerly. Also, they , are Cornelia of the Bull Line came vdlling to go to bat to improve in this nibrning, and I must say, conditions and overtime. in true Union style. It seems as The Isthmian Line had better though the members are begin­ get wise. We are going to Or­ ning to understand that a real ganize these ships. Many of these Union is backing them up. I': crews are afraid of the cmnpany, One thing a few; of the mem­ but when they leam that the bers should understand,' and that Union can and will back them, up, is, if for any reason a member they are 100 percent union-mind­ should go to a hospital, or oh his ed. The" cooperation of the other vacation, he should report tb the waterfront uniOns is a big factor Union Hall before and after. A in our favor in organizing these lot of hien are failing to do this, ships. and are holding the delegates re­ sponsible for them being pulled Steady as she goes. Eugene Nobles, Gulf No. 29 off the ship. So brothers, take 6 .'1:^ ERE m at least say that we did our best. "Tlie men who sail these ships will go for a united program, but they will .steer clear of anything less than tliat! - Mobile, March 21—Shipping has been very good tills past week, Mobile, Ala., March 7—Well, with all department's turning over well, the NMU boys are still in a at a good clip. Tlie usual beefs" aboard f.lie dither over these "unorganized" ships. The crew of the SS Bien­ .ship.s, such as the Waterman Line, ville had their quarters shifted etc., etc. According to the Pilot, from aft to midships, and at sail­ these ships are keeping the boys ing time, all hands seemed very awake night's. It does us all good well satisfied. This is a step in to see that the boys are interested tbe right direction, as there will in the seamen, and want to make sure that they all get what is com­ be no more barked shhis from ing to them. For "unorganized" climbing over deck-loads at night, ships, they sure are raising plenty now. of Hell and getting conditions Ice boxes of the latest, design plus! It seems to me that I have are being placed aboard these ves­ heard plenty about Waterman sels aa they come in. If a few ships being tied up for this and moie of these companies would that. What I would like to know get wise and put boxes aboard, is whether this is a spasmodic they would find out that fiiey pay outburst, or is it a real sign of for themselves in a short time. true democracy? Do the members Brother C. H. Peers, Book .No. on the ships and ashore pay their 4415, passed away at the Marine dues just so as to be able to sail Hospital on Wednesday morning, these same "unorganized" ships, March 15. He was buried at the or do they really take an interest Magnolia Cemetery. Brother SIU in the Union affairs? Well, if members acted as pall bearers, they don't—then I am one guy and there was a surprisingly good who 6 ire is being fooled! turn out. This Brother was an At each and every meeting the active Union man for a long time, members check all bills and ac­ and will be missed by quite a counts, and If they find some­ number of the old time seamen. thing that they don't savvy, then This A.M. the initial meeting they sure as Hell don't OK them. was held to start a Maritime Maybe some of the officials in Trades Council in the Port, of Mo­ the NMU don't savvy this sort of bile. All those attending were thing. (.Note the Auditing Com­ very enthusiastic, and at next mittee's report in the Pilot.) week's meeting a definite program will be laid out. More on this later. Just an incident which shows that without the Union, at least one more seaman would be on the bricks from now on: Whsn ths SS West Madaket was signing on yesterday, there was an A.B. shipped from ths Hall to this scow. He vvas an elderly brdtjier, who has sailed for years, and is a real old time 'seaman who knows his stuff, and can do it. The mate looked him "over, and decided that he was too old, and might not Jump when told, so he refused him. The Delegates went in and held a lengthy conference with this mate, and It ended up by this Brother being signed on. Maybe some day these mates will Wake up and realize thai we mean it when we say UNIT'V! Our friends, the NIJRB, have, according to the Pilot, consented to another election on the Seatvain Line ships. Now, isn't that just ducky! I wonder if. by any chance, there was somebofiy who saw Bomebody, and decided that this SIU means business—so we'll just create a little confusion, and if we can't have them, we'll make sure that no one else does. May­ be not, maybe yes! Note to Joe Curran:—If ( look long enough in the Pilot I gener­ ally find at least one thing each week, that you say, with which I agree. Sometimes I sure have to look hard, but this time it Jumped right at me. it was about this picket card waving. Strange as it may seem to a lot of good honest Union men, if we don't Stop ...ss picket card Stuff, and do it soon, we win be weakening ourselves to where it will take twice as Ibnff Mobile, March 21—rAccording to to get together. So, how about it, the local press, the Isthmian-S.S. boys? Let's have a little less of Co. are going to start an inter- this old hooey! coastal service from this port to the "West Coast". The first ship is supposed to be the Steel Inventor, arriving here on April 13. Now. if this should turn out to be a fact, then we need the passes which we have been yelling for. Today, the 'Selma City was in, and when the patrolman and the or­ ganizer went down there, they couldn't get aboard. It's impos­ sible to contact the crew or do any good, unless we do get' these passes. I helieve that if we force the issue here in the Gulf, and also on the East Coast, plus the West Coast, there is no doubt that the company will come coco. The action which took place on the Atlanta City, in New Orlean::, when Dean and the boys lined up that crew, should show all hands that it can be done, and that if should be Jone NOW! The Steel Inventor hit the coast with the members of the crew clamoring for representation, so, all In all, if there is anything to lose, let's lose it now, as we can One thing I'd like to voint out in passing, is the difference ^ in points of view. The Pilot, each week, points out how Pho^ey Uie officials of the SIU are. If they are right, then the majority of the Gulf members are all wrong. Tli^^ members elected WilUain "Scotty Ross to go to Florida and set up the machinery for negotiating an agreement with the P&O and just before they start the old crap' about domination, he had or­ ders from the members what to go after, and What to do. On this, he did a fine job, and his report hafl been submitted. "What I'm getting at was his ac­ tion in Tampa. Upon his arrival there, he found that notldiig had been done about the two Brothers who weue Being framed by exAgent Epps. Brother Ross imme­ diately swung into action, guaran­ teed a lawyer his fee to repr^ent tliese brothers, convinced Eppa that his trumped - up charge wouldn't stand up in court, and had the two men clewed in jig time. Now, if these are the ac: heed,, and do not forget to report tions of a phoney, thdn let's hnve to your nearest Hall when going lots of them, as we can sure as on a paid vacation or to .a hos­ Hell use tliem! Full Ahead, Steady as she goes. pital. Fred Laurilano l• •• • 4| * •I : . I'il Miami, Fia., March 15—rArriyed here last Tuesday night and found that the crew of "the SS Florida had pulled something which had failed. Upon investigating, X found this job-action to be more or less of a mess. The black-gang came off at six o'clock, and asked the other departments to follow them. The other department^ not knowing what the beef was for, felt that, having acquired dem­ ocracy by pledging themselves to the SIU, they were entitled to their constitutional rights. Theg immediately held a meeting, at which the beefs were brought out:i the fresh milk was not fresh, but was a mixture, and the black-gaag had a kick about their quarters« Inasmuch as the company had not been notified about the milk, and the quarters would be changed as soon as tlie material was OH board, the rest of the crew felt if was a bum beef, and refused to bade it up at the time. However, some of the black-gang stayed ashore, and the company put re­ placements aboard, and sailed the ship. Upon the vessel's return, the Union took the stand that in­ asmuch as a man has the right to quit, and that the company had, in times past, fired men on short notice, therefore these men were justified in quitting, as they had a good reason to do so. Also, the company had not made any effort to procure men through the Union Hall. 'These men who took the ship out had to get off, and gpod Union men were shipped in their places, from the Union Hall. Those of the gang who came off, having preference. ; "Visited the SS Elizabeth of the Bull Line when she was in here this week, and upon asking tor the ship's delegate, found &at there was none. "We immediafely appointed them, and explained t« those of the crew aboard the, ship the necessity of getting tog^sr, pulling together, and of holding meetings regularly. The SS Evangeline left for the North, and the season is drawing to a close. One thing that the port of Miami needs is A.B.'s, fire­ men and oilers. There is a port­ age here which makes' it difficult for the union officials to get pien paid off, who want to get paid off, We have here with us a NMU organizer, with the business office and hall in the Seamen's Church Institute. This is where the men are shipped from. There is an­ other place called the Concha Ho­ tel and Restaurant which does some more shipping for the NMU (The Party gang.) Joseph Anton, former patrol­ man in Miami, is another bird honoring, "I got a raw deal," and is in Key West trying to disrupt and cause general confusion. Lit­ tle Joe is now running around ad­ mitting how he screwed men out of jobs, and what a great friend of the P & 0 Company he is. For a few paltry dollars, this faker sold his soul, and can look no Union man in the face. Just an­ other guy who doesn't sem to un­ derstand that the SIU is here to stay. He'll learn J. Gunnison Miami, i\rarch 21—"The Port of Miami had tliMr first meeting in months, and the hr'^thers were very much interested lu being able to run their own business. They had been bullied mid brow­ beaten by former Epps men, and are now realizing that the SlU is a democratic organization. This week we boarded the Es(Continned on Page Four}j W. A. Armstrong^ SUP No. 2983 urn •ii: \ i 'MM -•if w. �Friday» March 24, T H E - S E A E A R E R S ' L OO Scatrain Havana' MARITIME I4MU OFFICIALS FOSTERING Wants No Part of ^GOVERNMENT REGIMENTATION NMU or Commies m-r 1 (Continued from Puye One) March 18, 1939. Havana, Cuba, last offer (Unless we make another). Joiii the NMU and sit around on the beacli from now on! Or-ship out of the Fink Dear Brothers: A word from" the good ship SeaHalls," or join the Maritime Commission Truinin*? Scllool! These are the things,you can hope for from the NMU. Their train Havana on the chances of the NMU taking over. In the officials are aiding and abetting the Maritime Commission's March 10 issue of the SEAFAR­ Fink Halls and Training Schools and Ships, and are attempt­ ERS LOU you have an article con­ ing to ram this phoney program down the throats of their cerning the NMU on the Seatrain membership. THE NMU, BACKED UP BY THE CP, IS Lines, Inc. Well, I would like to POSTERING THE REGIMENTATION OF THE AMERI­ tell you of only a few things which have taken place here in CAN SEAMEN, AND BY SO DOING, ARE DELIBERATE­ the i)ast three weeks. We get LY PLOTTING THE DEATH OF ALL MARITIME fresh milk every morning—of UNIONS! cour.se, we had to argue a little IP YOU BELIEVE IN SUCH A PROGRAM, THEN JOIN for it. hilt with the support of (he whole crew, it was easy. And THE NMU! that's the way we do everything WHAT CAN THE OFFICIALS OF THE NMU DO FOR o» here. I am telling you that. 1 THE SEAMEN THAT THE SIU CAIN NOT OR WILL NOT do not believe there is a ship of DO! stronger Seafarers' afloat,—and do they hate the NMU! No greater SELL INTO SLAVERY The officiaLs of the NMU are doing their best to sell the hate has any Union man than than American Seamen hack into sea-slaverg, through Government regi­ a true Seafarer, for the NMU. Wliy? mentation, via the route of subjection to the Maritime Commission Because they know what tlie Fink Halls and Maritime Commission Training Schools and Ships! NMU stands for. When you go to THE SIU CAN NOT, AND WILL NOT APPROVE, NOR a meeting, you can not talk, and ALIGN THEMSELVES WITH ANY SUCH PROGRAM if yoii do, one of the comrat's WHICH CALLS FOR GOVERNMENT REGIMENTATION, votes you down, and you may AND THE VERITABLE SELLING OF THE AMERICAN wake up in the _ hospital with a broken skull—and lucky to get SEAMEN INTO SLAVERY! out' of it alive. COMMISSION Shipping;^ Comimseioner to Register Unemployed Seamen in Puerto Rico Ac('()rdii\<r to iiifonnalion forwarded from Sa'ii Juan, P. R., the acting Sliipping Commissioner, Mr. Alejatulro Rubio, has opened a Phnk Hall in that port. It is declared to be a sort of registry foi' unemployed seamen wlio arc looking for work on American vessels, or rather, those under the control of' the U.S. Maritime Commission. The claim is that this is be­ ing done in order to avert friction with the seamen's Unions who are at present snpp]> ing the unlicensed personnel to privately own^ ships. Mr. Rubio's- communication to the unem]»loyed seamen states that in conformity with Section "4508 of the Revi.sed Statutes ofThe TJnited States, the office of the Sliippihg Commi.ssioner in the Custom House at San Juan will maintain a registration of the names and addresses of all iniemployed seamen. This registry, it is claimed, is maintained for the convenience of seamen seeking jobs, and also for captains of vessels who desire to employ seamen. It is fiirther .stated that .ships otficers will have the privilege of personally select­ ing men from this registry in the Commissioner's office. So new they have a Fink Hall in San Juan! Just one more step in the program of regimentation fostered by the ship­ owners and their stooges! Let the bona fide seamen in Puerto Rico take actiou against this vicious evil without delay! DON'T LET IT GET A GOOD START! IF YOU DO, YOU ARE JEOPARDIZING YOUR OWN JOBS, AND THREAT­ ENING YOUR VERY EXISTENCE. REFUSE TO SHIP FROM THIS FINK HALL, AND WARN OTHERS TO STAY AWAY! Their phoney agreements stink to high heaven, and if you say that you will not accept an agree­ ment like that—well. Brothers, your life is in youi- own hands! Every word that has been said How the' men in the NMU can here is said in deadly seriousness, ever put up with the lieing, stink­ and with a fuii sense of respon­ ing, conniving comrats in that orBoston, Mass., March 13—The sibility. We, the seamen, are ganizatioiT is beyond my powers SS Cristobal of the Panama Rail­ ways was launched this week. passing through a very severe of imagination. The NMU comrats must think This is the second of the.se ves­ crisis, and we extend the hand of (Continued from Page Three) brotherly cooperation to the great that we, the members of the Seasels to slide down the ways. mass of American seamen, for one trains, are as stupid or dumb as tiada Paln\er, a car ferry at Port Trial of F. Shaw was held at big UNION! they are. They may stand for Everglades, and found a wiper Monday's meeting, and he was getting "No - Coffee - Time" Joe and a cook who shipped off the found guilty of the charges. Proof lousy agreements jammed down dock. These men were taken off, was offered that he was at one their throats, but we don't want and good Union men took their time a delegate for the NMU on Proposes That Medals Be piece. any part of them. Why? the West Coast. On checking up, we find the Given Members Showing Because we are SEAFARERS', , We are working on the ESSCO and men, "and as long as we hhve crew to he militant Union men. agreement, and there are plenty Heroism at Sea good militant men as leaders in They have things to he straight of beefs. But when the employers Providence, March 21—Brother all ports, as we have now, we need ened out, which will he taken raise the cry of alien agitators, 'No-Coffee-Time" Joe, the wellBenigo Oliveria, Book No. 1494, never fear of having any phoney care of through good membership known, hut not' 6o well like presi­ against the Union organizers, Just remember that all Americans are died suddenly, on Sunday, March agreements jammed down our meetings and militant actions. dent of the NMU, now announces The SS Joseph R. Parrott will (o all and sundry that members either immigrants', or the sons 12, in his room at 174 South Main throats. You men of the Gulf Street. According to the medical, District know the agreement we go into commission, and will take who have shown heroism in sea and daughters of immigrants. examiner, death was due to na­ got from the Mississippi lihe— a crew of bona fide SIU men. disasters will he honored by be­ Here is a little data we picked well, they are getting one ready up regarding the NMU in Boston, tural causes. ing presented with a medal by the Visited a couple of Bull Line He was buried on Friday, March for the Seatrain Lines which is after the crash of the Hand Rub­ ships, and find that the phony union. ber Co., when 4,500 workmen 17 by the membership here, who every bit as good, if not better, contract is getting to be a pain in We can't deny the nicety of such turned from the CIO to the AFL. will pay for the funeral by volun­ and all the men on here go for it. the heck to the men on the ships. a gesture,- but' if strikes' us that tary contributions. We are try­ That is the way the Seafarers' ac­ Instead of sneering at attempts We have with us for awhile, a it is just another way of spend­ th reform capitalism, they (the ing to get in touch with his rela­ cept Agreements—they have to be NMU Organizer, who stays in the ing the membership's money. The commies) have become so thor- tives in Corruna, Spain. good br no smoke! The crews of the SS H. D. WhitSeamen's Church Institute. Some NMU is so far in debt that they're •oughly convinced that Socialism Fraternally, SIU members went down to see swimming in red ink. and there're Is the only system under which' William C. AtE. J. Thompson, Gulf No. 59 what was what, and found the trying their best to raise the dues the working people can perma water took up a collection to go Deck, Delegate, towards defraying the expenses NMU members busy combatting so that the organization can con­ nently better their lot, that they Seatrain Havana And bed-bugs, etc. The Church Insti­ tinue to exist financially. regard every benefit gained with of the funeral. The Wliitton crew West' Coast Sailor please copy. now they want to spend somt giving a total of $16.40, and the tute here is just a nice little in the framework of the capitalist system as a step towards Social- Atwater crew $5.90. racket for the fellow who runs it. moie money for some nice little medals for their heroes! Well, We wish to thank these bro­ Ism, and simply and solely The yachts are laying up for the heroes can't eat those medals, thers for their kindness in help­ cause it is a benefit, and makes the season, and the men are com­ and they won't' bring much In a the world a better place in which ing in this matter. ing to' the SIU for information. hock shop. The nice little scroll to live. Frank Berry, Agent When asked why Hiey came here, with which they also plan to pre­ With this in mind, the com­ they said that they had been told sent them is also highly indigesti­ munists now approach all honest this was the organization that did ble. If they really want to do (Continued from Page One) seamen and point out the urgent something for the men besides something worthwhile for these ^ do not issue books to them. If a just collecting dues. need for extending cur political boys, why don't they give them a democracy into an economic de­ man is shipped from the Hall Just previous to last Mon­ The Black Gang's quarters on cash award? Of course, perhaps a mocracy, and the fact that even here in San Juan without a book, day night's joint meeting, the; what democracy we have is seri­ members of the Engine Depart­ it will be only because of the fact the SS Florida are now being medal for heroism is a nice sort ously threatened by Fascist-mind­ ment of the SS Manuela made that there is a shortage of men fixed up, and new fans will short­ of a trinket to have, but nine ly be installed In all crew quar­ times out of ten it will sooner or ed reactionaries. a donation of $7.50 to the Hos­ here, and he will he given a ship­ later be lost. ters. Are we going to stand for all ping slip from this Branch. pital Cigarette Fund. this,—and for how long? Don't "This Branch wgnts to let While we believe in ''giving, A couple of days later, the forget that Hitler rose to power everyone know that the same cir­ Donation Acknowledged heroism due recognition, we be­ Deck Department Delegate in the same sort of a crusade lieve that it should he done in a from the same vessel, came cumstances prevailed oh the SS (against communism). Surely, in The SEAFARER S' LOG more practical way. We've known Millinocket, coming down to into headquarters office, > and the face of this terrible menace Puerto Rico from New York. wishes to thank the members many men who were decorated for gave a $10.00 donation from which hovers over our American of the crew of the SS LOSbravery in the World War, but we his department, for the same ONLY MEN WITH UNION eeamen, we should'all rise above MAR for their kind donation. don't believe that their medala fund. CLEARANCES WERE OI-gEN our common differences, and join These Brothers turned in thir­ did much about feeding them ; The boys on the Manuela BOOKS! hands in one big Union,—the SIU, teen dollars (13.00) to the have always been very gener­ "With best wishes, I remain when they became hungry. —^foir our, common good, and meet Patrolman to be used to help ous, and we thank, them for Fraternally yours, Oh well—if "No-Ooffee-Time" ' this just as we would meet some defray the expense of publish­ their generosity. Thanks a E. G. Moreno, Agent doesn't care how he spends the , terrible natural calamity. It is ing the LOG. million, felfows, and we assure NMU membership's money, whythe duty of every American sea­ you that the boys in the Thanks again Brothers! Be Elect a Ship Delegate man to join a bona fide tabor Marine Hospitals will appre­ assured that your donations should we worry about it? The Are You a Good Member? union, for mutual protection and question is—how much longer are ciate your kind gesture. are very much appreciated. progress. They mpst organize for Be Proud of Your Union they going to have any' to spend? ;)• BOSTON News Bits their own sakes and for the wel­ fare of their families and their country. So, come on down the line with a REAL UNION,—the SIU. MIAMI CURRAN FINDS ANOTHER WAY TO Sm MONEY Providence Votes r5v> Ji- ' ir tfy.-iW' Warns Against Dock Shippers THANKS! - A "'-'•'Mm '.Vi e- � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource March 24, 1939 Description An account of the resource Headlines: NMU OFFICIALS FOSTERING GOVERNMENT REGIMENTATION THIEVES SNATCH CURRAN PIE PROGRESS REPORTED BY GULF HEADQUARTERS WARNS AGAINST DOCK SHIPPERS IN PUERTO RICO MEMBERS MUST BACK UP DEMANDS FOR WAGES AND CONDITIONS SEATRAIN HAVANA WANTS NO PART OF NMU OR COMMIES MARITIME COMMISSION STARTS SAN JUAN FINK HALL CURRAN FINDS ANOTHER WAY TO SPEND MONEY Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 3/24/1939 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. 1, No. 6 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1939 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/89378e0e7164c08ce9541340d5a0219e.PDF 9bec636e7574c30ab67e6f9a5f4a86cd PDF Text Text SECURITY IN UNITY ^^>UIERS JOQ OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA , I I <\ I Vol. VI. NEW YORK. N.Y.. FRIDAY. MARCH 24. 1944 No. 7 MWEB Slashes Bonuses MONEY DUE ALCOA POINTER Black Gang overtime settled. The following men have money coming at the 'Company's office. 17 Battery ^lace. New York: / A. * FLANAGAN $ .71 W. A. LAMM 33.48 C. GAUTKREAUX 9.87 F. SWANSON 11.48 G. BLAKE 1.38 C. SCHULTZ .71 B. McKAIN 71 H. GILLESPIE 5.04 S. LOWRYMOWICZ 5.73 Cuts Decided Over Protests Of Union Representatives Senders Cautioned On Seamen's Mail By Navy, Again Special to the Seafarers' Log The War Shipping Administra­ WASHINGTON—^With the brass of a Shell-and-pea artist on the boardwalk of a tion has been notified by Naval carnival the much-tilted Capt. E. Macauley of the Maritime Commission, the War Ship­ postal officers that letters to sea­ ping Administration and Chairman of the Maritime War Emergency Board, sat in at a men are being improperly ad­ meeting of the Advisory Committee to the MWEB, held here Feb. 23, and assured the dressed, often in violation of na­ representatives of all the maritime unions representing sea-going personnel that no slashes tional security rules, WSA an­ nounced. in the bonus scales were being contemplated by the members of the MWEB. Failure to use the proper form At the hearing he objected to a* (Log', For it was the unanimous opin­ in addressing mail destined for has not declined, headline and story published in ion of all the union representa­ merchant seamen results in delay emphasis). the LOG of Feb. 4, which pointed tives of the Advisory Committee in delivery and in some instances out that the "MWEB Would Cut Questions For Capt. Macauley that there be no tampering with actual loss. Our Wages," through slashing (Capt. Macauley's statements the existing bonuses in all ex­ To insure delivery, the follow­ the bonuses, despite the fact that call for the following ques treme danger areas and that such ing for should be used: this nation and the Allier are: tions: bonuses be increased for the add­ "In the midst of a war which (1: Why, if such were not ed hazards now being encounter­ Seaman's name Name of ship All men who took out new has been largely (so far) a "fact" [as he terms it] should ed in some areas and ports. The C/o Postmaster San Francisco membership on the SS William struggle of supply and trans­ he term it as such? only man for cutting bonuses was New York or New Orleans (de­ Wirt. Alcoa Line, March 8, 1944, portation,. a war in which the (2: If seamen's bonuses aren' Frank Taylor of the shipowners. r- iplease contact Claude Fisher. heroism and self-sacrifice of pending on coast from which ad­ part of their wages, then, why N. Y. Stewards' Patrolman with the merchant seamen made pos­ are they logged — as part of Board Whips Up Witches' Brew dressee sailed). Despite this Macauley and his your receipt. sible military operations in Eu­ their accrued earnings [rea! The return address of the writ­ so-called "board" have whipped VINCENT A. GILLEZEAU rope and in the Pacific, a war wages]—when such loggings er should appear in the upper left up a witches' brew of demarkaMANOEL GOMES in which the merchant marine occur? hand corner and the name of the tion lines over the chart of the PETER L. DAVERSON has suffered greater propor­ steamship company in the lower (3: If such reductions were world. EVANGELOS KOWNDOURAKIS tional casualties than has either left hand corner. The address of not contemplated why were ALBERT ANDERSON HATT the Army or the Navy, a war such decided by the Maritime None of the cuts they arbitrar­ the steamship company should in which civilian seamen vol­ War Emergency Board—with ily make are comparable to the not be given. untarily gave up the comfort out their legal power to do so?) considerable hazards and dangers In a number of instances, in di­ of home to face storms and that still exist under a war-time For most all the representa­ condition at sea: For crews are rect violation of national security subs and bombings so that sol­ diers might have bullets and tives of the seafaring unions went called upon to sail waters • still rules, letters have been addressed food—in the midst of such a on record as stating that the pur­ infested with submarines and to a specific street address or war the Maritime War Emer­ pose of the meeting was beyonc continue to ply into the widening place name of a foreign country. gency Board is proposing a the legal jurisdiction of the Mar war theaters where an ever- Addressing mail to any other slash in the wages of the wages itime War Emergency Board un­ present danger of aerial bombing, than the proper port, in care of the postmaster, as noted above, der its ascribed Statement of WASHINGTON, March 7 — of the already underpaid mer­ Principles which made all signa­ attacks by Naval and mystery •only delays its reaching the sea­ chant hero." craft, shore artillery, as well as Legislation to provide lifetime tory to the creation of the NWEB captive and floating mines still man. compensation for permanently Seamen's Wages Not High labor, government and shipown­ exist. Indeed, one speaker at the disabled merchant seamen has ers. For no dispute existed be­ The story also showed that the meeting of the Advisory Commit­ been approved by the House tween any labor organization and tee meeting brought out the cold reasoning if the dangers at wages of a merchant seaman, in­ Merchant Marine Committee, ac­ sea mounted from 100% to 500% representatives of the industry. point that the danger of aband­ (which they did) then the bonus cording to the Journal of Com­ clusive of bonuses, were not as high as those paid for the soft oned mine fields as well as that figures should have been just merce. Doesn't Like Protests berths ashore in the shipyards, of floating mines was one which that much greater by mathemat­ Under existing law, merchant and in shore-side industries In addition to the outlined accrued danger in waters which ical progression in percentage. seamen are covered by War Ship­ where many of the old-time sea­ statements of Macauley, above might otherwise be considered ping Administration insurance to men now plying the. danger he asserts, also, on page 1 of the However, the MWEB is not fairly safe by the MWEB but un­ using the pattern of 100% lowthe extent of $5,000 for perman­ waters were working prior to the minutes that the members of the ent total disability, if paid in a call of their country to mann MWEB didn't "want a flock of safe as far as the-seamen plying ceiling hazard as a basis for sea­ lump sum, or $7,500 if paid in ships and supply the Armed telegrams and letters coming in them were concerned. men retaining the voyage monthly installments. saying We protest against re­ bonuses. No Logical Rule forces. duction or doing away with the And the judgment of this is Under the usual payment plan Unions Against According to page 2 of the seen in the consistent attempts of of $150 monthly, the benefits are minutes of the Feb. 23 meeting bonuses'." Downward Revisions And in other words showed the bureaucrats of the NWEB to exhausted in fifty mnoths. Macauley declared: When it comes to stealing himself as a member of a Hitler­ oppress the seamen of the mer­ The committee said it consid­ "Unfortunately, 1 have noted like board which didn't want any chant marine. For the MWEB money from the seamen's pock- . ered this coverage "inadequate" in one of the union's publica­ protests of its actions and which has applied no logical rule ets the shell-and-pea artists in in cases where the age of the sea­ tions recently, in a prominent would in effect say to the seamen whereby the present action could Washington—who never sail any men will cause the disability to leading article, the fact that the and their representatives on the be compared with the past bonus ships—as well as Curran and the last after all payments have been Maritime War Emergency Advisory Committee: "Don't tell scales paid, officials of the Sea­ NMU - .shipowner com.bine take mdae. Board is going to reduce the us what the seamen want—for farers International Union de­ the allegations of Naval officials that sinkings and dangers are "It is felt that the WSA should seamen's wages. You know, we will sit back and give the rul­ clare. be able to provide adequate com­ and we know, that the board ing whether you or the seamen The Union's officers point out declining, since there have been pensation for the duration of the has no authority to reduce or like it or not. (N.B. This was the that the MWEB put a high ceiling none reported in the public press, disability which, in many cases, increase your wages. You know attitude that Hitler took). of 100% on the bonuses, whei-e and they use such as a basis to will be for the life of the injured and we know that the bonuses While Macauley tried his shell- the dangers were considered slash seamen's earnings and person," the committee added. are not part of the wages, al­ and-pea game he sat back com­ greatest, without regard for the would rivise the scales on the The bill (HR 4163) would auth­ though they have in great mea­ fortably to await his opportunity attacks sustained and the dan­ alleged declining percentage of orize the WSA to make "adequate sure come to be considered as to slash the bonuses for seamen gers encountered; but they put sinkings. payments" for permanent total or wages. Let me assure you that sailing war-torn waters while still no ceiling on the number of at­ The Union took the position in partial disability "as long as such the board has no intention of crying that the Maritime War tacks, sinkings and death toll or the hearings—as did the repre­ disability resulting from causes removing or reducing bonuses Emergency Board was not , going threats of dangers to be under­ sentatives of all bona-fide marine relating to the war effort exists." where the war risk and hazard to reduce them. gone by the seamen. Thus by {Conthmed jfn Page 4) HI! NOTICE f" Seamen Disability Pay Is Reported O.K.By Committee �It>f^ j THE Page Two SEAFARERE FridaT' March 24, 1944 LOG New MWEB Bonus Decision C. Pacific Area — All waters within the erea bounded on the north by 60° north latit­ ude; on the east by the 189th DECISION 2 B medidan; on the south by BONUS 13° south latitude; and on the west by 90° east longitude The Maritime War Emergency and the coast of continental Roard today annouiices this De­ Asia. cision with respect to Bortus. Classification II—66-2/3% Bonus ARTICLE I. VOYAGE BONUS, —$80 Monthly Minimum , MARITIME WAR EMERGENCY BOARD AREA BONUS AND VESSEL ATTACK BONUS REQUIRED Voyages or portions of voyages while within all waters not in­ cluded in Classifications I, III, or Voyage bonus, area bonus, and IV. vessel attack bonus shall be paid under this Decision to licensed Classification III — 25% BOilus — and unlicensed personnel em­ $30 Monthly Minimum ployed as regular crew members Voyages or portions of voyages, on United States flag vessels of not included in Classification IV, the American Merchant Marine. while within waters of the Pa­ ARTICLE II. VOYAGE BONUS cific Ocean east of 136° west long­ itude and west of a line drawn CLASSIFICATIONS due south from Cape Horn. Classification I — 100% Bonus — Classification IV—^No Bonus 11 $100 Monthly Minimum Voyages o^: portions of voyages Voyages or portions of voyages while within the following while within inland waters of the Western Hemisphere. For this waters: purpose the Western Hemisphere A. European Area— All waters shall iriclude the Hawaiian Isl­ with the area bounded on the ands, Bermuda, Greenland, the east and south by 60' east east cOast of Central and South longitude to its intersection America in the Caribbean Area with the north coast of Rus­ and the West Indies, but shall sia and thence following the not include Iceland, Alaska (west coast of continental Europe of 136' west longitude) and the to its intersection with 90' Aleutian Islands. west longitude on the north coast of Spain; and bounded The following waters are clas­ on the west by 90' west sified as inland waters of the Western Hemisphere: longitude. B. Mediterranean Area — All A. The inland passage to Alaska defined as follows: waters within the Mediter­ ranean Sea east of a line i. Waters to the eastward of from Cape Spartel to Cape a line drawn from Cape Trafalgar, including the Ad­ Flattery, Washington, to riatic Sea, the Aegean Sea, Pachena Point Lighthouse, the Black Sea, the Sea of Vancouver Island, and all Azov and the Sea of Marwaters to the northward ^ mora, the Dardanelles and and eastward of Vancouver the Bosporus. Island. SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ Vreiident 110 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 5th Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. !•! W ' W Directory of Branches BRANCH ADDRESS NEW YORK (4) 2 Stono 3t BOSTON (10) 330 Atlantic Ave BALTIMORE (2) 14 North Gay St PHILADELPHIA. ...i...6 North 6th St NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI NEW ORLEANS (16) ..324 Chartres St SAVANNAH 218 Eaet Bay St TAMPA 423 East Piatt St. MOBILE.. St. Michael St PUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon GALVESTON.... 219 20th Street PHONE BOwHng Green 9-. ,i Liberty 4057 Calvert 4539 Lombard 7651 ...Norfolk 4-1083 Canal 3336 Savannah 3-1728 Tampa MM.I323 Dial 2-1392 Puerto de Tlerra ..Galveston 2-8043 PUBLICATION OFFICE; ROOM 213* 2 STONE STREBT New York City (4) BOwling Green 9-8346 •267 ii. Waters to the eastward of a line drawn from Cape Scott, Vancouver Island, to Cape St. James, Queen Charlotte Islands, includ­ ing the waters of Queen Charlotte Islands (Hecate Strait). iii. Waters to the eastfvard 6f a line drawn fforti Cape Know, Queen Charlotte Islands, to Cape Muzon, a coastal line drawn from Dall Island (I)ixon En­ trance). iv. Waters to the eastward of a coastal line drawn from Cape Muzon to Cape Bartolome and thence to Gape Ommaney, and Caipe Edgecomb at the entrahee to Sitka Sound. V. Waters to the eastward of a coastal ^ine drawn from Cape Spencer, the entrance to Cross Sound. B. Hudson Bay, Hudson Strait, Ungava Bay and Frobisher Bay, west of a line from North Foreland on Loks Isl­ and to Black Bluff on Reso­ lution Island and west of a line drawn from Acadia Cove on Resolution Island to Cape Chidley. C. Puget Soimd east of a line drawn in the Strait of Juan de Fuca from Cape Flattery, Washington to Pachena Point, Vancouver Island. D. The St. Lawrence River wegt of Father Point E. The Panama Canal on transit of areas of risk and computed as follows: A. Voyage bonus .shall be com­ puted on basic and special emergency wages, excluding overtime, penalty time and other extra compensation. B. Vojrsfge bonus equal to 100% Of tvages shall bef paid for voyages in Classification I, but not in any case less than $100 per month or a propor­ tionate sum for a part thei'eof. C. Voyage bonus equal to 66-2/3% of wages shall be paid lor voyages or portions of voyages in Classification II, but not in any case less than $80 per month or a pro­ portionate sum for a part thereof. killed or seriously injured aS a result of ehettiy attack. Vessel attack bonus shall be payable whether the vessel w within or without any of the areas specified in Paragraplt A above, and whether the vessel is in a port or at an anchorage or on the high seas. Only one vessel attack bonus shall be-payable in the course of any passage of the vessel between ports or an­ chorages. A passage between ports or anchorages shall be deemed to commence at the time the vessel departs from a port or anchorage and to end at the time the vessel departs from its next port Or anchorage. Shifts in berth shall not be deemed passages between anchorages. ARTICLE VI. PERIODS DUR* D. Voyage bonus equal to 25% IRO WHICH VOYAGE, AREA, of wages shall be paid for AND VESSEL ATTACK voyages or portions of voy­ BONUS PAYABLE ages in Classification III, but not in any case less than $30 A. DURING ORDINARY COURSE OF VOYAGE per month or a proportionate sum for a part thereof. Voyage, area and vessel at­ tack bonus shall be payable E. No voyage bonus shall be to a regular crew member of paid for voyages or portions the vessel on which he is em­ of voyages in Classification ployed during the course of IV. his employment aboard such ARTICLE IV. TIME WHEN vessel. VOYAGE BONUS PAYMENTS B. WHEN BONUS PAYABLE START AND STOP AFTER SEPARATION A. Voyage bonus payments FROM VESSEL AND shall become effective at mid­ DURING REPATRIATION night prior to the day during (1) If a crew member is sep­ which the vessel departs arated from his vessel as from waters included in Clas­ the result of a peril des­ sification IV and enters the cribed in Article 3, hs high seas. amended, of the form of B. Voyage bonus payments shall insurance policy attached cease at midnight of the day to Decision lA, bonus con­ during which the vessel de­ tinues payable to such parts from the high seas and crew member until mid­ enters waters included in night of the day On which Classification IV. he reaches a port. F. The Straight of Magellan, de­ fined as follows: (a) Atlantic • boundary line: A line running in a southerly and easterly direction from Direction Hill (Cerro Direccion) on the northern (2) If a crew member is repa­ shore of the First Narrows C. Changes in voyage bonusi fates between Classifications triated to the United States to Anegada Point located I, II and III during a voyage after sepatation from his on the southern shore of or part of a voyage while on vessel as a result of either; the Fffst Narrows: the high seas are effective as (a) a peril referred to in (b) Pacific boundary line: A of midnight prior to the day paragraph (1) above, or line running in a northerly during which the vessel and easterly direction from (b) illness or injury incurred crosses the line demarking Felix Bay Light Tower lo­ in the service of his ves­ the new Classification. cated on an island in Felix sel and not occasioned Bay off the southwesterly ARTICLE V. AREA AND by his wilful misconduct, shore of Sea Reach (Paso VESSEL ATTACK BONUS bonus shall be payable to Del Mar), to the Fairway such crew member dur­ Light Pyramid located on A. AREA BONUS ing his repatriation from the west side of the largest midnight of the day prior In addition to voyage bonus Fairway Island. to which the vessel or payable under Article II, III other conveyance on and IV, area bonus at the G. The Great Lakes; and inland which he is being repa­ rate of $5.00 per day shall be waters, harbors, rivers, triated departs until mid­ payable to each creW mem­ sounds, bays and gulfs on the night of the day of ar­ ber of a vessel within any of the United States as defined rival of such vessel or the areas specified in Classi­ in "Rules & Regulations, se­ other conveyance at a fication I of Article II, in­ ries No. 16, Bureau of Marine continental United States cluding periods during which Inspection & Navigation, De­ port. the vessel is in port or at an partment of Commerce, Pilot anchorage. Area bonus shall C. WHEN BONUS NOT Rules for certain inland commence as of midnight waters of the Atlantic and ' PAYABLE AFTER prior to the day during which Pacific Coasts and the Coast SEPARATION FROM the vessel enters the area of the Gulf of Mexico" dated VESSEL and shall cease at midnight May 28, 1940. of the day during which the (1) Bonus shall not be payable H. Ports or other inland waters vessel departs from the area. while a crew member is on of the Western Hemisphere, land after separation from either as specifically definied B. VESSEL ATTACK B6RUS his vessel. in this Classification or as In addition to voyage and (2) Bonus shall not be payable may be defined from time to area bonus, vessel attack during the period that a time by the Maritime War bonus of .$125 shall be pay­ crew member is detained Emergency Board. able to each crew member of either by capture by an en­ a vessel (1) which is destroy­ ARTICLE III. AMOUNT OF emy of the Uniteji States ed or substantially damaged VOYAGE BONUS or by internment. as a result of enemy attack Voyage bonus should be based or (2) on which any person is (Continued on Page 3) ' 'm V1 S •y �Friday, March 24, 1944 THfi SEAPA*5fiftS L06 Page Thrfl# New MWEB Bonus Decision (ConfiftueJ from Fagi 2) 15 i. (3) Bonus shall not be payable to a crew member: (a) after voluntary termina­ tion of his employm.ent aboard his vessel for a reason other than one set forth in Paragraph B (2), (b) after desertion or dis­ charge from his employ­ ment aboard his vessel, (c) after a crew member ac­ cepts employment on an­ other vessel for a pur­ pose other than to be re­ patriated, (d) after a crew member re­ fuses without good cause to be repatriated to thO United States, (^) A crew member repatriat­ ed after occurrence of an event specified in sub-par­ agraph (3) of this Para­ graph C is hot entitled to bonus from his original vessel during repatriation. If such crew member signs on as a replacement in the crew of the repatriating V vessel, he shall be entitled visions of this Decision shall to bonus from the repatri­ not be retroactive. ating vessel. If such crew member signs on as a ARTICLE VIII. REPEAL workaway on the repatri­ Decision 2A, and all Amend­ ating vessel, he shall not ments thereto, previously is­ be entitled to bonus from sued by the Maritime War the repatriating vessel. Emergency Board are repeal­ ed as of the effective date of D. NO OOUBLE BONUS this Decision, except as to If a crew signs on the vessel any voyage, area and port at­ on which he is being repatri­ tack bonus payable for any ated, either as a Crew mem­ period prior to 12:01 A.M. of ber or workaway on such April 1, 1944. repatriating vessel, he shall MARITIME not be entitled to bonus from such vessel in addition to WAR EMERGENCY BOARD bonus payable under Para­ graph B of this Article VI. (Sgd.) EDWARD MACAULEY E. DEATH OF A Chairman CEEW MEMBER (Sgd.) JOHN R, STEELMAN Bonus shall not be payable for any period after death of (Sgd.) FRANK P. GRAHAM a crew member. Dated: March 14, 1944 ARTICLE VII. EFFECTIVE DATE This Decision. shall be effec­ tive on and after 12:01 A.M. of April 1, 1944. The pro­ Keep In Touch With Your Draft Board MONEY DUE The following crew members SILVIO A. PALMERI from the SS SCHOHARIE of the KENNETH R, SCHLOSSER South Atlantic Co. have over­ time checks in the following SS JOHN GALLUP: amounts coming. They are being ADAM HARTWIG held for them in the New York LOUIS GOODWIN HARRY JUSTICE office of the company. ANDREW KRONIK GAILLARD, AH $409.50 LOUIS BARRETT ROONEY, AB 409.50 JAMES AKERS MOHOWSKI, AB 537.50 DWIGHT CARROLL McQUADE. AB 543.60 ARKADI RAUK POUQUETTE, OS 279.00 COOPER, OS 391.50 SS MATT W. HANSOM HARRY WEISBERG • » » Checks are being held for the following at Smith and Johnson office in New York. •' r".7 r* SS JAMES M. GILLIS: HARLEY BRYANT WILLIAM W. BRYANT HARRY B. FOX JAMES CARR JESSE J. BENTLY ALFRED W. DEMUELLE HAROLD S. KEMP QUINTON COURTNEY SHYLE HOLLOWAY Will any of the shipmates of the late Brother Chas. WESSNER, 24288, who died in Georgetown, B. G., in August 1943, while on the SS William Cullen Bryant, please contact Theo. Thomson, Room 213, 2 Stone Street, New York, 4, Sec'y-Treasurer's office. Map Showing New. Zones And Bonus Rates New Area And Vessel Attack Bonus Provisions ARTICLE V. AREA AND VESSEL ATTACK BONUS A. AREA BONUS til addition to voyage bonus payable under Article II, HI and IV, area bonus at the rate of $5.00 per day shall be payable to eaeh ereW member of a vessel within any of the areae specified ifi Classification I of Article H, in­ cluding periods during whiclf the vesdel is itt ^ pott Of at an anchorage. Area bonus shall commence as of midnight prior to the day dur­ V / m ing which the vessel enters the area and shall cease at midnight of the day during which the vessel departs from the area. B. VESSEL ATTACK BONUS In addition to voyage and area bonus, vessel attack bonus of $125 shall be payable to each crew member of a vessel (1) which is destroyed or Substantially damaged as a result of enemy attaok or (2) on which any person is killed or Seriously injured as a result of enemy attack. Vessel attack bonus shall be payable whether the vessel is within or without any of the areas Specified in Paragraph A above, and whether the vessel is in a pOrt or at an an­ chorage ro on the high seas. Only one vessel attack bonus shall be payable in the course of any passage between ports or anchorages shall be deemed to commence at the lime the vessel departs from a port or anchorage and to end at the lime the vessel departs from its next port or anchorage. Shifts in berth shall not be deemed passages between anchorages. �Page Four THE SEAFAKFRS Friday, March 24, 1944 LOG Map Showing Old Zones And Bonus Rates K ¥ /iy-- Old Area And Port Attack Bonus Provisions ARTICLE V. AREA AND PORT ATTACK BONUS A.AREA BONUS In addition to voyage bonus payable under Articles II, nil and IV, area bonus at the rate of $5.00 per day shall be payable to each crew member while in the service of his vessel within any of the following areas: (1) Murmansk Area—that part of the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans east of Greenwich Meridan and west of 60° east longitude and north of 60° north latitude. (2) Mediterranean Area — the Mediterranean Sea east of a line from Capt Spartel to Cape Traf­ algar, including the Adriatic and Aegean Seas. (3) South Seas Area — the area bounded on fhe north by 20° north latitude, on the east by 170° east longitude, on the south by 20° south lat­ itude and on the west by 120° east longitude. B. Such area bonus shall commence at midnight preceding the day of entering any of the above areas and shall cease at midnight of the day when a vessel departs from any such erea. C. PORT ATTACK BONUS In addition to voyage and area bonus, one 4)orl bonus of $125 shall be payable to each crew member for .each port or anchorage, whether within or without any of the areas specified in Paragraps A above, which experiences enemy attack during the presence of his vessel in such port or at such anchorage. Maritime War Emergency Board Slashes Bonuses (Continued^from Page 1) union groups for sea-going per­ sonnel— that there must be no downward revision of the bonus scales and declared that any changes made should be to in­ crease the payments for the areas that were uncovered. For as Brother John Hawk, Sec'y-Treasurer of the Atlantic and Gulf District of the SIU pointed out there was little point to Macauley citing alleged Naval figures while the Navy itself con­ tinues to pay a bonus differential rate for its own armed guards­ men sailing merchant vessels and those running into extreme haz­ ards. • Others in the meeting pointed out that the so-called charts Macauley introduced, (sup­ posedly based on Naval informa­ tion), did not go back to the peak figure of the sinkings, and showed no comparable basis for the threatened reductions. Shell-and-Pea Artist Despite this, and despite the fact that other members of the Board declared that they recog­ nized and were fully conscious of the terrific job that the mer­ I'ij I'; I', chant seamen were doing, (with­ out the accrued benefits of those in the Armed Services for pen­ sions, etc.), and despite his own statements shell - and - pea artist Capt. Macauley (who still sits out all sailings) proceeded with his nimble game. It was not until March 14 that the MWEB rendered a decision which in essence slashed all the existing rates in many respects and which is capsuled hereunder. For the new decisions of the MWEB — even though the pre­ meditated plans of this Hitler­ like board were denounced—es­ tablishes cuts in the bonuses not commensurate with the risks be­ ing undei taken by the seamen. North and South Atlantic The North and South Atlantic areas, excepting where otherwise specified will pay a bonus of 66-2/3% or $80.00 minimum whichever is greater, with no bonus while in ports of West In­ dies, South, Central, and North America with the exception of Alaskan ports and the island ports west of 136° West Longit­ ude, with the further exception that no bonus will be paid while Pacific Theater in port in the Hawaiian Islands. In the.Pacific war theater the Also no bonus will be paid bonus has been extended a little while in ports in Greenland or in to include an area around Japan Bermuda. to take in all waters bounded on The $5.00 per day bonus which the north by 60° north latitude; formerly took in the Norwegian on the east by the 180th merid­ Coast and the Russian Coast has ian; on the south by 13° south been extended to include ports latitude; and on the west by 90° of the British Isles with the ex- east longitude and the continent­ al coast of Asia, for which will be allowed 100% or $100.00 mini­ Compleie iexi of Marilime mum, whichever Is the greater as War Emergency Board's well as the $5.00 per day. Bonus Decision is printed on Other areas in the Pacific and pages 2 and 3 for the infor­ the Indian Oceans exclusive of mation of the membership. that spoken of in the paragraph Compare also the charts above to the 136° west longitude showing the new and old will pay 66-2/3% or $80.00 mini­ bonus areas, and rates. mum whichever is the greater; and eastward from the 136° west ception of ports in South Ireland. longitude-to a line south of Cape This $5.00 daily bonus also in­ Horn and in the Magellan Straits, cludes the European coastline on 25% or $30.00 minimum, which­ the 9° west longitude running ever is greater shall be paid. south to the northern tip of Spain, as well as being retained New Ruling On Attack Bonus in the Mediterranean, Bosporous In addition to cutting out the and Black Sea, with the 100% many features of the port attack or $100.00 minimum, whichever bonues the new ruling establishes is the greater, plus the $5.00 per an attack bonus which is shown day. in the caption of the chart show­ ing the new areas. This is definitly limited to one attack bonus although twenty or more may be sustained during any departure or arrival which can be construed as a voyage. ^ Hirihito's Doorstep ' The attack bonus is also limit­ ed to a direct sinking or severe damage to the vessel as well as providing that some crew mem­ ber must be killed or seriously injured before such a bonus can be paid to members of the ves­ sel's crew. In other words the MWEB has reduced the bonuses to figures below those granted the seamen prior to the active pai'liclpation of the United States in the war. It is further asserted that the MWEB wants seamen to sit on the laps of either Hirihito or Hitler or drop their cargoes in Hamburg or Tokyo before they get paid a bonus for sailing ha­ zardous waters. Your Draft Board Keep In Touch With � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource March 24, 1944 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. VI, No. 7 Description An account of the resource Headlines: MWEB SLASHES BONUSES SENDERS CAUTIONED ON SEAMEN'S MAIL BY NAVY, AGAIN SEAMEN DISABILITY PAY IS REPORTED O.K. BY COMMITTEE NEW MWEB BONUS DECISION NEW AREA AND VESSEL ATTACK BONUS PROVISIONS OLD AREA AND PORT ATTACK BONUSES PROVISIONS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 03/24/1944 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1944 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/3be4ed7dd780a48d5065cf5c3c8bcb54.pdf 7327553018f4947f2f08a1cd171cfb0f PDF Text Text "ir­jwr  .• • ­kt  v.'.*;  .r>~?V'­v'  Maritime Uniims Join Forces  To Save  Union  Hiring  Halls  St­ WASHINGTON—In  an  unprecedented  mutual  aid pact, seven seafaring  unions, including the Sea­ farers  International Union, gave notice of  a collec­ tive fight for retention  of  their union hiring halls.  At  conferences  held  here  on  March  20  and  21,  representatives  of  the  seven  unions,  AFL,  CIO  and Independent, made it clear that any past differ­ ences  would  be  swept  aside  in  their  determination  to  preserve  the  hiring  hall  and«the  rotary  system  of  shipping, which they described as "the lifeblood"*.  Official Organ, Atlantic & Gulf  District, Seafarers International Union of  NA  of  their  organizations.  NEW  YORK,  N.  Y.,  FRIDAY,  MARCH  24.  1950  The seven seagoing unions, representing 170,000;  No.  6  VOL.  XII  •seamen,    drew  up  a five­point  program  pledging  aid  to  one  another  in  the  event  they  are  threatened  by  litigation  "invok­ ing  the  anti­labor  features  o£  the  Taft­Hartley  Act."  A  joint statement  revealed  that  the  seven  Unions  would  call  upon  Congress  to  pass  the  Mag­ nuson­Lesinski  amendment  which  would  exempt  the  hiring  halla  Cities  Service,  but  Esso  and  the  about  a  year  and  half  ago,  when  Fsso  stooge  union.  He  pursued  from  the  Taft­Hartley  ban  on  By  ORGANIZING  STAFF  other  major  unorganized  tanker  CS  borrowed from  Esso the  num­ the  same  tactics  in  the  CS fleet  the  closed  shop.  In  the  wake  of  the  announce­ outfits,  pitched  against  the  SIU.  ber  one  man  in  ETMA,  Esso's  that  have  so  far  been  successful  ment  that  the  Cities Service  Ma­ All  were  vitally  concerned  with  company  union.  in  Esso.  The  only  difference  was  CRIMPS  WOULD  RETURN  rine  Division  had  signed  an  SIU  smashing  genuine  unionization  that  in  CS  he  failed  miserably.  "Loss  of  the  union  hiring  ETMA  EQUALS  CTMA  Vi • ' contract  covering  its  16  ships,  of  their  employees  and  so  they  This  man  was  David  Furman,  Outside  of  himself  and  a  few  practice,"  the  statement  said,  there  were  rumblings  of  long­ made  Cities  Service  the  testing  who  began  organizing  the  com­ other  comprany­paid  hacks,  "would  bring  back  crimp  and  seething  discontent  from  seamen  ground.  pany  dominated  Cities  Service  CTMA  could  attract  no  mem­ shanghaii  days  and  would  result  sailing  on  unorganized  tjuikers—  Esso's  role  in  the  Cities  Serv­ Tankermen's Association  (CTMA)  bers.  in  widespread  chaos  in  the mari­ i ­ particularly  those  of  the  Stand­ time  industry.  Of  course,  men  aboard  CS  ice's  futile  but  hysterical  resist­ immediately­ upon  going  into  the  ard  Oil  Company  of  New  Jersey.  ance  to  the  Union  chosen  by  CS fleet.  Furman  carried—and  ships  signed  CTMA  pledge  cards  "This  would  aUow  the  Com­ Almost  as  significant  as  the  their  employees  became  clear  still  does—^Book.  No.  1  in  the  munist  Party,  Trotskyites  and  (Continued  on  Page  10)  Union's  victory  in  cracking  splinter  groups  to  continue  their  through  the so­called  paternalism  wrecking  tactics  in  the  maritime  of  a  niajor  East  Coast  tanker  industry,"  the  statement  pointed  company  for  the first  time,  was  out.  the  revelation ­that  an  apparent  The  seven  unions  stressed  the  majority  of  Standard  Oil seamen,  The  interim  agreement  signed  by  Cities  Service  Oil  Company  appears  on  pages  fact  that  the  various  communist  members  of  the  stooge  "union"  9  and  19  of  this  issue,  along  with  explanatory  comments  by  the  Negotiating  Com­ factions  "are  actively  engaged  in  known  as  Esso  Tankermen's  As­ trying  to  destroy  our  union  hir­ mittee.  sociation,  want  no  part  of  com­ ing  practices  in  order  to  further  Meanwhile,  the  Committee  is  meeting  with  the  company  to  draft  acceptable  pany  unionism  in  any  shape  or  their  international  disruption  by  working  rules  for  the  balance  of  the  contract.  And  a  good  part  of  the  success  of  form.  invoking  the  anti­labor  features  these  negotiations  will  depend  upon  the  way  you, the  Cities Service  tankermen, are  of  the  Taft­Hartley  Act."  ESSO  MEN  Taking  a  joint  position  on  Within  the  space  of  a  few  able  to  organize  yourselves  and  act  as  Union  crews.  By  this  we  mean:  do  your  jobs,  and  do  them  well.  Act  as  a  unit,  and  not  as^  other  problems  of  mutual  con­ days  after,  the  ,  SlU­negotiated  contract  was  made  known  on  groupings  of  individuals.  Elect  your  Department  and  Ships  Delegates  to  handle  your  cern,  the conferees  adopted  reso­ the  waterfront,  Esso  tankermen  beefs  and  questions  as  to  interpretation  of  the  interim  agreement  and  the  old  CS  lutions  calling  for  an  end  of  began  sounding  out  SIU  organ­ working  rules.  If  you  have  beefs  among  yourselves,  handle  them  in  your  shipboard  Coast  Guard control  over civilian  seamen,  and  for  collective  acUon  izers  on  tJiG  possibility  of  an or­ to  halt  ship  transfers  to  Pana­ ganizing  effort  in  that fleet,  to  or  departmental  meetings—don't  run  to  topside.  But  the  important  things,  to  repeat:  do  your  job  well,  and  act  as a  unit, so  that  manian,  Honduran  and  liberian  win  them  genuine collective  bar­ registry.  the  company  will  learn  that  SIU  unionism  is  not  only  best  for  the  crew  but—sur­ gaining  representation  and  bona­ fide  Union  security.  prisingly  enough—;­for  the  company,  too.  Remember  that  once  organized  you  were  TAX  EVADERS  From  the  number  of  queries  able  to  get  things—wage  increases,  job  security  and  Union  protection  —  that  you  Charging  that  the  ship  trans­ it  was  clear  that  unorganized  fers  are  effected  to  "evade  US  weren't  able  to  get  for  yourselves  as  individuals.  tankermen  in  the  old­line  anti­ Another  thing,  be  on  the  lookout  for  those  few  Bosuns  and  Stewards — who  taxes  and  safety  laws  and  to  union  companies  are  anxious  for  have  been  ruled  supervisory  employees  by  the  NLRB  and  outside  of  this  contract  depress  wages  by  intensifying  legitimate, trade  union  represen­ unemployment  and  breaking  'tation. Up  to  now  any expression  —who  are  still  CTMA­minded.  There  are 16  jobs for  each  of  these  ratings,  and  over  down  the  union  standard  of  liv­ of  preferenccj  even  in  off­the­ 50  men  in  each  group  desperate  for  jobs,  and  some  of  them  will  try  to  brownnose  ing,"  the  unions  agreed  to  sup­ record  conversations,  for  union  for  a  chance  at  a  job—not  all  of  them,  but  some  will. So  button  your  lip  when  they  port  the  International  Transport­ protection  was  taboo  among  un­ workers  Federation  in  eliminat­ turn  the  conversation  to  the  Union.  It's  all  right, of  course,  to , tell  them  what  a  dif­ organized  tankermen.  ing  "this  union­busting  tactic."  But. with  the  signing  of  the  ference  it  is. working  under  ^n  SIU  contract,  but  the  internal  affairs  of  the  Union  The'  SIU  is  affiliated  with  the  Cities Service  company, after  one  are  definitely  not  their  business.  ITF.  of  the  most  bitter  and  seemingly  But^ things  are  shaping  up.  Brothers,  and  before  long  conditions  on  Cities  Ser­ Also  approved  was  a  resolu­ impossible fights,  the  SIU  has  vice  tankers,  like  the  wages  and  job  security  you  already  have  won,  will  soon  be  tion  declaring  "hot  war"  on  exploded  the  myth  that  large  tops  in  the  industry.  (Continued  on  Page  3)  tanker  companies,  with  . their  dominated  and  controlled  "un­ ions,"  are  impregnable.  THIS  IS  IT  Several  Esso  tankermen  in­ formed  SIU  organizers  that  the  WASHINGTON  —  The Federal  the  Federal  Mediation " Service,  letter  to  the  subcommittee  on  timony  in  favor  of  the  hiring  halls  has  been  overwhelming,  victory  over  Cities  Service  was  Government's  top  labor  media­ told  a  Senate  Labor  subcom'mit­ March  21.  what  tanker  personnel  have  tor  has  warned  that  a  complete  tee  that  outlawing  of  the  present  On  the  same  day,  the  Senate  with  shipowners,  as  well  .as  practices  would  touch  off  nation­ group,  which  is  studying  the  union  representatives,  urging  been  waiting  fon  tie­up  of  all  US  shipping  would  wide  strikes  and  work  stoppages.  hiring  hall  question,  heard  SIU  their  retention.  Senator  Warren  They  characterized  the  SIU  drive  on  Cities  Service  as  the  result  if  the  union  hiring  halls  Ching  said  that  he  and  mem­ President  Harry  Lundeberg  tes­ Magnuson, co­author  of  the Mag­ bers  of  his ^ staff  felt  that  a  re­ tify  in  defense  of  continued  ope­ nuson­Lesinski amendment  which  • ­­i­ contest  on  which  hinged  the  are finally  outlawed.  hopes  of  unorganized  tankermen  Declaring  that  all  seafaring  turn  to the  pre­union  hiring  hall  ration  of  the  hiring  halls,  which,  would  return  the  hiring  halls  for  eventual  freedom  from  the  unions,  as  well  as  most  employ­ system  would  have  a  most  dis­ he  said,  were  in  the  best  inter­ to  the  pre­Taft­Hartley  statui,  domination  by  conipany­controll­ ers  in  the  maritime  industry,  fa­ turbing  effect  on  labor­manage­ ests  of  the  seamen  and  the  in­ also  testified  in  support  of  the  dustry.  vored  retention  of  the  hiring  ment  relations  in  the  industry;  ed  "unions."  His  warning  was  set  forth  in  a  Thus  far  at  th<.  hearings,  tes­ present  hiring  methods.  in this fight,­they  saw not  only  halls,  Cyrus  Ching,  Director  of  Sm Defeat  Of  CS Company  Union  Raises  Hope  Of  Esse  Tankemen  Cities Service Men Can Influence Final Pact  Witnesses Back Union Hiring Haii At Senate Hearings  �rM'­',  :.  •   VK­::"­.  I^age  Two  • • ..••  ; '  ­• ­• • .V'irn    HE  SE  A  F  A  R  E  RS  L O  G  ,'• • >*  .1­; f'  SEAFARERS  LOG  Published  Every  Other  Week  by  the  SEAFARERS  INTERNATIONAL  UNION  OF  NORTH  AMERICA  Atlantic and  Gulf  District  Afiiliated  with  the  American  Federation  of  Lahor  At  51  Beaver  Street,  New  York  4,  N. Y.  HAnover  2­2784  Reentered  as  second  class  matter  August  2,  1949,  at  the  Post  Office  in  New  York,  N.Y.,  under  the  Act  of  August  24,  1912.  267  Outmoded—And  Outvoted  No matter  how  up­to­date  they  try  to dress  up  their  company­  sponsored  "unions,"  the  old­line,  anti­union*  tanker  outfits  cannot  conceal  the  mustiness  of  their  trap­ pings.  •)>  \  A  company  union  is  a  company  union,  no  matter  how  you  look  at  it,  and  there's  something  about  these  slickly  conceived  straitjackets  that  smells  of  a  dirty  deal  for  the  seamen  they're  designed  for.  What  makes  the  smell  particularly  easy  to  detect  is  that  the  last  remaining  sponsors  of  the  company  "union"  ip  the  maritime field  are  the  powerful  and  sprawling  oil  companies.  While  their  methods  of  industrial  operations  and  their  public  relations  policies  are  among  the  most  efficient  and  streamlined  in  the  world,  they  still  employ  an  out­ moded  paternalism  in  their  labor  relations.  But  no  matter  how  they strain  to appear  benevolent,  the  fact  remains  that  they  are  giving  the seamen  who sail  their  ships  the short  end  of  the stick.  »  w  Oil  companies.  Standard  Oil  of  New  Jersey  among  them,  have  a  notorious  history  of  exploitation.  In  their  present­day operations,  however, 'they expend  considerable  energy and  funds to inform  the public—and  their  workers  —that  they  arc  good  guys.  J.  McNULTY  B.  L.  KRIEG  W.  WALKER  C.  NEUMAIER  W.  MEEHAM  L.  KNICKERBACKER,  W.  LAMB  W.  HAYES  W.  CARROLL  RN.  FRENCH  ­  The cleverly­turned phrases of  their newspaper, maga­ f  2ine and  radio advertisements always say,  in effect:  "We're  ;;  for  a  better  America."  "Our  know­how  benefits  our  workers  and  the  public."  Men Now h The  Mtm HespHoh  if tr BALTIMORE  HOSPITAL  I.  WILLOUGHBY  M.  J,  LUCAS  These are the  Union Brothers currently  in the marino hospitals,  W.  G.  WHITMER  If  they  had  good  sound  know­how  in . their  relations  as  reported  by  the Port  Agents. These  Brothers  find  time  hanging  M.  B.  BROWN  with  their  tankermen,  these  companies  would  take  their  heavily  on  th^ hands.  Do  what  yeu  can  to  cheer  them  up  by  V.  L.  STANKIEWICZ  coinpany  unions,  wrap  them  in  bindings  and  allow  their  writing  them.  M,  P.  PROCKAK  employees a free voice in choosing  their own representation.  STATEN ISLAND HOSPITAL  L.  BALLESTERO  W.  S.  WARMACK  JOHN  T.  EDWARDS  J.  DAVIS  EDWIN  C. ROBINSON'  The vast  majority of  the American  maritime industry  •   E.  FERRER  E.  F.  LAMB  THOMAS DALY  —of  which  these  oil  tanker  outfits  are  a  part,  whether  I. SANTINO  I.  H.  FRENCH  D.  HAUGHT  they  like  it  or  not—has  accepted  the  role  of  the  bona­ N. ROBERTSON  JOSEPH  SILLAK  W.  G.  ALSTON  LUIS  TORRES  J. A.  SHEA  fide  trade union in labor­management  relations. They  have  C. E. SANCHEZ  FRED  ZESIGER  G.  BELL  '  accepted  it  because  their  employees  chose  them  in  order  V. E. JOHNSON  PADZIX  T.  KIISKI  .  to  get  decent  wages  and  working  conditions  and,  just  as  JAMES W. BARMES  JOHN  i. DRISCOLL  D.  C.  BREASHEARS  H. J. OUT  a.  important,  decent  and  equitable  treatment,  without  fear  MEYER CZRERWINSKI  t  4  »  •  •   of  intimidation,  blacklisting  and  all  the  other  horrors  K. JENSEN  NEW  ORLEANS  HOSPITAL.  BOSTON  MARINE  HOSPITAL  inherent  in  company  unionism.  ROBERT  COLLINS  JAMES  HILLIER  R.  LANGFORD  JERRY  O'BYRNE  C.  P.  (Slim)  THOMPSON  G.  NOLES  Oil  companies—like  Standard,  with~jts  stooge  Esso  JOHN  P.  PURVIS  FRANK  ALASAVICH  W.  HANTUSCH  Tanker  Men's  Association—support  the  company  "union"  J. H.  DANIELS  F.  FAGAN  JR.  CRUZ  BEN ­GORY  as  a  means  of  staving  off  what  they  regard  as  the  threat  J. F.  GAMBLICH  g.  J.  NAVARRE  PETER  KOGOY  H.  WEBBER  J: DENNIS  of  genuine  trade  union  representation  for  their  personnel.  CHARLIE  MCCARTHY  T.  E.  MAYNES  F.LANDRY  ^  In fact, Esso is so concerned  with this threat  that it  threw  A.  RODRIQUEZ  F.  VIGEANT  H.  F.  LAGAN  the  resources  of  its  ETMA  behind  the  Cities  Service  B.  T.  lOWE  %  ^  %  L.  LANG  .'• \T  f  Tanker  Men's  Association,  when  the  latter  was  spawned  C.  ESOLAN  SAN  FRANCISCQ  HOSPITAL  L.  WILLIS  "  „  to  confuse  and  intimidate  CS  seamen  who  wanted  the  A.  GARCIA  H.  D.  McKAY  W.  SILVERTHORNE  B.  W.  BIGGS  G. W. GHALE  ^  %  X  %  l­SIU  as  their  agent.  NEPONSIT  HOSPITAL  G.  ROUSE  J.  JELLETTE  CTMA  didn't  last  long.  "She"  was  old  and  almost  WILLIAM  PADGETT  C.  EZELL  ^  g  >  G.  NEWMAN  SAVANNAH  HOSPITAL  lifeless even  when she  was  born.  Unorganized  seamen  just  MATTHEW  BRUNO  O.  HOWELL  J.  MAXEY  don't want  anything to  do with selfish,  deceitful company  JOSE  de  JESUS  E:  J.  SPODASR  G.  T.  WOLFE  JON  LANCASTER  1^: jpaternalism.  And  Esso employees,  bound  down  by ETMA  R.  E.  LUFLIN  C.  LYONS  '  against  their  will, are  already  freely expressing  their  desire  E.  STEBAN  LOPEZ­ A.  L.  RICHAUX  MOBILE  L.  GOLEMBIEWSKl  TIM  BURKE  1throw off  the  bonds of  company  unionism.  PEDRO  G.  ORTIZ  A.  STRACHEN  p. rpRWOOD  ,G.  FORWOpD  R.  REDEST  ;  ­ Company  unionism,  drilling  for  oil  by  hand,  is  R.  A.  RATCLIFF:;.;i^"l5lS''tr­ D.  TICKLE  J.  ASHURST  .  '  J.  CAEOLAN  R.  A.  BLAKE  ••  .  5 outmoded  and  belongs  in  tk§ past.  To  which  the  seamen  on  their  tankers  would  reply:  ^^Malarkey!"  m  ^  IIPIPITAL  �Maz^ 24,  1950  Page Three  THE  S  E  AF  ARE  RS  LO G  =23  tki  Hbiag  HaUs  We  realize  that' certain  forces  of  the  National  Associatioh  of  Manufacturers,  Chamber  of  Com­ merce, shipowners  and  other  enemies  of  organiz­ ed  labor  are  fully  determined  to  destroy  trade  unionism  in  the maritime  industry  by  utilization  of  the Taft­Hartley  Act.  We  know  that  the  Communist  Party,  the  So­ cialist  Workers  Party—known  as  Trotskyites—  as well as  other splinter  groups, also  are actively  engaged  in  trying  to  destroy  our  union  hiring  practices  in  order  to  furthef  {heir  international  disruption,  by  invoking  the  anti­labor  features  of  the  Taft­Hartley  Act.  We  recognize  the  fact  that  the  loss  of  the  union  hiring  practice  for  any  maritime  union  Would  set  in  motion  the forces  to  throw  seamen  back  to  roaming  the  docks  for  jobs,  kickbacks,  and  bring  back  crimp  and  shanghai  days;  and  would  also  result  in  widespread  chaos  in  the  maritime  industry.  This  would  also  allow  the  Communist  Party,  Trotskyites  and  splinter  groups  to  continue  their  wrecking  tactics  in  the  maritime  industry.  Therefore,  we  the  assembled  representatives  bf  seamen's  unions in  conference at  the Congres­ sional  Hotel,  Washington,  D.C.,  on  Monday,  March  20,  1950,  unanimously  agree  upon  the  fol­ lowing  program:  1.  That  we  notify  all  seamen,  trade  unions.  Shipowners  and  the  public  that  we  are  united  bn  this  matter  of  fighting  to  retain  the  hiring  practice for  seamen's  unions.  2.  That  we  call  upon  Congress  to  pass  the  Magnuson­Lesinski  amendment  to  the  Taft­Hart­ ley  Act  now  before  them,  to  make  the  hiring  Jjfactices  of  seafaring  unions  as  they  existed  prior  to  June  15,  1947,  not  an  unfair  practice  under  the Act.  3.  That  we  unanimously  agree  not  to  use  the  anti­labor  provisions  of  the  Taft:Hartley  Act  fegaihst  each  other,  and  each  union  agrees  that  it  Will  give  no  aid  and  comfort  to  any  group  or  individuals  of  any  other  union  using  tha  Taft­ Hartley  Act  in  litigation  against  a  union.  Such  cases  shall­be  regarded  as  internal  matters  of  the union  involved.  ^  4i  That  we  will  aid  each  union  to  the  best  bf  bur  ability  when  such  matters  arise.  5.  We  call  upon  all  seamen  of  all  unions,  and  all  trade  unionists  from  all  industries,  regard­ less  of  affiliation,; to  support  this  program  fot  the  defense  of  the  hiring  practice  which  is  the  lifeblood  of  the  maritime  unions.  Oa  Ship  Trmsfets  Washington  Conference  MARINE  FIREMEN.  OILERS.  WATERTEND­ ERS  AND  WIPERS  (IND.)  Vincent  Malone  and  Ernest  G.  Ramsey.  As  a  consequence,  American  seamen,  fomlerly  and  for  many  years  under  the  regulation  and  control  of  civilian  personnel  of  the  DepartiJient  of  Commerce,  are  and  will  continue  to  be  sub­ ject  to the extremely  rigid  regulation and  control  and  wholly  unsuitable—and  often  arbitrary  and  unrealistic—processes  of  military  establishihent  in  respect  to  matters  which  should  be  regulated  by  civilians,  in  accordance  with  principles  and  procedures  adapted  to  civilian  employees.  Recognizing  the  serious  position  of  the  Anieri­ can  seamen  as  a  result  of  the  present  policy  of  supervision  being  exercised  by  the  military  or­ ganization,  the  Coast  Guard,  over  civilian  mer­ chant  seamen,  the  unions  in  this  Conference  representing  AFL  and  CIO  will  proceed  imifted­ iately  to  bring  to  the attention  of  the Presidents  of  both  organizations  the  need  for  immediate  action,  and  suggest  to  them  that  they  seek  an  immediate  meeting  with  President  Truman  for  the  purpose  of  obtaining  speedy  ­action  on  this  important  question.  AMERICAN  RADIO  ASSOCIATION  (CIO):  W.  R.  Steinberg  and  Joe  Rubin.  (h Curopeaa  Aid  Oa  thiii  page  are  the  dbciaions  arrived  at  by  the  Seamen's  Conference  held  In  Washington  March  20  and 21,  The  following  unions  and  their  r^resentatiVes,  speaking  for  more  than  170,000  AFL,  Cip  and  Independent  seamen,  were  in  attendance:  SEAFARERS  iNTERMAtlONAL  UNION  (APL):  Harry  Lundeberg,  Paul  Hall,  Morris  Weisberger  and  Matthew  DUshane.  NATIONAL  MARITIME  UNION  (CIO):  Joe  Curran,  Neil  Hanley  and  M.  Hedley  Stone.  NATIONAL  ORGANIZATION  MASTERS.  MATES  &  PILOTS  (AFL);  C.  F.  May.  E.  W.  Higginbotham  and  William  C.  Ash.  MARINE  ENGINEERS  BENEFICIAL  ASSO­.  CIATION  (CIO):  H.  L.  Daggett,  Frank  A.  Sayre  and  R.  Meriwether.  •  RADIO  OFFICERS  UNION  (AFL):  Andrew  In  discussing  the  position  of  the  working  class  Macfibneld,  in Western  Europe, with  regards to the econqmic  reconstruction  of  their  countries  and  the  defense  of  their  free  democratic  regime,  we  are  aware,  from  personal  observation  of  the  fact,  that  the  Communist  Party  and  Communist  trade  union  We,  as  representatives  of  the  seamen's  unions,  stooges  under  the  orders  of  the  Cominform  have  have  thoroughly  discussed  and  given  serious  tried,  and  are  trying,  to  disrupt  these  countries  consideration  to  the  plight  of  the  American  sea­ by  creating  chaos  and  by  using  violence,  in  men,  who,  although  civilian  employees,  are  in  order  that  the  Marshall  Aid  Plan  and  the  Atlan­^.  the unique  position  of  being  under  the regulation  tic Pact  may  not  have  their  full  effect.  and  control  of  a  military  establishment  of  the  We  seamen's  representatives,  therefore,  pledge  United  States  Government,  the  United  States  ourselves  completely  in  support  of  the  Marshall  Coast  Guard.  Aid  countries,  and  of  those  subscribing  to  the  The  administration  of  numerous  provisions  of  Atlantic  Pact,  for  we  are. convinced  that  only  Federal  law  affecting  the  rights  and  obligations  through  these  instruments  will  democratic  West­ of  American  seamen,  by  the  United  States  ship­ ern  Europe  be  reconstructed  and  be  placed  in  ping  Commissioner  and  the  Bureau  of  Marine  a  position  to  maintain  democracy,  freedom  and  Inspection  and  Navigation,  traditionally  and  for  liberty  as  we  here  in  our  country  understand  over fifty  years  until  1942,  has  been  a  function  and  enjoy  its  benefits.  of  the  United  States  Department  of  Commerce,  We  further  shall  endeavor  to  give  every  pos­ effectuated  by  civilian  personnel.  sible  assistance  to  the  European  Free  Trade  Un­ Early  in  1942,  as  a  temporary  war  measure,  ion  Movement  in  its  struggle  against  communis­ these  offices  were,  by  Executive  Order  of  the  tic  dictatorship,  and  to  carry  the  goods  to  their  President  of  the  United  States,  transferred  from  countries  under  the  Marshall  Aid  Plan  and  the  the  United  States  Department  of  Commerce  to  Atlantic  Pact.  the  Commandant  of  the  United  States  Coast  Further, we  shall call  upon  the  American  Fed­ Guard,  then  under  the  direction  and  supervision  eration  of  Labor  and  the  Congress  of  Industrial  bf  the  Secretary  bf  the  Navy.  Organizations,  and  through  these  channels  upon  At  the end  of  the  year  1945,  the  United  States  the  International  Federation  of  Free  Trade  ^n­ Coast  Guard  was  returned  to  the  Department  of  ions,  with  fhe  view  to  holding  in  the  United  the Treasury, but  the office  of  the  United  States  States,  at  the  earliest  possible  and  most  conven­ Shipping  Commissioner  and  the  Bureau  of  Ma­ ient  time,  a  conference  of  all  American  Trans­ rine  Inspection  and  Navigation  were  not  separ­ port  Workers  Trade  Unions,  in conjunction  with  ated  from  the  United  States  Coast  Guard  nor  the  International  Transportworkers  Federation,  returned  to  civilian  control  under  the  United  in  order  to  formulate  the  necessary  measures  to  States Department  of  Commerce, but, on  the con­ be  taken  to  counteract  the  disruptive  and  sub­ trary,  were  by  Executive  Order  embraced  per­ versive  activities  of  the  communists  in  Eurbpe  manently  within  the  United  States  Coast  Guard.  and  elsewhere  in  the  transport  industry.  On  US  Coas t  Guard  This  Conference  has  noted  with  great  alarm  the  continuous  tfahsfef  of  American  ships  to  Panamanian, Liberian  ahd  Honduran flags,  while  retaining  American  ownership.  We  have  made  it  clear  to  Government  bodies  and  the  Congress  that  this  serious  condition  has  resulted  from  the  desire  of  shipowners  to  evade  tax  and  safety  laws  of  the  United  States,  and  ^ depress  wages  of  American  seamen  through  intensifying unemployment  among American sea­ men  hoping,  thereby,  to  destroy  American, sea­  ­ ihen's unions by  depressing the standard of  liVihg  (CoHtiHued  ft&M  Page  1)  gained  by  them  through  their  unions.  European  communists  trying  to  It  is  the considered  opinion  of  this  Conference  block  jhe flow  of  Marshall  Plan  that  the  only  solution  to  this serioUs  question  is  goods  and  Atlantic  Pact  arms  to  that  ail  American  seamen's  unions,  together  the  Western  democracies.  The  union  representatives  blasted  with  the  labor  movement  generally,  must  take  the  communists  and  their  "stooges"  Collective  action  to  put  an  end  to  this  condition  overseas,  who,  they  said,  were  as  quickly  as  possible.  "using  violence"  to crush  the demo­ Further,  this  Conference  recognizes  the  splen­ cratic  nations  of  Europe.  did  work  done  in  this  question  on  a  worldwide  ,  They  supported  an  appeal  from  basis by  the International Transportworkers  Fed­ Qmer  Becu,  Belgian  secretary­gen­ eration  and  hails  the meeting  to  be  held  i::2  Am­ eral  of  the  ITF,  for  a  program  of  Bterdam  in  April, and  We  will cooperate in  &very  action  by  American  workers  to  combat  the  propaganda  being  •   way  to  have  the  ITF  Gonfetence  sueeessfuiiy  spread  by  communist­dominated  develop  a  program  to  eliminate  this  uriion­bust­ European  traiisport  unions.  Ing  tactic M  world  maritime  circler  •   Becu  reported  that  the  commie­ Maritime  Unions  Act  To  Save  Hiring  Halls  led  unions  in  Europe  were  spread­ ing  the  lie  that  American  seamen  were  opposed  to  the  Marshall  Plan  and  the  Atlantic  Defense  Treaty.  Representatives  of  the  AFL  and  GIO  unions  participating  in  the  conference  said  they  would  call  upon  the  presidents  of  their  re­ spective  organizations  to  set  up  a  conference  of  all  American  trans­ port  workers'  unions  to  back  tlieir  anti­communist  drive.  Meanwhile,  they  pledged  support  to  the  European  trade  unions  "in  their  struggle  against  communist  dictatorship,"  and  stated  theil*  in­ tention  of  continuing  to carry  Mar­ shall  Plan  cargoes  and  arms  aid  to  tlieir  countries.  ]  4i\  Represented  at  the  conference  were  the  Seafai­ers  International  Union,  Radio  Officers  Union,  ^nd  the  Masters,  Mates  and  Pilots,  all  AFL;  National  Maritime  Unjon,  American  Radio  Association,  and  Marine  Engineers  Beneficial  Affso­  |  elation,  all'CIO,  and  the  Maijine  :  Firemen's  Union,  Independent.  Not  present  at  the  sessions  were  the  Marine  Cooks  and  Stewardls^  Union  and  Harry  Bridges'  Inter aa­^  tional'  Longshoremen's  and  Wore­ ­;^  housemen's  Union,  both  CIO. These  two  were  not'invited  because  tliey  follow  the  line  laid  down  by  the  communists.  �Pa0« Four  Slow  Shipping  Baltimore  I®­­ ^ March  24. 1950  THE  S  E  AF  ARE R  S  LO G  Good  Shippiiig  For  Savaimah  SIU Legal  Advisors In Cities Service Negotiations  I­  ,  By  WM.  (Curly)  RENTZ  By  E.  M.  BRYANT  BALTIMORE  —  There's  been  SAVANNAH  —  Shipping, has  no  change  from  the  slow  ship­ been  pretty  good  for  this  port  ping  that  has  gripped  this  port  during  the  past  two­week  period,  for  the  past  month  or  so.  But  we're  mighty  happy  to  report.  we're  still  hoping  for  an  im­ The  SS  Southland  payed  off  provement.  and  signed  on,  and  the  SS  Steel  A  number  of  ships  paid  off  Director,  Isthmian;  and  the  SS  here  in  the  past  two  weeks,  but  Carrabula,  Cuba  Distilling,  came  I#  the rub  lies  in  the fact that  most  in  as  in­transits.  of  them  went  elsewhere  to sign­ There  was a  beef  involving  the  s'  on.  Among  them  were  some  Ore  Chief  Mate  on  the Steel  Director  ,  ships,  Bull  Lines  scows,  and  but  since  she  came in  after five  isthmian  vessels.  Ihere  were  o'clock  and  sailed  at  7  AM,  I  "also  a  few  ships  in­transit.  there  wasn't  much  we  could  do  I  Biggest  ­beef  of  the  week  con­ about  it.  "When  we  got  down  to  . cemed  a  crewmember  of  the  the  ship  at  8  PM,  most  of  the  Allegheny* Victory.  The  crew  of  gang  was  ashore.  The  ship  is  C.  PAUL  BARKER  BENJAMIN  STERLING  MARVIN  SCHWARTZ  the  ship  beefed  that  this  man  going  to  Galveston  to  payoff.  had  fouled  up  repeatedly  In  the  successful  fight  to  bring  the  Cities  Service  Oil  Company's  Marine  Division  under  Curt  Starke,  the  Seafarer  who  throughout  the  trip,  but  when  Union  contract,  the  SIU  was  aided  by  the  able  legal  counsel  of  C.  Paul  Barker.  Benjamin  once  worked  for  the Bamum  and  payoff  time  rolled  around  they  Sterling  and  Marvin  Schwartz.  Their  role  throughout  the  negotiations  was  qf  invaluable  aid  in  Bailey circus, is  on  the SS South­ aU  took  off  and  nobody  was  bringing  the  difficult  and  protracted  struggle  to  peaceful settlement.  ^  land  and  he  wishes  to  say  around  to  press  charges.  Barker  is  associated  with  the  firm  of  Hirsch,  Greene  and  Barker,  specialists  in  labor  law,  "h6llo"  to  all  his  old  shipmates.  with  offices  in  New. Orleans  and  Baton  Rouge,  La.  PROTECT  YOUR  JOB  There  has  been  some  question  Benjamin  Sterling  and  Marvin  Schwartz  are  with  the  New  York  firm  of  Benjamin  B.  We  all  have  a  big  stake  in  as  to  whether  or  not  a  motion  Sterling,  proctors­in­admiralty.  om:  Union,  and  we  cannot  allow  can  be  introduced  at  a  regular  foul­ups  to  jeopardize  the  gen­ meeting  to  change  the  shipping  eral  welfare  of  the  membership.  rules  or  amend  the  constitution,  Unless  we  are  willing  to  accept  and  we'd  like  the  LOG  to  pub­ ­  the  responsibility  of  maintain­ lish  the  answer  for  the  informa­ ing  discipline  aboard  the  ships,  By  JOE  ALGINA  as  much  conscious  of  the  need  It's  a  pretty  small  guy  that  tion  of  all  the Brothers.  there is  not  much  use in  beefing.  for  doing  a  good  job  as the  em­ wiU  try  to  blame  it  on  his  (Ed.  Note:  Changes  in  ship­ NEW  YORK—Shipping  slowed  workers,  and  then  cry  that  he  ing  rules  tmd  amendments  to  :  All  other  beefs  were  of  a  rou­ down  to  a  walk  in  this  port  last  ployers—if  not  more  so.  tine  nature,  and  were  settled  week,  but  every  port  in  the  US  If  a  company ^has  a  himk  of  couldn't  say  anything  to  them.  the  constitution  can  only  be  If  aboard  the sl^s  before  the  pay­ seems  to  be  having  the  same  punk "merchandise,  let  it  stand  It's  the  kind  of  whispering  cam­ effected  by  Union­wide  refer­ on  its  own  feet  and  accept  the  paign  that  should  be  nailed  endum.  as  required  by  the  offs.  trouble.  responsibility.  down,  right  away.  constitution.  The  procedure  is  Otherwise  everything  is  going  Bull  Line  ships  on  continuous  ^  smoothly  in  this  port.  for  a  resolution  to  be  intro­ articles  that  paid  off  were  the  duced,  stating  the  proposed  Now  that  Cities  Service  has  Inez,  Puerto  Rico,  Evelyn,  Su­ change or  amendment  and  rec­ signed  the  Cities  Service  agree­ zanne  and  Kathryn.  Other  pay­ ommending  that  it  be  placed  ment,  let  us  not  forget  what  a  offs  were  the  Ponce  de  Leon,  By  CAL  TANNER  on  a  referendum  ballot.  If  the  difficult  fight  it  was  to  win  this  Chickasaw,  Alawai,  Waterman;  MOBILE—Shipping  in  Mobile  Seafarers  in  this  port  extended  membership votes  favorably on  beef.  The  men  that  sailed  these  Robin  Doncaster;  Algonquin  Vic­ ships,  and  stuck  it  out  in  face  tory,  St.  Lawrence  Navigation;  for  the  past  couple  of  weeks  has  their  deepest  sympathies  to  the  the  resolution  after  action  at  of  hardtiming  by  the  company,  Bull  Run,  Mathiasen;  Chrysstar,  been  slow.  We  had  eight  payoffs  families  of  fbur  Union  men  who  the  regular  meetings  in  all  ports,  the  question  can  then  fe­ deserve  loads  of  praise.  We  can  Triton;  Seatrain  New  York;  and'  eight  sign­ons,  in  addition  died  here  in  the  past  week.  thank  these  men  for  doing  a  Harry  T.,  Palmer,  and  the  to  three  ships  in­transit,  during  Services  were  held  in  the  be  submitted  ­to  a  referendum  swell  job  for  the  cause  of  good  Queens  Victory,  Isthmian,  which  the  two­week  period  just  ended.  Cathedral  of  the  Immaculate  vote  up  and  down  the  coast.)  trade  unionism  and  for  the  ben­ has  been  returned  to  the  Mari­ The  payoffs  were  the  Cavalier,  Conception  for  Brothers  Clement  efit  of  the  imorganized  seamen.  time  Commission.  Clipper,  Partner,  Pegasus,  Alcoa;  Mayers  and  George  D.  Arnim,  Sign­ons  were  the  Robin  "Tux­ Monarch  of  the  Sea,  Antinous,  who  drowned  when  their fishing  ford,  Angelina,  Ponce  de  Leon'  Mobilian  and  Fairhope,  Water­ boat  overturned  in  the  Mobile  and  the  Collins,  Dry  Transporta­ man.  These* ships  all  signed  on  Bay.  The  families  of  these  men  in  Trinidad  were  unable  to  pay  tion,  wliieh  came  out  of  la;>rup  again.  By  STEVE  CARDULLO  for  retujrii ­ef  the  bodies,  so  Sea­ last  week.  In­transit  were  the  Del  San­ Most  of  the  ships  coming  into  tos,  Greeley  Victory  and­  the  farers  in  this  port  donated  funds  PHILADELPHIA  —  A  strong  By  BEN  LAWSON  for  the  burial,' along  with  a  lo­ shot  in  the  arm  to  the  slow  New  York are  in good  shape and  Chickasaw.  BOSTON—^This  was  a  fair  there  are  few  beefs  of  any  con­ shipping  in  the  port  was  the  ar­ cal  mortician.  All  payoffs  and  sign­ons  were  week  for  us,  with  four  tankers  sequence.  rival  of  the  Lake  George,  which  FLOWERS  SENT  smooth,  with  only  a  few  minor  and  a freighter  honoring  us  with  paid  off  after a  seven­month­trip.  beefs,  all  of  which. were  settled  Flowers  were  contributed  by  She  took  a  full  crew  and  helped  BERNSTEIN  ASKS  BIDS  payoffs.  Three  of  the  tankers  signed  on  here.  In  addition,  we  The  Bernstein  Shipping  Com­ to  the  satisfaction  of  all  con­ the  Alcoa  and  Waterman  Steam­ somewhat  to cut the  hecvy  back­ had  six  freighters  in­transit.  pany­has  received  an  okay  from  cerned.  The  in­transit  jobs  were  ship  Companies,  Mobile florists  log  of  men  on  the  beach  here.  the  Maritime  Commission  to  so­ contacted  and  aU  necessary­  re­ and  the  hostesses  of  the  Catho­ However,  we  still  have  a  couple  The  tankers  were  the  Alex­ ' andra,  Michael  and  Trinity,  Car­ licit  bids  from  shipyards  on  re­ placements  were  shipped  from  lic  Maritime  Club.  Burial  plots  of  himdred  men  waiting  around  the  HaU.  were  offered  by  the  Catholic  for  jobs.  One  vessel •   doesn't  ras;  the  W.  E.  Downing,  Mathia­ conversion  of  two  former  army  Cemetery.  make  a  shipping  boom.  sen;  the  Ann  Marie,  BuU,  was  transports,  which  the  company  In  the  Marine  Hospital  this  would  like  to  place  in  the  Eu­ week  are  the following  Brothers:  Lee  Yarborough  was  killed  in  The  joy  at  the  news  that  the  the  freight  ship  payoff.  The  in­transit  ships  were  the  ropean  passenger  trade  under  Tim  Burke,  G.  Forwood,  J. Ash­ an  autornobile  accident  and  Bro­ SIU  had  signed  the  Cities  Ser­ ther  R.  Nicholas  pas^d  away  in  vice  Oil  Company  contract  is  Greeley  Victory,  Mobilian  and  subsidy.  Invitations  for  bidding  urst  arid  L.  Wilkerson.­ Mobile  last  week.  will  probably  go  out  this  week.  In  addition  to  the  regular  jobs  still  being  felt  around  this  port.  Canton  Victory,  Waterman;  the  we  shipped  about  35  men  to  Some  men  coming  in  haven't  I  Crewmembers  of  the  following  Probably  every  one  of  us  has  Mr.  Robin  Doncaster,  Robin;  the  Queens  Victory,  Isthmian,  and  run  into  an  outfit  that  uses  that  relief  jobs  over  the  past  two  ships  donated  to  the  funeral  ex­ heard  the  news,  and  it's  a  big  the  Yorkmar,  Calmar.  All  ships  old  gag  about  "it's  on  account  weeks,  and  short  as  some  might  penses:  Alcoa  Clipper,  Alcoa  fat  smile  that  spreads  across  were  handled  swiftly,  with  no  of  the  unions,"  whenever  they  be  these  are always  a  good  thing  Pegasus,  Azalea  City,  Noonday  their  faces  when  we  tell  them  that  Cities  Service,  too,  is  SIU.  and  Morning  Light.  beefs  hanging fire  when  they  have  to  cover  up  some  of  their  to  have^ available.  own  faults  and  inefficiency.  left  port.  We've  heard  quite  a  few  in­ WANNA  YACHT?  stances  of  this  type  in  the  past  With  Spring  beginning  to  be  couple  of  weeks,  and it  might  be  felt  around  here,  Alex  Olson,  a  good  idea  for  union  men  and  By  RAY  WHITE  bunch  lined  up .against  him,  in­ around here  must  believe in  him.  who  has  hibernated  here  during  their  fam|lies  to  show  how  cluding  the  National  Association  He's  having  his  toughest  cam­ the  winter,  is  beginning  to  think  phony  this  stuff  is.  TAMPA—^We're  continuing  to  of  Manufacturers,  the  chambers  paign  of  his  career,  however.  of  putting  his  yacht  into  service  For  example,  we  know  of  a  enjoy  a  good  turnover  of  men  of  commerce,  the  .medical  ,so­ One  of  the fivp  men  in  the  and  touring  the  ^ters  here­ guy  who  purchased  something  on  the  ships  hitting  this  port,  cieties  and  the  big  money  boys.  race  is  J.  Tom  Watson,  the  iv  abouts  for  the  summer.  Alec  is  from  a  Store  here  a  short  while  though  shipping  in  general  has  There's  going  to  be  an  awful  lot  father  of  the  Watson  Law,,Flo­ W  Waiting  for  his  old  pal  and  back  and,  when  he  retinned  it  slowed  down  somewhat  from  the  of  heat  generated  before  this  rida's  little  Taft­Hartley  Law.  #  watchmate,  Don  Hodge,  to  hose  because  it  was  faulty  merchan­ tempo  held  for  the  past  two  battle  ends.  He  isn't  given  much  of  a  chance,  into  this  port  and  sign  articles  dise,  the salesman said: "This  job  months.  If  shipping  doesn't  lag  WINNING  FORM  as  everyone looks  upon  him  as  a  fii  for  a  summer's  cruise.  was  turned  out  by  union  guys,  any  further, this port  won't  com>  Senator  Pepper,  being  the  crackpot.  The  mother  of  Bobby  Clark,  and  you  know  how  it  is.  You  plain  too  loudly.  friend  of  labor,  makes  no  bones  Winning  Cities  Service  will  who  was  badly  injured  in  a  fall  can't  say  anything  to  them."  The  political  picture  here  is  about  his  position.  He's  all­out  probably  help  this­state  a  bit,  on  the  Trinitj',  has  asked  us  to  much,  malarkey  and  becoming  clearer  now,  with  a  for  repeal  of  the  Taft­Hartley  though  not  this  port.  A  lot  of  ii­ pass  along  her . thanks ­  to  the  it's That's, so  more  of  a  downright  lie  to­ great  deal  of  interest  being  Law  and  all  infringements  on  Cities  Service  ships  hit  Jackson­ Trinity  crew  for  their  donation.  day  than  it  ever  was.  Union  shown  by  the  voting j)ublic.  labor  groups.  Pepper  has.  held  ville.  But  wherever  they  touch,  She reports  that  the  money  came  workers  take v  pride  in  their  Senator  Pepper,  labor's  friend  his  Senate .seat  for  14  years  on  the important  thing is  that  we've  In  handy.  , work, ­a::*!  i' •   Jnions  are  just  in  Florida,  la  facing  a  tough  this  piatiom,  so  the  people)won,  and  they  are  ali burs  now.  New York Shipping Foiiows Nationai Trend  Death  Su­ikes  Few  h Mobik  Tankers Are Big Help  To Boston Seafarers  One Ship Is Ho Boom,  Sairs  Philadelphia  Politics Holds Center Of Stage In Tampa  MniMi.  �u  THE  3 E  At AnMlis  LOG  Page  Filre  The  Seafarers  In  By  JOHN  BUNKER  Chapter  Two  There  was  a  chill  breeze  and  a  long,  glassy  swell  on  the  sea,  as  the  SlU­manned  Seatrain  Two  of  the  three survivors  Texas  came  upr  the  Carolina  coast  at  full  speed  of  tho  City  of  Atlanta^Rob­ in  the  morning  of  January  19,  1942.  ert  S. FennelL  Jr., Oiler, and  Captain  Albert  Dalzell  was  on  the  bridge  and  Second  Mate  George  Tavelle  every  officer  and  unlicensed  man  aboard  was on  —congratulato  each  other  on  the  alert,  for  Sparks  had  been  receiving  mes­ their escape, as  they recuper­ sages  of  ships  being  attacked  by  submarines.  ate  in  St. Mary's  Hospital  in.  During  the  night  there  had  been flashes  of  Hoboken,  N.J.  The  City  of  gunfire  on  the "horizon  and,  though  they  sup­ Atlanta  was  torpedoed  and  posed  it  was  practice fire  by  the  Navy  or  Coast  sunk on. January 19.  1942,  off  Guard,  they  were  taking  no  chances.  The  ship  the  Carolinas,  taking  with  was  holding  as  close  to  the  shore  as  safe  navi­ her  39  lives.  gation  would  permit.  The  officer  of  the  watch  had  just  taken  a  bearing  on  Wimble  Shoals  buoy,  when  a  call  came* from  the lookout  that  there  was  ^C­reckage  "on  the  water  ahead.  were  alive  When  the  Seatrain  Texas  hove  by.  No  more  reports  came  through,  for  soon  after  Captain  Dalzell  got  his  glasses  and  swept  the  The  others  lay  astride  their  bits  of  wreckage,  sea  in  the  direction  toward  which  the  lookout  but  had  died  spmetime  during  the  morning  the  radio  man  had  tapped  out  this  message  on  ­il  his  key  the  Venore sank  and  Sparks,  true to the  had  pointed. There  were small  black  specks  bob­ hours.  '  traditions  of  his  calling,  stayed  at  his  post  too  bing on  the long  swells  and,  as he focused  more  Living  to  tell the story  of  the City  of  Atlanta,  long  to  escape.  clearly  on  the  area,  he  saw  a  man's  hand  wave  one of  the most costly  sinkings along  the Atlantic  Several  lifeboats  were  launched  by  the  Yen­  i  from  one  of  the  bits  of  flotsam.  coast,  were  Oiler  Robert  Fennell,  Jr.,  Seaman  ore's  crew  and  the  survivors  were  picked  up |  it  waved  again,  weakly.  All  he  could  see  was  Earl  Dowdy; and  Second  Mate  George  Tavelle.  38  hours  later.  the hand, for  the man's head  and  shoulders were  Sinking  declined  along  the  Atlantic  seaboard  Captain  Albert  Dalzell  and  Chief  Engineer  'too  close  to  the  water.  Turning  to  the  Mate,  the  Skipper  ordered  a  Tom  Kenney  of  the JSeatrain  Texas  heard  their  after  coastal  convoys  were  inaugurated  in  May  boat  prepared  for  lowering.  The  engine  room  story  without  wanting  to  believe  it  could  be  of  1942,  but  the  U­boats  prowled  these  waters  off  and  on  right  up  till the end  of  the  war.  . . ­ tele^ph  jingled  as  speed  was  decreased,  and  ,  true.  in  fact,  the  collier  Black  Point  was  torpedoed  the  freighter  ran  swiftly  up  on  the  scattered  TRAGIC  COINCIDENCE  just  a  few  miles  from  the  big  naval  base  at  wreckage  noW  becoming  more  visible.  Newport,  R. I.,  on  the fifth  of  May,  1945,  the.  For  the Chief  it  was a  hard  story  to hear.  His  They  could  see  pieces  of  boards  and  shattered  odds  and  ends  of  ship's fittings  strewn  for  a  father.was Chief  Engineer of  the City  of  Atlanta.  last  American  ship  to  be  lost  in  the  war.  Many  more  SIU  vessels  were  to  be  numbered  Both  dc^t.  Dalzell  and  Chief  Kehney  had  mile here and  there across  the undulating  water,  among  the 154  Allied  ships  sunk  along  the  coast  "  but  careful scrutiny  through  the glasses  revealed  started  their  seafaring  careers  on  the  City  of  only five  bodies  amid  the  debris.  One  man  was  Atlanta  many  years before,  when she Was a  well  and  in  the  northwest  Atlantic  between  January  known  coastwise  passenger  liner.  Capt.  Dalzell's  and  June  of  1942.  holding  onto  the frame  of  a  wheelhouse  door.  Among  them  were  the  Robin  Hood, .  Alcoa  As  the  Seatrain  Texas  came  to  a  stop,  the  father  had  commanded  her  for  many  years  be­ Guide,  Oakmar,  Marore,  Major  Wheeler  and  lifeboat  was  put  quickly  over  the  side  in  the  fore  Capt.  Leemon  UrqUehart  took  over.  "U­boat  lane"  they  called  Atlantic  coastal  Pipestone  County.  The  Major  Wheeler—of  the  well­coordinated  movements  of  a  veteran  crew  and  was  soon  pulling  through  the  watersoaked  waters  now.  Nazi  submarines  ambled  down  the  Bull  Line—completely  disappeared,  never  to  be  seaboard  on  sinking sprees  that  cost  hundreds of  heard  from  again,  while  the  Robin  Line  Pipe­ wreckage.  . The  boat's  crew  worked  fast, for  Captain  Dal­ lives, and  sent scores of  ships to the  bottom  with  stone  County,  a  well­liked  freighter  among  men  who  sailed  SIU  ships,  was  sunk  en  route  from  zell  couldn't  endanger  his  vessel  and  her  crew  a  huge loss  in  precious cargoes.  Trinidad  to  Boston,  about  200  miles  due  west  of  There  was  no  naval  defense  worthy  of  the  a minute longer  than  was necessary. For  all they  knew,  a  submarine  was  watching  every  move­ name,  and  it  was  to  be five  months  yet  before  Bermuda.  Two  of  her  boats  spent  16  days  at  sea  the first  convoy  was organized  for  the  protection  before  being  picked  up.  ment  they  made.  The  men  stopped  at  one  wave­washed  col­ of  shipping  along  the  seaboard,  in  the  Gulf  and  CHILORE  GETS  IT  lection  of  flotsam,  lifted  an  inert  body  aboard  the  Caribbean. Merchant  ships,  in  the  meantime,  U­boats  continued,  their  attacks  ^despite  the  and  then  went  to  another,  where  a  grimy  sea­ sailed  unescorted  and,  in  most  cases,  unarmed—  use  of  convoys,­and  the  SlU­manned  Chilore  of  man  half  lifted  himself  out ­of  the  water,  trying  with  the U­boats so  bold  they  shelled  their  prey  the  Ore  Shipping  Company  was  hit  while  in  b  even  within  sight  of  the  Delaware  Capes.  to  grip  the  gunwales  of  the  boat.  heavily  protected  convoy  under  escort  of  sur­ As  the  rate  of  sinkings  increased,  no  seaman  STRONG  HANDS  HELP  could  be sure  that  his  ship  would  reach  its  des­ face  ships,  planes  and  blimps.  Known  as convoy  KS 520,  this fleet  of  19  mer­ Strong  hands  bore  him  to  safety,  while  those  tination.  Legion  were those  that  didn't, but  they  chantmen  left  Lynnhaven  Roads  in  the  Chesa­ on  the  Seatrain's  bridge  used  megaphones  to  ­kept  sailing, nonetheless, and  none of  them  idled  peake  on  July  14,  1942.  When  it  was  off  Cape  direct  the  crew  to  where  a  third  and  a  fourth  in  port  for  lack  of  crews.  In  some  cases  there  Hatteras  the  next  day  it  ran  into  a flock  of  body  could  be. seen  half­alive,  half­dead  in  the  were  even  more  men  willing  to  "ship  out"  at  torpedoes.  SIU Halls than  there were  ships for  them  to sail.  winter  sea.  No  one  even  saw  a  tin fish  until  the  Chilore  }  At  the old  New  York  Hall of  the SIU,  at num­ In  a  matter  of  minutes  the  boatmen  had  done  got  smacked,  to  be followed  a  minute or  so later  their  work,  and  were  back  at  the  vessel's  side  ber  two !§tone  Street,, across from  famous  Bowl­ by  the tanker  Mowinckel. The BiuefieldSj a  sniall  to  be  hoisted  aboard  with  their  human  cargo.  ing  Green,  men  reported  for  the  hourly  "calls"  Nicaraguan  freighter  carrying  explosives,  was  At first  the  survivors  were  too  weak  to  talk  as though  there was  no  war  within  ten  thousand  blown  up  while  the  escort  ran  around  dropping  but,  when  they  had  been  warmed  with  hot  cof­ miles.  They  manned"  the  ships  and  kept  the  depth  charges  and  the  escorting  bombers  spat­  j  fee and  wrapped  in  blankets,  they  revealed  that  cargoes  moving..  On  January  25th,  torpedoes struck  again,  sink­ te^ed  the  water  with  bombs  and  machine  gun  their ship  had  been  the  City  of  Atlanta.  fire.  They  told  how  the  one­time  passenger  vessel  ing  the  550  foot  Venore  off  Cape  Hatteras  with  It  was  the  freighter  Unicoi,  however,  which  had  been  torpedoed  without  warning  early  that  a Toss  of  18  men.  She,  too,  was  a  well  known  got  credit  for  sinking  the  doughty  sub,  along  morning—^how  she  had  gone  down  so  fast  that  SIU  ship.  with  an  Army  patrol  bomber.  The  end  of  this  vessel  is  dramatically  told  in  there  had  hardly  been  time  to  jump  over^the  "  The  Chilore  and  Mowinckel  dropped  out  of  )  side  . . . how  the  burning  hulk  had  rolled  over  the  terse,  urgent  calls  for  help  sent  out  by  her  the  ­convoy  and  headed  for  the  nearby  shore  to  starboard  onto  the  only  lifeboat  that  cleared  radio  operator.  At  12;47  a.m.  he flashed  this  SOS:  "Two  under  their  own  power,  but  both  of  them  ran  |j  the  ship,  crushing  its  unfortunate  men  beneath  crashes so  far. Will  keep  informed.  Think  swim­ into  a  minefield  and  suffered  more  explosions.  I  ' the sea.  .  The  big  Chilore  capsized  and  sank  while  being  J  For  a . while  after  the  sinking,  they recounted,  ming  soon."  towed  toward  Baltimore  several  days  later.  ^ '  This  call  came  two  minutes  later: "Torpedoed  some  Of  the  crew  had  floated  around  on  bits  of  wreckage  while  they  joked  and  sang  in  at­ twice.  Ship  still  afloat  but  listing  badly.  Captain  requests  assistance  immediately."  He  then  gave  Azioiher • e  pisode  of  the  role  of  SIU  crews  in  |  tempt  to  keep  their  spirits  up.  World  War  II  will  appear  in  the  next  issue  of  Then,  one  by  one,­ all  but five  of  them  had  the ship's  position  a  number  of  times.  The  third  and­last  message  was  heard  at  1:22  the  SEAFARERS  LOG.  sunk  beneath  the  cold,  dark  waters.  And  of  the  .  vBve  who Were  still afloat  at dayoreak,  only  three  a.m.;  "Cannot  stay  afloat .much  longer."  �IP  •  Pag» Si*  1_  T  H  E  SEAFARER S  L O  G  Friday,  March  24,  1950  \  =  MINUTES AND NEWS  Isthmian Crew Rescues  Survivor  Of  Sunken  Greek Ship In Red Sea  PROUD HOLDERS OF UNBEATEN  SOFTBALL  RECORD  Heads­up  thinking  and  efficient  seamanship  by  group  of  Steel  Fabricator  Seafarers  saved  the  life, of  an  Arab seaman, whose  vessel sank  in  the Red  Sea  on  Feb. 11  with  the loss  of  four  lives.  The  rescued  seaman,  Ahmed  ben  Adree,  was a  member  of  the  crew  of  the  SS  Kid,  a  Greek  ship  which  went  to  the  bottom  shortly  after  high  winds  caused  it  to  founder.  Tankers  in  the  vicinity  picked'up  the  other  sur­ vivors.  A report  from  the Steel  Fabri­ Members  of  the  Marina  Sluggers  pose  for  photographer  V. Swanson, Chief  Cook,  after  they  cator,  forwarded  from  Calcutta,  beat  the  team  representing  the  SS  Beatrice  in'Mayaguez.  Kneeling­  (left  to  right):­Dickerson,  &  said  the  Isthmian  ship  was  pro­ OS;  Downey,  MM;  Wafkins.  Oiler;  Wagner,  OS;  Olive,  AB.  Standing:  Port  Steward,  Doyle,  ceeding  smoothly  in  the  Red  Bosun;  Anderson,  3rd  Cook;  McCatey,  MM;  Carrera,  Ch.  Mate;  Capt. Callas  (holding  bat);  Shot­ Sea  at  10  AM,  when  SIU  crew­ well,. 3rd  Mate,  and  Gireaux,  AB.  *  members  spotted  pieces  of  cargo  floating  in  the  water.  "MAN  OVERBOARD"  fl.  "Several  of  us  were  looking  at  the floating  cargo,"  the  re­ port  ^id,  "when  we  heard  the  Chief  Cook  shout  'Man  over­ Lifeboat  returns  to  the  Steel  In  a  Softball  contest  hdfalded  as  the  "Battle  of  the  Bull  Line  Titans,"  the  SS  board.'  Fabricator  with  the  rescued  Marina  Sluggers  notched  another  victory^ in  their  unblemished  record,  downing  the  "The  Chief  Cook  was  on  his  toes.  He  grabbed  a  life  ring  and  crewman.  SS  Beatrice  Bums  14  to 11,  under  a  blazing sun  on a  Mayaguez,  P.R., sandlot.  •  threw it  to  the fellow  in the  wa­ The  all­Seafarers  games  was*  !  !  :  ^  ter.  He  threw  perfectly  and  the  Aboard  the  Steel  Fabricator  Ting  landed  directly  in  front  of  during  the  rescue  was  Wilson  Sweeney,  economic  officer  of  the  up  in  the  island" port,  according  the  victim."  Steei  Fabricator  crewmen  im­ US  Consulate  General  in  Cal­ ;o  Bosun  Doyle  of  the  Marina.,  mediately  sent  word  to  the  cutta.  Mr.  Sweeney  said  he  was  Doyle,  whose ­  report  ­of  the  bridge  and  the  Captain  ordered  proud  of  the  SIU  crew,  and  game  was  packed  with  all  the  You  can't  judge  a  book  by  its  cover,  nor  a  customs  the  verael  to  circle  ben  Adree  hailed  their  action  in  the follow­ skillful  bombast  and  elegance  of  while  the  life  boat  was  being  ing  lettei­  addressed  to  Union  Barnum  and  Bailey  press  ag­ inspector  by  his  clothes,  Flugo  Echevarria,  2nd  Cook  Headquarters:  laimched.  on  the  SS  Lilica,  Dolphin  Steamship  Corp.,  learned  to  his  .sorrow—.$85  worth—^recently  inf­ "When  we  got  him  aboard,"  "The  efficiency  and  seaman­ only  carrying  out  a  crew  reso­ Bone,  North  Africa.  the  report  continued,  "we  gave  ship displayed  by the officers and  lution  to  keep  all  unauthorized  The  expensive  experience  him  hot  food,  put  him  to' bed  crew  of  the  SS  Steel  Fabricator,  persons  from  the  messhall.  which  befell  Hugo has  since  been  for  the  rest  of  the  trip.  Then  while  rescuing  a  survivor  of  The  man  had  not  identified  roundly  criticized  by  the  entire  some  of  the  fellows  went  to  the  the  Greek  ship  SS  Kid,  which  himself  and,  not  being  a  mind  Lilica  crew  as  a  racket  to  en­ Steward  who  nms  the  slopchest  foundered  and  sank  on  Febru­ reader,  had figured  him  for  a­ trap  seamen  performing  their  and  told  him to  give the  rescued  ary 11  in the Red  Sea,  makes me  local  sharpie  helping  himself  to  duty.  man  some  new  clothes,  which  feel  proud  of  our  American  Mer­ a  free  meal.  Customs  inspectors,  the  crew  would  pay  for,  and  chant  Marine  and  the . members  The  sad  situation  came  about  Hugo  pointed  out,  always  wore  cigarettes  and  candy."  of  the  SIU'crew."  while  Hugo,  busy  in  the  galley,  uniforms  and  identified  them­ noticed  a  seedy­looking  charac­ selves  before  nosing  around.  ter  sampling  the  choice  bits  of  PAY  OR  ELSE  »  fare  being  readied  for  the  crew's  ent's  advance  notice,  said  that  lunch.  Hugo,  in  his  best  French,  But  it  was  a  losing  proposi­ after  the  game  "both  the  vic­ told  the  guy  to  take  a  powder  tion  fpr  Hugo.  He  had  his  choice  torious  Marina  Sluggers  and  the  and  stay  out  of" the  mtssroom.  of  riding  a  bunk  in  jail  Or  defeated  gladiators  of  the  Bfea­ The  intruder  took  the  hint  and  coughing  up  30,000  francs.  He  /  trice  proceeded  to  the  Seafood  scrammed.  But  he  didn't  scram  paid  the  fine.  When  the  crew  heard  the  de­ .  far.  .  '  Bar,  where  a  cold  one  was  en­ tails,,  of  the  quickie  trial,  con­ INDIGNANT  joyed  by  one  and  alL  viction  and fine,  a  special  meet­ "Be  it  also  written . that  we  The  guy  hightailed  it  up  to  ing  was  called  and  a  resolution  are  proud  of  our  achievements  the  Skipper  and  demanded  that  drafted,  condemning  the  actions  on  the diamond,"  Doyle declared.  Hugo  be  thrown  in  the  hoose  of  the  customs  and  accused  the  While  he  was  at  it,  the  Mar­ gow.  Producing  his  credentials,  Bone  government  boys  of  vic­ ina's  Bosun  issued  a­  challenge  he  lamented  that  he,  a  customs  timizing  American  seamen—who  to  all  "Bull  Lines  and  Water­ inspector  in,  the  service  of  the  were  merely  protecting  ship's  man  crews on  the Rum  arid  Coke  French  government,  need  not  be  ­property.  run  to  be our  guest  at a  game  of  subjected  to  such  abuse.  His  The crew  also  pointed  out  that  pride  had  been  severely  dented,  during  the  ship's  15­day  stay  in  Softball.  and  could  only*  be­  salved  it  Bizerte,  a  near­by  French  port,  "May  the  best  team  emerge  Brother  Echevm­ria  were  in­ they  had  no  trouble  with  the  victorious,"  Doyle  said,  but  he  stalled  in  the  local  cooler.  But,  customs  men,  who  wore  uni­ quickly  followed  that  up  with  of  course, .  a  small fine  would  forms  and  identified  themselves  the advice  that "five  will get  you  serve  just  as  well.  when  coming  aboard.  ten  that  we  will  win."  The  Skipper  looked  the  guy's  The  crew  concluded  its  state­*  The  unbeaten  Marina  Sluggers  might  be  interested to  know  that  papers  over,  and  called  for  Hugo  ment  with  the  warning  that  '  '  i  the  crew  of  the  SS  Puerto  Rico  to  'come  topside  to  explain  his  other  crews  hitting  this  North  Wearinfj^'the  sweai  shirt  and. dungarees  presented  to  him  are  also  hunting  for  competition  actions.  African  port  would  be  wise  to  by  Steel  Fabricator  crewmen  shortly  after  they  hauled  him  on  the  ball field.  P.  San  Miguel  The  guy  being  a  customs  man  look  twice  before  chasing  a  out  of  the  Red.  Sea.  SS  Kid  crewmember  Ahmed  ben  Adree  is booking  the PR's  games.  was  news  to  him,  Hugo  explain­ shaggy­looking  character  away  pcses  with  his  rescuers  on  the  deck  of  the  Isthmian  ship  in  Brother  Doyle,  meet  Brother  ed  to  the Skipper.  When  he  saw  from  the  stew  pot.  It  might­  be  Ckdcutta.  Nick  Brancala  is  on  hie  right  and  Ring  Miller  on  San  Miguel—aiid  mai"  the  beat  the  guy  dipping  into  the. crew's  another  guy.  with  a  price  tt« ;  the left.  ­ food  and chased,  him  put  he  was  on his  pride..  team  emerge  victorious!  Marina Sluggers Belt Beatrice Bums, 14­11  In  'Battle  Of  The  Bull  Lines  Titans'  .''S'cra/n  Bub'  Costs  Seafarer  $85;  Bub'  Was  Customs  Man  ik­­ ­  ­M!  �Fridajr*  »  16S0  THE  SEAFARERS  LOG  Page Seven  Digesteid  Minutes Of  SlU Ship  Meetings  KYSKA,  Jaiu  8 —C.  Collixu,  carried  that  men  on  sanitary  Chairman; J. J. Flynn, Secretary.  work  be  required  to  do  job  in  Some  disputed  ovrtime  in  Deck  conformance  with  Union  rules  and  Engine  Departments;  none  and  failure  to  do  so  shall  make  in  Stewards.  Motion  by  J.  them liable to fine. Resolution de­ Abrams  to  keep  Mates  and  En­ claring  Socialist  Workers  (Trot­ gineers  out  of  messroom.  Some  skyite)  Party  as  dual  and  hostile  felt,  such  a  rule  would  create  to. Union  read  and  adopted  un­ ill  feeling,  others  that  it  was  animously.  Suggested  that  radio  okay  for  Mate  on  gangway  to  be  placed  in  chart  room  where  come for  coffee,  Abrams  said  one  it  may  be  used  by  crew.  Special  of  the  officers  carried  tales  to  vote  of  thanks  given *to  Stewards  saloon.  Vote  was  12  to  10  ask­ Department  for  fine  chow  put  ing  this  particular  officer  to  out  by  them.  keep  out.  ft ft ft  SEATRAIN  TEXAS,  Jan.  22—  »  »  PETHOLITE,  Jan. 7—V.  Perer.  egate  explained  the  rules  re­ Frank  Prezalu,  Chairman;  John  Chairman;  H. M.  Rosenstiel, Sec­ garding  transportation.  Discus­ Messick,  Secretary.  No  beefs  in  retary.  Ship's  Delegate  spoke  to  sion  on  painting  of  alleyways  Deck  Department,  one  in  Engine  Captain and  repopted  understand­ and  it  was­  agreed  that  spot  and  40  hours  disputed  overtime  ing  that  officers  will  not  do  any  sougeeing  would  take  dare  of  in  Stewards.  Motion  carried  call­ more  painting  in  their  quarters.  the  vessel's  needs.  Under  Good  ing  for  painting  in  all  foc'sles.  yfZB  SnuLVOiNG­ BUSIMESS AT THE SAMm  Crew^s  decks  have  been  painted  and  Welfare  crew  indicated  ap­ Under 'education  there  was  dis­ OIS>  enAATD ,  aRXSEfZ THE 194.9 "EoUAfO  and  port  hole  dogs  freed.  No  proval  of  a  one  year  rule  gov­ cussion  and  clarification  on  two  StOLUME.  OF THE  SEATAJdBQS  ICX3­ beefs  in  any  of  the  departments,  erning  'stays  aboard  one  ship,  major  issues  now  before  Union  YoUfZSElF OR. YOUR  LIBRARY.  after  which  vacation  with  pay  delegates  Teported.  Motion  (by  membership:  compulsory  vaca­ ONE VEAR.CF  SlU  HiSTDRy FOR ONOi  should  be  taken.  Deck  Delegate  J.  Bourgeois,  seconded  by  Jesse  tions  and  credit  unions.  Arrange­ Sturm),  to  see  Captain  about  reminded  men  that  there is  a  no  ments  made  to  call  Seamen's  ^ROM  51 BE<\VER STREET  painting crew's  mess  and  recrea­ smoking  rule  on  deck  for  the  Church  Institute  for  new  library  MBVSl  YORK­  4­, Af.y..  PAY POSrAQE.  safety  of  the  crew  and  ship,  books.  One  minute  of  silence  in  tiph^  roomi  Steward  reported  on  ft ft ft  memory  of  departed  Brothers,  status  of  ship's  welfare  fund.  Discussion  on  leaks  in  cargo  BALTORE,  Jan. 8—Edmond  L.  ft ft ft  lines.  Crewmen  urged  to  make  Eriksen.  Chairman;  M.  Bunker,  WARRIOR,  Jan.  8  —  Ray  sure  tanks  ai'e  gas  free  before  Secretary. Delegates reports  were  Queen,  Chairman;  Gordon  Bilbo,  they  enter  them.  Earl  Gonyea  accepted.  Eriksen  moved  that  Secretary.  Three  hours  disputed  suggested  crew  thank  Stewards  two  men  who  had  missed  ship  overtime'  in  Deck  Department,  Department  for  excellent  holiday  be  referred  to  Baltimore  Hall.  no  beefs  in  the  others.  Ted  Suggested  that  coffee  urn  be  Hodges  to  carry  on  as  Ship's  dinners.  kept  clean  at  all  times.  Wiper  Delegate  until  oncoming  crew  ft  4.  and  Ordinary  to  continue  mak­ elects  new man. Patrolman  to  be  CORAL  SEA,  Feb.  28 —Joe  ing  coffee.  Copies  of  repair  list  notified  of  need  for  repairs,  as  iBarron,  Chairman;  A1 De  Forest,  The  most  serious  topic  of  discussion  among  the  SIU  mem­ to  be sent  to  company  offices  in  they  are unseaworthy  at  present.  Secretary.  Ship's  Delegate  ex­ bership  ashore  and  aboard  ships  throughout  the  world  continues  Motion  carried  to  have  clock  in­ to  be  the  Hiring  Hall.  Throughout  the  nation  in  the  homes  of  plained  that  library  hadn't  been  Baltimore  and  New  York.  stalled  in  recreation  room.  Mo­ parents,  wives  and  relatives  (who  read  the  LOG  thoroughly)  changed  because  of  limited  time  tion  carried  to  givb  Seton  La­ there  is  also  an  intense  and  disturbed  feeling  about  this  Taft­ in  each  port.\ He  asked  that  pri­ Locheur,  who  is  paying  off,  a  Hartley  and  Supreme  Court  "monkey  business"  of  destroying  the  vately  purchased  books  be  put  vote  of  thanks  for  his  services  maritime  Hiring  Hall  .  .  .  There's  good  AFL  news  on  Beaver  in  library  after  owner  has  read  as  Ship's  Delegate.  Delegates  to  Street,  for  the  girls  and  guys  of  Local  16,  Hotel  and  Restaurant  them.  Blackie  Connors  thanked  draw  up  letter  about  good  con­ Employees.  They  won  their  strike  against  the  high  class  restau­*  Deck  men  for  cleaning  up  laim­ dition  aboard  the  Warrior  and  rant  across from  our  Union  Hall . . . Canasta  is  not  a  new "Souse"  dry.  He  said  he  and  Deck  Dele­ send it  to the SEAFARERS LOG.  American  dance  but  an  exciting  card  game  and  we'll  bet  some  gate  Briandies  will  try  to  ex­ change  library  in  Genoa.  No  ft ft ft  SlU  ship  has  already  preferred  canasta  instead  of  hearts,  poker,  ROBIN  KETTERING,  Jan.  15  blackjack,  pinochle,  bridge  or  cribbage  .  .  .  Cities  Service  Com­ beefs  reported  by  department  —Elbert  Hogge,  Chairman;  John  pany  is  SIU,  too—and  it  sure  provides  the  best  tanker  runs,  ac­ delegates.  Motion  carried  to  lock  ft ft ft  TUIey,  Secretary.  Harry  WUl­ cording  to  many  SIU  tanker  sailors.  laundry  room  while  in  port.  Un­ der  Education,  Ship's  Delegate  ALCOA  PLANTER,  Jan.  13—  oughby  elected  Ship's  Delegate.  ft ft ft  Connors  said  that  this  was  first  Percy  Boyer,  Chairman;  Hugh  No  beefs  pending  in  Deck  and  Gallagher,  Secretary.  Delegates  One  of  the  Brothers  was  wishing  Harry  Banner,  "Big"  '  Stewards  departments,  with  time  gangway  watches  have  reported  no  beefs.  Suggested  by  John  Carey,  the  Bosun,  Duke  Wade,  the  Cook;  Pete  King  emd  everything  okay  in  Engine  de­ been  allowed  and  urged  every­ Sentis  that  that  system  be  work­ Pete  Bush  were  all  in  New  York.  For  "pete's  sake,"  sounds  partment  with  exception  of  a  one  to  do  a  good  job  and  be  ed  out  between  department  to  like  jin  oldtimer's  reunion  which  is  something  which  hardly  •   few  hours  disputed,  overtime.  sure  he  has  relief  before  leav­ keep  laundry  room  clean.  Nord  ever  happens . . . Looking  good  with  a  cigar  and  a  smile  for  Motion  carried  calling  for  sched­ ing.  Brandies  stressed  fact  that  all. Brother  Ray  Queen  just sailed  in  after  many  months  away  strdm urged  crewmembers.to live  ule  agreeable  to  all  hands  on  no  stores  are  to  be  sold  or  from  this  hamburger  burg of  a  town .  . . Brother  E.  Anderson,  up  to  Agreements  reached  at  cleaning  of  laundry  room.  After  traded.  Joe  Barron  cautioned  shipboard  meetings. Steward  told  oldtimer  and  Electrician,  has  been  helping  out  for  some  time.  discussion ' it  was  agreed  that  men  about  Greek  and  Turkish  Brother  Anderson,  a  prolific  reader,  says  he's  just  finished  members  that  if  they  had  any  departments  would  rotate  on  regulations  on  cigarettes  and  reading  a  fine  book,  the  biography  of  Sigmund  Romberg.  special  dishes  which  they  have  weekly  basis  in  attending  to  this  money.  Under  Good  and  Welfare  it  was  agreed  by  all  that  each  not  been  getting  to  report  it  to  job.  Motion  carried  to  approach  Music,  music,  music  . . .  Another  Brother  who  had  been  member  be  personally  respon­ him.  Boyer  asked  all  hands  to  all department  heads on  questibn  helping  out  for  more  than  a  month  and  a  half  burning  up  a  typewriter  and  whatever  other  work  there  was  to  do,  is  now  sible  for  the  cleanliness  of  the  cooperate  in  keeping  down  noise  of  painting  foc'sle  decks.  Sug­ in  passageways  during  the  day­ happily  out  at  sea.  His  name  is  Nick  De  Semtis  and  a  true  gested  that  men  show  considera­ laundry  before  he  leaves  it.  SIU  man  he  is.  time.  tion  of  others  at  all  times  while  ft ft ft  ft ft ft  aboard  ship.  TRINITY,  Jan.  16  —  C.  L.  Eddie  Saul,van  artist  with  the  quips  (the  only  brush  he  owns,  Brown,  Chairman;  Pete  Piascik,  however,  decorates  his face)  is  studying  pipes—the  shipboard  lines  Secretary.  Ship's  Delegate  .re­ in  the.  engineroqm  which  are  always  leaking.  Good  luck,  Eddie,  ported  that  some  of  the  needed  ft ft ft  towards  non­leaking  refrigeration  engineering ... Norman  Maffie,  DEL  NORTE,  Feb.  19—Thurs­ repairs  had  been  taken  care  of.  the  talented  artist,  grabbed  a  scow  about  a  month  ago  . .  . John  ton  Lewis,  Chairm.'sn;  C.  A.  Department  delegates reported  Wunderlich,  a  talented  writer  with  many  articles  logged  in  the  Bradley,  Secretary.  Ship's  Dele­ that  there  were  no  beers  pend­ LOG,  has  had  everything  good  happen  to  him  since  he  quit  the  ft ft ft  gate  reminded  Brothers  they  ing,  Discussion  on  pay  differen­ LAFAYETTE,  Jan.  15—C.  Au­ landlubbing  shipchandling  business.  He  turned  4;o  getting  married  must Tie  aboard  one  ho'u­  before  tial  between  Second  Cook  and  bert.  Chairman;  R.  Eden,  Secre­ (five  months  ago)  and  has  just  left  Galveston,  Texas,  aboard  the  sailing  time  and  urged  them  to  Night  Cook  and  Baker.  Suggest­ tary.  Ship's  Delegate  reported  SS  War  Hawk  boimd  for  the  Far  East.  May  the  mystic  mysteries  settle  all  minor  beefs  with  their  ed  that  noise  in  passageways  be  everything ship­shape.  Few  hours  of  the  Far  East  guide  weU,  John.  Congratulations  and  happiness  departmental  delegates.  Depart­ cut  down  at  night.  disputed  overtime  in  Deck  De­ on  the.sea  of  matrimony.  ment delegates also  reported. Mo­ partment,  but  all  okay  in  others.  ft ft ft  ft ft ft  tion  (by  Lewis)  carried •  recom­ MARYMAR,  Jan.  15 —James  Motion  by  Quint,  seconded  by  It's  sure  good  lo  hear  thai  the  Winona  Bar  on  Sledman  .  mending­ that  ship's  newspaper  Rose,  Chairman;  Robert  Mott.  Tamlin,  to  have  new  chairs  put  Street  in  Houston,  Texas,  is  a  good  place  towards  SIU  guys.  .  be  published.  Ship's  treasurer  Secretary.  Delegates  reports  ac­ in  messroom  and  to  have  them  They're  now  on  the list  to  receive  LOGS,  too . . . From  Mobile  :  reported  that $18.44  wiis  on  hand  cepted.  Anti­Trbtskyite  resolu­ fastened  to  deck.  Motion  (by  we  have  received  a  letter  from  Brother  Joseph  A.  Ryan  who  in  ship's  fund.  Crew  had  do­ tion  was  read  and  adopted  un­ Marsh,  seconded  by  Keel)  car­ has  written  the  following  excellent  poem:  nated  $78  to  March  of  Dimes.  animously.  Delegates'^to  visit  all  ried  to  see  if  some  place  can­ A  SEAMAN'S  DREAM  Motion  by  King  carried  to  re­ foc'sles  in  their' departments  and  not  be  designated  for  placing  Forgotten  people  we  are,  one  and  all  strict  use  of  ship's  funds  to  make  list  of  needed  repairs  in  books  and  magazines.  Marsh  purposes  originally  agreed  upon.  three  copies,., to  be  given  to  de­ and  other  members  of  Stewards  out­casts  to  everyone,  small  and  tall  Ballard  C.  Browning  elected  partment  head,  Patrolman  and  Department  were  thanked  for  We  deliver  the  goods,  day  after  day  Athletic  Director.  Discussion  on  one  to  be  retained  by  delegate.  their fine  efforts.  Marsh  dischss­ that  they  will  survive,  in  the  distance  away  Our  risks  unheard  of,  our  hazards  untold  lifeboat  drills  and  the  duties  of  ed  dangers  of  Trotskyites  to  ft ft ft  that  the  real  unfortunate,  may  see  a  new  world  each  man  during  the  exercise,  PONCE,  Jan.  21—Robert  Ri­ unionism.  Crew  went  on  record  Will  we  never  be  recognized,  by  smart  or  un­schooled  vera,  Chairman;  James  Waller.  n  favor  of  expulsion  of  these  ft ft ft  will  our  tasks  and  attempts,  be  always  over­ruled  STRATHMORE,  Jan.  15  —  Secretary.  Department  delegates  enemies  bf  the  Union.  One  min­ Itn awakening  now,  with  a  smile  and  a  gleam  Frank  Walaska,  Chairman;  G.  Reported  no  beefs.  Robert  Rivera  ute  of  silence  in  memory  of  de­ Butonkoff,  Secraiwy.  Ship's  Del­ elected  Ship's  Delegate.  Motion  parted  Union... Brothers.  There's  only  one  answer—it's  just  a  Seaman's Dream!  .  :.K,r  ...v­,  �THE  StAF ARE RS  LOG  '  ki»sii a«,  iSItt  THE  MEMBERSHIP  SPEAKS  Use Of  Training Ships  Blasted By Wunderlich  various  Maritime  Training  Sta­ tions  here  in  the  US.  In  my  This  is  intended  as  an  answer  opinion,  the  only  practical  solu­ to  John  Bunker's  article  on  the  tion  to  the  problem  of  training  use  of  sailing  ships  as  training  merchant  seamen  is  to  let  them  vessels,  which  appeared  in  the  learn  right  on  board  ship  under  actual  conditions  with  the  men  LOG  of  Jan.  13;  1950.  ^ First  of  all,  I  wish  to  extend  who  know  the  score,  whether  liiy  sincere  compliments  to  John  they  go  as  Wiper,  Messman,  OS  Bunker  for  his  contributions  to  or  galley  boy.  the.'advancement  of  information  Let  them  leam  the  way  of  concerning  the merchant  marine.  seamanship  on  the  ships  oh  We  are,  indeed,  in need  of  more  which  they  are  to  serve  in  the  articles  informing  the  public  of  future.  Then  we  can rest  assured  the need  for  a  large  and  modem  they  will  develop  into  not  only  American  merchant fleet,  in  competent  seamen,  but  also  good  peacetime,  as  well  as in  national  shipmates  and  true  union  bro­ ;  .emerg^cies.  thers  in  tiii  great  tradition  of  Though  I  differ  'with  Bunker  seafarers  throughout  the  marl­*  in  regard  to  the  use  of  sailing  time  world.  ships  as  training  vessels,  no  dis­ J^ui T,  Wi^delich,  Jr.  respect  for  his  opinion  is  meant.  SS  War  Hawk  .  Although  disagreeing  with  him  in  this  instance,  I  still  agr6§'  '^th  his  general  purpose.  SEVEN  OF  DEL  NORTECS  COMPLEMENT  Log'A'Rhythms  My  Lord's  Prayer  By  MARY  LOU  FARLEY  ;r To  the  Editor:  1  Our Father,  who are in heaven.  You  know  I'm  not  too  bad, ^  But  there  comes  at  certain  feeling  That  always  leaves  me  sad*  1  shouldn't  say  this.  Father,  But  somehow  I  know  it's  true.  That  when  my  life  has  just  begun,  YouTl  take  me  up  to  you.  I'm  not  afraid  of  dying  And  going ^up  above*  But  Lord,  you  know  just  how  I  feel.  Bemuse  I'm  now  in  love.  Dick  Marlines  submilted fibis, phdtd  Ut  a  sample  of  typical  Sealare»  aboard  the  SlU  pisseiiger  ^p.  Standing,  left  fe  ri^. Brothers  Russelb  Nunesi  Fafnandta,  Poplar  and  Suares.  Kneeling  are  E.  Reyes,  whoie  Oartoehi  oeeasiiMially  appear  in  the  LOG,  and  Goe.  I  love  this  boy,  deair  Fatheri  So. please,  don't  let  us  part.  It isn't  just  puppy love,  IPs  really  from  Rie  heart.  He's  different  from  the  pthef  boys,  •   He's  kind  beyond cottipare.  That's  why,  my  Godr  1  don't  want  to start  To  climb  those golden  stairs*  If  you  don't  want  the  sun  to  shine.  Or  the moon on  lovers'  lane*  You  very  easily  turn  tlMm  off,.  And  maybe  let  it  rain.  So if  when  I  am older.  You decide my day ha* coma,  Give me  a  little warning,  Before  my  hatfle's  done.  So,  God  of  mine,  please  ha  fair.  Don't let  this prayer go by.  Read  and  think  it  over.  Oh  God,  I  don't  want  to die.  RAISED  IN  SEAPORT  I  had  my first  encounter* with  the  sea  and  its  men  in.  Norway.  li^H­ Although  I  was  bom  in  Brook­ IW"  lyn,  I  was  raised  in a  small  sea­ To  The  Editor:  All  right,  but  does  the  publica­ I  The  resolution  jiist  gives  the  port  on  the  southern  coast  of  I  was  very  much  amazed  in  tion  of  the  LOG­ continually  di­ bare  statement  that  the  LOG  is  Norway.  Arendal  is  the  name  reading  the  LOG  of  February  lO'  minish  the  money  in  the  Gen­ a  drain  on  a  fund  for  which  we  and  it is  in  the  county  (Fyike)  the  resolution  adopted  by  25  eral  Fund  without  the  money  assess  oui^elves  ten  dollars  and  of  West  Agder.  Like  the  United  members  of  the  crew  on  the  SS  being  replaced  and  in  fact  the  which  is  expressly  for,  opera­ States,  Norway  has  sectional  di­ The  Cabins,  proposing  a five­dol­ fund  growing  by  the  yearly  as­ tional  uses  of  the  Union.  We  can  visions  as  South,  North,  Middle  lar  assessment *  to finance'  the  sessment  of  ten  dollars  for  each  say  that  the  maintainance  of  seaman?  SlU  Hails,  the  wages  of  officials,  West,  etc.  The  part  where  I  was  publication  of  the  LOG.  There  is  a  drain  to  be  sure  the  buying  of  equipment  neces­ brought  up  is  called  the  Sor­ landet,  or  Southland,  which  was  The  only  two  reasons  that  the  but  so  is  a  wife  at  home  with  sary  for  the  Union" and  the  in­ the  name  of  the  training  vessel  resolution  gives  to  support  the  children  while  the  husband  is  on  numerable  pamphlets  arid  leaf­ on  which  the  youngsters  in  that  idea  of  a five­dollar  assessment  a  ship  earning  money  to  support  lets  printed  by  the  Union  is  also  part  of  Norway  got  their  pre­ are  that  the  LOG  is  an  annual  them.  And  is  he  not  compensat­ a  drain  on  the  General  Fund­ drain  on  the  General  Fund  and  ed  by  a  home  to ..go  to  when  he  What  bothers  me  is  that  the  liminary training  as seamen.  that  the  voluntary  contributions  can  get . off  a  ship  and  the* love  Brothers  that  drew  Up  this  reso­ We  also  had  the  training  ship  are  being  paid  by  only  some  of  of  his  family?  lution  assume  conditions  to  be  Christian  Radich  in  the  Eastem  the  Brothers.  Is  not  the  pleasure  of  smoking  so  on  which  they  haven't  offered  part  of  Norway,  and  the  Stats­ Let  us  examine  these  reasons  a  drain  on  a  man's  total  wages  the  slightest  facts  to  back  up  rad  Lemkulh,  which  is  the  prop­ and  see  if  they  are  xeaJ  enough  for  a  year,  but  is  he  not  com­ their  argument  for  another  as­ erty  of  the  western  part  of  Nor­ for  the  SIU  membership  to  pensated for  it  by  the  enjoyment  sessment.  way.  assess  themselves five  dollars  an­ he  derives  from  smoking?  Even  My  objection  to  their  use  is  FACTS  LACKING  nually.  Is  the  LOG  a  drain  on  serious  thinking  is  a  drain  of  not only  the fact that  these ships  the  General  Fund?  By  that  to  energy  from  one's  mind  and  I'm  J  believe  it  desii­able  that  be­'  To  the  Editor:'  are  obsolete  and  of  no  value  in  say,  as  the  resolution  implies,  afrciid  there  has  been  ,  little  fore  this  resolution  ever  gets  to  Congratulations  to  the  SIU  on  a  marine  education.  The  family  money  is  taken  from  the  Gen­ thinking  going  into  the  making  a  referendum  vote  Headquarters  the  Cities  Service  victory—­the  of  a  cadet  on  those  ships  has  to  could  tell  us  just  how  much  the  signing  by  the  Company  of  an  contribute  to  the  expenses  of  eral  Fund  to  maintain  the  LOG.  of  this  resolution.  voluntary  contributions  made  to  SIU. contract  and  its  immediate  training  the  men.  Consequently  the  LOG  defray  the  cost  of  pub­ monetary  gains—not  to  speak  of  LOVELY  GIRLS  DEPARTMENT  the  average  youngster  you  will  lishing  it.  Let  us  get  some  facts  modern  working  rules  and  con­ find  on  them  is  not  the  kind  of  before  we  assume  something  to  ditions  to  follow.  if  ia  boy  who  has  an  honest  desire  be  true.  I've  never  read  any  The  men  who  sailed  these  ^o  make  a career  of  the  sea.  burst  of  passion  injhe  LOG  be­ ships  and  stuck  to  their  guns  in  Quite the  opposite. These  train­ fore  on  the  subject  of  the  LOG  the  face  of  all  opposition, are,  to  ing ships haye become the  dump­ being  a  ruinous  drain  on  the  be  honored.  They  have  given  ing  grounds  for  the  wild  young­ General  Fund,  and  I  want  more  Unionism  a  tremendous  boost.  sters  from,  well­to­do  families.  to  go  on  than  this  fuzzy  written  This  should  convince  the  luke^  They  are  onboafd  tmwillingly  resolution.  warm  fence  sitters inside  or  out­ and  have  but  one  ambition—to  Of  the  other  reason  that  we  side  Union  ranks  that  genuine  get  back  ashore  as  soon  as  the  must  have  an  assessment  be­ Unionism  pays  off  in  concrete  head  of  their  families  believe  cause  voluntary  contributions  to  results  an4  that  Unionism  a  le  it'; I  they  have  reformed.  the  LOG  are  made  by  only  some  SIU  type  is  in  the  forefront  of  iSi;i  Due  to  that  fact;  most  of  the  of  the  Brothers.  I  believe  that  the fight  for  freedom  and  pork  men  coming  aboard  a  merchant  those  who  gladly  contribute  to  chops  in  the  maritime  industry.'  vessel  from  a  schoolship  are  the  LOG  do  so  because  they  en­ The  power  of  unity  and  pur­ treated  with  contempt,  which  joy  its  features;  those  who  con­ pose,  of  correct  leadership  poli­ most  of  them  do  their  utmost  tribute,  but  do  so  because  a  cies  and  membership  backing­ to  live  up  to.  Patrolman  is  asking  him  directly  plus  determination,  i.e.,  plain  for  a  donation  for  the  LOG,  damned  stubborness,  is  there  for  ANTI­UNION  TRAINING  In  closing  I  <fo  not  believe  it  all  the  world  to  see.  Second,  but  not  the  least  im­ is  the  custom  with  unions  to  Once  more  —  congratulations.  portant,  is  'the  fact  that  the  have  their  members  pay  a  speci­ No  longer  need  a  seaman  haunt  yoimgsters,  while  in  training  are  Looking  cute  as  all  get  out  in  her  new  Outfit,  the  gal  on  fic money  for  reading  the  union's  the  company  office  and  be  sub=­ taught  to  believe  in  their  su­ the  left  is redheaded  Marilyn  Willianut,  four  months,  daughter  paper. A  Brother  paying  his  dues  ject  to  a  secret  blacklist  in  thfe  periority  over  the  ordinary  sea­ of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Walter  Williams  of  Brooklyn.  The  daring  and  assessments  pays  for  the.  hands  of  men  who  control  hiS  farer,  and  are  alsc  solidly  indoc­ damsel  on  the  right  who  appears  to  be  right  la  style  with  right  of  reading  his  union's' lit­ life and  those  O'f  his  loved  ones,  trinated  in  anti­unionism  in  all  an  off­the'^shoulder  gown.  Is  Carol  Mpordsikaria, whose  parents  erature  without  another  .assess­ God  Bless  the  Siy,  Yours  has  of  its  various  forms.  ere  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Bill  Mpontsikaris  of  New  Bedford*  Mass.  ment  superimposed  on  this.  been  a  magnificent fight.  ^  m­'­ I  have  also  spent  time  in  the  Both  fathers  are  Seafarers,  of  course.  :  :  John  J.  Flynii;  ,Wittderittg  Lacks Convinciiig Argument, Seafarer Says  m  CS Pact Hailed  As Boost To  Cause Of Unionism  111  I•   �Friday,  Muck1^1,  I960  THE  SEAFARERS  t OG  Page  Nine  Cities Service Interim Contract Anaiyzed  DATE  OF  AGREEMENT  MARCH  10,  1950  sea  falling  on  Sunday,  the  following  Monday  shall  be  deemed , a holiday'and  no  double  overtime  shall  be  . paid  on  holidays  falling  on  Sunday.  •   COMMENT:  Holidays  that  fell  on  Simdays  (as  they  did  last  Christmas  and  New  Year's)  were  lost  to  Cities  Service  crewmen.  From  now  on  men  on  CS  tankers  will  be  fully  protected  in  this  matter.  they  got  it. Under  this Article, five  different  rating*  will  make  30  cents  more  an  hour  for  overtime.  Article  7.  Ship's  Delegate.  One  (1)  man  in  each  ,  Interim  Agreement  made  this  ioth  day  of  March  department  on  each  vessel  shall  be  recognized  as  1950,  by  and  between  CITIES  SERVICE  OIL  COM­ delegate  for  his  department.  Such  delegates  are  privil­ PANY  OF  PENNSYLVANIA,  MARINE  DIVISION,  eged  to  present  to  their  superior  officers, ^on  behalf  (hereinafter called  the Company)  and  the  SEAFARERS  of  the  members  in  their  department,  facts  and  opin­ INTERNATIONAL  UNION  OF  NORTH  AMERICA}  ions  concerning  any  working  conditions  si)ecified  in  ATLANTIC  AND  GULF  DISTRICT,  (hereinafter  called  the  Union)  affiliated  with  the  AMERICAN  (b)  The  work  week  in port  shall  be  forty  (40)  hours  this  Agreement  wherein  adjustment  is  thought  proper  FEDERATION  OF  LABOR.  per  week.  It  is  understood  for  the  purpose  of  this  There  may  also  be  a  ship's  delegate  who  shall  be  privileged  to  present  to  the  Master,  on  behalf  of  the  Article  1.  Recognition.  The  Company  recognizes  paragraph  all  work  performed  in  port  on  Saturdays,  unlicensed  personnel,  facts  and  opinions  concerning  the  Union  as  the  exclusive  collective  bargaining  rep­ Sundays  and  recognized  holidays  shall  be  paid  for  any  working  conditions  in  this  Agreement  wherein  resentative  for  the  unlicensed  personnel  (excluding  at  the  overtime  rate.  COMMENT:  Under  the  old  conditions,  CS  men  adjustment  is  thought  proper.  Stewards,  Pursers,  Boatswains)  employed  aboard  the  COMMENT:  For  the first  time.  Cities  Service  tan­ worked  44  hours  a  week  in  port,  and  got  no  over­ vessels  of  the  Company  or  vessels  bareboat  chartered  kermen  will  have  around­the­clock  Union  represen­ time  for  work  done  up  to Saturday  noon.  to  the  Company  where  the  Company  furnishes  the  tation.  Unlike  the  appointed  stoogy  CTMA  "dele­ crew.  (c)  At  sea  the  hours  of  work  shall  be  forty­eight  gates," the  men the crew  elects as  Department  Dele­ COMMENT:  For  the  first  time.  Cities  Service  sea­ (48)  hours  per  week  for  men  standing  watches.  It  is  gates  and  Ship  Delegate  will  do  the  best  they  can  men  have  a  bona  fide  trade  union  to  represent  imderstood  that  for  the  purpose  of  this  paragraph  to  see  that  the  agreement  is  lived  up  to.  If  they  them  in  their  negoRations  with  the  company  on  Sundays  at  sea  .shall  be  considered  the  overtime  day,  cannot,  they  will  turn the facts  over  to the  boarding  wages,  conditions  and  working  rules,  and  to  handle  that  is  to  say,  all  work  performed  on  Sunday  at  sea  Patrolmen,, who  will  carry  on^  The  shipboard  Dele­ their  grievances.  shall  be  paid  for  at  the  overtime  rate.  gates  are, the  first  line—and  the  backbone—of  the  (d)  Engine  and  Deck  Day  Men  at  Sea.  The  work  Union's  defenses,  so  be  sure  to  choose  men  who  Article  2.  Employment.  The  Company  will  not  dis­ week  for  the  unlicensed  Deck  and  Engine  personnel  know  the  contract  and,  preferably,  men  who  have  criminate  in  hiring  unlicensed  personnel,  or  in  their  had  previous  experience  in  this  matter.  tenure  in  employment,  between  Union  men  and  Non­ who  do  not  stand  watches  shaU  be  forty­four  (44)  Union  men.  The  Company  will  notify  the  Union  in  hours per  week  (8 a.m.  to 5  p.m.  week­days and  8  a.m.  Article  8.  Grievance  Procedure.  For  the  adjustment  Ports  where  men  are  required  as  far  in  advance  as  to  12  noon  Saturdays).  of  grievances  arising  under  this  agreement  which  can­ (e)  Eight  (8)  Hour  Day.  Except  for  emergencies,  no  possible  when  any  unlicensed  men  are  to  be  employed  not  satisfactorily  be  adjusted  aboard  the  vessel,  there  SO  that  the  Union may  send  men having  the  qualifica­ member  of  the  imlicensed  personnel  will  be  required  shall  be  established a  port  committee  in  the  Home  port  tioqs  for  the  jobs  to  be  filled.  As  between  applicants  to  work  more  than  eight  (8)  hours  in 'any  one  day  (New  York)  consisting  of  a  representative  or  repre­ having  comparable  qualifications,  the  Company  will  without  the  payment  of  overtime.  sentatives  of  the  Unipn  and  of  the  Company's  shore  COMMENT:  For  the first  time  there  is  a  definite,  operating  staff.  This  port  Committee  shall  be  ready  give  preference  to  those  applicants  for  jobs  who  have  fleet­wide  rule  as  to  hours  of  work.  Before  this  to  meet  on  24  hours'  notice  to  either  party  any  day,  seniority  with  the  Company  as  hereinafter  defined.  agreen^ent,  this  was  generally  left  up  to  the  indi­ Monday  through  Friday,  between  9:00  A.M.  and  5:00  If  the  Union  considers  the  Company's  rejection  of  any  vidual  Masters  or  Department  heads,  with  little—  P.M.,  holidays  excluded,  and  shall  endeavor  to  arrive  applicant  for  a  vacancy  tO'  have  been  discriminatory  if  any—overtime  for  work  in  excess  of  8  hours.  at  a  prompt  and  fair  adjustment  of  each  grievance.  .because  of  Union  membership,  or  without  just  cause,  Even  when  overtime  was  promised,  it  was  seldom  In  the  decision  or  settlement  of  all  matters  sub­ it  shall  be  dealt  with  imder  the  grievance  procedure  paid.  This  practice  has  been  halted  for  good.  and  the  Union  agrees  that  such  rejection  or  resort  to  mitted  to  the  port  Committee,  the  Union  and  the  the  grievance  procedure  shall  not  cause  any  vessel  (f)  Stewards  Department.  The  Stewards  Department  Company,  irrespective  of  the  number  of  their  repre­ to  be  delayed.  shaU  be  required  to  work  eight  (8)  hoiurs  per  day  in  sentatives,  shall  each  have  one  vote.  Unlicensed  personnel  when  applying  for  employment  a  spread  of  twelve  (12)  hours.  For  the  purpose  of  In  the  event  the  port  Committee  is  imable  to  ad­ shall  submit  to  such  physical  examination  as  may  be  this  section,  any  work  performed  at  sea  on  Sundays  just  said  grievance  within  48  hours,  either  the  Union  prescribed  by  the  Company  and  shall  submit  from  or  holidays  and  in  port  on  Saturdays,  Sundays  and  or  the  Company  may,  within  30  days  thereafter,  sub­ •  time  to  time  thereafter  to  such  physical  examination  holidays  shall  be  paid  for  at  the  overtime  rate  of  mit  the  same  to  arbitration  as  hereinafter  provided^  as  may  be  required  by  the  Company.  FaUme  to  pass  pay.  The  schedule  of  working  horns  for  the  Stewards  If  such  question  shall  not  be  so  submitted  to  arbitra­ any such  physical  examination sh41l  be  sufficient cause  Department  personnel  to  be  worked  out  during  bar­ tion  within such  30  days,  it shall  be  considered  closed­ to  prevent  employment  or  to "^ause  termination  of  In  the  event  arbitration  be  desired  by  either  party,  gaining  sessions  on  balance  of  this  contract.  employment;  provided,  that  if  Jhe  Union feels  that  the  COMMENT:  Stewards Department  men would work  it  shall  notify  the  other  party  in  writing  as  herein  Company  doctor  has  .unfairly  discriminated  against  or  whenever,  wherever  and  as  long  as  the  Steward's  above  provided,  stating  the  question  to  be  submitted  unjustly  rejected  a  member  of  the  unlicensed  person­ to "arbitration.  Within  15  days  after  receipt  by  such  pleasure  demanded,  with  little or  no overtime.  nel,  it  shall  be  dealt  with  as  a  grievance;  and,  pro­ other  party  of  such  notice  in  writing,  the  Company  vided  further,  that  the  Union  will  not  interfere  with  (g)  The  following  days  shaR  be  recognized  as  and  the  Union  shall  jointly  ­submit  such  grievance  or  delay  any  vessel  because  of  such  grievance.  holidays:  to  arbitration  in  New  York  under  the  volimtary  rules  Nothing  contained  in  this  agreement  shall  be  con­ New  Year's  Day  Independence  Day  of  the  American  Aribitration  Association.  Insofar  as  strued  to  prevent, the discharge  of  any  member  of  the  Lincoln's  Birthday  Labor  Day  applicable  to  the  particular  grievance  submitted  to  unlicensed  personnel,  who,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Washington's  Birthday  Armistice  Day  arbitration,  the  arbitrator  shall  have  authority  to  in­_  Company  is not  satisfactory;  provided,  however,  that  if  Memorial  Day  Thanksgiving  Day  terpret  and  apply  the  provisions  of  this  agreement,  the  Union  feels  that  any  such  discharge  is  discrimina­ Christmas  Day  but  he  shall  not ­have  authority  to  alter  or  amend  this  tory  or  without  just  cause,  it  shall  be  dealt  with  as  agreement  in  any  respect  whatsoever;  the  arbitrator  COMMENT:  If  there  ever  was  a  company fleet­ a  grievance;  and,  provided  further,  that  the  Union  shall  have  the  authority  to  order  reimbursement  fOT  wide  policy  on  holidays,  it  was  never  followed.  will  not  interfere  with  or  delay  any  vessel  because  any  loss  of  wages  or  any  other  benefit  to  which  he  The N^ter  would recognise  or  ignore  holidays,  de­^  of  such  discharge.  might  be  entitled  under  this  agreement  to  the  encb­ pmding  on  his  mood.  Many  a  Cities  Service  sea­ <  Nothing  in  this  Article  is  to  be  construed  to  mean  man  has  worked  Fourth  of  July  or  Christmas  at  ployee  concerned  in  the  grievance  so  submitted  to  that  the  Union  will, Jn any  manner,  interfere  with the  the  regular  rate.  Now  the  men  are  assured  of  nine  arbitration  hereunder.  The  determination  of  the  griev­ Company  in  its  free  selection,  transfer  or  retaining  of  recognised  holidays,  the  same  as  the  men  on  other  ance  by  the  arbitrator  shall  be final  and  binding  upon  employees  with  seniority  as  hereinafter  defined.  the  Company,  the  Union,  or  any  employee  concerned  SlU­contracted  ships.  COMMENT:  This  clause  delinitely  puis  an  end  lo  therein.  The  costs  of  any  such  arbitration  shall  be  Article  5.  Wage  Scales.  discrimination in  hiring.  Men sent  down to  the  com­ shared  equally  by  the  Company  and  the  Union.  pany  from  the  Hall  have to be  accepted or  rejected  Deck  Department:  •   COMMENT:  This Article  guarantees that  grievances  on  the  basis  of  experience  and .ability.  Whenever  Able  Seaman  .....$233.00  which  cannot  be  settled  aboard  ship  will  not  die  the  Union  feels  that  a  man  has  been  rejected  or'  Deck  Maintenance—^AB  251,00  an  unnatural  death.  A  decision  must  be  reached on  fired  arbitrarily,  it  can  invoke  the  grievance  pro­ Ordinary  Seaman  203.50  all  beefs,  whether  through  the  Port  Committee  or  cedure  (Article  8  of  this  agreement)  under  which  Deck  Maintenance—OS  227.50  arbitration.  So  Cities  Service  men  now  know  that  he may  be awarded  "reimbursement  for  any  loss  of  if  they  have  a  good  beef,  they  will  get  satisfac­ Engine  Department:  wages  and  benefits."  tion;  and  that,  since  there  are  definite  time  limits  Pumpman  ­  $313.00  set,  the  beef  cannot  be  strangled  by  red  tape  and  Article  3."  Passes.  The  Company  shall  furnish  ap­ 313.00  Machinist  inaction.  propriate  passes  to  autliorized  representatives  of  the  Oiler  .V  233.00  Union  to  board  the  vessels  of  the  Company  for  the  F.W.T.  ....  ............u..........M................................. 233.00  Article  9.  Term  of  Agreement.  This  agreement  shaU  purpose  of  conducting  legitimate  business  with  mem­ Wiper  ......H......H..................M......H............... 227.50  take  effect  as  of  the  date  hereinabove first  set  forth  bers  of  the  Union  in  the  unlicensed  crew's  messrobm  and  shall  remain  in  effect  until  February  l5th,  1951,  Stewards  Depa^ment:  or  recreational  facilities.  Any  pass  shall  be  revocable  and  from  year  to  year  thereafter  unless  either  party  Chief  Cook  $274.50  by the  Company  at  any time  for  cause.  Not more  than  shall  give  written  notice  of  its  election  toi  amend  co­ 2nd  Cook  and  Baker  245.00  ;two  passholders  shall  be  allowed  aboard  al^y  vessel  ;­i1  terminate  this  agreement  to  the  other  party  at  least  ­'i^J  Galley Man  203.50  of  the  Company  at  the  same  time.  The  Union'guaran­ 60  days  before  the  expiration  date  of  this  agreement  Messman  197.50  tees  that  its  authorized  representatives  to  whom  such  or  the  expiration  of  any  such  annual  extension  there­ COMMENT:  All  CS  tankerihen  under  this  contract  passes  are  issued  will  not  interfere  with  or  retard  of.  Within  ten  (10)  days  after  the  giving  of  any  such  .  have  won  increases  ranging  from  $13  to  $36.50,  the  work  of  the  vessel.*  notice  of  election  to  amend,  the  party  giving  such  something  they  could  not  do  while  they  were  un­ COMMENT:  Whenever  ' a  Cities  Service  tanker  notice  shall  submit  its  proposed  changes  in  writing  oi^ganised.  * docks  in or near  an  SIU  port,  it  will  be  visited  by  to  the  other  party.  SIU representatives,  who will  handTe  whatever beefs  Article  6.  Overtime  Rate.  Overtime  rate  for  un­ Either  the  Company  or  the  Union  may  request  that  the crew  may have  and clarify  misinterpretations  of  licensed  men  covered  by  this  Agreement  whose  base  negotiations  be  opened  for  designated  changes  in  the  the  working  rules.  salary  is  imder  $235.73  per  month  shall  be  $1.15  per  wage  scales  set  forth  herein  on  or  at  any  time  after  hour,  and  for  those  whose  base  salary  is  $235.73  per  this  agreement  has' been  in  effect  for"  six  moulhs  by  '  Article  4. Hours  of  Work.  Work  in Port  and at  Sea.  month  and  over  shaU  be  $1.45  per  hour.  giving  at  least  30  days'  prior  written  notice  to  the  (a)  Overtime  shall  be  paid  for  all  work  performed  .  by  unlicensed  personnel  in  port  or  at  sea  on  any  of  COMMENT:  Formerly,  the  tmlicensed  personnel  other party  of  the desire of  the party giving such notice  the  nine  (D)  holidays  specified  in  this  Agreement;  (except  Stewards,  who  do  not  come  under  this  to  negotiate  a  change  in  such  wage  scale.  No  su(d>  provided,  however,  that  in  the  case  of  holidays  at  contract)  gof  $1.15  per  hour  for  overtime—when  (Continued  on  Page  10)  �THE  SEAFARERS  LOG  Friday.  March  24.  Service Interim Contract Analyzed  (Contftmed from  Page 9)  request  shall  be  deemed  cause  for  tenUinatibn.  of  this  agreement  or  of  any  provision  thereof.  If  the  parties  shEill  fail  to  agree  upon  the  requested  change  in  the  wage scale,  the provisions  of  this agreement  shall  con­ tinue  in  effect  throughout  the  balance  of  the  terms  of  this agreement,  and  such  failure  to  agree  shall  not  constitute  a  grievance  under  the  provisions  of  this  agreement,  nor  shall  it  be  referred  to  arbitration  or  mediation.  COMMENT:  This  provides  the  machinery  for  fb­ opening the  contract  for  wage increases  and changes  in  Working  niles.  Article 10.  Seniority.  1.—Present  employees  as  used  herein  shall  mean  iaU  men  in  the  Unit  presently  serving  in  the fleet  including  those  now  on  vacation,  sick  leave or  author­ ized  leave.  ±—^Employment  in  the fleet  shall  not  be  broken  because  of  vacation,  sick  leave  or  authorized  leave.  The  Union  shall  be  promptly  notified  when  any  such  authorized  leave has  been  granted.  3.—^AU  present  employees  may  remain  in  employ­ ment  unless  they  quit  or  are  discharged  for  cause.  '  4—If  any  such  present  employee  quits  and  later  applies  for  reinstatement  he  shall  have  preference  if  he  has  24  iponths  sea  service  in  the fleet,  between  March  10th,  1947  and  March  10th,  1950.  COMMENT:  Cities  Service  seamen  bh  authorized  leave are  guaranteed  that  their  jobs are  waiting  for  them  when  they  come  back.  No  waiting  or  boot­ licking,  the  jobs  are  thuirs  when  they  want  them.­ WhUe  the  negotiations  for  a  full  agreement  are  in  Eveh  those men  who imposed  the SlU  are  protected  progress,  all  the  Company's  working  rules  and  other  in  their  job  by  this  fair  and  liberal  BIU  contract,  c'Snditions  of  employment,  not  expressly  provided  for  giving  them*a  chemce  to see  how deinociratic  union­ herein,  shall  continue  in  full  force  and  effect.  ism  really  works for  all seamen.  COMMENT:  Even  now,  the  Union  and  the  com­ pany  are  meeting  to  work  out  a  new  set  of  work­ Article 11.  Membership  in  the  Uzuon.  The  Union  ing  rtiles  for  the  Cities  Service  tankers  by  April  agrees  to  extend  membership  to  present  employees,  8,  1950.  Until  that  time,  the  old  company  working  as  defined  in  sub­division  1  of  Article  10,  covered  by  rules still  maintain. If  full  agreement  is  not  reached  this  Agreement  on  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  by that  date—unless  the  time  Is  extended  by  both  are  available  to  all  other  applicants  for  membership.  parties—^the  Union  is  released  from  its  no  strike  COMMENT:  Every  man  now  in  the­ employ  of  pledge,  which  is  covered  by  Article  13,  below.  Cities  Service  can  join  and  have  all  the  privileges  of  membership  in  the  SIU.  If  they  choose,  they  Article 13.  No Strike  or  Lockout.  While  this  interim  can sail  on  any  one  of  the  SlU­Contraieted  ships,  to  agreement  or  any  extension  thereof,  is  in  effect,  the  all  parts  of  the  world,  under  the  finest  conditions  Company  agrees  that  there  will  be  no  lockout;  the  and  highest  wages  in  maritime.  Union  agrees  that  neither  it  nor  any  of  its  members  shall  engage  in,  or  in  any  way  encourage  or  sanction  Article  12.  Compleliohs  of  Full  Contract,  immedi­ any strike or  any  other  group action  which shall inter­ ately  upon  the signing  of  this  Interim  Agreement,  the  rupt  or  interffere  with  the  Company's  operations.^  Company  and  the  Union  will  meet  to  bargain  with  respect  to  working  rules  and  other  conditions  of  CITIES  SERVICE  OIL  COMPANY  OF  PENNA.  employment.  When  a fuU  Agreement  has been" reached  BY:  (s) ^  Chas.  R.  Johnson  with  respect  to  such  working  rules  and  other  condi­ Labor  Relations  Director  tions  of  employment,  such  Agreement  shall  be  incor­ SEAFARERS  INTERNATIONAL  UNION,  porated  with  and  made  part  of  this  Interim  Agree­ A.&G.  DISTRICT  (A.F.ofL.)  ment.  Failure  to  reach  a  full  agreement  on  working  rules  BY:  (s)  John  Arabasz  and  other  conditions  of  employment  by  April  8th,  BY:­^S)  Lindsey  j.  Williams  '  f  1950,  shall  free  the  Union  or  the  Company  frottl  ad­ ^BY:  (S)  George  Ruf  herence  to  Item  No.  13  of  this  Interim  Agteement,  BY:  (s)  Paul  Hall  J  k ^  unless  it  is  mutually  agreed  to  furthfer  extend  the  BY:  (s)  Robert  A.  Matthews  1  V  ­ date  for  agreement.  BY:  (s)  Lioyd  Gardner  .  £sso Nien Look To  SIU  To  Mork  Tinis^ To  Stooge  Vnion'  ice  battle  by  the  striking  paral­ tuted  elaborate  and  costly  sys­ "The  writer,  on  one  occasion,  nor  any  of  the  "executives"  of  (Continued  from  Page  1)  lel  between  CTMA  and  ETMA.  tems  of  service  bonuses,  and  personally  asked  the  ETMA  Pa­ the  Esso  Tankermen's  Associa­ and  the  SIU  sympathizers  were  • 'if,­ i  Both  used  the syrupy  paternal­ other  concessions  and  seemingly  trolman,  Sam  Royal,  for  a  clari­ tion  has  the  ability  or  the  in­ tl'i  jao  exception.  This  was  a  must  fication  of  this  particular  clause.  genuity  to  conceive  anything  so  if  they  hoped  to  remain  in  the  ism  that  is  concocted  to  cover  liberal  policies.  Wr "Ih  some  insthhees  they  even  I  told  him  it  had  been  the  prac­ neat.  fleet.  But  as  events  have  proved,  Up  the  rank  plot  to  chisel  sea­ surpass  conditions  on  Unioh­ tice  to. call  us  out  during  our  "However, I do know that  only  the CTMA  membership lists  were  men out  of  decent  conditions and  Cohtracted  Vessels;  They  have  meal  hours,  and  asked  him  if  those  having  membership  in  the  ho indication  of  its strength,  just  a  free  voice  in  the  settling  of  clever high­paid  lawyers  to draw  there  was  any  penalty  provision.  Esso  Tankermen's  Association  as'the Esso  Tankermen's Associa­ their problems  with management.  Up  union  contracts  and  working  "He  replied  that  no  penalty  were  eligible  to  vote.  And  I  do  tion  membership  lists  are  no  in­ But  let  Ernest  Bossert,  who  dication  of  sentiment  among  the  was employed  as a  tankerman  by  rules  closely  Simulating  our  could  be  claimed  and  nothing  know  also  that  this  Esso  Tank­ Union  contracts;  could  be  done  about  it.,  ermen's  Association  represents  men  in  the  Esso fleet  today.  Esso  for  many  years,  tell  it:  Esso's  active  role  in  helping  "This  company  imion  (CTMA)  "The  Word  'simulating'  above  "I take  this  one  clause to illus^"  only  a  very  small  minority  Of  ' tlities  Service fight  the  genuine  was  organized  along  the  same  is  used  advisedly  because,  while  trate  the  difference  between  the  \he  men  sailing  Esso  ships."  union  preferences  of  its  seamen  lines  as  the  Esso  Tankermen's  these  contracts  appear  on  the  Union  contract  and  these  phony  • What  Ernest  Bossert  had  to  has  been  substantiated  in  innu­ Association,  which  is  the  stooge  surface  as  equal, to  Union  con­ Contracts.  The  Union  contract  say  about  ETMA  and  compafly  merable  other  instances.  union  of  Standard  Oil  of  New  tracts,  a  Close  study  of  them  has  the  above  clause  also,  but  paternalism  are  the  sentiments  will  reveal  glaring  evasions  and  there  are  penalty  provisions  expressed  by  the  Esso  tanke'r­ ­  When  Cities  Service  was  fran­ Jersey.  inconsistehcies.  in  a final  analy­ which  give  it  strength.  tically  trying  to  keep  men  with  men  who  have  been  contacting  NO  SUBSTITUTE  sis  they  have  nothing  at  aU,  ex­ tinion  sympathies  off  its  ships,  SIU  orgamzers  these  past  couple  "If  'We  arb  interrupted  in  our  Esso stepped  into  the breach  and  "Don't  be  fooled  by  any  of  cept  what  is  to  the  advantage  to  meals,  we  get  one  hour  over­ of  Weeks.  The  men  are  hep, to  screened  CS  job  applicants  in  these  company  outfits that  might  the  company.  time,  and  ohe  additional  hour  the  fact­that  the  company  prfe­ its  State  Street  offices  in  New  be  formed  principally  to  keep  "!ln illustrate  just  one  Of  mahy  overtime  as a penalty  for  the in­ tends  to  giVe  them  something  York  City.  But  Esso  was  no  the  Unions  out,  Uhd  are  hot  for  meaningless  clauses/in  their  Con­ terruption.  'Without  this  penalty  with  the  right  hand  and  then  more  successful  than  was  Cities  the  seamen's  benefit.  They  can  tract,  which  simiilates  union  provision,  the  Clause  itself  is  takes it  away  with  the left.  iService  and  pro­SlU men  slipped  never  take  the  i»lace  of  a  mili­ Ctmtracts,  there  is  this  clause:  meaningless.  READY  FOR  SIU  through  their  careful  anti­union  tant  Union  such  as  the  8lU,"  'There  Shall  m  one  fuil  un­ • ''About  two  years  ago  their  But  for  the first  time,  Esso  Bcrem  just  as  they  did  up  on  Bossert  warned  Cities  Service  broken  hour  for  meals  for  each  shrewd  company  lawyers  drew  tankermen,  inspired  by  the  vic­ .  Fine  Street,  for  it  is  virtually  seamen  wjien  CTMA  Was  form­ man,'  "But,  and  here  is  the  joker,  up  an  entirely  neW  contract,  tory  of  their  fellow  tankermen  inrpossible  to  obtain  competent  ed.  "In  fact,"  said  BoSsert,  "ofte  there  is  absolutely  no  provision  which  is  a  miaSterpiecfe  in  the  in  the  Cities  Service fleet,  aye  seamen  today  without  taking  of  their  main  objectives  is  a  for  a  penalty  in  the  event  this  company  interests.  inclined  to  shake  off  the  yoke  men  of  definite  pro­Union  senti­ blacklist,system  against  militant  'full  tmbroken  hour'  for  ­each  'T  Say  company  lawyers  drew  of  company­sponsored  unionism.  ment.  men  who  might  have  the  coiu:­ man  for  each  meal  is  not  al­ up  this  contract,  beCaUse  I  am  The SrU organizing  staff  stands  AFRAID  OF  SIU  age  to. speak  out  and  demand  lowed.  certain  that  neither  Sain  Royal  ready  to  help  them  obtain  the  In  fronting  for  CS,  Esso  was  anything  for  the  employees  —  free  voice  they  seek,  along  with  naturally figuring  that  if  it  something  Which  the  company  FIRST  fO SHIP FROM  SIU  TO CS  ~  freedom  from  blacklists,  intimi­ fought  the  SIU  in  the  Cities  looks  upon  with  great  disfavor;  dation  and  company  domination  Service fleet  it  Would  stave  off  'Having  been  an  employee  of  over  every  aspect  of  shipboard  the  immediate  possibility  of  the  Standard  Oil  of  New  Jersejr  for  life.  SIU  going  into  Esso  ships.  yeare,  I  feel  that  I  can  speak  Other  Essb  tankermCn  who are  As  men  in  the  Esso fleet  have  with  authority  about  this  com­ interested  ih  the  brand  of  legi­ pointed  out,  this  is  sufficient  pany  and  their  stooge,  Esso  timate  trade  unidn  representa­ evidence  of  the  fact  that  the  Tankermen's  Association.  tion  that  is  responsible  for  the  company  is  merely  using  ETMA  "To  begin  with,  all  patrolmen  high  standard  of  wages  arid  to  crush  the  inevitable  prefer­ ^d  executives  ­of  the  Esso  working  conditions  ih  the  Arn­ ences of  its  unlicensed  persohhel.  Tankermen's  Association  are  on  erican  merchant  marine—^the  un­ if  there  were  no  ties  between  the  company  payroll  and  they  organized  tahker  ships  included  Standard  OH  of  N§w  Jersey  and  are,  with  few  exceptions,  the  —should  feel  free  to  call  updn  ETMA,  the  conlpany  would  have  same executives year in and  year  the  SIU  orgamzing  staff  at  arty  remained  aloof,  it  Would  have  out.  They  have  been  so  since  time  for  infomiation.  shown no Interest  ih  the  outcome  its  inception.  All  queries  will' be  kept  in  of  the Slti  drive  on  Cities  Serv­ "Standard  Oil of  New Jersey  is  strict  confidence.  ESso  men  wish­ ice,  one  way  or  the  other.  prbbahly  one  of  the  largest  and  ing  infPtmation  to  be  mailed  to  t•   Rut  Esso  was fighting  its  own  most  efficiently  organized  cor­ them  should  give  their  private  diiti­imion  battle  as  well.  A  vic­ porations  in  the  world.  They  mailing  address.  A  pledge  card  tory  in  Cities  Service  for  the  khow  the  power  of  organization.  appears  on­the  back  page of  this  €aus6  Of  legitimate  trade  union­ They  also  know  the  power  of  an  issue.  ism  might  well  be  a  forecast  efficiently  organized  and militant  In  view  of  the  recent  devel­'  of  things  to  come  in  its  own  union  such  as  the  SIU.  opments  in  the  tanker field,  it  fleet  and  the other  Uiiargaiilz­ "They  fear  it  and  will  go  to  appeats  that  much  may  be  ed fleets  ih  the  tanker field.  great  lengths  in  preventing  or­ ibb  ti§it)  hdams  as  shflfws~SIU  OiganizlBk  wfitteh  by  uhorgahi2ied  tahker­ The  hand  of  Esso  was  further  ganization  of  their  workers  by  Kaiih  Teip*  tMppiug  tard  maJHttg  him  tB* flzst  nmit to  ba  men  en  the  drtve  for  eeohoftilc  ^vealed  during  the  Cities  Sea v­ sueh  a  Union.  They  have  insti­ freedtaa.  ­  v  '  to  a  Ciflto  thi|n  tha flatam  Mirlliina.  li":  yfe?  �24/1860  T  HE  SB M:  F  A  RE R S  LOG  paa9 pleroii  Minutes Of A&G Brench Meetings In Brief  BOSTON—Chairman,  T.  Flem­ two  from  each  department,  tp  ing,  30821;  Recording  Secretary,  make  recommendations  to  Head­ 9*  Lawson.  894;  Reading  Clerk,  quarters  as  to  procedure  to  be  9,  Murphy,  39427.  used  on  excuses.  Meeting  ad­ Minutes  of  previous  meetings  journed  with  50  members  presr  "^'fl  REG.  REG.  REG.  TOTAL  SHIPPED  SHIPPED  SHIPPED  TOTAL  ip  all  Branches  read  and  ap­ PORT  DECK  ENG.  STWDS.  REG.  ,  DECK  ENG.  STWDS.  SHIPPED  ent.  proved,  with  exception  of  mo­ 4  4  4  ;  26  11  15  52  14  19  15  48  tion  to  non­concur  with  Phila­ Boston  NEW  YORK—Chairman,  Lloyd  New  York  101  98  89  288  73  61  60  194  Gardner,  3697;  Recording  Secre?  delphia's  and  Galveston's  New  37  34  41  112  18  27  29  •   74  lary,  Freddie  Stewart,  4935;  Business.  Agent  reported  on. the  Philadelphia.....  73  48  55  176  50  45  57  152  Reading  Clerk,  Charlie  Hay­ ^tuation  in  regard  to  shipping.  Baltimore  Norfolk...  32  42  27 .  101  •   1  2  3  mond,  98.  Patrolman­Dispatcher  also  re­ Savannah.  .........  8  7  6  21  7  1  4  12  ported  on  activities  for  the  pre­ Minutes  of  meetings  in  all  16  14  14  44  15  12  11  38  Branches read  and accepted,  with  vious  two  weeks.  Nev. ly­signed  Tampa  New  Orleans  27  26  29  82  '  21  20  17  58  exception  of  motion  to  non­con­ interim  agreement  between  SIU  Mobile.....  41  54  76  171  38  54  64  156  and  Cities  Service  Oil  Company  cur  with  Philadelphia  New  Busi­ Galveston  .'  57  40  22  119  5  4  14  23  ness  recommending  that  jobs  be  was  read  and  a  motion  carried  17  29  18  64  11  22  12  45  posted  ten  minutes  before  the  to  concur  in  it;  One  nonute  of  West  Coast  silence  in  memory  of  departed  GRAND  TOTAL  435  403  392  1,230  253  267  283  803  hourly  call.  In  discussion,  speakr  Union  Brothers.  Motion  carried  ers  pointed  out  that  as  soon  as  t§  adjourn  meeting  at  C  PM,  job  comes  in,  it should  be  posted  with  75  members  in  attendance  er's financial  report  were­  read  and  Excuse  Committee  was  el­ of  thanks to  organizing staff.  Mo­ as  per  shipping  rules.  Motion  and approved. Other  Branch  min  ected  from  the  floor.  Headquar­ tion  carried  4o  concur  in  Savan­ 4.  "S.  i  carried  to  refer  Savannah  reso­ PHILADELPHIA  —  Chairman,  utes  also  read  and  approved,  ters  Reinstatement  Committee's  nah  resolution  concerning  miss­ lution  on  p>enalties  for  missing  A>  S.  CarduUo,  24599;  Recording  Port  Agent  spoke  briefiy  on ship­ report  and.Trial  Committee's  re­ ing of  ship and  catching it  in  the  ship  back  to  that  Branch  for  Spcretary,  A^  M.  Brancont  ping  in  this  port.  Charges  were,  port  were  read  and  concurred  in.  next  port.  Complaint  against  clarification.  Port  Agent  stated  1|0848;  Reading  Clerk,  Don  Hall,  read  and  Trial  Committee's  find­ Motion  carried  to  give  rising  member  of  Chickasaw  crew  was  thet  shipping  had  managed  to  ing.  were  accepted.  Motion  car­ vote  of  thanks  to  Headquarters  referred  to  a  Trial  Committee.  48272.  ried  to  accept  resolution  offered  for  job  well  done  in  getting  Committee  later  reported  back  hold  its  own  during  the  past  Minutes  of  last  meetings  in  by  Savannah  Branch,  recom­ Cities  Service  to  agree  to 'con­ two­week  period.  In  Headquarr  ^  that  man  is  to  be  subject  to  a  ajl  ports  were  read  and  approv­ mending  penalities  for  missing  ters  report,  Secretary­Treasurer  tract.  Motion  carried  to  adjourn  Motion  carried  to  accept  Ag­ ship.  One  minute  of  silence  in  at  8  PM,  with  39  members  pres­ fine  for  conduct  harmful  to  his  gave  a  picture  of  the  develop^  Union  Brothers;  motion  carried  ent's  report,  which  outlined  memory  of  departed  Union  Bro­ ent.  ments  leading  to  the  signing  of  to  concur  in  committee's  report.  shipping  prospects  for  the  com­ thers.  Meeting  adjourned  at  the  Cities  Service  agreement.  He  Secretary­Treasurer's financial  4  4  4  ing  two  weeks.  Motion  carried  7:30  PM.  NEW  ORLEANS^—  Chairman.  report  read  and  approved.  Under  pointed  out  how  the  SIU's  repur.  tp  make  a  collection  for  Brother  Frenchy  Michelel, ^1184;  Record­ Good  and  Welfare  several  speak­ tation  for  helping  other  unions  4  4  4  D.  Rose,  Book  No.  3139,  whose  NORFOLK—Chairman,  J.  S.  ing  Secretary,  Johnny  Johnston,  ers  explained  hardships  men  rid­ had  been  of  tremendous  advan­r  home  was  destroyed  by fire  re­ White,. 56;  Recording  Secretary.  53;  Reading  Clerk,  Buck  Ste­ tage  in  obtaining  all­out  sup­ ing  Cities  Service  had^  experi­ cently.  Secretary­Treasurer's  fin­ J.  A.  Bullock,  4747;  Reading  phens,  76.  port  from  AFL  refinery  and  al­ enced  and  all  hands  felt  that  ancial  report  was  read  and  ap­ Clerk,  James  Webb,  46306.  New  Orleans'  previous  meet­ volunteer  organizers  deserved  lied  workers  in  the  South  and  proved.  Communications  from  Minutes  of  previous  meeting  ing  minutes  read  and  approved.  from  CIO  oil  workers  in  the  the  highest  praise  for  their  ef­ men  seeking  to  be  excused  from  in  Norfolk  and  other  Branches  Motion  carried  to  accept  charges  forts.  East  and  West.  He  said  these  people  were  standing  by  up  to  the  meeting  were  referred  to  read  and  approved,  except  for  as  read  and  refer  them  to  a  4  4  4  the  Dispatcher.  Charges  prefer­ motion  to  non­concur  with  Sa­ Trial  Committee,  which  was  el­ the  moment  the  contract  was  MOBILE­r­Chairman,  L.  Neira.  signed  and  were  ready  to  re­ red  against  a  crewmember  of  vannah  resolution_.regarding  pen­ ected  from  the  floor.  New  Or­ 26393;  Recording  Secretary,  the  Steel  Scientist  accused  of  alties  all  around  in  cases  of  men  leans financial  report  and  Sec­ James  L.  Carroll,  14;  Reading  spect  SIU  picket  lines,  if  a  strike  was  called.  The  pro­ •   drunkenness  and  failure  to  do  missing  ship.  Secretary­Treasur­ retary­Treasurer's financial  re­ Clerk,  H.  J.  Fischer,  59.  his­ job  aboard  ship  were  read,  er's  financial  report  read  and  port  read  and  approved.  Trial  posed  rule  on  compulsory  vaca­r  Motions  carried  to  concur  along  with  Trigl  Committee's  approved.  Agent  pointed  out  Conunittee's findings  read  and  tions  has  been  roimdly  discussed  with  minutes  of  previous  Branch  ruling  that  he  be  placed  on  sus­ that  interim  agreement  signed  concurred  in.  Minutes  of  other  meetings  in  all  ports.  Agent  re­ m the  LOG for many months  and  pension  for  one  year.  Meeting  Mar.  10  with  Cities  Service  Oil  Branch  meetings  read  and  ac­ ported  on  the  possibilities  for  t  is  expected  that  the  question  adjourned  at  8:10  PM.  Company  was  most  significant  cepted.  Agent  reported  that  shipping  for  the  coming  two  will  be  put  to  a  Union­wide  4  »  »  victory  won  by  any  maritime  shipping  had  fallen  off  and  that  weeks.  He  announced  the  death  referendum  to  allow  the  mem­t  BALTIMORE—Chairman,  WU­ union.  He  read  the  story  of  the  it  is  not  expected  to  ^ick  up  of  four  SIU  men  during  the  aership  to  decide  which  way  it  wants  to  go  on  this  matter,  he  l^m  Renlz,  26445;  Recording  Cities  Service  agreement  from  for  the  next  two  weeks.  Since  past  week:  Lee  Yarborough,  Cle­ concluded.  Charges  were  read  si^etary,  G.  A.  Maslerson,  the  SEAFARERS  LOG  of  Mar.  the  last  meeting  there  were  six  ment  Mayer,  George  Arnim  and  28297;  Reading  Clerk,  A1  Slans­ 10  and  said  he  had  mapped  out  payoffs,  seven  sign­ons  and  Ruben  Nicholas.  Volimteprs  to  and  referred  to  a  trial  commit­ biiiry,  4683.  a  plan  whereby  some  CS  ships  about  25  ships  in­transit  in  this  serve  as  pallbearers  for  Arnim's  tee.  Motion  carried  to  allow  Motion  carried  to  suspend  might  be  induced  to  payoff  in  port.  He  also  discussed  the  sign­ and  Mayer's  funerals  were  re­ ! 3rother  extension  of  shipping'  regular  order  of  business  and  Norfolk,  as a  means  of  providing  ing  of  the  Cities  Service  agree­ quested.  He  called  membership's  card  because  of  his  mother's  go  into  obligations  and  charges.  job  opportunities  for  the  compe­ ment  and  recommended  that  per­ attention  to  fact  that  De  Luxe  serious illness. Meeting  adjourned  Charges  and  Trial  Committee's  tent  men  in  this  port.  Commiyii­ mit  members  who  had  stood  by  cabs  are  non­union  and  that  at  8  PM.  findings  in  case  of  member  cation  read  from  Brother  D.  in  Lake  Charles  be  given  con­ Teamsters  asked  support  by  hav­ aboard  the  Allegheny  Victory  Rose,  whose  home  burned  down  sideration  for  their  efforts.  Di­ ing  members  refuse  to  ride  were read and approved.  Minutes  leaving  him,  his  wife  and­  eight  rector  of  Organization  Lindsey  them.  Motion  carried  to  give  o(  meetings  in  other  Branches  children  destitute.  Motion  car­ Williams  outlined  the  CS  beef  vote  of  confidence  to  Director  of  Wfere  read  and  concurred  in.  Mo­ ried  recommending  that  anyone  and discussed  the  principal  points  .Organization,  Negotiating  Com­ tion  carried  to  refer  all  com­ desiring  to  chip  in  to  help  this  in  the  contract.  Motion  carried  mittee  and  Strike  Committee  munications from  men seeking  to  Brother  out  see  the  Disf>atcher.  to  give  Brother  Williams  a  vote  for  a  very  capable  job  all  had  • ^be excused  from  meeting  to  the  Requests  for  excuses  from  meet­ of  thanks  and  confidence  for  his  done  in  getting  Cities  Service  Dispatcher.  Communication  from  ing  were  referred  to  the  Dis­ work  in  bringing  CS  imder  the  to  agree  to  contract.  Meeting  ad­ EILERT  E.  (Eric)  NATVIG  Headquarters  announcing signing  patcher.  Motion  carried  that  we  SIU  banner.  Motion  carried  to  journed  at  7:55  PM,  with  400  "Fred  died  last  September.  o| an  agreement  with  the  Cities  non­concur  with  resolution  from  accept  conununication  from  Paul  members  present.  Jean  is  in  need  of  money:  John  Service  Oil  Company  was  read  Savannah  concerning  shipping  Hall,  Secretary­Treasurer,  an­ Robertson."  4  4  4  and  approved.  Resolution  from  rule  on  missing  ship.  Meeting  nouncing  signing  of  CS  agree­ SAVANNAH ^Chairman.  Jeff  4  4  4  Sgvannah  Branch  was  tabled  adjourned  at  7:50  PM  with  101  ment.  Collection,, of  $105  was  Gillette,  37060;  Recording  Secre­ DONALD  TOWNSEND  u^til  matter  was  fully  discussed  members  present.  taken  up for Brother  D. W. Rose,  tary,  L.  E. Hodges.  255;  Reading  Your  sister,  Mrs.  Glenn Skeels,  by  membership  through  mediuin  whose  home  burned  down,  leav­ Clerk,  J.  B.  Sellers,  36401.  4  4  4  5027  Long  Branch  Avenue,  San  o|  the  S5AFARERS  LOG.  Port  SAN  FRANCISCO—Chairman.  ing  his  eight  children,  his  wife  Savannah  Branch  minutes  and  Diego  7,  California,  is  trying  to  Agent  said  that  shipping  had  Jeff  Morrison,  34213;  Recording  and  himself  without  quarters.  Secretary ­ Treasurer's financial  locate  you.  been  slow  and  prospects  are  not  Secretary,  D.  C.  Jones,  116;  Thomas  Atkins  and  Adolph  Sad­ report  read  and  approved.  Min­ 4  4  4  bright  for  the  immediate  days  Reading  Clerk,  S.  C.  White,  enwater  took  the  Union  Oath  of  utes  of  other  Branch  meetings  WOODROW  W.  MOORE  ahead.  He  thanked  all  hands  for  38302.  Obligation.  Motion  (by  Nagel)  read  and  concurred  in,  with  ex­ Write  to  your  niece.  Miss  standing  by  until  midnight  on  San  Francisco  minutes  of  pre­ carried  that  no  more  cards  be  ception  of  motions  to  non­con­ Lillian  Moore,  Box  692,  South  Friday,  Mar.  10  imtil  word  of  vious  mating  and  Secretary­ extended  over  90  days  unless  cur  with  Philadelphia  New  Busi­ Hill,  Virginia.  the Cities  Service settlement  had  Treasurer's financial  report  read  thoroughly  investigated  by  a  ness  that  jobs  be  posted  ten  4  4  4  been  received.  Motion  carried  to  and  approved.  With  exception  of  committee.  Meeting  adjourned  at  minutes  before  calling  time;  and  LOUIS S. WTTTEN  accept  Hospital  Committee's  re­ motion  to  non­concur  with  Phil­ 8:45  PM,  with  545  members  recommendation  that  a  Brother  Write  to  your  wife  at  once.  port.  Under  Good  and  Welfare  adelphia  New  Business,  minutes  present.  be  allowed  to  change  his  regis­ She  reports an  emergency: Route  there  was  much  discussion  in  of  all  Branch  meetings  were  ap­ tration,  inasmuch  as  there  is  a  1,  c/o  H.  D.  Duke,  Dalton,  4  4  4  reference  to  the  Cities  Service  proved  after  they  had  been  TAMP,A  —  Chairman,  Ray  regular  procedure  for  making  Georgia.  agreement  just  signed.  Meeting  read.  Port  Agent  said  that  shipr  Wiiite,  57;  Recording  Secretary,  such  a  cKange.  Telegram  from  4  4  4  adjourned  at  8:10  PM,  with  360  ping  had  been  dead  slow,  with  J.^. Jones,  2898;  Reading  Clerk,  Secretary­Treasurer  Hall  an^  GEORGE  A.  BUBKE  members  present.  the  in­transits  calling  for  very  A.  3.  Baker,  32313.  nouncing  signing  of  interim  Your  motl^  asks  that  you  4  4  4  few  replacements.  Prospects  for  Minutes  of  all  Branch  meet­ agreement  with  Cities  Service  write  her  at  Box  95,  Mass,  GALVEST^ — C h a i r man,  the next  two  weeks appear  much  ings"'read  and  approved.  Port  was  read  and  motion  carried  to  Michigan.  Keith  Alsw,  7311;  Recording  brighter,  he  said,  as quite  a  few  Agent  discussed  shipping.  Com­ accept.  Motion  can­ied  to  go  on  4  4  4  Secretary,  R.  Wilbum,  37739;  ships  are  scheduled  to  arrive.  munication  read  from  Secretary­ record  to  elect five­man  conun.it­ Reading  Clerk, 3. Doggett.  50892.  Seattle  may  do  well  if  several  Treasurer  announcing  signing  of  tee  to  hear  charges  and  act  on  Your  mother  is  vesy  iU.  Ypur  Minutes  of  previous  Galveston  developments  result  in  new  pay­ Cities  Service  agreement.  Mo­ excuses  for  lateness.  Motion  car­ father  asks  that  you  write  at  meeting  and  Secretary­Treasur­ offs  coming  into  that  port.  Trial  tion  carried  to  awept  with  vpte  ried  tp  elect  six­dnen  cpnunittee,  A&G Shipping From Manh  I To Marth  IS  I  cAfiRoyu  i,  iiou#m8  �Page  Tw^ve  THE  SEAFARERS  LOG  FxidaF,  March  24,  1950  11115  15 WHATfME Ori^5ffSl^T/|AlKaeA1&y  HA>^  JUST  T^ROoeH  AH SlU MeSOymo ODHlKAer  IL'­.  i^rt­ W'  1/  •••  K •  I  1  The right to choose from any of uhe thousands of jobs on SIU  freight ships« passenger ships, tankers, and towboats.  VLOS,,.  IHE  PB3Tl!;CTI0N  OF  £HE  SEAFARERS  INTERKAIIOUAL  ONION  !•  No  overtime*  WffATP0>0li  f  <  |!  £  lit!  • '    ­ ^€So TAAJKSRM^ :  SIU fi«5  iVtRoosH  ccvv«MMy­ UNtOti AlME M TUe TAtiKeR FlEitD .  SKSA' THIS pi.EPse CAeo AATD  • teUP yoOftSBLy/BS Ger  QBC.­ Uftriy, THF iVoRKmilS­ CCVVDmoAfS,  /wo vAlio/J PfiarearioM ­JHAT&^  T/Wl<eRA1AAJ W/AWTS ...  •.•   ' vVi' • '  ­  .  to foreign registry?)  ^  3.  No  representation  to ^eak  fbr  your  beefs.  4. 1 fleet  shot  throi:igh  and  throiigh  with  company  and  ETMA  spies.  5.  A  "union"  idiich  is company­domin­ ated and. run  by  non­seamen,  idio  have neither  insist nor  interest  in your  problems as active  tank­ ermen*  6. Favoritism and discrimination in  „ hiring • —  and firing*  f  OROANIZKO IMS  SV THS SAiLOflS UNION  OP THK PACIFIC  ' r W/r • < ' I  If?­:­ This pledge card will be held strictly  confidential by the SIU, until the time  comes to take positive action.  Meanwhile, if you want to hear from us,  toclose your private mailing address,  and we will write to you in a plain  envelope, to protect you from the  company  spies..  'i  I  'Affiliated with  American Pederaion of  Labor  PLEDGE  CARD  1,  hereby  designate,  appoint  and  authorize  the  SEAFARERS'  INTERNATIONAL  UNION OF NORTH  AMERICA to represent me in any and all negotiations relative  CO collective bargaining with my present or any future employer.  This authorization shall  continue in full  force and effea  until I have revoked  same  \  by written revocation delivered to die Secretary­Treasurer of said Union.  S. S.  ..Date..  Company...  'Signature,  Rating....  »a*i 4m  I  '  � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource March 24, 1950 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XII, No. 6 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: MARITIME UNIONS JOIN FORCES TO SAVE UNION HIRING HALLS SIU DEFEAT OF CS COMPANY UNION RAISES HOPE OF ESSO TANKERMEN CITIES SERVICE MEN CAN INFLUENCE FINAL PACT WITNESSES BACK UNION HIRING HALL AT SENATE HEARINGS OUTMODED - AND OUTVOTED SLOW SHIPPING GRIPS BALTIMORE GOOD SHIPPING FOR SAVANNAH NEW YORK SHIPPING FOLLOWS NATIONAL TREND DEATH STRIKES FOUR IN MOBILE TANKERS ARE BIG HELP TO BOSTON SEAFARERS ONE SHIP IS NO BOOM, SAYS PHILADELPHIA POLITICS HOLDS CENTER OF STAGE IN TAMPA THE SEAFARERS IN WORLD WAR II ISTHMIAN CREW RESCUES SURVIVOR OF SUNKEN GREEK SHIP IN RED SEA MARINA SLUGGERS BELT BEATRICE BUMS 14-11 IN 'BATTLE OF THE BULL LINES TITANS' CITIES SERVICE INTERIM CONTRACT ANALYZED Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 3/24/1950 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1950 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/9cc220bcdd73e1b25f0c4834e4a5d5b6.PDF 9a58097ea383e20d732a9be569fa4da1 PDF Text Text I  ­­f  SlCURITY  •  /  I"  UNiTY  I  .i ^I:­  <  VOL. Ill  J  OFFICIAL GROAN  OP THE  ATLANTIC AND  GULF DISTRICT,  SEAFARERS' INTERNATI(»YAL UNION  OF NORTH  AMERICA  NEW  YORK, N. Y., TUESDAY,  MARCH  25, 1941  «4a  No. 6  S.I.U.  GETS  $7.50  RAISE;  $10  INCREASE  ON  PUERTO  RICO  RUN  Sign New  Agreement;  $50 Bonus Won on African Run Five Lines  SIU Wages Top NMU by $5 in Ail  Militant Stand of SS Robin Locksley Crew Ratings; Union Leads in Conditions  Five  lines  under  contract  with  the  Seafarers'  Interna­ Results in Quick Victory for Union  tional  Union  have  granted  a  $7.50  monthly  raise  to all  rat­ ings  in  the  coastwise  runs I  In  addition,  all SIU  ships  going  A  signed  agreement  granting  a  $50  per  month  bonus  to  all  mem­ to  Puerto  Rico  are  to  get  offshore  pay  for  their  crews—an  increase  of  $10  for  all  ratings.  The  companies  which  have  bers of  the  unlicensed  personnel  on  vessels going to Africa was obtained  conceded the increase so far are the Range Line, the Collabee,  by  the Seafarers'  International  Union  last  Friday,  March  21,  from  the  the  Atwacoal,  the  Canadian  Gulf  and  the  Bull  Line.  Other  Seas  Shipping  Company  (Robin  Line).  coastwise companies are expected  to follow  suit.  Once again, the SIU has taken the lead in getting seamen $5  Higher  Than  NMU!  <S>­ adequate compensation on the increasingly dangerous war The  new  increases  put  the  zone runs. The SIU had previously jacked up bonus pay on SIU  wage  .scale  .still  $5  a  this run, during the course of the year, from 26 per cent to month  ahead  of  the  rate  paid  33 1/3 per cent to a flat $1 per day. With the Lend-Lease on  all  ships  under  contract  Bill passed, a government announcement to the effect that In  negotiations  with  the  with  the  National  Maritime  German raiders were prowling on this side of the Atlantic, Range  Line,  a  Negotiating  Union  (C.I.O.),  do.spite  the  and increased hostilities in Soixth East Africa, the men on Committee  headed  by  Bro­ scales  that  organization  has  the Robin Line ships felt that another bonus boost was imther  Harry  Collins,  Phila­ recently  received  from  the  perative. <s> delphia  Agent  of  the  SIU,  employers.  The  NMU  only  When  the  Robin  Locksley,  the  crews  of  the  Robin  Hood  this  week  obtained  an  received  ­a  $.0  coastwise  in­ By  a  47  to 7  vote  the Sail­ newest  of  the  Seas  Shipping  and  the  Seattle  Spirit—two  agreement  placing  a  $10  ere.­ise  as  against  the  SIU's  Co.  vessels,  prepared  to  sail  other  ships  belonging  to  the  penalty  on  SULPHUR  car­ .$7.50.  Last  year the same  dif­ ors  Union  of  the  Pacific  was  chosen  sole  collective  bar­ on  her  maiden  voyage  to  Company  which  also  docked  go!  The  essential  part  of  ferential  in  increases  existed  gaining  agency  on  all  Asso­ Africa  early  last  week,  the  at  New  York  last  week—a  the  Agreement  reads  as  • —which brings coastwise SIU  ciated  Oil  tankers  last  week.  crew  put  the  demand  for  the  joint  meeting  was  held  which  follows:  wages  up  to  $15  above  basic  The  SUP  has  had agreements  $50  up  to  the  Company  decided  that  the  demand  of  "It  is  hereby  understood  pay  as  against  the  NMU  with  the  Richfield,  Hillcone  through  its delegates.  the  men  on  the  Robin  Locks­ ami  agreed  that  on  vessels  Avagcs.  which  are  only  $10  and  General  Petroleum  Com­ The  Company  refused  to  ley  were  just.  loading SUIJPHUR on or  after  above  basic  pay.  panies,  but  up to  now  Associ­ .March  30,  1941,  the  Com­ consider any concession. With  (C'outijiitcfl on Pufji- 2) Same  on  Puerto Rico  Run  ated flatly  refused "to  enter  pany  agrees  to  pay  the inein­ On  the  Puerto  Ricaii  run,  the  bers  of  the  nnlicensed  per­ same  discrepancy  e.xists:  The  into a  written agreement with  sonnel,  in  addition  to  the  Bull  Line  has  agreed  to  pay  off­ the  Union.  Now,  with the  Su­ regular  inontlily  wages,  Ten  shoie  wages  on  SIU  ships  going  preme  Court  decision  which  Dollars  ($10)  per  montli  to  Puerto  Rico,  wltli  a  .$10  in­ from  the  time  the  Snlphnr  crejise  which,  added  to  the  $7.50  makes  it  mandatory  for  an  cargo  is  started  loading  nntil  obtained  last  year,  brings  SIU  employer to sign with a union  Snlphnr  cargo  is  completely  wages  on  that  run  up  to  $17.50  a  which  has won  an NLRB elec­ Battling against  all kinds  of  odds—a  hue  and  cry  in the  discharged."  month  higher than  basic  pay. "No  tion,  a  contract  with  the  As­ Coffee  Time"  Joe  Cuiran,  mean­ sociated  is  virtually  in  the  press  of  the  Island,  the  mobilization  of  a  white­collar  while  announces  that  ail  he couid  bag.  army  of  strike­breakers  and  the  threat  of  calling^ out  the  get  for  the  NMU ships  under  con­ It  is  intei'esting  to  note,  by  the  militia—the  longshoremen  of  Hamilton,  Bermuda,  won  their  tract  with  the  New  York  and  way,  that  while  the SUP  is crack­ first  successful  strike  two  weeks  ago,  when  the  stevedore  Puerto  Rico  Steamship  Co.  was  a  ing  the  tanker field  on  the  West  bosses agreed  to pay them the  equivalent of  42 cents  an hour  $7.50  increase  which,  added  to  Coast,  defeating  all  the  company  the  $5  raise  given  to  him  by  the  and  60  cents  overtime,  a  substantial  increase  in  wages  for  set­ups  by  the  employers,  the  Na.  shipowners  last  year,  makes  for  them.  tionai  Maritime  Union  under  the  $12.50  above  basic  paj^  vaunted  leadership  of  "No­Coffee­ As  against  the  odds  facing  "We,  the  unlicensed  crew  NMU  Outclassed  by  SIU  . .  .  Time" Joe  has  not  been  able  to  do  them, the Bermuda  longshore­ of  the  S.S.  Pathfinder  and  Tims,  the  Seafarers  Tnterna­ better  than  second­best  in  NLRB  men had  the advantage of  en­ members  of  the Seafarers In­ tlonai  Union  continues to  lead  the  contests  with  tanker  company­ joying  the  solidarity  of  the  ternational  Union  of  North  unions  in  the  East.  (Continued on Page 2) SIU  crews  of  the  Alcoa  America  extend  to  you  our  WASHINGTON,D.  C.—The  Ranger  and  the  Alcoa  Path­ sympathy  and  vdsh  to advise  United States government has  you  that  we.  the  unlicensed  been  informed  that  Germany,  finder.  The  Ranger  had  been  schedulel  crew  of  the  S;S.  Pathfinder,  plans to start submarine oper­ only  to  pick  up  1,200  empty  oil  are taking no hand  in unload­ ations  off  the  United  States,  driims  and  sailed  without  them.  possibly  near  the  harbor  of  The  Pathfinder  remained  In  port,  ing  cargo,  and  are  with  you  and  the  crew  demonstrated  their  100  per  cent  and  will  do  all  New  York,  it  was  announced  The government  further reduced last  week the amount  of  here  this  week.  A  long­range  support  to  the  longshoremen,  as  we  can  to help  you.''  may  be  seen  from  the  following  M/S/C—That  copy  be  sent'  to  submarine,  capable  of  operat­ shipping  tonnage  available  to  the  merchant  marine.  It  pur­ ship's  minutes;  New  York  Branch.  ing over an area of  thousands  chased  two  new  cargo  vessels  from  private  operators.  The  S.S.  Alcoa  Pathfinder  M/S/C—That  three  delegates  of  miles,  is  reported  on  its  vessels  were  the  United  States^  Hamilton,  Bermuda  call  on  captain  and  voice  our  dis­ Lines'  new  freighter  Rainbow,  a  it  was  announced  this  way to harass shipping off  the  C­2  vessel  powered  with  Diesel  .purpose,  March  6,  1941  approval.  week.  Atlantic  Coast.  Special  Joint  Meeting  called  to  M/S/C—To  adjourn...  engines,  and  the  Moore­McCor­ These new purchases mark an- $10 Penalty for Sulphur Cargo SUP  Scores  Big  Victory  On  Tankers  Seafarers Helped Bermuda  Dockers  by  Solidarity  U­Boat  Raider  Off  New  York,  Capital  Says  New  Cargo  Ships  Taken  Over  by  U.S. Navy  order  at 12:25 P.M.  to  discuss  the  (signed)  D;  M.  Harris,  3161  situation  caused  by  three  mates  Chairman  and  cadet  working  winches,  scabs  M.  M.  Pebworth,  G­47  from  shore  working  cargo . . .  Secretary •   M/B/C—^To  send  resolution  to  P.S.—Mates  and  cadet  knocked  oft  about 1:80  P.M.  longshoremen  as follows:  In  some  quarters,  the  report  was  discounted  as  "war  propa­ ganda."  However,  the  passage  of  the  Lease­Lend  Act  by  Congress  seems  logically  to  lead  toward  an  (Continued  on  Page  2)  mack  Line's  Mormacmail,  a  C­3  ship­which  has  bben operating  for  about  a  year.  Both  ships  were  acquired  by  the  tNavy  for  use  as  auxiliaries.  Two  Seatrain  vessels  are  being  purchased for  the same  other step in the steady march of merchant vessels to Naval auxiliary service. The shipowners estimate that no less than four-fifth or 80 per cent of present mer- (Continued on Page 2) \ (  v..­,,  '"v  "• r'W  �lis:  Published  by  the  ATLANTIC  &  GULF  DISTRICT  of the Seafarers'  International  Union  of  North  America  Affiliated  with  the  Avierican  Federation  of  Labor  HARRY  LUNDEBERG,  Acting  International  President  "  110  KiurEef'Street,  Rbom  402,  San  Francisco,  Calif.  ADDRESS ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS PUBLICA.TION TO: "THE SEAFARERS'  LOG"  P. O. feox  522,  Church  St. Annex,  New  York,  N. Y.  Phone: BOwHng  Green 9­3437  '  Heat About **Coolmg­Off"  a  Tuesday, March  25, 1941  H E  S E  A  FA R  E  R  S '  LOG  More About  $50 Bonus Won  On  African Run  (Continued  from  Page 1)  Crew Quits  Since  tlie  Company  would  not  come  to  terms  in  negotiations,  the  crew  of  tlTe  Locksley  refused  to  sign  articles  and  upon  giving  tlie  regular  twenty­four  hours'  iiotice  to  the  Master.,  the  men  de­ cided  to  quit.  The  jobs  were  placed  on  the  board  at  the  Union  liall,  but  there  were  no  takers  for  them.  ,  Seamen Say  "No Soap"  N,J,  Draft Headquarters  Issues  Instructions  Affecting Seamen  According to a circular (Bullotiu 33) i.ssued by tlie New Jersey .State Headquarters for Selective Service on March 11, 1941, tlie folloAving- draft regulatioiks are applied to the issuance of iierniits to sail abroad as AVCU as to defenucnt of seamen in that state: ' / Permits  and  Their  Duration  "1.  If  the  registrant  has­a  sulficiently  lar^e  order  number,  so­­ that  it  is  not  likely  that  he  Avill  be  inducted  within  six  months,  a  permit  may  be  issued  to  him  for  not  in  excess  of  six  months.  "A  registrant  whose  permit,  and  if  he  is  in  Class  11,  whose  period  of  deferment,  has  partially  expiied  may  request  his  local  board  to  consider  his  status  as  of  that  time  and  grant  him  a  new  permit and,  if  lie  is in  Class 11,  a new  period  of  deferment  for  not  to  exceed  six  months."  Can  Ask  for  Beclassification  Tlie  last  two  sections  of  this  circular  issued  by  New  Jersey  To  Die  repeated  calls  for  men  Headquarters  hold  particular  interest  for  seamen.  They  I'ead  as  to  replace  the  Locksley  crew,  the  follows:  Tiie  cry  for  "eooliiig­off""  periods  before  strikes  are  company  otlicials  were  told  by  the  "9. Even  though  a seaman  has  heen  placed  in  Cla.ss  a lo­ seamen  at  the  hall  that  shipping  cal  hoard  has ample  aiitliority  to  REOL.^SSIFY  him  into  Class  II  called  lias  been  taken  np  tvith  great  vigor  recently  outside  was  too  good  at  present,  and  jthe  the halls  of  Congress. Tiie  MO­day  compulsory "eool­off"  bills  sliortage  of  skilled  .seamen  too  for  the duration  of  a vo,vnge  if  it  determines  that  he  is  needed  in  order  to  permit  a  ship  to  sail  and  that  the  circunistances  bring "  • ­^inelnding tlie  Dirksen Bill  directed against  the seamen—re­ great, for  them  to  jeopardize  their  him  Avltliin  the  definition  of  a  'necessary  man'  for  .such  period  of  • main  on  the  calendar  of  the  legislator,s,  but  agitation  for  lives  on  the  African  run  for  the  time.  money  the  Robin  Line  Avas  will­ them  ha.s  sliifted  to  other  scenes.  "10.  Unions  and  einployer.s  should  be  able  to  assist  seamen  in  ing  to  pay,  obtaining  permits and  in  requesting  reclassiiieatioii  in  cases  Avhere  First  of  all, the  reactionaries in  the  American  Legion  have  "Defense" Bogey 1*182168  ,  been  pounding  tlie  drums  for  sucli  legislation.  They  have  After  several  dhys  of  this  deadt  it  is  belieA'ed  there  are  grounds  therefor  eiliier  hecau.Hc  of  a  gen­ eral  shortage  bf  seamen  or  because  of  a  specific  shortage  at  a  <  f  ahvays  bemi  in  the  forefront  of  the  struggle  against  Labor.  lock,  during  Avhich  tlie  company  given  place  at  a  giA'en  time,  which  would  require  the  services  of  a  Then  Mr.  M'iiliam  Knudsen, the  director  of  the  Office  of  Pro­ tried  to  play  the old  "national  de­ particular  seaman  in  order  to  enable  a  ship  to  sail.  |­ ductioii  Management, after  fir.st  disclaiming  any  need  for  re­ fense"  bogey,  the  Robin  Line  ofll­ (signed)  WILLIAM  A.  HIGGIN.S,  State  Director."  <S>  Of  course,  tiie  circular  stresses  \l  strictions of  the strike  right,  has  reversed  his stand  and  gone  eials finally  agreed  to  talk  terms  on  Friday.  The  bogey  liadn't  at  that  eacli  Local  Board  has  to  con­ I  to  bat  for  the  cooling­off''  busine.ss.  As  long­time  head* of  all  s'careil  tlie  militant  crew  of  sider  every  individual  case  and  .General  IMotors.  Mr.  Knudsen's  role  in  the  picture  is  not  the  Locksley.  The  Government  it­ render  its  own  decision.  But  the  hard  to  understand.  Finally,  the  National  Association  of  self  had  announced  that  Nazi  above  instructions,  issued  "for  'Manufacturers,  ahvays  rather  more  radical  in  its  anti­Labor  raiders  A\'ere  increasing  activity  (be  guidance  of  all  concerned,"  while  certainly  not  all  that'  draft­ stand  than  other  spokesmen  of  the  employers,  has  come  out  on  the  giA'eh  roiite  ami  couldn't,  very  Avell  deny  that  the  men  had  able  seamoir  Avould  desire,  are  in  fa vol­  of  40­day "eooling­oft'  periods."  a  justified  beef  on  the  bonus  steps  ill  the  riglit  direction.  (Continued  from  Page 1)  60­day  and  three­month  and  then  six­month,  etc.,  "cool­ question.  chant  tonnage  will  come  under  Union  seamen  called  before  the  ing­ofl"'  periods  are  .still  to  follow,  we  suppose.  Negotiations  Begin  government  supervision  before  Draft  Boards  in  New  Jersey  can  Xou'  what  is  behind  all  this "cooling­oflL"  business?  The  On  Friday afternoon,  the  Locks­ the  present  trend  Is  concluded.  refer  to  them  directly.  In  other  employers  claim,  of  course,  that  it  is  their  heart­Avringing  ley  creAv's  three  departmental  To  the shipowner.s,  the transfer  states,  it  should  be  pointed  out  patriotism  t,hat  motivates  them :  strikes  are  called  yu­eeipi­ delegates,  aided  by  District  Rep­ of  these  vessels  to  the  Navy  is  lliat  the  New  Jersey  regulations  '  tantly and  hold up "natiotial defense."  The truth  of  the mat­ resentative  John  Hawk  and  Sec­ nothing  regrettable at  all,  for  the  are  logical  and  can  be  applied  with  equal  justice  in  all  draft  retary­Treasurer  Sydney  Gretcher,  ter  i.s  that  mo.st  union  agreements  in  eflfect  already.call  for  who  had  come  down  frOm  liead­ government  is  made  to  pay  for  cases  involving  seamen.  the  transaction  through  the  nose  anyAvhere  from  thirty to  sixty­day  periods  before  the  exjAira­ qiiarters  for  that  purpose,  re­ —Avhat  with  the shortage  of  avail­ Tlie  SIU  men  and  the  Brandi  tion  of  the conti'act,  AAdien  demands aiid  couuler­demands are  ceived  an  urgent  call  from  the  able  bottoms—and  a  handsome  Ageiit.s  should' take  advantage  of  presented  by  both  sides.  When  a  union  takes  action  after  shipowners'  representatives  fo  super­profit  is  thus  pocketed  by  this  information  in  order  to  ob­ come down  and  negotiate a  bonus  them.  For  the  seamen,  this  tain  deferment  for  the  many  such  to  and  fro.  it  is  hardly  precipitant.  agreement.  means  something  else  entirely.  Union  seamen  being  called  before  If  the  case  of  unorganized  shops,  AA'here  union  recognition  For.  every  new  ship  transferred  the  Draft  Boards.  Union Stands Pat  is  the  issue,  be  inv<)ked  here,  the  same  holds  true.  Before  to  the  Navy  means  that  much  After  four  hours  of  discussion,  striking, the  union  goes  through  the  Avliole  procedure  of  Na­ in  AvhIch  Mr.  Prank  Taylor  of  the  more  jobs  lost  to  union  wages  More  About  tional  Laboi­  Relations  Board  elections,  etc.,  etc.—plenty^of  Mercliant  Marino  Institute.  Capt.  and  filled  on  the  basis  of  the  Na­ Conway  of  the  Maritime  Commis­ val  Reserve  wage  scale  at  $54  a  time  being  pa.ssed  in  heel­cooling,  "What's really  behind  this "eooling­off" business is simply  sion  and  Mr.  Liller  of  the  United  month  tops  for  A.B.'s,  with  no  overtime  and  no  grievance  ma­ this: The  big  time  open­shop  and  scab­herding  employers  States  Conciliation  Service,  parti­ chinery—in  fact  no  conditions  cipated..  the Locksley's  delegates  haA'e  discovered  lhat  Labor  i.s  too  strong  and  too  militant  Brothers  Hall,  Higby  and  Black—  worthy  of  a  seaman's  hire  at  all.  (Continued  from  Page 1)  these  days  for  them  to  risk  an  attempt  at  shackling  the  and  Brotliers  Gretcher  and  HaAvk  If  this  condition  is  allowed  to  field  on  the  East  Coast,  Avith  t'he  continue  indefinitely—the  smash­ unions  by  outright  anti­.strike  legi.slation.  And  so,  they  are  made  it  clear  that  no  retreat  ing  of  unloh  conditions  at  sea  liighest  pay  for  seamen  sailing  tryi)ig  to  put  on  the  .shackles  piece­meal.  Tliey  begin  with  would  be  made  by  the  crew.  and  the  virtual  elihilnation  of  ma­ from  Atlantic  and  Gulf  Ports!  The  Union's  representatives  30­day  cooling­oflp  periods  and  .  . .  intend  to  wind  up  Avith  In  overtime  pay,  the  Ciirran  urged  a  .signed  agreement  for  the  ritime  unionism  Is  Inevitable,  crowd  has  only  been  able  to  ob­ smashing  the  right  to  strike  altogether.  even  if  no  such  legi.slatiou  as  the  .$50  bonus,  subject'  to  ratification  By  their  "cool­off"  agitation,  the­big  busine.ss  interests  by  the  Robin  Line  crcAvs,  agree­ vicious  Difksen  Bill  is  passed  by  tain  this  year  the  80  cents  per  liour  on  NMU  ships  which  has  betray  only  too  plainlj'  that  they  are  themselves  hot.  and  ing  to  be  bound  by  the  terms  of  Congress.  been  in  effect  on  practically  all  For  their  own  self­protection,  bothei­ed  by  the  effectiveness  Avith  Avhich  Labor's  neAv­found  such  an  agreement.  for  the  preservation  of  the  hard­ SIU  vessels  ever  since  May, 1940.  At  9  P.M.  in  the  evening  the  strength  is  making  its  rights  respected  in  these day.s  of  groAA'­ In  all  respect's,  whether  it  be  company  officials  decided  to  grant  Avon  union  conditions  now  pre­ Avage.s,  overtime or  working condi­ ing  i)atrioTic  hysteria.  The  most  fundamental  of  t.he,se  rights  vailing,  the  seamen  and  their  the  Union's  demand  and  signa­ is  the  right  to  strike;  it  is  also,  at  the  same  time,  the  basic  tures  ­were fixed  to  flie  document  unions  will  inevitably  have  to  tions,  tiie  SIU  continues  to  out­ source  of  its  strength.  That's  AA'hy  Labor  fecLs  ,so  sensitive  granting  it'.  The  crews  of.  the  tnko  stops  to  see  lhat  union  class  the  "Top  Fraction"­domlnat­ wages,  overtime  pay  and  collec­ ed  NMU  ill  service  to  tlie  men  about  all  these  "eooling­off"  scheme's.  That's  Avhy  Tiubor  Locksley.  the  Hood  and  the  Seat­ tive  bargaining  are  maintained  wlio  sail  the ships.  •  tle  Spirit  thereupon  voted  unan­ on  merchant  vessel.s  after  their  Once  more,  it  is  made  plain  says to  the schemers:  imously  to  accept  the  agreement,  transfer  to  service  as  Naval  aux­ that  as  a  union  run  by  and  for  Lay  off  our  right to strike!  and  the  ships  made  ready  to  sail.  illrales.  Otherwise  the  Naval  Re­ the  seamen,  the  SIU  cannot  be  Once  again,  the  SIU  has  taken  serve  labor  policy—which  means  equalled  in  obtaining  improve­ the  lead  with  ah  Important  vic­ no  unions  and  no  conditions—will  ments.  It  shows  why  tiie  seameh  Some  of  tlie  einployer.s' stooges,"in  the  guise  of  "patriotic" legis­ tory  for  the  seamen.  The  mili­'  predominate  on  all  ships.  on  llie  East  Coast  are  increasleg­ lators,  just  can't  be  stopped  from  doing  their  bit  for  the  country.  tan I  membersiilp  of  the  Seafarers'  The  Navy  pays  union  wages  ly flocking  to  the  SIU  banner  in  They  have  been  trying  very  haid  to  get  drastic  anti­strike  legisla­ union  have acted  not only  in  their  and  grants  union  conditions  to  tion  i)as.sed  In  order  to  prevent  higher  Avages  for  the  million.s  of  own  interest,  but  in  the  Interest  thechanlcs  in  the shipyards  under  every  test  of  strengtli.  The  rank  and file  of  seafaring  men  here  exploited  Avorking  stiffs  in  the  Country,  Rebuffed  in  that  direction,  of  all  rank  and file  seamen.  its  control.  There  is  no  reason  are  becoming  constantly  more  they  are  not  at  all  dismayed.  They  have  another  plan. ...  why  the same  rule should  not  ap­ aAvare that the SIU Is  their  union!  This  time  they  are  out  to  paste  a  5  per  cent  "defense  tax"  on  play  to  merchant  seamen  on  com­ Compare  Them  Yourself!  wages  from  1525  j)ei­  week  upward.  That  would  actually­mean  a  wage  U^Boat  Raider  mercial  vessels  under  Navy  con­ The following  is a  table  of  ct»m­ cut' of  $1.25  per  week  upward.  It  goes  without saying  that  the  people  Off New York  trol. The  Navy­yard  workers  have  parative  wage  scales  which  tells  .who  propose  this 5  per  cent  levy  on  wages are  among those  who  are  (Continued  from  Page l)  obtained  'union  conditions  by  the  story  on  the  coastwise  runs  loudest  in  denouncing  union  dues  of  a  dollar  or  two  a  month  as  a  Intensification  of  German  raiding  their  organized  power.  Only  the  . . . "racket."  activity. This  trend  narrovra  down  organized  power  of  the  seamen  (On  the  Pueito  Rican  run,  $2.50  Everybody  admits  thjit  higher  wages  at  best  only  meet  the  con­ considerably  the  shipping  routes  can  obtain  similar  union  condi­ additional  Is  to  be  added  to  each  stantly  j­ising  cost  of  living.  At'  the same  time everybody  knows that  Avhiph  can  be  considered  neutral  tions  on  the  ships  transferred  to  rating):  SIU  NMU  profits  for  the  employei­s  in  the "defense"  industries  are  soaring  up  or  non­belligerent.  The  danger  to  Naval  auxiliary  service.  Able  Seaman  ..... .$87.50  $82.50  and  up.  Why  a  heavy  burden  is  to  be  placed  on  labor  which  is  American  nfefchant shipping prac­ .lAa i*a1­vr  • !  Lf/­A  I rk  lYi/xni­  41­* <• «  mM 41  ...i  .  •   '  Ordinary  Seaman .. 70.00  65.00  ­barely  able  to  meet  the  mounting  level  of A  . _ .  subsistence  in  order  to  tically  begins  the  moment  a  ves­ Oilers  07.S0  92.50  Attention!  finance  "def<>n,se"—while  profits  in  "defense"  production  sky­rocket—  sel  goes 'off­shore,  with  Avar  devel­ Watertenders  ..... 57.50  these  servile  gentlemen  In  Congress  do  not  explain.  92.50  opments what  they are. It Is clear  WAIter  Labaski  Fireman  87,50  82.50  No  doubt  tiiey  are  just  being  true  to  their  masters. Their  slogan  that  new^  "revisions  In  the  war  Get  in  touch  withHhe  Agent  Wipers  T&oo  1 70.00  probably  is:  Tax  the workers  to dceep  "defense"  proflta  high  for  the  zone  bonus  rates  kre  bailed  for  by  at  the  SIU  hall  in  NeAV  Or­ Messman  employe r.s.  ­/o  ,  78.00  > 70.00  y  the  changes  in  the  situation.  leans  at Dnce.  Mesflboy  .,,.. ~  .  ynn®  70.95  A:; 65,00  New Cargo  Ships  Taken Over by  U.S. Navy  S.I.U. Gets $7.50 Coastwise Raise a  A 5 Per Cent  Tax on Wages ?  �THE  SEAFARERS'  LOG  •O   UT OF THE MAILS AG  "  Tuesday, March  25, 1941  IMPORTANT  RESOLUTION I  WHEREA.S,  it  co.sts  our  organization  approximately  ?5,000.00  of  course,  are  in  the  minority,  Bathless Days  per  year  in  various  taxes,  such  as  the  Social  Security,  State  Unem­ know  that  the  great  constitution  ployment,  and. Federal  Excise  Tax,  and  of  the  United  States  stafes  that  On the Robin Line  WIIEBEAS,  our  per  capita  tax  to  the  International  is  How  ap­ no  man's  life  shall  be  placed  proximately  $700.00  pe'r  month,  and  In  jeopardy  twice;  then  why  in  S.S.  WEST  IMBODEN  Editor,  Seafarers  Log;  WHEREAS,  the  amalgamation  of  the  former  Atlantic  with  the  Capetown,  So.  Africa  Hell  should  we  or  anyone,  irres­ Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  former  Gulf  Di.strict,  and  the  establishment  of  a  centrally  located  January  21,  1941  pective  of  their  personal  feelings,  Prom oysters to the grave. It Headquai'tei's  office  in  Washington  necessitates  further  weekly  op­ seems like a vei-y poor way of or  come  what'  may,  place  the  In­ Dear  Sirs  and  Brothers;  :  erating  expenses,  and  building up to-a-finish-, -but it-ac- tegrity­.and  honesty  of  any  man  Back  in  1918  I  made  a  trip  in  WHEREAS,  the  Atlantic  &  Gulf  DistriTt,  in • m     rler  give Re ­ tually happened aboard the S.S. who  la  a  full  book  member  of  our  the  S.S.  Rhine,  a  full­rigged  ship,  members  true  representation  on  the  Atlantic  and  Gulf  Coasts,  is  organization  in  jeopardy?  In  the  out  of  Boston.  Five  days  out,  the  Margaret of the Bull Line. minds  of  some  of  us,  including  Old  Man  put  the  lock  on  the  wa­ forced  to  maintain  and  operate 14  separate  Branches,  and  * *' * WHEREAS,  the  recent  conference  held  at  Washington  revealed  Leaving  Hopewell,  Va.,  the  the  writers  (al  time.s)  we  feel  ter  tank  and  issued  water  once  a  that  any  further  curtailment  of  our  present  operating  expenses,  or  that  being  an  official  is  pie,  but  day.  This,  my  friends,  mind  you.  third  assistant  engineer,  upon  any  further  decreases  in  staff,  would  result  in  serious  impairment  coming  up  for  dinner  after  reliev­ down  deep in  our  heart, or  hearts,  was  back  in  the  dark  ages  of  to  the  efficient  operation  of  the  organization  as  a  whole,  and  inging  the first,  read  the  menu  we  do  know  that  being  an  official  1918,  and  in  sail  to  boot.  WHEREAS,  our  organization  has  at  the  present  time  outstand­ •  *  *  and  ordered  oysters,  to  be  met  in  any  capacity  in  any  Union  or­ ing  liabilities  of  well  over  $3,0.')0.00  for  such  items  as  unpaid  per  with  the  old,  old  refrain,  "there  ganization  is  plenty  of  headaches  Imagine my surprise when I capita  tax.  Federal  tax, etc.,  and  Is  no  more."  Result  of  this  was  and  bum  kicks.  The  following  land back in the same old condiWHEREAS,  at  the  present  time  it  is  of  parftmount  importance  that  the  third  and  the  steward  should  be  emphasized:  We,  tiie  tions again, In this year of our that  we  publish  the ".Seafai­era  Log" on  a  strict  regnlai­  weekly  basis,  had  an  argument,  which  seemed  members  of  the  SIU  have  agreed  Lord 1941. and  » * * to  be  all  settled,  until  the  ship  to  abide  by  the  vote  of  the  ma­ WHEREAS,  in  all  probability  our  organization  will  further  ex­ docked  on  the  15th  in  Galveston.  jority  and  not  the  minority.  So,  The  story  goes  like  this.  It  pand  and  levelop  during  tlie  next  few  months,  thus  entailing  addi­ Brothers,  let's  all  get  down  to  seems  that,  the  old  Robin  Line's  tional  operating  expenses,  and  >»  «  «  Upon  arrival,  the  third  quit  the  brass  tacks  and  be  honest  with  luxury  liners  depend  on  the  rains  WHEREAS^  in  the  last  quarter  of  1940  the  operating  expenses  ourselves and  our  brothers  In  this  ill  order  that  the  crew  can  use  of  our  organization  exceeded  the  income  by  $2,590.85,  and  .ship  and  paid  off.  There  was  .meeting  held  in  the  messroom  by  real  McCoy  Union  organization.  the  showers  and  the  botlers  boil.  WHEREAS,  this condition  of  insufficient  income  to  meet  current  ;the  members  of  the  crew  to  jack  In  other  words,  let  us  all  help  This  trip,  no  rain;  and  no  rain,  ope)at'ing  expenses  continued  during  the  month  of  January,  1941,  up  the  steward  and  have  the food  to  upbuild  and  uphold  the  siU  no  baths,  or  so  it  seems.  with  a  consequent  rapid  decrease  in  our  General  Fund  balance,  and  «  •   •   improved.  A  committee  was  elect­ rather  than  try  to  tear  it  apart.  WHERFJAS,  the  vital  expenses  necessary  to  operate  our  organi­ When the West Imboden lay in zation  in  an  efficient  and  up­to­date  manner  cannot  be  met  by  the  'ed  to  check  the  stores  with  the  We,  and  I  am  under  the  Impres­ 'steward  and  everything  was  0,K  sioff  that  I speak .for  the majority,  New York, the Company made a revenue,  received  from  dues  and  Initiation ­fees,  and  as  a  result  the  •   • *    do  not  care  for  whispering  cam­ gosh-orful how-de-do putting nice organization  is  operating  with  an  ever­increasing  deficit,  and  WHEREAS,  in  order  to  fully  protect  our  organization,  it  is  of  Shortly  after  noon  the  ex­third  paigns  or  underground  work  in  new shiny tinga-ma-Jigs on our and  the  Steward  got  into  an  ar­ order  to try to  discredit any  mem­ showers. "Oh, nothing's too good vital  importance  that  the General  Fund  always  has on  hand  a  balance  gument  with  the  re.sult  that  the  hei.s  or  ofllcial.s  of  this  organiza­ for our boys," they said. Well, af- of  at  least  $3,009.00  or  $4,000.00  to  meet  any  emergency  which  may  ter leaving the dock, a bunch of arise,  and  steward  was  severely  beaten  an'd  tion.  WHEREAS,  in  the  last  two  years  the  earning  capacity  of  each  the  third  shot.  He  died  shortly  It  seems  a  damnable  pity  that  the boys were waiting to scrub up a bit, when they heard a rack- indivfclual  member  has  increased  approximately  50  per  cent  and  after.  we  cannot  get  together  and  stay  et In the bathroom, and all hands •   • •     more, due  directly  to  the  successful  negotiating and  signing of  better  together. We  can  and  wc  must  try  rushed out to have a look and, in- agreements  calling  for  substantial  wage  and  overtime  increases,  the  So,  now  all  hands  can  sit  back  to  the  best  of  our  ability  to do  so.  cidentally, help to pull out from broadening  of  overtime  hours,  and  war  bonuses  second  to  none,  and figure  that  the  worth  of  a  But  if  we  do  not  pull  together,  under a cloud of steam what therefore  be  it  seamen's  lif€  is  a  mess  of  oys­ then  we  are  in  for  a sad  awaken­ looked like a boiled lobster, but RESOLVED,  that  the  monthly dues  ho  increased,  at least  tem­ ters.  There  has  been  more  trou­ ing,  brothers,  and  when  we  play  turned out to be one of the A.B.'s porarily,  to $2,00  per  member  per  month,  and  he  it  further  ble  aboard  ship­s  from  that  old  RESOLVED,  that  tliis  Resoliition  he  voted  upon  by  the"  cry "there  is  no  more"  than  from  "TUO  OF  WAR,"  it  only  make.s  who was pioneering in the field the  shipowners,  their  stooges  and  of modern showers. The next day Branches  at  four  consecntive  meetings,  heginning  with  tlie  regu­ any  other  one  thing.  a  few  subversive  elements  that  we had to bundle a couple of the lar  biisincs.s  meeting  of  March  3, 1941,  and  that  a  standing  "yes­ «  «  «  we  have  in  the  SIU  (you  inusi  boys up in blankets because the Shoreside  workers  cannot  un  expect  them  whenever  any  real  darn showers decided to turn out and­no"  vote  l)e  taken  with  the actual  "yes" and  "no" count  being  recorded  in  the  mlmitcs,  and  he  it  furtiier  derstand  the  way  that  this  sort  Union  goes  to  the  top)  smile  and  ice water only. RESOLVED,  that  upon  tlie  concurrence  with  this  Resolution  of  thing  can  lead  to  trouble,  but  laugh  to  themselves.  So,  let's  oi  a  majority  total  vote,  tlie  herein  mentioned  increase  in  dues  you  who  can  and  do  savvy  this  buckle  down,  brothers,  and  coop­ Well,  .so  much  for  our  new  shall  go  into  efl'ect  heginning  with  the  month  of  Mav,  1941,  and  sort  of  thing,  will  realize  that  erate  with  each  other  and  with  bathroom  gadgets,  but  the  worst  be  it further  •  .  once  more  the  straw  that  broke  our  officials  and  may  we,  as  was  yet  to  come.  You  see,  it  did  RESOLX'ED,  tliat as  of  Marcli 3 of  this year  no authorized  col­ the  camel's  back  was  something  binther  to  brotheiv  wish  those  not  rain.  So,  one  morning  when  lector shall  he  permitted  to collect  dues for  any months  past  April,  that  should  have  been  avoided.  officials  now  going  Into  office  on  we  got  up,  we  found  they  had  1941,  and  he  it  further  Your  Union  can  and  does  taken  down  our  nice  new  shower  RESOf.VED,  that  as  of  March  3 of  this  year  all  dues  paid  in  Straighten  out  your  beefs  on  the  this  Saint  Patrick's  Day  all  the  tiuga­ma­jigs  and  put  up  plugs  in­ advance  of  April,  1941,  shall  he  honored,  and  be  it  finally  success  in  the  world, and  the  best  ^hlps.  So,  take  time  out  to  think  stead.  The  new  gadgets  were  put  RESOT/VEI),  that  this  Resolution  be  printed  in  its  entirely  iu  things  over,  and  such  as  the  of  luck  to  them  all  during  their  under  lock  and  key,  presumably  tenure  of  office.  all  issues  of  the  "Seafarers  Log'  published  during  the  voting  pe­ above  Will  be  eliminated.  to  keep  them  from  rusting  up  or  riod  specified  herein.  Respectfully submitted, Fraternally,  maybe  to  save  them  for  the  next  Respectfully  submitted,  The Four Horsemen: A. W. Armstrong. crew  (you  know:  to  lure  them  John Hawk, District Representative out'  of  port  like  old  times,  when  M. D. Biggs, District Representative you  signed  on  for  good  and  Calls fqr  Unity  Sydney Gretcher, Secretary-Treasurer Tells  About  Pathfinder  plenty).  From Oysters  To the Grave  •%.  •   •  i.  I  '  •   After Elections  K;:.. Actiou ill  Bermuda  They were generous, though and left the taps on. That is, until somebody caught somebody else taking a bath, using a rubber hose on the faucet. (Then, my jolly old tars the power that be who watches over this particular little rust-pot really got mad and said: "Let there be water, but twice per day.) * * * Labor's Representotives'Oppose  "Model Defense" Bills  Saint  Partick's  Day  Brother  W.  Dickey,  a  member  March  17, 1941  of  the  Pathfinder  crew,  sent  in  Editor,  Seafarers  Log  some  clippings  about  the  long­ pear  Sir  and  Brother:  Eepresentatives of  both  the  suit"  of  "insurrectionists":  and  i.In The  past  few  months,  there  shoremen's  strike  in  Bermuda  <and  the  following  comment:  A.F.  of  L.  and  the  O.I.O,  op­ regulate  the  ownership,  manufac­ has  been  an  epidemic  of  blasting,  knocking,  rapping  and  some  very  "We  were  tied  up  for  two  and  posed five  "model"  defense  ture  and  sale  and  distribution  of  Each  carried  under­ uncomplimentaiy  remarks  being  a  half  days  before scab  longshore­ hills  at  hearings  of  the  New  explosives.  cover  provisions  which  can  easily  men  came  aboard  to  work  the  passed  by  certain  brothers  about  York  State  legislature  last  be  used  to  prosecute legitimate  la­ the  duly  elected  officials  of  the  ship.  The first,  second  and  third  To a  question  from  the  crew  as  Seafarers'  Inteinatlonal  Union  of  mates  all  scabbed  on  the  colored  to  why,  the  answer  was:  there  week.  They  argued  that  the  bor  activities.  Similar  "model"  bills  are  being  North  America.  This  cannot  bene­ boys  by  driving  the  winches.  We  ain't  no  mo'.  And  so,  shipmates,  rights  of  labor  were  endan­ presented  in  all  state  legislatures  the  old  Shipping  Board  cry  is  held  a  meeting and  the  three dele­ fit  the  Union  in  any  shape,  man­ gered  by  the  bills,  pointing  ner  or  lorm,  and  can  only  be  a  gates  lodged  a  protest  with  the  born  anew:  THERE  AIN'T  NO  out  that  none guaranteed the  and  arejneeting  with  equal  oppo­'  sitiou  on  the  part  of  organized  detriment  to  the  Union,  for  the  old  man, Uapt.  F.  (Suicide)  Dum­ MORE!  right to strike and participate  labor.  But,  here,  as  a  last  word,  taken  ke  about  the  mates contaminating  membership  has  spoken  and  "SO  lines.  in picket  as  a  whole,  she  is  not  a  bad  old  the  rest  of  the  crew.  He  raved  BE IT."  The  labor  opposition  was  con­ Brothers—we.  the  ^ona  .fide  and  pouted,  but  in  a  few  minutes  tub. The  whole gang,  officers,  and  centrated  on  the  Thompson  Anti­ Temporary  Engine  all  three  departments,  cooperate  membership  of  the  Seafarera'  they  were  replaced.  Sabotage  Bill  which  permits  clos.  Delegate Elected  Union, a genuine  Democratic  rank  "IncIdenlaHy,  that  morning  ev­ 100  per  cent. »  *  •   ing  Streets  and  highways  around  and  file  organization,  did,  by  our  ery  man  in  the  crew  was  asked  defense  plants  and  imposes  a  fel­ So,  on  through  the  rainless  Brother  Arthur  G'Neil,  No.  436,  democratic  right,  of  voting,  elect  if  he  would  work  cargo  (they  ony  penalty,  with  imprisonment  was  elected  as  temporary  Engine  days,  sails  the  West  Imboden  these  officials.  Their  credentials,  claimed  there  wasn't  any  strike).  with  a  motto:  On  to  Capetown,  up  to  ten  years  and fines  up  to  Patrolman  at  the  last  meeting  of  papers and  Integidty  were checked  You  know  what  we  s&id—only  $10,000,,  or  both  for  any  person  the  New  York  Branch  of  the  SIU.  bath  or  no  bath!  and  double­cbecked  by  a  commit­ stronger.  By  the  way,  they  violating  it  and  found  guilty  of  Hoping for a  speedy agreement.  tee  and  committees,  and  they  wouldn't  allow  us  ashore  in  Ber­ "sabotage."  A Gladstone suitcase was  Fraternally,  were found fit'  in  every  respect  to  muda  because  we  didn't  have  a  Labor  spokesmen  also  objected  lost  at  the  New  York  hall  Dirty-Until-the-Rains-Come carry  on  their  duties  of  the  office  pass  and  because  the  Capt.  was  a  Crew of the S.S. West Imboden to  four  other  bills  which  would  of  the  Union  by  Brother  to  which  they  wei­e  duly  and  le­ "Heinle"!  give  the  governor  power  In  an  Robert WigfaM, G-74 gally elected.  Now  comes  the rub:  "To  protect  ourselves  against  emergency  to  mobilize  the  police  M.  J,  Bianculli,  No.  6447  Deck Delegate. It  seems  to  the  writers  that  a  another  'Alfifc  Case,'  we  did  our  forces  of  the  various communities  while  he  was  in  the  hospi­ few  brothers  are  not  in  accord  regular  day's  work,  but  no  one  B.S. — Incidentally,  the  rains  in  the  state;  set  up  reciprocal  tal,  Will  the  brother  who  with  the  Committee's  reports  on  would  work  overtime.  The  never  came,  but  about  two  days  agreements  between  states for  the  took  it  by  mistake  please  aame  of  the  officials  and  want  to  winches  had  no  one  to  look  after  out  of  Capetown  the  old  girl  protection  of  state  property;  per­ start  Investigating  them  all  over  them  outside the  Chief  Engfaeer."  started  stampeding  like  an  old  mit  the  military  forces  of  States  return it to the owner, care  of  the New York hall.  again. Do  these few brothers,  who. ]  to  cross State  lines  In  "fresh  pur­ . .. Wilbur  W. Dickey.  bow  smelling  water.  ­SS  •  .... I  i  '• 1  IJ  �Tuesday,  March  25,  1941  THE  S E  A  F A  RE R S '  LOG  W.hat's^Doing —  Around  The  Ports  out:  Two  baked  chickens  (Sea­ gulls),  one  large  hunk  of  baloney  and  a  jar  of  mustard.  What's  March  8,  I94I  Ms KctL 7,  1941.  wrong,  Dutch?  No  grapeiiult?  '  Editor,  Seafarers  Log  Editor,  Seafarers  Log  William  Cox,  the  wood­butcher  Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  from  Eel's  Point,  Kentucky,  has  The  pride  of  the  Waterman  been  drafted,  and  he's  been  ask­ This  has  been  rather  a  slow  Line,  the  S.S.  Lasalle  has  i­eally  ing  Harry  Collins  and  the  rest  of  week  in  the fair  city, only shippell  „  gone,  through  a  complete  crew  the  heavyweights  around  here  to  twelve  men  to  the  point  of  pro­ renovation  as  far  as  the  unli­ jump  up  and  down  on  his feet,  so  duction.  No  major  beef,  just  the  censed  personnel  are  concerned  that  he  will  get flat  feet,  and  get  usual  run  of  petty  stuff.  The  best  since  the  ship  arrived  in  the  old  turned  down  when  he  gets  to  example  of  this  was  on  the  Sea­ Port  of  Philadelphia. Some  of  the  Camp  Shelby,  Mississippi.  Don't  train.  On  this floating  freight  old­timers  may  recall  her  as  the  worry.  Sweet  William,  those  hog  yard  they  had  a  very  nice  set­up  S.S.  George  Pierce. You  remember  rifles  (new  style)  are  so  light­ that',  you  will  have  to  admit,  was  her  as  the  make  a  mile  and  then  that  you  never  know  you  are car­ a  honey  for  the  ship,  but  kinda  .  drop si.K  boiler  tubes.  rying  same.  Just  think,  Willie,  lousy  from  our  angle.  Things  are  humming  plenty  you  get  twenty­one  (21)  dollars a  When  the  ship  docked  in  the  fast  around  these  parts.  No  A.B.'s  day,  but  gosh,  you  only  get  it  one  morning, the  watches for  the  men  available,  oileis and  other "Under­ day  a  month.  •   were  broken  and  how!  To  illus­ giound  Savages"  won't  take  a  trate,  the  Q.M.'s  break  watches,  Frateritally,  ship  unless  they  are  assured  that  TEXAS  CITY  PHILADELPHIA  'iTv  the  8 to  12  is on  deck  all  day,  the  SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF. 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Horsemen:  they  have  beauty­rest  mattresses  i »4 to  8 works  till noon,  the  12  to  4  J.  F.  F.,  No.  542  and  featlier  pillows  on  board.  then  comes  on  and  this  gives  the  H.  J.  C.,  No.  496  Stewards,  cooks  and  messmen—  W.  R.  B.,  No.  1994  ship  two  Q.M.'s  on  deck  all  day  aw  hell,  why  go  on  raving;  they  while  cargo  is  being  worked.  D.  C.  J.,  G­116  are  as  scarce  as  good  jokes  from  Acute Shortage of Seamen -- Maritime Then  next  day,  sailing  day,  the  "Izzy  Cohen's whole  bag of  jokes."  order  is  reversed,  at  8  A.M.  the  Commission Moves - Branch Actions All  foolishness aside—the^Agent  8  to  12  and  the  12  to  4  turn  to  and  the  Patrolman  have  ordered  work.the  morning, then  the  4 to  8  March  II,  I94I  seven­league  boots,  so  that  they  and  the  12  to  4  are  on  deck  for  Mai­ch  20,  I94I  elected  to  take  over  the  Dispatch­ can  make  better  time  chasing  up  Editor,  Seafarers  Log  the  afternoon.  Nice,  eh?  Two  Editor,  Seafarers  Log  er's  headache  at  last  Monday  and  down  the  waterfront  settling  Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  men  at  all  times  on  deck!  The  Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  night's  meeting.  Brother.^  Berger  ;  beefs,  and  chasing  after  replace­ Well,  here's  from  Puerto  Rico  O.S.  were  standing  the  gangway­ BALTIMORE,  Md.—Beach  lists  Hansen  and  Bud  Ray left  port  for  ments  after  hours.  Prosperity  again,  the  home  of  the  "Flying  watches  at  night.  When  this  was  sure  makes  lie  guys  forget  where  Bull.",We've  had  plenty  of  activ­ taken  up,  the  run­around  came  in  this  port  continue  somewhat  Norfolk  where  men  are  men,  and  below  normal  with  shipping  good  beefs  arc  plentiful.  the  Union  Hall  is  located.  ity  around  here  the  last  few  up.  Result:  the  Q.M.'s  will  stand  The  membeisliip  at  a  .special  "Seaweed,"  the  leaping  Bull  weeks.  Had  a  lot  of  Bull  Line  watch  and  watch  as  on  the  other  Acute Shortage  of  Seamen  ,  Line  scullery­maid  will,,  emphat­ beefs  and  settled  most  of  them  In  ships.  With  the  government's  ship­ meeting approved  accepting of  the  Bull  Line's  offer  of  a  $7.50  in­ ically,  not  allow  the "Four  Horse­ a  real  "Toreador  Fashion."  The  Plow  City  in  to  Houston  building  program  slowly  climbing  crease  on  the  Coastwise  scale and  men  to  keep  his  name  out  of  the  The  performers  were  getting  up  Into  high  gear,  the  shortage  with  more  pipe  and  loaded  sul­ Log.  He  has  been  trying  to  pur­ so  thick  around  here  that  we  had  flO.'OO  on  the  Puerto  Rico  scale.  phur  out  of  Galveston;  the  Jean  of  skilled  seamen  is  becoming  Brother  John  Hawk  is  to  be  coh­ chase  Jo  Jo  Flanagan's  car,  but  to  take  some  action.  A  few  other  in  and  out  fi­om  Corpus;  and  the  more  and  more  acute  and  It  is  Jo  Jo  refuses  to  accept  the  $13.98  ports could  follow  suit  if  we  want  Keever  (West  Coast)  makes  up  doubtful  If  we  will  be  able  to  fill  gialulated  on  tlie  succe.ssfiil  out­ come  of  Ills  negotiations  with  the  that is  offered, and  on  top  of  that,  to  build  up  a  little  prestige  and  the action  for  the  week. So,  plenty  one­third  of  the  Jobs  by  this time  Bull  Line,  especially  .since  the  .  he . states. that  he  will  stand  for  get  somewhere  with  the  ship­ next  year.  Permit  men  are  com­ of  time  to sit  around  and  cuss  the  R».y.  insult,  but  the  insults  that  owners.  So  far,  four  have  been  new  scale  is  $5  above  the  NMU  ing  in  at  the  rate  of  approximate­ California  weather  we  are  having.  scale.  ha^ve  been  heaped  upon  his  car  brought  up  on  charges,  with  one  ly  twenty  a  week  in  this  branch,  Most  unusual,  coldei'  than  Boston.  by  the  members,  especially  by  getting  his  book  suspended  for  but  they  are  only  a  drop  in  the  The  next  show  in  Washington  Biggest  laugh  of  the  week:  bucket  when  you  remember  that  will  be  the  notorious  Isak  Bill  "Windy  Collins."  It's  awful,  ain't  three  months  and  a  recommenda­ tion  to  the  SUP  to  take  action  there  is  a  big  chemical  plant  go­ more  than  half  of  that  number  which  calls  for  seamen  to  prove  it,  Jo­Jo?  Robert  (Do­the­best­you­can)  against  another.  Action  still  is  ing  up  here  in town,  100  per  cent  are  replacing  members  going  to  that  they  are  not  Communists  or,  union.  Some  bird  opened  a  bar­ shore  jobs,  etc.;  and  that,  as  of  Nazis,  or  they  lose  their  certifi­ Hillman  made six  days  on  the  La­ pending  on  two  others.  salle,  " and  now  he  and  John  Ship.s  are  now  all  getting  fresh  ber  shop  right  across  the  road  today,  the  Baltimore  shipyards  cates  and  licenses.  Brother  Har­ "Whispering" Morgandale  can  tor­ milk  for  their  SIU  crews  in  Puer­ from  the  plant,  fink  price  hair­ are  scheduled  to  deliver  110  new  ry  Lundeberg  stole  the  DirkSen  ment  the  waitresses  in  their  spe­ to  Rico  and  sonie  are  supplying  cuts,  and .he  js  busy  'till  way  on  ships  within  the  next  two  years.  Bill  show  completely  as  usual  and  on  'till  late  in  the  night.  Fifty  of  these  ships  are  of  the  with  his  straightforward,  hard  cial  chewing  place.  Waitresses,  shore  bread  as  well.  Well,  while  the  BLIZZARDS  'Tis  rumorea'that  the  CIO  had  pre­fabricated,  ten  knot.  Hog* Is­ hitting  testimony.  you  really  have  the  sympathy  of  all of  us,  for  you  are  positively  in  are  blowing  up  north,  we  con­ notions  to  organize the cab drivers  land  type,  taking  approximately  Despite  repeated  warnings  from  for  a  real  ear­bending.  Uh  huh.  tinue  to  enjoy  the  climate  that  in  the  turning  basin  in  Houston.  sixty  days  in  the  building  of  oflicials  some  members  still  send  "Coastwise"  Arrere,  the  former  Florida  and  California  brag about.  Word  was  issued  that  the  hack  each  one  and  if  we  are encounter­ in  tlieii'  questionnitires  ­to  the  dispatcher,  quit  the  speed­wagon  Fraternally,  pushers  wourd  line  up  or  else.  A  ing  dilflculty  now  in  crewing  up  Draft  Boards  witiinut  an  accom­ Losmar  in  Baltimore  and  came  Daniel  Butts,  Agent.  sizable  crew  of  the  Teamsters  two  new  ships  a  month,  wlqit  i.s  panying  request  f(g'  deferment.  home  to  roost.  He  wants  a  fast  came  to  the  Basin  and  the  Boule­ going  to  happen  when  we  reach  This  means  that  a  few  of  tliem  ship.  Here's  a  tip  from  the "Four  vard  to  inquire  into  the "or  else."  tlie  ship  a  day  status  early  in  are  getting  I­A  classification  and  Horsemen":  Don't  allow  them  to  To  date„  no  "or  else."  Maybe,  be­ 1942?  when  they  get  that,,  it's  too  late  '  We  can  also  look  for  a  heavy  for  the  Union  or  anyone  else  to  :  draft  you.  Coastwise,  but  walk  nause  they  are  members  of  the  March  17,  I94I.  loss  in  personnel  when  the  Amer­ do  anything about  jt. Seamen  who  "  right  up .to  the  Naval  Recruiting  AFL.  Editor,  Seafarers  Log  ican  convoys  get  going,  which  Officer  and  join  the  Navy,  and  When  and  if  the  sun  ­ever  they  will, despite  all the  promises  let  themselves  go "and  get  drafted  Dear  Sir  and  Brother:  .  they'll  give  you  a  fast'  ship.  Yes,  Progress,  that's  the  word!  It  shines  down  here  again,  then  we  of  the  Congressmen. _The  Unions,  aren't  helping  their  country  any.  sir; they'll  give you  a destroyer  of  will  send  in  some  more,  till  then  if  they  are  going  to  survive  this  We  need  .skilled  seamen  right  the  newer  classes  and  we'll  guar­ can  be  seen  in  terms  of  higher  now  more  tlian  wc  need  any other  war,  had  better  get  busy  NOW  Steady  as  she  goes.  ' antee  that  you  will  have  a  fast  wages  through  the  splendid  ef­ classification  of  worker.  There's  building  up  their  membership.  A,  W.  Armstrong.  one  under  your  feet.  Don'J;  say,  forts  and  achievements  of  your  no  shirking  question  involved  Atlantic  and  Gulf  District'  Repi­e­ we  didin't  tell  you.  Maritime  Commission  Moves  here.  If  this country  gets  into any  Just  had  a  "Flash" from  Harry  sentatives  and  their  negotiating  he  wishes  only  those  who  ­are  kind  of  trouble,  you  can  bet  the  The  Maritime  Commission  Lundeberg  that  from  the  looks  of  committees.  worthy  to  enjoy  it  with  him.  training  program  is  gradually  be­ merchant­  seamen  Is  going  to  Every  weekly  branch  report,  mattefs  in  our  Capitol  City,  the  Such  a  Union,  making  such  ing stepped  up  to  provide  enough  catch  it  on  the  chin  first,  and  all  lousy  labor­hating  bill  H.  R.  2662  when  read,  speaks  progress.  progress,  must  always  be  alert'  to  Naval  Reserve  men  to  take  over  the  time.  . will  be  completely  kicked  in  the  They  that  have  led  the  way,  the  hazards  besetting  it.  the  ship.s  the  Unions  are  unable  Not  much  trouble  was  encoun­ long  underwear.  It  goes  to  show  and  those  men  that'  have  made  it  So„  let  us  continue  to  take  to crew  up  and  the  next  move  in  tered  in  getting  Calmar,  Ore  and  possible  muiit  and  shall  have'­the  that  cooperation  and  organization  greater  interest  in  our  Union,  our  thaUdirectlon  is  the  plan  to  give  the  other  Lines  plying  offshore  can  keep  us  seamen  from  getting  backing  and  encouragement  to  representatives,  and  future  suc­ Green  Tickets  to^rair.ees  with  to  come  across  with  the  new  In­ the  wrong  end  of  the  stick.  Well  continue  making  progress.  one  year  in  the  MC  service.  crease.  Two  of  them  balked, blit  cesses.  Never  before  in  the  history  of  done,  brothers.  \  Both  the  AFL  and  GIO' radio­ only  for  a  couple  of  days.  Spring  • Your Boston  Reporter.  the  American  merchant  marine  'J. A.  (Dutch)  Keller, the  Grape­ men's  unions  have  been  experi­ must  be  close  by;  some  of  the  fruit'  Steward,  registered  and  or  any  other  merchant  marine  encing  the  shortage  of  men  for  boys  are  beginning  to  ease  off  up  '  brought,  his  gear  up  ta  the  Hall.  have  those  that  go  down  to  the  some  time  now  and  are fighting  in  the  direction  of  the  Lakes.  When  the  lock  (Rope­yarn  to  us)  sea  in  ships  enjoyed  as  much  in  desperately  to  keep  their  heads  Fraternally,  |  sprang open  on  his keesta,  so help  wages  or  living  conditions  as  the  up  above  the  threat  of  the navall­ Wm.  McKay,  Agent.  Edward  L.  Jordan  me  God,  fellows,  here's  what  fell  Seafarers*  International  gained  zation  of  the  radio  rooms.  What  for  those  proud  members  whom  it  Died  in  Mobile,  Ala.  is  happening  to  them  is  going  to  represents.  March  13,  1941  Attentioti I  happen  to  us  If  we  don't  keep  the  No  small  wonder  that  the  Sea­ Attention!  ships  moving.  farers'  International  Union  Is  Martin Anderson  Anyone  knowing  tjie  Branch Actions  constantly  beiftg  deluged  "with  ap­ Died  in  Boston,  Mass.  Hugh  P.  Bronson  The  Branch  installed  its  new  whereabouts of  Dennis Ho­ Get  iii  touch  with  Joe  plications  for  membership,  and  February  24,  1941  it's  no  small  wonder  t,hat  the  ofllcials  this  week  with  Brother  gan  please  have him  getlin  'Grande,  No.  1640,  at  the  SIU  membership  of  the  SlU  scruti­ Wm.  McKay  taking  over  at  the  toucli  with  the liinmi, iffio'  hall  In  Philadelphia.  He  has  Hnut Skijppervik I some important  papers  belong­ nizes each  and  every applicant  for  Died  on  board  the  S=S.  Goi^St  wheel  as  Agent  and  Brother  Kup­ fithi,'Branch  Agent.  membership.  ta  taking  over  in  the  Engine J­ ing  to  you.  March  9,  1941  Gordon  Ilalcs.­ When  one  has  something  good.  Rnom  Department. Bob  Green  was  News and Views  ,  SAN JUAN  *4  • "  ­y..  'iftt A. \S­ BOSTON  In Memoriam  If'.  � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource March 25, 1941 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU GETS $7.50 COASTWISE RAISE; $10 INCREASE ON PUERTO RICO RUN $50 BONUS WON ON AFRICAN RUN $10 PENALTY FOR SULPHUR CARGO SUP SCORES BIG VICTORY ON TANKERS SEAFARERS HELPED BERMUDA DOCKERS BY SOLIDARITY U-BOAT RAIDER OFF NEW YORK, CAPITAL SAYS NEW CARGO SHIPS TAKEN OVER BY U.S. NAVY HEAT ABOUT "COOLING OFF" N.J. DRAFT HEADQUARTERS ISSUES INSTRUCTIONS AFFECTING SEAMEN A 5 PER CENT TAX ON WAGES? IMPORTANT RESOLUTION CALLS FOR UNITY AFTER ELECTIONS TELLS ABOUT PATHFINDER ACTION IN BERMUDA LABOR'S REPRESENTATIVES OPPOSE "MODEL DEFENSE" BILLS TEMPORARY ENGINE DELEGATE ELECTED Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 3/25/1941 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. III, No. 6 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1941 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/962f1d9435beee42d001c64e554dadad.PDF 56ae90d8efe013a56f01e77aaf772e5e PDF Text Text Gov't Gamp Should Ballot By March 31 Convention Opens 28tli In Baltimore The SS Governjnent Camp, last of the nine Cities Service ships to be voted in the collective bar­ gaining election now being con­ ducted by the National Labor Relations' Board, is en route to Puerto La- Cruz, Venezuela, and is expected to arrive in Monte­ video on March 31, according to a letter received this week from members of the ship's crew. The Camp crew will be polled shortly after arrival in the South American port and the ballots will be returned to the NLRB in New York. In the communication, the Cities Service tankermen pre­ dicted that" a large majority wnuld vote for the SIU as their bargaining agent. On the basis of past performances, it is also expected that an equally large majority would be fired by the company for having pro-Union sentiment, although flimsy ex­ cuses will be offered for the dis­ missals. The fourth biennial convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America will open Monday, March 28 in Balti­ more at the Southern Hotel. Present will be eight delegates from the Atlantic and Gulf Dis­ trict. Representatives of the various Districts constituting the Sea­ farers International will meet to discuss and formulate^ action on various problems facing the maritime industry. High on the agenda will be consideration of the problems arising out of the proposed Panamanian boycott, Taft-Hart­ ley Act, ECA». 50 percent rule,maritime unemployment and in­ ter-district relations. In addition to the Atlantic and Gulf, other Districts expected to send delegates are: Great Lakes, SUP, Canadian, Staff Officers, Atlantic Coast Fishermen, West Coast Fishermen and Cannery Workers. At the confab, delegates will submit reports on their District's activities since the last meeting of the International in Chicago two years ago. The agenda will also include election of International officers to serve during the , coming two year period. A&G officials Paul Hall and Cal Tanner are cur­ rently serving as Vice-Presidents. Delegates for the Atlantic and Gulf District are: Paul Hall, L. A. Qardner, L. J. Williams, E. Sheppard, C. Tanner, Ray White, A. Michelet and A. S. Cardullo, Charles Raymond (Alternate). Official Organ, Atlantic & Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of NA VOL.'XI NEW YORK, N. Y.. FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1949 No. 12 S^ill no iatketv 1 TWO HOSPITALIZED Two of the Government Camp crewmembers, suffering from severe attacks of dysentery, signed off in Trinidad just be­ fore the ship left for Puerta La Cruz and were admitted to a hospital for treatment, the letter said. Names of the two men were given as Tommy Sgardelis and I f ' ' Former CS Men Men discharged from Cities Service ships since January 1 for any veason whatsoever are urged to get in touch with Lindsey Wil­ liams, SIU Director of Or­ ganization, immediately. Those who are unable to come to SIU Headquarters are urged to write, giving all details of their employment and discharge. SIU Head­ quarters is at 51 Beaver St., New York 4, N. Y. Meanwhile, all pro-Union men aboard Cities Service Oil Company ships are u^ed to remain on their vessels until they win the protection of an SIU contract. The com­ pany is making every effort to replace men with known pro-union leanings. Stay on the ships until the fight is won. Walter Parkhurst, both Ordinary Seamen. Several morie members of the Government Camp crew ivere stricken but not seriously enough to require hospitalization, the message disclosed. Conditions aboard the tanker were described in the letter as typically Cities Service. One of the beefs concerned the rationing of food at the breakfast meal. Despite the grimmer aspects of the voyage, the Government Camp crew drew some laughs from an incident inspired by the Cities Service Tanker Men's Ass o c i a t i o n , company stooge "union." A message received re­ cently by the tanker urged the men to "Vote No, Protect Your Job." LAUGH PROVOKER The appeal wps posted on the ship's biilletin board. Shortly thereafter, crewmen scanning the board were chuckling over the following comment, posted along(Continued on ?uge It) Bernsteia's Bh For Operating Subsidy Gains Tell Congress: We Want Bland Bill Keep those letters in support of the Bland-Magnuson Bill and telegrams going to your Senators and Representatives in Washing­ ton, Headquarters Officials urged all A&G members this week, as the fight on Marshall Plan car­ go distribution neared a climax in the House. Let Congress know how seamen feel, the Officials said. The Bland Bill was to havebeen voted upon by the House on March 21, but because debate on the bill seemed likely, it was re­ ferred to the Rules Committee. On Wednesday, the Rules Com­ mittee was reported to have cleared the way for action. Meanwhile, powerful forces consisting of an alliance of for­ eign shipowners, the State De­ partment and ECA chief Paul G. Hoffman continued to fight the Bland-Magnuson measure. At the end of last week, the House of Representatives. For­ eign Affairs Committee was re­ ported to have favored a bill re­ stricting American ships to 50 percent of all foreign aid car­ goes originating in this country, with ECA chief Hoffman auth­ orized to waive the rule at any time. Before that, the Senate Foreign Relations cornmittee al­ so voted to restrict American ships to half the cargoes loaded in the United States. The Bland Bill, now. before the House of Representatives and the similar bill which Senator Magnuson introduced into the Senate would guarantee that American ships manned by American sea­ men get 50 percent or more of all government financed cargoes whether they are loaded in the United States or somewhere else. The A&G District has plumped for enactment of this measure since it was first drafted by Rep­ resentative Bland of Virginia. FIRST STEP In a statement made public this week, a Headquarters official said: "The SIU, Atlantic & Gulf District, sees no reason why American ships manned by Amrican seamen should not carry 100 percent of the cargoes Ameri­ can citizens pay for. However, the Bland Bill would be an im­ portant first step toward getting a merchant marine in line with this, country's world position." It was ECA Administrator Hoffman who touched off a bat­ tle which has lasted nearly four months, when he proposed tak­ ing advantage of a loophole about freight rates in the pres­ ent 50-percent clause in the Marshall Plan legislation, to ship all foreign aid bulk cargoes in foreign bottoms. Paced by the SIU, A&G Dis­ trict, the maritime industry in­ itiated a" campaign of protest, pointing out that hundreds of ships would be laid up and thou­ sands of seamen would be thrown out of work. Hundreds of labor unions, rep­ resenting millions of workers in every corner of the country, ral­ lied to the SIU's side and thou­ sands of letters and telegrams poured into Washington. Hoffman's Plan, originally scheduled to go into effect Janu­ ary 1, was postponed to Febru­ ary 1 and then to April 1. If Congress does not act before April 1, it is now believed Hoff­ man will postpone the plan again. The Arnold Bernstein Line's bid to operate two American flag passenger ships in the New YorkAntwerp-Rotterdam trade moved a step nearer realization this week when the Maritime Com­ mission gave partial approval to the company's plans. The Maritime Commission, in studying the company's applica­ tion for a ship operating sub­ sidy, held that the present ser­ vice in the trade is inadequate, but withheld approval of a sub­ sidy until further study has been made. Bernstein's plans call for the operation of two P-2 type con­ verted transports in the service at low cost. Cargo specialty would be unboxed automobiles. The service would have a heavy appeal to students and teachers. Several months ago, in study­ ing the Bernstein application, a Maritime Commission examiner recommended disapproval of the application, holding that the P-2 type ships Bernstein proposed to run in the route should be bar­ red. The Commission, this week, stated that this matter would be decided later when the Com­ mission goes into the application in more detail. FILED FOR CHARTER In the meantime, Bernstein has filed charter application for the use of two P-2 passenger carriers, the General W. H. Gordon and the General Meigs, which it is ex­ pected he would rush into ser­ vice immediately, should he re(Continued on Page 11) �'-• Page Two THE SEAFARERS r Jvrrrr.;;-.w-jiI,i»T^»ir-- LOG Friday/ March 25, 1949^ SEAFARERS LOG Published Weekly by the SEAFARERS IIMTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMEJtlCA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 Entered as second class matter June 15, 1945, at the Post Office in New York, N. Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912. 267 Write Now Congress may act within a matter of days on the measures guararjjeeing American ships and American sea­ men something like their rightful share of governmentpurchase dcargoes, including those moved under the Mar­ shall Plan. Whether Congress acts soon or late, the future of the American merchant marine will be decided by the gentlemen in Washington. If they go in one direction, they will run the ships of the American merchant fleet on the rocks of the I^ul G. Hoffman plan to eliminate the American flag from the high seas. But if they steer in another, they will send the ships into the broad roadstead provided by the Bland Bill now before" the House of Representatives. If they choose the latter course, they will advance the American merchant marine to a point from which it can depart on a sound future program. If they choose the course across the Hoffman rocks, there will be no bluewater future at all for American ships. There are powerful forces urging Congress to run the ships on the rocks. Foreign governments, foreign ship­ owners, the State Department, Paul G. Hoffman and others do not seem to understand that American industries and American workers were not to be sacrificed in the laudable process of restoring Europe under the Marshall Plan. This Union must fight these forces to the end. One way the SIU,. A&G District, can fight is to continue to rerhind Senators and Representatives of what seamen think and want. That is why all Seafarers are urged to write again to the lawmakers in Washington, asking them to support the Bland Bill in the House and the Magnuson Bill in the Senate. One Answer No segment of the American merchant marine is in a sorrier state than the passenger ship fleet. The number of US flag passenger ships has reached such a low that war built troopships are handling a large part of the passengercarrying trade. For months an SOS has been out for greater passenger ship operations, but no takers. The Arnold Bernstein Line's recent bid to the Maritime Commission for a subsidy to operate two P-2 type passenger ships to Antwerp and Rotterdam has met with hostility from shipping interests here and abroad. One American company, US Lines, operators of the only American passenger service to North Europe, has an­ nounced openly its opposition to approval of Bernstein's application. Its reason: a monopoly of the trade. Despite the fact that US Lines vessels touch only at LeHavre, the company feels that some of its trade will be diverted to the Bernstein ships. Bernstein's announced rate of approxi­ mately $225 may be one of the reasons for US Lines' op­ position. Foreign operators feel much the same way. A need for the type of service Bernstein proposes is obvious from the action of the Army recently, when it took over the operation of six C-4 ships to use in the European tourist trade. The Army claims that it alone can offer low rates to the summer student trade. However, its announced rate of $250 has already been bettered by Bernstein. At a time when there are no American passenger ships in the inadequately serviced trade to Antwerp and Rotter­ dam, and the unemployment situation in American mari­ time is becoming acute, the Maritime Commission would Jbe giving the American passenger fleet, a much needed jboost if it approved the Bernstein application for a subsidy. JHIeu Now In The Mwine Hospitals Hospital Patients. When entering the hospital notify the delegates by post­ card, giving your name and the number of your ward. Mimeographed postcards can be obtained free at the Social Service desk. Stolen Island Hospital. You can contact your Hos­ pital, delegate at the Staten Island Hospital at the follow­ ing times: Tuesday -—1:30 to 3:30 p.m. (on 5th and 6th floors.) Thursday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. (on 3rd and 4th floors.) Saturday — 1:30 to 3:30 pmi. (on 1st and 2nd floors.) These are the Union Brolhers currently in the marino hospitals, as reported by the Port Agents. These Brothers find time hanging heavily, on Ih^ hands. Do what you can to cheer them up by writing them. L. GALBURN BALTIMORE HOSPITAL R. HENDERSON S. FLOREAK W. WISLCOTT H. GJERDE V. SALLIN J. SCHUMSKY A. WARD S. GAMIBR -i E. RHOEDS A. E. DUNTON S. RIVERA W. LAMBERT A. H. SCHWARTZ G. STEPANCHUK E. PAINTER C. JOHNSTON K. JENSEN S. CAPE R. S. feEWASKY R. L. GRESHAM, JR. P. SADARUSKI C. SIMMONS J. A. WAITHE H. STILLMAN R. J. LANNON 4 4 4 W. GARDNER WM. T. ROSS SAVANNAH HOSPITAL J. DENNIS C. I. COPPER L. E. HODGES LIPARIA F. KORVATIN A. C. McALPIN E. PRILCHARD W. MAY S. KASMIRSKI 0. D. CAREY J. J. O'NEILL A. C. PARKER F. LANDRY 4" 4 4 4 NEW ORLEANS MARINE HOSP. G. ROLZ BOSTON MARINE HOSPITAL D. CANN J. LAFFIN J. E. GALLANT J. PUGH 4 4 VIC MILAZZI STATEN ISLAND HOSPITAL W. WALKER F. ALASAVICH D. P. GELINAS W. CURRIER H. M. FAZAKERLEY F. NERING D. BAYELLE L. L. GORDEN (City Hospital) A. TREVINO L. KAY J. McNEELY 4 4 4 R. WALLACE MOBILE HOSPITAL PEEWEE GOODWIN J. DAROUSE J. L. BUCKALEW Mi J. LUCAS E. LYONS J. B. BERRIER N. DORPMANS W,. CHAMPLIN Ni W. BUSBY S, HEIDUCKI E. DRIGGERS . R. P. ROBERTS 4 4 4 S. JEMISON GALVESTON MARINE HOSP. SOI HO W. ROCHELL Gt GONZALES J, HOPKINS G. RAPUSB L. WILLIAMSON P. LEVINE C. BROWN J. HAVERTY Bi RABINOWITZ F. CHEAUETTA �Fvid^, Masah 35^ iai9 THE SEAFARERS BUILD YQVR LIBRARY OF LOGS LOG A Problem That All Unions Face: Drinks,Drinkers—And Performers By JOSEPH I. FLYNN Bound volumes of the SEAFARERS LOG for July through December 1948 are now on sale at SIU Headquarters for $2.50 each. Bound in sturdy cloth and lettered in gold, the books make a handsome addition to a Seafeurer's library. Also avail­ able are earlier volumes in six-months editions for the years 1946, 1947 and January through June 1948. Money orders are okay. Corporation Profits Rise And So Does (Aiemploynient Page Three A union is a coalition of mem­ bers with a homogeneous pur­ pose for the benefit of the maj­ ority. The membership elects of­ ficers to represent and guide their welfare. Each member has an individual responsibility to his fellow-members and to the union as a whole. A constitution and by-laws form the hypothesis from which the officials and members work out their various differences of opinion. The union, in, turn takes on certain responsibilities to form and negotiate contracts for the employment of its members, to establish headquarters where meetings can be held, and regu­ lar business carried on and to provide facilities that lend to the benefit of the membership— a rotating shipping procedure, an educational program, a news­ paper to keep the membership informed. MEMBER'S ROLE This is Ihe first of a series of articles on alcoholism, written by a former seafarer. The Union's position on drinking is clear enough. The membership has gone on record time and again against gashounds and per­ formers who make trouble aboard ship or in the Union Halls. Irresponsible . gashounds are becoming exmembers at a swift rate in line with this policy. However, another tenet of Union, policy is that how much a man drinks away from the ships and the Union Halls is his own business. Nevertheless, since seamen are" as prone to alcoholism as stock brokers, movie stars or insurance salesmen, the Union feels that these ar­ ticles in which alcoholism is viewed as the disease medi­ cal science recognizes it to be should be valuable. Humanitarian Gold Medal for his work in this field. About the same time. Dr. Benjamiij Rush propagandized alcoholism as a sickness in the United States. Yet now, almost 200 years later, their views are just com ing into the open, backed by modern science. Today, in the United States, it is figured that 3,000,000, in an adult population of 87,000,000, are chronic excessive drinkers of whom 750,000 are alcoholics, five out of six being men. The economic loss runs to a billion dollars a year, perhaps more. The quoted figures are: potential wage loss, $432,000,000; crime, $188,000,000; accidents, $89,000,000; medical care, $31,000,000; maintenance in local jails, $25,000,000—not to mention broken homes, and brain power lost to the country. TOPS ALL Compare this figure of 750,000 alcoholics with other much heard about sicknesses: tubercu­ losis, 680,000; infantile paralysis, 175,000; cancer, 500,000. Yet how little the average per­ son knows about alcoholism, which has been called by an As­ sistant Surgeon General of the U.S.P.H., "the nations fourth major public health problem!" It is intended that a series of articles on this subject would help us see the difference be­ tween the drunkard and the drinker, give an understanding of the symptoms of alcoholism, the social implications of drink, and an objective view and reali­ zation that for some of us to drink is suicide. The individual union member n return pays a nominal fee as started by examining the effects WASHINGTON — Startling Business leaders expressed a dues, and takes part in business of alcohol on the physical make­ "new peaks" and "new highs" mood of optimism and watchfulup. This opened the door to in business and industry profit waiting for the future, despite functions — meetings, confer­ the many other aspects of the ences, etc. levels for 1948 were made pub­ rising unemployment. In a Gov­ problem. lic in financial statements filed ernment survey taken in 92 ma­ He has a definite knowledge of a particular job in which he is Leaders from all fields — psy­ by corporations last week. jor labor market areas, business­ employed. He realizes his re­ chology, sociology, anthropology, Scores of manufacturing and men said they expected an up­ sponsibility to his fellow-mem­ law and religion—were drawn in business concerns—from makers turn in employment within the bers, and remembers at all times to add their views for considera­ of razor blades to the bottlers of next 60 days. that he alone would be helpless tion. Coca-Cola — reported earnings In the meantime, many indus­ n gaining the privileges and op­ between 10% and 150% above tries reported sharp production portunities that the union offers Their opinions are diversified, but there are certain factors that record sums amassed in previous cut-backs'. Unemployment com­ him as a member. all agree upon, one being that years. pensation applications jumped This should be common knowl­ alcoholism is a sickness. The 1948 profit level, accord­ 163,000 last month, to a total of edge to every union man, and Back as far as 1783 a young ing to a survey by the National 1,971,000 for the nation. Some it's with' this premise that we English physician, Thomas Trot­ 33 states reported a rise in the City Bank of 2,100 leading Am­ lead into the subject of drinking. ter, was awarded the British erican firms, was 20% higher number of men and women filing The SIU has taken action claims for unemployment com­ against what is known in the than in 1947. seamen's language as the "gas Total profits of these compan­ pensation benefits. Robert 0. Goodwin, US Em­ hound" and "performer," be­ ies amounted to $7,118,000,000, against a $5,925,000,000 net in ployment Service director, said cause they are hurting the Union employment trends could not be and are dangerous and annoying the year before. charted definitely until May. to their brother-members, as well This total was less because of as setting a poor example in and the unusually huge sums which Stretching the dollar is prob­ Cleaner at 11(^ a pound is ap­ But here, so you can see for many corporations ploughed back yourself, is a graphic cross-sec­ for the imion. ably one of the toughest jobs proximately the same product as Spic and Span which costs 23«f. in reserves, remodeling and plant tion of profits by corporations confronting the average family PROTECTS MAJORITY expansion. for the year 1948: Some of the best savings to be trying to get along on a moder­ They are given warning and if found at co-ops are in drugs and not heeded, action is taken. This ate income. But smart shoppers toiletries. Co-op Vitamin B com­ 1948 1947 protects the SIU and is for the are saving some of the family plex tablets, for example, cost (through Dec. 31) (through Dec. good of the majority. money by making their pur­ $1.69 for 150 tablets; one large General Electric Co $123,835,000 $ 95,299,000 But it is also known that fear, chases of soaps and other house­ drug chain checked by this Radio Corp. of America 24^022,047 18,769,557 warning or dismissal alone is not hold goods at consumer coopera­ writer charges $2.63 for the same sufficient to clear up this prob­ tive stores. Eastman Kodak amount. 55^404,425 43,199,254 lem. It takes understanding of .Westinghouse Elec 52,656,351 8,101,000 For example, here's how your SAVE ON AUTO SUPPLIES the subject of alcoholism, which E. I. duPont de Neumours family buck has more cents when 157,445,622 120,009,760 like all sicknesses—V.D., T.B., You can also save substantially you use it at a co-op: Celanese Corp 39,484,000 24,173,417 cancer—must be understood, rec­ on auto accessories, sold both by Co-op While Floating Soap American Tobacco Co 43,912,204 33,217,491 ognized, and treated to bring co-op markets and service sta­ about recovery and prevention. costs 11% less than either the tions. Co-op first-line General Motors 440,447,724 287,991,373 tires in It should be understood by the comparable-quality Ivory or the 600x16 size are $13.45 plus Chrysler Corp 89,187,240 67,181,221 membership that these articles Swan. Co-op soap flakes and tax. Not only are they $3 less Shell Union Oil Corp 111,396,447 59,874,698 are in the form of education, and powders are approximately 4'.' a than the nationally-advertised Standard Oil of Ind 140,079,286 94,880,715 the writer takes no stand for or package less than the nationally- brands, but a recent test found General Foods Corp 24,555,752 18,303,594 against drinking, but looks upon advertised bi-ands. the Co-op tire superior to four Co-op stores sell trisodium well-known brands tested at the certain forms of drinking as a United Fruit Co 59,740,232 54,140,794 social problem and a sickness phosphate, one of the best gen­ same time. Union Pacific Ry 26,540,409 16,957,217 that can be helped by proper eral household cleaners, for 13(i a Co-op auto batteries are an­ American Can Co 26,910,269 21,836,624 pound. It's the same thing as knowledge. other good example of the more Coca-Cola Co 33,794,170 31,221,945 Yale University started study­ Oakite, which is 13<i for only immediate savings to be found ,Wrigley Co 11,455,114 ' ing alcoholism in 1930. They 1014 ounces. Co-op Household in non-edibles, on which private 8,490,561 distributors generally take a higher profit margin than they do on foods. The co-ops offer a 17-plate battery with 21 months WASHINGTON — Indications tive Vinson of Georgia. Other Actually, the Army has drafted better conditions than draftees guarantee for $19.25. A welllire that inductions into the Army authorities hedged a bit, fewer than 30,000 of the more could expect. known brand with the same spe­ In addition, another 80,000 or Army under the present draft but confessed that the chief of than 9,160,000 who registered. At cifications sells for $25.85. law will be suspended for the personnel was probably correct. the same time, upward of 81,000 so of draft age have signed up These are savings any wagelife of the law which will expire Principal reason for this state men of draft age have enlisted for various Army and Navy re­ earner can make on his own, June 24, 1950. of affairs is that so many men in the Army and the Air Force serve services, thereby exempt­ since already-existing.cooperative This is the opinion of the Army's volunteered to beat the draft, the since the draft law went into ing themselves from the draft but committing themselves to stores are located in most goodchief of personnel as reported to draft itself is no longer neces­ effect early last summer. These sized towns, whether or not his considerable military activity. the House of Representatives by sary. Another reason is that union takes them up as a buy81,000 are now described as Upshot is that seamen of draft tte chairman of the House Armed overall Army plans have been ing-club venture. "stuck." They enlisted to get age can stop worrying. Services Committee, Representa­ somewhat cut. Wage Earner's Buck Buys More When It Shops At Co-Op Stores Ikre's Good News: Vokmteers May Make Army Draft Unnecessary �Page Four THE SEAFARERS New Orleans Called Steadiest Of All Ports For Seafarers By EARL SHEPPARD LOG thiott Wreckers Are Warned TAdBY. March 25. 1949 Panama Tankers Up By 229% Since War The SIU is on record thai charges will be placed against men guilty of being the following: The Panama flag, refuge of the low standard operator, now flies PILFERERS: Men who walk off ships with crew's equipover three and a half times as men or ship's gear, such as sheets, towels, ship's stpres, cargo, many of the world's tankers as etc., for sale ashore. it did before the war. • This fact is revealed in tanker WEEDHOUNDS: Men who are in the possession of or registry figures compiled up to who "se marijuana or other narcotics on board an SIU ship Jan. 1, 1949, showing thfr tre­ or in the vicinity of an SIU Hall. mendous shift in flag registra­ tion that has taken place since GASHOUND PERFORMERS: Men who jeopardise the safety of their shipmates by drinking while at work on a ship the end of hostilities. In the postwar period, tankers or who turn to in a drunken condition. Those who disrupt the' under United States registry operation of a ship,, the pay-off or sign-on by being gassed up. have declined by about 30 per­ This Union was built of, by and for seamen. Seafarers cent, while during the same per­ fought many long and bloody fights to obtain the wages and iod tankers flying the Panaman­ conditions we now enjoy. For the first time In the history of ian flag increased by 229 per­ the maritime industry a seamim can support himself and his cent. family in a decent and independent manner. The SIU does Up to Jan. 1, the US had 595 not tolerate the jeopardizing of these conditions by the actions tankers of 5,656,497 tons, com­ of irresponsibles. pared with 316 tankers of 2,684,608 tons under Panama registry. In any occupation there is a small group of foulballs. On the same date the world While the Union has been fortunate in keeping such characters tanker fleet numbered 1,872 to a minimum, we must eliminate them altogether from the ships of more than 15 million SIU. gross tons. Of these tankers, all All Seafarers, members and officials alike, are under of which are of 2,000 tons or obligation to place chafes against these types of characters. more, 985 are operated by Euro­ pean nations and 872 by coun­ Any man, upon being convicted by a Union Trial Com­ tries in the Western Hemisphere. mittee of actions such as outlined here, faces Union discipline Britain accounted for 472 ships up to and including complete expulsion from the Seafarers. of some 3,650,000 tons. NEW ORLEANS—Mardi Grasi Normally this is shirt-sleeve is over, the confetti and broken weather with the temperature bottles swept up, and the old hovering around 55' degrees, but town ^has quieted down some­ this year the weather man play what. ed a dirty trick and brought The bright spots (clip joints along near-to-freezing tempera to you) are still going strong in tures. This caused a rush on the the Vieux Carre, but they have baggage room, with wrinkled to get their trade from the tour­ top coats and jackets jerked out ists these days—seamen are get­ of sea bags to meet the crisis. ting too wise to spend their The sun is out today, however, dough on cheap "music and "B" and there probably won't be girls. any more cold spells for awhile. Shipping is normal in New Or­ Like the natives say about Flor­ leans. Those who need a job, ida freezes, "this is unusual." and are willing to take the first The Hall is just as spic-andthing that comes along, can al­ span as the day it opened, and ways get out pronto—but those the first thing a new arrival in who are waiting for some spe­ New Orleans hears is, "Have cial wagon, or some special run, you seen our new Hall yet?" have to cool their heels a little Without doing any undue longer. bragging, all ports can take a Speaking of normal operations lesson frcttn ' the New Orleans you can take a yearly average membership on how to maintain on New Orleans and you will a Hall. find it to be just about the A cigarette butt on the deck steadiest port in the country, is as rare as turkey on a limey both as regards shipping and in­ tramp, and winos have long ago come and general union opera­ learned not to even come close tion. to the front door. The companies operating So that's the way New Or­ steady and regular runs furnish leans is at this time. You can't the foundation, and throughout figure on just bouncing in, reg­ the year seasonal imports and exports—cotton, grain, coffee and istering and shipping out the transshipped river cargoes—bal­ same day—but neither do you By CAL TANNER ance each other to keep things have to wait around until you wear out the seat of your pants. MOBILE—Shipping in the port on an even keel. A good many oldtimers are Here you can figure just about of Mobile perked up a bit in the on the beach, and quite a few how long you have to wait for past seven days. Eight payoffs more are homesteading the reg­ the kind of job you want. That and nine sign-ons took a total ular runs. All of them drop in is the reason so many members of 120 men—80 book and 40 per­ at the Hall regularly. make this their home port, and mits—off the beach during the Some of them are waiting for high tail it here regardless of period. Sole representative for the Al­ the first thing out, but most where they payoff. have acquired the budget habit There's no guess work, every­ coa outfit among the payoffs was and are making the most of their thing runs smoothly and regu­ the Cavalier. The rest were all vessels: Bienville, last payoff and holding down lar. We've got a good port, a Waterman the beach in style. good Hall and a good alert mem­ Fairhope, John LaFarge, AntinSomething always has to come bership—and you can bet your ous, DeSoto and Lafayette. (Ed. along to spoil an otherwise last buck that New Orleans is Note: The name of the eighth ship paying off was omitted.) pretty picture. going to keep it that way. Port Mobile Reports Pkk-Up In Shipping New York Has Hopes For Passenger Ships By JOE ALGINA NEW YORK—There's a slight note of optimism in this port these days. In addition to a slight pick-up in shipping, plans of two SIU operators, if they materialize, will give us a much needed shot in the arm. Bull Line's purchase of the Puerto Rican Line—a passenger ship, two freighters and the company's facilities—would help us a great deal, if the company puts the passenger job into op­ eration between this port and the Islands. It's still in the planning stage, and nothing definite has come from the company as yet. Our other sweepstake ticket is the plan of Arnold Bernstein Steamship Company to operate two passenger vessels in the Ant­ werp-Rotterdam-New York trade. If this deal crystallizes, and the Maritime Commission this week gave partial approval, the port of New York will take a new lease on life. All of this is stUl in the indefinite stage, how­ ever. While on the subject of pos­ sible increases in shipping, rumor has it that Eastern is seriously considering operating the Yar­ mouth between New York and Nova Scotia this summer. If the company is successful, the rumor goes, they may go back into the winter cruise trade. The talk earlier of the company dissolving is not definite yet. Back to the present. The ship­ ping scene shaped up like this during the past week: We paid off the Sea Trader, Mar Trade; Chrysanthystar, Try ton; Kathryn and Elizabeth, Bull; Steel Flyer, Isthmian; Purdue Victory and Azalea City, Waterman; Robin Grey, Robin. Sign-ons covered were the Steel Age, Robin Tuxford, Sea Trader, Chrysanthystar. These were supplemented by a heavy stream of in-transit vessels. Reports continue to come in telling of good shipping on the West Coast. It might be a good idea for Seafarers living in the midwest to heed the call and go west. Excellent shipping is more than we can promise here. What with the customs men cracking down on dope smuggl­ ing by seamen, it might be worth a word of caution here to point out that seamen caught smuggl­ ing will get a rough time. Chances are that the SIU is cleaner than any other outfit in this respect, but a few foul-balls always show up at one time or another. In the crackdown, seamen are being relieved of their seamen's papers by the Coast Guard. In addition to civil action, the men, if they're members of the SIU, will face strong disciplinary ac­ tion by the Union. A guy is crazy to attempt dope running in the first place, but if he insists on playing the game he risks losing his means of live­ lihood in the maritime industry. The Cavalier signed on again for her usual run. She was joined by another Alcoa ship, the Planter, which headed for the bauxite trail. A new tanker, the SS Tini, shoved off for the Neth­ erlands. . Other sign-ons, all Waterman jobs, were the Bienville and the Hurricane, both destined for European ports; Antinous and DeSoto, coastwise travelers; the Claiborne, making Puerto Rican ports, and the Fairhope, bound for the Mediterrean. SMOOTH PAYOFFS All payoffs were extremely smooth, with only a few minor beefs cropping up. Everything was settled to the satisfaction of ail hands. No trouble at all was encountered at the sign-ons. Re­ pairs and stores were checked before the articles were signed. Of the ships paying off this week, one—the SS John LaFarge was lost to the layup fleet. How­ ever, we picked a new ship, thus evening the score. She's the Tini, a former Carras tanker which has been converted to a cargo ship. The Tini took her first crew out of here yesterday operating under a standard SIU freight ship agreement, until such time as a contract is worked out be­ tween the company and the Union. The Marine Hospital was visited by the Patrolman on Fri- Rare Combination Helped Beget Taft-Hartley Act WASHINGTON — Murder began to out last week at the House Labor Committee hear­ ings on the Truman Labor BillGerald D. Morgan, who serv­ ed as a special legislative coun­ sel to the House Labor Com­ mittee last session when the Taft-Hartley act was^ passed, came in to give his ideas on the new law. Under some pretty close questioning by Congress­ men, he broke down and made these admissions: 1—Although serving as coun­ sel at thd special request of Chairman Fred Hartley, his $7,500 fee was paid not by the House but ' by the Republican National Committee. 2-i-As counsel he sought the aid and help of two "outstand­ ing experts" in the labor law field — who turned out to be Gerard Reilly, now counsel for General Electric and the Print­ ing Industry of America, and Theodore Isser^an, counsel for the Chrysler Corp. 3—They started out on a new labor law by taking the vicious Case Bill, vetoed by the White House, with the equally vicious Smith amendments to the Wag­ ner act, plus some "additional ideas Mr. Halieck (R., Ind.) thought would be appropriate." Under questioning by Rep. Carl Perkins (D., Ky.) a former UMW attorney, Morgan admitted that it was Halieck who said "You'll get your money even if we have to take up a collection." Thus—from a reactionary Re­ publican congressman, a turn­ coat Democrat lawyer working for the Republican National Committee, and two industry lawyers—was born what the Re­ publicans now proclaim as a "bill of rights for the working man." day. Seafarers listed as patients there are J. L. Buckalew, J. B. Berrier and N. W. Busby. On the beach at the moment are Brothers D. M. Zuniga, A. Hammac, R. i Henderson, A. Griffin, Lionel Jackson, E. E. Ritchie, A. Hollings, T. D. York, M. McClintock, R. A. Jackson, J. L. Nicholson, and E. Annio. DRIVE ON T-H In a drive by every labor or­ ganization in the city, thousands of letters have been mailed to Washington, urging the lawmak­ ers to repeal the Taft-Hartley law. Approximately 600 Seafarers in the Mobile Branch have writ­ ten to their Congressmen and Senators asking for their support in the fight on the anti-labor law. The campaign will continue until a decision on the fate of T-H is reached in Washington. ^ Furthermore, we have been flooding the Maritime Commis­ sion with telegrams, phone calls and letters urging them to give favorable consideration on the subsidy application of the Bern­ stein Steamship Corpoi-ation, which is seeking to start a IOWT price passenger service to Eu­ rope. All organized labor in this city is pitching in to aid us . Bet A Receipt Every member making a donation to the Union for any purpose should receive an official receipt bearing the amount of the contribu­ tion and the purpose for which it was made. If a Union official to whom contribution is given does not make out a receipt for the money, the matter should immediately be referred to Paul Hall, Secretary-Trea­ surer, SIU, 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. In advising the SecretaryTreasurer of such transac­ tions, members should state the name of the official and the pofrt where the money was tendered. �Friday, March 26. 1949 Shipping Scene is Brighter Port Tampa TAMPA — The general picture is becoming a little brighter here. Shipping continues slow, but there is a ray of light entering the picture in the expected ar­ rival of a good number of ships. So far this week, we have had the Iberville, Bessemer Victory and Canton Victory—Waterman ships. Three more are due this week. Although most of these ships take few replacements we do manage to send a few boys out the door to jobs. had one payoff from foreign, and we can always count of the Canton Vic­ tory for a payoff every two weeks. There has been some talk of us getting more coastwise ships for sign-ons and payoffs here. If the talk materializes we will be the boomingest port in the Gulf. Voting on the transportation rule is slow here. The men rid­ ing the coastwise jobs have long since made their "X" one way pr another. The members here enjoyed the showing of the SIU film, "The Battle of Wall Street." All of the local unions have sho^n it to their members. We rate it four stars; in fact, we are consid­ ering entering it for the academy award. THE SEAFARERS iL Voting On Transportation As the 60-day voting period approaches the mid­ way mark. Seafarers who have not yet cast ballots for their choice of a transportation rule are urged to so as sqpn as possible. The-referendum ends on April 30. Two propositions appear 6n the ballot, as follows; PROPOSAL No. I: "Whenever transportation is due a crew under the terms of the contract, all hands must accept that trans­ portation and get off the ship, whereupon new replace­ ments will be shipped from the Union Hiring Hall." PROPOSAL No. 2: "When transportation is due a crew under the terms of the contract, those men who desire to stay on board the ship can do so, providing they do not collect trans­ portation. Those men desiring transportation can col­ lect same and, upon receipt of the money, shall get off the ship and replacements for those vacancies shall be shipped from the Union Hiring Hall." Page Five LOG Operators' West Coast Expansion Means More Jobs For Seafarers By FRENCHY MICHELET SAN FRANCISCO — Wonder­ ful is the word for shipping on the West Coast. From all indica­ tions, conditions will remain that way, because our contracted companies appear to have some pretty big ideas. Number one of the reasons for this optimism is that the Isth­ mian Steamship Company is put­ ting eight ships on the "pipe run." These eight ships will leave West Coast ports carrying pipe to the Persian Gulf area. Ob­ viously, ^sthmian's stepped-up activity will provide quite a few regular jobs for the membership Magellan Foand Way To Far Fast of the Atlantic and Gulf District. WATERMAN EXPANDING Then there is the Waterman Steamship Corporation, which is considerably expanding its ope­ rations out of West Coast ports. In addition to its present coastwise and Far East runs, Wa­ terman has .inaugurated a new intercoastal run, which includes calls at ports in the island of Puerto Rico. The latest of Waterman's ser­ vices should prove to be a very desirable run for the member­ ship. One vessel, the SS Oshkosh Victory, is already operating in this route, and it is expected that Waterman will place a to­ tal of eight ships in the service. In view of these develop­ ments, our big problem is man­ power. Despite the favorable shipping picture, we find it dif­ ficult, for some obscure reason, to keep men out here. As many of our members can testify, the West Coast is a permitman's paradise. In fact, conditions are such that we have allowed permits to remain aboard vessels for two trips and, in some instances, three trips. FRISCO ACTIVE The big spot, of course, is Frisco. Wilmington and Tacoma are, more or less, transit ports. It has been our policy to delay the payoffs of vessels calling at these two ports until they arrive at Frisco. Summing up, we are happy to be able to say that the Atlantic and Gulf District is enjoying the best of health on the West Coast. We'd like to recommend once again that permitmen finding the going tough in any of the other A&G ports would notice a com­ pletely different atmosphere here on the West Coast. There are jobs for them and there are a number of runs to choose from. And that should certainly sound like an invita­ tion. By AUGUSTUS H. COTTRELL pean states and towns kept their round the Cape of Good Hope accounts in pepper as if it had and return to Seville' with a It is perfectly safe to say that been gold. crew of eighteen and a rich very few of us ever give a sec­ With pepper you could buy cargo of spices which returned ond thought to the spices used land, .pay dowries, purchase the the backers of the expedition a in seasoning our food. And very freedom of the city. Nor was huge profit and more than made few realize that in Magellan's pepper the only product of this up for the loss of the other four day pepper, for example, was sort. Ginger and cinnamon were cockleshells. worth more than silver. weighed upon apothecaries Originally Magellan had set With the return of^early sailors scales, the windows being care­ from the East Indies, laden with fully closed lest a draught blovf- out with 265 men on his vessels. spices, the tongues and imagina­ away the minutest fragment of The eighteen were the only ones who were ever seen again and tions of the people at-home were the costly dust. they returned to Spain on a fired with an urge to obtain more Magellan's trip around the crumbling vessel, but with the and more of the tasty spices; world was the first in recorded flag of triumph flying at the and, overnight, spice became the History. But, as so often hap­ WANT THE PIC masthead. immediate cause for the adven­ With the State Federation con­ ture which resulted in the cir­ pens, Magellan was not really appreciated in his own native vention coming up the first of cumnavigation of the globe. Portugal, and he was forced to next month, one of the old- With spices bringing premium seek assistance from the Spanish timers in the AFL, Uncle Jim prices it was not too difficult to monarch, who ordered the cen­ No SIU Crew is to pay off Barrett, has asked that it be arouse the interest of the King tral shipping guild to finance the any ship until the crew's shown at the convention. • of Spain in a voyage of discov­ adventure. quarters and equipment are The average person here can­ ery to find a shorter route to. the Magellan worked night and as clean as any Seafarer likes not understand the militancy and Spice Islands, as the Indies were day to recondition the five to find a ship when he first cooperation of the unions which known in that long-ago day. cockleshells and assemble .sup­ goes aboard. Patrolmen have assisted in the Wall Street beef. In-any event, it was the quest plies for a trip to last several been instructed that the Interested anglers will be for spices which was chiefly in­ years. And not the least of his crew's quarters must be ab­ pleased to know that fishing is strumental in financing the Ma­ energy was expended in recruit­ solutely clean before a pay­ still good around here, although gellan expedition. ing a motley crew of foreigners, off will be allowed. Please we can stand a little rain to At that period pepper had be­ and in mastering intrigue. cooperate with your officials muddy up the water a bit. The come a symbol of values; Euro- Finally the expedition got un­ in carrying, out this member­ bass are striking any bait der way. For months Magellan ship order. thrown their way. explored the coast of South America, seeking a route to the Oldtimers around here are en­ Spice Islands, and a great joying the sunshine and fishing. amount of time was consumed Any Sunday you can find Jimmy Merchant seamen of Great Bri­ exploring estuaries of wide rivers Jones, John Walton and Isaac tain have been granted increased before discovery was made of the Craft fishing on the beach. By WILLIAM McKAY During the week here the leave, unemployment and acci­ fact that they were not the pas­ pinochle players are busy run­ dent benefits as a result of agree­ sage through the continent. TACOMA — Shipping in this ten years and am a first-class ning off a tournament. The loser, ments reached at, recent meet­ port was fair last week, thanks man." the newcomer says. JOURNEY'S END I understand, is hit for a round ings of the National Maritime* Mutiny was dealt with ruth­ to a payoff of the Warrior and My reply: "There is a fine big Board. of cokes. the servicing of the Alawai and Army camp only twenty miles lessly. The nobleman who was The Chemical Workers in this Under the Established^ Service the ringleader was executed, and the Demostar, the latter taking from here. You just take the port—a newly organized outfit- Scheme, weekly payments made two others were abandoned on a full crew. It made for a pretty bus to Fort Lewis. The uniforms called on the SIU recently for a in addition to the regular unem­ the bleak and hostile shore. good period for us. are pretty, the pay the same as little assistance. They were hav­ ployment benefits have been up- Finally, after much suffering and Nobody likes to tell a man ATS and the chow better." ing a little trouble with company ped by an average of two dollars. privation, Magellan sailed what port he can call his home, So much for that. It goes on rough stuff. The payments vary according to through the straits which have but a guy is wise if he hangs and on all day. It's understand­ A few SIU members went over the seagoing rates of pay. ever after borne his name. out in a port where he can get able in a way. Tliis is the first to the plant to pass out literature Under .terms of the new agree­ • Having no knowledge of the along while waiting a ship. seamen's union hall in this city and found things peaceful. They ments, an Establishment Benefit length ^and breadth of the un­ It's tough on a man to be in over thirty years. weren't bothered and the job has been set up to provide pay­ charted Pacific Ocean, he con­ stuck in a port where he knows The big union here is the ILA, was done is fir^ rate fashion. ments for injured established tinued bravely on, always sail­ no one and he's running low on and there are many ex-seamen seafarers, whether on company ing into the setting sun, only to the green stuff. My advice is among the membership. All the or general services contract, who discover the Philippines. stick close to home when waiting seamen hitting this port find are entitled to industrial injur­ In an attempt to flaunt his au­ them to be the hardest working for a ship. ies compensation.. thority to a native chief, a course and best liked longshoremen they Just for a laugh, here are a Leave allowances also haye of conduct entirely inconsistent have run across anywhere. Taco­ been broadened to include un- with his nature, he obligingly en­ few samples of how would-be ma is a good union port. established seafarers. Formerly gaged a rival chief in combat, seamen come into this Hall look­ there was a difference between and fell mortally wounded, a vic­ ing for jobs: "Say, is this the Hiring Hall?" The French merchant fleet will the amount of leave granted an tim of his own frailty. soon exceed its pre-war size of established seafarer who had The expedition, therefore, be­ he says. 670 ships totalling 2,735,000 tons. signed a two-year contract, and came one of trading rather than "You're looking at it," I say. If you don't find linen Under the current fleet expan­ that of an unestablished British exploration. Without a leader, "Well, you old goat, how are when you go aboard your sion program, new vessels seaman. disease, hunger and desertions chances for a job?" he crows. amounting to 675,000 tons are be­ Now the unestablished seafar- followed. Full crews from the This bird is promptly ushered ship, notify the Hall at once. ing rebuilt for service. A telegram from Le Havre or .er will be entitled to the same small ships would go over the out. Singapore won't do you any Exclusive of the tonnage now amount of leave as the establish­ side, leaving their ship dead in Next case: good. It's your bed and you under construction and repair, ed seafarer, provided he has 12 the water. "Say, I have all ratings, have have fo lie in it. the French fleet comprises 574 months of continuous service It was truly a miracle that one remaining ship was able to been sailing Army Transport for with the same shipowner. ships, totalling 2,300,000 tons. Notice Te Crews British Seafarers Win New Benefits Tacoma Has Fair Shipping Week French Shipping Soon Wiil Exceed its Prewar Status ATTENTION! �fage Six THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, March 25. 1S49 SHIPS' MINUTES AND NEWS Member Warns Of Cab Outfit That Passed Hotel Pickets If you ever find yourself in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and ,have .to' have a . + make taxi• to , . ... your ship, hail a General Cab. ' If you can't spot a General, take anything you can get so long as it isn't a Yellow Cab. That's the advice of Seafarer Richard Pawlak. Pawlak was in downtown Perth Amboy the other day on business when he felt the need of a bracer. He stepped into the bar of the State Hotel, and, in the course of hoisting a quick one, he fell into conversation with a man who turned out to be a representative of the local Bartenders Union. The bar had been picketed un­ til a few days before, the union agent told Pawlak, but now the place was under contract with a full crew of union bartenders drawing the cool ones and" mix­ ing the fancy ones. Pawlak was When he came off with some of the crew, he and his companions spotted a Yellow Cab. They went up to the driver, ^ ,, ,. , , told him they wanted a cab. Then they told they weren't go­ ing to use his and told him why. So off they went in another cab, leaving the Yellow Cab stranded. Pawlak hopes other Seafarers will act in" the same SIU style in Perth Amboy. Log Subscribers Readers notifying the SEAFARERS LOG of a change in mailing address are re­ quested to include their old address along with the new. In addition to making easier the switch-over it will also guarantee uninterrupted mailing service. All notifications of change of address should be ad­ dressed to the Editor. SEA­ FARERS LOG, 51 Beaver Street. New York 4, N. Y. Charter Member Paul Cook Dies Suddenly Aboard Harte Paul J. Cook, 37-year-oId Sea­ farer, died suddenly of natural causes aboard the Bret Harte on March 10 and was buried at sea, the LOG learned this week. The Bret Harte, which clear­ ed the U.S. on November 25, had left Singapore and was eight days out of Port Aden when Brother Cook succumbed. A charter member of the SIU, Cook had joined the Union in New York in 1938 when he COFFEE TIME AND SACK TIME ON THE CURRIER transferred from the American Federation of Labor Seamen's Union. He held Book No. 206 and sailed as Fireman. Surviving him is his mother who lives in Whytherville, Vir­ ginia. Brqther Cook had a long record of activity with the SIU. He held strike clearances from all of the Union's waterfront campaigns. Cook usually sailed from Bal­ timore, but was well known to Seafarers in all ports. A memor­ ial service was held in Why­ therville on March 16. The Voice Of The Sea By SALTY DICK Relaxing behind their mugs of coffee, crewmembers of the Nathaniel Currier, Waterman ship, flash smiles for cameraman Shelly While. The ship was enroute to Bremen, Germany, at the time. From left to right, the boys are T. Catherine, Wiper; Steve. Oiler; Deck Engineer; Chico, Wiper; Steve, Stewards Utility; Harry Reynolds, AB, and Eddie Erikson, 3rd Cook. 'Get Tough Poliey' Against Wreckers Wins Crew's Favor The crew of the SS Azalea City has unanimously endorsed Union policy calling for strict glad to hear that the boys had disciplinary measures against ir­ won their beef, and, since the responsible elements whose ac­ minutes had passed swiftly, tivities endanger the general phoned for a cab to take him welfare. to his destination. At the Feb. 27 shipboard meet­ ing held at sea, a motion pre­ CROSSED LINE sented by Calvin M. Owens, and He happened to call General seconded by Andy Hourilla, rec­ Cab. When he asked to be pick­ ommended "that the crew of the ed up at the State Hotel, the SS Azales City go on record as taxi dispatcher asked whether being highly in favor of our the pickets were still there and elected officials using strong ac­ only agreed to send a car when tion against all habitual drunk­ Pawlak said the beef was over ards and so-called weed hounds. "We do not wish our contract and won. to be jeopardized by a small After the cab picked him up, minority," the motion stated. Pawlak asked the driver what The motion won unanimous the story was. The driver said approval. that Yellow Cab jockeys had In the meeting period devoted repeatedly crossed the picket to good and welfare, the Azalea line for fares, but that the Gen- men selected three men to ineral Cab men had reapee^ J""® j ;;Vtigrte7rte IOT matoe ngidly. Thafa why Pawlak New York. IS advismg Seaf^ra to nae Gen- „ „ ^ er^ Cabs and avoi e ow cost, the crew will purchase one for use of the unLater that day he had a licensed personnel, chance to make his advice ef-| Fred Roman chaired the meetfective. He went aboard the SS.ing and Satirias Foscolas did the Chrysanthystar, an SIU tanker.' recording. RICHARD PAWLAK Currier crewmember Howard Rhodes, AB, relaxes in his sack awaiting his removal to a hospital. Brother Rhodes was stricken with appendicitis a day after the Currier cleared the English Channel. The ship was turned back to Falmouth, where Rhodes was placed in a hospitaL Beaver Men Eager For SIU Education Eager Seafarers on the SS Beaver Victory are making Un­ ion education a 24-hour project. Each of the shipboard meet­ ings features a discussion period on topics of Union interest. To fill in between the session, an Education Committee was elect­ ed on Feb. 13 to aid the trip- carders and permit men in ob­ taining a full understanding of the aims and functions of the SIU. At the Feb. 13 meeting John Wade, chairman, and Jack Gridley, secretary, reviewed the SIU Constitution for the benefit of the members of other unions aboard the Beaver Victory. While in Tampa recently I went over to see the Florida State Fair. I also visited our Hall almost daily. Ray White is the new Agent. I must give credit to the Brothers for having the Hall so spick and span. Saw many familiar faces around, including Snuffy Smith, N. Ellis, Dud Carpenter, Abe BHis, Will Franguez and Joe Pagola. I can easily understand why these brothers stay in Tam­ pa so long: a good Hall, good weather and a good little city. , . Joe Ficcurotta, engine de- . partment man, is always play­ ing cards, but is ready for the wide open spaces: the sea ... Another member here is work­ ing on a jig-saw puzzle. It'll turn out to be Mt. Vernon... I visited a beer tavern here called Lucky Seveii Michael. A few of the boys go there when dry. Gasparilla and his pirates (an­ nual celebration) invaded Tampa. This parade was one of the best I've seen. May I make a suggestion: If you haven't seen the parade, do so whenever pos­ sible. The population is usually 140,000, but on Gasparilla Day they had a crowd of 600,000. Drove down to Miami and then to Key West. From there I flew to Havana. While there I came across a seaman who made a rumpus and gave us fel­ lows a bad reputation. He wasn't SIU but the public still thinks he's one of us because he is a sea­ man ... The best burlesque sho\y is held in Havana. I' just had to see it. I found prices high. I ate the common cuban dish of arroz con frijoles (rice and black beans). ... There is a rumor go­ ing around that a ferry will ply between Key West and Havana. (Ed. Note: Salty Dick sends word that he's lied up for re­ pairs at the New Orleans Ma­ rine Hospital and expects to be out of action for several weeks. His pals are urged to write him at the following ad­ dress: Sally Dick, c/o Marine Hospital, New Orleans, La., Ward 1-G.) �THE SEAFARERS Friday, March 25, 1949 LOG Page Seven Digested Minutes Of SiU Ship Meetings BRET HARTE. Jan. 9—Vincent Kuhle, Chairman; Frank Mit­ chell, Secretary. Delegates re­ ports accepted. Ship's delegate reported that Captain advised men to put in for full amount of draw wanted, and that he would find out later if surplus could be turned in. He said that it was not necessary to draw the full amount requested. Food com­ mittee reported they found the meat okay, as far as they could determine, and that the boxes and storeroom were in good con­ dition. Motion carried to send letter to SEAFARERS LOG and Agent Ben Rees about checking on stores from Cavalier Grocery Co., as tainted butter and some moldy bread was discovered among stores when vessel left Norfolk. Steward was instructed to see Captain about having but­ ter condemned. Chief Cook urged to keep meat block and area around it absolutely clean. Crew gave vote of thanks to Messman J. IRllman for his good service; to J. Short for keeping utensils clean, and to the Stewards de­ partment for the good Christmas and New Year's Day dinneis. 3^ 4- i NEW LONDON, Jan. 9—J. E. Sweeney, Chairman; W. J. Prince, Secretary. Minutes of previous trips read and accepted. Motion carried to have Patrol­ man see Mate about OS doing Carpenter's work. It was agi*eed crew would abide by Patrolman's decision regarding condition of the slopchest. Chairman Sweeney spoke on the necessity of getting repair lists properly made out and turned in to Department heads before the ship makes port. He said these tankers are only in port for a few hours and therefore repair lists should be turned in at least a day before arrival, so that some time could be put aside for making repairs. Under Good and Welfai'e there was considerable discussion on slopchest and repair lists. 4 Si HASTINGS, Jan. 30 — C. Howell, Chairman; C. J. Oliver, Secretary. Delegates reported all in order in their departments. Good and Welfare: Suggestion made to draw up a recommenda­ tion for a permitman having suf­ ficient time for a book. One minute of silence for Brothers lost at sea. ALAWAI, Jan. 10—C. Collins, Chairman; Carlos Diaz, ' Secre­ tary. Motion carried calling for slopchest to be open at hours convenient to crewmen. Ship's delegate Ralph Di Paola. made his report. Reports from follow­ ing delegates were also heard: Joseph Caruso, deck; Marco Fortes, engine; Antonio Morales, stewards. A motion carried urg­ ing that books in library be changed for next voyage, and that Patrolman is to be consulted on the matter. Each delegate is keep a copy of his department's repair list to be turned over to Ship's delegate. At payoff every­ one is to remain aboard until Patrolman gives the word. One minute of silence in memory of departed Brothers. overtime work. One minute of silence for Brothers lost at sea. STEEL SEAFARER. Jan. 7— E. Leger, Chairman; Pete Bluhm, Secretary. Ship's delegate re­ ported that he had spoken to the Chief Engineer about moving the coffee urn in the PC mess to the pantry. This is to be done when vessel arrives in Singapore. Minutes of previous meeting read and accepted. It was decided that delegates would meet jointly to see if food and menus could' be improved. Beef in galley gang to be straightened out. Agreed that if voluntary method of keeping messhall clean does not woik out, definite action will be taken at next meeting to see that cleanliness is enforced. At re­ quest of some crewmembers. Brother E. Leger explained the working of the Social Security Act. S S S SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY; Feb. 13—J. B. Brown, Chairman; W. Bernelt, Secretary. Delegates reported on number of books and permits in their departments. Good and Welfare: Suggestion made that new tablecloths Be purchased - in New York. Crew told how crew movie fund op­ erates. Each man donates $1.50 per trip toward the films. Crew asked that smaller washing ma­ chine be put aboard. 2^ 4 4 4 THOMAS CRESAP. Jan. 23— Pat Willis, Chairman; Blackie Wagner, Secretary. Departmental delegates reported on the stand­ ing of their department. Hume elected deck delegate to replace Causey who was forced to resign because of illness. Patrolman to be asked to investigate the prac­ tice of putting canned potatoes aboard the ships. Motion carI'ied that a letter be written to Headquarters outlining the plan of the crew to purchase penicil­ lin for general use. Suggestion made that plan be brought be­ fore the membership in meetings in all ports. One minute of sil­ ence in memory of departed Brothers. 4 4 4 STRATHMORE, Jan. 6 —Emil Kardinal, Chairman. Stanley Schuyler, Secretary. Delegates' reports accepted. New Business: Motion carried to elect ship's delegate. Emil Kardinal elected. Suggestion made that crewmem­ bers read educational pamphlets that were put aboard ship. Sug­ gestion made that crew purcha.'^e a new washing machine. CUT and RUN By HANK In - the past several weeks we have noticed Brothers sailing in and then sailing right out again in a matter of days. It's good shipping when the Brothers grab ships regardless of what ports 4 4 4 with those jobs. ALCOA CAVALIER. Jan. 9— and companies involved. Brothei-s, don't filibuster W. Purdy. Chairman; L. Eck- Grab them and sail them... Brother Richard Weaver sailed in holm. Secretary. Delegates re­ with his mustache after some intercoastal voyaging. ported on money collected for projector. New Business: Motion 4 4 4 carried that a new gangway be Norman "Ozzie" Okray is wondering if he has any retro­ purchased for crew. Motion car­ active greenbacks or unclaimed wages due from Calmar Line. ried that garbage situation on Well, it sure pays to be curious, is all we can say... Brother the crossalley be clarified. Good and Welfare: Suggestion made Wilson Joyner, who has been shipping out of New Orleans, that a fire station bill be put in sailed out of our New York town about four weeks... Frank each crewmember's foc'sle. One Lillie is in town... Omar Ames has been anchored in town minute of silence for Brothers for awhile. Another Ames. Les. is in town after an Isthmian lost at sea. voyage... James Barrett sailed last week with his portable 4 4 4 slopchest of quickie jokes. SEATRAIN NEW YORK. Jan. 2 — Henry Gregorski, Chairman; Charles Goldstein, Secretary. Delegates reported number of books and permits in their de­ partments. New Business: Re­ pair list made up and appioved. Suggestion made that ship's dele­ gate see Captain about a draw before ship docks in Havana. Good and Welfare: Electrician gave a little talk on cutting cable in messhall, which en­ dangers the lives of the ci'ew. Ship's delegate spoke on per­ formers and warned that charges would be brought against men guilty of performing. One min­ ute of silence for departed Brothers. 4. 4. 4 IRVIN S. COBB, Jan. 9—Ed Robinson, Chairman; D. W. Conroy. Secretary. Departmental delegates reported no beefs. Books are to be checked before next meeting time. Motion by A1 Mitchell, seconded by Phil Carlino. that ship's delegate be elected. Ed Robinson got the post by acclamation. Brother Conroy moved and it was carried that at no time should ship's delegate appear before Captain on Union business without a crewmember being present as a witness. During general discus­ sion on recreation room and laundry, it was decided that stewards department would keep 4 4 4 rec room clean and that deck SOUTHLAND, Jan. 1—Arthur and engine departments would L. Fricks, Chairman; H. W.' Mcalternate on the laundry. Mahon, Secretary. Delegates re­ 4 4> 41 ported no disputes in their de­ ALCOA PARTNER, Jan. 31— partments. Motion by McMahon E. Mayo, Chairman; J. Pursell. that before any new rulings are Secretary. Delegates reported passed which concern the entire sjnall amount of disputed over­ membership, the proposed rules time. New Business: Motion by are to be submitted to all Drozrek, carried, that everyone branches for a period of at least be sober at payoff. Any member 60 days so the entire membership drunk to be fined $50. Good" and will have the opportunity to ex­ Welfare: Discussion on the sou- press their sentiments. Educa­ geeing of alleyway. Repairs sug­ tion: Brother Weeks spoke on the gested and added to list. Discus­ advances made by the SIU, par­ sion on the absence of penicillin ticularly during 1948. Good and aboard ship. Men i-emained to Welfare: Chief Steward thanked keep up-to-date record of their crew for fine cooperation. 4 4 4 "Blackie" Flowers, the Electrician, sailed for the perfumed ports of France with his genuine, technicolored cowboy boots he bought down in Houston. Smooth sailing, Blackie... Jim Bentley sailed into town last week ... Looks like Fred Heck shipped ... Roger Trottier is in town... Fred Paul shipped with his mustache and radio ... Brother D. D. Story writes of the following oldtimers aboard the Alcoa Pioneer on the shuttle run between Halifax and Trinidad: Bosun Huff, Kenney Lewis, E. Janosko, Bill Stern, Steward W. Greenveld, Earl Cain, Jack Woods and Weldon Smith ... In the Mediterranean Brother James "Pop" Martin is no doubt re-reading—and perhaps even trying to re-write—the book, "A Bell For Adano." 4 4 4 Brother Ed "Buck" Buckley writes from Port Said. Egypt, to say that he and "Big Dutchy" Bolz Euen't losing weight. Their ship, the SB Michael, is a fine feeding ship... The weekly LOG shaR be sailing free of cost to the homes of the following Brothers: Richard Logan of Ohio, Frank Brazell of Georgia, James Stewart of Mississippi, Stanley Kutkowski of Florida, W. Pennington of California, J. R. McCarten of Connecticut. Joseph Dodge of New York. W. O. Boiling of Virginia. George Hinnant of North Carolina. John Likness of New York. Richard Carrello of Louisiana. S. Turberville of Florida. James Hackett of Louisiana... The Schubert Bar in Bremen. Germany, ,is being placed on the list to receive a weekly bundle of LOGs. Pick up those LOGs. Brothers. Take a few copies. Leave the rest for another SIU ship. 4 4 4 In every port the Brothers are writing letters to Washington." And they're writing letters to their families so they can understand why they also should write to their hometown Congressmen and Senators—urging them to pass the Bland-Magnuson ECA bills without any destructive amendments. These bills will save thous­ ands of jobs for American seamen. After all, the maritime fleets of other nations will continue to sail, our ships must, too. �Page Eight THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, March 25, 1949 THE MEMBERSHIP SPEAKS Seamen: Realists Or Romanticists? Wunderlieh Touches Off Hot Debate To the Editor: not to say that it is foolish to have open-hearted affection for people or things, but it is not necessary to get sloppy about it. There are a number of writers who make the seamen a fabled, grotesque lot. Their concoctions of plot and characters thrive on piracy, murder, debauchery and the like, with overtones of amor­ ousness that would make a Don Juan pale. The public, thereby, has been given a very quaint and distorted idea as to what a seaman is really like. • LOWERING THE COLORS To the Editor: In the March 11 issue of the I have read with interest Bro­ LOG a Brother, whose name was ther Wunderlich's story in the withheld by request, took issue Feb. 18 LOG, in which he sets with my article in which I at­ forth a somewhat romanticized tempted to portray the " average picture of the seaman—what he seaman of today. is and how he feel^ about his life. First of all, I wish to con­ gratulate my fellow Brother who I have also read the Brother's wrote the article on his master­ rebuttal in the March 11 LOG, piece of English composition. 1 in which he brings Wunderlich am afraid—and I certainly hate to account for dressing up the to admit it—that several words seaman in colorful garb of ro­ were above my head. manticist, dreamer and adven­ turer. I am an ^verage seafarer and my English is very limited, but The theme on which these WRONG SLANT with the aid of Mr. W.ebster I Brothers have written is a very interesting one. I wouldn't say The notion that the seaman succeeded in translating it all in­ A1 Sacco. OS, gathers in the flag at sundown aboard the that Wunderlich is in error for is a swaggering roughneck with to plain English. After getting a Catahoula, Cuba Distilling tanker. The molasses-carrying tanker the sentiments he expresses in I a penchant for strong drink is full understanding of my Bro­ was running from New York to the Dominican Republic at the behalf of seamen, although I more prevalent than that of a ther's analysis of the seafaring time the pic was shot. imagine the average Seafarer seaman who is a sober and re­ class, I must beg to differ; my reading Wunderlich's column liable guy. As the Brother, in observations . of my shipmates would find it hard to place him­ his rebuttal to Wunderlich's have shown me the contrary of self in the category of a ro­ gaudy portrayal points out, we what the Brother maintains. mantic adventurer. are realists who are very con­ Then I also would add that It is not, as I say, the senti­ cerned with the practical. Mak­ the author of the article in ques­ ment that is wrong, for we do, ing a living and supporting a tion is not and never will be an To the Editor: was a vote of thanks for a swell more or less, feel stirrings of the-i family is of great concern to average seafarer. I have to con­ Stewards department. Tony Ferheart when we see the beauty It's been a fair trip on the raro. Carpenter on the Frances fess that I have my doubts if of nature unfold at sea, the arPurdue Victory so far, that is for two years, well-known ar­ As far as pleasure goes, we he is an active seaman or has rival at a strange port and so on. disregarding low overtime and ound New York by all, gave us been one for long. His handling take it uninhibitedly and direct­ a Mate who "does nothing except a little speech on presenting ly. We have no illusions about of the subject shows a far differ­ SEA IS LONELY worry about his job. He tries to minutes and repair lists. Fol­ ent backgroimd and education, life, for most of us have run the The long days at sea beget cut a few corners by doing odd lowing Tony, the ship's delegate for which I must say I envy gauntlet and know that only longings to see again our famil­ jobs when no one is looking (he gave a lecture on gassing and struggle and fight will win us him. My main goal in .life is ies and friends. And surely we thinks). what he has apparently already performing. any conditions and security. feel some elation at hitting our acquired: mastery of the English We are trying to buck his un­ Tony claims I shanghaied him home ports again after months Although I differ with Wun­ language to a degree where one scrupulous habits by putting in on here, so now I'm trying to derlich in his conception of a can express himself the way a at sea. for overtime money for work he get him to payoff in Frisco to It is rather the picture Wun­ seaman, no disparagement is in­ writer must in order to become does. Some of the boys are af­ compensate for it. Tony says his derlich paints that is unreal. For tended. In fact. Brother Wunder­ a success. raid of germs or other means of topcoat isn't heavy enough for lich is to be commended for his it is diffused and hackeneyed in contamination when he breathes this lovely California weather. COMPLETE ANALYSIS its stark sentiment. Most of us contributions to the LOG down their collar. Brrr. Now he's going back to prefer to conceal our softer side, and for his writing on subjects So, even though I admire him Bull. A very hale conversationalist, or give it no stress in our traffic that are seldom touched upon immensely as a writer, I defin­ this Mate. If you're chipping the We expect to bring this sco\y with the world, for we would others, itely disagree with his opinion hull, he's there to add a few in clean in all departments. John J. Flynn of the average seafarer. As an not be deemed unmanly. This is I works to the subject. Such as, That's it from here. ardent student of psychology "don't hit the hullplates so hard. R. E. Weaver where the seamen are concerned, See the dents you make. WSA Ship's Delegate and having spent my entire life will have me fired." Gr, "You among those who know nothing boys aren't going to charge Wa­ terpretations of its purpose dur­ To the Editor: SEAFARER WHITE ing these past few years, and but the sea and its men, I con­ terman very much overtime for I have a problem which I be­ feel that this problem should be sider myself well informed in this job, are you?" SUBMITS SOME PIX lieve is one for the entire mem­ defined so as to cover all angles the subject and would gladly I try to give him a sarcastic bership. The problem concerns and questions regarding it. submit a complete article of my answer each time to show him OF CURRIER TRIP shipping rule No. 32, regarding observations without a flight in­ our appreciation of his bright To the Editor: watch standers who would like The key question is this: to fantasy and rhetoric, as my suggestions. We liv6 for the oc­ I am enclosing some pictures Is it considered a violation of to have an occasional watch or fellow Brother claims I did in casions when we say "Mate, this taken on the last trip of the the shipping rules or any other two offf in their home port. my last article. calls for two hours plus a penal­ Nathaniel Currier to Bremen. I existing rule for a watch stander, Lots of fellows have run afoul such as Fireman or Oiler, to So, how about it. Brothers of ty."-He then rushes to his room, would appreciate it if you could of this rule in one manner or have another Fireman or Oiler of the seafaring class. Do you want takes a couple of aspirins and find room to publish some of other simply because they did another watch take over his me to? Let's hear from the rest gets to work on an alibi for the them as the fellows in the pic­ not know cither of its existance watch by mutual agreement in of you. The only way to get a penalty. He'll pay off with ulcers. tures are all pretty well scat­ or exact meaning. tered by now, but might like to any port where there is a union complete analysis is by hearing SMALL FRY from the majority of seagoing I have heard contradicting in- Hall? see these reminders of the voy­ Here I am raving on about age. Also, would infractions of the men. the Mate when he's just small I would also like to recom­ rule occur if watch standers ro­ I'll close for now with a cheer­ time stuff. Any time a good SIU mend that the Schubert Bar in ful "hello" to all my former tated their watches either as a bunch can't handle a creep like Bremen be put on the LOG mail­ shipmates and friends. Be see­ convenience or to equalize over­ that I guess we'll all anchor ing list, as it is only about three ing you all through the pages time while the vessel is in a Send in the minutes of blocks from the grain docks and down on a farm. of the SEAFARERS LOG. port where there is a Union your ship's meeting to the the proprietor goes out of his As our minutes show, there John F. Wunderlich. Jr. Hall? Some action on this sub­ New York HaU. Only in that way to help seamen have a good ject wUl stop dissension between time. way can the membership act the membership and make a PETE SAYS SEATRAIN LIFE IS TOPS Another good thing about the on your recommendations, delegate's job a much more People spend a lot of money place is that it doesn't have a To the Editor: pleasant one. and then the minutes can be Just a few liftes to let you to go on a cruise in cold weather. bunch of moochers arid chiselers printed in the LOG for the Charles E. Burns know all is well on the Seatrain Just think we get paid for it. hanging around as is common in benefit of all other SIU (Ed. Note: Swapping of Havana. We're having a good Here on the Seatrain Havana most waterfront bars. There are crews. watches in port is not a vio­ time on this ship at both ends of we're getting first-rate food and plenty of nice girls, however, lation of the shipping rules; the run. Down in Galveston the the work is far from back-break­ and there is dancing nightly. The Hold those shipboard meet­ however, the Union suggests boys are getting used to stopping ing. This is the first time I have place is at Liegnitzstrasse 38. ings regularly, and send Shelly C. White that if a crewmember wishes in at Brother Walter Brightwell's been on a Seatrain and it's the those minutes in as soon as (Ed. Note: A couple of Bro­ to take off for more than a new ginmill, the Circle Bar and best job I ever had. possible. That's the SIU wayl E. (Pete) DiPieiro ther White's pictures appear couple of watches he contact Grill. The seafarer-Business-man Seatrain Havana on page six of this issue. the Union Hall for a relief.) is serving good food. Worry Wart Mate On Purdue Victory Suffers OT Ulcers Port Time Off Rule Draws Query Send Those Minutes �Friday. March 25. 1949 THE SEAFARERS SCANNING THE HARBOR Paradisacal Scene By LEO H. SIGL Tropical heaven— Yes. that it be; Oh. lucky seven— Conjuring sea. Tropical moonlight. A kiss from your lips. A sign and a smile. Enchanting seas; Trees in the night. A pause from eclipse. A chill for awhile. A mist in the breeze. Paradisiacal love scene. Tropical breeze. Tropical love birds. A kiss! That would please. Stages Of Man By I. H. PEPPER To be born— To ponder where from. To love— To wonder why. To grow old— And question purpose. To die— And know the answers. Change Of Mind By I. H. PEPPER Down to the cold, cold river he went. Grieved at the way his life had been spent. He gazed at the water; took out his knife— Then taxied on home and murdered his wife. On The Way (Submitted By DANIEL D. RUIZ) Another day spent out. And I lie on the hatch Feeling the propellor beat Like a wild heart. And I think of you. Everywhere I look I see you; in the rigging. Taut with wind; in the sky. The solitude of space. Nothing is so lost As' a ship at sea; No man so lonely As a sailor. Sailing Short All delegates aboard SlU ships are urged to make cer­ tain that every ship is fully manned before it leaves port. If the company tries to vio­ late the contract manning scale by sailing shorts the ' ship's delegate should call the nearest Union Hall immediately. The Union will take im­ mediate action to see that cur agreements are observed to the letter, as it did in the recently-reported instances of Isthmian vessels sailing short. Know your contract and report all violations to the . Union right away. \ LOG Page Nine Aiding Other Unions Moves Labor Forward, SaysMember something the shipowners would . To the Editor: I'd like to extend a bit of in- have loved to see us do. formation that might be of edu- Not only would the ILA strike cational benefit to some of our have .lasted longer, but when we members, a few of whom do not went on strike we would not understand why we assist other have their much needed support. unions in regards to picketing, No one ^can take all the time; distributing leafiets, etc. I would one has to give sometime. UNITY DID IT like to clarify this point. These men say we had no bus­ When we supported the gar­ iness in the Wall Street Strike ment district beef, we enabled and the Garment District beef. them to obtain contracts that They're wrong. As a union it is were believed impossible to get. our business and duty to as­ It wasn't just our union alone sist other unions to obtain un­ that achieved this fact it was ion wages, benefits and contracts. the unity and cooperation of We cannot isolate ourselves to several unions combined. When and if the Bland-Magnuthe job of handling only our affairs of the sea any more than son Bill is passed, it won't be our nation can isolate itself from solely our doing, but the com­ bined "effort of all the unions world trade. Had we not cooperated to the who aided us. There were many - Robin Tuxford crewmembers line the rail in Capetown harbor to catch a peek at the SS Sterling Castle in the back­ fullest extent with the ILA who aided us as past issues of ground. When the crew wasn't taking in the sights they spent when they were on strike we the LOG will show. their off-time practicing baseball around the decks. They later would have been guilty of sabo­ These organizations came to taging the labor movement, our .assistance not because they took on local teams in Durban. are thinking solely of their own good, but because it is an un­ written bond between laboring men and labor organizations to help each other. That's what is meant by the term labor move­ ment. A great combination of One thing that I think that To the Editor: labor unions of all affiliations The welfare plan just adopted will require consideration in our moving in one direction for the by the ILA, in which about organization's study of a wel­ betterment of laboring men ev­ 22,000 members will participate, fare plan is the nature of our erywhere. If we help another is one that merits the endorse­ employment. Seamen, unlike men union we are moving the whole ment of the majority of Seafar­ in other industries, change their movement along one more step. employment several times in the ers, in my opinion. James Carroll If, in our quest for a welfare course of a year, often working plan for Seafarers, we could ob­ for as many as five companies tain something similar but which in that time. Thus we would would be flexible enough to per­ have to arrive at a plan where­ mit improvements from time to by the employment would be time, we would be solidifying judged on a cumulative basis, re­ our position and the security of gardless of the various compan­ ies for which a man worked. our membership. Catching a breather between I mention this because if a To the Editor: meals. PO Messman Frenchy BROTHER FILIPPIS man's claim is honored only I am sending you the minutes Blanchard grabs a smoke. Pho­ for the time he works for an in­ of our last meeting aboard the LIKES LOG SERIES to taken by Rudolph (Gabby) dividual company, then we'll SS W. E. Downing, Mathiasen Gross, who invites Tuxford ON WELFARE PLAN have lots of Brothers sticking to tanker. The crewmembers would crewmembers interested in To the Editor: one company, which, in turn, copies of the photographs to Glad to read you are taking could develop company-minded- appreciate it if these minutes were entered in the LOG. write him at 2 Marshall Street. up the fight for organized labor ness among some of our mem­ Wallingford, Conn. on every front. Your data on bers. This would not be of bene­ We expect to arrive in Monte­ video, Uruguay, on March 8, welfare plans is really something fit to the membership. We have signed six months ar­ to think about. ARMORED CORPS The welfare plan is, in my ticles and expect to be out that Hope you keep on the educa­ SEAFARER ASKS opinion, a wonderful and very long. The articles were signed in tional side for us and our famil­ sound idea. But for the best New York on Dec. 1, 1948. PALS TO WRITE ies, who do not fully appreciate interests of all, let's try to work So far the Captain has been the value of organization, nor the To the Editor: out something solid right .in the requested by the company to aims of the SIU. I would like to learn the ad­ Your efforts to create a better beginning, even if we have to procure three months' stores at take a little longer in evolving Montevideo. The skipper. Cap­ dress of the U.S. Maritime Com­ understanding between us clari­ a plan to do so. It'll be time tain McPherson, has been very mission for the purpose of secur­ fies and justifies the fact that we well worth spending. cooperative so far in the voyage. are a Union of stolid Seafarers. ing ribbons issued during the At each port he has tried to ob­ * Luis Ramirez Lewis J. Filippis tain American currency for the late war. I've made quite a boys. search, but no one seems to RAISE 'EM HIGH, BOYS He is also a good man to deal know exactly where I should with whenever we have beefs. write for these items. He has requested that all our In March of 1948 I quit sailing beefs be written down on paper and have been a "doggie" for the and copies presented to him, the past seven months. It sure is a Chief Engineer and the Chief lot different that being aboard a Mate. In this way, he says, ev­ solid SIU ship, but I think I'll erything will be squared away live through it. In case some of with less friction between the my old shipmates are lying licensed and unlicensed person­ around the Hall with time on nel. their hands, I'd be glad to hear Joseph Scaramuiz from them. I've got more time Ship's Delegate than money and will answer SS W. E. Downing every letter received. My ad­ dress is: Pvt Harold Watson, RA Scotty Ross' Widow 16267706, Hq. Btry., 14th AFA En., 2nd Armd. Div., Camp Hood, Thanks Seafarers Texas. To the Editor: Snuffy Waison I wish to take this opportunity to thank the members of the (Ed. Nole: Write to the fol­ Seafarers International Union lowing address specifying the for their kindness and sympathy ribbons you are applying for during the illness and death of and they will send you the my husband, William (Scotty) necessary forms to be filled SS Suzanne crewmembers cool off with the brew at the Ross, out: Captain Frank Rusk. With best wishes for the fu­ Mayaguiz Dock Terminal in Puerto Rico. Left to right—Carl Executive Secretary. Medals ture, I remain Wamsley. Luis Ramirez and Isadora Levy. 'Ramirez, who sub­ Award Board. U.S. Maritime Mrs. William Ross mitted the photo, stated that the shot was made by "a lady Commission. Washington 25. Mobile, Ala. beachcomber." D. C.) Complete Study To Insure 'Solid' Welfare Plan Asked Downing Skipper Has Right Tack On Cooperation �Page Ten THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. March 25. 1949 Some Facts About Social Security Survivors* Insurance other than employment does not Men and women in service are person who paid funeral ex­ insurance means income for your affect the right to receive these not under social security because penses. old age, and protection for your Your Federal old age and sur- payments. they are employees of the Fed­ Where death occurred on or family if you die. virors insurance, which will pro­ Payments to a wife will stop eral Government. Eifter January 1, 1947, lump-sum If you work on a job covered vide income for your old age, if she is divorced from her hus­ payments are paid to the widow, by social security, tell your wife also provides protection for your band, and payments to a widow, Lump-Sum Payments or widower, and only if the that there wiU be something family in the event of your young or old, will be stopped if If a worker dies leaving no spouse was living with the wag^- coming to her if you die. The death, at any age. she remarries. Notice, however, one eligible who could claim a eamer at the time ,of death. chances are that she doesn't If a worker dies "fully in­ that if a widow remarries and monthly insurance payment in If there is no widow or know it. sured" tmder this part of the her payment is stopped, the pay­ the month of death, a lump-sum. widower, or the spouse was not For everybody we suggest two Social Security Act, monthly in­ ments for the children may con­ payment'may, be made. living with the wage-earner, rules to remember: ' surance payments will go to: tinue. Again, the wage earner must lump-sum payments may be paid to the person who paid the fu­ His children until they are 1. Whenever a worker reaches A child's payment is suspended have been either "fully insured' 18 years old 65, if he has been working if he works, and stopped entirely or "currently insured" under this neral expenses. His widow, if she has such under social security, he if he is adopted by someone out­ part of the social security pro­ The claim for lump-sum pay­ a young child in her care should get in touch with side his immediate family. A gram. These terms have been ment must be filed within two His widow, if she is 65 or the nearest office of the So­ child's payment will also be discussed earlier. The amount years of the wage earner's death. older, or when she reaches stopped if he or she marries. cial Security Administration payable is from $60 to about There are some exceptions for 65. and find out where he Similar restrictions are im­ $250, depending upon earnings. servicemen and their survivors, or where the wage earner died If a worker leaves no widow posed on dependent parents re­ stands. Where death occurred before or child, his parents may qualify ceiving monthly insurance pay­ January 1, 1947 these lump-sum outside of the United States. 2. If a worker dies after work­ for monthly insurance payments ments. payments go to the widow, ing under social security, Things To Remember at age 65, but only if they were widower, children, grandchildren someone should get in touch dependent on him. or parents in the order named, Your SS Card If you have been following this at once, with the nearest Lump-sum death payments are but if none of these survive then series of articles you know .that office of the Social Security If you have a social security the lump-gum may be paid to the made where there is no one Federal old-age and- survivors Administration. eligible to claim a monthly in­ card, the Social Security Ad­ ministration is keeping an in­ surance payment. A worker is "fully insured" if dividual record" of your earnings he has worked and has been paid in a big central office at Balti­ at least $50 a quarter (under so­ more, Maryland. When you work under social cial security) for one-half the New York, the greatest port 68—W. 28th St. 35—Jefferson St. quarters after January 1, 1937, security your employer sends in in the world, poses a problem 72—W. 30th St. . • 36—Jefferson St. or after age 21, and before the each three months a report of for anyone who is unfamiliar 73—W. 33rd St. 37—Clinton St. your earnings, and gives your with its vast network of harbor 74—w: 34th St. quarter of death38—Montgomery St. A wage earner who has name and social security account facilities. The SEAFARERS LOG 75—W. 35th St. 39—Montgomery St. worked and has been paid at number, as you gave it to him. publishes the following list of 76_W. 36th St. 40—Gouverneur Slip least $50 a quarter for 6 out of These reports go finally to the metropolitan-area piers and their 77—W. 37th St. 41—Gouverneur Slip the last 13 quarters of his life Social Security Administration locations in the hope that it will 78—W. 38th St. 42—Gouverneur Slip may be "currently insured" if he office at Baltimore, where they serve as a useful guide for SIU 79—W. 39th St. 43—Jackson St. are posted to the individual members: is not "fully insured." 80—W. 40th St. 44—Jackson St. In this case, monthly insurance records. 81—W. 41st St." 67—E. 19th St. payments will be made to a There are more than 70,000,000 NORTH RIVER 83—W. 43rd St. 68—E. 20th St. young child, or to a widow with social security accounts in Balti­ 69—E. 21st St. 84—W. 44th St. such a child in her care, or a more. No one can keep your A—Nr. the Aquarium 86—W. 46th St. 70—E. 22nd St. 1—Nr. the Aquarium lump-sum payment may be record straight unless you do 88—W. 48th St. 73 -E. 25th St. 2—Battery PI. made. your part! You must see that 105—E. 90th St. 90_W. 50th St. 3—Morris St. Social security protection was your employer has your name 106—E. 91st St. 92—W. 52nd St. 7—Morris & Rector Sts. given to veterans of this war by and social security account num­ 110—Moving Docks 93_W. 53rd St. B^Rector St. legislation which the President ber just as they appear on your 94_W. 54th St. 9—Carlisle St. signed on August 10, 1946. social security card. 95_W. 55th St. HARLEM-RIVER 10—^Albany St. If a veteran served 90 days or You should have only one so­ 96—W. 56th St. more during the war, and was cial security account. If you lose 11—Cedar St. 123—E. 108th St. 97_W. 57th St. honorably discharged, he is con­ your card, get a duplicate with 13—Cortlandt St. 132—E. 117th St. 98—W. 58th St. sidered to be "fully insured" un­ the same number. If you change 14—Fulton St. 99_W. 59th St. der the Social Security Act, if your name, be sure to notify the 15—Vesey St. BRONX 119_W. 135th St. he dies within three years after Social Security Administration, 16—Barclay St. 120—W. 155th St. E. 138th St.—Ft. Morris, Tiffany his discharge. so your record can be corrected.. 17—Park PI. 121—W. 156th St. Sts. 18—Murray St. Payment will be calculated as If you want to know how 122—W. 157th St.. 184th St.—(HR.) (Ford ham though the veteran had an aver­ 19—Warren St. much your social security ac­ 123—W. 158th St. Landing) age monthly wage of $160. This 20—Chambers St. 124—^Dyckman St. actually works out to something count shows, you' may have a 21—Duane St. statement once each year. Mis­ B W 67th St. BROOKLYN over $56 a month if the veteran 22—Jay St. takes in social security record D W 68th St. leaves a widow and two children. 23—Harrison St. Bush Dock Piers 1-8—Bet. 50th E W 69th St. This applies to all veterans usually cannot be corrected after 25:—N. Moore (New) & 40th Sts. four years. F W 69th St. who qualify, even if they have 26—Beach St. (New) 3—Ft. Doughty St. H W 70th St. never worked under social se­ 27—Hubert St. 4—Ft. of Vine St. Who Is Covered G W 70th St. curity. 28—Laighl) St. 5—Ft. of Poplar St. Grand Central RR Piers If you work for somebody else 29—Vestry St. There is one exception. Since 6—Ft. of Middagh St. 66 St. 7 Ave. this special payment is based on in business or industry you are 32—Canal St. 7—Ft. of Cranberry St. 3 blk. W. Subway military service, no payment will probably under the Federal old- 34—Canal St. 8—^Ft. of Orange St. be made under this new part of age and survivors insurance pro­ 36—Charlton St. 9—Ft. of Pineapple St. EAST RIVER the Social Security Act if the gram. 37—Charlton St. 10—Ft. of Clark St. veteran's dependents get a vet­ 4—Broad St. Actually the law says that if 38—King St. 11—Bet. Clark & Pierrepont St. eran's pension from the Veterans you work for someone else, with­ 39—^W. Houston St. . 5—Jeannette Pk. 12—Ft. of Pierrepont St. Administration, since such pay­ in the United States, Alaska or 40—Clarkson St. 6—Jeannette Pk. „ 15—Ft. of Montague St. ments are also based on military Hawaii, you are under this pro­ 41—Leroy St. 7—Coenties Slip 16—Ft. of Remsen St. service. 8—Cuylers Al. 42—^Moi-ton St. gram unless your work is: 17—Ft. of Joralemon St. Every person receiving either 1. Agricultural labor. 9—Old Slip 43—Barrow St. 18—Ft. of State St. Federal old-age or survivors in10—Jones La. 2. Domestic service in a pri­ 44—Weehawken St. 20—Ft. of Atlantic Ave. isurance payments is required to 11—Jones La. 45—W. 10th St. vate home. 23—Ft. of Pacific St. report certain events which may 13_Wall St. 3. Casual labor not connected 46—Charles La. 24—Ft. of Amity St. suspend or stop payments. 14—^Depeyster St. 47—Charles La. with a business. 26—Ft. of Congress St. Any person receiving a 15—Fletcher St. 4. Service performed for a s(m, 48—W. 11th St. 27—Ft. of Baltic St. monthly insurance payments who 16—Burling Slip a daughter, or a spouse, or 49—Bank St. 29—Ft. of Kane St. works under social security and 17—Fulton Market by a child under 21 work­ 50—Bethune St. 30—Ft. of Irving St. earns as much as $15 is re­ 18—^BeekmanSt. ing for his father or mother. 51—Jane St. 32—Ft. of Degraw St. quired to notify the Social Se19—Peck Slip & Beekman St. 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38—South of 5. Services in the employ of 52—Gansevoort St. eurity Administration. His pay­ 20—Peck Slip the Federal, State or local 53—Little W. 12th St. Hamilton Ave. (Atlantic ment is suspended for the month 21—Dover St. government. 54—W. 13th St. Basin) Su which he (or she) works. 22—James Slip 6. Services in the employ of a 56—W. 14th St. 39—Ft. of Coffey St. > Work that is not covered by 25—Oliver St. religious, charitable, or edu­ 57—W. 15th St. 40—Ft. of Van Dyk St. Federal old-age and survivors in26—Catharine Slip cational non-profit organiza­ 58—W. 16th St. 41—Ft. of Beard St. eurance does not affect the pay­ 27—Catharine Slip tion. 59—W. 17th & 18th Sts. 45—Ft. of Conover St. ments. A retired worker, or a 28—Catharine & Market Slip If you work for yourself or if 60—W. 19th St. 46—Ft. of Van Brunt St. young widow receiving pay­ you are a partner in business 61—W. 20th St. 2^Market Slip 47—Ft. of Richards St. ments, may" operate a business you are not under this law. If 62—W. 22nd St. 30—Market Slip 48, 49, 50—Bet. Richards & ©r do domestic or agricultural you work for a railroad you are 64—W. 24th St. 31—Pike Slip Dwight St. work without suspending the under the Railroad.. Retirement 65—W. 25th St. _ 32—Pike St. monthly insurance payments. 51, 52, 53, 54—Ft. of Columbia 33—Rutgers St. Act, which is entirely separate 66—W. 26th St. Of course, income from sources from this program. St. (Erie Basin) 34—Rutgers St. 67—W. 27th St. New York City Pier Direetory �FtidajT' Match 25. 1949 Page Eleven THE SEA FA RER S LflG Bernstein Bid For Passenger Ship Subsidy Ciears Obstacie {Continuei from Page I) ceive the Commission's approval. The General Meigs, which is scheduled to be returned to the Maritime Commission this week by the American President Lines, like the Gordon, is capable of carrying up to 1,600 pasBengers. The company has stated that it is not seeking a long term charter of the ships, as the final objective is to purchase outright two P-2 class carriers from the Maritime Commission. The two ships eyed for pur­ chase by the company are the General John Pope and the Gen­ eral William Weigel, which would be concerted to carry 750 passengers. Immediate approval of the company's application would allow the ships to be in operation by mid-August. The chartered ships, carrying 1,300 passengers, would be ready for service by mid-May and have a twenty-one day turnaround. An old hand at operating pas­ senger ships, Bernstein prior to the war owned a large passenger fleet. A German subject he op­ erated his Red Star Line between Antwerp and New York. When Hitler came to power Bernstein's property was con­ fiscated. He fled to this country and went into the freight trade, operating freighters in the tramp trade. During the war he oper­ ated one freighter which he owned. Following the end of hos­ tilities, he operated 12 freighters under charter for some time. He then attempted to resume tourist travel operations under the U.S. flag, but was unable to work out his plans with the Gov­ ernment. For several months last year he operated the SS Contin­ ental under the Panamanain flag. The SIU has thrown its full support behind the Bernstein move and recommends that Sea­ farers write to the Maritime Commission urging their approv­ al of the Bernstein application or a subsidy to operate passen­ ger ships in trade route 8. The Bernstein Line is contract­ ed to the SIU, and the Union's relations with the company have been excellent. SS SEATRAIN HAVANA A. Packert, $2.00; J. Scott, $2.00; INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS H. R. Hutchins, $5.00; A. Olagiiibel • C. Pipinos, $1.00: K. E. Mori., $1.00; A. Browne, $1.00; M. Laca, $5.00; W. Pietro Paulln, $5.00;. Leslie L. Wilson, Wung, $5.00; C. L. Graham, $2.00; T. $2.00; J. A. Anderson, $1.00; J. B $5.00; C. Papactimitriou, $1.00; Linous Smigielski, $1.00; R. Ruff, $1.00; H. Lightfoot, $I.OO:B '. R. LeBlanc, $1.00; Otto Sehon, $5.00; Herman Meijer, Childs, $2.00; J. Byrne, $2.00; N. Tas- G. S. Wickers, $2.00; F. Massey, $2.00 $5.00; Milton J. Karlovec, $5.00; ka, $1.00; P. Willoughby, $2.00; J. SS STEEL ARCHITECT Thomas M. Cower, $5.00; S. Miskow, Stachowic2, $1.00. A. Sprung, $1.00; G. B. Samat, $2.00; $3.00; Frank Delgadoi $1.00; C. B. A. L. Driessens, $2.00; S. Rivers, $2.00; SS NEW. LONDON Rodriguez, $tKOO; Philip Wolf, $5.00; H. E. Mossburg, Jr., $1.00; M. Stein- R. J. Sturba, $2.00; W. Nash, $2.00; Thomas J. Heffarty, $5.00; Rosarlo P, sapir, $1.00; E. Crosby, $2.00; C. P. Jemigan, $2.00; J. E. Melton, $3.00; Nieves, $5.00. Sanders, $2.00; A. F. Callaiian, $3.00; A. C. Taylor, $3.00; E. E. Roberts, F. J. West, $1.00; J. B. Schutte G, E. Lothrop, $1.00. $3.00. $2.00; Thomas E. Freeland, $5.00; Wal SS TEAL SS BEATRICE ter W. Love, $2.00; Francis T. DiCarlo, J. P. Hancock, $1.00; D. E. Nash, G. EdeC $5.00. $3.00; C. J. Robles, $1.00; C. S. Kowal $1.00; W. R. Wilkins, $2.00; J. Vilasis, ski. $2.00; J. C. Simmons, $1.00 SS MICHAEL $2.00; L. W. Ritch, $2.00; R. W. JopMichael Miller, $2.00; R. S. Cantor, J. Norris, $2.00; J. R. Gordon, $1.00; lin, $2.00; R. Gischram, $2.00; O. $1.00; L. D. Furman, $5.00; Wm. James Stewart, $1.00; M. P. Cox, $3.00; •Bowdreau, $4.00; A. D. Amaral. $2.00; Armstrong, $5.00. F. T. DiCarlo, $2.00; G. O'Rourke, C. S. Couch, $1.00; W. W. Perkins, , SS GOV. BIBBS $1.00; W. F. Knesek, $1.00; B. $1.00; E. H. Falkner, $1.00; W. J. F. M. Welch, $1.00; C. M. Futch Schwartz, $2.00; Jose DaCunka, $1.00; Schafer, $2.00; N. A. Cobb, $2.00. $2.00; H. A. Garcia, $2.00; P. B. Ryan E. A. Gibson, $3.00; J. J. Martus, $1.00; SS JULESBURG $2.00; B. C. Lynn, $2.00; W. F. Harris. Jose Dacuhna, $2.00; C. ^ M. Glj^jtis, L. J. Guillot, $5.00; R. L, Smith. $3.00; I. A. Chauncey, $2.00; E. Prit $3.00; M. Livanos, $3.00,-' E. Papalios, chard, $2.00; M. Bernes, $2.00; R. B $3.00; Omar Ames, $3.00; C. J. Quinnt, $2.00; G. Pagano, $1.00; A. Seeberger, $1.00; H. Rodgers, $2.00. Hunt, $4.00; W. C. Coleman, $1.00. $1.00. SS HEYWARD SS ALCOA PATRIOT SS R. SEMMES H. V, Erickson, $2.00; W. M. 5. J. O. Beck, $1.00; W. V. Click, $2.00 J. Valencia, $1.00; J. D. Otto, $1.00: Forney, $2.00; R. J. McConnell, $1.00; H. J. Thompson, $2.00; W. J. Blancol J. Bubose, $1.00; F. Simione, $2.00. J. W. Eichenberg. $2.00; F. L. Barclay, $1.00; E. R. Crowell, $1.00; C. Buleoa SS HILTON $2.00; K. G. Karlson, 2.00; W. Stevens, $1.00; C. J. Fetters, $2.00. E. T. McCambridge, $1.00; V. Speys, $2.00; A. A. K. Leiro, $1.00; G. K. SS HELEN $2.00. Brown, $1.00. • D. Nixon. $5.00; W. J. Smith, $1.00 SS MARINE ARROW SS ARLYN A. Coelho, $5.00; C. Itquierdo, $1.00. R , H. Ingle, $1.00; G. R. EspenC. Gunsett, $1.00; D. Seda, $1.00; S. SS ROBIN KETTERING slade, $1.00; J. J. Davies, $2.00; W. Nathan, $1.00; P. Bazaar, $1.00; E. J. Hauser, $5.00; W. Hollard, $5.00 Jones, $2.00; B. Price, $2.00; J. AxelConrad, $1.00; L. Brigida, $1.00; P. son, $2.00; L. Dower, $2.00; P. C. Perez. $1.00; L. Soler, Jr., $1.00; F. Mendo2;a, $1.00; M. Wautlet, $2.00; R. Bonosora, $1.00; F. Carraro, $5.00; A. ROBERT McALPINE JOE STACKOWICZ Bridge, $1.00; J. Wolkowski, $1.00; C. Torres, $1.00; P. Seidenberg, Jr., $1.00. Anyone knowing his where­ Mail is being held for you at Partello, $1.00. SS. AFOUNDRIA abouts is asked to contact his the SIU San Francisco Hall. P. F. Rasmussen, $2.0(1; J. F. Kozar, SS P. LAFITTE mother, Mrs. Sylvia McAlpine, ft F. Douglas, $1.00; B. Woturski, $1.00; A. P. Lazzaro, $1.00; C. Micallef, McGregor, Michigan. He has $1.00; R. H. Porturnicki, $2.00; L. $1.00; G. A. Burke, $3.00; W. A. JAY I. BROWN Beyer, $1.00; D. C. Austel, $2.00; K. BALTIMORE ..14 North Gay St. Gilmore, $1.00; J. Sharp, $1.00. missing since he payed off the Bill Porter asks you to con­ G. Sivertsen, $2.00; J. Araya, $1.00; C. William Rentz, Agent Mulberry 4540 Choctaw Trail in New Orleans SS T. CRESAP Moonan, $2.00; W. Koszubski, $2.00; tact him at 203 Washington St., BOSTON 276 Slate St. T. Kuhn,$2.00 . on Feb. 2, 1946. R. Padilla, $2.00; E. M. Metts, $2.00; Steubenville, - Ohio. E. B. Tilley, Agent Richmond 2-0140 H. Connolly, $2.00; M. Rzenkowicz, Dispatcher Richmond 2-0141 SS ALAWAI ft ft ft GALVESTON 30823rd St. C. V. Parker, $i.OO; J. G. Avery, $2.00; M. Coratti, $1.00; John FedesoJESSE R. ADAMS Keith Alsop, Agent Phone 2-8448 $2.00; J. H. Parnell, $2.00; H. J. Sul- vich, $1.00. MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. livan. $1.00; R. L. McCombs, $1.00; SS ROBIN NOWBRAY Contact your mother at LaCal Tanner, Agent Phone 2-1754 Bill Brannan, $1.00; L. L. Childs, $1.00; C. C. Hunter, $1.00; R. N. Kelley, guna Beach, California. NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St. A. S. Holland, $1.00; J. M. Kelly, $1.00; $2.00; F. F. Farthing, $1.00; J. Mor­ Members who forward E. Sheppard, Agent Magnolia 6112-6113 E. W. Seeley, $5.00. ft ft ft gan, $5.00; A. Thevik, $2.00; W. Mortheir membership books to NEW YORK 51 Beaver St. ANGEL CABRERA rell, $2.00; R. J. Sullivan, $1.00; D. D. SS POLARIS Joe Algina, Agent HAnover 2-2784 the New York Hall for retire­ G. M. Maximo, $3.00; R. R, Jose, Lupton, $2.00; E. T. Petterson, $1.00; Your son, Charles, asks you to NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. 1.00; Wm. J. D. O'Connor, $25.00; J. A. Mosher, $1.00; R. O. Kuntz, $1.00. write him at 112 Garfield Ave­ ment are urged to mark the Ben Rees, Agent Phone 4-1083 SS CHRYSANTHP STAR W. Young, $2.00; Elison Brown, $1.00; nue, Endicott, N. Y. Emergency. envelope with the notatioa PHILADELPHIA...614-16 No. 13th St. C. G. Crevier, $2.00; J. A. Pilutis, Receipt No. 75399, $2.00; F. Boyne, J. Sheehan, Agent Poplar 5-1217 ft ft ft $2.00; S. R. Masters, $1.00; S. Wallace, $4.00. "Attention: Sth floor," in-or­ SAN FRANCISCO 85 Third St. CHARLES SLANINA $2.00; J. Ramas, $1.00; F. J. Clinski, Frenchy Michelet, Agent Douglas 2-5475 der to insure quicker hand­ $2.00; R. Pole, $1.00; R. M. Guarino, Communicate with your wife SAN JUAN, P.R.... .252 Ponce de Leon 1.00. ling of the matter. L. Craddock, Agent San Juan 2-5996 at East Shirley Street, Box 30, SS MOSTANK SAVANNAH 2 Abercom St. Nassau, Bahamas. Marking of the envelope in R. Severson, $1.00; F. Kaufman, Jim DraVdy, Agent Phone 3-1728 the manner advised above $1.00; 1. Peacock, $2.00; W. Davas, ft ft ft TACOMA ...1519 Pacific St. GUY F. PLAHN will save time and will result Broadway 0484 1.00; R. Derrough, $1.00; W. Clifton, TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. $1.00. in prompt return of the book Get in touch with A. Joffrion Ray White, Agent Phone M-1323 SS h{ONTGOMERV CITY to the sender. at 215 Canal Street, New Or­ WILMINGTON, Calif., 227 Avalon Blvd. R. J. Rundberg, $2.00;' A. Leiner, leans. Terminal 4-2874 $2.00; G. E. Zimmerman, $2.00. HEADQUARTERS.. 51 Beaver St, N.Y.C. SS HILTON SECRETARY-TREASURER A. Jensen, $2.00; W. L. Mauck, Paul Hall $1.00; H. L. »Alexander, $1.00; F. (Continued from Page 1) DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZATION Mazet, $1.00; E. Caravona, $2.00; F. side the CTMA plea by an Lindsey Williams Fischer, $2.00. The SEAFARERS LOG as the official publication of the Sea­ ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURER anonymous commentator: SS STEEL ADVOCATE farers International Union is available to all members who wish Robert Matthews J. P. Shuler M. Hook, $3.00; G. Shaffer. $2.00; Joseph Volpian "A Fool is a man who knows to have it sent to their home free of charge for the enjoyment of W. Piedzczuk, $2.00; B. Centeno, $2.00; their families and themselves when ashore. If you desire to have everything, A. Duda, $2.00; A. Wargo, $1.00; A. the LOG sent to you each week address cards are on hand at every Gintel, $2.00; T. Anurychowski, $2.00; "A smart man is one who pro­ SIU branch for this purpose. H. Bullock, $1.00; F. Proctor, $1.00; HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. M. Gulp, $2.00; A. B4namili, $3.00. fits by his mistakes, However, for those who are at sea or at a distance frorh a SIU Phone 5-8777 SS T. NUTTALL "A sucker is one who can better haU, the LOG reproduces below the form used to request the LOG, PORTLAND Ill W. Bumside St. D. Tussel, $3.00; J. C. WaUace, Beacon 4336 himself, but doesn't; which you can fill out, detach and send to: SEAFARERS LOG, 51 $1.00; A. Baum, $3.00; F. F. Reese, RICHMOND, Calif 257 Sth St. Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. $1.00; T. O. Rainey, $1.00; E. C Hill, "Don't be a sucker. Vote YES Phone 2599 SAN FRANCISCO 59 Clay St. $1.00; M. M, Cross, $1.00; J, M. Foster. for SIU, Douglas 2-8363 $1.00. "Apd be SURE of your SS STEEL SEAFARER SEATTLE 86 Seneca St. J. R. Longhurst, $2.00; R. J. Rod­ Main 0290 protection!" WILMINGTON 440 Avalon Blvd. riguez, $2.00; M. E. Folts, $3.00; A. A. The voting of the Government Terminal 4-3131 Felts, $2.00; S. Vergara, $1.00; E. R. Goulet, $4.00; P. Delacemn, $2.00; J. Camp will wind up the NLRB P. Trust, $2.00; A. Rodriguez, $2.00; R. G. Atizada, $2.00; T. M. Diahgson, election, which began with the Name MONTREAL 1227 PhUipa Square $2.00; P. B. Aton, $5.00; G. G. Malby, balloting of . the SS Fort Hoskins Plateau 6700—^Marquette 5909 $4.00; E. A. Ely, $1.00; S. C. Gibbons, crew in New York on Feb. 20. PORT ARTHUR 63 Cumberland St. $5.00; B. Duplantis, $4.00; R. Marrero, Other Cities Service ships whose Street Address Phone North 1229 $1.00. ballots are already in are the PORT COLBORNE 103 Durham St. . SS R. INGER30LL Winter Hill, Bents Fort, Royal Phone: 8501 City Zone State C. H. Lewis, $1.00; C, Harvey, $1.00; TORONTO lllA Jarvie St. D. B. Militar, $2.00; C. Oliver, $2.00; Oak, Salem Maritime, Lone Jack Elgin 8719 GO. B, Smith, $1.00; Guy McKinley, and Bradford Island. Seven Signed VICTORU^ B.C. 902 Bough ton St. $5.00; A. Debelich, $3.00; L. B. Gooch, other ships were voted last year. Empire 4831 $2.00; H. B. Rains, $1.00; C. A. SchuesVANCOUVER 868 HamUton St. sler, $2.00; R. Cronin, $2.00: A. C. They went overwhelmingly SIU Book No. Pacific 7824 Touchon, $2.00; E. M. Villapol, $1.00: and were so certified by the NLRB. ' P. Daily, $2.00; J. L. Neel, $2.00. SlU HULLS SIU, A&6 District RETIRING BOOKS Gov't Camp Should Ballot By March 31 Notice To All SIU Memliers SUP Canadian District PLEASE PRINT INFORMATION To the Editor: I would like the SEAFARERS LOG mailed to thei address below: �THE Page Twelve SEAFARERS LOG Friday, March 25. 1949 1:^ WHAT ttfllWK., •• • '• -v QUESTION: Shipboard and shoreside educational meetings are becoming increasingly popular with the membership. What do you think are some of the topics that should be dis­ cussed at these sessions? -mm:. T. FORSBERG. ABs The membership, especially Ihe newcomers, should be informed of fhe SIU's role in bettering conditions in maritime. Although this has been stressed at meet­ ings which I have attended, there are alyrays members around who weren't ashore at the earlier meetings. This matter cannot be stressed enough. It should be hammered away at time and time again, so that the member­ ship will appreciate the condi­ tions that have been won. Con­ ditions on SIU ships are much better than any others, and I've been on ships of many flags and unions. We're at the top. The youngsters should be continu­ ally reminded of this fact. B. HARDACKER, Steward: The union education meeting is an ideal place for Seafarers to get a complete knowledge of their organization—how it is set up, how it operates and what it is trying to achieve for the mem­ bership. Such discussions would be particularly important to the permit men. The whole subject could be broken down into sec­ tions like union finances, with am explanation of the matters of dues and assessments and the reasons for them. Members should also be made to underfldtand their obligations to the Vitkm and the membership. And meetings should be held every week. . DINO DeVITA, OS: I'd like to hear the educational department inform the member­ ship of the great job that is be­ ing done in the organizational drive. A lot of ihe members don't know how much of the Union's energy is being devoted toward securing more jobs for the membership. I was aboard an unorganized ship for five months ^nd I saw Organizers come aboard who really knew their jobs, thanks to the .educa­ tion they had received at these meetings. While I was aboard this unorganized ship I didn't know much about the SIU, but since attending 'the meetings I have learned much of the SIU's structure and background. FRANK ZANANSKI, Oiler: One thing that could be profit­ ably discussed in education meet­ ings is our agreements. Those agreements should be carefully analyzed for the membership. There have been a lot of misun­ derstandings aboard the ships I've sailed, misunderstandings with the Captains and Engineers that could have been avoided. Of course, there are other things to be discussed. That's why educa­ tion meetings are a good idea. The meetings can be used to ac­ quaint the membership with cur­ rent and past Union activities. Another subject worth kicking around is what to do with gashounds. J. L. GREEN, AB: Anything that is of importance to the seamen's welfare is worth being aired at Union education meetings. At the moment, one of the things I think should be brought up from time to time is the problem of gashounds and performers. Although' these have been reduced to a minimum, any gashound or performer is always a danger to his shipmates. This fact should be stressed in the in­ terest of protecting our contracts. Another thing to be emphasized is the importance of organizing the unorganized because non­ union seamen are always a threat to our conditions. CHARLES LYNSKY, OS: One of the important problems to be tackled is that of gashounds. These birds should be lectured on the harm they do their Union Brothers. At the same time the members should be informed of the machinery for handling gashounds who don't want to straighten up. Another idea worth kicking around is that of planning how members can live in a port while waiting for a ship. If the Brothers can offer ideas on this, and consolidate them into a sort of directory o£ the inexpensive places to eat« sleep, etc., it would help a Brother in a strange town stretch his slim finances. JAY SAVAGE, OS: I think the meetings should work toward familiarizing the members with the Union in general. Stress should be put on organizing and its importance to the Union. They should be told how to go about getting jobs on unorganized ships, even if the outfit has only one ship. The bigger outfits will follow in due time. In line with this men should be shown that they have nothing to fear aboard unor­ ganized ships. Some men be­ lieve that to go aboard as an Organizer will put them in dan­ ger of being dumped. On the parliamentary side, members should be taught the methods for conducting meetings. JOHN ADAMS, Oiler: At Union education meetings, the contracts should be discussed fully so that every man may be considered as qualified to fill the job of delegate, even though only one man is officially chosen to represent each department. The constitution should also be re­ viewed at these meetings because I have noticed that many Broth­ ers have indicated by their ac­ tions af' meetings that they don't fully understand it. Now that there is a decline in ship­ ping, it might be wise to discuss possible plans for equalizing the employment possibilities for all of the membership. JOHN LOCKE, OS: Amng the things I, think should be thoroughly discussed at Union education meetings is the group registration procedure. This is a highly important mat­ ter. It appears to me that a lot of guys don't quite understand how group registration works. Full discussion would give all hands the score. Another thing that should be'a topic at the edu­ cation meetings is the Union or­ ganizing program. In this way the men could be kept up to date on the progress the Union is making in the unorganized field, and of the difference in conditions aboard SIU and un­ organized ships. JOSEPH MALONE, Steward: I've been to a number of edu­ cation meetings and think we should have many more of them. You'll never hear anything to hurt you, and the chances are you'll hear something to benefit you. One subject I haven't heard discussed at any meeting I've attended is what we must do to protect our present con­ tracts. That's an important sub­ ject. Then, too, we ought to pay a little more attention to. out political friends, in my opinion. Maybe a union shouldn't be in politics, but there comes a time when it is much easier to reward friends than cope with enemies. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource March 25, 1949 Description An account of the resource HEADLINES GOV'T CAMP SHOULD BALLOT BY MARCH 31 CONVENTION OPENS 28TH IN BALTIMORE TELL CONGRESS:WE WANT BLAND BILL BERNSTEIN'S BID FOR OPERATING SUBSIDY GAINS A PROBLEM THAT ALL UNIONS FACE:DRINKS,DRINKERS-AND PERFORMERS CORPORATION PROFITS RISE AND SO DOES UNEMPLOYMENT WAGE EARNER'S BUCK BUYS MORE WHEN IT SHOPS AT CO-OP STORES HERE'S GOOD NEWS:VOLUNTEERS MAY MAKE ARMY DRAFT UNNECESSARY NEW ORLEANS CALLED STEADIEST OF ALL PORTS FOR SEAFARER PANAMA TANKERS UP BY 229% SINCE WAR PORT MOBILE REPORTS PICK-UP IN SHIPPING NEW YORK HAS HOPES FOR PASSENGER SHIPS RARE COMBINATION HELPED BEGET TAFT-HARTLEY ACT SHIPPING SCENE IS BRIGHTER FOR PORT TAMPA OPERATORE MEANS MORE JOBS FOR SEAFARERE MAGELLAN FOUND WAY TO FAR EAST TACOMA HAS FAIR SHIPPING WEEK MEMBER WARNS OF CAB OUTFITS THAT PASSED HOTEL PICKETS CHARTER MEMBER PAUL COOK DIES SUDDENLY ABOARD HARTE BEAVER MEN EAGER FOR SIU EDUCATION AIDING OTHER UNIONS ,OVES LABOR FORWARD,SAYS MEMBER COMPLETE STUDY TO INSURE 'SOLID' WELFR PLAN ASKED SOME FACTS ABOUT SOCIAL SECURITY NEW YORK CITY PIER DIRECTORY Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 03/25/1949 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XI, No. 12 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1949 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/7a17fdd17321449521c52ce169fc53a8.PDF d2079762e04c537223b460a6cc6d36b5 PDF Text Text ' - . , ~ iensfifJ1ficlD· Vole St0rt$ :Mar. 31. 1~ "" • • I · • • • • • ·' I • • . . ~· . I • . • . . . • . .. . .. . r Story .On Page 2 . . - . . . • ' • *LOG " M=S ·-----~. ' . OFFJ' ~IAL ' OR6AN -OF THE SEAFARERS INTE·RNATIONAL · UNION• ATLANTIC AND 6ULF DISTRICT• AFL-CIO • . ~- Exp.e rt's Report To US:·. " ·- SAFETY . ·- REPORT - · · .· 1959 FIGURES 0N ·s1·u SHIPS .. . ' · Two-Thirds Are . . ·' No Lost Time' · - BOP~rcentT~ke -.. ~---~----~~~onP~~ Place On Watch ~ I • I\ . . , Major Oil Firms , · S·t ep Up Fight On '. _·s~a~SO' ·Proposal # ..~ $lips And Falls · · .Leading ·Caus·e . . ' . I - Early·Reporting . .Usual·.Practice ___,___ _ Story On.Page .2 ... _,.;;,,,"= -......,._,.,..,- - - - - - - S t o r y On Page 16 . . ~> . I •. - -_ Fishermen Hit 12. • Mile Limit Plan . . . ... . . ... . . -------------------Story0nPage5 . ' . . . ' . . . ' . . . . ". . BienVltl~Til'1ker-·~ OpetOtors T,o Post Bond · ::CrtiSh~lnHo.uslon· ~ 10 GUarariteeShip Wages . • ' , _... .. · '· : /, · •• l • Story On Page 3 · -. I - .. ·- ' . .. · · ' ·. · ~tory On ;page 3 �, ' ltePmf~ointa SIU $.- safely'.,:;l$8U&B ·,:'. ~....__. _ ~ ~iftftl ~~<m ~aond\tfiuis-:an:d 1 ·attftllirt ftBuN»oil ·o· · addS'h. . du~ :,e•.1•· ~ j~ . ~ -· - ~ relea&ecif ~ the Safety Department of' the Seafarer's Welfare Plan. The report~ the:- first -of: its kind issued by · . ..~ E.""'8 tlie• departin~t, iS oasea on ihfortnation g.at1ierecf from a cross-section 0£ tlie stea.Jllsmp' incfustfy ·ancr·sn.ows·liP.-~iPe· re:' ..-~sn:r-mem~l'sf\ip.)nee~­ vealing d~tails whieh h~ve not . . . -. ·.·· .· . '- ·. ' .. ffngs are . he:1e1 ·~ . ularJy been available to date m any have generally. ignored the dlstinc- still aboard the ship and -is still The· accident- a11aly.sis ls bssed "18 · · ~J;. data.. ·issued- by v;cwi.eus .ti°" . bet)VeeDo_: lost-time accident~ 1~os~d. to. the. haz.ar~ of w~ on i:epor~ aubJnJ,tted bi. corqan14Uf! __, ~f ,!-: uti :•it.two # gruu15S> dea.Uq with ~ s~fety. G!!· ale basis of Uits in • .r. .. ~ wltidl we~ GB. 8lMdi" mil-- 1andf ~ ..... . u~ cOldi:adl tt> tlie SW ....., rngn . . tltt JO!tUre tltati th Jlllllll. eould! f ~ . ~ -*t dliaUar~ ~ .-! Gi ~triid5 A "tot ·4 l . p11tt; · "iea-, mation, · tJie-· SIU an'cl sh~~ ~ca_ ttile jolt;. 'DlW ~~~a. c• ...aim ttiaf' ''We: ·~ ·Mdden1l';. ™ ' -'f wlllirbl wa; 111 S. airnectecl ta ~nw . ~ • sa tie- ~rtt J _· *> co\lllU... ~ ti!Jltf lJhr9e' mi- JBmfilw"~a81Nt" acttft!nt15<. -•ere..........,~........ a.L--- '7.".'[_ ·.. ~!:.L -_ }J8l'tlnentr bops: t. malle: tbeil\ ~ i5 ~ iaial&'ed- dl6 llDt"i. llltwml ,...,_. slltpt Seaw 01P ttw- naw- • ~-.... f • at.u'9il" .~ safety, proaram& moce eJl.eetive. ,to ~ork on· the. daJ. followinl. the- ut,. moat;. ~odern.. Iii~: wilh- ~ 1 'f,he:. -1'-119rts., )vita .ilieni aut; i ~ 911Cl"•d; 4 · .A!Jft'.<m~ ~ f!n~np: tJte- ~ort+ tact'llhtt . . .,must s~-ctmst~S' ~ atknad' ~ulfil .an ·~ ~!II~ ever,+ . 1 ~eeiMi _ · · noted that for tiotli I1J5lf and fd51f, rt' wa aiib fbuncf ttiaf tlie'-gre-at' must still contend wit.h tlie•.uncer- t!hve- mlpitJiS', ·gf\tihg lir~aidbwns _ (b . · • · .r • . two out of three accidents report- majority of' accidents-, 80 percent; tamties·of'tlte sea an<}. the:'. weather; of· :when accidents: _were report~d; e. sur• to .•n$ 11 . ~e_g1sed to the department- did not jn- ·occurdll" dbllng.. ~ elllltt hour~ -~paitdl8nlwaa set.ug.ftlJhelp ~ -__...,.. ~l•w" •irl.,t~• .. •I •• r A Mll•9' ; ...t. volve loss of work time on the job. of ~- 'JJlai J,JC!fteDtallllf . . ~thee lbi~wlifidi. cmi be ~ · . .._ ~ -ia1it!. 6" · Up until now, total accident figures be considered in light of-·tlie (act controlled... · l!r... M •ulF ( . _ reported on an industry-wide basis that w!Mr off' ~ ttilf s~im f~ Other interesting fht'ormlition· ·• . . -~-- . . _ -·~· - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - disclosed by the· detailed report . llldl ~I~ f ~Mlat~ k .. are. + Jill9llllS......, ,.,.. ,sJ. - .. 0 . ; ' '* · ,1 · · Iii.cot · " ' ers ... ·11.·- l ...'I 1n·1·•. - a;;75;:;:;~ Voie On Constiirdioil sho.wS. tbatthe:vastmaj.od~ofac-to ~.Ir....,...... .,......-:~ • t 1111 . ... ] :ci~. •e. ~ ~Y Su~U..S .llllftNiD 24l Jieu. after It-~ .. ~."":.:---:---:--~-~!L..~-.--~-"':M~~~~ 11·s- I 511 11115'9 ~ ..,.. --~ tmt •me day _:_m· ·~.,_ ~... anw_ , lllJury· ·· : rep~ __._ ,..~_ ,ar~ o-r ll> fUIKUfg, -...-· Jtll•Odftllt . lElgedmce} Dri·l!'llllL! ~· another l · · .Mtttfti. dents and injuries reported," the Marine Index· Bureau fnm finally made it clear that there is a distinction between the two: In its latest report on shi~ ~s· ami ill~ '• man;yr :olifaes d paper amf nesse~, the: ageney, fig- ~ t1iell usiJQJ th• a~ pn indicat" CJf Tio- 8eg1·n · --·r·c11~ 31 ~ .. - ii'• ; · ' -factor -tn . a seaman~s ability to .· . ., -.,,. · ' · . ·. . ' , · . . work in a .safe ma~ner and avoid With theopo~clti-t.,.....,,,w1iiltlperiod ~~d accijlents. Ii study of age · groups in all ports,. Seafarers- will begin .voting Mllrcil · em tie Be. sh~ ttid -er;, '9Petrlftfed Pt:o- vised c~ k the. AAC' Didmct. Jvfltabatlf at 11he felllimall _.mies . lfe!M!ally have March ~ o+att: . ·' first t~ has tlw. followiQ dilri-- tlte"accitl'ent.n:A!"' llPth.e indud:ry. fe~aodfttJiOJ ~oflliw~ in pro- ratified tiev~,.md pllOl-- 16"*""' to aco••mCJll'ate tbs• claime~dil the ~\ld. . ·JDespite 1fi¥! dlsa!Miner, the :.&- P~ tlillir. ~ in . tl~e posal, w1ifult had' freen SJF' dfvfsfun1: . . "Thi~,ear,, \\ltfwish a·gaillif4 a:dll ~Indes:JJllr'eau tOllows the smne UiWAf, ~~~ • Jitgher de- proved as a motion at headquarters Furt~er, the c..attiomll'! J:e!Vi. your atfA!JltioJP ~the ~ct th-11 fill_. dbai'ous owcttm tf~ failing tOJ dU- gra- ~ ..~~ ~y could 'on l\llDdt.12.. , flbia' tlllk.e note CIC tlle new.r.~u, studies> a»"e b. . . upwn, :relRflltSi d ~tia~ ~ lbst-time. lllld. ~~IV ~ • ~adbia of the TJ:uf r~nif '6 6IJe> (tlive-- . *1mture witQ.ifi:a the tJilton injuries; lftld. itlitwses- # r~vf!d! ~lost-t'liU lldt!idlim:ls aid~. ~i~ sydiftm !"hli!lt! provides constft.'ution ccnnmi'tre-e snd· th-e· wfttclf P,l'U\'Jdes :Air an _ e~udve from subscn~ers. It should be Under its system of tabulating the · foy · prl!terrecf JUrmg of' class A text 4 t a JNJ9aG new COii. . boadl at elficers m J1111let restilill'Iy Ianti .rt 01ll Ur.tom Spftiftc understood that not all the J'eports total number of reports sent in, men, seamen. who ~ave eight .or tion 1bftf Bel!D . . i at all filed with this Bureau r.e present every running nose, headache and ~ore ~!.:afrs~.~ t~e m~~stryld·. iFidgi- 'on M"arch 2: S'eafarers then vdtea 1tit~ir for- board aeamers aml'' IPe- .t!lfm ba\ldl.aid · •.., ...........-.. · Ulle8> u-"" yeag .... ou n -· :to place the· constitution revision ciftc autho.rity fs; Wl'itten fallllt .t he e1~ m•, agai·Kt$ th~ · "'""!"".... · · ~ - . ~ up 10 ~t-- tfiii5 hdlijh; t :oani~ rror ~ ~ey· ~~~:n11)' Ulf- • t~. _ rue. on the ballet. docu~~ '(For ~n. ,,. the rese11t. ~ull! 'dl~a~1btila. · ... l.easm111a~ Sldlety- ~cedbr~s are I· ~ . Thll:' 9lll' eon~ 8DiedlD&. i w reJHJd., ~· tn 118rch Tlftr ~m:er u~ not~brt~ '!Je- co~d ~ fost-t~ IHX!1dents· proce'd'ure· CllDs for a twa-tllinfi; 1:l l8lftlle of the MliCJ . · . · _ caustt ill! pr.e'\)imis ~S:· th.e ~A- ~ ilfness~ CUily, *~.· the fact ~·I • • . majority in a se~et laaJ,lat refer:.. Othel; ahanges . . • )RRnt F A:remtS: :E.(!)(1; liad bebl cntinitlt of tliVt the ma~ gavct ai man an as_ ~ end um 'Db:. ·~g periit°Cf mmst coJllftild>n wmie -•lllli£ 11....ary Mann~ tild'e~ habit of t!O\lntilfti up pfnn cni· a ~-aftl doelf. not infrom March fl fCf April :a, frrcflr- by- tfie> ~- -A.ct. ~ ~ IoSll fJf th.,.~mbers' I .• 1 · _ sive. ' ._ - · . · :Among its PIMiill~ tJ¥ - ets ser\tt'c!'es. 1 sh· · in th t 0 f s ttl Adtllltloni :aeeommended certain requirewnt. ts- .r.ted Under system of throwing everyippmg. . e por ea e .. . . : oei<IUIJ Oil ~ . of . ,thing 'int,o the .soup Marine Index ' picked up a bit over th~ last. peIm. ·~•lil19" ~ el UJlliora menbe~ _ . lliailar . comes up with a "percentage rate" rtod' 'Witlr ~l! JfaytJ'{fS- mat P.1Jlled the co~sttfuflonal revfsforrs, ffre mattus, AccorcfJr;Ar, .tile mtsed . .ft_ of 84.23 percent for illness~s and the slac,k out ~f _the ~eport. . rsix-m• ,r•k a • •e committee reolirlltflui•~ has:- ~ • ·it .injuries~ which, if taken , at face ~n the ~ast perfod the followmg n~te"' 1fult t!lre ~e~ asil: nowi 1~ mftt th~ ~ of 2v.ilue wnldl mea 1!bt. 85 out of . ships f'ud off: Mftl :ifarveyor stands, wa~ large'l'y-written before the· new Federal l.titlt. -. . ~ t4!.'Very lltW cnwm'(tplb-.n wettr. ia- ,<JsUun!an); Oaean .Te~ ('Maritime the ·A&G Distri.ct establ~shed a . nrates ot thW sfd. bli7' or wO\!!f'e I ftv~se8) adt M~ <M"at~r-· .numb~ of affiliated divisions. ... · • 'uing 1!h JeaY-am obviolJl'.lj ·manlt Gie llUllfl, 8!t ·-Sur- AmOlltf ~. ma._., MM:ille. AJ.. Wi-·~ American seamen are not the ridiculous figure. · veyor (IJitbmian) s{gned' on and rued · ·~· Divilfolt,. · Pwtrte • only ones to be troubled by the Examination of the data shows three vessels were serviced · in. tRican Division, HHDe>r . and Jnlmd. , . safety F~ pa.rticul.ir to sai'ling. 3,871.c~running noses... nu._(1118 trans}t These were: Marymar •. ! Wate~ l>irilAon •n• . ~ f, . In alli lfrti~~ entitl~ "Soim! cur- and t'he· n'W (respiratory inftfctfew Seamar (Calmar) . . ~ City of. I The chawgw fir~ ~ct\ln'.,.. . ie'lltl: pif6ilem'S' facing ~elfen'§ se'> ~-na.TJ!J).~- :J,432 ~ stCM1eca. Almai nrater-. _ · Union requires constitutional . . . mew,:· .Jona& S. Th~ 9.JesMemJ ,(Wsb-intediial, etcblin~ uJI.. • • · f · * ! m••• l l fidrs. le* !s·..-"--&1, • 0n }E-e-ft •ee · I •o nl n U S h di SWe eports H·1gh •nJ•llJ · late' . l ~t~etl~~~: ~~a~1:1:!t s~:! t~f~~el~:~;ou~ooth~~r:se-~~!h:: SEA.I!ABEBS LOG jl!ll.erntio3 '•ea.BatJ for: !Hlip&w11a , •BERT- :BltAND;, .lditor. B - - -· lilA-: MMJ,, An Uttcw. HlllbWAN .Allmmr, · -AlWl\11: .,..._en wh• soan4 . tr t . · - 1'! . b r· .......... ~ 0 ~' a" lllLe£.~a 1 s. a OU .w:.wsuu and IaWJIJll SPrf'. -., Aeo llASKml~· .JOHlr B'lr.G&, AliTRUR BERGER, CHARLES' BEAUMET, . 'Du . happy and - acc!dent prone sea- ROBINSON, Staff Writers. Bw. 'Mooni, . . men on Americas. Allf.'fhips. FOi" 1a.i1 A,ea nepresentadve, , · ~if; ·1ll'illidle. ~ elum that f~lillllfd ---~ at "'• fNMw•M -"'11DH« 1N.re ~·ii hta:liUes ~,..._ flllllr. . . . .ir .,,..., Att» . .. . 1959 c. . l'n'lfllc a -.,., IWstrfd, AR·f:N!i: .,._~rt" A m,eri ca Ram~n· 111, Wnl!Ras · Aveni!•• Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel • .HYaclnth the -i\veaisli .~year average, 9-6600. second clus postage paid at th• Post Office In Brooklyn, NY, under the , ....,. . IT ti .rn'U"IOll 1§£ u ..p UL ' nrerr "A:ct ~ Aor. ff, 1'Yl'2: ' .~ ·Jnvolved,_ {s just shade 'uiid~l' '& f ··, ' . ~ ~ llC ' •\ ' ,• ~deaths per ve"•o ~· 1J •, ~· ( ',/' ,t;•• ' 6,'.::t , ' I IJ ( " ~ ~. - ~ . "" .,... ~ 1, • ' ~ ·~i-1A. •.t ~ tr-' !, - . .. ,. f, .• - r 1 asiil>-.·,_. ._ ...,.,... ,. -. . .._...._--'- _ a -ti ...,, ...., : ~ ' S• ;1. ~ i, 'I \l ~J fl t s1u· - . have died as a result of accidents ever they are-out of a total of while af work during th~ p~st five . 22,502 reports. , years,. Midi that the- acci.cMilt rate 1 OJll the aftidat sfde of a t.laJ. has elf~~ sfftdil.7 frtn. a t«Jtaf :M 2'f,OlH re1J18rtsr _,,; than fralf of 2,1<»- 1B l~ tt81 _~,2l» n t ,1 9'1, :·ae ~tusilllas and". abrasiol'J!f,."' Thore mentions tnat the Swed- .w cuts and. bruises· as they are. is~ .un~ __h~ bee"n. hampered in ~nown. Am~tber l,989 are "un- , :Its ~tem·~s .l!o C8'I! GIOWn on acct- specified injuries," which is about dents by reticence on the part of as useful a statistic as "miscellaneshipowners and certain authori- ous illnesses." tie~. They ha~e resisted ~ttempts The Bureau's findings also• ~ake to ~n~roduce safety regul.ahons .and no allowance fox: thE!' fact that 't hey tr~mg prdlgr~~ •h1cll Wftld could bl!! a numlrer of rep~ de»eiiMi!Mt4f mMY MJS..,s. iq wftfi a s)lftific- f!RliV-Wmd fa.:. . , fJI ecMllnst with ~ Sw~- an:. jray' 1111' mnesg,;. · . foJl(g <titlieatdes, Anraicain s-eamen. · · are benefiting from;. gr;idually-re~ - ciwce1t au.hfeRt. nus and, as SeafaY"erS' xnow, ~-contracted com- M h 5 panies and the Uniqn are working arc 2 • 1960 Vol. XXll, No. 7 . together through the Se'a farers • 11 Safety .Program on the s.afety , • ' problem. The Swedish. i:epert sbeuld make .PAUL HALt.. ,,_,.etaru-Treasure,. "1 ·••s One For· ~· , ........ A••• · '..J·,•n_ . D"s.a1_ · ~l:Truck" 1 - - �SBA.F.4.RER·S ........... £0C 'Baek Hiring HQll,_ Boost Ship Aid;' Experts Tell. US . . WASHINGTON-Two separate reportS submitted by specialists in transpor· tation and. labor relations to the Department of Commerce have called for Government action on ~ritime problems along the lines advocated by the SIU and otheri maritime unions.. Their recommendations inc Ju d ·e a flag ships in handling farm sur- states that ship registration of plus.us shipa should get up to' 100 this kind "absolves the owners of call for full legislative e~- percent of surplus where the meeting many of the taxes, indorsemefit Of maritime hir• Carg'O is a &'ift to a foreign nation. surance payments, wages and (Continued on page 15) • The ICC Is unfair to domestic ing halls and Considerably sl1lpping. Domestic shipping broader aid to shipping should be put back under . the in the form of subsidies and Maritime Administration. . . ' bigger farm surplus cargo al~ • Construction subsidies should ~ lotments be considered for domestic ships. The two reports were submitted . These are just a few of the highlights of the two reports. · · h ll in connection .with the Department 1n suppo rt·mg th e· h mng a t d Federal o,f Comme~ce 8 u '( on , "' procedure, Professor Gomberg Q( The SUP-manned tanker Lombardi, en-route to the WesJ Coast 'Iransportabon ·Polle~ and Pro- commented that "Inasmuch as . ' gram. The transportation study itrec~ntly, from Canton Island, went to the aid of a Japanese train· MONTREAL-Contract negotia• self dealt with all areas of cargo both maritime ~abor and manage• ing-ship which had sent out distress signals. The ship, the Toyama tions between the SIU ..Canadian nt , shi s ment are unanimous in their enan d passenger ~oveme ; . . P ' dorsement of this procedure over District and the Lake Carriers As· Maru (at rightJ had a leak in its hull which was.quickly repaired by railroads, truckmg, ba.rge Imes the old haphazard method that sociation have become deadlocked a Lombardi rescu!ll .team. Circled are a lifeboat and liferaft which and airlines. bred discrimination and corrup- and the appointment of a governwere used between the two ships. Full Text Awaited tion, the Government should move ment conciliation board is expect• ed shortly. The full text of the Commerce to· legalize this procedure." Department's Transportation. PoliMany proposals have been made The union negotiating . commit· cy study is not yet available. How.... in the past for specific legislative tee was unable to make any progever, it appears that the study authorization for the hiring hall, ress with. the carriers who insisted report does not agree with' many but Congress has failed to act. upon a return to an "old" system Turning to the problem of man- in which men work' any eight of the conclusions of the two specialists. ning and work rules, Gomberg hours in a 24-hour spread. This One of the two reports. was made notes that the only way a self- for all ·p ractical purposes elimin· Professor William Gomberg of sustaining merchant marine will ates overtime and many other con· US maritime unions have set up a uniform policy tp insure by the University of Pennsylvania, ever develop will be through tech- ditions the union had won previ· th~t American seamen are no longer victimized by operators dealing with relationships between nological progress. ''This means ously. who are in shaky financial condition.. Arrangements have unions and management in the in- that eventually the problem of new Acceptance by the union of these dustry,. Gomberg makes the fol- job definitions and the new man- conditions would have been the been ma<;le by agreement be· lowing points, among others: ning schedules will dominate much equivalent of taking a 14 percent cut in wages for members, the Dis• Labor and management are of collective bargaining." • tween the -,unions and the On the runaway-flag issue, he trict reported. fully-agreed that the hiring hall ope.rators -involved, µiost of is the ·b est way to recruit labor. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ther_n tramp· or Independent tanker I · . .• . Therefore this procequre should be specifically legalized by Conagencies. for -frnailclal security to be posted by them for their ships. gress. . Performance bonds or actual cash • Something should be done deposits are to be set .u p guaranthrough NATO or the International teeing crewmembers' wages, draws· Labor Organization to meet some and allotments. ~nd assuring payof the objections ·of US maritime ments to vacation- and welfare unions to low-wace standards on plans as well. The Pan-Atlantic containership runaway ships owned by us comWASHINGTON-The House Foreign Af!airs . Committee Representatives of the SIU, the Bienville was rammed by the tank- panies. National Maritime Union, and the er Esso Chester in an accident • Inter-union relationships In voted 19 to 3 to approve an amendment to the Mutual Seofficers' unions reached agreement that took .f>lace at the entrance to maritime are the best .they have curity Act that asks for full freedom of the seas. The action on the pcogram which was subse- the Houston ship channel last been for many years, with pros------------,.followed the disclosure that quently ratij'ied by the. operators' week. . pects of continued cooperation. any US-flag ship that had ever involved. The ' program calls for According to Seafarer H. E. Col• Technological changes in carried cargo to ~srael was the following: • !ins, crane maintenance and. elec-· mariti~e · will tend ·to reopen the barred from carrying l_ike cargoes ·· trician aboard .. the Bienville, the Whole area of manning scales and • C~mp;mies ~reser:itly in debt -vessel had been lying at anchor work rµles. to Arab countries. to va'rlous vacation and .welfare becau.se of a heavy fog· before .the Thus the committee went on Backs Union View pla~s. ar~ to P~Y outstanding obli- .accident occurred. When the fog record in support of the SIU posi· The second reporl:, dealing with gallons 1mmed1ately or make ar- lifted, the . pilot tion that ·nations r eceiving US sur .. merchant marine problems as . caQgements to put money in es- came· aboard and plus agricultw·al commodities su~h. was made by Milton Goldcrew '·<?ut of future charters for just as the ·:Bienshould be barred from interferring fogle, and very largely supports , ville got undersuch Pl.lyments. with freedom of the seas, especially tlie recommendations long made NEW ORLEANS - Mayor de in relation to the US merchant • Performance bonds, or money w a y she w a s by the SIU an·d- othei: maritime Lesseps Morrison of this city has marine fleet. The SIU had pro·bi escrow, will be set up' to meet rammed by the unions as to what should be done appointed Port Agent Lindsey J. tested the blacklist to Presiden~ comini obligations on wages, Chester, harnway to helfl shipping, The report indraws, allotments and fund con- bet we e .n the Williams to the Public, Belt Rail- Eisenhower and many members of cludes the following: tributions. .., h«?use · and the Congress. ' · • It calls for subsidy to all US road Commission to fill ' a term exThe arnendment also asks for a In cases w~ich· will involve put- stt~ 8 ·accident c· II' . ships operating in offshore ti·ades, piring in 1966. This is J?elieved to presidential report on the meas· ting m~ney m escrow, a clearing whi ch took -plac~ o ins plus easing the procedure for 2b- be the first time a member of the ures taken by the Administration house is to be . set ~P so ~s to · at 4 pm, demollsheli the crane and· tajning subsidies: to insure the application of ttie • It ·cites ·the fact that 18 trade union movement has been -. t f th h ll " ti:. handle all .the cases m _a umform d i principles involved under the manner. Shipping firms which ~~ve ~ _a_pl!r 0 . e :u !>... IJ>e. foreig-n countries require Governselected to fill such a position. Agricultural Trade, Development fail or refu -· to compl with th Bie_nyille. The ·repairs will .take .an. Mayor Morrison said he felt that and Acceptauc~ Act. Under the • se · . Y . ~ estimated four to six. weeks, ahd ment-owned cargoes to be carried PJ:'Oposed- pro&!:am, will pe sub3ect reportedly will cost. betw,een $l00,- on their own shi~ ·and, in many Williams ·was "emminently quali- terms of the agreement, the • sur• tc liens for money · owed them. O'OO to $200· ,OOO ~ N o one was · i n- ·~ase(I, cive ·private cargo prefer- fied" to fill the post because Qf his plus 'foods are puid for in local This . latest move by the marl- jured·. in -=the ·piishap. · Th~ skipper ence on their own ships. Amert- extensive knowledge of port opera- currency. The US then lends back time unions was brought about by· of the Chester claimed the heavy cans l'et little or no share of tions. The Public Belt Railroad to the purchasing country 50 to 7~ the recent bankruptcies of Oceari. traffic in the caAal caused ti1e cargoes controlled ·by foreign gov- plays an important role in the op- percent of the sales .Proceeds. Carriers, North Atlantic Marine· cras h. :', ' : ~ . . . ernments, ·Yet for eic' ships get up erations of the port, the Mayor . The House vote denounces an . . ·Agriculture Department announceand. World T{amping, which left. · The Bienville was on her way ·to to 50 percent of cargoes owned by explained.. The members of the Railroad ment that the contrac.ts for ship· many seamen without pay, after' 'Port Newar~ to acc~pt a · .saf~ty. the US Government. • US companies do n9t support' Board receive no salaries. Their ping such Government-sponsored months of work. it was ta.ken to award from Pan Atlantic 'for hav· job .Is to set policies and regula- cargo·es were "of no concern" to prevent 1repetltion of such incl- mg the . best safety record in ·. the the U'S merchant Dl'~rine. • The Department of Agricul- tions for the. operation of the Pub- the US Government since they dents by ·other operators. Most of fleet. . · the. bankrupt sh\ps maiiqed by Sea- . ..~he was a fine ship," said Col- tur-e is using every . ni.e thod to de· lie Belt .Railroad, which operates were made privately between th• farers h.ave be~h turned over to llns," "a good feeder with. a won- prive US- shi.Ps. of qecent ..r ates several· h~nJ,l.~ ed. pines of track and shipper and the purchasing country. . . . . ~4~,,_ ~"' _,, · other SIU-.cornpanlea. . •i, ; • ,h \ · del'ftil crew ·aild excellent offic.era;~' · »~ , giyil~i · eve~: ~~: ~o -lorefln- emplors"ullj~· of' 500 personL us can ada sIu Op-- e- , _0 _10_,-5- In p f Tan g /e Sea Unions OK Uniform Wage SecurityAgreement Es·so Tanhrrier H·its .Bo·xsh·ip In HOU'Ston House .Body Hits Ship Blacklisting· Name Williams To·N'Orleans TranspOrt Body , ' • ' • ' J • • .. ' . ·ft �,. I ~ . M&Rh 2 Through March 15,· 1960period folltlwiDC" . · last week's, ' .8 c.ompared to 1,051 men · Shippfog in the sm :slumped. a bit tm; minor surge. 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' 2 .a P5iltl ~ 3 :2 . cim • ' . GltMilt . ! ALL ' 1 I , ,J .Iii.& 3. , • 8 3 - 4 , ~· , k ,_ .. • ·15 · 1 4' '.,.; ·, l'f ; ' a 1 1 . .£ 1 - · ! I ' 2 . z -.. Tift 'l 10 ·t G' 1 - . m 1. -=-- , 1 ) ,1 S; ·• . ·• ·• ;1 ., 4 ' -~ ~" m. 11 • �Fi·sh· ~u, • ·n. ·a . ,,AIO· . ,· : · :caDada .Proposal -On 12~Mile Umit / .. ,. . J .> · I ,, 11s ·· · · 1 • ,,, J • • - . ~ SEATTLE-"l'he .Al.aska Jli;shennen's U\Dioo, a ·recent affil~ ate ef -the SffiNA, has·vi!~ly protenecl :moves~ tme Can.. ·adian guvernn1ent to ·establish new boundaries ·m territm~ waters. A Canadian proposa - · .· .· fo~ a 12-nnle exe'hlrive fishing I FisheiJlies Cbnuuba:ion pgmated a 'zme wmtld depi'We US mem- ~. ;pe~taee ei ·t&e ·aalmml .~ ·bets l)f. tite- mtiOtt af 'tihem trim- ~ ?habintmi!.e!f tM· F~ ~ •ti'9l'la<l fiSMrrg priftl'eges .off tire· Ca- · s.ockeY8 salmou - ·~. ·smc. nadhm coast' 1!he11, there has· Deeg.. ai maHe.d Ge• ,The Ciln~an move is being · tel'i<mation in :the -Canadtan posim:ade at the current world confer- tian, m respect to J:mmg 11P to comre.~on regmalii:mrs. ·'l'ftis 'has ' ·ertce ·on sea law at Geneva, ·Switz- resulted iri a great deal of o.ver· ,erfand. JI'he US position calls fishing 1)y Camdii.aa fishermen. a six-mfl'e limit on·-territotral waTile Canadians also nelnse.d to ters, pllJS another six miles of-fish- J!e.c.og.ia.ize a re.aort "iwen hv u-s f.or Great coiumns ·o'f smol:e 'bmow from Matson Line c--·is ·loc~s af'Saa Pacho. fire started abocud -···.r-"1 . a barge, spNai 'to .ifte doeks and terminal. 'Dmmrge liit· $?;500,000 mml... Gntcy,'Crane tlie •nght .of c:ent.!~ Uled·far '~ing containers, was. uadamQg~~ · , · ·· · Im ing rights. :However, - t'he United r "'"" " "Stabes -wn·t s te -ntam .existing amd .Canadian scieatists, based on .iigblu for 'fisher:m-en of otiher na- a two-year s.tudy, in l'egard to changing the net iish.i.ng line to ·t ioils Wiitlhm a ·coun~ l2-mile protect .f eeding arid .millling-stocka . limit. of salmon. · At stake -ts ~he future of the In addition Canada has no pro' American salmon-:fishing industry gram for artificially-.propagating ·F.iie. D(a mag.es --M-af~oll Pier · :i:~.=i£:~:::::!r:! :: !:~:;:d :x~=~~e t!etiDi~~al h::i:= WI~ rearing opeEatims. 7he cost of: 12 .SAN CaliL~.A huge fire which~ t~e d~cksilde facilities· the- S1U Pacific ' ,:, C:~t· nadah 's P~~!i!orof~ Ic -~ these facilities ·is more than $23 .n.!... • ~·~ :La:-4.. T ~d ·' · 41.!') · g\/\. .wn:u ec oes ..,... n e ~ m~ including tili! investment uru.~t;ontracrocv _~1wnD&n ,uU,~e . and cau~e dam~ e~ated A~ <lf>~,,.000 -~11- not ~ in .un11atera1ly setting up a 12-mile in stmctmes and equipment, and itbe .firm~ ·present.:ear.go ·cmtainer dock -1n&taltatien.s no.r ii.ts c~ ·sewi.ce. But Slll!ld- ll'mft around her coasts. The Ice- operating expenses, · the Washing. PEBHO, 1 ( . i}f tar facili:bies w,bich wer.e mider fhe .distance and suhl~tl\v got Iits c.argoes fo!!' -some t>laze were damaged and .t he· underway with Al aiig<> <two. days suit or the bl·~. ·constructiiQn at the >time &f iepmpany estinuites that lit Winl l>e , later. . · .at least a ~ ~ ··these .'be- . · According to -Matson· ~cereeme 'Operative. .· : : ments, tbe ~waiiall. Citi11en·f te fire •rted oli a barge near which ..runs fr.om Llls· ·Angelti to the doc'k, .an~ ·apidlif 'SJ)'tead ·to HawaU-may BDt :be able to. load !Matsonls 'terh1hia1 and warebause mearby. A new .gantry crane used 1· . lfor loa.lling unloading_ conf o .·. tainers surviv&a the '.blue. :Damage •as ~ine.il :t;i ·~ pilin~ ·under ·. 1ha doct ~he.re ·the crane wa1 · ··~· . . . . . : ~allure 8f .i he NL1lB Mil· enfaECe . The - Hawaiian Baneher was !back-pay orders issued severat 1alongaide When t he _tire stmed. _wears ;aao ·•mt.;fil'Jlla ill D;etroit lt 'WU 1QlifckJy ma.vet. -to a 'irater . 'And llir~aultee has be.eii · con-_ _ _ ; .de~ \by &e l19ltel ..... ·~rt- · · ., ' '. \ ' ~n. Same of the Aack ,pa.V amera' tem from 'Dnlawful disch · of . 'I ._ ' U&U· ' 1 ~a .w .· Jand move- i:-esulted in strai.JJ.ed retime as a re- .l'ations With Gx.ea.t Britain, ~hose , fisbing .indusiiry getS per.rm·g out Bef9ll'e-tlhe,acriclent; ·etmstnl'ctl&n of Icelandic .waters. 'For a while, C"rews -Rre DVitding an emensi.OR. armed British vessels were esof a Derih ~ieh· :was to be used nrtmg fis1l· boats ia the- l'2•mile fOr Ma~·s container Oflention . imea. ·in Los ~ngeles .Jrati9or. ·T·he -Canadians are calling ·for ton fis:literies !!eport stated · · The report ceneluded that un· l!ess the c--.iims .change their w~, _ibey'M oal!y ·be- ·c.umtil!l!g their own tbr:oats, ior if they' cuntiaue· to .ov.edish and don't .PlltV atttention to c.enserw.i'hion. .matters, :the mp. ply of salmon .w.ill rapUily Oimin1!he- Mopifion of this law at the · ish Hhin. the next few ~s. seeend Wm:'ld :Omference on the . 1.·:· . ':t.&w of the sea, cmrently '•being ...1 ,.._ . . I . heitl .at ~: . TJ!rey ·w ere nnsueeessftrl _m a rnnilar attempt last · · .-year .antt coneede this m tneir tast L • and do.WD..... ·Si.Dee Dea.tjy all the-. i chanee to pressure -the ma·t ter. union members had peater seniOI'.- !through. . ·"' . . . . . .tty than their replac.emeats,, .most , Wipe Dot Ftsblng JUdd.s . NfloJtFDLK - ~ippmg ~llli-of them will be. able to. claim their ; Accerdift& ·to ae ..F~'s ;.~~~ ~ ~ this last jobs back. ,· , . - .. . . c I'"""'- . · ._..~9111 super· t t .i Umen. ~- .aims and pmpases . , tanker National Defender tlKMt oa Canada wene -esisessed ity c.a- · a cample!Dellt of 1Ulticensed per· ,Qffieen .,, Ave itic .. .... of ,t he Ima.. External! Ailair.s lliDisl!e-'.. I ''De period t . mots. ·1,. R8-I'. .'JNI·. . ·..·.·. UP . .. ' . ' .Flig ' I II orro· K .H. as snip u·P·.1urn- up :;f .:.am tUAW ':'""herr u tar-~ aµi·.1~ Amerkan ·aa~ Mil. Comlecfila-. llowani Gl!:eea :iJl a ~ speech. · ·tao reports ~OOSel'• .and ~held :iw ault adicm ill ~s e&'f' Wukeno . the mUOll spelled I ta the Daminion Bouse. el an- chik... ! , .• and ~ , :PAW was PGtic.~Y from :the. A;EL-clO for 'CeG.D,pf ' ' ~· TJlese aiim -.e to mpe. .oat ! A ~ Jiil • sugaested· new ~dt1cal of ~e ~ltB regionlil Of• .leadership, b&ve charged .in mart ' historic fishing ri&Rta MW eiajo,red mc:.tion far a hiring haFI wae _. . ~ ,de.cla11in& ~ .it. WU ,l18ltid,y · that B? pr~slaent Jame~ G. by the United States. .brw.i,ght farth awl .diS"ussed at the • - · iweMa !980 • - - 1eefolH1amt, Oess ·has ~maed to "'p"lmTder""' · · · · · · · .' • '· orde.n covering $465,000 but held · the union's treasury for "personal If the <?onference agrees u~on ~ast memberslup meeting. Noth· back on being Wormed by_ one profit." Th~ asked the US Dis- the Cana_d ian pro~osal, the umon mg was actually resolv~d, although co~ tliiilat~'t . . . .. -. 11 Vict Court in Wah' gt; DC t charges, the traditional agreements most members agreed it should be. · · -• .am ebeiat ...u:;oo0, :w--.. ~ C"oss nd sBCmW osn, t' 0 between the US, _Canada and near the Coast Guard, Shipping< · • ·. -the idispateh 'With,.uWhich ... u,_ KLltB _,.....bas _ ...Treamer _"'5\. ' a ecre ary- J ·11 b id d d h commissioner . . d th · •· _, Peter N 01 · t f apan wi e vo e an a eavy an , among o er ·, . W A:SIDN~T?N:;: T1- -~...~. ibees ·~procudng ·injwretiom .pinst financial acc~unt~~~ a~d ~~= blow have. been dealt to the thi?gs, ~asily accessible transpor.A~inistration s . eav._ transfer ; h1>ar erielll.lzafiamr,'~U. ·m>llm.aid ) . . ·. . . American Pacific northwest sal- tation-wise. 1»olicy has resulted Ji1 tbe loss or >&L'..: . .~,. 1 .....,;,. -....... ~ ...w.., ~'Y ~ misappropriated funds. mon fishing industry Paying off here during the prefthree more American 88g ships to 1,...... ·~ ----,- ~ . ·l ....u& -..-"'was also asked to order · · · · · · ., .' ~ .....a ,...,... ~ l • ~ balloting of the mem- George Johansen, secretary- v10u.s period were Thebs <Rye ~ore!gn opei;atlon. In tbls caae. ~\ ·amauata""b a .......a:• ~ ' ~ to determine whether treasurer of the Alaska Fisher- Marine) an.d Feltore (Marven) .. 'ft'es~els are transferriiW ~ : , ·_ $ $ .. ;$; . · ;C~s .ad Olson should be re- men's Union, declared . that "the The Natrnnal Defender (Nation· (to !.he Gr~~k flag, bn-1 .... .U.i .... .W BIMI ........ ·C ·mofta:from office. ~nly way to deal -with fisheries a! Transport) and Feltore (Marven) 1"eria.. , ) ·· t IA Ila .aa .!:be ~ steel · · ' _ . problems betwe~n us is not a signed Qn, The three ·ships. inva!vel ~I ~~. ~ 'la•••...._•_.._ e1; . .ti ~ ti. ~>¥iced _en-route: CS ~iaml 1 ~ law .Well .a anat It . . ithe Oceanstai:, lrenestar .md sn.. jQbat .....tincB ~ .a t ~g · 1·L-~nd 6ousand filmh . actors the local existing conditions, but CCihes Service); Mankato Victory, iltar rm.- to Greek ..,,.._1,..__~.....,,.-- --....s·.:.::. ·- - --...;....~ 'uaV!e ~ own seven of '"~ . de""-.. --. ..., .-... .-. • i.n....._ 'Victory <Victory Carr•)•I try~ eight iatut f t e J.ndu&-· t u;r an llD •='llfti;uug u1e 'JSStle5 e·~--~ i stry uDtler .• ~y-announced ibldaltiiid ihm7tMM.YN. ~ o-ad- t••iin- . t..._ a: tmoti?kn piciuret i iHD!ved ·ancl •WW! te ~ tbaR Hu.r-r~ane.. Chickasaw (Waterman): . Ii . .,._ -•L"laL ,...;_,.., .-a . . . s..., '"rs . . . Stee· 1 - n·rre.c.or, ,.. Steel Fl yer (Isth~o cy ,~ ...,_ ~1me 'tl'eJD09Xi irl.o$· _.. laid lin. mast Gddlaef•s th , .•-m. l\'Clliae . si r1the aga w- ns issues ill. such 'a manner tha.t each •11 res~ J.Clll ~ u.usfers Of1 1 lfStorle USW.A_..,,,..,.. ' ·~ct -,,e ~Sr P · Aerts n G ~Id stTo.rhy_ :, ceun-.~s ': interests irre taken care "' miarr) :a na · Suzanne (Isthmian- . /A ' i' ' -~....... . _ .. _ n I • . . • 'D.i...--toau: ' creea c ors UI • e n;r . > -~mer can--- nu-. ·. iwbic:h anea . far~ .ofi \two ..-n.- .:.:..:g ' ,,..__ h . ft . ·-··of and tae 'ftSMl·~ .·is -•ected.:" 1.c haderetU. . 1····- . . • · , · .. ·....,.._ 1oe an - c 7 a er more · -:. • ?terr!,. ,·~ · 1 ~~ • orie :tu _·~ ..m. a ·&an 'two months of fruitless neg<r · & ,warned. .t hlt '"Hostilitt.es be- . · - - - - - - - - - - . . . ; . . . - 1 · :Prevl.owil.Y,. )Nie~ ships ·c~ T~~7:..~the : ~. At issue is a union. de- ' tween~ can only- hurt our future · 1 itransfei' ~.Ole ·o;wners Jiad' ;PD •. ~- ~-···., iJ'r· ~· that ,atlm's receive added plus fK ~-lve m:anqement, ., ~o inak~·~;.~t '~-. ~~ ~~:;;. ~nsa~on - from the profits,, of fisheries bet.ween the United , , Jllace t~, the ~I ·of wor'k .inile- · pmlileDiS. , 't!JSWA •bi.Ch st~ r.ecei:ve on theatriea1 St.US •cl ~nadL C~ative Seitfarers with 'Qeefs regard· · · <ean flag, -4 -~ timite.d (tO .JU)- ' ~ t .Darill ,.~ tkDOniild .11 ;mation IQebn:es made _!lfter 19481 management 1S s~ely needed , if mg, 'Slow paym1::nt of monies due . iera~ion ~.. ~ 01 : P,a&a- rl eut ::e~ milim delegation ... :i~J{ ~d s~tly sold. _!o tbe: resour~e is to survive." · from various operators in back , 11Danian ~· -~ . t~ ~ ! ~ CJ>akfuan ~rt. <W~ion. S;AG ~ als.o asldpg.. an ~n- , The Fishermen's Union cite? a wages and disputed overtime ~ 'l• f so--cal~eil · ~~e· CC!nltyl.•• . .~ai~er. ' -·.~ _ , d~de w~lfare- and pensio.n rep~rt J>y the State of ~ashn~~- should first check whether they , .l'~is 1J1,ea!lt,. ~ica1b,', · {f~t, ~e\ . . _. "' , , -$ ., $ . . .. . I ~- ~ the: producers. P!.us .. ton.~ Department of Fisheries have a pr~per mailing address ·VS · would be- .ati1elto ,commaml &e ' :taaa twled wage, ia_cr.eases. The -~alkout '~ as which traced the history of Cana- on file with the company. SIU . _ ;Serv~ct;s. of 'thete .weilsfJls iat ·a ny in effeo't · ffha't; most-' Wilson Co · ,ac:eomphshed wi.thout fanfare and dian ..American dealings in regards· headquarters ~officials point out ~- ~me. :_" ~ '• .>t '•·-· ·~' . wo.rkel'S -~ho - w.~re ' .~~placed by "'.ithout picket Ur;ies. ~ to fhe .salmo_n . fishing industry. that reports received from sev1In the eye~ ,pf ~e ,iµarWroe un- stNk.e~Jtei'i ~·~the UO-d.-y . , · . The Fisheries report . noted that eral operators show checks have lpns t'he ·; new.):ransfer -policy "'ha11 ' strike ·by -the P.ackingh~use . Wor-k· y.-. <:::::::> · the CaQadian actions of the past been mailed to one address • :Jhe -~~-rtti~ ... ~. l.eai;t.. of,~'Acl~ :!->eirli!· ~~s~'#Jl: .~ica wt¥"get ·tbeir 1'jobs · ., !t.11 .1l.,,v fwo y~ars ·,a re a distinct reversal while .a beef ou _ th~ 'same score ' Jlypocr.iticaI,; ·s~'. l~.e~ '- is"·t o ~ lfw6lfclf::.it m~ -.tml Jibe • -_.,.~ ''U: of a past p~Ucy of cooperating ls sent from another, thus cre~···jPl'~:, • c ;lif. ;W~·n:· ~~ilea '.Iii :. :a.· ~-1 Nate, -~ :. . , ,. : , ,,. 1f;:(&'j Jl.nt!6r ·' wttb th~ us· m· conservatlon ·PVJ- . . ating 'mU'Ch difficuttY hi 'teeping r ::ouL, ~~eJt~~ve ',cD_~ti:~r'" ,o.f . thes~~ r~e arbitr~tion· ·p,~nel; 'ru:led - that~ . , . ; · . .. .,.,,,,,., l;IJ'1:7/. cedqres: ~etween 194~ and.} 953 accounts straight. • · _.,}J,>s \!~"er- :~~~.*,i.~"'" i;>.<J,_ji ': ~~·~~.l{l~ ·~ ~ · ~ . W.,,) I:'.~ ~e ~I]~e~at~onal Paci,fic s ..unon '---~;.,-----..-..---_, ! _ , ree . Gels -us ·LI·ber.ty·s . ' . :' ,Th l ., . 't 4' :wm mm• a ! ..._ - .. . . . .-hU. - - - mi• - ...... 7 • ..._...._, .. 2.: - ,..., _....._ =.:! Use Only One ·M ail Address te!e-' ·aoar.d Ala,.... "-...... . ~" , r. :.'-,. I J ,r, 1 .-,y �Operators,- -Pt1A Agree-On slU~ BLoo.o , BMIK -· Cunafd Line 2-S·Year 'Life' For Ships HONOR .ROLL DiversiJies; BUys P'~9es. .WASHINGTON-Faced with a· tightening of Uncle Sam's purse strings, the ship operators and ·the Maritime Administrator have suddenly ·decided that their ships can last 25 vears after alt The 25-year r~useful ·life" of. a ship is an in- panies to sign construction subsidy crease of five years over the con~racts with the Government and P,resent formula. · What it means for ·practical pur. poses · is that operators· who get construction subsidies will replace their ships · at · 25-yellr lnfer.vals, Jnstead of .20 years. This Will have o& number of effects on shipping, on US seamen· a~d the · amount of money spent by the US Government for ship replacement subsidies. In general, the" 25-year period means that the us merchant fleet will, in the long· run, be older and less efficient than those of' competing nations, whose shipowners will be building · new vessels more often. But for the immediate future, .the change in the "useful life" formula will enable com- MA Ol<ays Greek Flags For 3 Ships WASHINGTON-Another ·three Liberi:m ships-two tankers and one dry cargo vessel-have been given the green light by Maritime Administration to shift' their flags to Greek registry. The transaction-another typical example of flight from the organlzational efforts of the International Maritime Workers Unioninvolved the Andros Champion, Andros City ·and Andros Fairplay. The respective purchasers were: Overseas Carriers Corp., Export Carriers Corp. and Fleet Shipping Corp. All were formerly owned by a firm known as San Rafael Comp~nia Naviera, SA. .' 'fhe IMWU has sought. to gain recognition as representative of crews aboard various runaway:flag vessels. It n·ow has two petitions pending bet ore the National Labor Relations Board in similar cases. - to get the money needed for new ships. Oppoeed In P.ast The Administration had proposed a 25-year period in the past, but ship operators had aiways bpposed it. However, the cost of new shi_ps . built today is almost f!ve times · what it cost for th'e operators' present World War II and postwar ·fleets, so tl~at the extra five yeal's will give .them enough time to put additional funds in the new-ship kitty. With both the Government and the industry agreed on the 25-year formula, the only · question outstanding is what cutoff date to apply. The shipping industry wants the cutoff date to go back to January 1, 1946, so as to cover all ships built after World War II. .The Government's present proposal would set January 1, 1950 as the cutoff date. This would mean• that nil ~f . the C·cype ships would still be under the 20-year formula , but ·the Mariner-class ships wouJd be figured as 1 having a 25-year life. The Mariners didn't start coming (.lUt of the y~rds until 1952-53. .Newer SblP&. Have Advantal'e Nprtnally, there . would be no reason why a ship could not continue to ~perate even beyo·n d 25years, as far as its machinery functioning is concerned. In fact, there -are many pre-war ships still operating under . foreign flags. However, the rate of technological change is so · great that the older ships cannot compete with larger, faster, more modern vessels which also have far more efficient loading facilities. . One effect then, of .any 25-year formula, could be to make it more difficult for an · American-flag ship operator to compete. The extra fi\.·e years could push him deeper in the hole, rather than give him au opportunity to put more cash 1tside for new ships. Two famous ;name11. Ct.Ulard and Dollar, long associafea \Vith the maritime industry; have purchased airlines and will no_w be in the air transportation inttustcy In · San Francisco ft was annbunced recently that the Dolltlr family. after • seven-year struggle to ob· tain a charter, · is ••'planning on ~ ...,. inaugurating a .Hawnji" to Tahiti • · flight, thus establishlng 7 a "Dollar" · The SIU blood bank.suppUes Seafarers -or. membera of their families· airline. 'They expect· eventually.: to . with blood· anywhere in the United States. Seafatera can donate to open up a SaJJ li1l'ancisco and Los the bank at the SIU clinic in Brooklyn. Listed here are a few .of the Angeles to Tahiti run, on a weekly Seafarera an~ others wilo have donated to the b~ood bank. basis, once things start booming. Sebold, Jorg F. Kalbach, Edwin R.' Then,' the day after the Dollar Suarez, Elisha Dunne, Gerald c. announcement, it was disclosed Huddleston, Relf L. that the Cunard Lines has , pur· Westervlc,k, Ken Mullan, Daniel J. Landron, Aurel L. chased control of Eagle Airways, Dunn, Stanley B. · an Jndependent· li~e, and its .assoJoseph, Vietor elated companies. Sea-AJr Tickets Sullivan, Georre Fernandes, Collmero · ""ah · Cunard ·is contemplating some ~ r WOnl' H. kl d McDaniel, Carl Mu n of an interchange plan in Krupinski, Peter which tickets would be issued for M0 lso travel by both sea and air. It pur· n, Robert E. chased control of the airlines for Toyer, Roberf BALTIMOR&..,.-Shipping has imShaw, Harry R. $2,800,000. The Eagle fleet consista Krawczyk, Leon of one Brit~nnia, three DC-6's, o.ne proved during the past two weeks and is 'expected to be even better Cooper, Robert A. Vicount and ten · Vikings. Eagle in the period to come, reports actCarbone, Giu9eppe started in the passenger busine's s ing agent Rex Dickey. Whiteley, Ralph ten years ago, and carried more He called attention to the fact Huber, Joel G. ,tha~ 171,000 passengers last year. that the building in this port was Delpan, Robert P. The appearance of ·the two in good shap·e, lauding the mainScardino, Ernest famous maritime names in the air tenance crews for a job well done Williamson, LJle· w. tr_ansportation business seems to --even ·though bad weather made Backrak, Daniel· be a sign of the· times, and indl· things quite hectic. Kambanoi, Demetrtoe cates that perhaps in the near Crews were paid off on the fol-Clark, Georre J. future other. similar arrangement• lowing ships: Santore <Marven) ; Wayne, Robert c. · will be m1;tde by ship companies, Dean, Wllllun a. and that plane-shiI' tickets might Emilia, Jean <Bull); Alcoa Runner (Alcoa); Bents Fort, Cities Servi.ce Phelan, MlcJ.ael become rather common. Norfolk <Cities Service); and MarMalinowski, Georre R. This' allows people with short vaore, Chilore <Ore). · Gourb, William M. cations to take a sea trip at least Five ships signed on crews: San-· .....- - - - - - - - - - - - - one way. Othei:wise they would go tore O}farven); Seafair (Colonial); both ways . by air. · Marore, Chilore (Ore), and Alcoa Runner (Alcoa>. The Dollar family was one. Serviced in transit: Robin Goodfamed for its fleet · of ''round-thef ll · world" . transports and pass~ger e ow <twice) <Robin); Yorkmar, ships, but the com"'any was au·oLosmar • Bethcoaster (twle e ); c alIn ·order to assure accurate merged •by the depression .. and mar (Calmar); Alcoa Polarjs (Al- digests of 8'hipboard meetings eventually wound up in ""'-e band• 1 coal·• JB Water man (Wa t erman ); in the LOG, it is desirable that of its current 1µcc1?5sors the " Amer·"' Steel FJyer, Ste.el Navigator Usth- the reports of ~hipboard meet- lean President Lines,• which i• mian); Seafalr <Colonial); Oremar ings be typed_}! at an possible; under contrad tO 'the SIU Paclfie <Marven) and Suzanne ·<Bum. District. - Jobs Rising In Baltimore T ype M lnutes W_ hen ·Possible ,.. I Curio~ity has ~illed more .than a cat on occasion, particularly when the curious blundered into generato·r rooms. There's always somebody, human , inquisitiveness being what it is, who will want to look be· hind a 'Close.d door to find out what's cooking-with~ut realizing ·jt might be him. Signs cle~rly warning- of dangerous con· djtions are easily put up and can keep·· the in.quisitive on their guard. · · I . -," ,...._ -- 'I �SW ~er.s..i:Gf 'ht iAQW..S, .wh;Oh iwm r.s!CJPpaB Mith iliens on ,arriviog in Yonkers, NY; 'have their gear examined ·~y Customs ~1'Q -mosf urillkefy t;place atop:aome~steel~~laKl"'°t ~. o:Stae. �SIU Blood Bank. Gives .JO Pints To Member's Child· -Among Ouf -Affiliates · Your Gear • • • for, ship ••• . 'I W~atever you n.eed, in work or. dr~ss gear, your SIU Sea Chest has it. Get top quality gear at substantial savin'gs .by buying at . your Union-own~d and · Union.; operated: _S ea · Ches.t store. .-- . �-- : ..., . ~ .. ' - I•.• H.... - . .. .. , - ·- A. ..... .,. ..... / ·On, ol . the many new super. tankers to come out in 1959, the , SIU-contracted Erna Elizabeth (Albatro;s Tanker Corp.}, currently runoing intercoastal. Like , • other new supers, the Erna Eliz- . 1 11 ab~th boasts many comfoftts, including private rooms, spacious galley ~::md messhall and other . features guaranteed to lure SIU men into throwing in for berths. Pictured here are some of the gan·g at the time of the 1 1hip s ar.rival in New York hara bor. Erna Elizabeth, all 33,000 tons of her, is tied up at Carterei . Davy Jones,_ AB ·(left) and James G. Rodder, AB, crack manifold valve. Norman Wrofon, . J~.~ . oiler; r~laxe's in foc'sle. Every cr~wman has own rooiµ~ _;:., _Jack ·Regan, 1st assistant, . manipulates controls. Richard Harnden, oiler, is at telegraph. Louis Suarez, AB, handles the wheel. ' Arnold , Larsen, at au.tomatic · dishwasher. �•• SIIJ BABY. AW·VilS ,.----- �'All , Administration· Fighting Passage Of .Forand Bill lri Favor .. • • • WASHINGTON-As· the House Ways and Means Cqmmittee nears a vote on the labor-backed Forand medical insurance bill fo~ elderly people, the Eisenhower administration has announced it is "studying" a substitute plan to be ad- ])acking of the former head of Blue ministered at state level with Cross, Dr. Basil C. MacLean, who both state and Federal money. It would pay only a portion of health insurance policies for the elderly and coverage would be practically limited to chronic illnesses which result in lengthy stays in hospitals. In any case, there will be no action on en Administrati'on measure t his year. The Forand measure, opposed by the administration,. would be financed through increased Social Securjty payroll deductions. It would provide more liberal coverage --.:.. and at less cost to the insured. The Forand measure had the HAL lk .. Sl.IRt/IN ,,. ~NMIWI' It ' Ill ~ "' IL ~ ' ..;.. The maritime ~iring hall and the rotary shipping ·s~s~em have been· endorsed repeatedly by observers of maritupe operations. Therefore the latest endorsement_ oJ the hiring hall in a draft report to the Department of Commerce is more frosting on the cake; Pr9fessor William Gomberg of the University of Pennsylvania,. a specialist in transportation, ·noted that the hiring hall system is far superier to the old . corrupt and· inefficient methods of obtaininl'! ship's cte.ws. Consequently, he holds, it should be given .full legal authoriPHILADELPHIA-Latest . prog- zation by appropriate .legislative action. ress reports at this port indicate ~any bills have been introduced from time to time to give that the new hall for Seafarers, specific Congressional authorization to hiring halls both in under construction.. for some time, mar!time and in the building .trades. Its about time Congress will be ready for occupancy, on or clearly spelled out the standing of the hiring hall for the about April 15, acc.o rding to Steve Cardullo, port agent. The hall wi~l stability of the industry and the professional seamen who be located at 2604 South Fourth. man the ships. . t \· t to St., Philltdelphia: . · ·. Philly See$ April Start Jn New Hall House COmmittee Aets Shipplnl' Outlook Brl&'hter Cardullo notes that shipp~ng had been steady in the port over the The li9 to 3 vote in ·the House Foreign Affairs Committee last two weeks. He is looking for- condemning any . US Government approval of ship blacklists ward to better conditions next is an important step forward toward l'estoring ·freedom oj period, with two payoffs sched- the seas. The Committee, in its vote, calls upon the President, uled at the 0\ltset and good pos- the Department of Agriculture and otper Government auBibilities .of one ship, t~e Ocean thorities to take appropriate action to ·stop interference by Ulla (Oc~all Trans.) taking on a . . . • • . full crew. ' ·Arab nations 1~ .the .op~rati~ns of US-flag .sh1pp11~g. The reco,rds indicate the Calmar T~e SIU,,, position is simply that, any nation which at~empts (Calmar> paid off and signed on t? dictate who can and w~o can t carry. US-o~~ed gifts or during th.e period, and five - ves- aid car~oes sh?ul~ be del?rived of such aid until .it agrees to· sels were in transit. The. five were: respect the prmc;1ples of freedom of the seas. Such a strong Jean and Emilia <Bum; Steel Fly- . stand, in · the Union'!; point of view; would · quickly put an er <Isthmian); ,Robin Goodfe~low end to discrimination against American-flag .ships. . · . ,(Robin), and Texmar (Calmar). .. t t t, . 75.t h. Birt~day· Cites AMA Opposition Another member of the medical industry who gave his unqualified vote of . confidence to the bill was Dr. E. M. Bluestone, professor of hospital administration at two New York universities. He argued that the "sheer humanity" of the bill "far outweighs" the "ill-ad• vised and misguided" opposition of the American Medical Association and the insurance industry, ch.1rging they were "motivated by professional self-pro- , .N'orIea·ns t w·th . S I !:~fi~~-" s·Pur y·rans1•ts . • 1n •" Ill endorsed the bill in a letter to its -· Sponsor, Rep. Aime Forand (D., RIJ. MacLean· wrote that "the cost of care of the aged cannot be met, unaided, by the mechanism of insurance or prepayment." He noted that the system of financing the -insurance through Social Security deductions "pr ovides a way of dealing with the queslion witil dignity and effectiveness." . " . NEW ORLEANS - Though only five payoffs were recorded here during · the preceeding shipping period, this port got a shot in the arm when a total of 32 vessels called for service while in an intransit status. And with at least 11 ships scheduled to pay off during the coming two weeks, a forecast of "good" is the way :acting agent agent Buck Stephens pegs shipping conditions. Members were reminded that voting on the new SIU constitution starts March '31; they were urged to vote, and vote in the affirmative. Stephens also stated that affairs in the -port were running smoothly, and. that of all beefs handled during the previous period-, none were of a major nature. The ships paying off were: Alcoa Puritan <Alcoa); Del Norte <Miss.); Wacosta, Topa Topa (Waterman) and Penn Mariner <Penntrans.>. Signing on crews were eight vessels: Alcoa Puritan <Alcoa>; Del Aires, DelValle, Del Norte (Miss.>; Chickasaw <Waterman); Penn Mariner <Penntrans.); Atlantis <Petrol) and John C. <Atlantic Carr.). In transit: Alcoa Roamer, Alcoa Corsair, Alcoa Ranger and Alcoa Cavalier <Alcoa); Seatrain Georgia, Seatrain Louisiana (Seatrains); Del Aires, Del Valle (twice) (Miss.>; Neva West <twice) · <Bloomfield); Steel mr~~tw, Steel Sci~nti§t <Isthmian); Gateway City, Raphael Semmes <Pan Atlantic) Chickasaw, Wild Ranger <twice), Monarch of the Seas, Wacosta, Topa Topa, Claiborne, John B. Waterman <Waterman). Mankato Victory <Victory Carr.>;. Evelyn, Edith <Bum; Atlantis <Petrol); Cantigny, Royal Oak <Cities Service); · John C. (Atlantic Carr.), and Transeastern (Transeastern). The AFL-CIO Executive Councn at its recent mid-Winter session warned against any ·eleventh hour intervention by the administration against the Forand legislation which were "designed to meet the narrowly-conceived financial demands of the AMA or the selfseeking clamor of insurance companies rather than the needs of the elderly." The ad19infoti;ation's Federalstate sharing plan was one of three possible - Federal approaches to health insurance for the aged now under study by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Another is similar to the Forand scheme, while a third is based on Federal public assistance to help. pay oldster.s' health insurance premiums. MD Report AsksCaution On Penicillin A further report on the danger of penicillin to individuals who are allergic to it has been submitted by the Medical Department of the Seafarers Welfare Plan. The r~port, quot.~d from a medical bulletin, cited . l,000 recorded deaths due to penicillin injections by 1956, some dozen years after -the antibiotic was first used. Dr. Joseph Logue, ~edical <lirector of the SIU Welfare Plan had prevfously warned SIU men against indiscriminate use of penicillin. · Penicillin is carried on all SIU ships under .the terms of the Union contract. At the time this provision · was inserted in the agreement, the _ drug was looked upon as the nearest thing to a "cure-all," and undoubtedly it has been administered by JQates to crewmembers hr.ving .a wiqe variety of ailments. In. recent yea1·s though, there has been increasing evi~ence that a few individuals suffer violent reactions from penicillin· As a result of these · develop->· ments, some drug cop cerns have started manufacturing a synthetic penicillin, which, it is claimed, does not produce the severe reactions of the "natural" penicillin. In light of. the above, the use of penicillin on a ship should not be indiscriminate~ · ·.. · .. . �-_. szMPAli••• ~ r,•c Seafarer ,,Dies... ..... .Dblect111.-. ·• ll'Ht ' . " .... Ml....,.. . . c.rs.1.. Crew On Penn Shl.,Per . Not .~ry-~tri•· or nieritii ~r Draws ,RavAts ... ; To th,,. Editor~ · . / , . · Enclosed is .a ~ al Edw4?d' 9Jtlo- piued ~ . tGB. the ft!ml a.Jner nervous disorder should be con- To the ·Editor: · · · sldeted - certainly not ~hat "This note of esteem comes to · brouibt about . by 'ballellUcs or your attention concenJtng your . alcoholism. I have jmt gomr . i'teat crew·. tblt ;S$ : Alcoa Ciu:r.eaUy ~allied Jn the s~ .Dia.. llU!P~ ..P.Qllt. ~ :vea. through one of tlie l\lOllt haras• . Corsair. I was on( tbl!I vessel as »abkows'ki. .are 'Seafar.er.s 'Sam tlo.ivsel;, 'EilWar-d 'Ec1lnJer, ·.,ames 'Mit.~muwy25, •sihg sltuations .and spent a forbeau~lcian from .7~uaey 23t ehe11, Georze Lime and .Jlnoll Sploer. · 'lftG .at ~ea. tune In bringing one •ck to a · through February 29 and mus · 'Bowser who last- salled in 'the .fit.ewuft -department Gf 'tire 7/a1iant Be · w.ai 43 . normal healthy life. - tell you that eacb ·and every Power, is' laid up tor high~ blood pr.essur:e,· but is ~ .along -Dlt. :J1eat'll old. The .story of \he laws . noi beman aboard was the ~s~enc~~f E~ wa hospitalized hr an· operati~ on :bis &ol, 1mt bu been 'Wmild you Ing able to cover this situation perfection. This coyers 1t•• ftSpooi:fmg te tr.ealtment and 11.hoDld ~ 'l'eleued -.an. ffB idt ~ ple:ue put this ls not 80, for there aN mec:Uca~ steward, deck ani engine. pe· ·• s 'the Valiant -Ilope. lie ft& in tile .JJteward ~ent. .... · Jn d!he LOG · partments . .M~. w1s rm the .4eck ~t • . _ ~~ .aen the · . ,. ifhat his " Y~u see, while In Caracas, T~ney li'mge was shlpwreeked near 'Smiurtra and u -~nc $1owJr_ , · .fliends m y .· Venezuela,· I received •news of ~iw 'k-n ·o .w . and . my mothe~in-law~ deatl!. and . . alsa, •.Dlilil JWll thank the :;boys " all. the boys pitched in and sent -abcw11 ltlbe ·. Penn Shipper for beautiful to her . 'the -~. IOl1 behalf of his . ·funeral . in VirgIDm, I thought - ~ Br. and Mrs. ·,~ w. ·aiat ·tbis was • wonderful thing Wilkermm. cf Bronson, FJa. _ . &nd · I sha11 ..be always grateful .Jin. Cathrcn Aaaenon .Although my husband ';was in , o\; - o\; ~ ATI letters "to the elitor fur lfidta at this ..til.me,. l am sure he ' ~a.ti® Jn ~he SEAFA&will join me this vote of con- ERS LOG mµst be signed fidence ·whlcb ·1 send with all b11 0. .-writer. ,Names tuill my !heart. .. 'Good Old Days' be ·to'itfiheia~.on ,11egu~ .My special .thankB kl a. won1 To the Editor:. . derlul salon 'stewarif ;Pedro GeUl'ge Little, 'Wtio fast sailed -on the SS Ocean Debor-ah iD <the' ~k Just a few lines to :Say lhe'Ro .and hQSJdtal plans <in sistence Villatol and 'Doctor. Hunt. ·lThef' ~ep,artment, is in -for a check- up and .expects io he lit-.for.-..dutF ..so.on: to one and all . . . thU 1etter tltat de ID. are -b®lr "!dolls...':) · Hanold Spicer ift; in for treatment of a stomach ailment and wijl be . finds me enJOll'iVing life just fine, It 11 ....Y to laqth _c#f. lilt.....,rm..,. Brr4lllt l'eleased iiborti!Y. He ·was also cm tbe Ocean Deborah in the .dedt <gaQg. · me OK, · .but sorf..ol at1m1 .Ren it does . not hit i, ~ · · lo · • 'Seafal'e1'6 on <the beaeh, oc off the ship on ;Shone :leavEt, lh:milii ta1re ' · leaving lonesome at' tim~.· ~iall' -.: .. T -"k th ·~ft• _. •a." eome time ta 'visit 'the brotliers 'la'id up in the ibespitahl. :It Ce!.lis pretf.Y· when I get to tbi~ of <the' ..,;;,~~~.:.:a- ~'";riiia: ' chill and \tm~¥ 'in the hospitals 1l!ld a visjt from a friend is alw~s past, of my by-golle· -fdends bas a~ been :a :nasty ,-wor~; · A w.ery 'We1cmne. ._ .and ship mates. as it WU t. me befqre It ~truck. . F . . . . . . ., ,,._ ~ The fe'llowing is tJhe 1ajest_iMst ·of hosj)ital patients.: \ I often wondef ·w.hate~er .bAP-... .._ d i'e Aloi alMr.: :.11~ -Y. ~ore .an more ,.._ -1~._~u.... ...d -... p.'p·reciation, USPHS 'HOSPITAL · Z111111is '!toat-oa ftilip iw. 'Proa r • .n.ened to. -'the DGtor vessel ..:..&..... alllided and ... ~· .7 -....... BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 1 Freil N. Lambert Felipe .Quintayo --s;; · ---..; I-""-h ...- _._.,_ -v_.tbaaks to ~ as..-.men ewe lllDA! thoJl.Cbt W;U . . . _ . . . ...... - . . -. .rCoastal-Mariner. I made Jlel'- 'fli"'>VJlilax Acosta ~lderi.us Z. Nagy Thomas Laver · Alejanar.o 'Rere•, ·Benjamin .'.Balcer J oban 'Nordstrom Thomu ~ ~ A. Rey.ieral trips on·h~to .Puerte~ t. oar immeili* :familJ' ea. you lGI' tae.lloM!D, sent}W the 'Ben L. lB.ane B. M. :Siqleto.n ' Edgar .'LUke ~ulm L. lli• Cuba, the Virgin IBlanc!s1 etc. do~ Stnilf' .a nd pl8. Union in 'lllem8l7 ·Of lll6 oe.iA.1:Uwr 1Bnmell ,Jose .SQlll'.-e11 • , Mareos .E. 'Medina Leon lRpop 'Bernard 13u!lter Cordis Soufhwicll . J. Olabarrieta Adrian C. Torre• Most of the boyu!ib~t like h t Should lie ptt tnto · effeet to - JWffed ··~d. ·. · , War.co tCalsan> 40hn :Snthm'Jand ' ..Jolin JI[. i'.aMD :A'lezalllier 'l1lliaD8 run but I s_ure Clid, for it 1W8I a ~ .... '"""- a1loUt. JJ.ust !oAQr I receiv.e4 y,our 'Carl 'P!etrantonl ~- 'Tufaro · Y/!illie F . ..O~e ~ W... ll',_Y.ler Geor_ge 13. :Forrest Willie 'ronilinson nleasure .r.un 'Witb . ~e~ :Of .-._ - • ... ~ 4'ain 1 .stend, -appre' Geotlge "· P.iilRll' <Cad Wi83'118 Eusebie · ~ ll;dwaril -mrainer mi JilOLDIBU Hmm: BO&PITAL -:;vertime _to mak:e up fer tis .., -~ ·- ; -~"':e1atim fOr the prongat elliF.A!dettilik N. >Leeds '8a1ph :F.. !11r..ree W.ASHING'l!ON. .DC short duration.. .., .• .eieney yoa have afforded~ ,in t:harles Locke 'Wm. 11. 'Thmmon VA llOSPITl\L ! 'ftlMmO WOSPITNL And then ..t.eQ, we had the _ SIU Support •11 matters pertaining. to my . B.AlL:JJl'lllllJRE; ~ .l':AHOllS :aLVR. A C! DEV& very best of shipmates on 'it...:.. dearly beloved. lilaJn!ice :F,W..nn ] 'famesJ.="jf .32. LaNG .JSLAND . .J. W. Lincoln, Red Morgan, ... M~ Fr~es WW«-s USPHS HOSPITAL BRIGHTON. MASS. ' ~1'. .HGSP.m'.M.. Pedro Teddie Toney. TiO the Edlior: ~ - ~ $ . Lock.wood, .alcllDllilt 'Gahapn A.~- ..a'Donne.11 !. Wlllal:d 'T&EBIW~ DX&S . ' Y'$'4! pt Bea._ sul Lincoln~• { 'WOtild !ik<e .;to 'thank the Herber.t. C. Mc'lsaac John 1C. lloblee . .Cahill 1 Chai'Je& .A. 111.· l~ .and 9ftleJl tMmde~ about -staff .of sm· sew ¥«1t ·head- · WeJf~re .,pJ~ ~ I "USB11S 1IOSP.JTAL DS'llB BQlil'llI'A!L '!ll1EIV .fWEA111&, g:.&. iw11at ever 11appeeed ·• 1lJlem. •uters - 1or an the ~ .GAL~ro))i[, :I'.EXAS l Carleto" Amundso.n -:John J. .J!iennrc\r' lLom:ie l\'Jbrttton .T ony 1la'bago .:I'lulmu E. Andrews Norman. 'W« ~ 1 ·'6Wl'e miH· DU' .&e&far-bW .bu.clth~~ me durial my nQmt _ 1 w.ant to w,rlte ;and thank William iH. Da:v.is D9C&I' ~r u-011111e1 -aboanf 'the Ballin Grair ~· __ _ ~e Amlet Bawu4 KnllfllJ ..t.aw.mnme I . .FJoyd .DenlJI &ounUJ &o.Jl L. MrribiMnw ~ B. ~ D ..... o ..,w, U> and .all of the taob.Lllt Every.one w .ei;pethe Seafarer's Wea-are .. r:wa · Oliver .:J. Kendrick l!obl!Y ·&alswol'th ..John . W. 'Bigwood Cbde "R. :l..Qffett ~ Milla ~.dbn W. W.-4 · · · .., ...g,,1 for wha't ttiey have i!One fQJ' ftOClllftO 'Bonti fleliK F. w.reimlfle .goo.cl-.old SllL I have ~een mi • dall,v ll......-. ~ me. · ~ daughter.. She ~lls·.•n 1n iilarold J). Napier ·~ It. .-no.. ..hillm 1W,. illlJlft'iis I :F.r.e.derlc.o . BllO(tY.aD JcibD G. Naugle "th~ sick JiSt for 'Sfi'Vtt.-81 }'ear~ . JI'• £, Jl'ewler _ . and mat .flt. th~ bOQil. !three' llSP1li BOSN!l'A.L I ,... <:cftelnan lfttfb1n e. 5ellln4 SA.V.l\'NNl\1!, GEmtGIA kom • :.~ "WtJtrild, but I 4;- t;. $ times m a itttle over· a .year; · £mas ~ lllhr.alld P.llillikllll' . . . . . &'a\wico :.I.mm w. Reed '6till 1ane ,hOpes -Of ullieg ,.ga'hl Jl 1t w8 .Got far the Wetfare David E . Mccollum A. A. Turli~ · j 'J'Dbn iE. lDDlld 'J:IWeJlf! .G• .J'Jahll Julian S. Mineses Ernest H.· W~b I ·George 'W . .-11nt 1!1UCl1 :C. ~llB in the near future. · ~ PJan :iaa:vme ;fer her ~are a the I .o..1e· fiMl!ler <llla. :&. .:lltliDua 'USPHS 'l'IOSP!TA'L 1 Charle:i Hablghorst ~orrle L. '.S4artzel' ............. Jli*8 . ~ .::... • .....,. c·L-'lr hoM;PitaJ.. and f« .uw'.JGD'6 ..,ei- ·NORFOLK, Y.uiGINIA i Willie Halladay Dw9l'd 1IVtHsch HelllilD,e iB,Jark .~n Nni!oy .· ,ii ii .., rw ._. .... .at.ion, 1 aaa'.t . .know ·:what J I Wdl! 1l. llar.r.d1 Oel!Qllma W~ H. H. 'Bil~ E.G. RlllU A,, .lllilebx.et.aen • -• • YAlllllr: ;w,ou).d - b&.e ...~ e&pecLif.lj' R. G. 1Cannnrti'IQ9 '!!. IJ. Roli'm • 'VA B:QSPITA'L ! , H . L. Horton Jt G. Watson P.ra~s ·l mve ,IJeea llllntltaUied Mtll aiDee .mY Jausbaaid ii aw..iw .t r wot1tlt'ON. ~s .a ,A.I. & - lnJWem.a '1"11 .Ml doJG& ' f t q . . . _ _ QIPJH; .HOllNi'AiL ' l R. ,J. ••-•wit . !l&\N ntaJllCliiC(i).. cu.. .. way A~ . . . . · wen GOW. -t understand , t hat .the. . · Jt Jsaa J)een t!elY bar'1., JHlt ,llQSPITA;L 1l'homas a. 1'1'iscon Uoy4 :J. 'ThomH ·-CJ:N'.1-~·EJt- :BOT ~INGlJ Sa11111JSl l'. Dru17 Jack JI. Wenger To .the Editor: . Welflar.e Plan has ,approved my "the 'Plan eas·made U eujer on .£d.w. E. Bnieeqp illaliiil L. WJ1.l.lanw ~•.&JrOI'& We receive your LOG regu- request for a ·power-driven all of. ,us, Thanka ualn .. · _. etSo s. ...._ OMmg 5. ~ 1 ~.C.--larly alld eiQoy 4J; · Y~Y much. :w~. 11.F ~ wr~te . Mn. 'Thion·.Pll1mer Y. W. 15<.'hmieftid 1 Ull.QJl :SW.G .BABll&B .HOSP.JU£ VSP,Hj; Bo&P.JT..U. ! 'STJ\.,-ZN lSLt.N.D, "N1'JW 'TOMt I til9oli14 .De to Mil .· •r Mr. Crea~ a · letter ;&l\d ~ · , ~ . i.: ,t;. ~'::'TL~. tW~ I "Dltlmas ~ thou_ghta to .t&e many .wa. .MO um1 Ml'~ &.eue,y ~ , :;; - 'V.& . - - n 'AJ., · - :llltnmer ~ ~ :w. a.- ~t!Jll 8uJild .r. :6iiliieel' out to wea. Y1'11 ee; 1 too 'had a _lllm .to :p11f!daase :Said ~ amt · a-a. & 1 . XECOV~ V.IaGINU .Oeor,Be 'B. 'L'fttle ·ti, C !l'Ubervllle -~ ~ earifle: '\WM ~ged 'DOW 'U is lleillg s'h:jp.p.ed Ito .m~ · . hllePh .om . llRllS llORlrAL .l lTI'. 911.'SOllr ,fJ(',;\111: .a&Pn'M.. 1Jl0R'I' ,.,C!UlDI, •.i'.£KA'il ;t!le . . - s . - ¥· times aring All Inf ;Jro.u mi the Plan~ Prop0..1~ Jli~rd 'B . ..ApJile'Jw 'W.o.114ro.w M~.e.r.t l ilO'. ~do~ 'CO. . the Weillill W• It mi ii1e · x.. han!; of tt.mt~es anti ·al1 l3and1 ' -- ~'"- _ _...,....:;.. · a. F. 9eitiler MaK oi.n· : C-lllf9' ..... ,JU:R~.Al!ID i . . . :War. 'And · ....,. Jd&htw for ~ Je 6tlY 'ft!cae. 1e~ :~.~ . . .~. 'D.ohe!ll/I' Bmi> G. Z - . . ~ri~ni or· the tilll'BS ~.AL j . 2'..e.t er W~ :Sot.In! ., Pl'..ure4. .. ~y .a .mathei: ftllo ..ell.« ~lit .te ~w rw wet S$ ERllHa co a ft!!COr.d .a1 .mY• l '9!IPftS 'B GSPITA'L .lUJllll.A.T.J':Alll :BEA.CM I Sl'A'IDl BJ,-&.111& w 'IJIMIGKL'W!R, 1llmW ¥.<'JlllC 1 for tbelr ~ ~ U> me. • JD-.,: :aedadal\~. Go4 lng re'ad a copy of ·a recent let· Oscar 1. Ada1111 .lamu ·"!N.., .:D.J1.Wllllr : ~~~U.. ~Sirt~ 1 Bt!t J cunel ~ tee .fact D1nr all, lit 'J'i911 and an ter tent to u.e fDG _. ;SUJ .... ' ~. F. l\'1en . :a. a. 9gan ~ Bl3lllll .UO M&llD&Uh l llllmill1 •• JL'h'JDo ~ 111. EWmt · ~ airabaDo 'P.J'indtiYO 1lhzH j 1tw many nave ~ m0tmiem to 19E ~ · . . - . .mo- &otaer A. tC4m<*l Weida a .II. ~- ~ · .- ..i111 .Eamcl9 . ._ "· c-e. ~ :E.... j pray for them. A;D4 86> .1 .Pf.aY 4:e1U.1. . · ............ l'elf81W ;a :Pao1 m;eci re1iNeonway "JV, :!lead! Jose1'h :.\. Gnlboll.I Jl'lide .c:JaamMer ~ .S. 'Wclarim .Bu&b , . _ .tatmt pjaa .tt...- 1IP br' aid . ~ M. .-iser .-..mi Ha-•!6+: 'Mallm7 "II.~ 1l. E. W.atedlc!Ul . I!. , fer &em.. -.who• f4T ir-mo .h ome, ~ ... ~ ..,.... llL .HolmM ldln ·1>11m1111 · :l.allber Z. '111*11 . nar -~ feel . aebMl3' u:a. .-oie: Br.,,ai.er F41U.Cb6 Jnther. .· ~ · . fl .. w. 'Bunner 'WIDlam :Joy, l .But .E..a.ranldt · .l"aia P. WJIW .can!9 -far l.tlbem: ~ M ~• Uiem fla 'ftc~ 'fria clidir. :11 ;1ifwto ' - Tile. b 8' dole to ta Arthur J. Camara Charle• Kin'*9 1'0hn "llose.Ph Bazel ' I. adqres~ _,, 11£,8J'el'. · ~ ~ -~ .,_, the . _ reD.JMaWe ........ a1 ·ceuJa.1Remember someone.ares ant issue ~f the LOG. ·· Jnsfituted .by .tbe .SJU ·a:ept.iatpr-ays for you . . '· · $' '" ·t " t a.. · ~ .ia ·• :,..._,, E"- ........... & 1l'Jllli . ,, . ' . ..,.~_.e-.1or ~- I _, .. \ lo. ._ w........,... -who on Let-ters .To a ,1 a -The :Edit.1, ' . wreath m Seaman Rec-.lls ·: . -·. 1, e Thanks Welfare . F · · r. ·1d or ·r- .' Pra1·se Ear... · .. Eases Hardstll... '4lies: .one I Wellar• :OK"• I Far.. . . v. 01( R eu.ni:rmen•.- ·aoa *" th;;':.. I =• e. .t• I Pft'P°'*1 ...__ . · , ISO : . DJUlllRPlan Ill.lie•. . · . . . . -.. _ an .....,_. "" ..,.. .. ·. / -¢. .. -4,; CJUJUDM t,.. M•t.1 11="'.I ...... b!W. °' ..s.r ~ f'41Di,fts, ~an JW'hy dt :Siaoilld ..e ~ed -·~•.e&re ~. -., ' - This jubject is 1':1n dire need '.-.----..Ip,'• ~em~ _P.ian ~ ~ "' . ·~ 'To .the ·1imto..: .. ; - FJ'om tiWe -to tirpe " ~ ba.v• (flt\ ·ttie~'Sltbjeef jptenUl mftees effectitlg ~..wiftt .• JM 'dull jw~ tln.Lcons~. 7 , -. •.• vJ~ JI....,.... • ' ~Qae · ~ .-r .. :-..: ,, ' . , . " . 1;. . Issue of the- ·LO'G, I hotJclefl .a . : · · · ..~ .. very .1~~~ : ·~AA>m~ 1rsp1· , ~e,~ - the SS Se,~ OP~- . c• • • ,' ., ~~DC 1nlr mem~.erShip S •m•:·ff.•. · .._ · · . ·.. it. t.M ~ditor: · · ..., . . '. :. . :.. '· · 1 ;llJDOCI B811'k ·f leljs ~ldJ)is-•,:arer .,,_,UI . · · ~ -eert1i'tti"br 'ts rensuritt, .. ·~ ' - 'to ·~. · .,Oli, i>~ -"d -.y,'~- ~- .anti 't9 well • lre1,tJfal ,en•·' .~~ · et1w tttank ~11 .far the great organizatiC... . --., ._ . "~·-- .• ftR>n· .lW 'I t' ' - -l • ---~ ~ - . ,, I _-tH...:: ~ ..?li.'d . :, 1~; ,P,_ ' . ." , • ~~.wbi• .We -.w.ig . ·:.tli~ · :wia~lM"ft'nr't .- ~ ·:rt ~ 'P.. ~lnc, ~c8-r -~ fta . · ~ Ja1 ~~· ~ , ~ •tiJe ..cb.tidr~_" ~ ~~ ~~~~·~, we·::ho,,JP_ tl~t ~/~ ;w1~1,. 11>e , 1tav:e -41'1 ..BfQWD ..ujl ~4 ~ mat- :..ma~ , --.. " " ',, ... . · " l.e1&'ad IOJ' l!ier MUDeat:~,., .. = " ~, c~uentt~ .vtve.S , · . jlflilUaur; W.. w.U ~ ' : .. f •t ; • 'O,; ,4-~ if'.' pie + :: J;J'.f • · •at., D_. • ,f _.·,. ~ ~ r 1I 'r . ,, �, . Edltk'• .Feeders Tlli'.-Dowa0T7. .. ._.,. 8e9f,O ..S S ~ wrllt9 t.- ~ mind' Seaf•t:u• tbt. meD w!IO. · are clioos¥ .. _ -...mg. fln· ~ect. m equal numoer Of OT hours with the rest of. their department. In , some. cre.ws ~ hav~ &een t'uming; dOwn unpleuanf E>T ion• ancl tfren · demanding to come up with equa-Ii ovel'tfme when the. e~ jobs C?Ome- ·lor 5 . · Thie paettce fW. unfahr to ~ ·, tam· overtime. ca:nnat 1 SIU·SHIPS AT -sEA ::g~;;.;;~~ . 2·s Days , seIi·or.e lh . e M..asf S~ft• Me •tu;·· Those new accyllc, plastic, da<rron, et'.e. suit!- that are 10 poplllirno _ h Id th . ii- b . . ., . w ~ ou ey rea...,,. e ca1.ed! wash and don't wea11, cu wear and Memb.n al the ~ni dePortment ~oonl' th SS Edith talcei ~ moment off from- thir. culinary duties, ra. poss. for..a photo-. Seert in tffek spot&ss- wtnfe. uniforms, are (I ta rt George-Fuci'u, ,erl/!IW pmt· frymai:t:- P~dro Ff'oHs., night ccsok and baker, Justin Lamb, chief coalr,. and- Mika Mrdalik, steward. · · -' , but if a man refusH cflsagreedark glas~ and new suit •. • . he- , a~ jobs there ia no require.cut a ~etfy; shaup ·ft1P1re<~ fmieedL ·. meut. that wlieJI, an easien job But. wtlan> he: put. tha,fii. Nit Jw comes alonw fie. cani maJ.~ up the the- wasfling· machin_!!~ to cfeah and! , ove.r:tiDi.'·he tumecf d9wn· liefOre. I , get ready for the next shore leav~. .. ~he- danm tfilna, dlamtqrated. Hiif t_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .J:. .--------.....------------------- reaqttoft.\ tCJI tbia- event called forth W.IUtam Lenon, . BR om the: ,word's1 wlircli we all krrow but are: Steel A.pprentiee, purdiaaed a new ;not pri~table. It seems· that in this suit of clothe& in. Seattle- last trtp. !age of missiles and' sateffifes you to wean .. in J'apan when ~~ can~t be sure-ot . .hfn1- 11oteven don't wash? . . . . . 1 'D7.1·1i... ](j·-'"'1"'.ng SkinJ1JP:r.~ tlie Japanese- belles,. IO' 88 to ~ a s1dt of clothn. press upon. them tiiat he· was: one' Ttt..- mon I': c.omd It~ that Hme&tylisli Seafax:er; to say the- least one: puIJ.'elf .the. wool ov.er his. e1a? .i, · t,. &. • • • And that he did-, with those- ~• ,..t::!' W i Ill t!Jd. Th·e note: f,aitouffng Grlide wag; .au.6m~ted to the LOG- byJ C. F. Ma1'tfnique, Tf!· ti11ea MiM&P' memb~r. > l.o•s .....,,_, , , Captain William Moline, vet'Fhe Irene Star· let: fol!tlt oa a: eran skipper of tl:e Waterman 'neat Jittle 60-da~" junket to ' Turkl.ines, died at Pens-acola<,. Fh>r· 1 ~ey,. ~ut it tullned out the- v.essel tda,, on. Nov m,. 1959: amf thereal'SCJ went to- A.uausta,. Steffy.. and by hang&/' a tale.. 1 beliare- b.e theni to Macio, BnziL aml1 then:. ilt 1 · was one of the fJest~known and supposed to. lread for C'~a&lanca, most talked:..about ship mastel!S 'etc;,. eta:,. etc.,. all ol wJaich jmw.es; Jn m-et"cfiant marin~ _seJ.TVice, you- never- can. telL and' P often• think bfs, initial 1 Aftrr all, Cofum~us set out to maltit fine e~per.tence' had semefind a sho1-ter route to the east and thing, to. d\l. witl\ his pllllosophy. discu~e11ed: America. He forbade: me· to> mention the· episocfe durfug. hi5' lifetime, a request that L cuuld never fig: Mutual Admiration Sooiet7 ure out . ' · Life is rosy aboud. the £1aickaWe· were· ship.mates: , lnr the : •saw:, the. closest. thing, tG an. Ta:topia N'avy during Wovld War I. Bill, .ye.t seerr in the world scene, so it a war-baby e:unfter's mate a.nd seema. In th~ reee11t minute... the I, ai second. craiw CPO ancJ. : good and welfare aectfon. said'r ...A . Na:V)T' fiOX'!ltr tfuing; o! tJie "spit big 'llote ·of thanks to tlie steward m«t polish!' (BiUl neveir woire: a department for • job well done. .. .:. ·"terl'. }-U nH'n ~rm w1ereiD!I CJ. I< . ""' l.lle ; IAn extra< ·'Oian:Ji: you' fiiem the Navy ·and set our sights. on. a crew' t& &al:er. JeliD 8'a1'el4I for 'all licensed· mevehan~ marine ca1 thei swell' bakiJli; .on. the, ti'ip. reer,, \d:a. a. "q:JlicJde" aavjgation Thanks- went to. 1ll deputment course. Keittl Gulfey,, Jrr., 7. yean oH, · defeptes; anlf· trre· llllpS' Clefe'l&t'es. . We llOODi discovered' tlie son of Seafarer anc:t Mrs. W~ iTJW ste:wudi depadm~tt la tum foc'sle was. half-f.uU• of ma~-er.'s on• reeor<f tftankfng mem- ·tickets· and! ioined the . old Inlimn K.. Gul•y~ mod~ "'. ''went .bers for their cooperation • • ." temational Seamen!!f l:Jilion· fu bow 1ie ancf a fancy ~itted ~~ ontyr catch~ Thino mT ao New· O'rl'eans: E.~entuan:y we sweater. His father is now on good al>oulf tJie: ahip tliat it: wene· assignedl tO> the. theft' new the Alarnor. · last f.are:ver; · .tanker "Swift AProw~ "' The v.essell linpired in port andf w.e: f-aund out!Sel\res- i'n· tt,. ...,. Gralaem vofvecf fu tfle: eanen!s; strike of M·a~ F!IM, and£ ioined. the picket: line. . 'Go\feimment . pl!OPAlfand'a,: un. ' tti!r th· tr~ Sliip piflg· Board, alie~ pubi.ic: SDIJport and stmiltiilg: seamen. were- open 1anie'. fpr police; cluiJs. Bill. and l were· soen· mm:ketf mew. Bill because of' l'lis size;. and It for · my agiUfy; ·SU' we boarded a "l>Iind'" on a, passenger Wain 1 bourrre for M'Obile, / Guffp11r.t. po.ti.ce> spo.ttecf. us and. ~dt us upd or· a: con~it!t rolfdi camp-, but our seantanls papers bqlRt;elied our story of foukiilg for' sell! serv.ice . . We were· given a chance, under · the e;yes. ot the jolice, to. decid~ whether we wanted one- of the sev.en1 rustly 1Jana11at. boats; or a ~ few · fiv;e--masted · (umber · , schooll'ells; wfW!Ji were. on caast-· •rr-· ., n..:L.:i · VUU Ciew.... Poodle. And Al/iu,alor O· soaking ih a pooi covering th·e bottom of a jolly boat, swurrgthwartship over the stern of t he sliip. umfer protest, because of the brutal treatment. Tfie commiSsiun·er's office> faffe d' t o take action, but our union Iawyel'S' sued fer damages amt after several weeks tile schooner deck force divfded: about. $500 between tl:iems·eJves. During- the strike Bill, ·I, amt a . cha•aeter named Padd.y Mur· phy, p11t on. boXlllg show'.1Some weeks". later· 1 learned that sevenaL sailing ships had beew f<Jumf off he Eastern coast, sails set, everythih.g in oi:der, yet no sign. of. a ere\!\'. One· theory claimed rum-runners had £aided' the snip, and tlquidatedl the crew. Very likel.y tfie skipp-ei~ ltrrew about that .. sOOJl'" 11e·alized that BHi and I wexre rrot. sailing-ship men , and \tery. likefy actually reared us mor.e' tlian we did - ~ acting bruool soo as to appear tough. ·At lhe termination of thl! strike, Paddy Mur.ph¥ and I s:Jtipped'. aboard a vessel bound :fm~ fJ:eI:amt: but got . in.to a jam: when: eontilraband was. dislmv:. erecf afloard the shi]l ~ :Bm: having: a: ticket, went topside and' remafnt"d· there witrr the. samee0mpaoy 1uost of his- career,. th·e reb.y proYing his. staltillt)f wllen rem·ovecl from compani:ons. like m~ . l\fany of his cr.ew thought he· was a tough s.l!:ipper, but I doubt il' any of them ever- hacf the .mrst-tr.fpper. e:.qRtrience BiU lia<f. May he rest 'in peace.. Foc'sle' was in. the: bow, • . • two woodell' &units,, one ov.er tire other, on· ea-clTJ side· a sack of straw for a mattress, a cfamp, stinking quilt for a cover; and a bucket f mr a head'.. Where the bosun, engineer aruf co.ok: !hept r do not remember., but our food , which corrsisted' solely of soup during the last few weeks, was shoveu through an. openfng. in the bulkhead,. and: eaten on a plank. betweeni bunks. The. fou..c seamen stood alte-rnate watches, foul"' on• and' fouroft, out -~ four oft hacf no meaning o~use we had storm, r.ain, and: bead winds nearly all Of the 28. da31s . to Baltimo.ce, and it was a continual' "alf hands on ~--••· to . +'--r UICUJI. -~- sf\ip,"· 'Ffi·e latteF maneuverr required a haii<t;- iBi . the Jolly boat t.o cleiu: tlte' spanker boom ovel! t.he· davib; and being, ·bal!e-foot, hav,jng: rro l)qot~ r alwaysfealledl tfte ·amgat«1it would! itamam gle one. of m¥ toes. Om the· few decent days of.the -voyage, the captain woufd have us over the srde>, miilus lifebelts. caulking. and painting_ seams.. Tile- vessel started · leaking e3111¥ in the voyage and' we soon exhaus~ed our stuck of coar fi:Jr' fuett. Si.uce the lumber cargo" kept tm!> 'itesscl. afloat, it_was- .a ~ questio~ a& to whether burning. ill up was. ai remedy or not . The" cap.fain SOCHI' SaW tli:lt lOG-A-RHY1HM:Bill and L WeJ!«' not {1atieer Bai~ fn-g:.sliiP' men., that the Danes· didn't under..;;tand English,· and that ih~;-bO&un'wa&;: 81 bit ~·touehedl." :.Plii·s si'tuatiun " - - - BT M. lieJlswieder _ ___.. seemed to CGD'Vellt the captain into a; tyDant. 'l:he me-ss1ta.n: was· em;pfly+. except. He se·eme«b Iii little scaredi of for, a. few · BilL and\ I - was too) quid for It was: oUt hat· to most, just the hiin.- andi aotrld climb' I:Hte a ::ca'l'dlf: w ere n ew sq.. irrel, bUCi tlie: Danes: and_ .a '. WIU yo1.1/1r turn to· ctea:l; thebo~ received' continual: Jti'cli:s tension tOM great and' blows, , . . fn you1". hand you were holding • F wH·F never' rcn:get the many . possiO-le strai ght times it was "all hands tacking So you shoot for the 6ig potship\"' the> wife: at the- wheel-, w inner take all,.the ~slGipper giving someone a· One' card' will ~cide your rise or few lU&ty kiiCis and shouting · you11r fall. . . . wi.Se- nuns~ "Efow iif she.heading dear?' Tbe:- You Jeel "On S1J lucky ," for tnq Not being te10- wel11!-v.ensedl in mate',, engin'?e:E aadi cook wettecant wiW bring. I ·marltimeJ expnessiOJt at tlt'I! tfute; mmr,, timid types amt n·e.veJr A; d7'ea11£ to· r~ality,. a home whe1fe we , tlioUg)lt. C6'~ise - ~nt. - opened' t!lieir mouths;. yau'1'e' k ingi num-e11ous Innall. stro.ps. So wr! 'Flil!! 2841a'&' nightm:a11e: fin111ly Bui the: f ates· sere'am. with &ipe\il at a ehandle lTS: on a elld(!<f,. andl We' anri\ledi at BhltiUi'Ugnter, tLvE'- masted. schooner tioundi. mm:e .. W'e' sJ.usliedt tlie masts. tne Your card goe.s astr.ay fop . · Bait hrrcnre,. · upeding to ne:o.."-t day, after · wlticfti t i W.I>- So bust ea,. tfi:sgmred'; and ~ 111 jump• !tiiii> at! tlte &st stio]J: per' call'e~ tr& ~ his' · ea6iial t'&. • can. lte: 1:1ie.1, cr~wi ~~o:Sildtedi at the.. - pay· usi ~ · You twrn- from tff.e. wbl'e; t 1i.m .._, uvuac::,, ..:1!...-a..-.,.,,' \"' .. your though~. turn to· me th Ca{>11aLll~: hi'':It W.i"' ..,e;, ma_., ·• e declmecf the oflrer.· JJavin-·e . engineer;. ' cook,, 85'-!eal!"Otd lfecn aeliODe• ttte: nQUU!. b.e fort!l Yow thirik of. our. pa!Jlt~ng, :e . andi'. JJ~eJI\ ad\ti~edt 6y .tfie· U~OJll woT<d.t that you s~i~ · 1Josua({ou11-.-sea•, two- Eanish ~ BiIF, .m~eB.. p!Us. a· poo:d~· lial],· t!o, ine.isf ,ll, _ p!filgr. ~lf '· "'llhiS: trip .tai:U be ~e~~t!'~. · ~ ,,.., -. .... ' ~· '• dog and~· w · th~fOef- atlfg;itiGr ,on·a~ tllle co~Hfuiret'ii ·~,;, You.;· fee.IL ..!'O~ so ,Juek!f,,, t.01r th~ amt SHIPBOARD SKETCHES .1 i • on · ' 1- A . .. f t . ,. l'..,s, 1 ~.. ~ t 1• · .~'·';",i ' .~ ' .. ,) ~ . 'i· :'\ ,:11 I i•~ • j~, ,' ~ ~ ' p • Pot Luel< · �·T he ·W iiid Blew And . . . The Lampblack Flew (The following article was .ubmitted to the LOG by Sea· farer Douglas Claussen.) ' We have just paid off from a Mediterranean run on the John ..,. "C" (Atlantic Carriers, Inc.>. We had 2,000 tons of lampblack for Italy and Marseilles, France. When they finished unloading and they cleaned the holds in Barcelona, Spain, the lampblack was four and five feet deep on the deck from the bow to the stern ' on the starboard side, and heaped in variqus piles on the port side. None of this was .wrapped in paper or anything ... it w~s just lying loose on the deck. Well, to make a long story short, we sailed with it loose on the· deck like that. When we got outside the harbor, the wind blew and the' lampblack flew. The entire deck gang titrned to with brooms· and shovels. I am not exaggerating when I I say It t1>ok us four days to wash It off the ship; and also, ourselves. It was in the messhalls, passageways, showers . . • everything we touched had lampblack. . We had to throw our clothes away and were not paid penalty cargo time for this, although we all thought we had a month aml a half coming. We were not ·even paid overtime for throwing it overside, though this took· one and a half days •.. and we were not compensated for our clothes, either. Now I sal that lampblack should be a penalty cargo because there is no cargo as bad as that, including sulphur, coal, etc. Also I would like to · see som~thing else put out with the new agreement. Th~t is, a clarification should be included with each agreement when they are distributed to the crews of the vessels. SIU HALL DIRECTORY SIU, A&G Distrid · SECRETARY-TREASURER ~Paul Hall ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS W . Hall, Deck C. Simmons, Eng. I:. Mooney, Std. .• J. Volpian. Joint HEADQUARTERS . ... 675 4th Ave., Bklyn. BALTIMORE . . . . .... 1216 E. Baltimore St. Earl Sheppard, Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON .. ............ .. .. . . 276 State St. John Arabascz, ~ctlng Agent • · Richmond 2-0140 HOUSTON ........ . ...... . .420~ Canal 6~ Jl. Matthews, Agent CApital 3-4089; 3-408( MIAMI . .. ... .. . .. . ... 744 W. Flagler St. Ben Gonzales. Agent FRanklin '7-3564 MOBILE .. ... ...... 1 South Lawrence St. Louis Neira , Agent HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS ., ..... .. 523 Bienville St. Lindsey Williams, Agent Tulane 8626 NEW YORK : . . .. .. 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 NORFOLK . ..... . ....... . 416 Colley Ave. Pau• Gonsorchlk, Acting Agent MAdlson 7-1083 PIIlLADELPHIA ..• ..•••• . 337 Market St. \Jc S . Cardullo, Agent Market 7-1635 .i SAN FRANCISCO . .. .••. . 450 Harrison St. Walter Sibley, Agent Douglas 2-4401 SAN'fURCE, PR . 1313 Fernandez Juncos. Stop 20 Keith Terpe, Hq. Rep. Phone 2-5996 JACKSONVILLE 920 Main St., Room 200 William Morris, Agent . ELgin 3-0987 SEA'ITLE ...... .. .... ..... . 2505 1st Ave. Ted -Bablcowski, Agent Mai n 3·4334 WILMINGTON, Calif . .. . . 505 Marine Ave. Reed Humphries, Agent Terminal 4-2528 SUP HONOLULU .... 51 South Nimitz Highway · PHone 502-777 NEW ORLEANS ....... . 523 Bienville St. Jackson 5-7428 NEW YORK .. ..• ... 675 4th Ave.; Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6605 PORTLAND .....••••... 211 SW Clay St. CApitol 34336 SAN FRANCISCO . • ,, .•.. 450 Harrison St. Douglas 2·8363 SEATTLE .. ... . .......... .. 2505 1st Ave. Main 2-0290 WILMINGTON ..... . : . . . 505 Marine . Ave. Terminal 5-6617 MC&S HONOLULU . . .. 51 South Nimitz Highway PHone 5·1714 NEW ORLEANS . . ..... . 523 Bienville St. RAmond 7·428 NEW YORK .. .. .. 675 4th Ave .• Brooklyn . . JIYacinth 9-6600 PORTLAND .. .. . .....•. . 211 SW Clay St. CApitol 7-3222 llAN FRANCISCO .•••• , .350 Fremont St. EXbrook 7-5600 SEATTLE .. ... ·........... 2505 - 1st Ave. MAin 3-0088 WILMINGTOl'· ••••••••••. 505 Marine Ave. TErmlnal 4-8538 . Great. Lakes Distrid ALPENA ..•.•• •••••• ••••. .. 127 River St'. ELmwood 4-3616 BUFFALO, NY .• ••••••••·· . . 914 Main St. GRant 2726 CLEVELAND ............ 1420' W. 25 'st. MAln 1-0147 DULUTH ..• ••••••. .. 621 W., sur,erlor St. Phone: Rando pJi 2-4110 FRANKFORT, Mich. • : ..• ·.. . PO Box 28'1 ELgln 7-2441 MILWAUKEE ... . ... . 633 S. Second Ave. DRoadway 2•3039 RIVER ROUGE . . 10225 W. Jefferson, Ave. Mich. Vinewood 3-4741 SOUTH CHICAGO .•••••. 9383 Ewing Ave. SAglnaw 1-0733 . 1"0LEDO . ...•••.•••.••••."120 Summit St. CUerry 8-2431 Canadian District FORT WILLIAM ..••..•. . 408 Simpson St. Ontario Phone: 3·3221 HALIFAX N.S ........... 128'AI Hollis St. Phone 3-8911 MONTREAL . • " . . 634 St. James St. West ' Victor 2-8161 QUEBEC ... .... .• •.. 44 Sault-au-Matelot Quebec LAfontalne 3·1569 THOROLD, Ontario .• , ••. 52 St. David St. , CAnal 7·5212 TORONTO, Ontario . ..... 272 King St. E. ' EMplre 4-5719 ST. JOHN, NB .... 177 Prince William St. ox 2·5431 VANCOUVER, BC .... . . ..... 298 Main St. MFow· BALTIMORE . . . .. 1216 East Baltimore St. EAstern 7-3383 HONOLULU . .. . 511 North Nimitz Highway . PHone 5-6077 NEW ORLEANS ..••••. . 523 Blenvllle St. . MAgnolla 0404 NEW . YORK •••••••••• 130 Greenwich St Cortland 7-7094 PORTLAND .. · ~ •..•.. 522 NW Everett St. CApltol 3·7297-8 ' SAN FRANCISCO ....... . 240 Second St. DOugla11 2·4592 SAN PEDRO ............ 296 West 7fh. St. · TErminal 3·4485 SEATTLE ... ..•• • .•.. . 2333 Western Ave. MAin 2-6326 tJi9't. ATLAI (Carto & Tanksh!1t), Mardi H. ' MM1tey, It 18 ukecl biatt8 JOHN L WAT81lMAN <Watermen>, ..... 14-Chaltman. N. p. M•tt"•WI , and Julen be put lander rafril· · 1t-C"•lr111an, Allterf". . .ureot1 _...,.. 1 tary, •· 11m... captain •Id payoa lacretaty, L. A. •row1t. Some di. · eraUon on prevlo114 • nJlbt. Cbalrt wm be April 11. It w11 mentioned that puted OT. 'Jibe captain wm try to put taken on deck are to be returned to louD1•· Slllp'1 delegate will 1ee cap• food doe• not come out of 1alley In out a dr•w at W~on if able to ••t .money frpm the a1ent. S9.1'1 u taJn ra1ardlnl one man to be 1D · order. Chief pumpman u leaving 1hlp ' Ut9 "lblp'• fund. Two NMU member• char1e· of 1teward ·dept. It WH men· because of illne11: want• X-ray of moulder and thumb. . aend their UOinkl, for t.he royal treat· Honed that It- takH entirely too lo~' ment they received from the SIU to collect draw fund• when lhtp - 1' crew on their trip back from Yokoon17 1D pott a abort limo, · YORKMAR CC1lm1rl, Fab. 20 hama. · Chalrm1n, R. Obldo11 Secretary, D, ' Paugh. No beefs. No disputed OT. EDITH Cllulll, Fab. 21-Chilrman, YORKMAR CCalmarl, .Ian. 30-Chalr• Ship store short of suppllei;. Patrol· Henry Schwarh1 Sacretary, Mika man, '· Busala5kl1 lecratary, DorHY Michalik. Everything runntnc smooth• man to be consulted with regard to Pave"· No beefs. Repair list to be this. ly. Everyone la pleased with the nc.,., made up and turned in as soon a1 raise. Crew is very happy with the pomble. J. Busalacltl elected as new new chief ·cook. A new washing ma· ALCOA RUNNER <Alcoa), Fab. It lhtp's delegate. -Chalrm1n, Mac Simoni Secretary, chine la to be purchased. In Baltimore, Edward Apel. No beels. A dlscu1as promked by Captain. A photograph ALCOA CAVALIER (Alcoa), Feb. 14 lion was held regarding traiuportatlon -Chairman, "mmla Bartlatt1 Seer• of baggage _frorn 1hlp. tary, .Bill LHsltar. Bill Lassiter elect· ed new 1hip'a dele1ate. There was a ALCOA PURITAN <Alcoa), Feb. 21dtacussion on Job .security and vaca· Chalrman, c. c. Linden; Secratary, A. t!oM. A letter wlll be m:illed tc; neg°' F•rrua. Cn;w would like better '!!!!"!· Uatlng committee In New York to the' ety of JllPUP•· Ran out of fresh fruit effect .that crew want1 vacation and and veg'etables after six days out of return to job. Piraeus. Greece. Ship's fund Sl. Two men who ml11ed ship In Italy, re· folned it. It was 1Uggested a ~tlme11 be VENORI! <Marven>, Fab. 14-Chalr. man, Coita Hatvlml1los1 Secratary, put on washlni machine. Steward Charlas Applaby, Two men were re· dept-. given a vole of thanks for a good Job. Take better care of 11hip'1 moved from ship due to illness. The chief engineer reported that a .. new linens. and keep pantry clean. pipe has been ordered to replace old rusty one. Some disputed OT. A vote SEAFAIR <Colonlal), Feb. 21-Chalr· of thanks to the steward dept. for a man, Fred R. - Hicks, Jr.1 Sacretary, Job well done: especially to the baker Carleton Kuhnapfel. William Datzko who la one of the anest. reported that master does · not wish to payoff anyone at next port unlen MARYMAR (Calmar), Feb. 12 he u forced to do so. Vessel may or Ch1lrman, Alan E. Whltmar; Seer• may · not go to 1hlpyard after lumber of the steward dept. personnel la to tary, Guy Waltar. No beefs. Joseph cargo Is discharged In NY. Some dis· be submitted to LOG. Townsend elected ship's del~gate. It puted OT.' Jlequest for new wrtnger ls requested that coffee grounds not for washing ·machine and safety bar be dumped in the sinks: also light MONTEGO SEA (Standard Marine>. in next" port. A vote of thanks to bulbs are not to be removed: cots are Plb. 21--Chllrman. LOUIS C1yton1 Sit• steward dept . for. good food and serv• to be brought In when not In use rat8ry, J, F. Austin. All golni well. tees. Repair list requested. Cooperation is needed to keep the All who have mall to be sent from laundry clean. The wringer on thl' C•mal should have it ready, listed and IRENESTAR <Triton), Feb. 21 washing machine needs repairing. The atven to captain on next Sunday. U Chairman, D. W. Lippy; Secretary, H. agitator 11 also broken and needs wa1 learned that allotment• £111Ye gone It Fosset. One beet on deck dept. has replacing. ' through. A vote of thanks Is given te bee11- clarl&ed-bosum to dayman and 1teward dept. for good food. , dayman to go as bosun. It WH re· Dl!L NORTI CMl11l11lppl), .Ian. 11, quested that the captain be 1een Chilrman, I!. Stough, ,r.1 Secratary, .WACOSTA CWatarmanl, Feb. 21about gettlnf fresh wat,r tank1 '· Dolan. No beefs. 1100 in ship'• Chalrman, J. PvrHll; Secratary, Jam11 cleaned In Brazil 81 water ls dirty, fund. It 11 requested that all beefs b1 Myars. Headquartera was notified Ship's delefate· to see chief engineer brought to the at! '!.ntlon of the de~art· .about men being hospltallze'll In Eu· about fixing 1team llne11 that leak In ·ment delegate and not the ship's dele· _ rope. Motion was made that donation pantry and calley. American' money gate. ' This voyage the stewards dept, be made on draw In New Orleans to ls abort-may have to take Brazilian elected the ship's delegate-Brother purchase wreath for deceaeed brother, money. Steward aslul crew ·to return Curly Liles. Please wash clothes be· A vote of thanks to Sparks for hl8 any extra/linen because of shortage, fore 10:00 PM. Donate to movie fund cot>peratlon on getting MTD news on Trip 1tarted out to be a 60-dai' trip so that better movies may be ob· ratll:;. to Turkey, but 1hlp went to Augusta, talned. It ls asked that everyone do· Sicily; Brazil, France, Casablanca. nate to ship's fund 10 that they may receive the bene&ts of It. Ship's dele· PENNMAll (Calmar>. Feb. 21-Chilrtnan, E. R. Smith; .Sacretary, T. Emery, GALLOWAY <OvarHH · Navigation), •ate asked all hands to cooperate for '1 good voyage and handle all beefs In A discussion was held on the menus. Pab. 21'-Chalrman, Paul McNabb; Seeo retary, Samuel Doyla. The trip wa1 They are to be typed anit It is aaked the proper m~er . . 1uccessful. The crew ·would like to that a larger variety of food be BEAUREGARD CPan Atl1ntlcl, F@b, ,have their money or draw In Amcri• ~&!"V~~ ' H-Ch1lrman, Charlas Lee; Secretary, can currency, but the capta in Aid he H, W .. Joh1tston . 152 In ship's treasury. ARIZPA {Waterman!, Feb. 21 would not jeopardize hlm1elf . by dolnf Fan In messhall to be cleaned. Take Chairman, Joseph Halli Secretary, .I. this. No beefs. It was suggested to care of cots. Return cups to messhalJ; C. St~wart. Captain will be asked to 11ta!'t· a 11hlp'1 fund. Timer needed for keep enough money to put JI ·draw ou& washing maclltne. It Is aeked that THETIS (Rya Marine Corp.), Jin. 26 before arrival In stales. ~·chief engi• the pant.ry and meS1hall be kept clean. -C:h1lrm1n, H1mpson; Sacretary, DI• neer will be' asked about heat In Please ob•rve sanitary rules ID Carlo. Elected new ship's delegate. toilets. shower, Cdeck dept.>. Man in New Some disputed OT. One man walked Orlean1 fined S31 for havinc perfume. off ship just. before ship left dock, CANTIGNY CCltlas lervlcal, Fab. 26 taking all hfs aear, causlna 1hlp to WILD RANGER <Waterman), March -Chairman, W. McCarthy; lei:ratary, sail short. I-Chairman, C. D. · Andarso'n; Secra• Clyde Kre111. No beefs . . One wiper tary, A. 0. Aaron. Everything runnlng missed shli> In Lake Charles Feb. 18. EDITH CBull Line), Feb. 12-Chilr• 1moothly. Repair list has been turned Brother Blakely elected ship's dela· 1ate. · min, / Mike Mlch1llk1 Secretary, R. ln. S20 In 1hlp'1 fund. A gear locker Wiiiiams. · Everything smooth. No Is needed for deck dept. Patrolman beefs. A discussion was held on im• ALCOA PENNANT (Alcoa), Fab. 21 will be told that lockerJt shoulabo provement In the preparation of food, chanced to wooden lockers. Mall 11 -Ch1lrm1n, O. C. B1llay, Jr.; leer.. not being forwarded regularly by The 1teward wlll assist the chief cook. tary, B. Mpontslkakli. T. Drobln1 company. Crew would llka to bave elected ship's delegate. I~ was 1u1Pl!NN TRANSPORTER (Pann . Nav.), more LOG11. gested that each dept. ta}'q'~tui:ns with Feb. 14-Chalrman, F. J, Johnson1 cleaning ·of wash room, 11ougee .. and Secretary, .A. D. Hiii. Repair list taken MONARCH OF THE SEAS CWatel"' paint all crew foc'sles; need new coi· fee pots. care of. Ship's delegate thanks other m1nl, March 6-Chalrm1n, C. Bl•lack1 delegates for their cooperation In Secratary~ L. B. Moora. No ·beefs . . A helping make this voyage a · very motion was made to ·send lette·r to JOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman), pleasant one. It ill requested that headquarters on new raise. Copy to Feb. 21-Chilrman, N. D. ~ttey; Sac• keys be left In rooms if being laid be sent to LOG. retary, L. A: arown, S9.14 In ship's off: and strip bunks and leave rooms fund. Some disputed OT. Engine clean. Steward has complete requ.lsi· MARORI COrel, M8rch 6-Ch1lrman• dele'gate reports rats. Captain eald tlon made out for next voyage. A - R. w. Glaze1 Secretary, M. Black. A ehlp needs fumigating. Messroom vote o·f thanks , was given to steward Teport will be ·made to patrolman tha~ tables and chairs in need of repair. dept. fo1· job well done. - chief engineer 1s doing machlnl11t and Other Items In need of repair or re. wiper's work · In his room and office. placement are scuttlebutt, agitator for ' ALCOA PILGRIM <Alcoa), Fab. 14- OT put ln for by wipers and machin• washing machine, portholes in shower Chalrman, Chuck Krmberly; · Secretary, tst . ..... The room1 in deck dept. need and toilet ,iJiould be cut through: ,painting. .. Jim Barrett. Ship's derogate reported that he attempted to get a new wash• / ZEPHYR H ..LLS CPanamerlcan Ma• Ing machine, but only parts were sen1. PENN TRANSPORTER CPenn Nav.), rlnel, Feb. 19-Chalrman, Thom11 17.50 In' ship's fund. Bill Bolling was_ March 6-Chalrman, T. J, Sulllvan1 Hl_lh Secretary, D. Saunders. Reslgna· Secret8ry, J, Higham. Letters were , tlon of 11hlp'1 , delegate not accepted. elected ship's delegate. A. vote of m11lled by agent at Glbrslter. Whitey thanks Is given to the . steward · dept. Ill> fn •hip's fund. It was suggested Johnson re-elected hi))" ilillesate, It to h ave two fans . installed In pantry DCEAN DINNY (Maritime Oversaa1 ls requested that everyone chang1 and a fan 'I n the '11ospltal, and to try Corp.), Feb. 14--Clralrman, W. Hol• thlHr own ilnen. Bring soiled linen to get new library. land; Secretary, A. Wiiiiams. No beefs. lock~r on change days. It was asked The crew calls this a goo.d ship. It that everyone k~ep pantty clean. ROBIN LOCKSLEY <Robin>.' Feb. 14 was requested that the ship be kept ...:...chairman, .Juan Relnosa1 'Secretary, clean and that everyone be gQod ship CS NORFOLK CCltles Servlcal, March · Emil Gretsky. Ship's fund SlO. Brothmates In order to have a good trip. I-Chairman, L. Wheeler; Secretary, er Foti elected ship's delegate. A let· New ship's delegate Is J. T .McDevet. T. Cummings. Everythlng running ter ls bel.Iig sent to headquarters that' Turns will be taken to keep laundry smoothly. · Radio antennas being I.Ji. a man Is left at tlie hospital In Trlnl· room clean. · stalled. ~ A discussion was held on d~d-Willlam Horne. It Is re quested 1 room allowance· for dry dock. This that the laundry room be kept less THET,IS _ {Rye Marine), Feb. 19- wm · be me~tloned to patrolman at noisy while washing. Cups and glass· Chalrman, Fred Maclalak1 Secretary, payo.lf. No beefs. ware are to be returned to• messhalL -- ,, .,. Digest Of SIU Ship Meetings. ' ' '· --- to • • I �.... l'Uteea ,Experts' aepOrtS laclr.-Hiring Hall~from.Broader Aid To Ship$ . . fllll ·· DI S P AT·- c-1 1 ' , I lea tad U•rta II tnuporte tQ Oley Cautf.a, ltoekpll" tlaut. 4raWD weuM lllle 0 hHpte4 ta w t Jf the down-as needed, all movements by 1- foreign ftata."' , , · lbips remaMMI Uller a. Amtr He i. ....,..tallJ crWeu ot tbe cu. aaa. Deparhaeiat o.f AgrteuUun for ••.. ' It ~ be wlae for the "pitting one operator against Ametieua ~ • • to m.Ue 10m• al'- another 1n order to get lower r.meemeat threulll NATO, the rat•" and 0t•kin1· 'AilG don tQ lLO mul ~ tUt will re.. · apeet inte.rnatieul trade union beDdt US touqe. ,. l*adama and at tM w time come to !Ome ~ with Bill Woulcl Ian Tltem: tbe Amerieall 11aaoin1 unions." - - -·- - - - - - - - <CoDU.Oucl wodina - The cfc.cb al the folfotoHtg &•:fiDen: , . . kn ,.,..,.., to the ~eat-cu . 1'«,,_e Pia.~ .• .,._ W. . . . Win, 31~ Brother 1rn111 en1-.. Ir,. II:. JlroHaer Jkllullelt 4iel ol an r.testlnal CnMr•" ..a .., ·~ __. ~ aDment· at :Loni ~ ·~Htl ltilp BeMfl, Calif., oill • r• • te to October 9, 1959. ~ wiUt the SIU lince lH'J a&. a member of - - . .- ·IDt!!D tile deek departber f1I tile SIU menft Br otll er Mcllalle& s 1Ur· . •hed l>y hh . brother Charles , Obi! ~urJ . KcM'allen. lhlrfal - - pbee iJl Use Birmingbam Cemetery, ·.-Bir- :a:~:i:' e.Omut-. Uaae ll ;,~ 41 t4 the ICC. Goldfolle hold1 tUt dem~tic ahi»s lbciuld have representation op the ICC board ad raUr-oad l'•tt.11 should be revtewed u far u they attect water cU'lle1's. He feels tbat doJUetic trades should be subsidized on thl eonsuuction end as necessaey to us dlfeue. ud to. tbe Ulpyard . · lodustir. • ~.;~ ;:~z.=~~~ 'No .Foreign Midsections· 8,._..-.. F D t• . I p ,::~: lJ= =:!.:: or .omes IC' esse s Jltlnl•• ... di::: '1inlbam, Alabama.. $ n... ~· i • t F. Galvbr, II: . Brother GalVfn wb"o. had. mad~ bfl hoDJe in Houston, Texas, · 11!!!!'.:m~m!!!!!')'!!l!!m died l'ebl·uary 11 o! third degree bu r n:s received when bi1 holia trailer c a u i h t · fire. Galvin bad sailed In the SIU _engine de pa rtment · since December 1949. He is 1tµ"Vived by hia wife, Irene Galvin, of Dorchester, Mass. Interment' was in Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden, Masa. < - t. · i Joae Rodriq:aes, 53: B~ther Ro¢riguez died of pneumonia at the . lJS Public Health Service Hospitat · S t a t e n Island, New York, on. . D e e em b e r 31, 1959. He had ailed with · the ¥tJ since 1942 u a member i>f the ·lie.ward· department. Brother ·· Rodriguez '11 sufvlved by Mercedes Rodriguez. Burial was Jn Calvaey Cemetery, Long Island, New York. $ -·;t; -t. Fni.k Jloa81, il: Lut week It was reported in ·the, LOG· • that : Brother Frani RosSi had' passed· away, wi~h the _incorrect notatl~ ' • ,.... f1j'ere were. DO DOWD · IUl'ViV- 1 ' ors. Brother Rossi ia ,.aurvived ~ · hu· wife, Marte ~'91'~ . The LOG · regrets the error which atos.e froDi · Jnsuftfcient ·information and·~wiSh· u :ro extend itl sympathx to Broth. #f Ross~·i ~widow. , · · .. '" . ..-- it. · ~ Sublldl-. be aay11, nielltet te _.... all . == 7 ICalea It .. tldnk that u Amerl'can-fla1 ship can eo•pete wltll forefp·ftal' v . - . WASHINGTON-In response to an official ruling that for· •~Ps." eign-built mid-sections c0uld be used to "jumboize'' ships in The SIUNA, at its convenhollll, the domestic trade, a bill has .TOie R. Men, 5'7~Brother Moro has repeatedly ealled for this to ban this ractice. The succumbed of' natllral causes. wMe pnlley. . ~ . _ at tire USPHS As to__the operations of the run- would stymie tentative plans Hospital, ·Staten aways, Goldfogle points out that of a number of domestic operIsland, on Febrularge domestic c?rporations .are at ators, lncludtn1 the SIU-contracted ary 'I, 1900. Re fHlt here. Foreign companies, he· p Atl ti eot hi· C . n asserts, usually ship car10 on ships an an ~ a ea~s P. - ompa y. is llll'Vived by a sister, c a.r ·m en ftyin1· their own ftag. American from importins mtdsectiooa to enMoro of New companies use foreign ftags. "On& Iarg• their present ships. York City. Br.oth- · of the big three automobile m~uThe· measure was introduced by er Moro had facturei:s in its import. oper~tions Senators Warr~n Ma;nuson <Dem.sailed in· the enuws American-fta1 ships to the ex· gine department tent of less than one percent. Its Wash.) and John M. Butler <Rep.since 195tt. .Burial services were foreign-made cars are carried by Md.), both members of the Senate held in Havana Cemetery, Havana, English, Dutch and Swedish·ftag Interstate and Foreign Commer.ce Cuba. vessels. Its ore from South Amer- Committee. It wo_µld provide that vessels ope_ratlni in ~9astwise trade or .other operations in domestic I . watera must be entirely. built or $ • $ Henry Conies,. 52: Brother · Cordes passed away aa a result of · a lung infection. He succumbed at the USPHS hospital, Staten Island. New York on January 10, 1980. He is survived by his wife,, . Mrs. Bet•ty Cordel of New . York City. Broth· er Cordes h•d sailed In the SIU · steward department lillce 1941. Burial · was at the Greenwood Ce~etery; ·New Orleans, Louisiana. t. Ala-6.m.. every turn. EVERY I· SONDAY~ been introduced in the Senate oillT".-------------. I _DIRE~T · VOICE · I BR0 A.DCA ST I· I ~ rebuilt in a US shipyard. The move follows by a month the announcemenr made by the Customs Bureau that it was giving clearance to an unnamed US operator to import foreign-made "midbody" sections for installation here in so - called "jumboized" tankers ror use -in domestic trade. Pan-Atlantlo Pini Th~ugh ..JO SHIPS IN ATLANTIC EUROPEAN AND SOUTH At,tERICAN WATERS "THE VOICE OF THE IYRY SUNDAY0 1620 GMT MTD,; (11:20 fSl Sunday] Wl'K-39, 19850 llC. Ships In Caribbean, East Coast -.of South Am~rica, S(!utli Atlan:tic. and East Coast of United - States. . Wf'.L-85, .l llH KCll Ships,in Gulf of· Mexico, Caribbean, West Coast of South America, West Coast of Mexico and US East Coast_ Wl'lt-15, 117H llCI Ships in Mediterranean area, North Atlantic, European and US East Coast. • . the.£ustoms Bureau did not announce the name of the company planning the, moves, it was reported that the SIU-contracted Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp. had purchased six of the midbodies in West Gi!rmany for use in its · domestic container service, in coastwise runs·. The Customs office · actfon will · have wide -repercussions, since it in effect, clianges the definition of· a domestic ·vessel which up till now had :.meant a ve11sel entirely "A~erican built." ' The "jumbolizlng" operation involves cuttin1 aw:ay the midsection of the ship aqd inserting a new, enlarged aection which booat1 the cargo capacity. The .sections are trarillported with false. bows1 temporarUy attached for navilatlOnal , purpoaet only. MeanwhiJe,, MTD 'Round·The-World. 1 - ' Wireless. Bt'O'adcasts. C~ntinue • • ;l BTery ·sunc1.,., 1915. GMT. ('2:15 PM ,EST Sunda11> WCO·UOH KCs Europe and North America I . NY ·Shipping Dragging Feet Personals And Notices Tu Refund Chceka . , The following Seafarers can get tax refund checks by contacting Neil v. Pardo, 2420 First Ave., se 2 ttle l, wash.: William A. Aycock, Damian Alabakoft. Matthew Bibisch, Perry F. Bradshaw, Robert Bradley, William A. Cabrera, Cecil P. Diltz, Dominick Dimaio, i'dax C. Garrison, William c. Game, w. H. Hovvland, J~~n S. Long, Francis H. Murray, Lloyd C. March, J. H. Monroe, Martin O'Toole, Harry L. Oakes, Daniel B. Patterson, Arne o. Pedersen, John ·E. Paulette, Carl Ramiskey, Ira F. Ross, Calvin J. Slover, Harold T. Spicer, Francis L. Sherwin, Mariu.t ,Sandanger, Bruce W. Wier, Hubert L. Whaley. w: t .'t t Jobn Hawkins, OS Pick up your vaccination cer. tificate . at the LOG office . . ;\; t t Jimmie Beem Contact William A. Aycock care of: Orion star c/o Dodwell and Co. Ltd., 209, 3-10 Waka 7th Bldg., Maru..nouchi, Chiroda-ku, Tokyo, Japan. ;\;. t. -i . t t t Julio SaraJUo Contact your aunt, Mrs. Pearl · Sarayno, 6'l'OS Avenue C., Houston 11, Texas. Thom~ J. MaIQqe, AB Gontact V. A. Carte, '740 San Felipe Avenue, san· Bruno, Cal i t t t t ;\; . Tbom;us C. Johnson Contact your father, · Thomas. B• Johnson, 1918 Glasgow St., Portsmcuth, Va. Urgent. . Wallace B. MiHon Contact your mother· immediately, at 288 Dartmouth St., Rochester 1. NY. ' .. i ;\; t Alexander Wilkie , Anyone · knowi111 the - ~hereNEW YORK....:During th·e past E~t Coast South America .two )Vteb the port bandied 1:3 abouts of Ute above named SeaWC0.22407 .l[CI farer 16 urged .t o contact his . West .Coast- s~u~h ~er~ea .. payoffs, serviced 19· s~ips in-transit, brother, James C. Wilkie, at ffam' mock Pkw)r., Clinton, €onn. and one sign~on. Bvery-, MondaY. 031f~GMT . · · SWpping has ·~en slow duririg $. t · t Cl 0:15"-PM_ .EST Sunda11) . ·the pe11iod with a tot~- of 1'78 men · Oallilr Kin WMM 25-!i80'f KCI · in a1r-c1@sse~ shipped. The outlook Get fn touch with Reino PelasO, , Australia < ~ · tor the .next· two weeks indicates care of the SlU Hall in ~rooklyn. ·1finilw 81-li037.5 .the actt.vitf to 1 remain about .the · t · t . t , Northwest Pacific _ , ~~e • . Jobn II. Mun11 . °""!""~~------_..------~~~---------. There were-. UHl min J:eptered' 'nlis ill fourth notice. · Important ·tiere· 1n ·an c~s _with ant> . tber you contact ·y-0ur sori, ·c/p· Serper. L:.'*""""'lil!l.iiiim.iiii.....ijiliii~~i!ioiii--.......- - - - -.....------...--...-":l'm>Jt·re-~tel'ed (Jii ·~ifi&i'. teacli -. Sa.me ;adtbi~~ afl}»teVlbuStt:· . r· .. WC0-16988.8 KC1 • �- Vol. XXll No. 7 • 0 FFIC.lAL OR&·AN ·OF THE SEAFAR'liRS fNTEftNATION AL ' UtH6.N • ATL.ANTIC 'AND GULF , DISTRICT• AFL.'CIO • Esso Opens Fir.~· ~ On. US-Flag .Oil Import Proposal • A:. 1 • - Lifeboat Class Number 25 NEWS H'EADLINEI IN UVll!W , WASHINGTON~Evidently alarmed by demands of US maritime unions and independent tanker operators for a 50 percent rule on US oil imports, Standard Oil of New Jersey and other big international oil concerns have filed strenuous tue some weeks ago, which · also the oil import quota proobjections with the Office of opposed gram. · Theoretically, AMMI exists · Civil and . Defense Mol1ilization. · A memorandum submitted by Esso, which is probably the largest single operator of runaway - flag tonnage in the world, objected to the proposal ·on the ground that it would add $100 million costs to the nation's fuel bill. Actually, in the view of US maritime unions the additional costs would consist of two items: A) Additional revenue to the United States Government from Esso and other oil companies who now operate out of tax-free runaway havens, B) American wage payments to crewmembers of oil company tankers now operating under the runaway flag at $50-$100 monthly wage scales. OCDM had previously received a memorandum from the Joint Committee for American-Flag "I:ankers outlining the reasons why at least half of US-purchased and US-consumed oil imports should come in on American-flag ships. The OCDM · has promised it will call a hearing shortly ,to air the dispute. , The Esso position was no surprise to the unions' or the industry. In fact, it had been tipped by the Atneticart Merchant Marine lnsti- to promote American-flag shipping, but it happens that F;sso and other major runaway operat~rs are members of the institute and have a large voice in policy~making. · The AMMI has conceded that inactive US tankers now total 744,000 , deadweight tons, but despite the inactive tanker fleet it is opposed to the 50 percent proposal because the quota is an "unnecessary step," whatever that ,means. Esso, whicf! owns 36 Ame:-icanflag tankers, has another BB tanke11s operating under foreign-flags. Fearing that it will have to pay a US tax and wa~e bill under the requirement. ~ Esso contends . that the 50 percent ruling would establish "an unfortunate precede~t · for further .disc~!minatory action b~ other nations. The oil company also charged that the legislation,. if imposed, would bring about a mass tr:lnsfer of th~ US-controlled PanHonLib tonnage to European and other foreign registries to avoid the' American-flag tanker· rates for half o( their imports. Actually the transfer would have to · be back to the US flag to qualify for cargoes. • J-1' - ' • • Eight Seafare~ under the guidance of bosun Bill Ooqks have just · completed.their two-week training period which leads to possession of a lifebo~t ticket. The group ·con.sists of, front (1-r): Ch.ester Gietek, Franlc Stakowski, :John Miller, Robert Mansell, James Ram· sey. R~ar, Seymour ~olfson, Mike Strawinski, Robert Herman, and Bill Oooks. / Runaway Liberian fleet. Expanding, Lloyds Says · To nobody's surprise; the latest figures issued .by I:.loyds of London show that the runaway-fi~g Liberian fleet is continuing to grow . at the expense of legitimate maritime nations. ,~ ,, . . Th.e -~TF .Iournal, off1.c1al · pubhcabon of the Internabon- almost 12 million tons. _ al Transportworke.rs Feder.a - Other runaway flags, by con;. tion, cites Lloyd figures that trast, are not fairtng so welt· The Liberia has almost doubled its Panamanian fleet has shown a merchant ship registries ,. since slight incr~ase while Honduras and 1956. Costa Rica declined. Costa Rica is Of the total increase in • ship- not accepting any' more runaway ping ·tounage, 45 miUiop tons, since registries and is seeking to do 1948,- Liberia has accounted for away with the practice. The figures are not recent enough to show the impact of flag switches from Liberian to Greek registry. They only cover world merchant shipping as of last sumOn the US West Coal?t, the month of March-has double meaning for union seamen. March mer. However, they do reflect the this year marks the 75th anniversary of the Sailor's Union of the Pacific and the 106th birth- rapid growth of the Greek fleet. · That growth began following the day of the late Andre.w Fu.ruseth, the SUP's first leader. · · worldwide demonstration against The founding of the runaway shipping in December· took place on March 6, 1885, San Francisco and joined the re- vessels, from the desertion law 'i n 1958. The Greek seamen's union , on the San Francisco water.: cently established Coast Seamen's US ports. 71t also :ruled out the ref1,1sed to participate and Greek ~· Union, out Of which the 'SUP de.,. beating Of seamen by officers and government spokesmen denounced EMIER ~RVGJ.IQ/W /Lifront where seamen .held in vir- veloped, he struck out for recogni- mates, · and gave seamen -the rigat the . demonstrations as a ."plot" "ff 1 INr!.' 1 ll:'a. ~A ......nlP""" tual serfdom met· to unite in a tion of- the seamen as a first-class to draw up to half their wages in against Greek-owned shipping. rn r~i~ ~ drive for minimum human rights. citizen. He soon became the leader any landi.n g .or discharging port. With that as a cue, shipowners· rr-r-NCE n ..i~t rvn~ ~ the West Coast unio.n. . . star~ed registering · under the . f Pl~IC Mo$~ · The individual most instrumen-' of He · realized that before cQndiThe biggest blow struck · by <;;reek flag to gain protection COW.AND #JG ~EWf.ACr~ tal in founding the US maritime tions for seamen ·could be im- Furu~;th and th~ SUP, was the against possible union organizing · 1'111"( B/AMED ~ JUJ/£56. · movement was Andrew Furuseth, proved, legislation would have to pass~oe . .of the ~eamen s , Act of on , runaways. . . ·• be passed thai would free them ·1915. _ This ext~n<ied the desertion a Norwegian immigrant who had Since the formation of the Intersailed under many fl ags for 14 from arrest and imprisonment if ban to US ships . in foreign ports national Maritime Workers Union, • ; years prior to his coming to the they quit their jobs. Otherwise and to foreign vessel~ in American jointly-sponsored by the SIU and · ports. It also provided for inUS and the West Coast. -~~~~- cre'ased foc'sle ' space, better 'food NMU, the flight toward the Greek Witnessed 'Slave-Like' Conditions and safety provision11 for seamen. flag has been speed.ed, with the While Furuseth. was the leader approval ·of the US. Maritime Ad;; During his sailing days Furuseth in the fjght for legal rights for ministration in some instances. had experienced first-hand the virseamen, the late Harry Lundetual slavery that surrounded the berg headed.. up the second revival .. seaman of those days. Like other of seamen~s unions bcgin~in'g with , ~' ' . seamen he was required by law to the West CQast seamen's and longdo the captain's bidding regard!Jhoremen's str}kc of 1934~ • The SlU Wel{are Services Deless of t)le conditions, and he had Under Imndeberg's ' 1eadership, ' partme9t reports that it has had to complete any voyage he started the SUP became the pacesetter in difficulty locating seamen's und~r any and all circumstances. Lundeber~ obtaining . vast impr ovements in families . because the seamen's In 1886- when Furuseth cam~ to conditions could be imposed on shipboard working and living con- ' enroilment or beneficiary cards. seamen while. th(}y were on the ditions ·and seamen•s·earnings. The have not been kept up · to date. ~hip and they would have to ac- SUP also served ·a!f· the ·founding . -Some death benefit ,payments cept them. To do otherwise meant · organization of the ·seafarers In- . have ' b.een . delayed : for som.t' heing classed as mutineers or ternational, U1_1ion ,of ·Nort~ A.mer'.:' rtime until .the Seafarer's bene-· deserters. , ica and provided the initiative for · fipiaries f'OUld be'_ located. To The union's first' victories came many (If the , SIUNA.'s ·present' dis- :,avoid delays fu payments of wel..• with th.e passage of the Maguire trlcts, . includin~ th~- Atlantic and ' fare benefits Seafarers ' are ad-· · ~\1 •'' : -Act in 1895 which abolished the Gulf, Canadian· ..n<l Qrea~ llakes vised to notify the Union Im· ~·J;, 1 °"w~i!!AaliM ·desertion · law . in 'the coa,\itwise dist.r !cts. ·. . . . ,. mediately of any 'changes iJl ad- : "J!l'V lV['~J~;;;;tf./'~~1!"' tr.ade and outlawed the crimp's Tne. abillty of ..the SUP · to 1 sur- . dress, changes in the 'names ,of NJtnO/B. 5w;iP PLAHS . h beneficiaries or additional de~o n1s~.ALHAAJAl"."a..t.r·~ rig t to obtain an allotment frofl\ ·vive powerful opposition and. many ·pendents by filling out new en- , TV!:' v :."tJIV"I . ,,..,_, . .-, 111. • the captain. Three YE'.ars· later he setbacks, par~icularly in the peri.od "rollment and beii~ficiaty cards. CONFERENaE. ~ T .s ecured passage. o.f the White Act following the di~nstrous seamen:s I -These cards can..be obtained in CAUS FOB 3 ~GE l)s;R _. ....·..... . . . . . .,~ . ' which freed seamen. on 'd eep sea, .strike of 192!, , made possiple the : ariy SIU port. . .- . ~ ·1MM ' fin,~T'p'ri~Aof..Aut:lft' . : • -:7:,. . , !JS w.ell as . coutwJJJe ArJierlcan strons ,mari,ltme union8' of toda)\~ .1·· .. • • · ,1 . r,~ '' &:Vll"'llii ~~ .. . SUP Celebrates 15th Birthday sup+------------------------ r A W.EtK •. JN Notify We.fare .; .,_,of .CJlanges . t· ~· ... ij°ORIES · . d 'em. 0 ·th. • · en 1 LO'a· . .~ "" •"' evA . .~ 1• • ' ... - ... ' ..., "'~ ~ .~ .. , . ---... ...... . ------..,...~---- . .. ; . .. . ' � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource March 25, 1960 Description An account of the resource Headlines: CONSTITUTION VOTE STARTS MAR. 31 ‘UNION HIRING HALL IS BEST JOB SYSTEM’ MAJOR OIL FIRMS STEP UP FIGHT ON ’50-50’ PROPOSAL FISHERMEN HIT 12-MILE LIMIT PLAN BIENVILLE, TANKER CRASH IN HOUSTON OPERATORS TO POST BOND TO GUARANTEE SHIP WAGES MARINE INDEX DISCOVERS REPORTS ARENT INJURIES SEA UNIONS OK UNIFORM WAGE SECURITY AGREEMENT HOUSE BODY HITS SHIP BLACKLISTING FISH UNION HITS CANADA PROPOSAL ON 12-MILE LIMIT OPERATORS, MA AGREE ON 25-YEAR ‘LIFE’ FOR SHIPS CUNARD LINE DIVERSITIES; BUYS PLANES CHECKS GOING OUT ON BANKRUPT SHIPS; VESSELS RUNNING AGAIN TWO CREWS COME HOME AFTEF SHIP STRANDINGS RUNAWAYS HURT INDUSTRY TOO, BUSINESS NEWSPAPER INDICATES ADMINISTRATION FIGHTING PASSAGE OF FORAND BILL ‘NO FOREIGN MIDSECTIONS FOR DOMESTIC VESSELS’ ESSO OPENS FIRE ON US-FLAG OIL IMPORT PROPOSAL RUNAWAY LIBERIAN FLEET EXPANDING, LLYODS SAYS Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 03/25/ 1960 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXII, No. 7  1960 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/320e7f9d955beada2d0537a29ec5dd43.PDF c002c0120497af09e4c4641998be3e3d PDF Text Text -- See Centerfold SEAFARERS i LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THI SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL-CIO • State Dep't Move ttit: RAP US BID TO SHIELD RUNAWAYS -/ %\ -Story On Page 3 Fund Lock Hits Ship Sanitation -Story On Page 2 One Seafarer Dead, Three Missing, 18 Hurt On SS Vaichem The Grace Line cruise ship Santa Rosa rammed the SIUmanned tanker Vaichem at 3 AM yesterday morning off A&m^ City. The following are dead and missing: Dead, Ismatd J. Romo, Idissirig, >tes^ Wiper, Charies S.^: Butter, wiper, and an as yet unidenti­ • ••• .. .-j ",>.ry->-ijir"'--'-•• fied ship's officer. The 18 injured, all. Sea­ farers, were taken aboard the Santa Rosa. The Vaichem was empty at the time, be­ ing outbound for Baytown, Texas. For fuller details and com­ plete crew list of injured and uninjured men see story on page 2. •'I•4 �SEAFARERS LOG Pare Tw* y' bi March 27, l»Sf SS VALCHEM IN COLLISION; ONE DIES, 3 MISSING Hit Mobile; Shipping Up MOBILE—Two harbor accidents . ATLANTIC CITY, NJ—One Seafarer died, three crewduring the Ipast few weeks in the members, including an engineer, are missing and 18 others harbor has resulted in the loss of were reported injured aboard the SlU-manned chemical two lives, considerable property tanker Valchem after it. was-t ^ damage and the disruption of struck by the cruise ship Valchem until she was taken in water commerce along the main Santa Rosa 22 miles offshore tow by a commercial tug. Coast ship channel for a couple of days. here. The accident took place at Guard cutters and a Coast Guard Port Agent Cal Tanner reports. 3 AM, Thursday, March 26. helicopter were also on the scene. The first of the sinkings came The dead man was Seafarer There were no reported injuries about when a barge load of shells Ismael J. Romo, 41, FWT, of Los on the Santa Rosa, which suffered suddenly sank, dragging its tug a gash in her bow just about five Angeles. Missing are Joseph A. down with it. The master of the Mora, 48, wiper, of New York and feet above the waterline. tug and his engineer went down At the time of the accident, the Charles S. Butler, also 48, a wiper, with their vessel. The second sink­ from Houston, Texas. The second Valchem was in ballast, headed ing occiured when a barge load of south to the Gulf from New York engineer is also missing. Another With striking woodworkers thrown into {oil, often without formal wet logs went under in the main 18 Seafarers are reported injured, City. The ship is a diemical car­ charges, wives and daughters have taken over Newfoundland ship channel, threatening to close rier, hauling liquid industrial but aboard the Santa Rosa and the channel to navigation for a picket lines in many instances. Newfoundland government has were being brought to New York chemicals from Texas to the East couple of days before salvage gone all-out to smash the strike and set up a government-sponCoast as the LOG went to press. crews were able to clear the wreck. sored company union. The Santa Rosa, heading nortii Meanwhile down on the Ala­ from a cruise to the Bahamas, bama State Docks, the heavy bulk struck the Valchem on the port loading machinery broke down side aft and her bow penetrated while unloading a cargo of iron halfway into the fireroom. She ore from a Lykes Brothers' vesseL sheared off the stack, two ventila­ It is expected that it will take tors and part of the cabin deck about a week to repair the ma­ which fell on the Santa Rosa chinery before it will be back in When the two ships pulled apart operation. Unloading equipment t after it was determined that they could both float. The two ships The SIU of North America and the SIU Canadian District have contributed a total of was borrowed from another tipple were locked together for two hours. $6,500 to 12,000 striking Newfoundland loggers as organized labor in Canada has rallied across the river and unloading con­ tinued on this vessel and others The dead man was reported to have been taken off by Coast to the defense of the strikers. Members of the Canadian District approved a $1,500 contribu- in the harbor with bulk cargo. Drydook Being Shifted Guard helicopter and rushed to a tion.at their March 11 meeting"^ The SlU-contracted Waterman hospital in Atlantic City, but died and international headquar­ primitive camp conditions and get­ union, even though It had formal before medical attention could be ters gave the balance, SIU of ting $1.05 an hour. But the com­ cei-tificatlon under Canadfan law, Steamship Company has an­ pany refused to make any changes formed a company union called nounced the leasing of the drygiven. He was badly-burned, ap­ the Brotherhood of Newfoundland dock which formerly served the parently in a Are which broke out NA Vice-President Hal Banks re­ in the loggers' conditions. The matter was then referred to Woodworkers, and is enrolling Gulf yard here to a shipyard in aboard the Valchem following the ported. collision. The fire was brought . The call for aid came as the a government Conciliation Board strikebreakers and vigilantes to Jacksonville, Fla. The di^dock is undOr control shortly afterward. government of the province of which, in a unanimous report, smash the union. capable of handling vessels up to Newfoundland organized a corps called for a 54-hour week, and a 18,000 tons, and will be towed over Probe Demanded $1.22 wage rate. With the hours The Canadian Labor Congress' to Jacksonville in the near future. of sirikebreakers and vigilantes The following is the latest cut, the raise amounted to about available list of dead, missing, and declared it would oust the five cents an hour. The union ap­ reaction has been to call for finan­ An eight-man crew will be dis­ striking union, the International contributions from its one mil­ patched from the hall here for injured and uninjured Seafarers proved the report, but the company cial Woodworkers of America, from lion members to support the 12,000 the nm. on the Valchenu rejected it and would not budge. ~ strikers the province. Shipping for the port during the and to demand a national DEAD Company Got Injunction The Newfoundland loggers'- beef government investigation of the past couple of weeks was on the Ismael J. Romo, FWT is one of two bitter strike battles When the union called for a strike. The government has agreed good side. Tanner reported, keep­ MISSING in widely-separated areas which in­ strike vote, the company got a and has appointed a royal commis­ ing well ahead of the number of Joseph A. Mora, wiper dicate a hardening of government court injunction to halt the polling sion to deal with the dispute. men registering for the same Charles S. Butler, wiper attitudes towards unions in both of the membership. Nevertheless The North Carolina strike of the period. INJURED Canada and the United States. An­ the union went ahead and got a textile workers has been on for The following were the vessels Hans Richardson, AB other major strike, this one in 98 percent vote for a strike, al­ over 16 weeks now, and state high­ calling into the area either for I. De Nobrlga, AB North Carolina, shows a similar though some of the members were way police have been giving the payoff, or in transit: the Alcoa H. Won, OS pattern with the North Carolina hauled' into court for holding the strikebreakers an escort in and out Pegasus, Alcoa Comir, Alcoa Cav­ G. Malensky, OS government supplying 135 high­ vote. Claude Blanchard, bosun of the plant daily. Both the Justice alier, Akoa Ranger, Alcoa Roamway policemen to escort strike­ The strike started December 31, Departmene and the McCIellan er (Alcoa); Monarch of the Seas, A. Dokeris, oiler breakers in and out of the Harriet- 1958, and since then both the com­ Committee are reportedly looking Young America, Claiborne (Water­ B. J. Martin, FWT Henderson Cotton Mills in Hen­ pany and the provincial govern­ into the heating of the union of­ man); Frances, Suzanne (Bull); Dd . Ernest C. West, FWT derson, NC. The Textile Workers ment have organized strikebreak­ ficer, one of many such incidents Viento (Mississippi); Ocean Evelyn William M. Safos, oiler Union of America has been strik­ ing activities. The provincial legis­ which have taken place since the Ocean Trans.) and the Mankato John J. Tobin, oiler ing the plant for over 16 weeks lature voted to "decertify" the strike began. William Nesta, steward "Victory (Victory Carriers). and in the process, the regional A. Perez, cbief cook vice-president of the union, Boyd Lowell Harris, baker E. Payton, has been hospitalized B. B. Henderson, 3rd cook Albert Castro, Jr., utility as the result of a severe beating John Kavanagh, utility he received. WASHINGTON—Right after Maritime Administrator Clarence Morse testified that sub­ Rafael Bertram, MM Condemns Strikebreaking William Todd, MM In Newfoundland, the province's sidy appropriations should go up to handle pending applications, the House Appropriations REPORTED SAFE government, headed by Premier Committee voted a cut in subsidies for the balance of the year. Peter D. Sheldrake, DM Joseph R. Sihallwood, has been de­ Gerald L. Kersey, AB Morse had told the commit-1" nounced by Canada's Prime Min­ Ravaughn Johnson, AB appropriation of $10 million to prior appropriation last year for ister, John Diefenbaker, for its tee that the Government handle obligations for the balance existing subsidies. Charles V.-Tyler, AB strikebreaking tactics. The prime would need around $200 mil­ of this year untU July 1. This The House Committee promptly Elmer D. Baker, OS minister, a member of The Con­ lion a year should all pending ap­ money was to make up for a lack of cut the $10 million figure in half. Gene Pasphali, AB Had it been approved, it would George G. Baka, ch'f pumpman servative Party, declared that the plications be approved. This would have provided the same total W. J. Westcott, 2nd pumpman chartering of a strikebreaking or- involve some 2,600 voyages and gEnizaiion has "greatly aggravated cover applications • made by the amount this year, $130 million, as H. L. Trahan, oiler the situation" and represented ac­ SIU - contracted Waterman and the Administration is asking for tions which "go greatly beyond the Isthmian Steamship companies and Mar. 27, 1959 Vol. XXI, No. 7 next year. Similarly, a fire broke out in the usual role of government." He re­ The action of the House Indipaint locker of the Santa Rosa. fused to send additional contin­ Great Lakes District-contracted T. -cates that farTrom increasing the J. McCarthy company. The Santa Rosa, which was gents of the Canadian Mounted Po­ budget anywhere near the $200 companies who hu've ma­ earring 1265 passengers plus a lice into the province. It had been jorOther million that will be needed for all subsidy applications pending PAUL HALL, S«eretarv-Treaturtr crew of 150 NMU men, took charged that the famed 'IMoun- are- Isbrandtsen and State Marine subsidy applicants, Congress may Hcaaraz BsAini. EdUor. BNMABD SCAaboard the 18 survivors, three oi ties" were being utilized by Small' Lines. In addition, existing sub­ Ai.iN, Art Editor. HnxAii AaxBtm. IRWIN cut present subsidy operations whom are reportedly in need of wood to assist strikebreaking, SPIVACK, Al, MAHKIN, Jam. BRAZIL, ANA- down in the coming year. sidized operators, among them tout Lzvxorr, Staff Writers. BILL Moonr, hospitalization. Four of them had The loggers' strike began after Bloomfield and a number of West Chili Area Representative. This would' affect US shipping shipped on the Valchem on Tues­ the Woodworkers Union had or­ Coast companies, have applications seeking to enter the Great Lakesday and Wednesday. Santa Rosa ganized the Anglo - Newfoundland in for expanding their present PuMlihad biwecklf Bf nw baBequartart Seaway trade, since the only sub^ of the SMfanrs intMnaHenal Union, Ab sidy allowances V not now being crewiuembers spent seven- hours Development Company,'-lyas certi­ subslzed services. lanfic a Ooir District, APL-CIO, 4rs Fourth battling the fire in the paint locker fied by the Canadian Labour Re­ Brooklyn Sh HY. Tol. HYoclnth used are some 75 voyages for this As compared to the $200 mil­ Avonuo. 9-MM. BocoM dan .pestofio paid which at one time threatened" to lations Board and started negoti­ lion dgiire, the Administration had at trade, which was based"on the as­ tha Poit Offica In Brooklyn, HV, cause the removal of passengers. ations. Act of AuB- M. WIS. sumption that $130 millipn would requested $130 million to operate lit The Santa Rosa and her sister be forthcoming for sabsidif jpurAt the time, the men were work­ the program for the fiscal year be­ ship,, the Santa Clara, stood by the ing a 60 hour week, living under ginning July 1 plus a supplemental poses. •: •' SlU Backs Loggers' Fight On Newfoundland Scabs House Body Cuts Subsidy Fund &: • ^3* SEAFARERS LOG If''.'•£; lif :• •• IK: �Mareli 27. 1959 SEAFARERS ilExce^pis From Protest To State Department (Thie following are excerpts from the protest sent to Under-Secre­ tary of State Christian Herter dealing with reports that the State Department might attempt to overturn NLRB and court decisions on runaway ships. The NMU sent an identical protest.) "We believe it would be most inadvisable for the State Depart-. ment to intervene in what is essentially and simply a labor dispute between American maritime unions and American maritime man-agement . . . (which) . . . uses Liberian and Panamanian registry as a purely ^technical and legalistic device to evade American wages, scales and conditions and American taxes . . . . . The National Labor Relations Board has found these ships , are American-owned, operate in the commerce of the United States at the service of American industrial corporations ... Both the Department of Commerce and the Defense Department regard these ships as American ships. The only excuse offered for register­ ing thhm under another flag is admittedly to take advantage of low labor costs. This is conceded by the staunchest defenders of this arrangement ... "Liberia and Panama by permitting free and easy registration under their flags are peddling wage discount cards to shipowners ... seeking to escape union organizing . . . Hence the efforts of the owners to__use the US State Department and the navigation treaties as a shield . . . from the legitimate demands of their crews. ". . . Panama and Liberia have abused the navigation treaties by selling these wage discount cards at a trifling fee . . . Whoever uses the navigation treaties as an excuse to justify this practice is guilty of hypocrisy and In-sincerity ... ". . . The State Department has a long record of coolness toward an American-flag merchant marine . . . We trust that the State Department will not formally associate itself with the above-men­ tioned hypocrisy and insineefily by using the excuse of 'navigation treaties' to intervene in a pure and simple domestic labor dispute ... ". . . The legal issues at stake are at present before the Federal courts . . . We urge that you ... let the appropriate agencies—the courts and the National Labor Relations Board—make the decisions that fall within their jurisdiction." Budget Threatens Sanitation Service An inadequate budget appropri^ition which threatens to undermine enforcement of shipboard health and sanitation rules is under attack from the Maritime Trades Department, AFL-CIO and the SIU of NA. Writing to members of the House Appropriations Com­ mittee, MTD Secretary-Treas­ urer Harry O'Reilly, pointed out that collapsd of the sanitatiotf program would open the United States to the spread of com­ municable diseases, rat and insect Infestations from foreign countries. It would also endanger the health of American seamen. SIU port agents and MTD port councils are being alerted to notify the Appropriations Committee members from their area as to the seriousness of the situation. O'Reilly pointed out that the Sanitation Service has only 20 In­ spectors and 18 engineering in­ spectors with the result that it is impossible . to inspect ships and other common carriers as often as they should be. He suggested that the inspection service work force would have to be doubled to per­ form its job properly. The PHS Interstate Carrier Gen­ eral Sanitation Program performs several important functions. One, with which Seafarers are familiar, involves inspection of sanitary conr ditions aboard ships including food handling, general shipboard clean­ liness, freedom from rat and insect infestation, assurance that heads and sanitary lines do hot leak and contaminate other areas of the ship, assurance that drinking water is free of contamination and other matters vital to the health of crews, as well as to passengers on TJS-flag passenger ships. In addition to inspecting vessels and other carriers, the service has an important function to perform in ship construction. When a new ship is built or an old one modifled, it must get a certificate of sanitary construction to assure that all facilities are properly Installed. The Sanitation Service also is called in by the Quarantine Serv­ ice from time to time to check on foreign vessels calling at US ports from the shipboard engineering point of view. For these functions the service has a recommended appropriation of $350,000. While this is pretty much the same as in previous years, it actually represents a cut­ back, because Federal employees were granted a five percent raise last year, and other costs of oper­ ating the program have gone up accordingly. Pare LOG SlU.NMUHitState Dep't Move To Balk Drive On Runaways • 31 .q \ J WASHINGTON —In what appears to be another move by runaway ship­ owners to block unionization, the US State Department is reportedly "looking into" National Laibor Relations Board and US court findings that runaways are subject to US labor law. picketing on the ground that the American ships. The only excuse Both SIU of NA President case properly belonged before the offered for registering them under Paul Hall and NMU Pres­ NLRB as a straight labor dispute. another flag is admittedly to take trial on the merits of this issue advantage of low labor costs. This ident Joseph Gurran have isA still is conceded by the staunchest pending. protested to Under-Secre­ The latest State Department defenders of this arrangement." Runaway shipowners, he con­ action then, is seen as an attempt tary of State, Christian to intervene on behalf of the run­ cluded, are trying to use the "US Herter, objecting to the de­ aways in further court proceed­ State Department as a shield to partment's interference "in ings dealing with the right of protect them from the legitimate what is essentially and simply American unions to organize Amer­ demands of their crews." a labor dispute between American maritime unions and American management ..." The "Journal of Commerce," a New York business newspaper, reported last week that the State Department Investigation "stems from a concern that these decisions might be contrary to treaties of navigation which this country has with nations which provide flags of convenience for Americanowned ships." The implication was that the Department would attempt to overturn NLRB rulings that US unions can organize Amer­ ican-owned runaways. The two sea union officers, in their protests to Herter, declared that, "Panama and Liberia have abused the navigation treaties by selling wage discount cards" to American shipowners. The State Department move derives from the SS Florida case in which the SIU petitioned for an election on the Liberian-flag cruise ship last May. In that instance, the NLRB ruled that the SIU was justified in its bid because the ship was^ American-owned and con­ trolled and operated in the com­ merce of the United States. Subsequently, in December, when the NMU, SIU and other sea unions picketed runaway-flag ships the Federal District Coiut in New York refused to enjoin the ican-owned runaway ships. In his letter of protest to Herter, Hall cited the findings of the Board and the courts and also pointed out that "both the Department of Commerce and the Defense De­ partment regard these ships as The involvement of the State Department is only one of a series of developments in the runaway arena. Others include the follow­ ing: • A leading runaway operator (Continued on page 15) Lakes SIU Wins Isf Welfare Plan MILWAUKEE—The first comprehensive welfare coverage for seamen on Great Lakes ships has been won by the SIUGreat Lakes District with the signing of the Clark Oil and Refining Corporation. As a result, Lakes Seafarers on tions, so that its adoption on the Clark ships will be covered by Lakes will meet the problem Welfare Plan benefits which are patterned on those in existence on deep-sea ships contracted to the Atlantic and Gulf District. Of particular significance to Lakes seamen is the provision for year-round coverage for them and their families, even though all Lakes operations are suspended four or five months in the winter­ time. However, the SIU deep sea requirement calling for one day's seatime in the last 180 days and 90 days in the previous year, is tailor-made to cover such opera- Standing Guard On 'Squatter's Rights' posed by the seasonal nature of shipping. Normally, Lakes ships lay up in December and come out again in April, a span of time which falls well within the 180-day limit. Virtually all of the deep-sea benefits have been included in the Lakes plan including the $4,000 death benefit, the $200 maternity benefit, $15 daily hospitalization allowance for dependents, and for seamen the $21 weekly hospital benefit and $35 weekly disability pension. Signing of the Clark agreement has paved the way for bringing other Lakes companies in under the SIU Great Lakes plan. Lakes Secretary-Treasurer Fred Famen said that meetings with other SIUcontracted companies are being arranged to include them in the pace-setting agreement. SCHEDULE OF SIU MEETINGS SIU meffibership meeN ings are held regularly every two weeks on Wed­ nesday nights at 7 PM In all SIU ports. All Sea­ farers are expected to attend; those who wish to be excused should request permission by telegram (be sure to include regis­ tration number). The next SIU meetings will be: April I AW (sssort^ "salvageri" heid mad® off with lines, typewriters, fittings, food supplies and other equipment, the stern section of the wrecked tanker African Queen is now under armed guard. It has been claimed for solvdge following its abandonment as a total loss by owners. Tanker is on reef off the coosApf Maryland. April 15 April 29 I •i| d m ^1 �IPace Fonr SEAFARERS LOG House Votes To Extend Jobless Aid 1 '-ly Mmh ». 1W» EVOiHG mum WASHINGTON—With unemployment again up close to five million, the House of Representatives has voted to extend temporary Federal employment benefits for three more QUESTION: Do you find thot ships oxercist proper speed precou* months. The program, which is due to run out on April 1, provides benefits for those work­ lion in fog or in congested waters? ers who have exhausted their"* T" ~ ~ 77 ~ very low benefits, and benefit pe- valid claims by March 31 will ben­ regular state benefits. Edelmarto Albarran, deck: No. M, G. Lopez, bosun: Ships I've riods of as little as 16 to 20 weeks. efit by the extension. Why, the last ship I was. on was sailed on have always taken ut­ Meanwhile, President Eisen­ Designed to provide a general The bill is a watered-down ver­ hower has called for legislation to tapering off of temporary benefits, sion of an earlier Democratic plan cruising about 14 most precautions. provide benefits for three million the bill passed by the House' would to extend the benefits for one year knots—and that They always slow fog was thick. more workers that are now not assist an estimated 405,000 work­ and have it cover all the jobless. down in a fog or Sometimes it covered by state unemployment ers. These benefits take effect When it met with resistance, ef­ go to "stand-by," seems as If the where they could ^ benefit plans. These would include when a worker has used up his forts to push it through were •skippers are change course workers in small operatiohs and regular state, benefits. However, it abandoned in order to assure the more interested with a flip of the workers for non-profit organiza­ will" not provide payments for three-month extension, which was in meeting their wheel. The horn tions. those who had exhausted the bene­ backed even by conservative Jleschedule than in is blown every However, it would not make any fits to which they were originally publicans. s.af eguarding two minutes and provision for extending the pres­ entitled, under the temporary ex­ Finances for the extension will their ship and a lookout Is put ent temporary Federal program, tension, nor to those whose reg­ come from a $665,700,000 fund, of which was passed last year as a ular unemployment benefits run which $218 million is left, ap­ the crew. Relying on radar is not on the bridge. A good skipper will too safe a practice, since the read­ also stand watch; one-shot measure during the re­ out later. propriated last year for the emer­ ings are often deceptive. 3^ 3, 3< cession. Only those already receiving the gency program. It will cost $78 Luis Polanco, deck: The ships t 3^ 4" Union spokesmen In Washington special benefits or those who file million. Clandio Pineyro, deefcr in my ex­ I've sailed generally slow down. have advocated continuation of the perience, the skippers have always If the fog gets temporary program because of the taken utmost too dense, they'll failure of unemployment to show precautions. As even drop anchor anj' decline up until now. The soon as a fog be­ as has happened unions are also calling for a Fed­ gins to settle, the on a number of eral minimum unemployment ben­ ship cuts its occasions. To efit law, because many states have speed, sends an warn other ves­ extra lookout on sels, the whistle, "WASHINGTON—The apparent low bid for the construc­ the bridge and is constantly tion of three cargo ships for Mississippi Shipping Co., an blows its horn blowing. Many skippers will also SlU-contracted operator, was $9,561,000 each, submitted by regularly. That's as much precau­ stay on the bridge while the go­ Avondale Marine Ways, Inc.,-* ing's rough. the Maritime Administration are intended for'* use in the com­ tion as you could ask for. 3^ 3^ $ t 3i 4. The bids are not pany's Gulf to "West Africa run and WASHINGTON—In a letter to reported. Joe Bucher, deck: Sometimes Joe Zuccaro, deck: I've just fixed and are subject to change to the east coast of South America. members of Congress, Secretary of in case of an unforeseen increase The 10,930 deadweight ton vessels they slow down, sometimes they come off one of the missile ships Labor James P. Mitchell, has re­ in labor or material costs. don't. I think and I'll tell you, will be 503 feet long and will have quested a delay in raising the $1 their schedule's it's the last ship According to the MA, the 10 accommodations for carrying 12 an hour minimum wage law, and bids submitted ranged from the passengers. They will tiave a speed their guide. H I'd want to be on they don't want instead asked for an extension of low Avondale bid to a high of of 18 knots. Among other new during a fog. its provisions to "several million slightly more than $12,000,000 for features will be the use of me­ to lose a day, I've seen captains additional workers." they go right on go right on chanical hatch covers and full aireach vessel, with fixed price bids through at speeds tiirough without In support of his position, running even higher. Two of the conditioning in all-dining quarters. of 15 knots slowing down. .Mitchell said that when the statu­ next lowest bids were $9,750,000 Additional bids on the three They use radar tory minimum was raised back in from Newport News Shipbuilding ships and believe me, were made for various de­ and other safety 1356 from 75 cents to |1 an hour, the crew was con­ Corp., and $9,650,000 from the In- fense features which will have to devices, but T cerned. Without it resulted in some "disemploy- galls be analyzed before final determi­ wonder if they're foolproof. Shipbuilding Corp. a lookout, no less. ment" in the low-wage industries, The three Missi^^sippi vessels nation of the award can be made. which did away with many jobs by tightening up their operations. Studies by the Department, he A West Coast Ship Comes Out said, "suggest that the $1 minimum had substantial impact in the lowwage industries and that there is still a heavy concentration of workers" at or near the minimum in these areas. A further raise at the present time, would only re­ ALBANY—The New York State legislature has overwhelm­ sult in running the risk of "sub­ ingly passed an anti-racketeering bill, designed to eliminate stantially curtailing employmenf or earning power" among these some of the abuses in labor-management relations. The bill, industries. in effect, sets up a code of"* "The minimum ought to be ethics for union officers and possible fines of up to $1,000, one raised as -rapidly as possible," year in jail, or both. Mitchell agreed, "but with due re­ agents, requiring annual fi­ Recognizing the need for such gard for the economic capacity of nancial reports from unions, em­ a reform bill in the light of recent low-wage industries to make ad­ ployers and employer groups and abuses, the legislature did not ex­ justments to progressively higher clude employers from fault The labor consultants. standards." Although the provisions of the preamble notes that some employ­ In commenting on Mitchell's bill are generally approved by ers and labor relations consultants proposals, AFL-CIO President : abor forces in the state, objections "participated in or induced such George Meany said that he was were raised by the state AFL-CIO abuses." glad to see the Administration sup­ to the date's action in the labor port for extension of the coverage regulation area. Labor officials but that organized labor would not argued that union activities cross give up its fight to boost the mini­ state lines, and that if New York's mum to $1.25 an hour. action were repeated elsewhere, unions might find themselves oper­ ating under up to 50 different state Turned Down OT? agencies. Such legislation is for The International Executive Com­ the Federal government, not the mittee of the Masters, Mates and Don't Beef On $$ states, they concluded. Pilots has appointed Floyd Silver­ Headquarters wishes to re­ Actually the State bill is con­ man as trustee of Local 88, New mind Seafarers that men who sidered to be milder in tone than York. Silverman, a Local 88 mem­ are choosy about working cer­ the Kennedy-Ervin bill In- the ber, succeeds Charles Crooks, who tain overtime cannot expect an Senate or the Eisenhower adminis­ is returning to his home in San equal number of OT hours with tration's bill which is even more Pedro, California. , the rest of their department. In stringent. The trusteeship was set vp in some crews men have been The bill prohibits an officer or Local 88 after a group in the union turning down unpleasant OT agent of the union from having seized possession of the Local's jobs and then demanding to any financial dealings that conflict headquarters in March, 1958, and come up with equal overtime with his responsibility to his union attempted to take over the opera­ when the easier'jobs come along. or acting in a way that favors his tions of the union, until they were This practice is unfair to Sea­ personal .profit over the welfare ordered by the courts to return farers who take OT jobs as they of his union. possession to the MM&P trustee, come. One provision forbids union Silverman has been working with The general objective is to officers from holding more than -Crooks for seve^l months in rei equalize OT as mucp as possible one percent of the regularly-traded organizing the aiftiirs of Local 88; but if a man refuses disagree­ stock of a company with which the Consequently he was considered able jobs there is no require­ Newly-converted Mariner comes out of yards, as President Gar­ union is negotiating and bans more well-qualified by the MM&P to ment that when ap easier job field for SlU Pacific District-contracted American President Lines. than $100 worth of gifts from em­ succeed Crooks, who wished to comes along he can make up the Below, Doug Crute, bosun, explains winch operation to Davo^ ployers in any one year. Most of return to his home local on the overtime he turned down before. the provlsion^of the' statute carry West Coast •' • McAdoo and D. Buoni, ordinary seamen. v'7-^ • ' Delta Line Receives Bids On New Ships Gov't Opposing $1.25 Minimum NY Passes 'Mild' Curb On Union-Boss Dealings Af MP Names NewTrustee - • ; . II �h- ' Mtfek n; 1959 SEAFARERS 3 Pare Fiv* LOG ^ -.3 For some time now, the SIU has been hammering at the use of Liberian and Panamanian registry by Ameri­ can shipowners. However; the use of the Liberian and Panamanian flag is but one of many moves by Ameri­ can ship operators and shoreside American businesses to escape US wages and taxes. Other areas are also being exploited for this purpose, seme of them British posses­ sions, often in combination with Liberian registry. Among the most favored areas are the Bahamas and Bermuda, both British colonies, which are already welldeveloped as escape hatches. They . offer a unique ad­ vantage in that they fly the flag of Great Britain, a legiti­ mate maritime power, thus offering respectability which is lacking in other runaway nations. The following de­ scribes how US firms have been exploiting this opening, and what this development means in light of the Ameri­ can unions' fight on runaway shipping. ONG-FAMED as handy vacation resorts for American tourists, the Bahama Islands (a hop, skip and jump from Miami) and Bermuda in the Atlantic proper have more to offer th^ sunshine, beaches and good fishing. As a special L gressional curiousity, but others frankly admit, as RCAWhirlpool did, that the tax advantages are "exactly" what attracted them. Of course, some corporations do represent direct Amer­ ican investment in local entei^rises, which, incidentally, gives them an opportunity to exploit the prevailing wage scales. However, other companies simply set up admin­ istrative offices which are handy in juggling tax obliga­ tions. Shipping companies fall into the second category. i. i. X. MANY US COMPANIES INVOLVED Shipping companies include US Steel's foreign-flag subsidiary, the Navios Corporation, which operates four 60,000-ton Liberian-flag ore carriers plus other foreignflag oreboats; Bethlehem Steel's Interocean Shipping Company, also in the bulk cargo trade, and National Bulk Carriers. As previously mentioned, Naess has set up shop in Bermuda, while British operators are found in both places, utilizing their own home-made tax haven. Shoreside companies here include subsidiaries of Owens-Illinois Glass, Crucible Steel, Outboard Marine, Whirlpool and other leading American corporations. HOW TAXES ARE JUGGLED feature in the "Wall Street Journal" of March 11 indi­ cates, "An increasing number of American firms are find­ ing the clime here in the Bahamas is irresistible—the tax climate, that is." Those companies in the Bahamas for tax purposes work it this way: ^ sales or management office is set rip in the islands to handle the proceeds from foreign shipping or sales operations. The profits can be accumulated in the islands or re-invested overseas to produce more profits. There is no need to bring them into the US where they would be taxed at 52 cents to the dollar. Should the parent US company want to return its profits to the mainland for any reason, it can liquidate its island subsidiary and consequently pay at the capital gains rate (a nuudmum of 25 percent) instead of at the 52 percent income tax rate. Actually, there is no need to do this since a subsidiary shipping company caq re­ ADVANTAGES TO US FIRMS For those American concerns who seek to flee the 52 percent corporate income tax in the United States, the Bahamas offer many advantages. They are close to the United States, making communication easy. The weather Is good. British rule offers as respeclable a front as any low-paying businessman would want. There is an ample low-wage labor force available which speaks English and is forced by circumstances to work for from 30 to 70 cents an hour. While union-minded, as they have proven on several occasions, the Bahamans find themselves hamstrung by severe restrictions on union activity. Businesses investing in the Island find the Island legislature eager to cooperate in keeping labor in. its place. With conditions such as these prevailing here and sim­ ilar conditions in Bermuda, both American and British shipping firms are operating out of the islands. Just last week, Erling Naess, a leading American runaway-ship operator, announced he was setting up a Bermuda-reg­ istry firm which will operate 250,000 tohs of bulk ore and oil carriers. TAX SETZfP IS IDEAL The "tax cUmate," Of which Jthe "Wall Street Journal" spoke, is as cozy as can be. The Bahamas Chamber of Commerce points out to all comers that, "It has never been found necessary to introduce an income tax." In­ heritance taxes exclude real estate and are only four per­ cent on persMial property. Even income duties we often bypassed through special arrangements with incoming businesses,... — Most'US corporations oh the' islands would just as soon not talk about the tax picture lest they arouse Con­ 'ft, turn profits to the parent In the form of ridlculously-low freight rates on carriage of the parent company's raw materials. A Bahamas or Bermuda operation then, works very well in a tandem .with Liberian or Panamanian ship registration^ The British tinge given to an American company in the islands is designed to help duck American unions as well as American taxes, by claiming that the controlling interest lies in a "British" corporation. down. However, attempts to organize have been crip­ pled by government restrictions. When the Bahamas Federation of Labor called a general strike last year, the legislature passed an act as follows: o No local union could affiliate with the Federation or pay it per-capita. The Federation conld not bargain for any local union. o Dues checkoff was made illegal, o Unions must register with the government. Failure to do so subjects union officers to heavy fines and Jail terms. The government can reject such registration, in effect outtawing the union. o Strikes In essential services are outlawed. Other sfa-ikes can be ruled illegal on the ground that they cause "hardship to the community." In addition, the president of the Bahamas Federation was imprisoned on a "sedition" charge, but was subse­ quently released by the courts. Since then there has been no more "labor trouble" in the Bahamas, despite relatively-high living costs. Milk, for example, costs twice as much as in the United States and other commodities are equally expensive. UNION COURSE OF ACTION In light of the wide-open loophole now existing, Amer­ ican unions see a need to act in this area. Otherwise the trend will cdntinue and American workers in both shoreside and ship industries will suffer. Consequently, the Maritime Trades Department, AFL-CIO, has already endorsed the formation of a Caribbean Federation, de­ signed to bring American, West Indian and Central and South American maritime groups together to decide on common courses of action. There are many problems to be overcome in this area, but, judging from past experience, the SIU is confident that there will be no difficulty in enlisting the support of seamen and shoreside workers. For example, in November, 1957, the Canadian Na­ tional fleet attempted to switch to Trinidad registry to escape a strike by the SIU Canadian District. Upon being alerted by the SIU and the International Transportworkers Federation, seamen's unions in Jamaica and Trinidad, refused to man the ships. When the ships were sold to Cuba, Cuban seamen likewise balked at working the struck ships and had to be forced to do so by guntoting guards. In September, 1958, the SIU ^truck the SS Yarmouth in Washington, DC, and the West Indian crew, many of them from the Bahamas, walked off the ship down to the last man. The SIU still has unfair labor charges pending before the National Labor Relations Board be­ cause this crew was fired for its union activity. The SIU is convinced then, that given the opportunity. West Indian workers will be solidly pro-imion in any drive on the runaways.^ Since the ITF has agreed that American ownership determines the jurisdiction of American unions, under any flag, the effort to escape unions by registering in a .ilI >^ KBSTRlCriONS ON LQCM LABOR Low-wage island labor is undoubtedly a lure for ship? owners and other corporations. Bunaway-flag cruise ships such as the SS Yarmouth and SS Evangeline tecruit crews in the Bahamas as well as in Jamaica, Trini­ dad and elsewhere in the Caribbean. English-speaking crewmembers at ^30 to 70 cents an hour are unobtainable elsewhere. IndustrM and hotql operations on the is­ lands also like the wage climate. The islanders have not accepted the situation lying British colony does not bring with it immunity from organization. But certainly, the problem would be sim­ plified if Congress acted to close existing loopholes, so that American owners would be compelled to recognize their taoc responsibilities to the United States and their obligations under US labor law. �SEAFARERS Fage Sfz LOG March Zfi IBSt'' US Labor BUI May Curb Boss WASHINGTON—A requirement that employers, as well as unions, be required to fur­ nish non-Communist affidavits along with financial reports to the US Government has been written into the proposed labor reform bill. The requirement, which is strongly opposed by employer groups, was ap-'*' proved by the Senate Labor the building industry and an ab­ (Dem.-NC), chairman of the House Committee which is now in solute ban on secondary boycotts. Education and Labor Committee. process of shaping up the Kennedy-Ervin bill. The proposal calls for the affidavits to be furnished under the section requiring "financial and other reports" to be sub­ mitted to the Labor Department. It would be required of either unions or employers seeking to utilize the facilities of the National Labor Relations Board. At the same time, the commit­ tee rejected pre-hire contracts in Meany was particularly critical of proposals which would spell out the details of how unions are to hold meetings, sanction strikes and the like. He pointed out that the Barden bill would require an absolute majority of all eligible employees voting in secret ballot to call a strike. Such a vote, he said, would count every non-voting em­ ployee as a "no" vote. He also attacked a provision compelling unions to grant un­ limited debate at membership meetings on all issues as well as secret ballots on each and every motion at a union meeting. 'Such legislation, he said, would be tailor-made for Communists and other political groups who would take charge of meetings by a proc­ ess of exhaustion of the rank and file. In another area, the committee acted to speed up National Labor Relations Board machinery by voting to^do away with the pre­ election hearing procedure except in cases where there are major issues of fact or law to be re­ solved. Raps Harden Bill Meanwhile, in the House of Representatives, AFL-CIO Presi­ dent George Meany assailed a bill proposed by Rep. Graham Barden La. Anti-Union Forces Bidding For State Controi NEW ORLEANS—Anti-labor forces in this state have started on their drive to take over the governorship in the coming elections. Port Agent Lindsey Williams reports. This time they are not trying to hide behind an unknown, he pay off and crew up without any noted, but have come out into anticipated lay-ups, Williams re­ the open by nominating a wellknown anti-union figure. Local newspapers have carried articles concerning some 1,100 let­ ters which were sent to politicians, business firms and others, asking for contributions to the campaign fund to fight the "labor bosses' bloc of votes" in the state. If the anti-labor candidate de­ cides to run, Williams said, he can rest assured that all of the state's local and international unions who want to keep the harmonious labormanagement relationships as tiiey are, will give him a good fight. The first step in labor's drive to stop this campaign is to speed up local COPE activity to keep all of the state's union members and their families informed on the latest happenings. Shipping for the past period picked up somewhat, Williams noted and, from the outlook, the future should be just as good. So far there are six vessels sched­ uled to pay off, five to sign on and more than 20 in-transits due in the area during the next tw^ weeks. All of the vessels due in are to P ported, which should mean a good turnover in jobs for the men on the beach. There was a total of 37 vessels calling into the port during the past period. Five ships paid off, six signed on and 26 were in tran­ sit. Five Ship Payoffs Paying off were the Del Viento, Del Alba, Del Valle, Del Mar (Mississippi) and the Steel Age (Isthmian). The Del Viento, Del Mar, Del Alba (Mississippi); Alice Brown, De Soto (Waterman); Mankato Victory (Victory Carriers) were signed on. In transit were the Alcoa Rang­ er, Roamer, Corsair, Pegasus (Al­ coa); Seatrain Louisiana, New Jer­ sey (Seatrain); Del Mundo, Del Viento, Del Mar, Del Alba (Missis­ sippi); Steel Traveler (Isthmian); Hastings, DeSoto, Monarch of the Seas, Young America, Claiborne, Morning Light (Waterman); Raph­ ael Semmes, Gateway City (PanAtlantic); Suzanne, Frances (Bull); Ocean Evelyn (Ocean Trans.); CS Baltimore (Cities Service) and the Mankato (Victory Carriers). SlU SHIPS AT SEA A word of appreciation was ex­ tended to the crew of the Robin Goodfellow from the gang on the Robin Locksley for being such fine hosts while the two vessels were in East London, East Africa. Some of the Locksley's gang were "treated fine" while visiting the Goodfellow, Charles Stambul, meeting chair­ man, reported, and they wish to say thanks. As February was "March of Dimes" month, the crew of the MEBA Strike Cains: One Million So Far The MEBA's new Atlantic and Gulf District contract has netted MEBA engineers $1 million more than the former contract, according to a preliminary report released last month. Figures published in the freighters and other dry cargo Local 33 newspaper showed ships came to $1,466,840.18 as that MEBA engineers on A&G contract ships received $1 million more in welfare benefits and vaca­ tion pay from June 16 to Decem­ ber 31, 1958 than they got in the comparable period in 1957, when they were working under the for­ mer agreement, Norfolk Business Manager Jesse Calhoon, chairman of the A&G Ne­ gotiating Committee, said that ad­ ditional monetary"gains of 40 per­ cent had been won through con­ tract enforcement provisions such as licensed personnel boards, ar­ bitration, etc. The figures showed that welfare payments to engineers totaled $236,408.23 in 1958, as against $30,339.38 in 1957, a gain of $206.068.85 or 67.9 percent. Vacation pay for. engineers on ^ Did Sam Make 'Em If .doesn't take much to trip a man up on the deck of a ship. Sometimes it's an obstruction like a padeye or door sill, or a misplaced item of ship's gear. Sometimes it's clothing that's too billowy or doesn't fit right. Over- long trousers with big cuffs fall Into the latter category. If the only jeans you can get hold of are slightly oversize in the shank, roll them up, or better still, trim them down. You'll be more comfortableiLtoo. /•: , , 'Hi i.i,'.v.-; • . '• iVj • .'iV • t- V-;;! 1 4" t 4" Another vessel reporting a very smooth trip is the SS Producer, enroute to India with a cargo of grain. According to meeting chair­ man L. Schmidt, it has been a long trip with plenty of sea time for all hands. Any minor beefs that might Schmidt have come up, he said, have been settled in an orderly manner and to the satis­ faction of all concerned. 41 4" 4" Safety and cooperation were the main topics at the last meeting in February aboard the Hurricanej according to Jessie J. Cabral, meet­ ing chairman. The first order of business was to see if it is pos­ sible to have lad­ ders made for men who sleep in the top bunks. Thanks to the close cooperation on the part of all Cabral departments, Ca­ bral wrote, everything is running smoothly. There are no beefs and no disputed overtime for this trip so far, and, with'the steward de­ partment going out of its way, life is much more pleasant for.all hands. against $823,756.24 under the old contract, a gain of $643,083.94, or 78.1 percent. The new tanker vaca­ tion pay was $675,260.37, as against $526,374.53, or a gain of $148,885.84 or 28.3 percent. The new contract was negotiated after a five-day strike on the At­ lantic and Gulf coasts. Welfare Increased Under the MEBA's new welfare program, engineers receive pay­ ments of $50 a week for up to 39 weeks when they're unfit for duty or hospitalized, plus $12 a day for the first 20 days of hospitalization. MEBA contracts call for 48 days of vacation a year on dry cargo 4^ 4" 4 ships until June, 1959, and 60 days The report from the Barbara thereafter. Tanker vacations are 75 days a year now, and will be Freitchie was as short as could bt —"no beefs, everyone happy." increased to 90 days in June. i' li Cities Service Baltimore decided to do its share in aiding this worthy cause by' a donation of $20. �SEAFARERS Manh 27, 19M Page Severn LOG T"r5 Low Seaway Toll Rates Hit By NY YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH Seafarer's Guide To Better Buying By Sidney Margolius Beware Health-Insurance Hoaxes Better watch more carefully than ever for misrepresentations when buying accident and health policies or hospital insurance sold by commercial companies. The FTC had issued over 40 complaints against various accident and health Insurance companies for misrepresentation. Then the Supreme Court ruled that the McCarran-Ferguson Act left regulation of insur­ ance company activities to the states, where the states xmdertake to regulate. Since then, hardly a month has passed wittiout an announce­ ment from FTC that it has dismissed, for lack of Jurisdiction, its previons charges of fabe advertbing against one after another of the offending companies. Thus the public now is out in the rain with a very leaky umbrella. For it was the failure of state insurance departments to police the mis­ representations of accident and health insurance ads that led the Fed­ eral Trade Commission to intervene. The FTC had gotten after insurance sellers especially on these points: Failure to reveal policies were cancellable at the company's option,, and to dbclose limitations on beneffts, exclusion of benefits for pre­ existing illnesses and age limitations. Many companies refused to re­ new policies when the Insured person became 111. The compulsory age limit was and still Is another serious defect. Many policies cancel or reduce benefits drastically when people reach 60 or 65. Thb is gener­ ally when they need sickness insurance most, not only because of the Ills of old age, but because their incomes are reduced at this time. For example, FTC found that a big direct-mail insurance seller had represented that Its policies remained In force at an lnsiu*ed person's option, as long as he paid the renewal premiums on time. This was false. Many of the policies could be terminated by the company at the end of any period for which the premium had been paid, for any rea­ son or none at all. This particular case exposed a gimmick used by a number of Insur­ ance companies that sell by sending out mail circulars. They really only insure against Injuries caused by accident and not Illnesses from other causes. While their rates seem to be low, actually there Is little protection against the com­ mon illnesses. In another typical case, the FTC found a company had misrepre­ sented the duration of coverage, amounts payable, the amount and duration of monthly benefits. For example, the company had adver­ tised: "Special Coverage: ages one month through life; your benefits never get less—regardless of age," and, "Lifetime Hospital Plan for husband, wife and child." The Impression created by these claims was that the Insiured re­ ceived full coverage for life. But the examiner found that the policies provided that coverage b renewable at the company's option only, and some policies specifically reduced benefits by as much as 50 per cent when the Insured person reached an advanced age. With the FTC no longer able to defend you, your only protection now is your/ state's Insurance department. Some states have Improved their regulation of health Insurance companies a little since these deceptions were first exposed by the labor press. New York, for example, passed a law stating that Insurers must renew hospltalizatlon-lnsurance policies that have been in effect two years, unless the insured has reached the age limit or other expiration limit In the contract. Nor, In that state, can health and accident policies (as distinct from the hospitalization type) be cancelled during the term for which sold. In New York, buyers now also are entitled to a ten day "free look" at a poUcy. This gives them a chance to get back their money if they discover more limitations than they first realized, or for other reasons. These are the minimum safeguards any buyet In any state should insist on in writing when buying a policy, whether or not state law requires It. But don't delude yourself that this Is complete protection, or that commercial health insurance policies In general are reasonable for. what they give you. For one thing, the New York law has a big, glaring loophole, if the. company decides you don't look like a good health risk after all. It can't cancel during the term of the policy, generally one year. But -Jt can refuse to renew at the end of the term (except for hospitalizatlon-type policies already In effect two yearsY. Moreover, there is nd effective way to prevent companies in other States from flooding strictly-regulated areas with mail-order circulars. The reason lyhy commercially-sold policies are generally not good value. Is the high proportion - of your premium going to selling and administration costs, generally about 50 cents of every dollar. Even the new policy for older people recently advertised widely by Con­ tinental Casualty Co. an.d touted as an answer to the Forand bill seek­ ing to provide hospital Insurance for. people on Social Security, turns out to give little protection. The new Continental plan has been described as the best commercial Insurance Industry has been able to offer so far. But it costs $78 a year compared to a representative Blue Cross standard-contract charge of $29.50 for an individual once he's In the plan. Moreover, the Con­ tinental plan's benefits are very limited. 'The allowance per hospital day of $10 is about half the average hospital room: afid board charge in the states where thCTpdlicy is offered. Nelson; ^uitehank, AFLCIO Social Security dlrectdr, has ported out. In contrast, a representar tlve standard Blue Cross plan provides 21: days (HI ^fullvhospital-irdom <ri.i.^Spdyhient idus lSd half -^ays.:. The Gonttoentai plan pcpvldes f^^ %:c;^^um'-'or'only-/21^dayx''df.i|:bspita^ covbrafe.^;' ' ' '• Public Health Service sanitation award is presented to H. W. Warley, president of SlU-contracted Calmar and Marven Steam­ ship Companies by Joseph B. O'Connor (left) regional director of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Twenty-one ships of the two companies scored ratings of 99 and 98 percent respectively on a fleetwide basis. Marven, Calmar Ships Win Sanitalion Awards Two more SlU-contracted companies have been cited by the US Public Health Service for outstanding shipboard san­ itation in the past year. Marven Steamship Company (for­ merly Ore Line) and Calmar Steamship Company received years for Marven and the second citations following the 168- straight for Calmar. The presen­ Item inspeclon of shipboard sani­ tation was made on March 20 at tation on the 21 ships involved. the companies' New York offices The award was the third In three to President H. W. Warley. The Marven and Calmar awards follow similar citations previously given to other SIU companies. Bloomfield Steamship scored a near-perfect rating of 99 percent on Its four vessels, and the SS At­ lantic of American Banner Lines also received a citation recently. Last year, the SlU-manned Sear HOUSTON—Although reglstra. train Line was also cited by the tion continued heavy, shipping was service for high standards of clean­ extremely good for the two-week liness aboard ship. period and looks as If It will hold Marven Steamship was given a up for some time to come, Bob 99 percent rating, which for prac­ Matthews, port agent, predicts. tical purposes, is the highest rat­ Registration, at 195, was 32 ing that can be achieved, while greater than men shipped, which Calmar's score was 98 percent. Is a switch for this port since The Marven ships are all ore car­ shipping generally has matched or riers while Calm&r operates in the outstripped registration recently. intercoastal trade. All the jobs came on in-transit ships, 20 in all, since there were no sign-ons. Four vessels paid off, namely, the Steel Advocate (Isth­ mian); Helen (Olympic); Neva West (Bloomfield) and the Hurricane (Waterman). The following were in transit: Seatrains New Jersey, New York and Texas (Seatrain); Del Valle, WASHINGTON—A ban on the and Del Alba and Del Viento (Mississippi); Alcoa Pegasus and use of carbon tetrachloride fire Alcoa Planter (Alcoa); Eagle Tran^ extinguishers and specifications for porter (Terminal Transport); Alice use of inflatable liferafts are on Brown (Bloomfield); Bienville and the agenda- of a public hearing Beauregard (Pan-Atlantic); • Atlan­ called for April 27 by the Merchant tic (Petrol); Fort Hoskins (Cities Marine Council of the United Service); Steel Traveler (Isthmian); States Coast Guard. The Cabins (Texas City Refining); The healings will .deal with a Almena (Clover Carriers); Ideal X host of technical revisions on ship (Penn_ Shipping); Val Chem specifications and regulations gov­ (Heron); and the Michael (J. M. erning firefightlng and other shlpCarras). : . bdai:d .safely procedures. ' Under the proposed regulations, the use of carbon tet extinguishers would be permitted on ships up If a crewniemher quits while until January 1, 1962. a ship.is in port, delegates While effective in fighting certain are asked to contact the hall types of fires, the carbon tet ex­ immediately for. a replace^ tinguishers are deadly in enclosed _meot. Fast action on their part spaces slnc?(rthe fumes are highly will keep all jobs aboard ship ' poisonous. - The SIU contract ^s filled at all times and elimi­ long discoufaged the use of carbon nate the chance; .of the sfalp tet aboard ships through specific S^ilinjg khort^anded; ' provisions in the working rules. • Slight Drop In Houston CC To Ban Carbon Tet Fire Gear Shorthanded? 7,3 WASHINGTON —Loud pro­ tests were heard last week when the governments of Canada and the United States released their long - awaited announcement on the toll rates to be charged ships traversing the St. Lawrence Sea­ way. Opposition to the tolls, which are Identical to those pro-, posed last June, was voiced by port, rail, shipping and other civic Interests. Unfair Competition Charged A spokesman for the Port of New York Authority said toll rates for the world's largest waterway are unrealistlcally low and the estimate of income unrealistically high, and that they give tlie Sea­ way an unfair competitive posi­ tion over the port. Lakes ship operators, on the other hand, said the tolls were too high. According to the final figures released, the basic charge on the registered tonnage will be four cents per ton for the MontrealLake Ontario run, and two cents a ton for the canal. The rate on general cargo will be 92 cents per ton, and 42 cents per ton for "bulk" cargo going the distance. Passengers will be charged a $7.50 toll for the entire trip. Re-classlfy Freight Of major importance in the announcement is the classification of domestic package freight as "bulk" cargo. Ujider this ruling a shipment between US ports by way of the Seaway can move at the 42-cent "bulk" rate, instead of the 95-cent rate applying to packaged cargo for export. The Port Authority warned that the diversion of cargoes from the port of New York "as a result of the unfair competition resulting from subsidized Seaway tolls" could mean a possible loss of some 3,500 waterfront jobs for the port. Lake Charles Forms COPE LAKE CHARLES —Final ap­ proval for the formation of a local branch of the Committee on Po­ litical Education was voted here last week at a meeting of the Cen­ tral Labor Council, Port Agent Leroy Clarke reports. . The first task before this com­ mittee Is to get all of the port's union members and their families to register in time In order to be eligible to vote In the coming elec­ tions. It is only by use of this vot­ ing power, Clarke said, that labor can protect itself against the antilabor forces who would like to bring/back a "right-to-wprk" law In Louisiana. • . Shipping for the port during the past period was not too good, Clarke said. A total of 22 men were shipped to permanent, berths, which- Is small compared to the number of men registered on the beach here. Among the vessels calling here during the past two weeks were the Royal Oak; Bents Fort, Brad­ ford Island, Cantlgny, Chiwawa, CS Norfolk, Winter Hill, CS Miami (Cities Service!; Del Mundo (Mis­ sissippi); Eagle Transpprter (Ter­ minal Transport) and the Ocean Evelyn (Ocean Transpoii;). All of the vessels \vere in good shape, with no;major beefs , reported. • ' - .^1 \.rm • • .1 • • -'-Si •• ^1 J 75^ '•? «] �m: k-> i: ' fate Eicht ' vCe • -^-.V SEAFARERS LOG »Iai«h 27, 1959 .^.1—A N P'r if':.,. '4 • 0; • • ^'' -; THESE RVLES INCLUDE THE RULES PREVIOUSLY PRINTED AND DISTRIBUTED, TOGETHER WITH AMI Every seaman shipped through the hiring halls of tlie Seafarers International Union of North America, Atlantic and Gulf District, here­ inafter called the "Union," shall be shipped pursuant to the following rules: 1. Seniority A. Without prejudice to such other legal conditions and restrictions on employment as are contained in the agreements between the Union and the Employers, seamen shall be shipped out/On jobs offered through the hiring halls of the Union in accordance with the class.of seniority rating they possess, subject, nevertheless, to the other rules contained herein. B. Seniority shall be determined in the following manner: A class A seniority rating, the highest, shall be possessed by all unlicensed personnel who have shipped regularly, up to December 31, 1954, with one or more of the companies listed in Appendix A, since , before January 1, 1951. On and after October' 1, 1956, a class A seniority rating shall be possessed by all seamen with ratings above ordinary seaman, wiper, or messman, who have shipped regularly, up to December 31, 1954, with one or more of the companies listed in Appendix A, since before January 1, 1952, subject, however, to rule 9. On and after September 1, 1958, a class A seniority rating shall also be possessed by all seamen who have shipped regularly-with one or more of the com^janies listed in Appendix A, either (1) up to Decem­ ber 31, lv55, since before January 1, 1953, or (2) up to December 31, .1956, since before January 1, 1954, subject, however, to rule 9. A class B seniority rating shall be possessed by all seamen who have shipped regularly up to December 31, 1954, with one or more of the companies listed in Appendix A, since before January 1, 1955, and who do not have a class A seniority rating, subject, however, to rule 9. On and after September 1, 1958, class C personnel who possess a certificate of satisfactory completion of the., Andrew Furuseth Training School course and who, after obtaining such a certificate of satisfactory completion, have completed 60 days of sea service with any of the companies set forth in Appendix A, shall be entitled to a class B seniority rating. A class C seniority rating shall be possessed by all seamen who do not have a class A or class B seniority rating, subject, however, to rule 9. Notwithstanding anything to .the contrary herein, no seaman shall b? deprived of the seniority to which he would be otherwise entitled by virtue of service with the armed forces of the United States. C. A seaman will be deemed to have shipped regularly with one or more of the companies listed in Appendix A if he has been employed as an unlicensed seaman no less than ninety days (90) per calendar •year on one or more American-flag vessels owned or operated by the said companies, subject, however, to rule 3 (A). This latter provision shall not operate so as to reduce any seaman's seniority if the require­ ments therein were not met during the first calendar year in which the seaman commenced to ship but, if not met, the said calendar year shall not be counted insofar as seniority upgrading is concerned. D. Employment with, or election to any office or job in the Union, or any employment taken at the behest of the Union, shall be deemed to be the same as employment with any of the companies listed in Appendix A, and seniority shall accrue accordingly during the period such employment, office, or job is retained. E. A class A seniority rating shall be the highest, class B, the next highest, and so on, and priority as to jobs shall be granted accordingly, subject, nevertheless, to the rules contained herein. F. Within each class of seniority, a seaman shall be shipped in accord- • ance with the length of time he has been unemployed, the one unemployed the longest to be shipped the first, subject, nevertheless, to tfie rules contained he^rein. G. It shall be the responsibility of each seaman to furnish proof of seniority and length of the period of his unemployment. Notwith­ standing any other provisions herein, the failure to produce itiequate proof of seniority or length of unemployment shall be grounds for denial of the job sought. An appropriate seniority rating card dulyissued by the Union shall be deemed sufficient proof of seniority, for the purposes of shipping, without prejudice to the right of any seaman to furnish different proof of his seniority in reasonably legible and, . easily ascertainable form, such as official Coast Guard discharges. Unem­ ployment periods shall be ascertained solely from shipping cards issued by the Union. H. Seniority rating cards will be issued by the Union only upon written and personal application made and accepted. These will be valid only for the calendar year in which issued. No seniority rating card will be issued after October In each calendar year, unless the remaining time is not needed to preserve the seniority rating of the applicant, or is mathematically sufficient'to enable him to retain .his seniority. J.ach seniority rating card, shall be based upon entitlement as of the date applied for. Shipping cards issued by the Union shall be valid for a period of 90 days from the date of.issue subject to the other rules coritained herein. If the 90th day falls on a Sunday or a holiday, .national or state, .or if the hall in which registration has been made is closed on that day for any reason, the card shall be deemed valid until the next succeeding business day on which the hall is open. The period of validity of shipping cards shall be extended by the number of days shipping in a port has beeri materially affected as a result of a strike affecting the industry generally,, or other, similar circumstances. Shipping cards shall be issued to all those requesting the same, provided the seaman has all the necessary documents and papers required by law and is otherwise eligible. I. Seniority shall be calculated on the basis of employment without regard to department (deck, engine, or steward), without prejudice,' however, to the application of any other rule contained herein.-A seaman may not change the department in which he usually ships without permission of the Seafarers Appeals Board, which permission shall be granted only upon proof, deemed satisfactory by the Board, that medical reasons, insufficient to prohibit sailing altogether, warrant the change. J. Seamen with a class B or class C seniority rating may he shipped on a vessel for one round trip, or sixty (60) days, whichever is longer; in the latter case, the sixty (60) day period may be extended, where necessary to insure practicability insofar as leaving the ship is con­ cerned. This rule shall not be applied so as to cause a Vessel to sail shorthanded. No transportation shall be due by virtue of the applica­ tion of this rule. The words, "round trip," shall have the usual and customary meaning attributed to it by seamen, whether it be coastwise, intercoastal or foreign. On coastwise voyages, if the schedule of the vessel is such that it is to return to the area of original engagement, a seaman shall not be required to leave the vessel until the vessel reaches the said port or area. On intercoastal and foreign voyages, where the • vessel pays off at a port in the continental United States other than in the area of engagement, TT the vessel is scheduled to depart from the said port of payoff within ten days after arrival, to return to the port or area of original engagement, a seaman with a" seniority rating of less than class A shall not be required to leave the vessel until it arrives in the said port or area of original engagement." 2. Shipping Procedure A. No seaman shall be shipped unless reglstefed ifor shipping. No seaman shall register for Shipping in more than one port of the Union at one time. No shipping card issued in one port shall be honored in another. B. No seaman may register for another, or use another's shipping card or seniority rating card. All registration must be in person, and, seamen must be present, in person, when a job is offered them. C. No seaman may register for a job so long as he is employed on any vessel, \ D. No seaman shall have'the right to reject more than two jobs, after throwing in'for them, within the period of validity of his shipping card. 'Rejection of more than two jobs during this period will require re-registfation and the taking out of a new shipping card. E. Every" seaman who accepts a job, and who quits or is'fired after one day, shall not be permitted to retain the original shipping card on which he received his job, but must re-register to ship. If he quits or is fired within one day, he must ryjort back to the dispatcher on the next succeeding business day or else give up the oritfinal shipping card on which he received his job. F. No seaman shall be allowed to register on more than one list (department), and in not more tl^n one group, as hereinafter set forth. No seaman shall be shipped out' on a job off a list (department) other than that on which he'is registered, except under emergency circum­ stances, such as insuring against a vessel sailing short in a department." No seaman shall be shipped out on a job outside the group In which he is registered, except as specifically set forth herein. The following are the groups within the lists (departments). In which" classified seamen may registei'. Within one list (department), those possessing a higher seniority rating may fake priority in the obtaining of jobs over those with lesser seniority rating even when not registered in the same group, "^subje'ct, however, to the provisions of rule The following is a breakdown of the list (department) group: DECK DEPARTMENT Greu^ I—Day Worliers Bosun Deck Maintenance Bosun's Mate Watchman—Day Work Carpenter Storekeeper Group ll-Raled Watch Standers •> Quartermaster Car Deckman Able Seaman Watchman—Standing Watc Group III Ordinaries on Watch ENGINE DEPARTMENT Group I Chief Electrician 1st, 2nd, 3rd Ref. Eng'r. 2nd Electrician Chief Storekeeper "Unlic. Jr. Eng'r.—Day Work. Evap. Mainteriance AAan Pumpman, 1 and 2 Unlic. Jr. Eng'r.—Watch Plumber-Machinist Engine Maintenance Chief Ref. Eng'r. Group II Deck Engineer Watertender Engine utility Pireman-Watertendar Oiler—Diesel Fireman Oiler—Steam Group Jll Wiper STEWARD DEPARTMENT Group I—Rated Man Chief Steward—Passenger Chief Cook' 2nd Steward—Passenger Night Cook and Baker Steward 2nd Cook and Baker Chef Group II 2nd Cook and 3rd Cook Group III—Messman . Utility M^issman Messman G. No seaman shall be tendered any job unless he It qualifii therefor in accordance with law and can furnish, on- demand, t^ appropriate documents evidencing. this qualification. H. No man shall be shipped while under the influence of alcol| or drugs. I. All seamen shipped through the Union shall be given two assid ment cards. One of these cards shall be given by the seaman to ^ head of his department aboard ship, the other to his departn delegate aboard ship. J. Subject to the other rules contained herein, a seaman receivil a job shall give up the shipping card on which he was shipped.| 2. Hospital Cases A. N6twithstanding_anything to the contrary hereiit contained, period of employment required during each year to constitute reguj shipping, or for the maintenance of class B or class C seniority withd break, shall be reduced, pro rata, in accordance with the proportion s bona fide in- and out-patient time to each calendar year. Example: If. man has been a bona fide in- and out-patient for four (4) months in o] calendar year, the yearly employment required for seniority purpos' shall be reduced by-one-third for that year. B. A seaman who enters a bona fide hospital as an in-patient ail remains there for thirty (30) days or more, shall be entitled, if otherwif qualified, to receive a thirty (30) day back-dated- shipping card. If has been such an in-patient for less thapj thirty (30) days, he shall entitled, if otherwise qualified, to a shipping card back-dated to til day he first entered the hospital. This rule shall not apply unless til seaman reports to the dispatcher vvlthin forty-eight (48) hours after hi discharge, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays, and producf his hospital papers. 4.. Buimess Hours and Job Calls A. All , Union halls shall be opep from 8:00 AM until SjOO PNI On Saturdays, the halls shall be open from 8:00 AM to 12:00 Noorf On SaturdSy afterrioons, Sundays, and holiday^, the hours of bu'sinesl shall be determined by the port agent, upon proper notice posted ol the bulletin board the day before. B. Jobs shall be announced during non-holiday week days, including Saturday mornings, on the hour/ except for the 8:00 AM and Nooj calls. On Saturday afternoons, Sundays, and holidays, or under excec �-MlKh 27. 1959 SEAFARERS ic-n-: Pace Nine LOG Ml SEAFARERS INTEKNATIONAL UNION A AG District • AFL-CIO And CONTRACTED EMPLOYERS ''^il -'•^1 JMEiVTS, DECIDED l/POiV BY THE SEAFARERS APPEALS BOARD, VP TO Am INCLVDIISG MARCH 3, 1939. I '<4 '•..n tional circumstances, the job may be called out at any time after it comes in. In no case shall a job be called out unless it is first posted on the shipping board. steward on passenger vessels, shall be given on the same basis as that of steward on cargo vessels, in all cases with one or more of the companies listed in the aforementioned Appendix A; C. There shall be. a limit of Eight (8) job calls in which the priority of class A and class B personnel may be exercised in obtaining a particular job. If the eighth job call does not produce a qualified seaman possessing either a class A or class B seniority rating (in the order prescribed herein), that seaman with a class C seniority rating, Otherwise entitled under these rules, shall be selected for the job. This rule shall not be applied so as to cause a vessel to sail shorthanded or late. G. The above preferences shall obtain notwithstanding an/ other prq.visioti to the contrary contained in these rules. D. The five major ports are declared to be New York, Baltimore, AAobile, New Orleans, and San Francisco. In halls- other than .those therein located, if three (3) calls for a job do not produce a qualified seaman possessing a class A or class B seniority rating, the job shall be placed in suspense but only with respect to class A and class B personnel who are registered for shipping, and not with respect to class C personnel. The nearest major port shall .be notified, and the suspended job offered there. A qualified class A or class B seaman (In that order) in the major port so notified shall have the right to bid for these jobs but only within the remaining, five (S) job cells. In the event these jobs are not bid for, that seaman with a class C seniority rating, otherwise entitled under these rules and registered in the notifying port, shall be assigned the job. This rule shall not be applied so as to cause a vessel to sail shorthanded or' late, and shall not be deemed to require any employer to pay transportation by virtue of the transfer of the job call. The provisions of rule 4 (C) shall be sub-' ordinate hereto. 5. Special PreferencesA. within each class of seniority rating, seamen over fifty (50). years "-of age shall be preferred in obtaining jobs of fire watchmen. B. A seaman shipped on a regular job, vvhose ship lays up less than fifteen (15) days after the original employment date, shall have restored to him the shipping card on which he was shipped, provided the card has not expired. C. If a ship lays up and then calls for a crew within ten (10) days after layup, the same crewmembers shall have preference, providing they are registered on the shipping list. Such preference shall be extended by the number of days of layup resulting from strikes' affecting the industry generally, or other similar circumstances; D. A seaman with a class A seniority rating shall not be required to throw in for a job on the seme vessel after first obtaining a job thereon, so long as he has not been discharged for cause or Kas quit. E. Class C personnel • with a certificate of satisfactory completion from the Andrew Furuseth Training School shall -be preferred over other class C personnel. F. (1) Within each class of seniority, preference for the job of bosun shall be given those seamen who either have- actually sailed as AB for at least 36 months in the deck'department, or, have actually sailed in any capacity'm the deck department for at least 72 months, or, have actually salled'as bosun for 12 months, in all cases with one or more of the companies listed in' the aforetrientloned Appendix A, . (2) Within each class of seniority; preference for the job of chief electridan shall be given those seamen, who have actually sailed for af least 36 months in the engine department, including at least 12 rnonths as second electrician, with one or more of the-Companies listed in the - aforementioned Appendix A. (3) Within each class of seniority, preference for the job of steward on cargo vessels shall be given those seamen who either have actually sailed for at least 36 months in the steward department in a . rating above that of 3rd cook, or, have actually sailed, as steward (or as .. 2nd steward on passenger vessels) for at least 12 months, in either. ' case with one or more of the companies listed in the aforementioned Appendix A. (4) Within each class of seniority, preference for the job of chief steward, on passenger vessels, shall be given those seamen who have .actually sail^ for at least 12 months as chief steward or as 2nd steward on passenger vessels, and preference for the job of 2nd 6. Standby Jobs • Standby jobs shall be shipped in rotation, within each class of seniority rating. No standby shall be permitted to take a regular job on the same vessel unless he returns to the hall and throws In for the regular job. His original shipping card shall be returned'to the standby when he reports back to the dispatcher unlesy it has expired In the interim. 7. Relief In the event an employed seaman wants tirnp off and secures permis­ sion to do so, he shall call the hall and secure a relief. No reliefs shall be furnished for less than four .(4) hours or more than three (3) days. The one asking for time off shall be responsible for paying the relief at the regular overtime rate. Reliefs shall be shipped in the same manner'as a standby. This rule shall not apply'when replatements are'not. required by the head of the department concerned. 8. Promotions or Transfers Aboard Ship No seaman shipped under these rules shall accept a promotion or transfer aboard ship unless there Is no time or opportunity to dispatch' the required man from the Union hall. 9. Change in Seniority A. Unless otherwise specifically entitled thereto by these rules, all those who possess a class B seniority rating shall be entitled to a class A seniority rating eight (8) years after they commenced to ship regularly with the companies set forth In Appendix A, provided they maintain their class'B seniority rating without break. B. All those who-possess a class C seniority, rating shall be entitled to a class B seniority rating two (2) years after they commenced to ship regularly with the companies set forth In Appendix A, provided they maintain their class C seniority rating without break. C. Shipping with one or more of the companies set forth in Appen­ dix A-for at least ninety (90) days each calendar year Is necessary to maintain without break a class B or class C seniority rating, subject, however, to rule 3 (A). This latter provision shall not operate so as to reduce any seaman's seniority If .the requirements therein were not met during the first calendar year in which the seaman commenced to ship but. If not met, the said calendar year shall not be counted Insofar as seniority upgrading is concerned. 0. The same provisions as to military service as are contained in rule 1'(B) shall be analogously applicable here. E. In cases where a seaman's shipping employment has been inter­ rupted because of circumstances beyond his control, thereby prevent­ ing the accumulation of sufficient seatlme to attain eligibility for a ..higher seniority rating, the' Seafarers Appeals Board may. In Its sole discretion, grant him sueh total or partial ienlority credit for the time lost as, again in its sole discretion, it considers warranted In order 'to prevent undue hardship. For purposes of .Board procedures, whether a matter presented to the Seafarers Appeals Board Is an appeal as a result of a dispute over -shipping or seniority rights, or Is an appeal for the exercise of the Board's discretion, shall be Initially determined by the Chairman, who shall thereupon take such administrative steps as are appropriate in connection with this determination, subject, however, to overruling by the body hearing the matter. If the Chairman is overruled, the matter shall be deemed to be a dispute appeal, or a discretionary matter, in accordance with the determination of the Mid body,'and It shall there•upon 'be subject to disposition under the rules corresponding to the type of case it has thus been .determined to be. The applicant shall, at his election, have a right to be heard in person, but only at the place vyhere the Seafarers Appeals Board Is meeting to consider the same. The CJialrman shall insure that the applicant shall receive fair notice thereof.' . 10. Discipline A. The Union, although under no indemnity obligation, will not ship drunks, dope addicts, and others whose presence aboard ship would constitute a menace or nuisance to the safety and health of the crew. Anyone claiming a wrongful refusal to ship may appeal to the Seafarers Appeals Board, which shall be a board of four (4), two (2)-to .be ' selected by the Union, and two (2) by that negotiating committee, representing Employers,, known anei commonly referred to as the Management Negotiating Committee. This Board shall name a Hearing Committee of two (2), to sit In the port where the refusal to ship takes place, if practicable, and If not, at the nearest available port where it Is practicable. This latter Committee shall arrange for a prompt and fair hearing, with proper notice, and shall arrive at a decision, unani­ mously, to be binding and final. If a unanimous decision cannot be reached, an appeal shall be taken to the Seafarers Appeals Board. Where a specific company Is Involved In the dispute, a representative thereof must be appointed to the Committee by the Board unless waived by the sa|d company.^ B. Where a seaman deliberately falls or refuses to join his ship, or is guilty of misconduct or neglect of duty aboard ship, he may lose his shipping card for up to thirty (30) days. For a second offense, he may lose his rar^ ijp to sixty (60) days. In especially severe cases, or In case of a third offense, he may lose his shipping card permanently. Before a seaman may lose his shipping card under this sub-paragraph B, a complaint shall be filed, by either the Union or an Employer, with the Chairman of the Board, who shall thereupon name a Hearing Commit­ tee, which Committee shall arrange for a prompt and fair hearing thereon, with proper notice. The manner of appointment of the Hearing Committee, and the procedures to be followed by It, shall be those specified In the last paragraph of section 9 (E) and section 10 of these rules and, without limiting the effect of any olher provision In these rules, hearings may be conducted, and decisions reached, whether or. not the seaman Is present. Pending the hearing and decision, the seaman may register and ship In accordance with his appropriate seniority and registration'status. Appeals from decisions of the Hearing Committee, may be taken to the Board, and shall be mailed by the seaman to the Board within fifteen (15) days after written notification of the Commit­ tee's decision. The Board shall have the power to extend this time for good cause. Such appeals shall be heard by the Board at the next regu-^ lar meeting after receipt thereof, provided the appeal has been received in sufficient time for the Board to give five (5) days' notice of the meet­ ing to the seaman of the time and place of the meeting. Pending any appeal or decision thereon by the Board, the decision of the Hearii.j Committee shall be effective. C. The Board of four (4) shall be a permanent body, and each member shall have an alternate. The selection of the alternates, and the removal of members or alternates shall be set forth In the agreements signed by the Union and the Employers. Members of the Board may serve on a Hearing Committee, subject to sub-paragraph A. The Board shall act only If there participates at least one Union member and one Employer member, while the collective strength of each group shall be the same, regardless of the actual number in attendance. The decisions of the Board shall be by unanimous vote, and shall be final and binding, except that. In the -event of. a tie, the Board shall select an Impartial fifth member to resolve the particular issue Involved, In which case, a majofily vole shall then be final and binding. Where no agreement can be reached as to the Identity of the fifth member, application tnerefor shall be made to the American Arbitration Association, and its rules shall then'be followed In reaching a decision. D. All disputes over seniority, and transportation disputes arising out of seniority rule applications, shall be dealt with In the same manner as disputes over shipping rights. E. It Is the obligation of the one aggrieved to initiate action. No particular form Is necessary, 'except that the complaint must be in writ­ ing, set out the facts In sufficient detail to properly Identify the situation complained of, and be ad " ess-ed to the Seafarers Appeals Board, 106 North Jackson Street, Mobile, Alabama. 11. Amendments These rules. Including seniority classifications and requirements, may be amended at any time. In accordance with law, contracts between the Union and the' employers, and to the extent perttiiUed by law and contract, as aforesaid, by the Seafarers Appeals Board. I n - r/'''S'".v.;','. 'T-' I.'.V-;,. '''"1l'il ' T I �SEAFARERS ROTARY SHIPPING ROARD March 4 Through March 17, 1959 SIU shipping fell off to 1,031 jobs last period to hit an eight-week low, but the decline was all in class C activity. Class A shipping was exactly the same as in the previous period and class B jobs increased slightly but the class C job total this time was cut in half. At the same time, the total registration dropped off a bit, but all of it in the class B column. The only rise this period was in the total number of men still registered on the beach, due to the fact that the drop in shipping was a little higher than the new registration. The actual registration figure for the two weeks totalled 1,127, and there were 64 payoffs, 28 sign-ons and 141 in-transit visits. New York accounted for 48 calls. New Orleans for 37 and Baltimore for 27. Five ports (Boston, Savannah, Tampa, Houston and Wilmington) had no sign-ons at all and four others (Philadelphia, Lake Charles, San Fran­ cisco and Seattle) had only one each. The only ports where this wasn't really reflected in the shipping totals were Houston and San FranCTsco. (See "Ship Activity" summary at right.) Baltimore, Mobile, New Orleans, Wilmington and San Francisco were the only ports showing increased shipping over the last period, but although it represented a 50 percent gain, the rise in Wilmington was just five jobs. Norfolk and Houston showed no real change (they actually declined by 2-3 jobs) and the rest all dropped off also. How­ ever, since the difference between shipping last period and this one was only 52 jobs—split among nine ports—^job activity generally is still good. Seniority-wise this period, class A shipping represented 70 percent of the total, class B 23 percent and class C handled the remaining seven percent AU ports except Tampa and Lake Charles shipped at least one class C man. Half thfi class C shipping was in the steward department in group 3. None, were shipped in group 1 in any depart­ ment. Boston, Philadelphia, Norfolk, Savannah, Tampa, Lake Charles, Wilmington and Seattle all had 100 or less men on hand in all depart­ ments at the end of th~e period. All of these except Philadelphia and Seattle also had fewer than 50 class A men registered on the beach. The West Coast port had 53 "A" men on tap. The following is the forecast port b> port: Bo.ston: Slow . . . New York: Good . . . Philadelphia: Fair . . . Balti­ more: Good . . . Norfolk: Fair . . . Savannah: Quiet . . . Tampa: Slow . . . Mobile: Improving . . . New Orleans: Good . . . Lake Charles: Fair . . . Houston: Good . . . Wilmington: Fair , . . San Francisco: Fair . . . Seattle: Fair. ' Ship Acfiyify ray Sign IN Offt Oar Trcnu. TOTAL 3 22 4 13 2 — — 8 5 — 4 — 1 2 — 4 1 4 2 — — 4 4 1 — — 1 1 TOTALS ... 54 21 Botloa ...... Now Yorii... rhiladolphfa.. BOIfimers ... Norfolk Savanhah .... Tampa Mobilo NowOrioans.. Lake Charles. Houston .... Wilmington .. San Francisco. Soattia ..... 3 20 10 8 4 11 4 4 24 11 20 , 7 • 2 141 4 43 15 27 • 11 4 14 37 12 24 7 11 8 233 DECK DEPARTMENT Port Boston New York. Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Savannah Tampa Mobile New Orleans Lake Charles Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS Port Boston New York Philadelphia. Baltimore Norfolk Savannah Tampa Mobile New Orleans Lake Charles Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTAIS Registered Registered CLASS B CLASS A GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 2 3 ALL 1 1 2 4 2 2 4 33 12 32 7 51 3 19 11 13 3 3 12 1 — 6 29 3 14 9 23 c 4 76 5|11 1A 2 4 5! 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 3 3 -60 7 14 2 9 26 6 40 1 3 8 2 6 1 4 4 9 1 2 3 39 4 10 27 2 17 6 27 2 2 2 2 4 20 6 13 1 6 2 8 6 2 1 5 S 9 48 182 29 *259: 9 75 48 132 as! - Registered On The Beach TOTAL Shipped CLASS B CLASS A SHIPPED CLASS C GROUP GROUP CLASS GROUP 3 Al.T. C ALL 1 2 2 3 ALL 1 B ALL A 1 2 — — ... ... —^. 3 4 6 5 6 1 J12 1 5 1 — 24 23 49 16 4 113 98 142 35 275 2 4 93 4 — 3 3 —' — 23 — 10 10 9 1 42 — 1 I 8 1 — 35 — 62 18 121 2 11 22 2 51 41 19 2 2 30 —' 6 9 15 9 —13 7 4 1 1 1 5 1 — 1 — 1 11 14 -— — 7 2 1 1 1 1 5 1 —.. — 2 2 — 1 — — 6 9 — — 1 1 2 r 3 36 1 34 28 5 69 — 4 8 1 1 25 1 — — — 26 70 19 139 — 7 19 — 39 3 — 42 50 4 8 11 16 2 2 — — —- 4 9 1 4 5 — — — 23 52 7 11 17 87 — 10 — 71 28 — 61 — '—• 3 2 5 7 6 7 1 14 — — 5 2 — — — 3 4 7 26 39 — 4 — 17 5 — 22 9 8 1 9 13 25 1 3 — 8 11 — — 5 196 7 80 109 474 110 L 875 75 10 1 388 291 5| 10 303 6 Shipped Shipped Registered CLASS B CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP GROUP 5 ALL 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 1 1 5 1 2 1 — 1 2 2 1 16 3 12 93 1 47 18 8 13 22 28 1 . 1 1 2 8 6 19 9 17 6 30 1 - 9 7 2 9 7 1 1 5 4 6 10 1 4 1 5 — 4 1 I . — 1 1 7 8 3 25 1 15 3 4 7 1 — 3 3 39 — 18 13 9 9 8 . 2 2 5 1 1 1 4 2 3 2 1 10 61 1 « — • 9 34 14 2 6 11 19 13 — 2 2 5 — 4 1 2 3 1 _ 2 2 •^5 17 1 7 4 3 2 5 6 3 2 3 — 5 6 2 2 2 17 49 1 75' 34 50 1 88' 77 162 64 3031 9 4 Registered CLASS A GROUP 3 ALL 2 1 5 1 2 2 23 26 15 64 18 2 12 4 14 22 7 43 6 3 3 7l 1 5 1 1 2 3 1 6 18 2 26 30 53 14 9 1 2 1 4 46 10 70 14 2• 1 1 7 5 9 21 1 2 4 5 11 I 91 183 ~59 r?.'i3 '• • • a •— —• —• ENGINE DEPARTMENT Shipped Shipped CLASS B CLASS A GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 3 ALL 1 2 2 1 2 2 7 15 23 52 1 11 36 5 9 5 4 3 8 11 __. 18 10 7 2 18 2 22 1 . 3 3 7 7 1 1 ' 1 2 1 1 1 __ 7 5 3 2 5 14 22 6 26 10 50 2 4 14 ; 3 3 2 8 .... 6 8 15 5 12 24 41 1 _ 3 3 5 4 1 3 9 4 16 —— 3 3 6 4 1 5 57 43 51 53 1.53 3Z 1 238l 3 Registered C In The Beacfr TOTAL Shipped CLASS A CLASS B SHIPPED CLASS C GROUP GROUP CLASS GROUP 3 AI.T. C ALL 1 2 B S ALL 1 2 3 ALL A 1 Z 2 3 5 5 — 3 4 1 1 1 2 ... 1 .. ' 56 27 23 77 43 124 14 181 6 23 2 2 2 52 2 2 — 20 5 25 — 9 1 21 — 1 1 11 .! _ 16 19 35 84 — 72 5 18 4 44 7 1 4 22 3 7 4 14. 13 2 16 7 3 2 12 1 1 1 2 ... 4 5 12 14 1 2 1 1 — 1 _ •—i _ 10 — , — — 10 — 3 — 2 — _ 33 8 15 4 51 — 7 5 34 14 7 5 22 4 1 ... 15 12 27 70 11 95 — 61 14 6 5 5 50 5 — — 8 — 4 6 2 13 4 21 — 8 4 SO 22 5 40 1 49 3 57 8 15 1 1 41 1 — — — — 3 3 ' 6 9 — 6 1 3 — 3 2 6 8 14 :— — 16 33 44 — 4 5 — 21 7 3 —. 13 1 4 t 9 1 3 6 14 3 2 1 3 5 97 24 359 103 459 55 617 13 U1 161 225 12 12 ,24 238 — ..--i a —• STEWARD DEPARTMENT Port Boston . . New York Philadelphia Baltimore ............ Norfolk............... Savannah ............ Tampa ......... i.... Mobile New Orleans......... .. . Lake Charles:......... Houston . ...,........ Wilmington........ San Francisco* ...... Seattle TOTALS ii'.- TOTAL Shipped Registered Shipped Registered Shipped ' SHIPPED CLASS C CIASS A CLASS B CLASS B CLASS A CLASS . GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP C ALL 1 3 ALL . 1 2 3 Al.l. A B 2 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 AI.I. 1 2 3 AIX i 1 1 ~ 1 1 —1. 1 ""a 4 IS 13 83 27 64 16 43 8 29 1 18 2 14 1 17 18 18 6 24 1$ 4S 42 1 11 4 4 8 ' 2 2 8 2 1 • —^ 2 1 1 6 8 1 5 4 13 33 3 13 — 4 4 23 29 6 5 1 7 10 3 10 1 4 23 2 8 2 4 1 1 2 2 2 4 3 3 10 4 4 1 1 3 2 — 2 2 1 • 2 li 1 2 1 1 1 1 'j - .J ._ «... i-i —i ;• 5 51 • 2 2 27 6 2 8 4 10 2 22 2 19 6 6 5 5 6 1 12 19 ; . .M' . 41 15 29 4 27 46 . _ • 12 — 7 7 5 — 12 i 12 4 20 29 , 2 3 5 1 1 2 4 2 2 1 2 —,'2 3 2 85 10 7 13 4 33 1 7 13 2 12 4 24 IS 6 8 10 — 7 • 7 24 • 2 5 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 — 1 Z 1 1 — .•a. 3 7 3 2 21 4 14 1 • - 2- ••-•2 16 5 6 3 3 1 5 16 8 1 12 1 2 1 1 •-•'•I Itt 11 — 1 1 1 4 2 4 10 "l 93 35 116 1 2441 6 -85 it 184 62 33 8 57 62 71 57 31 l84 5 2 55 • . •• smm ^RANDTOTAl* ... ; • i Vs" ,• m. •— _•— • '• — ««i.^ • v.L' I Regisfdred On The Bedeh JOTAt SftlppiKf. Registered Shipped. Shipped CLASS A CLASSB SHIPPED CL ASS C CLASS B CLASS B aASS A GROUP GROUP CLASS GBOHP •I'i. ' .-'rf"''.;". >V. • ' GROPP""^ GBQUP GROUP IIROUP 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 S ALL r 2 3 ALL i: 8 y ALL A < If C ALL i ALL. 91__183 59 1 333 4 34_50 I 88 J7_162 WftB !f t7 49 I 75 — 4 10303 75 10 I 588 291 474110 875 7 80 109 I 196 V ^8 162' ^vj 259 9 75 48'|'"i32 ^3 153 32 I 238 12 12 .^24 238 .97. 24 j 3^ 103 459 55 617 13 111 IB I 225' r "-'•ri. 97 -• -iV ' ' 93 as 116] Mi 6 38,184~T62 38 I 284 297 99 267 663 10 11 121 1 142 3 85 8 57~l 71 57 sr'otf 1^184 :^v:v.2..S5n v 51- •72 6311032 432 i2155 80 202 soil 863:,.: 23i;<06 204 I 3381 ^ 117 155 i 291 187 346 192 1 ^8# i7 r48t5S 1,234 Registered CLASS A .. m'wecK-ry: • Registered On The Beach CLASS B CLASS A GROUP GROUP 3 ALL'2 2 J ALL 1 1 2 4 11 1 — 5 2 37 it • 33 98 227 1 96 19 — ,.— 4 .41 7 11 13 86 41 10 29 y 4 4 : 4 2 12 4 6 4 I 1 2 1 16 4 6 - -1. 9 -..i64 — 18 • IST: 24 14 26 1 20 :• •2i..v...r.-.y10 64 122 18 8 2 — 6 3 2 3 37 — 20 8 9 1 10 .—-/ 6 4 1 1 23 8 U 42 1 ^— — 5 10 3 2 3 ¥ 99 267 663 10 11 121 .I43.-:K: �JHUrth 27, 1959 SEAFARERS Pare Elevea LOG CG Balks At SlU Demand For Lakes Safety Action WASHINGTON—^Asking for a full investigation of the sinking of the steamer Carl D. Bradley on the Great Lakes last November, and seeking the recovery of the 15 bodies still missing, SIU Great Lakes District officials received little only reveal the circumstances of encouragement from Coast the accident, but might show the it * way to prevent similar occurrences on other Lakes ships in the future. Such data could only be furnished through a study of the vessel or whatever sections of it that are recovered. The SIU cited the determination of the Civil Aeronautics Board, which spends huge sums of money, sometimes combing an area for weeks, in" the hope that some clues to a given air crash might be found. They also cited similar ef­ forts by the Government to recover the bodies of servicemen killed during the Second World War and return them to their homes for proper burial. Seamen merited similar treatment, they said. Harry O'Reilly, Executive Sec­ retary-Treasurer of the AFLrCIO Maritime Trades Department, stated that the MTD will continue to press for the recovery of the bodies and for a complete investi­ gation. Declaring that the talks made it obvious that existing Coast Guard facilities are inadequate for the preservation of safety at sea and the accomplishment of rescue, he urged Congressional action to remedy the existing shortcomings. SUP Secretary-Treasurer Morris Weisberger has notified San Fran­ cisco officials that if labor does not receive a seat on the proposed Golden Gate Authority, "we will withdraw our support" (from the body). Pointing out that not a single labor representative was on the Board of Directors of Frisco's rapid transit authority, Weisberger warned, "The same mistake must not happen again." the house, intends to go on figur­ ing out the different combinations possible in a pibochle deck. ^ The SIU Canadian District's Li­ censed Division brought its num­ ber of new contract agreements to 20 with successful negotiations with six companies. They are N. M. Paterson & Sons, Mohawk Naviga­ tion, Beaconfield Steamships, Sincenees McNaughton Lines, Ahearn Shipping and Toronto Tow­ ing & Salvage. The last is a dredg­ ing outfit and it is noted that the dredging industry was never or­ ganized until the Licensed Division stepped into the picture. With negotiations proceeding full ahead with several of the smaller com­ panies, it is hoped that the entire fleet will be under contract by the opening of navigation. ^e«c> C/S Tankers Hit '50-50' Charter Fix WASHINGTON—A new way of bypassing the objectives of *50-50' was uncovered recently. The American Independent Tankers Owners' Association has com­ plained that foreign supply mis­ sions, who have been purchasing surplus American farm products, have been giving charters only to those US-flag companies who agree to charter certain foreign-flag ves­ sels to carry part of the cargo. All of the sales of surplus Amer­ ican farm products come under the "50-50" provisions of the Cargo Preference . Act which requires that at least half of the cargo pur­ chased be carried by Americanflag vessels. < , "When the owner of an Ameri­ can-flag tanker is obliged, by the particular foreign supply mission involved, to furnish a foreign-flag tanker before his American-flag tanker can be accepted for the car­ riage of Public Law 480 gi'ain cargoes, he is forced to take a floss on the foreign flag fixture," the tanker spokesman said. These manipulations, he charged, are defeating the pur­ poses of the act. Instead of help­ ing promote the American mer­ chant marine,- it is being used to supply employment, in a time of a depressed charter market, to for­ eign-flag vessels. The AITOA spokesman appealed to Secretary of Agriculture Benson to -give immediate attention to these so-called "back to back" deals. Know ! . XolNBU^ Guard officials in talks between the two groups here last week. The talks revealed what Lakes repre­ sentatives described as serious shortcomings in Coast Guard facil­ ities and services on the Lakes. The Bradley split in half during a storm leaving only two survivors. Thirty-three bodies were recovered, shortly afterwards. Not only did Coast.Guard offi­ cials indicate they were unin­ formed as to the proceedings of the Coast Guard Board of Inquiry looking into the matter, but re­ ported there will be no effort to recover the vessel since the Coast Guard does not have the equip­ ment nor the funds to either sal­ vage the vessel or conduct an un­ derwater survey. They went on to state they had neither the legal responsibility, authority nor funds to conduct a search for the missing seamen. SIU representatives pointed out that without an examination of the vessel itself any inquiry would be limited in value. To rely on state­ ments, records and speculation would be of little assistance in furnishing data which might not Alarmed that their Shangri-La set-up is coming to an end, American operators of runaway shipping now appear to be enlisting the State Department in their frantic efforts to evade payment of union wages to their crews. At least that is the clear implication of a recent "Journal of Commerce" story stating that the State Department was "looking into" the SS Florida decision of the Natiohal Labor Relations Board to determine whether it conflicted with treaties of navigation. Reversing The Courts Since in the SS Florida case the NLRB recognized Amer­ ican union jurisdiction over the runaways, and since a number of court decisions since then have tended to reinforce that finding, the only purpose of State Department intervention here would be to rule out the NLRB's findings. That is be­ cause under the US constitution, treaties usually prevail over domestic law. Such action by the State Department could only serve the purposes of the runaways who have been attempting to escape American union wages by running up false flags of registra­ tion, thus disguising the nature of their operation. It's-«o secret that over the years the State Department has been less than friendly to the American-flag merchant ma­ rine. In fact, time and again, the Department has been eager to sacrifice a US-flag fleet on-one excuse or another, notably whenever the "50-50" issue came up. However, by getting into the runaway area, the State Department is meddling where it has no business intervening. Bread And Butler Beef The dispute between the US sea unions and the runaways is, purely and simply, a labor beef over basic bread-and-butter issues—wages and working conditions. That is the position of the unions, and that position has been affirmed in every courtroom to date and in the Labor Board. Still pending are further coUrt hearings and findings Oh this basic issue aris­ ing out of the successful protest against runaway shipping, last December 1 to 4. Since this matter is now before the courts, and since no­ body pretends that the runaways are anything but American operations in US commerce using a foreign flag for conven­ ience, it would appear the better part of wisdom for the State Department to keep its hands off. Otherwise, it is leaving it­ self wide open to the charge that it is intervening on the side of management in a domestic labor dispute. The American runaway operator has washed his hapds of any obligation to his crews and to his Government and wants iio American contads except US dollars for carrying cargo. It would be unique, to say the least, for the State De­ partment to support this Mnd of "anti-Americanism" oh the part of the runaways. The Sailors Union's pensioner list grew last week with the addi­ tion of Raphael Perrella, 78; Wil­ liam Donnelly, 72; G. K. Gregoriou, 69, and Murdo McKay, 68. Perella, a stamp and coin collec­ tor, and-McKay, a huntsman and fisherman, plan to pass a good deal of time with their hobbies. Donnelly will continue to keep a sharp eye on the horses while Gregoriou, when not puttering around Seattle Sees Ship Upturn SEATTLE—Shipping for the port remained on the fair side although there were only four vessels in the area during the past period. Port Agent Ted Babkowski reported. There was a number of beefs with the skipper on one of the ships, the SS Transatlantic (Tak), but they were straightened out to the satisfaction of all hands. As the vessel was sold to Alaska Steamship, the ship's crewmen re­ ceived their transportation back to the port of original engagement. Shipping for the coming period should improve as there are h fair number of vessels scheduled to hit the area, including four pay­ offs. The only vessels in this port during the past period, for payoff were the Transatlantic and the Myrtam III (Int'I. Nav.). -The Myriam III later signed on. In transit were the Marymar and the Texmar (Calmar). • i 3) Spring is just about here and the registration rolls in the Can­ adian District are being, to swell. Some of the ships have started to show signs of life again after an inert winter. In several more weeks activity is expected to be in full swing. 'm Remember: Tax Bite Bs Higher A word to the wise now that 1959 is underway is offered by "Sir Charles" on the Seatrain Georgia. He notes, despite stories in the LOG and else­ where, that some brothers get­ ting slightly smaller paychecks than expected this year are get­ ting hot under the collar for no reason. The difference is the extra Social Security tax bite, which went up on January 1 to percent of the first $4,800 of annual'earnings to pay for higher benefits. It used to be 214 percent of the first $4,200 of earnings. The rise is the first of a series of boosts slated over the, next ten years. 'S| 'Nl �r > • z"'- s:;- Jl • ru* Twtirm SEAFARERS SEIIFUEIS IIIITIOC LOG A Critic? Home-Fire r.|f-V-'...','J: ! '• V--'" IR Clifford C. Womack USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. Richard Cetchovich Manuel E. Sanchez Kermit H. Dotson MOBILE INFIBHARY MOBILE. ALA. W. D. Thiemonge U£a>HS HOSPITAL BROOKLYN. NY Manuel Antonana Frank Hernandez Eladio Arls Ludwig Kristiansen Fortunate Bacomo Thomas R. Lehay Joseph J. Bass Kenneth Lewis Matthew Brtmo Leo Mannaugh Leo V. Carreon Jeremiah O'Byma James F. Clarke C. Osinski Joseph D. Cox George G. Phifer Juan Denopra Winston E. Renny John J. Driscoll George Shumaker Friedof O. FondUa Aimer S. Vlckers Otis L. Gibbs Luther E. Wing Bart E. Guranick Pon P. Wing Taib Hassan Royce Yarborougb USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY John Cabral Paul Norton Tranquilino Cordova Wm. C. Palmer Hugh Curran Frank Przybska Joseph Domino Joseph Ricclardl Peder Espeseth Emeterio Rivera Arthur Fortner Jose Rodriguez George Grlswold Bernard Rosenski Edward Heacox Chow Song Keith Hubbard Charles Taylor Patrick T. Kelly Julio Valentin Nils Lundquist AmieUo Verdemara Leonard B. Heeks John WestfaU Harold J. Moore "Remember me to Cod," you said,| The day you sailed away. And pray, pray for me each night, \ you asked, A year, a month, a day. Oh, I remembered, I remembered. Through many months and years. To ask Him for your safe return To guard the hand that steers. The house is ready for the night. Revealing light so starry bright. Its doors are open, letting, in The cool night air. My soul to discipline. Fire casts a shadow 'cross the — floor. I listen eagerly for your step, To hear your step outside the door. When sun strikes glass With coming of day. The dreams I dream tonight Will rise . . . swell . , . crest And fall away. Members Of The Wedding Shipmates on the Ideal X were on hand to wish Eddie and Blllie Yeamans (seated) a happy future at their wedding reception in Galveston recently. Pictured (standing, I to rj are: Floyd Walker, BB NCB; D. Nwnn, steward; B. Omeianchqkr BR, and Fred E. Otto, MM. Yeomont was 3rd cook on the ship. MM ti, imz TOune' AMIIUCA Ct/aHsrmtm}, Jan. KHtchiiar. SMACi In ship's fund. Seme-dbvutad OT. No beof*. DIaputs between bos'a and panfrynum ra cleaning of coRoo pota. SRATRAIN TRXAC (Saafratn).- Fab. SI—Chairman, P. PaVrlcfci Sacratary, J. Hadgas. Air^onditlanlng equip­ ment ta ba repaired. SmeU ef hides on main deck strong in hot weather. Some disputed OT. Vote of thanks to steward dept. for preparation and serving of meals. Beefs to be. settled with cooperation of all concerned. . SANTORH (Marvan), Fab. fl — • CliBtmn. H. Sfiapatw Sacratary, W, StrlBklaml. Soma OT disputed. Everything running smoothly. Ono man in ship bospltal. See patrolmaii about new washing machine. •SS^bairmaB, R. -Rtant; SaerWary, J. Raux. No baafs. Naw dalagato alected. Naw atoppara far laundry aink obtalnad. Seafarers checking into any of the marine hospitals around the country—especially in an emergency—are reminded again that it's important to have their seamen's papers arid latest discharge with them to facilitate the admission procedure at the USPHS facilities. These documents are essential to avoid trouble­ some delays. Among the latest arrivals reported in drydock this period are three SIU brothers at the Norfolk hospital: Lucian F. Drew, Romie Castellow and Swindell W. Lewis. Castellow, whose last ship was the Atlas, is progressing very well under hos­ pital treatment after suffering pneumonia. Drew is also in good shape after a hernia operation. He was on the LaSalle last trip. A head injury has sidelined Broth­ er Lewis and will keep him out A pair of ABs, Guernsey (left) of action for a while. He was in­ and Ohannasian, are hard at jured ashore after shipping on it on paint job aboard the the John B. Kulukundis. , . V J Mobile reports one man in layCities Service Miarni as the Lewis Kennedy „p the Mobile Infirmary since ship bowls along pn her oil the marine hospital in the Azalea City has been shut down for several run. It's not clear whether years. He's W. D. Thiemonge off the Ocean Joyce. Thiemonge is mak­ Guernsey was skeptical of the ing slow progress following an automobile accident. photographer or the paint Carey J. Beck and John Kennedy are a pair of newcomers at the job. Photo by Charlie Burns. New Orleans hospital. Beck is in for the second time due to an old in­ jury that seems to be causing severe headaches and eye trouble. He was electrician on the Alcoa Corsair before that. Kennedy is laid up with a broken foot after he slipped aboard ship and dropped some ice LOG-A-RHYTHM; cans on his foot at the same time. Shipping as messman, he was In­ jured while the Yaka was in Greece. He's doing pretty well now. A shipboard fall has also laid up Francis R. NapoU, now at the San Francisco PHS hospital. He's due to be transferred to the Stdten Is­ By M. Dwyer land drydock which is nearer his home. Napoli suffered a fall on the Ocean Dinny and was fiown Stateside from Japan a few weeks ago. Oftimes across the room you come. Leo Cronsohn, also in -'Frisco, is coming along nicely after he suffered To press a kiss against my hair; [ a fracture of his left arm and shoulder. He was on the Orion Star. You hold me William R. Seibert is also on the West Coast, off the Producer. He had For no cause at all, save love, an operation to remove a small growth and is getting a general check­ I almost see you, standing there. 1 up while he's in there. All the brothers in the hospitals appreciate visits and mail. Drop in All seasons I recall before a /ire,| or write them when you can. The following is the latest available list .All time reverts within the flicker­ of SIU men in the hospitals: ing stir Of light in darkened caverns of\ VA HOSPITAL USPHS HOSPITAL BUTLER. PA. BALTIMORE, MD. desire. James F. Markel Francisco Argenal Anthony Maiello As I pile high the logs— VA HOSPITAL Maximino Hemes Domingo Orbigoso DENVER. COLO. Millard E. Byron Norman Peppier Logs of applewood and fir. Clyde Carlson Henri J. Robin Jr. Francis M. Clawson John Ross E. L. Freburger Leonard Russl Clarence Gardner Wm. F. Smart Jr. Robert Smith Gorman Glaze Dolphus Walker Emanuel Jones John J. Kearney Thomas R. Walston Edward McGowan George Warrington Manuel Madarang Carlie White USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON, MASS. E. F. Broussard Raymond L. Perry Lester N. Larkin Ho'^ard J. Watts Chas. A. McCarthy USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON. TEXAS Mervil H. Black L. V. Springer Harold J. Romero USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WASH. O. W. R. Kristiansen Joseph Pendleton USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Herbert AUman Wooldridge King Robert G. Barrett Edward Knapp Carey J. Beck Leo Lang Claude Blanks Terral McRaney Isauro Cardeal Wm, Marjenhoff Adie Coleman Alexander Martin Arcanjo Crastro Michael MUler Fess T. Crawford Michael O. Muzio Eugene CroweU William E. Nelson Adolph L. Danne Dominic NeweU GuUlermo DeJesus Edward Northrope James Douglas J. W. Patterson OUver Flynn Wlnford PoweU Henry Gerdes William RoUlns James Glisson Ernest Sauls Herbert E. Grant James Shearer James E. Guy Paul P. Signorino John Hrolenok Ernest Smallwood James Hudson Thomas H. Stevens Sidney Irby Oshor Theisen Jasper Jones James Ward Nicholas Katoul Clifford Wuertz John Kennedy USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK. VA. Romie CasteUow SwindeU W. Lewis Lucien F. Drew Norman W. Sawyer John J. Harrison Donald L. Willis Widdie C. Hinson USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. Joseph S. Barron Francis R. NapoU Michael J. Coffey Wm. Pussinsky Leo Cronsohn A. J. Scheving Joseph R. Ebbole Wm. R. Seibert F. Melguiades Norman West Michal Michaltk Joseph Neubauer USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH. TEXAS Lawrence Anderson Horace LedweU Jr. B. F. Delbler Woodrow Meyers James Lauer John C. Palmer VA HOSPITAL HOUSTON. TEXAS R. J. Arsenault VA HOSPITAL RUTLAND HGHTS.. MASS. Charles Bartlett Daniel Fitzpatrick SAILORS SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NY Vietor B. Cooper Thomas Isaksen VA HOSPITAL PnoOKLYN, NY R. T. Cunningham VA HOSPITAL KECOUGHTAN, VA. Joseph GUI VA HOSPITAL * BOSTON. MASK ntpmas W. KUHga ; OCEAN DINNY (Maritime Overseat)/ Jan. 31—Chsirmsn. C. Malette/ Secretary, T. Delaney. Steward in hospital—headquarters notified. Ship's fund $8.82. Man rejoined ship. 40 hours OT claimed by wipers involving work in machinery spaces done by CITIES SERVICE MIAMI tCltlei Service),. March 5—Chairman. J. Ward; Secretary, C. Wood. One man missed ship in Lake Charles. Ship's fund tl. Few hours disputed OT. GATEWAY CITY (Fan-Atlantic), March X—Chairman, W. Bruton; Sec­ retary, J. Dolan. Everything running smoothly—no beefs. S8.13 In ship s fund. Few hours OT disputed. New delegate elected. Vote of thanks to steward dept. for Job well done. Vote of thanks to old delegate who is get­ ting off. E42-183y (Suwannee), Feb. 3—Chair-' man, DIckerson; Secretary, R. BIyth. No beefs. New delegate elected. See about draws Sc hot water in galley. Shortage of salt tablets. Cleaning ' gear & other storea . ordered for Trinidad. TIMBER HITCH (Suwannee), March 1—Chairman, W. Newsem; Secretary, O. Cullen. No beefs. Ship's fund $7.55. Some disputed OT. One man short. Suggestion made to put up bulletin board for Union notices. Korean labor at Pumn to ba disputed —to be handled by patrolman at pay­ off. Present delegate to remain un­ til payoff. Repair lists to be pre­ pared. Text of telegram re; minutes read to crew and receipts offered for exhibit. EDITH (Bull), Feb. 11—Chairman, J. Parker; Secretary, M. Curry. Mo­ tion to post all letters. Vote of thanks to steward dept. TIMBER HITCH (Suwannee), Feb. IS—Chairman, S. Scales; Secretary, O. Cullen. Ship's fund S7AS. One man In hospital—sailed one AB short. Let­ ter re: steward dept. difficulties read. New delegate elected. Return cups to pantry—cooperation with messman urged.ALCOA RAHOER (Alcoa), Feb. IS— Chairman, W. Barnas; Secretary, T. Sanchsz. Repairs made to washing machine. Crew recommended new machine. Repairs made in messman's room. Motion to clarify ruling on man leaving ship due to illness or Injury and right to claim Job back after being released. Request better ••lectloa is night lusch: sss patrol­ man about paying off at sea. Have phone connected to ship in Mobile to that men can be kept informed of change in sailing board time. VALCHEM (Heron), Feb. •—Chair­ men, J. Rewllns; Secretary, B. Ferry, TV to be repaired. Shlp'e fund $30. Some disputed OT. DiscusMon -to have patrolman settle diapnted OT; inferior quality of beef. Eng. dept. claims replacements not being called in time. Discussion on safety anij repairs. Request ventilators In crew's quarters, which are sealed up at present. JOSEFINA (Liberty Nav.), Feb. «— Chairman, E. Seeley; Secretary, C. Canalet. New delegate elected. OT to be equalized. DEL AIRES (Mississippi), Feb. 1— Chslrmin, I. Morasvl; Sacratary, F. KHtchnsr. Ship's fund S14A0. New delegate elected. Departments to alternate cleaning ship's laundry and slop sink. ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Robin), March 1—Chairman, C. Stambul; Secretary, R. qretsky. Captain spoke to dele­ gate about draws. Some OT disputed. No l>eefs. Complaints on cooking and not enough' fresh fruits—to see about ordering. IOEAL X (Fenn), March 8—Chair­ man, D. Nunn; Secretary, D. Lletz. One man died in Texas City. Ship's fund $4.15. No beefs. Return drink­ ing glasses on drainboard and not in sink. Cans installed to take cigarette butts at doors. Discussion re putting pipes from overboard discharges mid­ ship to water line. KATHRYN (Bull), March 7—Chair­ man, J. Turntr; Secratary, J. Lakwyk. One man hospitalized in San Juan. Putting out draw before payoff. No beefs. DEL ALBA (Miss), March 1—Chair­ man, L. Harvay; Sacratary, O. Parkar. Few men logged. Ship's fund $21.50. OT disputed. Vote of thanks to delesate for Job well done. ALCOA PILGRIM (Alcoa), March 1 —Chairman, R. Qussn; Sacratary, L. Mayan. One man miawd ghin in gng Juan. Delegate elected trea^er. SS in ship's fond. Restriction to ship ta­ bs taken before patrolman. Patrol­ man to check and see who needs new mattresses. DOROTHY (Bull), Feb. 11—Chairman, J. Bergsstrom; Sscrstsry, W. Walsh. No beeb. Few hours dis­ puted OT. One man missed ahip oa. departure from Phila. Drain in laun­ dry to be placed in good working order. Chairs to be returned to rec­ reation room. Request more hot cakes. Repair Usts to be. made up. Request new mattresses for bosun A carpenter. BIENVILLR (Fan Atlantic), March >—Chairman, W. Hanver; Secretary, E. Eriksen. Two men hospitalized in Houston. Ship's fund •32.15. New delegate to bo elected. Fans to be fixed in recreation room. EVELYN (Bull), Feb. 2»—Chairmen, J. Muchleck; Secretary, F. Macklln. Repair list turned in. $22 in Ship's fond. No beefs. Sailed short one AB COEUR D'ALENE VICTORY (Vie- from Boca Grande. New delegate & tory). Fab. IS—Chalrmsn, E. Zsbrow- . treasurer elected. Vote of thanks to •kl; Sacratary, H. Krehn. Travelers* steward dept. for Job well done. checks to be obtained in ^rachi. Soma disputed OT. Need new wash­ WINTER HILL (Cities Ssrvles), Feb. ing machine and water fountain. 14—Chairman, J. Daclnqus; Sscrstsry, Draws not forthcoming when in port. D. Rood. Two men missed ship. No Insufficient miflc. Doors to be kept beefs. Motion seconded and carried closed in passageways while in port. ,to elect C. Bogga ship's delegate by acclamation. SANTORE (Marven), Fab. 11—Chair­ man,- H. Shspsta; Sacratary, J. WagMICHAEL (Carres), March 1—Chair­ nsr. Some disputed OT. Two men man, J. Wunderlich; Sacratary, 0. walked off ship in Bait.—patrolman Forrest. Request repair Usts be made notified. Need new agitator for wash­ up and turned in. Some OT disputed. ing machine. No beefs. One man missed ship at Magpetco. New delegate elected. NORTHWESTERN VICTORY (Vic­ Need new- inattrcSaes. Deck dept. tory), Jan. •—Chairman, S. FItlak; cited for cleanliness A cooperation. Secretary, J. CRourke. Most repairs Vote of thanks to steward dept. for made. Urge support of blood bank. exceUent Job. New delegate elected. Request great­ er variety of salads, more rye A COASTAL CRUSADER (Suwannes), wbeat bread. To form arrival pool— Feb. 15—Chairmen, O. Foley; Sacra­ •30 to ship's fund—$90 to winner of tary, D. Wagner. New delegate elect­ pool. ed. Request heads be left in sanitary condition. Don't pour coffee in scut­ ELIZABETH (Bull), Feb. 13—Chair­ tlebutt. Proper attire requested in man, F. Casper; Secretary, R. Her- messhaU. nendcz. Some beefs not settled. Soma disputed OT. RoBOOilnated ship's ALCOA PIONEER (Alcoa), Fab. IZ delegate. Washing machine needs re­ —Chairman, J. Stawart; Secretary, E. pairing. Do not overload. Awning Canonlzado. Ship's fund—$40. No back aft to be replaced. beefs. New delegate elected. Motion made and seconded to have Union JOHN B. KULUKUNDIS (Marfis), officials meet with operators to nego­ Feb, 23—Chairman, O. Hansen; Sec­ tiate with improvement of agreement retary, F. Rakas, Jr. No beefs. . Vote for transportation rider—that men of thanks to steward dept. for Job paying off ship shoidd get transpor­ well done. tation within 200 mOss or over Com­ port of paying off or signing, on. PANDORA (EPtphany Tankers), Feb. 23—Chairman, A. Turnar; secretary, ALCOA FURITAH (Alcoa), Jaii, 13 B. RIggs. Discussion on loggings. Few —Chairman, R. Plercs; Secretary, A. hours OT disputed. Men getting off Fsrrara. Beef about launch service requested to leave quarters clecni in RUeka. YugosUyla. to be takto up. One minute of silence for departed Ship a fund Sl.TS. 57 hours disputed. brothers. Washing machine to be cleaned after use. Request less noise in passage- r , DEL AIRES (MIsNsslppI), Fab. >3-> way. Need pump for washing ma-''-'. Chalrmsn, N. RldrMge; SecrstarW F. chine. Foc'sles to be jwtotad.. �March 27.195f SEAFARERS Sees Big Danger in Homesteadlng of the union and its progress. If we all were "deadheads" this would be one hell of a Union. In discussing this job-Umlt issue, let's not fall to recognize the danger of a "Let-GeorgeDo-It" atUtude which, I think, must follow the practice of permanent homesteadlng. Art Lomas. To the Editor: Again I'd like to add my bit to the discussion of a time-limit on shipping. It se^s that all those In favor of limiting a man's time on a ship have the basic argument that this would produce a fair distribution of jobs for all hands. Gangway Watch I also believe this to be so and would like to point to one Poses Problem facet of homesteadlng which Is To the Editor: generally, overlooked and which I have-been thinking about this for a long time and I would like to hear the other members' views about it. I think the gangway watch should be done away v/ith now and forever. It's unfair when a man is at sea 15 or 16 days with just a matter of hours be­ fore the ship is underway again, that he should have to worry All letters to the editor for about a gangway watch and publication in the SEAFAR­ have no real time to relax. ERS LOG must be signed He should be able to put In by the writer^ Names will his eight hours and then go be withheld upon request. ashore the same as other' people can when they finish their eight is of great Importance. This hours' work ashore. This is concerns the individual num­ especially true on a run like ber's contribution to the Union I am on, such as Pan-Atlantic. other than just the payment of In every port except one, and dues. a lot of times not even In that Some while back. I made a one, sea watches are never few trips coastwise. On this broken. There is no such thing ship was a brother who had as time off. been on her steady for over six If they keep sea watches In years. We were back in home port. It should be that only one port every two weeks and we man has to be aboard for each were only ashore for about 26 watch. hours before putting out again. Robert Lasso Because of this I don't think SS Axalea City that the classification of "sea­ ^ ^ $ man" applied to this man any more than It would to a guy Sees Big Risk who takes the Staten Island ferry every day back and forth in High Speeds to work, say, In a box factory. To the Editor: This whole business of en­ Now the Umon never had any couraging ship safety is a good major trouble with this partic­ Idea, bbt as long as these ship ular company, so this member captains run at full speed in had never engaged In any beefs bad weather and count on radar In any way, had never hit the to save them, we're still In bricks on a plcketllne or experi­ enced a period of unemploy­ trouble. We can work to bring the ment which, unfortunately but ships themselves up to standard necessarily happens at times and we can get the crews safetybecause of a beef, and he had conscious but we've still got the never attended a shoreside un­ skipper to contend with. He's ion meeting' (at least not for got the company, on his back over six years). His only con­ and a schedule to keep, and he's tact with the Union was by pay­ going to take chances whatever ing dues to the visiting patrol­ anybody says. man. We haven't had a serious ac­ Under these circumstances cident involving an SIU ship what interest can an individual lately, but who wants to wait have in the Union to which he that long? There has to be belongs? None, that is, except a solution so that the skippers to anticipate and accept bene­ and mates too won't run hogfits in the form of additional wild. A guy who breaks a leg wage Increases and conditions" on a ship due to faulty gear or fought for by his Union and even his own carelessness some­ brother members while he goes times Is one thing. But it's a pleasantly homesteadlng along. different matter when the I am sure this viewpoint Is whole ship and its entire crew shared by the majority of our is In danger. And a collision members. To belong to a un­ means at least two ships and ion, to be a bona fide Interested two crews. It'§ a lucky thing member. Is to be one who wants the Constitution had no pas­ to have a share of his union's sengers and that the tanker It activity, who doesn't want to hit was empty. I'd hate to have be on the receiving end all been around If that tanker had the time, and Is ready and will­ been full and there were pas­ ing to give a little of himself sengers on the other ship. W. Feibel In union action for the weKare Letters To The Editor LOG Pace TMrtcca King For A Day On Confederate $ '^1 M Anybody who's ever had a yen lo toss cash around like a money-stuffed millionaire can appreciate the latest yam making the rounds of the SIU ships on the Atlantic missile range these days. The story concerns one missile range, he began showering He was attracting considerable brother—who shall remain the population of Recife, Brazil, attention eveiywhere until the lo­ nameless—^who nibbled the with "C-notes" In exchange for cal gendarmes got wind of what was going on. Some of the local bait in one of those newspaper and a little bit of applause. magazine ads offering a million Although the lettering on the banks may have had a hand in that bucks in Confederate currency of money doesn't mention the when someone tried to cash one of various denominations for an In­ "United States of America" the the bills for cruzeiros. vestment of a few genuine US Spanish and Portuguese-speaking Eventually the poUcia collared treasury notes. The "Confederate" citizens of Recife could make out our man, confiscated his boodle money In the offering Is fresh stuff something about "Confederate and lectured him about undermin­ riglit off the press but it's supposed States of America" and, that was ing the currency of their country to look like the genuine 186(^vlnt- enough for them. The "States ot —not only with Confederate age material. America" part was the convincer money but counterfeits to boot— As soon as our hero received his and they laid out the red carpet and his millionaire's holiday came package -of bogus bills, things got for the "loco Norteameiicano" who to an end. But it was a grand one out of hand. With a couple of days brought prosperity wherever he while it lasted, according to aU off In port after a stay out on the went. reports. 4- A"'- I At Day's End lOG-A-RHYTHM: Before Sailing , By John F. Wunderlich . "Where are you going, my friend. To the land of coffee and sugar­ So late at night cane. In such freezing weather? Where the days are long. My fire is a-light. And the nights are short. And the coffee is boiling. Where it never snows." Can't you stop for a while?" * * • goodbye, my lad. "I am hurrying up 'to the mountain "Well, Go in peace to the distant lands top. And the sugar cane. Where the Northern Lights flash. May you travel far. Where skies are aflame May your life be great. As a million searchights As a Viking's son From a city awake. In a myriad of colorful lights." From this land of ice." * • • "So many a time in the past you "Thanks, Old Man, And God's peace to you. have seen The Northern Lights flash 'cross I am going to see the' Northern Lights the sky. So in years to come Why tonight in a hurry?" 4> • * I'll remember them and the Mid­ night Sun. "At the first break of dawn. The night is growing old. Over hills in the east, Soon dawn will be here; r am leaving for the sea. I must be gone." For the starlit nights. And the tropic breeze. My seabag is packed; The ship awaits her crew." • • « "So you are leaving us, Olaf, 'Cross the ocean blue To the distant lands. For how long?" day's work over, crew messman J. Mclyszko (left) and steward Ben Rucker on the Portmar team up for a photo sent in by ship's dele­ gate E. Bayne. Ru«er is a lensman too. That's a midget camera dangling from the chain around his neck. '• " I: • "My articles say she'll be gone for long, To the islands in the south. Throw in For A Meeting Job Under the rules of the SIU, any member can nominate him­ self for meeting chairman, read­ ing clerk or any other post that may be up for election before the membership. Including com­ mittees such as the tallying committees, financial commit­ tees and other groups named by the membership. Since SIU membership meet­ ing officers are elected at the start of each meeting, those who wish to run for those meeting offices can do so. '^Sr&rdi^edSsxeYi lUE focfD AMr> vaicesAXoif^ mmo^SA^NB/^ytmsiucAFPrj^/As THE OF UNlOM. /A/75^fVMB YoUkBATfHEAAlL. K Of,THAT WAS, eosH.^HE WAS PRETTY/ CMRISSE... . V. --n-- ' ' - H- . ONE OF THE 6UYS ON THE too STAFF... •• , �SEAFARERS Pace Foorteea March 27, 19SI LOG Whaddya Mean Camera-Shy? LOG Rated 'Tops^ Urges ID Card in News Field For SIU Wives To the Editor: If the enclosed coupon from the last Issue of the LOG does not include non-members of the SIU, would it be possible for me to subscribe to the LOG? I promise a check by return mail. For a long time I have man­ aged to read the LOG by steal­ ing or borrowing copies, reading over someone's shoulder when I should be out on deck taking Li^tters To The Editor All letters to the editor for publication in the SEAFAR-' ERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. "Horrors! A camera!" is what Andy Mir, DM (above, right) seems to be saying, but a close look shows he left a bit of one eye uncovered so he wouldn't appear too camera-shy. Messman Bob Trippe stays right out in front in this scene from the Yaka. At right (top) Tony Michaelski shows a shipmate the albacore tuna he caught on the Paclficus during trip to India. The two gents under the whiskers (left) are R. Fulghum, wiper, and J. Gilbert, reefer engineer, enjoying a merry tune on the Steel Seafarer. So far, there's been no offer from a recording company, but the boys are hopeful. Shipmate G. Glendenning is caught in the act during clean­ up job in the role of crew pantryman. Photo by Vernon Douglas. ?• DIRECTORY OF SIU HALLS SIU, A&G District BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. Earl Sbeppard, Aeent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. A1 Tanner, Agent Rlcbmond 2-0140 HOUSTON . . 4202 Canal St B. Matthews, Agent CApltal 3-4089; 3-4080 LAKE CHARLES, La. 1419 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke, Agent HEmlock 6-S744 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler SL Louis NeiTa, Agent FRanklin 7-3564 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner, Agent lOhnlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 523 BienviUe St Lindsey Wiiliams, Agent Tulane 8626 NEW YORK 075 4tb Ave.. Brooklyn HYacintb 9-6600 NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St J. BuUock, Agent MAdison 7-1083 PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. S. CarduUo. Agent Market 7-1635 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Marty Breithoff. 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Second Ave. BRoadway 2-3039 RIVER ROUGE .. 10225 W. Jefferson Ave, Mich. VInewbod 3-4741 '! • r •• / ct Photo Recalls 5-Man Rescue Disputes Beef Dver Card Game To the Editor: This is an open letter to the brother who complained about the captain's interference in a card game aboard the Valiant Faith (LOG, Mar. 13). Apparently that card game was so noisy it kept the rest of the crew awake. And presum­ ing you do your daily stint of eight hours and sleep 16 hours as stated in yokir letter, you probably Don't bathe Don't shave Don't go in for chow And your quarters look like those of a sow. There are only 24 hours in a day, you Icnow. When you took the job you knew the ship was a Liberty, so quit griping about her speed and just be thankful you have a job. And, last but not least, re­ member the captain has to work for a living too, and. he also has his orders regarding overtime. J. J. Byrnes "On the Beach" To the Editor: Enclosed are some photos of the boat from which we rescued five men off the coast of Vir­ ginia last December. It is the 101' Diesel yacht "Kyma" out of New York. • You carried a story in the LOG (Dec. 10, 1958) and 1 thought you might like the prints of photographs taken by third assistant-Hanralh here on the Cities Service Baltimore. ' We had tried to salvage the 3) 3^ 31" yacht by lashing her to the sidO; • V but she broke loose twice. The ^nds 8 Months second time was the last as she later smashed into our stem On Missile Run after drifting for a while. She. TQ the Editor: capsized after a 12-hour strug­ After we come back from this gle hut the crew was safe. missile mission and after being John'^H. Elliott eight months on this vessel, the Ship's reporter M/V Rose Knot, I airi going back home to the good old USA. I also will do a little vacation­ ing in old Mexico, and would like to have the SEAFARERS LOG sent to, me there. Best wishes to ail brothers of the SIU, ' Humberto Vera 3!'- BUFFALO, NY 4" 3) Retiredg He's Found Security Canadian District ..408 Simpson SL Phone: 3-3231 128V(i HoUls St. Phone 3-8911 Signed; ......... MONTREAL 634 St. James St. West Victor 2-8161 QUEBEC 44 Sault-au-Matelot TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you aro an old iubtcribar and hava a change Quebec LAfontaine 3-1569 THOROLD. Ontario 52 St. David St. of address, please give your former address below: CAnal 7-5212 TORONTO, OnUrio . . 272 King St. K. EMnire 4-57'9 AODRESS ...•Aefecnaaaeeaeaeeaaeaaaaeeaeeeeee'eai '•-Seeeeeaeaeaeaaeta* ST. JOHN. NB ... .177 Priuca WUUam St. OX 2-5431 VANCOUVER. ^C... Mam ^ ciry w. • • ZONE UU l'34oO STATE .(t;- pictures of passengers or cargo, or minding my upstairs neigh­ bor's mail (which includes his LOG) while he's out oji a trip. But this is not too satisfactory because sometimes I miss out ail around, which makes me most unhappy because, honestly, I'd rather miss- the morning newspaper than miss an issue of the LOG. Compared not only to other union papers hut to trade papers in general, your SEAFARERS LOG rates top of the list. . Mona MacMurray (Ed. note: As you requested, your name is being added to the mailing list. There is no sub­ scription charge but contribu­ tions are always welcome.) To the Editor: I agree with the mpny people who have written to the SEA­ FARERS LOG about giving out SIU identification cards. Be­ lieve me, this would be a great help for the dependents of SIU members. I'm one of the wives who would like to have one of these cards. I know from experience it would he much easier cashing allotment checks, which can be a problem. The card would also he very, very useful for such pur­ poses as visiting the SIU clinic for a check-up and would avoid trouble in making proper identi­ fication. It would also he a big help in an emergency when we have to seek information at the SIU halls. I believe that if all Sea­ farers' wives who read the LOG would write in to the Union on this matter something would be done for us. I pray to God that lie bless this organization, its officers and members and it may continue giving its wonderful services tor years to come. Mrs. Carmen Negron t it FORT WILLIAM ' Ontario HALIFAX, N.S Phato by third assistant pictures the Kyma -along­ side the CS Baltimore before she brok^ fre« and capsized. To the Editor; ;Being a retired Seafarer is a rdugh tough go, but the know­ ledge. of unionism that I had learned from being an SIU sea­ man softens the blow. Having had the union educa­ tion and brotherhood of SIU ships' crews I knqyv. I, have reached a level of security and contentment In unionism that I never will feel again, Gerald MiteheU �1959 SEAFARERS fINAl DISPATCH ' Jan Kozersfci, 54: Brother Kozerski died of a heart disease in John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore on February 7. A member of the Union since 1943, he sailed in the steward depart­ ment. Surviving him is his wife, Mrs. Martha Kozerski, of Balti­ more, Md. Burial was in Meadowridge Cemetery, Baltimore. $ SF Turnover SAN FRANCISCO —• Shipping was slow during the last period wdth little improvement dn sight, reports Port Agent Marty Breithoff. With only one ship paying off and one signing on, most of the activity came via the in-transit route. Nine vessels were in transit, including the Steel Scientist, Steel Rover and Steel King (Isthmian); La Salle and J. B. Waterman (Waterman); Alamar and~Texmar (Calmar); Jefferson City Victory (Victory Carriers), and the Ocean Eva (Maritime Overseas). The Steel Fabricator (Isthmian) paid off while the Choctaw (Water­ man) signed on. The Welfare Plan eyeglass pro­ gram, which has recently been ex­ tended to this port, is being pro­ cessed and will be available for the members in the near future. 4) From Down East Israel Hits Egypt's Seizure Of Cargo At Suez Canal 4> 4^ t Alvin Dyer, Jr., is enjoying life back home in Corea, Maine, while dad's aboard SS Cal­ mar. Junior was born May 26, 1958. t John Bellard, 71: Brother Bellard died of suffocation when a fire broke out in his Newport, NY, home on Febru­ ary 3. He had been a Union member since 1942, sailing in the steward de­ partment. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Edith Bellard, of Newport. Brother Bel­ lard was cremated. Bill Thompson Ben Martin Frank Murphy, who sailed with you on the Compass in 1952, would like to get in touch with you. His address is 162 Grand St., Middletown, Conn. 4> 4) 4) Joseph BevUl Your gear left aboard the SS Yaka is in the baggage room in the New Orleans hall. Please call. 4> t t Frank Kumelga You are requested to contact >«. t 4 your mother at 287 Coal St., Wilkes John Allmon, Sr., 43: An SlU Barre, Pa. ' man since 1944, Brother Allmon 4) t 4) died in the Newman Hospital in Richard Asmont Atlanta, Georgia, on March 6 of Please send your address to Edi­ a coronary ailment. He had son Walker, Eight Mile, Alabama. sailed in the deck department. ir Surviving is his daughter. Miss l^om Hodney Martha Allmon, of Washington, Anyone having any information DC . on the whereabouts of the above please write Mary McLaughlin, 27 Norfolk St., Roxbury, Mass. Your Gear.. for ship ... for shore Whatever you need, in work or dress gear, your SlU Sea Chest has it. Get top quality gear at substantial savings by buy­ ing at your Union-owned and Unionoperated Sea Chest store. Sport Coats Slacks Dress Shoes Work Shoes Socks Dungarees Frisko Jeens CPO Shirts Dress Shirts Sport Shirts Belts Khakis Ties Sweat Shirts T-Shirfs — Shorts Briefs Swim Trunks Sweaters Sou'westers Raingear Caps Writing Materials Toiletries Electric Shavers Radios Television Jewelry Cameras Luggage the P^e Fifteea tack in front of his New Orleans home on January 8. A member of the Union since 1957, he sailed in the deck department. He is sur­ vived by his wife, Eugene Jacobus, of New Orleans, La. Ted W. Marley, 35: Brother Marley died at his home in Asheboro. North Car­ olina, January 3, 1959. A Union member since 1957, he had worked in the 4. t t engine depart­ George Jacobus, 51: "Brother ment. His mother, Jacobus suffered a fatal heart atMrs. Rhoda Marley survives him. Burial was in Pleasant Cross Cemetery, NC. Still Slight LOG SEAGHEST 4 4^^ 4> ^ 4) 4) 4) 4) Raymond Queen You are requested to contact General Motors Acceptance Corp., 4th Ave. &: 9th St., Huntington 19, Va. James E. Johnson, Jr. Important you contact your aunt, Mrs. Helen Coleman, at 6711 36th Ave. SW, SeatUe 6, Wash. Giles Glendenninr • Urg;ent you get in touch with Attack State Dep't Move (Continued from page 3) announced that he was forming a Bermuda-registered British sub'sidiary. This is seen as an attempt to test the recent agreement be­ tween the world's maritime unions that ownership, not registry, would determine which union has juris­ diction. • The International Transportworkers Federation has scheduled a further meeting in London on April 13 to proceed with its cam­ paign against the runaways. • The International Chamber of Shipping also has a meeting set for London, the first week of April, t J discuss the runaway issue, among other items. • A Joint statement issued hy Curran and Hall attacked the de­ pletion allowance provisions of domestic lav/. These provisions allow large oil and metals concerns, to escape a considerable portion of domestic tax obligations. Despite this tax loophole, these companies are the largest operators of run­ away-flag shipping, which also gives them considerable tax ad­ vantages. Israel has filed a formal protest with the United Nations, charging the United Arab Republic with seizing and remov­ ing Israeli goods from two foreign vessels passing through the 4Suez Canal. Said, and impounded the cargo. The incidents, involving a Three weeks later the incident Liberian and a German ves­ was repeated with the German sel, occurred within a three-week vessel Leglott. Carrying 6,300 tons period extending midway through of potash, she was headed for March. JThe Liberian ship. Cape- Malaya, Hong Kong and the Phil­ tan Manolis, left Haifa with 400 ippines. Vessels carrying oil or other tons of potash and five tons of cargoes to and from Israel have fruit Juices bound for Ceylon and been hampered in passage through 1,120 tons of cement for Malaya, according to Abba Eban, Israel's the canal on the grounds that a UN representative. UAR authori­ state of war still exists between ties detained the vessel in Port the Arab states and Israel. A num­ ber of SlU-manned ships have been put on the biacklist for en­ tering Israeli ports, which, in ef­ fect, denies to them the use of conventional port services in Arab countries or access to cargoes there. your mother at 3900 Clifton Ave., Baltimore 16, Md. Will anyone having any information on the above, please write to the same address. 44" 4)1 Raymond Ruppert Your sister requests that you get BOSTON — Although the city in touch with her at 378 Weirfield was going through its worst snow St., Brooklyn 27, NY. storm in many years, the luck of 4 4 4 the Irish held true on St. Patrick's James Dyess Day, as the sun came out and It is important that you contact brought on perfect weather for the your wife at once. marcherst As was expected, the 4 4 4 following day saw more snow, rain Bill Thompson and slush. Your^wife saw your ad in the It may have been because of the paper and asks that you get in cold weather and the snow, but touch with her as soon as possible. only a handful of replacements Her phone number is still the same. were needed for the six vessels 4 4 4 calling into the area during the John (Dutch) Merkel past period. The outlook for the Please contact Rajrmond Moore coming period is just about the at PO Box 4508, Philadelphia, Pa. same. Acting Pert Agent Gene Dakin said, unless some un­ 4 4 4 Walcy Thomas scheduled vessels come in for serv­ Anyone having any information icing. on the above is urged to contact Paying off during the last couple his wife immediately. Her address of weeks were the Ideal X (Marine is Route No. 1, Box 128, Alton, Va. Tankers), Bents Fort and Cantigny (Cities Service). There were no 4 4 4 Jack Sirles ships signing on. In transit were Plea.se contact John Arabasz at The Cabins (Texas City); Eagle the Baltimore hall for your money. Transporter (Terminal) and the Henry E. Fossett. Steel Flyer (Isthmian). Hub Weather, Jobs Gloomy Sill BABY ARRIVALS All of the following SIU families- have received a $200 maternity benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: Diane Marie Arndt, born Janu­ Peggy Denise Robinson, born ary 21, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. Febi-uary 17, 1959, to Seafarer and Orville Leo Arndt, New Orleans, Mrs. Harry C. Robinson, Mobile, Ala La. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Mark Andre Anger, born March Vicky Lanette Gatewood, born 1, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jean February 22, 1959, to Seafarer-and J. Auger, Bellmar, NJ. Mrs. Woodrow W. Gatewood, Baker, 4 4 4 Fla. ChrisHna Elaine Casarez, born 4 4 4 • October 6, 1958, to Seafarer and Glenn Frederick McArthur, born Mrs. Calixto Casarez, Houston, Tex. February 23, 1959, to Seafarer and 4 4 4 Lauri Jean Daigle, born Febru­ Mrs. Allan W. McArthur, Brook­ ary 13, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. lyn, NY. 4 4 4 Paul Daigle, Somerville, Mass. Glenn David Pederssen, born 4 4 4 Daniel Dean Grimes, born March March 7,1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. 4, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. John Sverre Pederssen, Brooklyn, NY. 4 4 4 L. Grimes, Chickasaw, Ala. Albert Sierra,/born February 27, 4 4 4 Michael Nerosa, born December 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. Efrain 20, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. Tony Rivera Sierra, Bronx, NY. Nerosa, Philadelphia, Pa. Bobby Lee York, born March 9, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. Terrill D. York, MobUe, Ala. Elizabetii Rodriguez, born Febru­ ary 21, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. Eusebio Rodriguez, Mayaquez, PR. Ernest A. Trader, born February 7, 1959, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ernest Trader, Baltimore, Md. 'm �SEAFARERS#LOG Moreli 27. 1959 0T:FICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UN ION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT » AFL-CIO • Firefighter To The Rescue Shipping To Gain With Hawaii in As 50th State Stepped-up shipping for SIU members 'on both coasts and an increase in maritime industry influence in Congress seems assured as the result of the action by Congress in voting statehood for Hawaii. Immediately following the District members man the passen­ Congressional action, Isth­ ger ships on the tourist run and 'j- •M- mian Lines and Matson Navigation announced they were going to in­ crease their joint service to Ha­ waii from the East Coast of the United States. The new schedule calls for sailings every 12 days as a result of increasing interest stemming from the statehood de­ velopment. The addition of Hawaii will mean two more Senators and one or two Representatives who can be regarded as being in the "mari­ time bloc." Similarly, Alaska, wh'ch was voted into the Union last year, also has an overriding interest in maritime matters and her Senators and Representative can also be counted to show con­ cern in this area, along with leg­ islators from such states as New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Alabama, Louisiana, Florida, California, Washington and Oregon, among others. Rapid Senate Action The 56-ygar struggle by Hawaii for admission to the Union was voted with startling swiftness as the Senate approved the statehood bill 76-1-5 and thr, House 323-89. President Eisenhower then signed the measure and all that remains is for the Hawaiian people to rati­ fy it in a vote tentatively sched­ uled for-July. The lush, tropical island group with its famed beaches, hula danc­ ers and ukeleles has always been a tourist attraction and the tour­ ist industry ranks as Hawaii's 3rd leading occupation, next to sugar and pineapples respectively. All three of these major indus­ tries depend directly on shipping to a very great degree. SIU Pacific Map shows islands that will make up the 50th state, over 2,000 miles off the US West Coast in the Pacific. Major islands are Oahu (center, where Honolulu is located, and Hawaii (right), which contains the major sugar port of Hilo. Overall area of the state-to-be is about the same as Rhode Island and Connecticut combined. both Pacific District and A&G Dis­ trict companies are active on the pineapple and sugar runs to both coasts. No other state in the union has as cosmopolitan a population as Hawaii's. The population is partly European, Asiatic and American. The original Hawaiian, descendent of the Polynesian, is in the process of becoming extinct, and composes only three percent of the population. The leading group is now of Japanese descent, making up 38 percent of. the .^population. Americans and Europeans com­ prise 25 percent, Hawaiians and partly Hawaiian 15 percent, Filipinos 13 percent, Chinese seven percent and small numbers of Puerto Ricans and Koreans. The original foreigners to flock to Hawaii were Chinese, imported in the middle of the nineteenth century as a source of cheap mi­ grant labor to work in the sugar fields. A wave of Japanese fol­ lowed, making them the domi­ nant group by 1900. Hawaii's first contact with Americans was through New Eng­ land missionaries who went to the islands in 1820. Ties between the two nations grew closer as the United States helped block moves by Britain and France to annex the islands. On its own request, Hawaii was formally annexed by the US in 1898 and became a territory in 1900. From 1903 to the present, 23 moves were made through Con­ gress to win statehood. Hawaii produces one-fourth of theyworld's pineapples-and onefortieth of the world's sugar cane. British navy helicopWr is shown lowering firefighter to deck of burning German freighter Vormann Rass off Devon coast. Air­ borne firefighters brought the blaze under control. Robin May Go Into Lakes-Africa Service WASHINGTON—Moore-McCprmack Lines has applied to the Government for permission" to amend its present subsidy contract to divert vessels from South African, South American and Scandinavian runs"*^ through the St. , Lawrence outlined wfiy it sought to amend Seaway for occasional calls at the present subsidy contract in Great Lakes ports. If permission is granted, it might mean the SIUmanned Robin Line ships, oper­ ated by Mooremack, would go on the Seaway run. Grace Gets Okay News of the bid came on the heels of the announcement of a subsidy to Grace Lines to operate a service from the Great Lakes to the Caribbean. This will be the first US-flag service to be provided from the Great Lakes to a foreign port and the first subsidized serv­ ice on a US essential foreign trade route from the Lakes. In a letter to the Federal, Mari­ time Board, Moore-McCormack 4- Oceojc f£A/lL Chief crop of Hawaii is sugar, shown being loaded in Honolulu (left) on SlU-manned S$ Hurricane when it was under cherter to Matspn in I955._ Photo shows giant gantry erdne positioned .over hold, Sugar- is loaded unde^Lilfessura itito thehol^ ^' ''-J"V' order to provide this service. At the present time, the com­ pany does not Jtoresee any great diversion of traffic from the North Atlantic ports to the Great Lakes. Neither MSTS nor any other large shipper have plans for handling cargo via the Lakes. In addition, most of the major auto manufac­ turers have assembly, lines on the tidewater from which they fill, for­ eign export orders. Need Subsidy For Service Under these circumstances, Moofemack said, a service from the Great Lakes to the Scandinavia and Baltic areas and African ports' could best be met by an amend­ ment to the present subsidy con­ tract to permit occasional calls at Lakes ports as cargo permits. Under the Grace Line subsidy, the company must provide a min­ imum of 24 and a maximum of 34 sailings per year, or approximate­ ly three to four a month during the open season between the Lakes ports and Venezuela, the Nether­ lands West Indies and the North Coast of Columbia. The. company also agreed to in­ crease its replacement obligations to a total of 31 vessels at an esti­ mated cost of almost $480 million, over the next seven years.; Six C-2 type freighters wiil be used in the service until they can be replaced by new, more modern ships. This replacement obligation is in addi­ tion to the company's present ob­ ligations to build nine combina­ tion and 16 cargo vessels to re­ place Its present subsidized fleets. Halt British SF-Hawaii Cruise Trip WASHINGTON—An advertise4 round-trip cruise between San Francisco, Honolulu, . Vancouver, British Columbia, and back to Trisco,' by the British passengei* vessel Chusan, has been found iil violation of a law prohibiting fpr^ eign-flag ships from carrying pas­ sengers between US, ports. Acting on a complaint of Sen­ ator Warren -Magnuson (Dem., Wash.), chairman of the Senatd Commerce Committee, the US' Customs Bureau found that the stopover at Honolulu constituted'' transpQi'tation between US ports,' in violation of the law. . The British-owned Orient ani Pacific Lines, which planned the cruise, argued that the cruise was not domestic since the ship was only docking in Honolulu over-^ night and the passengers would not be allowed off the ship. The stop at Vancouver did not alter the complexion of the trip,' the Customs Bureau ruled. Deadline On US Welfare Report Near' \> WASHINGTON —The US De^. partment of Labor has announced that April 1 is the deadline for fil­ ing descriptions of welfare and pension pians required by a law passed by the last Congress. Un­ der the law, all welfare and pen­ sion plans covering more tban 2$ workers, whether employer or imion-administered, must be filed with the department. The provt sions of this law apply to the'Sill Welfare Plan, and a description of the Union plan has already beeil filed in accordance with the law. The law was passed last year in an effort to protect beneficiaries of the plans from abuses, wasti and mismanagement. It has been estimated that some 80-90 million workers and their families and de­ pendents, and beneficiaries art covered by the act. ^ in addition to filing descriptions: pf the plans, the act also calls for the filing of annual financial re­ ports. The reports must be filed with the Labor Department withiii 120 days from the time the policy' or. fiscal year of the plan ends in 1959. ; ; Has WlLMINGTON--Shipping dur­ ing the past period remained ahead of registration with the dis­ patcher having a hard time finding men to take the jobs, ac-: cording to Reed Humphries, port agent. Although there were no payoffs or sign-ons, 13 men shipped as re-' placements on the seven ships that were in port in transit. There wPrp 15 jobs open. '' 'The following vffssels Were jhi transit; John Waterman, Wild' R a n g e r .(Waterman); Calmar's Te.wmar, Massmar and Marymar; and the Steel Fabricator (Isthr; niian).":":'-'''v •ii � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource March 27, 1959 Description An account of the resource Headlines: FULL TEXT OF SIU SHIPPING RULES RAP US BID TO SHIELD RUNAWAYS FUND LACK HITS SHIP SANITATION ONE SEAFARER DEAD, THREE MISSING, 18 HURT ON SS VALCHEM SIU BACKS LOGGERS’ FIGHT ON NEWFOUNDLAND SCABS BUDGET THREATENS SANITATION SERVICE LAKES SIU WINS 1ST WELFARE PLAN HOUSE VOTES TO EXTEND JOBLESS AID DELTA LINE RECEIVES BIDS ON NEW SHIPS NY PASSES ‘MILD’ CURB ON UNION-BOSS DEALINGS US LABOR BILL MAY CURB BOSS LA. ANTI-UNION FORCES BIDDING FOR STATE CONTROL MEBA STRIKE GAINS: ONE MILLION SO FAR MARVEN, CALMAR SHIPS WIN SANITATION AWARDS CG BALKS AT SIU DEMAND FOR LAKES SAFETY ACTION ISRAEL HITS EGYPT’S SEIZURE OF CARGO AT SUEZ CANAL SHIPPING TO GAIN WITH HAWAII IN AS 50TH STATE ROBIN MAY GO INTO LAKES-AFRICA SERVICE Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 03/27/1959 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXI, No. 7 1959 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/29f982aeeaaa392deba9de9046a9fbc7.PDF eae14ef3a245b8daa038985024392fa7 PDF Text Text Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf and Great Lakes Districts, Seafarers International Union of North America VOL. IX. NEW YORK. N. Y.. FRIDAY. MARCH 28. 1947 MAKING PLANS FOR THE SEAFARERS \ * ' Panama Transfers, Great Lakes Drive Highlight Convention CHICAGO — Charging that certain people in the State Department, among them Under Secre­ tary William L. Clayton, are "more interested in giving American ships away to foreign countries than helping to,build a powerful merchant mar­ ine," Harry Lundeberg, President of the Seafarers International Union of North America, highlight­ ed the Union's third biennial Convention with a 1!^ Tribute Te Hawk The first Convention of the Seafarers International Union of North America since 1944 is being held this week in Chicago. Representing the Atlantic and Gulf Districts, the Sailors Union of the Pacific, the Great Lakes District, the American Merchant Marine Staff Officers Associa­ tion, and the British Columbia Seamen's union, are the Brothers pictured above. Front row, left to right. Earl Smith. John Mogan. Harry Lundeberg. R. D. Thompson, and Charles Brenner. Sec­ ond row, in the usual order, John Massey. W. H. Simmons, Bob Dombroff. Sonny Simmons. Paul Hall, Morris Weisberger, and Ed Coester. Rear row. L to R. Red Gibbs. Einar Nordaas. Fred Farnen, Cal Tanner. Tom Hill, Herbert Jansen. and William McLaughlin. Agents Conference Proposals Accepted By Coastwise A&G Membership Meetings f No. 13 NEW YORK, March 27 — At regular meetings last night of the Atlantic and Gulf District, the membership approved in full the recommendations of the Agents Conference. Out of the conference came many plans whi'ch will help to consolidate the gains made by the Union during the past year— gains which led the way for all other waterfront unions. In the week-long conference, which ended Saturday, March 22, decisions were reached which will make possible the further expansion of the Union. In this waj', seamen may see their dreams of "one big seamen's un­ ion" come true. Among the decisions reached were proposals to immediately survey the Union's strike appara­ tus, and to make any changes which are needed to bring the apparatus into smooth running order. It was the feeling of the Agents that 1947 might see some sort of economic action on the water­ front, and they wished to see the Union in as good position for any coming action as it was for the 1946 .General Strike. The organizing campaign was "We are indeed sorry io report that John Hawk, Secy.Treasurer of the Atlantic and Gulf District, and First VicePresident of the International is unable to be present with our delegation, because of ill health. Whitey's health for some time past has been bad, and ihe many struggles of the past few years have contributed towards that ill­ ness. It appears he will be out indefinitely, and his ab­ sence will be keenly felt, as we will sorely miss his abil­ ity and great experience. "Under his guidance and leadership our Union has made great strides since our organizational inception in 1938. He has indeed been a bulwark of great strength in our battles with our enemies; the shipowners, bureaucrats and commies alike. "We sincerely hope for his immediate recovery, and his return to action in our be­ half." (From Report to Convention by Paul Hall) Shipping rules were discussed, analyzed, and a suggestion was made whereby the Seafarers and it was decided to allow them could organize any unorganized to stand as they were last amend­ maritime craft. ed by the 1946 Conference. In the matter of education and publicity, the Log was appraised in regard to its organizational use, and was highly praised. More Within the next few days educational features were recom­ the National Maritime Union mended by the conference, and will finish questioning its several new pamphlets and book­ witnesses in its flimsy collu­ lets will be issued in the near sion charges against the Sea­ future. farers. Other matters which were dis­ After the SlU has had a cussed, and decisions regarding chance to refute the charges, them apear on page 9. and all testimony has 'been It was with deep and sincere heard, the evidence will be regret that the Agents accepted OTTAWA -- The Canadian submitted to the headquar­ the application for a leave of ab­ Communist Party, and the CP ters of the National Labor sence from Secretary-Treasurer Relation Board for final dis­ John Hawk. For reasons of health tlie world over, received a body position. Hawk asked for a six months blow last week when J. A. "Pat" Up to this point, the NMU leave, and this was granted by Sullivan, head of the Canadian has submitted little that can the conference. J. P. Shuler was Seamen's Union, quit his job in be termed real evidence— named Acting Secretary-Treas­ disgust over the way seamens' mainly because such evi­ urer. rights were being subverted to dence does not exist. As soon as the sessions ended, the communist cause. Besides the SlU officials many of those pi-esent at the "My decision to take this step and members present at the meeting left for the SIU Conven­ was re .ched," he said, "when I hearings, the Union is repre­ tion in Chicago which convened became convinced that the inter­ sented by Attorney Ben on Monday, March 24. ests of organized labor were be­ Sterling, and by lawyers Some will stay on in Chicago ing subverted by the agents of Kaiser and Glenn, from the after the Convention ends to at­ communism to their own ends." office of Joseph Padway. tend the meeting of the AFL Mar­ This revelation was all the AFL Attorney. itime Trades Department. This is due to start Monday, March 31. more striking because it came Isthmian Hearing request that the Convention adopt a program designed to halt the transfer of American ships to Panamanian- registry. "American capital has trans­ ferred United States governmentbought ships to Panamanian reg­ istry ... to save taxes, to operate ships with cheaper crews, and to Reporting for the Atlantic and Gulf District. SlU. As­ sistant Secretary J. P. Shuler. and Director of Organization Paul Hall, stated that the Union had experienced much growth and a great deal of success since the last Con­ vention. Shuler's report ap­ pears on page 3. avoid regular steamboat inspec­ tion service," President Lunde­ berg said. The statement urged Congress to take proper steps to safeguard the interests of the American merchant marine, and "that if no action is taken . . . we inaugur­ ate the policy of boycotting all Panamanian ships sailing in or out of American ports." This recommendation follows {Continued on Page 14) Canadian And U.S. Communists Have Complete Control Of CSU from a labor leader of long standing, one who has headed the CSU from the day it was founded in 1935, and from one who followed the communist party line for many years. Sullivan never made a secret of the fact that he was sym­ pathetic to the communists, and even went to jail for a stretch from 1940 to 1942 when he was imprisoned with other commies for his anti-war stand. This of course, was when the commies condemned the war as "imperialist." Later, when Rus­ sia was attacked, he became an (Continued on Page 6) �THE SE AE ARERS LOG Page Two Friday, March 28, 1947 SEAFARERS LOG Published Weekly by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 i. s. i. HARRY LUNDEBERG . 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. President JOHN HAWK Secy-Treas., Atlantic & Gulf District P. O. Box 25, Bowling Green Station, New York, N. Y. FRED FARNEN Secy-Treas. Gt. Lakes District 1038 Third Street, Detroit, Michigan Entered as second class matter June 15, 1945, atjhe Post Office in New York, N. Y., under the Act.of August 24, 1912. GEORGE K. NOVICK,' Editor 267 Illegal Transfers It is high time that the Congress of the United States, and appointed officials in high places, came to the realiza­ tion that their job is to represent the majority of the peo­ ple, not the fortunate few with wealth and position. For the past few months the American people have been shocked to hear that the American merchant marine, which was built up at a sacrifice during the war, was be­ ing transferred to foreign registry so that a few U. S. capi­ talists could add to their already overflowing bank accounts. These ships were built by the Government, and paid for out of the taxes of the people. They were operated by private companies during the war, at exorbitant prof­ its, and later bought by these same companies at a small fraction of the original cost or actual worth of the vessels. Not satisfied with this, American shipowners figured out a new dodge. They started transferring ships to Pana­ manian and Flonduran registry so that they could avoid payment of decent salaries to seamen, and avoid paying taxes to the United States Government. Practically ever) action of the shipowners in these "dummy" transfers is illegal. So there must be connivance from highly placed officials who allow such maneuvers to take place. Before the war, the American merchant marine had shrunk to a mere 13 million tons. During the war, it sky­ rocketed to 50 million tons, and many promises were made' that the merchant marine would never be allowed to dis­ integrate again. -"i^oday, only a short time after the end of the con­ flict, the total tonnage has dwindled to 30 million. Those ships which have been transferred to foreign registry are competing in the American trade. They sail These are the Union Brothers currently in the marine hospitals, in and out of American ports, carrying American goods, as reported by the Port Agents. These Brothers find time hanging but there the similarity ends. heavily on their hwds. Do what you can to cheer them up by writ­ Panamanian seamen are sailing those ves.sels, drawing ing to thsm. lower wages than those paid to United States seamen. NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL JOHN RILEY (G. L.) JAMEg' MeMAHoN (G/ L-.) Regular steamboat inspection, required under. U. S. law, J. NAVARRO WILLIAM RYAN (G.L.) is avoided. In the long run this will mean the loss of many P. DAUGHERTY WILLIAM, GILES J. RETOUR lives due to faulty equipment. CHARLES WENDEL G. KRETZER Etut the main importance to American seamen is that ft t ft C. MASON this business of moving ships from one country to another MOBILE HOSPITAL S. MOGAN like checkers is the opening wedge in a campaign to drive W. BROCE, Jr. MARION D. PENRY down the earnings of U. S. merchant seamen. J. ROONEY MANUEL CARDANA Right now our wages and conditions are the most E. CUSTER C. A. GARNET advanced in the entire world. The seamen of other coun­ R. E. MULHOLLAND R. H. DAVIS H. H. HAMILTON W. J. SULLIVAN tries look to us for leadership. The shipowner would like J. W. DENNIS A. SABOURIN nothing better than to force us to cut our standards so as R. B. WRIGHT S. P. MORRIS to meet the competition of Panamanian seamert. R. B. KINAIRD E. L. MYERS The shipowners, and the Government officials who 4' if' t 4 have assisted in this piece of trickery, are in for a rude STATEN ISLAND HOSP. BALTIMORE HOSPITAL shock. The Seafarers International Union will not just R. G. MOSSELLER JAMES T. MOORE make protest against continuing the practice and let it JOHN McLEMORE P. SYRAX JOHN FOX go at that. K. KORNELIUSSEN Action will follow if Congress does not take steps ERNEST SIDNEY C. H. SULLIVAN EDWARD CAIN JR. to halt the illegal transfer of American ships. A boycott of E. E. CASEY SOLOMON (SUL) HARB Panamanian ships has been asked for at the SIU Conven­ STANLEY HOLDEN M. j. LYDEN H. BEECHER tion in Chicago, and if it is instituted, it will become world­ ALBERT HAWKINS L. L. MOODY wide through the cooperation of the International Trans- ANTONIO AMARAL M. BAUCSKI CHARLES SIMMONS portworkers Federation. M. MORRIS PETER LOPEZ Boycott is a resounding answer to those who would TED BABKOWSKI W. R. BLOOM steal away the seamen's livelihood. Boycott it will be if the J. BOLGER WILLIAM HOWELL L. NELSON MICHAEL J. LUCAS transfers are not stopped. Men Now In The Marine Hospitals Hospital Patients When entering the hospital notify the delegate by post­ card, giving your name and the number of your ward. Staten Island Hospital You can contact your Hos­ pital delegate at the Staten Island Hospital at the follow­ ing tiftiCs: Tuesday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. (on 5th and 6th floors) Thursday—^^1:30 to 3:30 p.m. (on 3rd and 4th floors.) Saturday—1:30 to 3:30 pun. (on 1st and 2nd floors.) III L. A. CORNWALL C. M. HOUCHINS E. CARERRAS H. L. TILLOT M. J. FIELDS JOHN A. DYKES R. RIVERA C. E. SMITH if 4 if GALVESTON HOSPITAL OLSEN BENNETT GALANE R. V. JONES HUTCHENSON STAEINZ MILKE FLESHER AKIN GRAVES BREASHAR KOW LIM 4 if if MOBILE HOSPITAL E. L. MYERS S. P. MORRIS M. D. PENRY �Friday, March 28, 1947 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Three J.P. Shuler's Report To Int'l Convention m M: The Atlantic and Gulf District of the Seafarers Internation Un­ ion, since the last Convention, has been very active. For brevity, as well as clarity's sake, we will deal with these activities seriatuin. MEMBERSHIP, tion all other trade unions to as-1 Workers that are not covered by; tied up approximately 40 ships sist us in this drive. unemployment insurance, we' on the East and Gulf Coasts beThe membership of the Union If no citizenship can be grant­ recommend that the Convention fore the issue was broken, which at the present time .consists of ed our.alien members, we go on of our International be instructed was in favor of the SIU. approximately 30,000 duos pay record once again to fight for to im.modiatcly draft a program Our membership feels that ing members. This includes the their rights to sail American ves­ calling for specific action aimed these various Government Buvarious categories of books, pro sels until they can become citi­ at providing for seamen's unem-'reaus are just as much our enemy bationary, permits and tripcards zens of our country under the ployment insurance, effective as I as the shipowners inasmuch as We have, for some period of time prevailing naturalization laws. soon as possible. CONTRACTS they continually line up on the had our membership books same side of the fence with our MC TRAINING PROGRAM In the fall of last year, we were closed, except under certain con- SEAMEN'S BILL OF RIGHTS T • <• 4U X . 41 operators. For that reason, our able to negotiate contracts which Our organization has actively In view of the fact, as recently i u' „ •, tions. u,. T-.4 membeiship has gone on record were a great improvement over for a number of years fought for reported by our International Qualifications for membership repeatedly for the use of ecoour previous ones. Not only a Bill of Rights for Seamen. Our Officers, the Maritime Conrimisnow are that in addition to 12 . , w , , nomic action wherever possible were we able to raise our wages main objective, of course, has sion was granted million dol+ tu u months on a permit, a man must 10..4. Z ..._ ^ stop to the bureaucratic for all ratings, but the working been to protect seamen who have lars for a training program, we attacks against Union men. rules in all departments were have as well at least one trip on been injured during the war. feel our Union should take im­ an unorganized vessel in which The greatest beef resulting improved to a considerable de­ It is our opinion that these mediate action to stop same. the Union is attempting to or­ from coming into conflict with gree. men should be guaranteed medi­ We should request the AFL Government Bureaus and Agen­ This ha.s' resulted in several ganize. Thus we have been able cal and hospital treatment for as and other affiliates in the Mari­ to at this time prevent over­ cies, etc., was the 1946 General things. First of all, is the reac­ long as they are in need of such time Industry to assist us in makloading of the Organization with ^ ^ Strike which culminated from tion of our membership. They care. There is also the question ing every possible effort to put' ,, ^ r a heavy membership. . : interference on the part of the like our contracts very much, of providing for next of kin of j these characters out of business We are now in the process of Wage Stabilization Board. and as a result, take a much merchant seamen who were in- for all times. We feel this entire greater interest in the Organiza­ making a complete survey of all jured during the war and who set-up should be declared as 1946 GENERAL tion itself than ever before. our available jobs and in the fu­ were direct providers for their phony and every possible effort Secondly, our contracts assisted ture, admission for membership STRIKE be made to discourage the con­ families' welfare. us to some degree in improving will be governed by the number tinuance of it. In addition, there is the ques­ The General Strike was enthu­ our relations with the operators of available jobs under contract. tion of providing compensation As long as such so-called train- siastically received by our memin the business of handling dis­ for seamen injured during the ing programs are in existence, bership; principally because of GOVT. BUREAUS putes. Finally, our new contracts war who find themselves now there is always the fear of them the fact that it was not a surare a great aid in organizing the AND AGENCIES unable to make a living. being used as fink factories .»in prise move, but something that unorganized men under our ban­ Our Union has, along with case of strike. each member of the Union had We reaffirm our Union's pre­ ner. other District Unions in the sea­ vious position on this question. WASHINGTON participated in bringing about. Various points which had been men's field, had many hard strug­ The AFL Legislative Committee I The entire apparatus, the me­ confusing in previous contracts gles with the various Government is now working with us on this chanics and the directives which were clarified in our present Inasmuch as the various Con- governed the strike had been agreement, thereby making it Bureaus and Agencies. As a re­ problem. Our organization has notified gressmen and would be union worked out through a period of more simple to settle disputes. sult of these various disputes, This, in turn, Iras been a saving our recently concluded Agents' all Congressmen and Senators wreckers are now busy in Wash- six months by our Organizers, of energy on the part of the Un­ Conference adopted the follow­ from all coastal ports of our po- ington trying to cram their anti- with membership participation. ion and has enabled us to apply ing proposals on Government sition and our desire for passage labor legislation into effect, this consultation and group meetings. of a bill that will be fair and Committee feels that the SIU j We were faced with problems our energy into other fields in Agencies and Legislation: just. should have representation in' different somewhat from that of the Union itself. COAST GUARD We recommend the continual Washington as soon as possible on ' other areas. During the period The position of our organiza­ pressing of our program for this a permanent basis. of the War, the "shipowner perBINANCES tion towards control by the Coast bill and enlisting the aid of all This Committee recommends the NMU, the commies While the record shows an in­ Guard of the American seamen unions towards achievement of that the subject be taken up at i succeeded by infiltration in crease in available funds in com­ through the U. S. Steamboat In­ this end—A Complete Bill of the International Convention in securing themselves a strong poparison to previous years, this, spection Service, and through Rights for Seamen. Chicago to place such a repre-1 sition both within the MMP and in every respect of the word, is the U. S. Shipping Commission­ sentative in Washington. the MEBA. The CMU was at not a true analysis. MARINE HOSPITALS er's Office hcis never changed. We further recommend to the the height of jte The income of the Organiza­ We recommend that it be We have been, and are actively tion since the last Convention was fighting, for the return of this brought to the attention, as often International Convention that ^lory and the SIU was looked upgreatly increased due to the fact function back to the Department as possible, to Surgeon General they study the possibilities of on unfavorably and regarded by that we caused to be opened var­ of Commerce where it belongs. Parron of the Public Health Serv­ working out a joint program, many as an extremely "small, ineffective" Union. ious new Branches and placed of­ The control of American mer­ ice, of the'many instances where with other AFL Maritime Unions, Although the Seafarers were ficials in them. This was done chant seamen by the Coast Guard seamen because of being on the a system for joint support of such the spearhead of the 1946 Gen­ to prevent "freeloaders" from puts the seamen under control beach over 60 days have been de­ legislative offices and represen­ eral Maritime Strike by winning riding SIU . vessels and paying of a military department of the nied hospital privileges, although tatives in Washington. our strike in short order, we no revenue for the privilege. Government. It takes away cer­ in dire need of same. This, we feel, is very important ^ , , . . found ourselves in the beginning This, however, at the same' time, tain privileges and rights enjoyed ^ In some ports, at the present at this time and unless it ,s done, increased our expenditures. Ad- by seamen. It adds a heavier time, this 60 day ruling has been phonies may slip something over possiblities of ditonal expense was undergone burden on the American taxpay­ extended to 90 days; but even on us. If we are not at all times Unions being taken when we purchased our own er and should be changed. this, in our opinion, is not suf­ informed of what they are shap- over by the comrades. To eliminHalls in the Ports of Boston, Nor­ Our organization has already ficient. ing up in the vvay of trying to immediately lent aU folk and Tampa. Incidentally, put our position before all the We should press immediately destroy the trade union move-' resources to the this is along with our New Or­ members of the Committee on the point that as.Iong as a man is ment in maritime. ' launched an all-out leans Hall which was purchased Merchant Marines and Fisheries in this industry, seeking his liv­ While not going into complete drive against the commie clique before the 1944 Convention, and and has received assurance ing, he should at all times be details on this, we feel it is im-' dominating the MEBA. broii,ght to four the number of through the AFL that it is help­ qualified for treatment at USPHS portant to point out a couple of During the entire course of the our own establishments. and Marine Hospitals, regardless disputes resulting on the East Officers' Strike, we continued this ing us _ •Ills uo in ill our uui fight. iisiiv. One further expense of the Ortransfer of the Steamboat of the length of time on the and Gulf Coasts between our-1 program with the result that ganization over the past two Inspection and U. S. Shipping beach. selves and various Bureaus and within a very short period of years has been that of organiza­ Commissioner's Office back to We further recommend a com­ the results of same. time, the communists within the tional work. This was attributed the Department of Commerce plete survey, as has been going In the Port of New York, after MMP were ousted and a counter­ to Isthmian Steamship Company must be done through an Act of on, by the SIU of all Marine Hos­ long persecution at the hands of balance of power established and later expanded to various Congress. pitals and investigation as to con­ the Coast Guard, the Organiza­ within the MEBA. other unorganized companies This Committee recommends ditions of same. tion finally tried the use of eco­ A great amount of credit must Then too, there wore the very that, in the final analysis, in the In the event of case^ of mis­ nomic action to prevent same be given to the ILA, both Long­ heavy expenses of the 1946 event of failure of the introduc­ treatment or of bad ho.spital con­ and tied up the SS Helen of Bull shoremen and Harbor Workers, Strike. tion of proper legislation to ditions, notice of such treatments Steamship Company. The Com­ who worked closely with us dur­ In spite of these heavy expen­ handle, this matter, that we set are to be called to the attention ditures, however, the Organiza­ forth a proposition to all mari­ of Surgeon General Parron or pany was forced to pay the men ing the entire strike and who, in tion at the present time is in a time unions, regardless of affili­ Assistant Surgeon R. G. Wil­ complete standby wages from the work hours actually were on time they lost their papers to strike as supporting factors sound condition. ation, the possibilities of all un­ liams, Chief Bureau of Medical the time they received them back longer than we were. We find it nece.ssary at this ions using economic action at the Service, Public Health, Washing­ from the Coast Guard as a result It can truthfully be said that time, however, to economize ijoint of production, as in the case ton, D. C. of economic pressure. Since that the General Strike of 1946 was throughout the entire structure of the SS Helen in the Port of We further recommend that our action, no SIU contracted oper­ the primary factor in organizing of our Union so as to operate on New York this past year, if not International Union, take steps ator, or its employees, have nationally the AFL Maritime a full peacetime basis. for the elimination of the Coast to place our entire International called the Coast Guard into any Trades Department, although This has been considered by Guard then at least, the toning Union on record for increased ship's beef. theoretically, it had been in ex­ both the membership and the of­ down of their dictatorial methods subsidies to the Marine Hospitals istence for some time previous. The Operation Division of the ficials of our Union, as well as of so-called disciplining of Amer- and the USPHS, so as to increase WSA during 1946 refused to alIt ^vas the strike that gave birth our Agents' Conference. The re­ can seamen. their facilities and service to U. low the Union and its contracted tu the concept that alone any sults of this consideration was S. Merchant Seamen and, if at operators to use collective barMaritime Union was powerless, ALIEN SEAMEN that a program was laid down in all possible, to their families. gaining to secure a proper rider. that united they were indesOur organization is on record regards to the finances of our UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE As a result of this interference tructible. Union, calling for retrenchment. to fight for citizenship for alien The NMU, MCS and certain In view of the fact that the sea­ and meddling on the part of this By following this program, the seamen who sailed on American particular Government Bureau, sections of the MEBA tried to use men are one of the few, if not Organization will be in a solid Flag Ships during the war. We the last, section of American the SIU used economic action and i {Continued on Page 14) reaffirm this position and petifinancial position. �Page Four THE SEAFARERS LOG Groundwork Laid In Lakes Drive; SlU Rank And File Participate Friday, March 28, 1947 Volunteer Organizer do the job, but with a solid basis large "number of :^IU-contracted set up, the rest is simply a mat­ companies. The organization drive on the ter of hard work, with man­ When Fran Krabavac made Seamen in this region have no Great Lakes has now passed its power the backbone of the drive. reason to respect the NMU, the the Zane Grey, Isthmian Steam­ third week — three weeks of so-called union that called a ship Company, as a volunteer OUTLOOK GOOD hard work that have broken the strike up here without author­ organizer eighteen months ago. ground for a real all-out cam­ That's the way it shapes up on ization from the men sailing the he thought he would make one paign to unionize the many men ships. Those men lost their bon­ trip and then ship out on a con­ who sail under shipowner con­ the Lakes. The SIU has the or­ uses, and wages, and received no tract vessel. ^ ganization to dp the job, but it ditions. Today, after eighteen months takes men to contact the ships, material gains in the long run. It hasn't been easy to do the talk to the men, and get the They also have no reason to on Isthmian ships, he is deter­ necessary spadework. The NMU, SIU message across. respect the Lake Carriers As­ mined to continue shipping Isth­ with its selfish strike last fall, sociation, or the other phony mian until the company signs a This may sound like an un­ made lots of Lakes seamen bit­ company unions that exist up contract with the SIU. necessary invitation to most ter. But the Seafarers came in here. Lakes seamen know that He was on the Zane Grey less with a spotless reputation, and SIU members. It probably is, they have been sold nut time but if there are any men with than a month. After that fol­ that has made the majority of and time again by groups that lowed ten months on the Ed­ Great Lakes experience, who the Lakes seamen listen to us want to participate in the drive worked with the bosses and mund Fanning, then seven with interest. on the Lakes, they can do a against the seamen. months on the Sea Hawk. He's The Great Lakes seamen have good job by contacting the SIU This time the story is changed. still on the last named. been assured that the SIU had repi'esentative in the port they This time the seamen have a Brother Krabavac got his sea nothing to do with the NMU want to ship out of. chance to pick a Union that has training sailing Yugoslavian phony strike. It is to our credit a reputation for protecting and ships. Twenty-three years ago There's a big job to be done, that our work has been good fighting for its members. With he started out to sea, just to see and the same spirit that won a FRAN KRABAVAC enough for these men, and they such a choice, it's a good bet what it was like. He enjoyed his resounding election in the Isth­ have received us very whole­ that they will pick the SIU. experiences so much that he up by a United States vessel mian Steamship Company (NMU The next few months will tell heartedly. stalling to the contrary) can the story. The SIU has a good decided to make the sea his and brought to this country. This section needs organiza­ In his native land Krabavac knock over the anti-labor Lakes chance to organize many sea­ career. tion. No flash in the pan could had been a member of the sea­ operators. SUNK BY NAZIS men who haven't had the oppor­ men's union, and so it was nat­ Right now the situation shapes tunity to sail under decent con­ Only once did he come close ural for him to want to join a up in the following manner: ditions. They want to. but they to regretting his decision. That union in the U.S. was when the President KopajSeveral companies have start­ have to be contacted first. "Our union in the old coun­ ed early fit-out operations. Be­ It is our duty to do that job. tic, a Yugoslav ship, was sunk try was a good one," he recalls, cause our men are on the ball, Come, hell or high water, the in the Carribean in 1941. "but not as strong as the SIU. and willing to go all out in the organizing drive will go on — Fran was on that ship, and So I joined the SIU." drive, those ships are now prac­ and to a really successful con­ the survivors drifted for a few tically solid SIU. days before they were" picked SETTLED PERSONAL SCORE clusion! He sailed many ships during The Union will be calling for Charging flatly that anti-closed the war. usually right into the contracts in these companies shop laws were unconstitutional within the near future, or pet­ danger zones, because as he puts it, "I had a personal score because they nullified the "right itioning the National Labor Re­ to settle with Hitler. His troops lations Board for elections. of contract," AFL President Wil­ ovei'ian my country." We know that a fight is in liam Green last week told AFL Brother Fran more than set­ store for us. We are ready and unions that they would be justi­ tled the score. The supplies waiting, confident in the fact TAMPA—Winning a bargain­ day. One of the important sub­ carried on ships manned by fied in ignoring such laws in thai cooperation from the Great ing election in this state means jects for discussion will, be the Krabavac and other merchant states which have enacted them. Lakes seamen has been excel­ absolutely nothing. It's not very organizing of a prograr," design­ seamen made possible the vict­ The statement was made by lent so far. difficult to organize the workers, ed to beat Attorney-General Tom ory over the Nazis in Europe. Green at the convention of the In­ especially into AFL Unions, but Watson when he runs for Gov­ SIU IS CHOICE When the war was •finally ternational Brotherhood of Paperonce the election has been held, ernor. won, Fran still wanted action, so So good has been the help the courts take over. makers, which met in Chicago. Labor never had a more bitter he volunteered his services as .T-.T 11 J i , 1 given us by the Lakes seamen The AFL has already started , \u ^ The injunctions , which have enemy than Watson. He has laid an organizer. He was told to ^ ^ ,, , „ , I themselves, that our organizers test cases of the open-shop law, . J ,u ^ ,u OTTT • been issued in Florida are some­ his plans carefully to advance try to make an Isthmian ship, , . .. I are convinced that the SIU is in Nebraska and several otheroverwhelming choice of the thing to see. No picketlines are himself politically by trading on and if successful, there would be states, but It may take close to allowed, the closed shop has been labor. plenty for him to do. outlawed, and labor is straitjacktwo years before the first chal- -^g The State Federation of Labor JOB WELL DONE lenge reaches the Supreme Court. He was successful, and thus It's impossible to state right etcd if and when a strike is call­ will have to do the big job in campaigning against Watson be­ started eighteen months of hard Until then, 'the AFL v/ill chal­ at the start how good an organ­ ed. The employer hires scab la­ cause the CIO is very small po­ work. lenge the validity of the laws," izing drive might wind up. But Brother Krabavac was on the Green said. "The Supreme Court j if .spirit is any indication, the bor, and the police escort the tatoes in Florida. In Tampa the Seafarers is tak­ Edmund Fanning when the ship has upheld the closed shop and next few months will see plenty scabs through picketlines. They will again so decide." ! of Lakes companies joining the have done it so often lately that ing an active part in the fight was voted in Baltimore, Mary­ it appears that strikebreaking is against Mayor Hixon and his ma­ land. The NMU was sure of this the biggest job for Florida police chine. . one; the NMU organizers had men. We have had some pretty bad already put it down in the win School teachers, the most un­ experiences with Hixon, when he column. derpaid people in the state, and took the lead in breaking the But the work of Krabavac and perhaps even in the nation, are taxi drivers' strike. the others proved too much, and in the middle of an organizing We are going to supply plenty ^^^en the balloting was completNEW YORK — Cheered by a cago convention of the Office campaign here. of cars and drivers to take voters rolled up betpledge of unqualified support Employes International Union, of They are meeting with plenty to the polls and home again on ^er than a three to one majority, from Harry Lundeberg, president which the UFE is an affiliate. of opposition from the press, the election day. "That did my heart good," of the Seafarers International "If there is any place in Amer­ politicians, and civic leaders. said Fran. jg ....... "On unorganized It is no secret that labor Union, the United Financial Em­ ica where high wages and better FII^THY SLANDER • ships a seaman is not treated rallying voters against Hixon, ployes, AFL, stepped up its plans working conditions should pre­ Editorials in the papers ac­ for a strike against the Wall vail," Green said, "it is in the tually slander the teachers, and and it is no secret that the labor- decently, and all that will when the SIU gets a conStreet exchanges and brokerage money-making establishments" of call them malcontents, rabble hating. machine is plenty worried T c*+1-» »VM o tract TtrifV* with Isthmian.' over the outcome. houses and announced April 21 Wall Street. rousers, and worse. All this to Krabavac gave some instances as the walkout date. Prior to his address. Green honest people who arc 'trying The picture is black, but Tom of what he means when he says Lundeberg gave assurances of conferred privately with Lunde­ to obtain decent wages and con­ Watson and the other labor-bait­ that seamen are "not treated SIU backing to M, David Keefe, berg and Keefe. ers have forced us to band to­ decently." ditions. UFE president, when the two met The projected strike stems A Citizens Committee has been gether to beat the people who "First of all, the food is poor, in Chicago last week. from the refusal of A. M. Kidder set up, and they are trying to hate the workers. and scarce," he stated. "Quart­ The SIU official said that be­ and Company to negotiate a con­ show the teachers that a union is From now on its a finish fight, ers are small and they try to cause the UFE was militant in tract with UFE. The street-wide unnecessary. But the teachers and labor is going to keep right crowd >men into the- foc'sles. pressing for its just demands it walkout will cut off the possibility are not going to be mislead by on battling until victory is won. Overtime is just a word on those merited Seafarers support, which of business being conducted for anything that this group prom­ ships, and a man rarely gets ultimately would aid the entire Kidder by the Stock and Curb ises. time enough to eat a full meal." labor movement. exchanges or their member firms. The feeling is that nothing was It was for reasons such as A similiar pledge from William The UFE scored a major vic­ done before the teachers started those that Isthmian voted over­ Green, AFL president, said his tory recently when — with full organizing, and that if their un­ whelmingly for SIU representa­ entire organization would stand SIU support—it struck and par­ ion fails, the civic authorities tion. And it is for such reasons with the financial workers "until alyzed the New York Cotton Ex­ will not increase wages or better that Fran Krabavac became a they win victory," change. The union won a con­ conditions. volunteer organizer, and is going Green announced the AFL tract after one day on the picketThe Florida Federation of La­ to stick at it until a contract is backing in a speech at the Chi­ lines. bor Convention started on Mon­ [signed, sealed, and delivered. By EARL SHEPPARD Green Advises Unions To Ignore Open Shop Laws Florida Labor Gets Ready To Oppose Tom Watson Lundeberg Pledges Int'l Support To UFE In Wall Street Strike '-i-i.Vl �l: Friday. March 28. 1947 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Five Delegates Gather For SIU Convention ( • t; It M'ji 1 11:' Above is the Atlantic and Gulf District delegation to the Convention. Standing, left to right, John Mogan, Lindsey Williams. Sonny Simmon,, Paul Hall, and Red Gibbs. Seated, in the same order. Earl Smith, W. H. Simmons. J. P. Shuler. and Gal Tanner. Fishermen and fish cannery workers had their representation. Left to right, Joe Perry and Lester Caveny, Fish Cannery Workers Union of Monterey, Cal., and John Crivello, Seine and Line Fishermen's Union of Monterey, Cal. The SUP had the next largest delegation to the A&G Dis­ trict. Seated, L to R, Bob Dombroff, Harry Lundeberg, and Morris Weisberger. Standing, John Massey, R. D. Thompson. Charles Brenner, and Ed Coester. The Great Lakes District was well represented by Fred Farnen, Larry Martin, and Herbert Jansen, seated left to right, and Einar Nordaas and William McLaughlin, standing. McLaughlin is from the British Columbia Seamen's Union, f I Vi Delegates came from as far away as Alaska. Above, on the right, is John S. Amayo. President of the Alaska Fish Cannery Workers Union. Beside him s George Issel. representing the Fish Cannery Workers Union of the Pacific. San Francisco Bay Area. The Fish Cannery Workers and Fishermen's Union, San Diego, California, was represented by \ Frank Currier. Business Agent; C. H. Burns. Fisherman; and Lester Ballenger, Secretary-Treasurer. ' �THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Six Friday, March 28. 1947 /ts True — Rhode Island Pays Bonus To Soamon Lakes Seamen Sullivan Says Invited To Visit Commies Have UETERATIS' BOTIUS BOARD Buffalo Hall Control Of CSU of trail ^rab&mn ^pisntBtions STATE HOUSE (Continued from Page 1) ardent supporter of the Second Front. In his statement, Sulivan, who was also secretary-treasurer of the Canadian Trades and Labor Congress, ad;nitted that he had been a member of the CP from 1937 until three months ago. The CSU has always reflected the Kremlin line, and it was for that reason that the charter of the union was revoked by the Seafarers International Union in August. 1944. PROVIDENCE 2. FL I. Merchant Marine Application For Bonus Under Chapter 1721, Public Laws of 1944 All Answers Must Be Typewritten or Printed In Ink 1. Name under which applicant entered the aervice 2. Present name (if different) 3. Mailing address (present) —.JLQ. Z^£.ltLillg.-AY9-i—C^nStOO -B,-!-. Na SiTHt Cl^orum r.O. Zmm Sma Sex-Male (3 Female • No. and location of Draft Board where applicant regiatered —S»5 aiTer.ATe. ,—PrnTldwnflH, H. I • Period served in Merchant Marine: i v.,.-!, a. Date of entry into service 5jL._iSli5 Place gaW YOrk b. Date of discharge or relea.- r from service —St ill IP jS.9rTlP9—Place i c. Serial Number Dd you serve on an army transport or merchant ship operated for the United Sutea War Shipping AdminiatiatioD between the dates of December 7.-1941 and September 2, 1945? Yfl8 4. 5. e. 7. t/iP llAlll.KY ttm , IM 8. Name war zene areas where served? 9. Place of birth...-Pro Jlldeaa«.»_JEU.L. JtiHh hkn at h. ATHKM aaMOa .. No ifdUarranaan -Mlddla-gajl.,. 10. Date of birth— MANY IMPLICATED 11. Length of LEGAI. RESIDENCE in Rhode Island IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO ENTRY INTO SERVICE Sullivan implicated many 12 LEGAL RESIDENCE at time of entry into service -70 Perk^» ATai...,-.-PXOal.diUiaj.,_ R. T. rso. Btrtia Otp or Tova Stato people in his blast against com13. LEGAL RESIDENCES for period of six mcotha immediately prior to entry into service Prn¥l dWIlfia^—R.l. • FROM TO munst machinations in the CSU, and in the Canadian labor move­ ment. He named Fred Rose, a form.er 14. AddreigivenM time of separation from aervice citi member .of Parliment, who was 15. Name and legal addrpsees of parents at time of entry into service _ 1&7.S w. PrQTld(uiga._Bal. sent to jail in the atom bomb plot, as one "of those who used 16. If married at time of entry into service, name and legal addreMoI wife (or husband) fl UTI hmugh the seamen to further the ends 17. Hav?^Tecri>^a^Veter^''bM«urori«i^^ bom this or any other ^te becauae ol service srith the Armed Forcct or the of the communist party. Merchant Marine in World War II? ^ He also named Alderman J. B. If "Yes" what State — —— Salsberg as a party member who PENALTY PROVISION: Ch. 1721, Pub. Laws ol 1946, "Whoever knowmgly makea a false atatement. oral or written, rdtfing to a material fact in supporting a claim under the proviaicns of thia^ ahail bemoni^of not mat than SSCO^ or by transmitted funds to him from imprisonment (or not more than one year, or both.*>^^*^/' ^^ ^ the party in order to finance • the 1937 strike against the lake Subscribed and sworn to before me thir_,.V^^Z5 ; <l»y of——fftbTlWry ship owners. "In the period from 1943 on­ NMsryPyblk wards." Sullivan stated, "the DO NOT WRITE BELOW THIS LINE executives of the seamen, the CERTIFICATE OF APPROVAL same as lots of other unions, It is certified that this application meeU all requuemeoU of ChapiCer 1721 Pulic Laws of 1946 and it ia recjuested that pay. have been gradually in the pro­ ment ol the State Bonus oU200.00 be made to the following person: Cfftificate No. . N^of cess of taking into their ranks, either knowingly or unknowing­ ly, members of the communist party — for instance, in Halifax, AppfOTsd-Stnta Bonus C. H. Meads, who was an Amer­ ican seaman, but who had never sailed in Canada, was drafted in ORIGINAL DISCHARGE OR RELEASE MUST BE ATTACHED HERETO from the NMU and is now in complete charge of the east coast for the seamen and gen­ eral secretary for the fishermen; Some time ago the Seafarers Log ran a story regarding payment of a Bonus to Rhode Island whose wife, at the same time, is merchant seamen who had sailed during the war. At that time there was not too much known about the provincial secretary for the this, but now the Log has first-hand information from a veteran seaman who has already filled out communist party, the necessary application for some of that Bonus money. On this page we have reproduced the CP IN CONTROL application form. Sullivan stated flatly, the same as Joe Cur ran has done in In order to be eligible for ^uch payment, the applicant must be a legal resident of the State the NMU, that the CP placed of Rhode Island, and must have been a resident of that state at the time of entry into wartime men in the national office of the merchant marine service. If those two qualifications are met, then it is just another short step to CSU to direct party work. "In the national office," he filling in the form and- collecting the $200,00. said, "the communist party, of Application forms can be obtained by writing to the Veterans' Bonus Board, State House, course, has taken full control, Providence 2, Rhode Island. where they have placed Jerry McManus in as secretary but act­ ually his work is to direct all political activities within the or­ ganization." Waste of seamen's ,money was another point on which Sullivan By RAY GONZALES The crew may allow the ship find the real cause of difficulty took the commies to task. to sail short of supplies expect­ lying witli the eunipany purchas­ "The executive officers ar i During the past years we have ing to pick up the shortages in ing agent. running all over both Canada fought long and hard to bring and the (United) States, sup­ conditions on our ships to what a foreign port. Therefore, let us cooperate However, when the ship ar­ 100 percent with our Chief posedly to be doing union work. they are today. .... In all those cases, the rives in a foreign country, the Stewards, Chief Cooks and dele­ In every battle we have en­ usual run of Skippers produce gates. seamen are footing the bill. The only work that McManus was tered, whether it was private' a letter from the company tell­ Of course, this does not mean doing was floating money from ship operators, commies or the ing them not to buy any stores that if a Steward is a phony we the NMU into this country and' government brass hat agencies, in foreign ports due to the high should pat him on the back and warn him to be a good boy from laying the groundwork for the we have always won and we cost of food. NMU coming into this country will continue to win our battles We all know that lack of ad­ now on. There is only one good way in order that they could take through the coperation and sol­ equate food causes a great deal idarity of the membership. of dissension among the- unlic­ to handlcthis food situation, and the CSU over." However, things are far from ensed personnel. Let these final words from that is when you arrive aboard perfect yet. After an extensive Sullivan make their own point. The Chief Steward is power­ your ship, call a meeting and "I also stated (at the 1946 con­ survey, I have noticed that food less to cope with the ftgh-handelect a delegate to contact the vention of the CSU) that I was and other supplies put aboard ed policies of many of the com­ Chief Steward,, This delegate should confer undecided whether or not to run our ships, purchased by penny- pany purchasing agents, and he pinching company agents, are of usualy winds up behind the with the Chief Steward and re­ for reelection," says Sullivan. "I was quickly told by Sals­ second or third grade quality. eight-ball. quest him to produce all requi­ In several instances, there The outcome of the company sitions and confirmations. berg that it wasn't a case of The Delegate should check whether or not I wanted to run have not been enough supplies sponsored difficulty usually finds as they, the communst party, put aboard for the expected dur­ the crewmembers slapping these carefully for quantity and had made the decision. Com­ ation of the voyage. In other charges against the Chief Stew­ quality. If he finds any short­ munist party discipline does not words the companies have delib­ ard or voting him off the ship. age or inferior grades, he should I think we should look before Immediately notify the Union alow for individual thought and erately shorted the crew of food we leap, and we would usually Hall, party orders must be obeyed." necessary for the trip. By FRATIK MORAN BUFFALO—Lakes seamen of all ratings, regardless of wheth­ er you have a ship to go to or not, are invited to drop into the Buffalo Hall, meet the local Or­ ganizer, and discuss your ship­ ping problems with him. You will meet plenty of oldtimer.s, and some of the younger Seafarers, who all know and will tell you of the advantages of real unionism, SIU style. In the SIU Hall, there is no waiting around, like there is in the company offices and LCA halls. SIU members register for jobs at the Union Hall where ship­ ping is conducted strictly on a rotary basis. They also have job security, guaranteed b y SIU contracts. Seafarers have preference in shipping on the same boat that they laid up last Fail, if they so wish, and don't have to wor­ ry about the bosses' friends tak­ ing their jobs. Unorganized Lakes .seamen don't know whether they have' a job in the Spring or not. Re­ gardless of whether they laid up some vessel or not, they don't know whether some friend or relative of the bosses will have their job when they look for it at the fit out. SIU contracts mean job security. • SIU CRE'WING UP In the Buffalo and Erie, Pa, areas, the shipping activity has been confined to SIU ships crewing up. The Local Agent for the SIU has bccH quite busy crewing up these boats, so it looks as though the SlU-contracted vessels will lead the parade out of this port when the initial sailing begins from here in the near future. Don't forget, all unorganized men are invited to help organ­ ize their ships into the SIU. Contact the local SIU Halls whenever possible, and give them yoUr suggestions for mak­ ing your ship an SIU .ship. In the SIU, you're backed by 65,000 SIU members, and the 8 million Brothers in the AFL. With this combination and sup­ port, you can't go wrong. Go SIU today! Some Companies Still Try To Chisel On Fooii Unfoi'tunately, in many* cases crews have neglected Lo report such beefs in time for the Pa­ trolmen to take action before the ship sails, or sometimes no­ tification is given just a few hours before she is to pull out. In these cases when a Patrol­ man comes aboard after the crew has held up the ship, and tells the company about the shortage or poor quality stores, the company will always scream "breech of contract!" "You've given us no time to replace the stores. You're hold­ ing up the ship, "We'd give you the stores if you'd notified us in time," •Well, lets see if they really mean what they say. Lets get our beefs into the Hall well in advance of sailing time. If they mean what they say the storerooms will contain first grade food and plenty of it. If they're pulling a fast one we'll pin their ears back! �Friday. March 20. 1947 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Seven Payoffs And Shipboard Playboys Keep Port Pbiladelpbia Active By E. B. TILLEY , PHILADELPHIA — Shipping as was necessar,y here. here is still bouncing along at a There has arisen a misunder­ good clip with a steady flow of standing on .some of the ships ships in and out of the port. that come in here pertaining to The past week ."^aw the paying- feeding while the ship is in port. off of four ships and the signing It seems that some of the Stew­ on of three, in addition to the^ ards Departments think that several ships we contacted in when their ship hits the dock transit. they don't have to work anymore. Silence Ihis week from ihe There were minor difficulties This is bad, for the rest of the Branch Agents of the follow­ By JOHN MOGAN aird beefs on a few of the ships ciew then wants subsistence and ing ports: but they were handled at the the companies yell bloody mur­ BOSTON—Business and ship­ ory and the Fort Winnebago BALTIMORE point of production and cleared der. They say that the food is ping is definitely on the increase (West Coast tanker) and the up in short order. NEW ORLEANS there for the Cooks to use. why in these parts. Upon my re­ four other ships in that port. turn to Boston from the Agent's One of the ships that came in don't they stay aboard and cook SAVANNAH In Boston, two Eastern ships Conference (for a breather be­ (the .Sam Johnston and the for payoff was the SB Chemawa it? SAN JUAN fore going on to Chicago for Falmouth) paid off during the They're right in that respect, of the Beacon Hill Company. Her NORFOLK the- International Convention) I week also, with the SS Sam troubles took a little time to so the in.si.stence of the Stew­ JACKSONVILLE learned that none of the boys Parker also scheduled for Fri­ square away. She had been out ards Departments in knocking had any chance to do any rest­ day, but held over the weekend. PORT ARTHUR on a nine month trip and for off in the galley is leading to ing while 1 was gone. nine months the crow had to put complications which will have to The deadline for port re­ The Falmouth has seen her up with the wild west antics of be ii'oned out. And, too, it appears that the last days as an SlU-contract ports. monies due, etc.. is the a Skipper who thought he was coming week will also be a busy ship — unless we can sign up On the other hand, we are Monday proceeding publica­ a real pistol packin' hot shot. one for all hands, with plenty of the Greeks — and the crew very happy over the cooperation tion. While every effort will ships scheduled to arrive in this certainly piled off her with This yokel, according to the that the ships' delegates are giv­ be made to use in the current area for payoff. crew, used to come out on deck ing us. Almost every delegate much regret. issue material received after Acting Agent Sweeney didn't twirling his 45 around his index calls the Hall as soon as his ship that date, space commitments She was old, she was cramped, get a chance to do any acting but crew and officers got along finger and yelling to the crew (as arrives and we have been cover­ generally do not permit us fo while 1 was gone. He spent the first-rate. if they didn't know it) that he ing them all in true SlU fashion do so. before the pay-off begins. entire time in Portland, which was the Skipper. On the Sam Johnston, there is enjoying some unprecedented Up and down the deck this were a few hours disputed for prosperity — thanks to 100.000 male Annie Oakley would parade some of the black gang, which tons of surplus potatoes. trying to impress the crew with is now payable. And since three ships were his pistol prowess. In the general confusion, an scheduled to pay off in Portland EXPENSIVE JOKES SUP ship (the Springer) came on Monday, (SS Purdue Victory This wasn't so bad, but he had in and paid off without repre­ and SS Ethiopia Victory, both another pleasure, sadistic at that, sentation: but the Delegate in­ By BLACKIE CARDULLO "Waterman and the SS Umatilla, which caused him amusement. formed the Patrolman on his He enjoyed it, but to the crew MARCUS HOOK — Shipping the worker's paradise — for him. a West Coast tanker) . and two others were slated to sign on ,, T , . it meant only the loss of cold is very good down here in the Oh. well, 1 guess his memory (the SS David Burnett, an Hook — so good in fact, that we cash. is short. American-Pacific scow^ and the He would listen attentively to haven't any men left on tiie SS Billings Victory, another To get away from the Pilot beach to put aboard the ships. a crewmember report.his misfor­ With all the boys out on the and the NMU 1 got a hot tip to Waterman) , Brother Goggin ac­ tune in a shoreside caprice with companied Jimmie Sweeney to the ladies, and then send the poor ships I'm getting kind of lonely pass along. All you members Portland on Sunday to try to guy ashore to some sawbones j^^t sitting here looking at the can look for a new Hall to be line this deal up. who would give the guy a shot hoard with no one to talk to, opened soon in Marcus Hook. Well, it would have been of penicillin for a 40-buck fee. j that's the way it is, and Believe me, it is going to be somewhat of a feat, if this pro­ TVT , 11 the victims • .• Ti 1.^ ex-'I who- am I to kick if shipping Naturally didn't s is second to none. Stand by for gram had been knocked off in good. announcement of the grand one day. what with the Umatilla actly throw the Skipper bouquet: opening. According to the NMU Pilot, for this trick, and the guys were berthed over in South Portland Joe Curran is giving Joe Stack a at the pipe-line; but the ship­ P.S. Got a letter today from visit that they paid off in good hard time, and is trying to throw fAHOY ' -AKD I ping commissioner weakened (or Frank Snyder commenting on style, with no overtime disputes, him out on his ear. I AViPPeef so the boys tell me) and the but with a real beef about the It seems as though Curran has the .piece we had about him in Ethiopia was carried over to Steward. reached the point where he this column. He told us he is Tuesday. The MC&S Patrolman ordered doesn't like his colleague any now a salesman for good unionGOODBYE, PLEASE this character to pack up when more. He should remember that made cigars. "Well Frank, just Brother Sweeney remained in the boys told him their beef. when you play with fire you're remember, Blackie smokes cig­ Portland, where he took care of bound to get burnt. GOOD BUNCH the payoffs of the Ethiopia Vict­ ars too. A funny thing about the Pilot The manpower situation would is its conspicuous absence on have been critical were it not the Marcus .Hook waterfront. for the fact that the turnover on ao.Mo' WAIT're SAcr Could it be that they don't want WATER MlT3 THEM CA110U3E.S the Waterman ships was rather the Sun Oil men to see that all light. is not serene with the NMU? hot and bothered about it when The Purdue Victory, for ex­ Could it be that they would the ship hit Philly. ample, signed on with virtually the same crew, only a couple of At the payoff the men who had be admitting that they are hav­ By CHARLES KIMBALL ing difficulty keeping their own the men leaving. been victimized put up a squawk in protest over the 40-dollar ride house in Order let alone bring That will just about deplete MOBILE—Again this week the This ship, incidentally, carried unorganized seamen under their the Skipper had given them; our laid-up fleet here. all book men, and as nice a bunch Port of Mobile can report the wing? however, there wasn't anything of guys as anyone would want best of shipping for any and all Could be. NEW HALL TOPS that we could do in the matter to meet. The crew was also for­ "We hear a lot of talk about comers. In fact, some ships have We have just about settled into tunate in having heads-up Del­ so we settled the beef the best the commies and their activities, our new Hall, and everybody egates, who had everything ship­ sailed shorthanded. way we could and crewed up and most seamen agree that they seems to enjoy coming up here shape for the payoff. the ship. One day last week we had are of the same class as the fas­ and sitting around. In the old She is now on her way to Gal­ As a result, the ship paid off cists — both a menace to dem­ three ships sailing and each need­ Hall, you couldn't pay a man to veston where Brother Sweeney in perfect style, and a vote of ed two Firemen. The Dispatcher sit around. We are going to buy ocracy. will no doubt run into this char­ thanks is due the crew and the However, the Pilot is always and 1 went out and made all the new furniture as soon as some delegates, not only for their acter and have to climb on him blasting the fascists, but remains spots, but our time was wasted. can be found. splendid cooperation, but also very silent whenever communist for a donation to the members Of course, we don't intend to It was as if someone pulled double-dealing is exposed for in the Marine Hospital in the buy this new furniture until the a Paul Revere on us, going on some strange reason. amount of $34.00. Due lo Ihe large number ahead to warn the men on the shipping boom is over, because if we make the boys too comfor­ However. Waterman is expect­ SHORT MEMORY of ships in New York calling beach that the Dispatcher was table, they will never want to ing another dozen or so ships for crews during off hours The other night, the Agent- coming. ship out. into Portland in the next 15 and on Sundays, the New Organizer of the NMU in the We prowled about for quite Just one final word: If there days, and if there should be a York Hall is now operating Hook was down the street in a on a new schedule of hours ginmill blasting a local veter­ some time, but it did very little are any member in Ports where heavy turnover on any of these, good, and the ships finally sailed shipping is slow, get in touch we'll be up against it for men. for registering and shipping. ans organization. shorthanded. with this Port and we can prob­ As it is now, we find it neces­ These boys are all returned The new hours are: From This shipping boom is going to ably find berths for all who need sary to issue too many permits. veterans and a better bunch Monday through Friday from Latest information about the would be hard to find. I guess continue for quite a while yet, as them. 8:30 a. m. to 9 p. m.; Satur­ we have received another notice Our new address is 1 South Evangeline is that she will be this character forgets that they day 8:30 to 5 p. m. and Sun­ crewing up sometime befox-e that 24 more ships are due to Lawrence Street, Mobile 10, Ala­ were the fellows who fought the day from 10 to 3. April 15th. bama. war and hblped to save Russia— come out of the boneyard soon. NO NEWS?? ti ¥ Boston's Future Is Still Bright For Tbe Next Few Weeks, At Least Marcus Hook Is A Lonely Port; Fast Shipping Has Hall Empty ')[i Mobile Asks All And Sundry: Come Down And Get Fast Shipping \ * NEW HOURS �THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Eight Few Phony Skippers Anil Pursers Sour Good New York Shipping By JOE ALGINA Unclaimed Gear Members whose gear has been held for more lhan three months in the fourth floor baggage room of the New York Hall are advised to call for it immediately, or notify the Hall where they wish it sent. Crowded conditions make it impossible to hold gear longer than three months. All effects remaining unclaimed after three months will be sent to the owner's home via express collect. Gear without addresses will be disposed of otherwise. Friday, March 28, 1947 Canadian Seafarers Demand Probe Of Ship Transfers To Panama VANCOUVER, B. C. — De­ nouncing the transfer of Cana­ dian vessels to Panamanian reg­ istry as a shipowners' subterfuge "to operate ships with cheaper crews, pay less taxes and to avoid regular steamboat inspection," Seafarers in this port called upon the Government for an investiga­ tion into the practice. forwarded to Prime Minister Mackenzie King and to the Min­ isters of Labor, Transport, and Mines and Resources. The Patrolmen here in New NEW YORK — With forty or fifty ships in port during the York have been kept running past week shipping and business with the large number of ships remain good in the Port of New to be covered. They have made On another front. Brother Har­ York. With this continued run all the ships hitting the port and ry Archibald, Member of Parlia­ of good business, we are still have squared away all beefs. ment and a Seafarer, is pressing pleading for rated men in all There is no rest for the weary for government action in the for the Seatrains have started departments. Parliament, in order to win cor­ We had the Yarmouth in their, runs to the Gulf ports and rection of the injustices to Cana­ during the week on her second will be" pulling into New York dian seamen and the merchant trip and she is beginning to soon. They shouldn't pose too marine stemming from the trans­ In a resolution adopted at the fer of vessels to other flags. shape up very well. All the much trouble, but who can tell Feb. 17 meeting, the membership differences are being ironed out when ships have just started in­ The resolution pointed out that and she will soon be a smooth advocated a boycott of all Pana­ a considerable number of Cana­ to service. running ship. manian and other flag ships, dian ships, built by taxpayers' It takes a little while to get touching Canadian ports, which money, have been transferred to everything running ship-shape fall below prevailing conditions Panama and other registry. This on a vessel just out of cold stor­ condition, it said, has thrown age, but the Yarmouth has had in this country, unless the Gov­ thousands of Canadian seamen, a minimum of difficulties and all ernment takes steps "to safe­ shipyard workers and longshore­ in all she is shaping up nicely. guard the Canadian merchant men out of work. The L. Duster, American By HENRY CHAPPELL marine." Putting the responsibility for Range, brought in a log-happy The resolution was to be sent the situation up to the govern­ TOLEDO—We expect that this majority of large American in­ Skipper when she hit port re­ to the Maritime Trades Depart­ ment, the proposal urged that cently. This guy was a real port will be well represented in dustries belong. If they don't mend their ways, ment of the American Federa­ maritime policy be changed to clock watcher. He inust have the AFL's plan of expansion. In tion of Labor for proper action. prevent continuance of the abuse stood at the gangway with a line with this, we expect to they'll be lucky to have beans The meeting recommended that "until such time as Panamanian stopwatch, for the Patrolmen have a newly formed Maritime to eat! the proposal be introduced at the flag and other foreign registered Trades Port Council operating in found that he was logging the NMU VERY QUIET Seafarers International Union ships running in and out of Can­ this area very shortly. men two for one if they were The NMU still remains very Convention in Chicago for the adian ports, pay the prevailing only forty five minutes late. Already the Dredgemen have quiet up here on the Lakes. purpose of setting up a policy to scale of union wages" and abide promised any support that we TAKE DAY OFF Maybe they can see the hand­ be carried out by East and West by the manning scales and work­ He wasn't content with just may need, and the ILA officials writing on the wall. They are coast AFL seamen. ing rules in effect on Canadian logging the men, for after pull­ are being contacted for their so bankrupt that they have no ships. support. Copies of the resolution, which ing this trick he tried to turn program to offer, and they cer­ is similar in nature to SIU Presi­ The resolution concluded with Brother Bill Sturm, Regional tainly can't criticize the SIU. the logged seamen to. If you're dent Harry Lundeberg's message a request for support from the unfortunate enough to ship with Director of the AFL for this Unless they have changed a to the American Congress, were American Federation of Labor. this kind of Skipper and get area, has been very cooperative lot, they will be in there pitch­ logged for being one ^ hour late, with us in the past, and has ing, trying to see if they can you might as well turn around made it a lot easier for us to and take the full day off as you contact the various unions and make plans for getting things lose a day's pay anyway. SHlffcM/AteC Another guy who thought he started. {ATlM'SeAMS? A number of ships have al­ was God was the Purser aboard the Smith Thompson, South ready begun to fit-out for the - TAMPA — Shipping slowed Port loaded to the scuppers with Atlantic. This jerk wasn't happy 1947 season, and men who have down slightly this week, and its ' giggle juice. unless he had a red pencil in his been home and down to the a good thing that it did. Anyone We were able to get a few of hand writing "disputed" across Coa.sts are beginning to drift who even looks like a seaman the fellows out of the bucket, but back to Toledo. They will all be all overtime. has been shipped, and we could too many have been thrown in This self styled lord of the aboard the ships, soon now. still use men. the pokey where we can't help overtime was a real pain in the True to expectations, the ship­ Some ships have had to leave them. neck to the crew. Not only was owners are stalling around on here short in several ratings, and The police force is composed he opposed to giving the men the contrapt negotiations. How­ with five ships due in here this mainly of young fellows who overtime, but he told the crew ever, these details will be ironed week, it looks very much like want to lead in the amount of that if he had to belong to a out before shipping starts. we won't be able to do anything arrests. That means that they disrupt the SIU's campaign. We union to go to sea he would quit Some of the shipowners' pick up anybody who even looks sailing. Well, for the record I phony proposals are in line with have handled them before, and for them. We have only eight men on the we can handle phonies like them drunk. can say that we'll take care of Ralph Robey's statement to the beach, including Tripcards and again. this guy as far as his shipping press recently. It costs $15.00 a head, .so be Permits. In the long run, only the sail­ out on SIU ships is concerned. cai-eful how much liquor you This guy is Chief Economist ors suffer from the NMU's at­ Waterman Steamship Company It has been bought to my at­ take on when in Tampa. for the National Association of has taken over the coastwise tempts to rule or ruin. But, tention that when the Nampa They don't like organized labor Manufacturers, and follows their these party-line followers don't trade, and two to four ships com­ "Victory was tied up at the Army in Tampa, and the gendarmes care what happens to anyone. ing in each day. Alcoa and Bull Base here in New York for a policies. • know very well that the Seafar­ That's why they constantly are also very active, but Water­ CAN EAT BEANS ers International Union is well man really dominates. Recently, Robey was asked, battle the SIU in our attempts organized. There is talk of Waterman op­ poISHAPE"How is a man to live on the to better the wages, working and L They have it in for us on that erating a passenger vessel to Ha­ living conditions of all seamen. UP BeAunaverage weekly earning of score, so any chance they get, Fuiiy r vana, but this is just rumor. That's why all seamen are fed $45.83?" up with their phony propaganda, Don't believe it until we get more they will really rub it into us. Robey replied, "Let them eat The best advice is to be damnand look to the SIU for the information. beans." We are still having trouble careful here, and do the celebrat­ only honest, democratic leader­ This brainy executive made with fellows who come to this ing someplace else. this statement to the press just ship for all unlicensed seamen. after he had polished off a feed that must have cost $20. Robey also maintains a summer and winter home in West Virginia job of organizing becomes in­ ganized into the SIU long before By EDWARD JANASZAK and New York. creasingly easy. now. But it's easy to see why the TOLEDO—Results are begin­ Robey's remarks remind us of Despite the bad impression NMU has met with such little the French Queen (Ed. note: ning to show in the Seafarers' created on Great Lakes men by success. pay-off, the CID men came Marie Antoinette) who, when current drive to organize all of the NMU's phony organizational aboard to shake her down. These According to my information, told that her subjects had no the unorganized seamen on the strike, the SIU can and will or­ agents in their shakedown took some of their officials are not bread to eat, said, "Let, them Great Lakes. ganize the Lakes. a lot of the men's personal gear even organized themselves. In One factor that we have had Quite a few of the ships up without giving them a receipt. eat cake!" It is phonies like him who to overcome was the resentment here have begun to prepare for addition, the Lakes seamen are ; DECLARE STUFF produce such fertile grounds for created by the NMU as a result the fit-out, and according to what wise to the commie line used by \ I contacted the head of the the commies to work on in this of their phony Lakes strike last we see and hear, more will start the NMU — where the party : comes first and the union mem­ CID and was assured these men country. And he represents the year. in a few days. bers come last. would receive receipts for their NAM, an outfit to which the This made certain men definitely SHOULD BE SIU anti-union, but when they under­ property taken by the CID, how­ Everyone here is confident The majority of the men so far that the SIU drive will be suc­ stand the aims and program of ever, I was told that they would the SIU, they are all for our contacted are reacting very fa­ cessful this year, apd that even- ' get no receipts for contraband. vorably toward the SIU, and are tually the entire Lakes will be Baggage which was checked at Union. So if you buy stuff overseas, As the unorganized Lakes sea­ in favor of our Union. This under the SIU banner. It's going my advice is declare it -to Cus­ the USS Los Angeles has been toms. If you bring weapons transferred to the Seamen's men become acquainted with the should be a good season of mu­ to be a big job; but then, so was back to this country don't ex­ Church Institute, 101 South Har­ SIU's policy of direct represen­ tual benefit to both the Lakes Isthmian. With the help of all | pect a receipt, for it will, be bor Boulevard, San Pedro. The tation on their beefs, our work­ sailors and the SIU. It's hard to understand why SIU members on the Lakes, The your fanny if you're nabbed USS Los Angeles ceased opera­ ing rules, and the way that we these Lakes have not been or- Great Lakes. Too. Will Be SIU! deal with the shipowners, our with the stuff. tion on March 1. Shipowner Stooge Says Seamen Can Get Along On Small Salary Tampa Really Hungry For Seamen; Only Eight Men Are Left On Beach TOLEDO SHOWING RESULTS IN UKES DRIVE NOTICE! �Friday, March 28. 1947 THE SEAEARERS LOG Page Nine Agents Conference Reconiniendations Contracts And Negotiations While it is true that our Union has recently consummated the very best contracts in Maritime history, we see that there are still several small differences in Various contracts. We recommend that at the termination of our contracts which all terminate at the same date, September 30, that these various differences be squared away so that one SIU general contract for all type vcs.sels can be covered in one content. The reason for this is obvious —-^irst of all, saving of expen-ditures—second, to reduce maxi­ mum amount of trouble by hav­ ing all contracts interpreted in the same manner. work on board ship, but have thrown their part of the work on their fellow shipmates. There are further instances of various fellows getting drunk after shipping on a vessel, and thbn deciding not to take such job or even to report back to the Union Hall on same. This practice creates a bad situation by trying to place com­ pany finks on board the vessels on the excuse that the Union has refused to fuimish them a man. There is no question but that these practices must stop. Everything this Union has it owes to fighting for it the hard way, by the use in practically every instance of economic ac­ tion, not only to gain our condi­ tions but hold them. We cannot allow any small group of performers or drunks to throw awaj' the efforts made by these previous struggles by our membership in gaining the finest contracts in the Industry. .Agents' Proposals Out of deliberations at the recently concluded Atlantic and Gulf Agents' Conference came many reports dealing with the Union, its structure, problems and future opera­ tions. On this page are printed some of the reports passed by the conference. The complete reports of the Agents' Meeting have since been submitted to, and ap­ proved by, membership meet­ ings of the A. & G. ports. Shipping Rules, Constitution The Port of San Juan, Puerto Rico, recommended that the Un­ ion purchase voting machines for the .various hails for use in an­ nual elections. This we deem inadvisable in­ asmuch as, first of all, it would entail a teirific expense, and second, the system now used in the SIU as to voting procedure is one that has been in use for a long time, not only by this Union but by many other unions, and has proven to be efficient and honest. Strikes And Strike Apparatus We therefore are not in accord Vvfith the recommendation from the Puerto Rico branch. The Port of New York has recommended to this Conference for action, a proposition calling for each candidate in annual elec­ tions to supply a photograph of himself with details as to Union activities. • While we are in sympathy with such a proposition, we do not feel it is necessary or advisable to amend the Constitution as such. We do recommend, however, that full and proper riotice be gi\"en in the Seafarers Log and various minutes, and that prior to our next annual elections such photographs and biographies shall be supplied by each candi­ date foi- office, along with his cre­ dentials to t)ie Credentials Cornin the Headquarters Of- The 1946 General Strike, in this crack down on this Union as well Committee's opinion, was with­ as all others. On the subject of the various out a doubt the most important This Committee recommends new companies who have been event in the entire history of the that each Port Agent, upon his signed to an SIU clo.sed shop con­ Seafarers. return to his particular Port, tract this past year by the SIU A study of the complete strike make an immediate survey of the Organizing staff, it is to be noted report from each Branch Agent's strike facilities of his Port and that there are several small dif­ report, as well as strike files, give a full and detailed report to ferences in these contracts as re­ Such photographs and biogra­ will show that in every port the the Headquarers Offices of this gards our regular previously con­ phies are then to be run in that SIU, during the period of the Union concerning the local situa­ tracted companies. issue of the Seafarers Log im­ CHECK ON GASHOUNDS Strike, was able to take over and tion. mediately following the findings It is understandable to this Each agent should size up the We, therefore, recommend to complete leadership of the of the Credentials Committee, and Committee the necessity of such the Agents and membership that entire Maritime Industry. amount of gear he has on hand upon issuance of their report. small differences, and we concur The problems, although differ­ for use in ca.se of Strike, such as a close check be made on this and in the .organizing staff signing SHIPPING RULES that all gashounds and perform­ ing in size, according to the size kitchen equipment, cots, etc. these various new companies in We further recommend that ers be brought up on charges be­ of the Port itself, were pretty We have studied various Shipsuch a manner as they did. fore the members on the basis much the same all over, and the upon the receipt of such reports Rules recommendations subWe recommend that these dif­ of tearing down Union condi­ strong and weak points of the that we follow the procedure as mitted from various Ports and laid down last year prior to our Strike Apparatus that showed in ferences be corrected, along with tions and contracts. 1946 General Strike. That is. to have studied same. Most of these our other contracted operators as This Committee further recom­ one Port showed in practically instruct the Director of Organi­ complaints originate not so much previously recommended at the mends, whenever possible, when all Ports. zation of this District and the from the lack of good Shipping termination date of our new con­ other means have failed on the In regards to the possibilities Rules, as from, the lack of proper tracts which is also September 30. proper handling of negotiations, of a Strike in 1947, it seems to be Organizational Staff to immed­ enforcement instead. iately make a complete study of We recommend that Headquar­ that the continued use of eco­ the general consensus of opinion all reports and recommendations We. therefore, recommend that ters Offices be charged with the nomic action be used to maintain of the various Branch Agents, and then make any changes as the Shipping Rules stand as they as well as the membership itself, responsibility commencing as our present conditions. are needed in our Strike Appar­ are and that every official of the soon as this report is acted on, in This, by no stretch of imagin­ that 1947 may see some sort of atus, subject to membership ap­ Union be instructed to see to it keeping files of all disputes aris­ ation, means wildcat action on the economic action on the water­ proval. that they are enforced. ing from, our contracts part of any individual crew, but front. We feel veis stiungly and re­ We further call upon the memThis committee is of the full peat once again that while this bership to assist in this program These files should contain clari­ concerted action through coop­ fications of all disputes arising eration by crew members and opinion that the Organization Committee is certainly not in by seeing to it that any violamust be prepared in the event favor of making and, immediately upon claidfica- shore-side officials. additional j tions or misadministration of the one does become necessary. It expenditures for strike gear, each Shipping Rules by members or To prevent disputes from pil­ tion of such disputes, the mem­ bership should be notifed both ing up, every crew is urged to is well that we remember that in Port should be able to, upon very officals are brought to memberthrough bulletins to all Ports, never payoff a vessel until the some respects 1947 can be com­ short notice, mobilize itself for ship meetings for action, and the medium of the Seafarers all-clear signal is given by the pared with the year. 1921 after all-out economic action. the first World War. boarding patrolmen. We further point out that be­ Log. This like comparison of the cause of our pre-Strike prepara­ B.y the same token, every crew We feel that if this point is various situations calls for the tions in 1946 that we had less adopted, all interpretations of all should be instructed not to sign organization, above everything Secretary-Treasurer, John disputes will be made in a uni­ ship's articles until such time as else, to be very careful and not confusion in administering our strike than any other Maritime requested a six he has been again given the allform manner, and such action be jockeyed into any ill-advised Union. clear signal. . , , , , ,, month's leave of absence due to should result in the betterment This we feel was due to the recoverv, and Thus, by taking care of these moves by the operators. of conditions for our membership. We definitely do feel that, if fact, as stated before, of previous recommends that the full responproblems we can reduce the KEEP CLOSE CHECK Secretarv-Treasamount of contract and negotia­ the opei-ators feel they have suffi­ preparation and this, if nothing^ tions problems by using this cient Government backing, they else, offers a good reason for con­ urer's office be turned over to the On the subject of wage nego­ may attempt in some fnanner to tinued preparation of same. simple process. Assistant Secretary-Treasurer, as tiations, it is to be pointed out per Constitution, immediately, that although we * recently re­ pending the concurrance of this ceived a 6 po.r cent wage increase recommendation. He further through the efforts of our Wage stales that at the end of this six Negotiating Committee, it may It is this Committee's opinion he is to immediately contact the The Committee on Organiza­ months, if his health is not im­ be necessary in the near futui'c, tion and Expansion, submits the that tanker operators hold a key Coast Repiesentati\e. proved and that he needs a in the event prices continue to go This C o m mitt e e further position and are of vital impor­ following points: change in climate, that he will upwards, that we once again open the policy 1. Organizational work and tance to the Organizing and Ex­ recommends that negotiations with our contracted Expansion of the Union is vitally pansion program. adopted in the Isthmian Drive of tender his resignation. We, the undersigned Commit­ operators. necessary. We therefore recommend that issuing membership books with tee. ri-alize that after many years We recommend that our Wage 2. The Union should maintain the Organizing Department be the Initiation Fee and certain of continuous duty to the SIU Negotiating Committee stand in­ a permanent organizing staff. permitted to select and employ Assessments remitted, be con­ that Brother Hawk's health has structed to keep a close check This staff should consist of a Di­ competent tanker organizers in tinued. failed. We feel that Brother on this matter and, if in the fu­ rector of Organization, one East sufficient number to properly The same policy of the remis­ Hawk should be given a vote of ture such a necessity for wage Coast and one Gulf Coast repre­ carry on the necessary organiza­ sion of dues to members sailing thanks for the many years of ser­ unorganized ships to also be con­ increases arise, the Wage Nego­ sentative. tional work in this field. vice to the Organization and that tiating Committee is immediately tinued. The Isthmian election is over The selections should be sub­ he be granted this request of a to make recommendations to the and the victory by the Seafarers It is to be definitely under­ ject to the approval of the Di­ membership of same and com­ means that the last unorganized stood, how-fever, that the remis­ six month's leave of absence im­ rector of Organization and the sions shall be for the organiza­ mediately and that his pay be mence action. dry cargo operator of any great membership. •• tional period only, and that upon continued for this period of six This Committee has been re­ size in the off-shore trade has AGENT RESPONSIBLE certification or the signing of con­ months. ferred several letters and com­ been eliminated. tracts all members shipping shall We further recommend that In Ports where no organizer is munications from ships' meetings, It is therefore recommended do so as on contract ships, and the Assistant Secretary-Treasur­ stationed, the Port Agent is to be dealing with the question of Un­ that the permanent organizing er, J. P. Shuler, immediately as­ that crew members of these ships held responsible for all organi­ ion responsibility on the part of staff handle the business of con­ sume full and complete authority who failed to avail themselves of zational work, and is to submit our membership towards uphold­ tacting all new companies as and duties of the Secretai-ythe opportunity of joining dur­ daily reports of all organizational they are brought in under the ing our contract. Treasurer, as per Constitution, ing the precertification or con­ activity conducted in his port. It has been shown that a few expansion program^ and to take for the successful carrying out of tract period must join in the In the event of any unusual gashounds and performers not such action as is necessary to the Union's program. regular fashion. developments or excessive work. bring them under SIU contract. only have refused to do their Sick Leave Organizational And Expansion Program �im THE SEAFARJSRS LOG jpage Tea Friday. March 28. 1947 •^1 SHIPS' MINUTES AND NEWS SIU Crew Aids Striking Foundry Men SIU Wins Damages And Pension Pilot Butte's For Injured Canadian Seafarer Cook Dies In Turkish Port First-rate Union representation pays off. Take it from Canadian Sea­ farer Alfred Brunet whose per­ sonal experience is another sol­ id indication why the Seafarers International Union's beef-hand­ ling for its membership is tops on the waterfront. A few years ago. Brother Brunet, who has been sailing the coastal vessels of the Cana­ dian Pacific Railroad for many years, suffered a serious injury which impaired the sight of both his eyes. The case came up be­ fore the compensation board in Vancouver, British Columbia. No precedents were upset at the hearing. As usual in cases involving seamen, Brunet got a rough deal. Fortunately, how­ ever, he still had an ace up his sleeve. His Union — the SIU — would put up a terrific fight in his behalf. Brother Brunet headed for the Branch office at 144 Hast­ ings Street, Vancouver. There he saw Brother H. Murphy, SIU Port Agent. Gathering all the Seafarer Alfred Brunet looks over sailing ship model, facts. Murphy decided to pitch a which he recently presented to the Vancouver Branch. Despite battle to win what Brother Bru­ impaired vision as a result of shipboard accident, he still pur­ net justly deserved. He peti­ sues his hobby. tioned for a review of the case. The result was gratifying. But there's more to the~ story ship models, one of which he Everything that Brother Brunet than just the compensation presented recently to the Union. was entitled to was won—and award. Port Agent Murphy says paid to him. And, in addition, he Paying dues in the SIU, Sea­ is being paid a small pension, that Brother Brunet is still sail­ farer Brunet will assert, is the which he will receive for the ing on his ship. And, in spite of his handicap, he is still able kind of security investment that rest of his life. to pursue his hobby of making pays off dividends in many ways. The Brotherhood of the Sea, in the persons of the crew of the SS Caleb Strong, came ashore this week to lend a help­ ing hand to fellow trade union­ ists walking the picketlines. It all came about when a member of the Caleb Strong crew, J. M. "Windy" Walsh, went ashore in Brooklyn and found pickets around a plant near the waterfront. The pickets, he learned, were members of the International Moulders and Foundry Workers, Local 87, AFL, on strike against the Doran Foundry. In the' course of a conversation with the men on the picketlines, "Windy" learned that their union did not have a strike fund and due to the length of the strike the funds of many of the men were exhausted. The pick­ eting foundrymen, he found, were not too concerned with their own welfare, but those men with families were worried about their wives and children. When Seafarer Walsh heard of this he went into a huddle with himself. If a few bucks will help these fellows stay on the picketline, then let's help them out, he decided. Back to the ship he went, and in a short that the men of our plant, who time the whole crew had learn- are out on strike, were badly in need of money not only to feed themselves, but their wives I2K3rtT WITH and children . . . took it upon himself to take up a collection kEPP IT dPl among the crewmembers of the Caleb Strong, which totaled $72, which, as per agreement by the seamen, was to be distributed among married men with chil­ dren who are in need of finan­ cial assistance, which was done. "Words cannot express my ap­ preciation or feeling for this kind deed performed by an out­ side affiliate of the AFL. ed of the situation and contrib­ WISHES TO THANK uted $72 for the families of the "If permission can be granted, strikers. The men then handed the money over to the Union's I would like an invitation for myself and a committee to at­ strike commitee. tend the next meeting of the CREW'S FINE DEED SIU, so we can voice our ap­ In response tjo the demonstra­ preciation and thanks. tion of union solidarity by the "I am writing this letter hop­ crew of the Caleb Strong, Fred ing you will publish it in the Van Hansen, Chairman of the Seafarers Log so as to thank Foundry Workers' Strike Com­ Brother Walsh and all the sea­ mittee, wrote a letter to the SIU men who contributed to the thanking the crew for "this fine prosecution of our strike and deed performed by an outside the aid of our families. affiliated Union of the AFL." Fred Van Hansen He also assured the men who Chairman Strike Comm. donated the money that it had Local 87. IMFWA." been distributed to those mar­ Seafarers aboard the Caleb ried men whoe families were in Strong, who contributed to the need of the assistance. aid of the Moulders and Foun­ Brother Van Hansen also stat­ dry Workers are: J. M. Walsh, ed that he wished to attend the next membership meeting of the Louis P. Sivert, Gordon Hansen, SIU to voice his appreciation E. D. Scroggins, M. S. Spytko, and' thhnks for the fine gesture Allen George, Bob Branch, J. O'Rourke, Joe DiGrazio, Jack by the Strong crew. Th^ text of Brother Van Han­ Branch, Uno Wirkeban, Clyde Patterson, Leon Sizemare, Har­ sen's letter is as follows; old Rency, Jerry Kirzmann, "Dear Brothers: Thurman Little, W. C. Nicholsen "A Brother of your Union, and Fred Pearson. Joseph M. Walsh, upon finding dp*. ;; Seafarer Charles Stawinskie, a Chief Cook, who died sud­ denly while ashore in Istanbul, Turkey, was buried in a ceme­ tery in that city, according to word just received from his shipmates aboard the SS Pilot Butte, which returned to the States this week. . ••S - i; Brother Stawinskie was strick­ en in the company agent's office and died a few moments later. The burial service was attended by the Pilot Butte's skipper and the crew. The late Seafarer, who held Book No. 29911, signed on the Pilot Butte in Galveston, July 1, ,1946, for a trip to New York. There he signed on foreign ar­ ticles, Aug. 1. CREWS PRAISE A statement from his ship­ mates said "he always had the best of intentions, and they were always carried out to the best of his ability." An ardent ad­ vocate of solid unionism, he spoke often of its advantages, the crew said. Extremely modest, and a hard working union man. Brother Stawinskie cared only to be "a regular fellow among seamen," the statement added. The late Charles Stawinskie (left) with a shipmate in the Butte's galleyk Photo at left shows flagdraped casket reposing in Istan­ bul church prior to funeral service. SS Ovid Butler Crewmembers Call For End Of Coast Guard Jurisdiction Over Seamen Scoring the Coast Guard's jurisdiction over merchant seamen as "an encroachment upon the democratic rights of civilian labor by a military force," the SIU crew of the SS Ovid Butler pushed for the return of authority to the Department of Commerce. The proposal was contained in a resolution submitted with a copy of the ship's minutes of the Feb. 23 meeting, held at sea. power over seagoing civilians, the Seafarers declared that they recognize "this as the first at­ tempt toward the regimentation of all American labor." Transfer of control over the In view of the Coast Guard's strenuous efforts to retain its civilian maritime effort to the Commerce department would serve the better interests of the United States and, consequently, the SIU, the Butler crew point­ ed out. In support of the proposed change, the statement recalled that the civilian governmental body once did administer the af­ fairs now conducted by the Coast Guard. It implfed, therefore, that (Continued on Page 11) 1. ."i • •£ �Friday. March 28. 1947 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Eleven SIU Ship's Minutes In Brief ll FAIRISLE, March 2—Chair­ man A. E. IBourgot; Secroiary R. W. Simpkins. New Business: Molion carried io have fresh wafer lanks cleaned and inspecled before new crew signs on for next trip. Motion car­ ried that all crews quarters be painted and all bunks repaired. Also have hooks and mirrors placed in all quarters. Motion carried that all vent systems be checked and repaired throughout crev/'s quarters. Good and Welfare: General discUssiiig by all concerning ship, quarters etc. A repair list made out to be turned over to shore delegate at the pay off. A. J. FORT WINNEBAGO. Feb. 11—Chairman J. O'Malley; Sec­ retary R. Hanna. List of repairs for each department and gen­ eral repair list read. List to be presented to Patrolman. Deck Department beefs heard and it was agreed to present them to Patrolman when ship reaches port. No beefs from Engine or Stewards Depart­ ments. General discussion on cleaning of passageways and messroom. |) / 4- S" t MONROE. Feb. 9—Chairman Hansen; Secretary T. Randall. New Business: Motion carried to have radio removed from chart room and put in radio room so Radio Man can handle it. Motion carried that ship's repair list be read; list ap­ proved. Motion carried that medical chest be checked be­ fore next trip, also slopchest. Motion carried that First Offi­ cer be removed from ship due to his bucko conduct and in­ tolerant attitude. Motion car­ ried that all beefs be settled before payoff. Motion carried that American money be given in foreign ports. Motion car­ ried that two messmen amid ship be removed to spare room aft. Motion carried to remove padeyes from deck to prevent injury to crew. SAMUEL LIVERMORE. Jan. 2G—Chairman C. J. White; Secretary Samuels. New Busi­ ness: To remove soiled towels and soiled clothing from wash­ rooms. Also to remove cups and dishes used at night. Each man to place gear used in scul­ lery. Messboys to serve men going on watch first. To re­ serve four seats at mess table for watch going on. No clothes to be washed in wash basins of wash rooms at anytime. Each Department to use heads and washrooms alloted, and main­ tain cleanliness of same. Butler Crew Proposes End Of Coast Guard's Control under the jurisdiction of the (Canthiued from Page 10) the job was more satisfactorily department of Commerce; and WHEREAS: The disciplinary handled under the previous au­ power granted to the United thority. ^ ^ States Coast Guard over the The Butler men, in their re­ civilian employees in the U. S. solution, called upon the Union merchant marine was a form of membership to pledged all their protection in a period of na­ resources to effect "the removal tional emergency; and of the United States Coast Guard WHEREAS: The period of or any other military organiza­ national emergency has been tion from having jurisdiction • declared officially over by the over our only means of liveli­ President of the United States; hood." In this direction they recommended the election of a and committee of five members to WHEREAS: An attempt is gather data on the Coast Guard being made by the Coast Guard regime in its relations with mer­ to maintain this miliary force chant seamen. The results would over the civilian employees of be turned over to the Secretarj'- the merchant marine; Treasurer, the statement added, THEREFORE, BE IT RE­ for presentation to "the parties SOLVED: That we members of concerned in Washington." the merchant marine recognize The text of the resolution, this as the first attempt in the bearing signatures of the Butler regimentation of all American labor; and crewmembers, follows: FURTHER, BE IT RE­ TEXT OF RESOLUTION SOLVED: That a committee of WHEREAS: We members of five be elected at a joint mem­ Ihe Seafarers Internaficnal Un­ bership meeting in New York ion of Norlh America, as mem­ to gather all data regarding un­ bers of fhe crew of the SS Ovid justifiable actions of the Coast Buller, fully realizing fhai fhe Guard, which proved detri­ marifimfi labor movement id mental to the efficiency of the foremosl in fhe American lamerchant marine in its effort tbor movement; and, to contribute the most to the WHEREAS; We feel that an war effort; and encroachment is being attempt­ BE IT FURTHER RE­ ed up on the democratic rights SOLVED: That upon comple­ of civilian laboro by military tion of the arrangement of this force; and. data, our Secretary-Treasurer present it to the parties con­ WHEREAS; We feel that an cerned in Washington; and encroachment is being attempt­ BE IT FINALLY RE­ ed upon the democratic rights SOLVED: That the entire mem­ of cililian labor by military bership of the SIU pledge its force; and, every power toward removal of WHEREAS: Firmly believing the United States Coast Guard that the better interest of the or any other military organiza­ United States and the life of tion from jurisdictional rights our organization can be served, over our only means of liveli­ as in the past, by an organisa­ hood. tion of seafaring individuals A GUIDE TO THE PORT OF NEW ORLEANS STAY ON, rHE JOB/ Fr?, IREMENMUST STAV yVlTH TWElR PLAhtTlS UmiL RBUBVBV BY RePUGEMe^^r FROM THE HAIL . CUT and RUN By HANK Shipping in Nc-\v York (and .several other ports) is so good that many brothers are wisely and happil.v grabbing those jobs off the boards to avoid all that day-to-day (and even weeks) waiting ai'ound which they know only gi\-es them an unprofitable period of laziness, boredom and decreasing cabbage. So if you hat to be broke, to be lazy, forget about waiting for that special trip to Alaska or Turkey and grab those jobs while shipping is hot and the weather is cool. To avoid getting yourselves fouled up. the ship, and the men on the ships, yoti Brothers should I'ead the shipping rules or have them explained (if it finally comes to that) by responsible people. Another important thing. Before you take any job make certain >'ou want to sail the ship. Ships have to be sailed, not tossed around like bad tomatoes. Be a sailor. Brother, and a good union man, not a luxury-liner baby dreaming of no work, all over­ time and a goldmine with dancing women waiting for you in That foreign port. That ship and the trip can be swell if you stay on it and want to make it that way. So how about it, Brothers, use your common sense—not those half-baked quick-triggered decisions which seriou.sly and foolishly foul up a lot of things. S. 4 Last week we talked with Jimmy Mulligan, his cheerful wife, and Jimmy's shipmate, Charlie Henry. Jimmy v/as sure glad to chew ihe seafaring fat with Brother Henry after their eleven month trip together with another shipmate, Brotnei Bishop, who is not in town right now. Jimmy's wife is so proud of her husband that she said she wouldn't like to hear any bad words about Jimmy, indeed. Especially after St. Patrick's Day. we might say . . . Deck Engineer Claude Davis exhibited to the union hall last week his shipmate of a seagoing rabbit. George, and confessed that this big eared sailor of two years on our ships, couldn't make the last trip because he had a tooth pulled. Say, Claude, does George clean those winch beds for you on the trip or what? . . . Electrician J. McHenry is ready for a long circuit of a trip we presume . . . Laymon Seay, the Oiler, is merrily in town, to grab a ship . . . Ozzie Okray and Leo Siarkowski just came in from a trip to Germany. The trip was okay, they confess. i5iSteward J. J. McGrath i.s presumably ready to ship out after celebi-ating St. Patricks Day. Is it a trip to Glocca Morra in Ireland, you're thinking of, Brother McGrath . . . Little Paddy McCann just came into town from his home town of Jacksonville, Florida. Ah, Paddy, we knew you wouldn't miss the Irish parade for any­ thing in the world—even a ship to Ireland, too . . . Here's some of the oldtimers here in New York right now: Gulfer Chester Jowers; Bosun v., Acabeo: Gulfer O. G. Pederson: Bosun Roland Strom; Dan Bissett: John Bilinski: Bosun Joseph David Rose: K. Kain; F. Nering: J. Stickney: AB F. Borst: Salvatore Volpi: W, J. Newhoff; and A. De Forest. i- "Because many of the members who hit this port find it difficult to find their way around." A. L. "Steve" Stephens, New Orleans Dispatcher forwarded this map of the Crescent City, pointing out the location of the SIU Hall in 339 Chartres Street. It is suggested that Sea« farers clip this and keep it for future reference. S- S- Alcoa Sfeamship Company is charfering 16 more Liberty ships and buying two more C-2s lo bring the total fleet under its control up to 78 vessels. Alcoa's charter fleet will then total 59 vessels and with her 17 company owned ships plus two two C-2s. she will control the operations of 710,000 to ns of shipping . . . The Mississippi Company, which is operating the first and is about lo receive the second of its three passenger liners, has now decided lo build a fourth. Each of these vessels, which are air-conditioned and of advance design, carries about 120 passengers . . . Bull Line has decided to resume its coastwise services and will do so as soon as it can charter the right kind of vessels. �•1 ? THE SEAFARERS LOG Pag® Twelve Triday, March 28. 1947 THE MEMBEBSHIP SPEAHS NMUers Should Get ; Men Aboard William Bryant Lowdown On Cause Warn Of Safety Violations Of Current Battle To the Editor: j result of the internal trouble that exists in the NMU today. Judging from the current is­ In my opinion, all the oldsues of the NMU Pilot, all is not timers who fought the CP on well in the Moscow paradise up both the West and East coasts on West 17th Street. Joseph should come out with articles Stack, who so prominently dis­ telling the younger elements of played his character in this the NMU just what happened in present beef, is a well-known 1939. So that they get .something opportunist who in 1938, was beside the blarney fed them in run off the Houston waterfront lying pamphlets strewn about by'the rank and file. At that the waterfront by paid agents of time I was a member of the the communist party. Pacific Coast Marine Firemen We of the Seafarers Interna­ with Book No. 4015. tional Union are not perfect, be­ What I cannot understand is cause it is human to err. But we why Joe Curran, who knew the can assure you men of the NMU character of Joe Stack, did not that our Union officials are sin­ expose him to the membership cere rank and file men who will before this present split in his work in every way humanly union. Giving Curran the bene­ possible to keep your ranks fit of the doubt, it could be pos­ intact. sible the pressure was too great, Should you NMU men go on because the communist party did believing the lies of such people practically control the editorial as Joseph Stack who seeks to use staff of the Pilot. you principally to feather his own nest, you can then be as­ HAD GOOD PURPOSE sured you will find yourself We of the Seafarers Interna­ sold for 30 pieces of silver. tional Union, who fought people Joe Buckley such as Stack in order to expose them to the members of the NMU —not to tear down the structure of the union, but to make them understand that we have much in common with them as sea­ men—deemed it our duty to assist them in cleansing their ranks of People staying on the shore. such-characters in the hopes that Believe the life at sea. we could create a unified pro­ Is one of fun and frolic, gram to fight the common enemy A great big jubilee. —the shipowner. Three squares a day, a nice clean It is our duty, as union men, to bed clean out the political element Why should they want for that has infested the ranks of the more, ranks of the NMU for the past A seaman's life is wonderful. ten years. For it has always been He sees the foreign shore. the policy of these people to de­ He sits on deck in sunshine stroy that which they cannot And has the ocean breeze. rule. Why should he want more I do not relish the idea of re­ m.oney. hashing old stories. But that is He lives a life of ease. what the split in the NMU is forcing many oldtimers to do in That all sounds swell, my lands­ man friend the attempt to prevent the ship­ But let me put you right. owner from using the NMU as a About the things far out at sea. wedge to smash all unions, as a That go on day and night. Then lend a ear, I'll make it clear. HEADS FOR ITALY The truth about the sea. AFTER 12 MONTHS The way the ocean really is. The way it's bound to be. ON BAUXITE RUN So make a trip on a liberty ship To the Editor: Out on the ocean blue. And by our side, you'll take the I've been on the bauxite run ride for thd past 12 months dodging And we'll show it all to you» tli.e North Atlantic, but at this To ihe Edilor; We have been shuttling down here between the Port of Spain and Georgetown since January. During all this time, the ship has been running with her hatches open when light. This practice has been a source of irritation between the Deck Gang and the Chief Mate. A man going up to the bow on lookout at night, or even walk­ ing about on deck is in danger of falling into one of the holds. Then, too, if we run into any kind of sea, we may shig, water. Can this practice be stopped? As you probably know, on this run the crew handles the hatches and beams. The amount of money from handling afore­ said runs into a goodly sum. So far, we have have made seven Deck Gang aboard Alcoa's William Cullen Bryant. Photo shuttles from British Guiana to submitted to the LOG by Augustin Rodriguez, Dock Delegate. Port of Spain. We have come to the conclusion that had these It is our opinion that a ship the longshore overtime rate. If hatches been properly secured, running two days in open sea the insurance companies con­ we'd have at least $100 more in with its holds open isn't proper­ done such stunts, it is our op­ overtime. Taking this into con­ ly secured for sea. The only inion that they are endangering sideration, we've entered this possible reason for such an ex­ their policies. money on our disputed overtime periment (since that is all it is) Knowing full well the advansheets. We call it 'proxy money.'is to do the Deck Gang out of {Continued on Page 13) Log-A -Rhythms time I am heading back for Italy. Shipping is so good here in Mobile, it's almost a job to keep from getting shanghaied. Johnny Reed shipped on the Alcoa Pil­ grim headed for "rum and cocacola" Trinidad. We left him there on the Pioneer. Blackie Mason is still out on one of Alcoa's Liberties—the Wirt, I think. He is still carving wood into beautiful plaques and getting a beautiful piece for them. Would appreciate it if you would put me on the Log mailing list. Then I won't have to wait until I hit New York to check up on the back copies. Paul Gladden We are two days out and it's just grand The sun is shining bright. We sit out on the hatches. And watch the stars at night. Morning comes without the sun, A bit of fog appears. The blasting ship's old whistle Goes piercing through your ears. The ship begins to roll a bit. The wind is getting strong. The bow dips down just slightly. As we proceed along. Deeper and deeper the bow digs down To cut the waves in twain. From port to starboard rolls the ship An she seem to groan with Men At Sea By CHARLES KULL pain. "Keep on your course you so and so," Howls the mate to the man on wheel. And tries to keep the wave tossed ship Upon an even keel. Now we have hit the storm in full. She rolls and then she dives. As she starts her rolls in rhythm. On degrees of forty-five. ing sea. They do not think of fear. The ocean waves get higher And swash across the deck. That doesn't even stop them. They're wet from feet to neck. Until their work's completed. For them there is no rest. That's when you find a deckhand Is at his very best. Sweat shines his face like brass For he must keep his eyes upon That bobbing water glass. The storm still kepps a-raging. Here's the quarters of the crew Some of them have one port hole And others they have two. But when the sea is rolling high. The port holes must be closed. Unless you want to take a swim. We look in on the Black Gang, While at slumber you repose. The engine room's his place. The quarters are hot and stuffy. The Oiler at the crossheads. And you're tossed by the roll­ Sweat dripping down his face. ing ship. His one hand holds the oil can. You feel as long as you can't The other, the guide rail, sleep A dive into the crankpit. You'll cool off .with a dip. If his grip did fail. The Oiler gets an oil splashing. Its time for chow my hearties. JRight across his face And cookie's on the ball. He cusses out the engineer, As seamen sway the passageway. "Don't let that damn thing To reach the old mess hall. race." Seated at the table. The ship still rolls like heck. The engineer on watch is seated. A towel around your middle. Four hands would not be quite You sway the passage way. Before the butterfly. enough. And go into the shower stall. To keep her from racing. When your grub heads for the And everything's okay When her stern comes up too deck. You turn on the faucet high. At last you get your coffee, And then to your surprise. Now and then he misses. A little left in the cup. You find a bit of messy soap He pulls at it too late. Then comes the mighty question. And the racing of acentrics. Has gotten in your eyes. Just how to drink it up. Splashes up the clean floor While striving to remove it. To port the ship has rolled. plate. You've got t'S time the rolling. Again the Oiler cusses. Next thing you're lying on the And open up y9ur trap. deck He knows it is his job. And if your late a second. And almost knocked out cold. To keep the engine floor plates It's on your chest and lap. clean. The messman must be careful. We don't have any movies. As he reaches for the swab. With firm feet on the deck. We can't go to a dance. Over here we have' the fireman, We only see more water. To make sure that order A boiler oh each side. Don't go down your neck. Which ever way we glance. But sometimes things do happen. Some of our shipmates seem to And when the ship's in trouble think Strange as it would seem. We can't get out and walk. He's here just for the ride. My shipmate got a hair rinse. We always take these chances. Don't you let them kid you. Of gooey cold ice cream. Do you blame us if we squawk? His job is not all hay. Now my friend and landsman, He keeps the fires burning. Out on deck the deck-hands I'm sure you will agree, Secure the ship's loose gear. To keep us under way. A seaman's life is no roses. They brave the storm and wash­ He turns the valve for extra feed. Away out on the sea. •1 �Friday, March 28, 1947 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Thirteen SEA-GOING 'BUGS BUNNY' WON'T, WORK OVERTIME—OR ANYTIME QJf0j.g CoftSt Gllftrd AllSWeF To Its Budgetary Problems To the Editor: Two years ago in Wellington, New Zealand, Deck Engineer Claude Davis, struck up a friend­ ship with "George," a snow-white rabbit. They've been sailing together ever since. "George" allows no one to push him around. In photo above, he stares menacingly at lens held by shaking LOG photographer. At left, the tough hare struggles while his owner. Brother Davis attempts to oblige the lens man. Explaining his white-haired friend's temperment, Davis said: "For two years he's been feeding aboard ships, but no one has been able to get him to turn to yet." According to an item printed recently in a New York news­ paper, the poor mistreated Coast Guard has liad its budget cut from over a hundred million to around ninty million bucks. This reduction, they moan, will severely hamper their life-sav­ ing operations and put a crimp in their program for the coming year. Well, I woud like to make a suggestion in their behalf that will enable them to get along very easily on the ninty million alloted to them, The procedure would be for them to unload three-quarters of the dead wood that has been on their payroll for a number of expenses and carry out the work years. Also, in order to decrease that they were originally organ­ ized to undertake, they should relinquish their control over American seamen. ment agency, namely the De­ partment of Commerce. If they did this they would be able to trim themselves down to a smaller, but more compact outfit engaged only in the work for which they are qualified. They .should realize that it is time that the mess they created in the Merchant Marine needs cleaning, for we all know that the Cdhst Guard is guilty of creating this mess. The Coast Guard should be anxious to return to peacetime operation and leave the duties of handling the Bureau of Marine THIS fJFADWOOP^ BRASS.' A SOLUTION This they can do very easily by turning over their control of the Bureau of Inspection and Inspection and Navigation to the Navigation to another Govern­ people who are more qualified to handle it. If the Coast Guard consoles itself with iceberg patrols and the aiding of navigation, instead the company if we Chief Fleet­ of trying to take unto itself the ricians were to supply our own duties that rightly belong to an­ tools for additional compensa­ other department of the govern­ tion such as is now granted the ment, the taxpayers of the coun­ Carpenters (Article 3, Section 1). try can rest assured that the ninty million appropriated to I suggest that all Electricians, them is ample money to carry including assistants, drop a post­ out their duties and protect the card to Robert Matthews. N.Y. sea lanes, instead of devoting Headquarters. Register your beef the majority of the time and with him and he'll go to town. money to lording over the sea­ men as they have been doing. Book No. 425 Louis Goffin Brother Puts In Plug For The Electricians To the Editor: trican. There is no verbal or written examination given to ob­ The Engineers of most ships tain an assistant's rating." are under the impression that And to quote Commander the ships carry two electriciar.«. Bridges, N.Y. Examiner, USCG: the Chief and 2nd 'Flcctrician "An Electrician's assistant is re­ who also has a Chief's rating. garded by the Coast Guard Ex­ To offset'this wrong impression, aminers as being in the same we must constafttly remind them class as a wiper, with no rethat the Chief Electrician is the .sponsibility but with a little only electrician on board. more money as an inducement The Assi.stant is not an Elect­ for an apprentice to learn the rician, and does not do any eltrade. The Mauitime Commission ectricial repairing except under instituted the idea because it the immediate supervision and should prove more proficient watchful eyes of the Chief Elthan maintaining a government ecti-ician. Always remembei- that school," the Steamboat Inspectors and Examiners will tell you when Remember that the duties of a you possess a rating above wiper Chief Maintenance Electrician is (i.e.. Fireman, Oiler, W.T. Deck to test, repair and/or clean all Engineer, et all.) "You are in- electricial equipment that comes telligently qualified to sign ar- under his heading as such, but tides to assist the Chief Elec- ^ not to operate. Bryant Men Score Dangers Created By Open Hatches {Continued From Page 12) tages and value of a marine newspaper, we hope you can find a spot in the Log for this as soon as possible. We want to warn our Brothers to be on the lookout for such practices. TOUGH BABY Now to get to the Mate. At first he seemed to be a pretty nice guy. He is only 21 years young. We had no difficulties until the overtime started rollng in. Hear this: we worked hard for every shekel. He did not throw us an hour. When we tui-ned our overtime sheets in, he changed the hours and time of turn to and knock off to suit himself. He has disputed nearly evry penalty hour we got. After our Delegate told him to stop playing with the sheets, he sawrfthe light. How he uses the red pencil, and he can use it. We want to remind our Brothei-s to make a duplicate of all overtime, so that if they run across a gent l|ike this one, they'll know what they have, and not what he wants to give them. In closing, we wish to say that on the whole we have a militant crew. For the mterest of men on this run, you can obtain copies of the Seafarers Log at the British Merchant Navy Club in Port of Spain. By the way, when reading a recent issue of the Log, we came across Paul Hall's comment on the pos­ sibilities of a hall in Trinidad. We give him a vote of thanks for bringing this question into the limelight. Such an office, we think, would certainly clear up a lot of beefs on the spot. John Tobin Auguslin Rodriguez SS William C. Bryant P.S. We are scheduled to ar­ rive in New Orleans about March 28. (Editor's note: The matter of open hatches should be taken up with the Patrolman at the payoff.) The assistant is simply a helper, called upon only when the Chief Electrician requires his as­ sistance. If the Engineers want the assistants to carry out the responsible duties of a compet­ ently qualified 2nd Electrician let the company pay for it — then we'll get some of our El­ ectricians off the beach. Another thing. I believq that it would be more economical to Seafarer Says There's No Ship Meaner Than The SS Arosemena To the Editor: Mexicans are known as redbean lovers, and the Chinese are fantical in -their love for rice. What would anybody who had to endure both items for six months be? Please contact the last crew of the broken down Liberty wagon, Justo Arosemena, if you happen to know who it belongs to. We'll keep any information strictly confidential, since we wouldn't blame any company for refusing to acknowledge ownership, although the crew su.spects it is an outfit otherwise known as the 'Coastwise" Pacific Far East Line." Next time I shall have to choose between them and the breadline. Anyway, here goes: NEW ORLEANS SIGN-ON Signed on in New Orleans on Aug. 24 last, and left for Gal­ veston, where we picked up cot­ ton for our dear friends in Kobe, Japan. (Wonder in what form we are getting it back). Arrived there after 30 long, long days at sea, and found out that life is nothing but a great joke, only sometieies one fails to see it. We got the cotton off fast—35 hours, after which we were to go back to the U.S. But out of a clear sky comes a fata mor­ gana—something new has been added. We had to shove off for Honolulu, where we arrived Oct. 28 to pick up a pile of coal to be delivered to China. Then all the fun began. We were starting to run short of practically everything. With the exception of fresh fruit, because they were either rotting away or thrown deep six long ago. We stuck around for three weeks, and finally got loaded— the vessel, I mean. COAL? If it was coal that we goaded, as they claimed it was, then you can formulate your own opinion. io9\ ive'/?e ^_^_La^ED NOW.' The "coal" had been laying on the ground in the port of Hono­ lulu since the days when the Navy was coal-burning. By pure accident—or maybe it wasn't, since we wouldn't sail without fresh meat and veget­ ables—we got some stores aboard. The food situation was really snafu, but we were prom­ ised more stuff—rice—in China.We arrived in Tsingtao Dec. 5, and of course, "no can do," ex­ cept for a little sugar. We stayed there until Dec. 22, when we left for the Philippine Islands, celebrating Christmas at sea. Please, if there are any Brothers who spent any Christ­ mas in German or Jap concen­ tration camps, I should like to compare notes with him. BAGGED BED-BUGS We hung around the P.I. and picked up cholera, also bed bugs. So now, beside the customary rice-beans, we had bed bugs. Finally left and got on our way to home sweet home. Now and then we did get some steaks and chops. Chicken we had enough of. Somewhere I read that Columbus had a big chicken feast after he discover­ ed America. I guess the things we had must have seen that party, for they sure tasted like it. The regular coffee cookies looked like, and tasted like, brown clay, and even the cock­ roaches refused them. All to­ gether. this was an experimental trip. Everybody lost weight. So in case you should ever see the Justo Arosemena with S. E. Millbourne as the Skipper —take your own grub with you. You'll need it! Signed by: Arne Larsen, Carpenter and nine Deck Dept. Men �Page Fourleen THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. March 28, 1947 J.P. Shuler's Report To Int'l Convention The Organizing Staff within INTERNATIONAL LONGinstai>ce only recently, we as- various booklets, leaflets, pam­ (Continued from Page 3) our Union intend.? further and sited the United Financial Em­ phlets, etc. SHOREMENS ASSN. Among them are: the strike as a CMU football. But full action in the off-shore trade. ployes in their successful strike "Order!—How To Conduct a Un­ We have very good working re­ instead of kicking, they got kick­ ed, with the result that today We feel if we work hard enough lations with the ILA in all Ports, against the Cotton E.xchange in ion Meeting On Ship and we shall bo able to expand to a Atlantic and Gulf Coasts. In most New York. We have been re­ Ashore;" "This Is The SIU;" there is no longer a CMU. largci- point than we now are. Ports, regular meetings are held quested to lend further assis­ "Here's How Brother;" "SIU It is of no use to speak about The actual value in numbers of between the Seamen and the tance. both by President Harry Organizer's Handbook;" "History victories won unless by victories joiis as made accessible to the Longshoremen to iron out various Lundeberg, and - Frank Fenton, of the SIU;" and "Strike and won we can gain a lesson for Union will not be made known problems. We receive coopera­ AFL Director of Organization. In Strike Apparatus." We have the future. The strike w^ bene­ until sometime in the future tion from them in every manner. their coming strike against the found the use of these publica­ ficial for the following reasons: when these newly organized opNew York Stock and Curb Ex­ tions of a great advantage as a RADIO OFFICERS UNION a. It proved and demonstrated ertaors reach their peak of op­ changes. medium of education. the overwhelming strength of the erations and final disposition is This affiliated Union has assist­ We have assisted the Food and AFL on the waterfront. made of Isthmian Steam.ship ed us every time we h&ve asked Hotel Workers, AFL, numerous PERSPECTIVE FOR b. It proved that despite dif­ Company. We intend, and laid for same. We, in turn, have gone times in various Ports and most SIU ATUVNTIC AND ferences, Unions—CIO, AFL and programs accordingly at the to bat for them on any occasion recently in the Port of Tampa, Independent—can and will co­ Agents' Conference, to continue demanded. GULF DISTRICT where our Union backed these operate on issues involving wages an all-out effort aimed at ex­ AMERICAN MERCHANT MA­ people up in several strikes, all Our last three years have been and standards of living. panding our Organization into RINE STAFF OFFICERS ASSN of which they won. very tough ones. We have battled c. It established a precedent of the off-shore field. Good relations exist beween the In the coming year, we in­ the shipowners, the bureaucrats general maritime stoppage of In addition to the off-shore or­ SIU Atlantic and Gulf District tend attempting to establish closer and the commies alike in our at­ work in defense of the demands ganizing work done, we also have and this Union. We have been working unity with our various tempt to keep our Organization of a section of the Industry. been operating into the Inland of some assistance to them in affiliates. In our opinion, it is to alive and make it stronger. The d. It increased the prestige of and Tug unorganized field and some of their organizational xyork immediate future holds no pros­ the Seafarers International Union signed six Inland operators to and they, in turn, have helped our Union's great advantage to pect for easier days for us. We assist all of our affiliates when­ on an international scale. contracts and arc activ'ely work­ us every time possible. know that to live as an Organiza­ ever and wherever possible as a e. It won. ing in other unorganized com­ tion, we must be prepared for the safeguard for the future. BROTHERHOOD OF panies. hard struggles immediately TEAMSTERS EXPANSION AND ahead, In the Atlantic and Gulf PUBLICITY AND It is to be noted that at the Although the Teamsters are not ORGANIZATION District, not only do we expect present time there arc approxi­ officially affilated with our Un­ EDUCATION to have to battle the shipowner, mately 600 actual Tug jobs un­ The Union, as a result of the ion nationally, in many Ports in Our Union is now putting out but also to meet the full might 1945 Agents' Conference held in der contract to the SIU in the the Atlantic and Gulf District of the Communist Party machine. Gulf area. New York caused to be set up an they are affiliated with our Port a 16-page edition of the Seafarers We have met them before and Organizing Staff within our Un­ The Inland Tug Field on the Councils. Cooperation between Log on a weekly basis. While have not yielded one inch to ion. This Staff didn't officially Gulf Coast is one of a peculiar ourselves and this Union, as for this has been a very expensive them. We will not do so in the begin operations as such until nature. The records of previous instance, during our strike, they item for us to' maintain, we feel around July of the same year. SIU Conventions will show that supported us all the way. Our it has been worth every cent ex­ future for as long as the mem­ Their activities cover among the Organization for a period of most recent aid to them was in pended in view -of the results ob­ bership in our Union continue many others. the following years did not develop favorably their Teamsters Strike in Tampa tained. There are several recom­ the good fight that they have points: where we contributed physically mendations to be made to the carried for the last three years, in' this field. Convention pertaining to our ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP CO. Since the inception of the Or­ and financially in their beef. we believe that not only will we In addition to direct affiliates paper. This will be made at the The details of this Drixe are fa­ ganizing Drive of the Atlantic be able to hold our Organiza­ proper time. miliar to all those present inas­ and Gulf District in 1945, we in the Maritime Trades Depart­ In addition to our weekly tion as is, but to expand it even much as all of the Seamen's Un­ have been able to more than ment, we have very good rela­ paper, the Union has put out further. tions with other Unions, .as for ions affiliated to the Internation­ double the size of our* organized al participated in one way or an­ Tug Fleet, however, we still feel other in this work. After winning we have not made an all-out ef­ the election itself, we have been fort to expand our Organization through several hearings before in that direction. the NLRB. We are now in the Therefore, our Agents' Confer­ final stages of this work and ence proposed that the Interna­ what should be the final hearing tional take up the question of Lakes, Lundeberg stated, "We dian Seamen's Union made an of this entire case is now in ses­ various charters and sub-charters (Continued from Page 1) sion in the Port of New York. issued by the International in close on the heels of a similar have got the National Maritime appeal for help in ousting com­ We should, unless something un­ the Gulf Area. This is to be call for action made by Lunde­ Union, CIO, hanging on the munists from the Canadian Sea­ foreseen happens, as a result of done with the thought in mind berg at a recent meeting of the ropes and it's up to us to knock men's Union, and thereafter this hearing, be fully certified of working out a satisfactory Coordinating Committee of the them out of business completely. bringing it back into the AFL as the Bargaining Agent for Isth­ charter arrangement so that the International T r a nsportworkers It's a tough set-up here on the fold. The charter of the CSU was Lakes, but I'm sure we can lifted by the SIU in 1944 for re­ mian Steamship Company. position of these Tugs within the Federation. fusing to repudiate the commun­ framework of the International President Lundeberg pointed knock it over." AMERICAN-PACIFIC will be clarified. The SIU President referred to ist party. out how the American merchant STEAMSHIP CO. We aLso recommend to this marine has shrunk from a war­ the NMU and Harry Bridges' CSU'S JOB This District's Organizers, act­ longshoremen's union as "politic­ time high of 50 million tons to a Convention that in clarifying ing under instructions from Pres­ This appeal was answered by al auxiliaries of the communist ident Harry Lundeberg, cooper­ those charters thought be given present low of 30 million tons. a promise of cooperation to ex­ He protested that much of this party," and called the leaders of ated with SUP officials along the to the various other unorganized pose the communists in the Ca­ shrinkage was due to the prac­ those two unions "Wagner Act Atlantic and Gulf Coasts in or­ workers in the Gulf Area. It has nadian union, but called on ganizing the first vessels crewed been our sad experience that in tice of American shipping inter­ unionists" who built their unions members of the CSU to take the by this Company. The culmina­ getting to the unorganized off­ ests of transferring their ships to by relying on government help initiative in cleaning out the tion of this was the signing of a shore and inland Tugboatmen in the Panamanian flag so that they from Washington, but who "nev­ party-liners. contract with the SUP, which, the Gulf Area, our Organizers oc­ could be operated under wages er did any real organizing in The fishermen's unions and the as a final result, wound up in the casionally come across fields of and working conditions below their lives." fish canners unions all reported Lundeberg predicted that be­ Coos Bay Beef. In a supporting unorganized workers who are a American standards. great progress in the field of or­ In his legislative report to the cause both the NMU and the action of the efforts already put detriment to reaching our objec­ ganizing. With fishing and can­ fifty Convention delegates, rep­ ILWU are weakened by being into the manning of these vessels, tive. ning reaching great heights, communist-dominated, the ship­ Therefore, the need not only for resenting approximately 92,000 our Union, at the request of our these unions feel that the SIU owners would center their attack affiliates, extended this Coos Bay clarification on Tugs, but to all seamen, fishermen, and fish can­ will enroll thousands of ne-w on them. Beef into various East Coast other allied workers of the Mari­ nery workers, Lundeberg stated members in a very short time, Later the attempt might be Ports. The final result.? of this time Industry, should be con­ that at the rate American ships and become one of the most im­ sidered and studied in the event are being bought, up by foreign made to bust the SIU, he said, beef are known. portant factors in the Interna­ issuance of such charter is made. governments, or being placed un­ "but they won't get away with AFL MARITIME TRADES der Panamanian flag, "it will not it, because we're not Wagner tional. DEPARTMENT The legislative program recom­ be long before the Amei-ican sea­ Act unionists! We did our own AFL AFFILIATES mended to the Convention b.y Assi.sting in forming thi.s new men will be in the breadline with organizing." SAILORS UNION OF THE department of the AFL was William McLaughlin, SIU Rep­ President Lundeberg included an the highest wages in the world, PACIFIC classed as an Organizational ob­ resentative of the British Cana urgent request to Congress to but with no ships to sail." take steps to help alien seamen, jective and was handled as such. LAKES DRIVE REPORT The SUP on the East and Gulf who served through the war, ob­ Through cooperation of our af­ Coasts has at all times cooperated President Lundeberg also an­ tain their citizenship papers, as filiated Unions in the Interna­ in every manner possible with nounced the inauguration of an payment for their service and tional, we were successful in es­ our Union in handling various intensive organizing drive along loyalty to the United States dur­ tablishing AFL Port Councils, disputes. They have, as well, as- the Great Lakes. Harry O'Reilly, Send in the minutes of ing the war. commencing with New York and sited us greatly in all other types AFL Regional Director of Organ­ your ship's meeting to the Other points in the program expanding into every Port on the of our work, particularly .so in ization, promised the complete New York Hall. Only in that called for passage of a Merchant East and Gulf Coasts. way can the membership act cooperation of his office, and to­ the unorganized field. Seamen's Bill of Rights, an end Our Union, in addition has on your recommendations, ward that end offered the SIU MASTERS. MATES & PILOTS to Merchant Marine Training signed other off-shore operators and then the minutes can bo the facilities of Radio Station Program; and for placing the su­ We have close working rela­ WCFL, operated by the Chicago to contract, but are not making printed in the LOG for the pervision of the merchant marine the names of these operators tions with this Organization and Federation of Labor. benefit of all other SIU back under the jurisdiction of known at this time until further we assist one another wherever crews. In discussing the plans for or­ the Department of Commerce. possible. details can be given. ganizing the seamen on the Great Lakes Drive, Panamanian Transfers Highlight Seafarers IntM Convention Send Those Minutes ill] �ii MONEY DUE ShepariT Steamship Company Chun, Paul S. V Clark, Adelbert E. ... Clegg, Harold Corsey, Ernest E Cosgrove, Robert B. . Coutant, Wilbur E Cowen, Thomas DECK DEPARTMENT Cronen, Robert J * , A Cronn, George C Adams, Norman L $ .80 Cummings, Alfred Adamonski, Joseph 10,00 Curtin, Cornelius Alkafer, Raymond F 12.61 Czarnecki, Frank Alman, Eugene E 4.48 D Alder, Edwin E 7.50 D'Angelo, Vito D Anderson, Arne B. 5.07 Davies, Raymond G. . Anderson, F. H 13.94 Davis, Earl Anderson, E. H.# 4.44 Dennis, Donald Anderson, John W 2.54 DeSouza, Henry Anderson, John W 1.26 Dey.senroth, Albert M. Ander.son, Laurilis 2.28 Dixon, John Ander.son, Walter R 22.37 Dgyle, Thomas G Ainold, Clarence W 13.96 Drain, Robert C Arnold, L. R 8.86 Drever, Robert Aiigustyn, Peter 5.14 Dutot, Frank J B Dzura, Mike Bagg, David J 42.38 E Baker, Robert 6.08 Edmondson, Ralph Baker, Walter J 5.04 Edson, Chester Baldi, Salvatore 18.38 Edson, Clarence J Bales, Leon 5.88 Edson, Floyd W Bauer, Robert G 2.95 Ei.ser, Edgar L Baunaeb, John R 1.11 Elrnd. Norman D Behrend, Paul 1.44 Elwood, Lonnie E Bell. Frank R 2.20 Emm-son, Howard F. .. Bell, Raymond 2.20 Ericsson, H Beuecka, Joseph 6.60 Eriksen, Gunnar Benecka, Joseph 26.40 Est by, Fi ederick Benecka, Joseph 59.12 F Bornberg, Philip 3.59 Ferranido, Anthony Beyer, Richard W 5.68 Billingsley, Beverly 2.69 Fetsko, Edward Bishop, Lowell J 73.80 Fisher, Harry Unclaimed, relroactive. over­ time and vacation wages are open on the books of the Shepard Steamship Company. 31 Milk St.. Boston. Massi as list­ ed below: Blanchard, Richard F Boyle, Edward R. Boyle, Edward R. Brandon, Arthur .. Brandt, Eugene W. Brock, Bobby L. .. Bi'ook, Walter W. Buchanen, Seward R. Bukman, Harry G. .. Bushman, George A. C Cain, C. O. . Campos, Alvino Capehart, William R. Caramellino, Fred Carney, Joseph W. Carney, Joseph W Cassada, George Castoro, Paul A. Page Fiiteen THE S E A F 4 R E R S LOG Friday. March 28. 1947 . . . . . 1.47 10.34 3.46 26.40 63.94 3.23 2.95 3.36 4.00 19.07 2.69 2.93 10.41 3.79 2;01 1.34 1.34 3.40 3.59 .20 1.87 7.80 1.44 4.56 2.76 3.13 1.46 1.46 799.99 8.00 12.17 6.58 1.46 16.89 7.83 2.39 9.59 7.56 Fleniken, James C Fletcher, Valwyn Fontes, Robert Frazier, Willie Frederickson, Alf G Gallagher, Richard A Galmarine, Albert Garcia, Joe C Garling, Elmer Gerke, Philip A Gjert.sen, Maurice Gushue, Robert H Hagen, Sigried L Hajer, Erik. Hall, John E Hall. Willis Hallenburg, Gustav H Halse, Hermod L Halvorson, James Hamilton, Allen Han.sell, John C Hansen, Jens A Hart, John W Hawkins, Jack Healy, Leonard N Hejmej. Francis Helms, James R Helterline, Gerald H Henkleman, Norman L Heyes, Frank W Hodgins, James T Hollcy, John A Homer, John Hoogerwerf, Jan Horst, Edward Howard, Roy S Huber, Frederick Hughes, Patrick J. • Hunt. Charles W List Of Official Delegates And Unions At Convention 24.34 19.86 .60 18.13 3.23 8.10 1.19 1.19 2.69 3.36 6.72 2.87 1.38 3.66 16.44 1.44 1.46 25.60 1.38 5.14 2.37 2.54 26.85 3.50 3.10 2.41 21.26 1.44 1.38 1.38 1.35 9.94 9.83 5.37 210.33 1.46 1.44 73.80 48.64 Atlantic and Gulf District: W. C. Tanner, Paul Hall, Claude Simmons, E. Sheppard, Carl E. Gibbs, E. R. Smith and Ray White. Fraternal Delegates: John Mogan, W. H. Simmons, L. J. Williams and J. P. Shuler. Alaska Fish Cannery Workers Union, Seattle; John S. Ayamo. American Merchant Marine Staff OHicers Assn.: Thomas B. Hill. Atlantic Fishermen's Union, Boston: Patrick McHugh, Aus­ tin J. Powers, and John Mogan (proxy). British Columbia Seamen's Union; William McLaughlin. Cannery Workers and Fishermen's Union, San Diego: Lester Balinger, Calvin H. Burns, and Frank Currier. Fish Cannery Workers Union of Pacific, Monterey, Calif.: Joseph Perry and Lester Caveny. Fish Cannery Workers Union of Pacific, San Francisco Bay Area: George Issel. Great Lakes District: Fred Farnen, Einar Nordaas, Larry Martin and Herbert Jansen. Los Angeles Harbor Cannery Workers Union, Terminal Is., Calif.: Andrea Gomez, Ira Nash, Leonard Powell, Antonio Tovar and James Waugh. Sailor's Union of the Pacific: Charles Brenner, Edward Coestcr, Robert Dohibroff, Harry Lundeberg, John Massey, R. D. Thompson and Morris Weisberger. Seine-Line Fishermen's Union, Monterey County: John Crivello. Seine-Line Fishermen's Union: George Penovaroff. Guards and Watchmen's Union, No. 1: Charles Bi-enner (proxy). Inland Division: Charles Brenner (proxy). United Fishermen of Alaska: Edward Coester (proxy). The following unions arc entitled to vote but no delegate or proxy has thus far appeared at the convention: Chinook Can­ nery Workers Union, No. 12; Conanicut Inland Boatmen's Union, New Jersey; East Coast of Florida Fishermen and Seafood Hand­ lers Union, Miami; Fishermen and Seafood Workers Union of the Atlantic Coast, New Jersey; Marine Pursers of the Pacific, Seattle; Marine Chief Stewards of the Pacific, Seattle; Shoalwater Bay Oyster Workers Union, No. 14; SIU of NA Floating Plant Personnel, No. 1, Memphis: Wrangell Cannery Workers Union, Wrangell, Alaska. 24.88 1.50 3.16 1.00 3.64 BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. 33 RECTOR ST., NEW YORK CITY 35.68 Calvert 4539 BOSTON 276 State St. 2.20 SS EDWARD G. ACHESON Gronbach, $13.63; J. McGrady, Belanger, $7.11; R. K. Biffle, Boudoin 4455 1.60 $13.58; Herbert Crowley, $7,111; BUFFALO H. J. Adams, $12.32; A. Arson- 49c; H. Millet, $4.52. 10 Exchange St. .31 E. A. Gibson, $5.27; Kenneth Cleveland 7391 di, $1.20; J. W. Burchett, $5.93; 4. 4. 4. .39 424 King St. Gordon. $7.11; J. E. Jones, $2.37; CHARLESTON E. J. Carbine, $28.46; D. C. M. SS JOSEPH M. CAREY Phone 3-3680 Dammers, $12.66; A. B. Forsman, H. J. Adams. $8.67; Robert R. E. Jones, $2.37; Owen Kee- CHICAGO 24 W. Superior Ave. 7.90 25c; H. S. Jensen, $15.87; R. G. han ,$3.04; E. R. Kramer, $18.99; Superior 5175 Johnson, $2.50. 7.43 O'Grady, $3.21. Marion Kunicki. $4.74; Henry CLEVELAND ... 1014 E. St. Clair Ave. J. 4. 4. 1.80 Main 014 Lopez, $18.03; Jan Mosden, $7.11; 4- 4- 4. SS CLINTON SEAM CORPUS CHRISTI . . 1824 Mesquite St. 12.84 Fumio Onaka, $12.01; G. G. Van SS RUSSELL A. ALGER W. L. Renn, $11.65. Corpus Christi 3-1509 13.38 Etten, $16.78; G. V. Wright, $2.24. DETROIT 1038 Third St. W. A. Dankel, $11.23; B. Don38.32 4. 44Cadillac 6857 SS SAMUEL^ COLT 3.00 nelas, $9.64; Robert Hill, $6.39; SS WILLIAM LEROY GABLE DULUTH 531 W. Michigan St. E. Kessarotos, 11c; L. Lori, 69c: D. Azarou, $11.02; R. P. Lau3.13 Melrose 4110 E. W. Collins. $16.87; D. E. HigHarold Moon, $9.23; W. B. Ne- ren, $4.99. GALVESTON 308"-—23rd St. bie. $32.30; P. N. Maness, $19.47; sula. 11c; G. Robinson. $8.79; H. Phone 2-8448 4. 4. 4R. A. McFarland, $11.27; E. J. HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. E. Stollings, $5.59; J. Villadson, SS BENJAMIN F. COSTON Swanson, $11.27; F. G. Swofford, Phone 58777 $1.68. A. H. Dodd, $5.16; Walter KaHOUSTON 1515 75th St. $4.31; A. T. West, $16.44. Will Seafarers who were on .4. 4. 4. zmierczak, $35.02; Sal De Maria, Went worth 3-3809 4- 4- 4. SS JOHN BALL the SS Grace Abbott, the SS JACKSONVILLE 920 Main St. $6.11; E. C. Meyer, $13.36. SS GOUCHER VICTORY Phone 5-5919 George Holmes, or the SS Fran­ C. Haller, $11.27; C. Isaacson, 4. 4. 4. MARCUS HOOK 1 W. 8th St. R. G. Rasmaussen, $32.33. cis Morrison, in Zamboango, be­ $8.27; J. B. Johnson, $36.28; A. SS MOSES CLEVELAND Chester 5-3110 SS JAMES W. GRIMES tween December 9, 1945 and Jan­ J. Krain, $4.55; P. Stein, $2.28. Richard Ander.'^on, $6.01; Z. MIAMI 1356 N. E. 1st Ave. J. Foreman, $11.82; V. E. Voix, uary 20, 1946, please get in touch MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. 4. 4- 4Andrias, $11.99; J. A. Baldwin, with Joe Algina or Louis Goffin SS HENRY WARD BEECHER $9.02; E. Broker, 26c; Ralph Byrd, 53c. Phone 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 339 Chartres St. 4. 44. in the New York Hall. • H. J. Beeler, $21.93; E. W. $9.08; T. Corbett, $2.29; H. Eliott, Magnolia 6112-6113 SS FREDERICK C. HICKS 4* Bridges, $3.49; L. T. DobSon $2.29; G. Ennett, 61c; W. T. Floyd, NEW YORK 51 Beaver St. A blue suit was left in the Nor­ $1L93; Fred Drechsel, $41.40; J. $5.27; G. Hill, 26c; E. Hojer, $5.71; R. Collier, $1.00; C. DeGraffenHAnover 2-2784 127-129 Bank St. folk Hall in care of Agent Ray H. Maxwell, $21.93; W. D. Par- Charles Hunisicker, $6.01; Don reid, $1.00; A. Dennis, $1.00; G. NORFOLK Phone 4-1083 White. The owner's- name has due, $21.93; S. ProctoiS 7c; K. Kaiser, $14.09; J. Mann, $4.00; K. Jones, $1.26; Dewey Larson, $4.78; 9 South 7th St. been misplaced, and the Agent Sherrebeck, $7:23; K. E. Stall- E. Poley, $6.01; Lawrence Richie, C. Miller, $1.09; E. Owen, $1.00; PHILADELPHIA Lombard 3-7651 is unable to contact him. Owner hammer, $6.69; B. E. Stevenson, Jr., $4.92; E. E. Sexton, Jr., $4.92; E. Persson, $26.56; E. J. Tsuji, PORT ARTHUR . . 909 Fort Worth Ave. please contact Agent Ray White $24.68; H. Tegtmeyer, 5c; A. Edwin Walle, $5.27; H. M. Wein, $10.00; F. Wagner, $21.99. Phone 2-8532 PORTLAND Ill W. Burnside St. at the Norfolk Hall, 127 Bank Yopps, $3.08. $4.92; Alex Wilkins, $6.01. 4' 4* 4* Beacon 4336 Street, Norfolk 10, Va. SS NEWCASTLE VICTORY 4- 4. 4.4. 4. 4RICHMOND, Calif 257 5th St. SS CARTER BRAXTON SS DOMINICAN VICTORY 4. 4. Louis Bernardo, $4.92; Kojineth Phone 2599 105 Market St. The New Orleans Hall is hold­ Edward Brihsbn, $47.35; Dale C. M. Brakefield, $11.95; J. K. Daniels, $10.09; Roland Florea, SAN FRANCISCO Douglas 5475-8363 ing unclaimed baggage and gear Griffiths, $4.27; Anker Hansen, Kain, 87c; F. Davenport, $15.89; $10.09; James Nee, $4.50; Emil SAN JUAN,- P. R. ... 252 Ponce de Leon turned over to the Branch by the $19.80; H. Helms, 75c; William M. E. Gunn, $2.06; H. Henderson, Urban, 96c; Henry Zac, $8.27. San Juan 2-5996 Alcoa Steamship Company. If Isbell, $3.01; William Lndgren, $1.11; R. Kellund, 57c; W. Leary, SAVANNAH 220 East Bay St. tlj^B gear is not claimed within $3.89; J. S. Winget, $2.25. $3.46; J. McCormick, $11.77; Gen. Phono 8-1728 SEATTLE 86 Seneca St. sixty days, it will be given to a F. Miller, $1.72; J. J. Notcha, 4- 4. 4Main 0290 charitable institution. The men SS BENJAMIN H. BREWSTER $3.60; J. C. Thompson, $11.02. TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. whose gear is being held are as F. Bednowski, $1.24; A. C. Belt, Phone M-1323 MICKEY HEALEY follows: SS F. SOUTHALL FARRAR TOLEDO 615 Summit St. $5.00; F. Delander, $11.55; J. P. 440 Avalon Blvd. Danny Douglas is anxious for WILMINGTON Dale D. Barnes, Edward Coop­ Gibbons, $3.56; Max Martin, C. C. Bennett, $25.0; C. L. Conn, Terminal 4-3131 er, Gaines T. Shcerma or George $16.45; E. E. Smith, $6.31. $6.16; D. W. Goldy, $1.90; T. P. information about his gear, and VICTORIA, B. C 602 Houghton St. would like you to visit or write McCleary, $17.01. Scherv, John W. Liebel or Riebel, 4- 4. 4. Garden 8331 to him at Kings Park Hospital, VANCOUVER SS CAPE RACE Wetz, Emil Olsen, Walter Comlet, 144 W. Hastings St. Pacific 7824 Box A, Ward 98, Kings Park, Thayadsen, S. Ansley, Justus La ' G. J. Brisby, $7.38; G. Davis, SS CORNELIUS FORD Long Island, New York. $9.33; J. D. Grimp, $3.03; H. C. Edward Abraham, $7.11; Harry Fayette Whidden, L. M. Cooper. A Union Sulphur Company NOTICE! PERSONALS SIU HALLS �Page Sixteen THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. March 28, 1947 Seafarers Drive Makes Great Lakes Hum Looking north on the Detroit River from the bridge of the SB T. J. McCarthy, in the fore­ ground may be seen the Coast Guard station with a dock load of freshly painted and re­ conditioned buoys. To the right, almost out of sight, is the Belle Isle Bridge with an almost solid ice-pack behind. There's plenty of activity along the Detroit waterfront these days, and plenty of the activity is caused by the intensity of the SIU Organizing Drive in the Great Lakes region. From all indications. Lakes traffic will be even heavier than during the war years, when it boomed to record heights. Some of that well-known Great Lakes ice breaking up in the Detroit River. Navigation on the Lakes has to wait until the major ports are ice free before the shipping season starts. Every bottom that floats will be used on the Lakes this year in the expectation of hauling two million more tons of ore than the record set during the war years. It looks like a big year, for business and for the SIU Organizing Drive. fsSgiiSgf . The brisk wind whistling down the Detroit River makes this job a mighty cold one. One of the SS George W. Mead's crewmembers paints the insignia on the ship's smokestack as part of the general clean-up job before the vessel starts its regular sailing schedule. It's the same story up and down the Lakes, where every available ship is being readied for a big year. Above is an auditing Committee of Great Lakes SIU mem­ bers, elected at the bi-weekly meeting to go over the Union books. Standing, left to right: Harold Casey; an unidentified Seafarer who sneaked into the picture; and Louis Funkey. Seat­ ed is William Cochran. Great Lakes Secretary-Trea­ surer Fred Farnen reports to the membership on the prog­ ress of the organizational drive. According to the various or­ ganizers, THE GREAT LAKES, TOO, WILL SOON BE SIU. This is spring cleaning on a grand scale. The spring season means clean up and paint up for ships as well as for the average home. This SS George W. Mead crewmember is giving the mast a new coat of paint, in preparation for the sailing season on the Lakes. Shown here are SIU members attending a regular mem­ bership meeting in the SIU Hall in Detroit. About ISO Seafarers were present, and this included some of the female members from the Stewards Department of Lakes passenger vessels. i;i � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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SHULER'S REPORT TO INT'L CONVENTION GROUNDWORK LAID IN LAKES DRIVE; SIU RANK AND FILE PARTICIPATE GREEN ADVISES UNIONS TO INGORE OPEN SHOP LAWS FLORIDA LABOR GETS READY TO OPPOSE TOM WATSON LUNDEBERG PLEDGES INT'L SUPPORT TO UFE IN WALL STREET STRIKE DELEGATES GATHER FOR SIU CONVENTION IT'S TRUE - RHODE ISLAND PAYS BONUS TO SEAMEN LAKES SEAMEN INVITED TO VISIT BUFFALO HALL SOME COMPANIES STILL TRY TO CHISEL ON FOOD PAYOFFS AND SHIPBOARD PLAYBOYS KEEP PORT PHILADELPHIA ACTIVE MARCUS HOOK IS A LONELY PORT; FAST SHIPPING HAS HALL EMPTY MOBILE ASKS ALL AND SUNDRY: COME DOWN AND GET FAST SHIPPING FEW PHONY SKIPPERS AND PURSERS SOUR GOOD NEW YORK SHIPPING CANADIAN SEAFARERS DEMAND PROBE OF SHIP TRANSFERS TO PANAMA SHIPOWNER STOOGE SAYS SEAMEN CAN GET ALONG ON SMALL SALARY TAMPA REALLY HUNGRY FOR SEAMEN; ONLY EIGHT MEN ARE LEFT ON BEACH TOLEDO SHOWING RESULTS IN LAKES DRIVE AGENTS CONFERENCE RECOMMENDATIONS SIU WINS DAMAGES AND PENSION FOR INJURED CANADIAN SEAFARER PILOT BUTTE'S COOK DIES IN TURKISH PORT SS OVID BUTLER CREWMEMBERS CALL FOR END OF COAST GUARD JURISDICTION OVER SEAMEN J.P. SHULER'S REPORT TO INT'L CONVENTION SEAFARERS DRIVE MAKES GREAT LAKES HUM Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 3/28/1947 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1947 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/32cceb50ce2968037d88d5505d00581f.PDF aa5b6f56a36169fdd0ac02891cf1d4b5 PDF Text Text SEAFARERS^LOG • • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THI SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ' ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL-CIO • ' f, -.1] Does '36 Act Apply ? ;• j\ '• ' Jp.: • "' 'i Vil ON TRAMP SDBSIDIES •jBi m • if? • '.-ill £ '7"^ I J HI • • '-•i -Story On Page 3 YintB after long stay on Robin Kirk since the start of Robin beef, Seafarers Jose Rivera, Joe Volanski and William Leston (1 to r) apply for SIU vacation pay at Union headquarters. They helped spark 33-0 SIU win over NI IMU in Kirk election last fall. (Story on. Page 2.) For Robin Crew -Story On Page 2 'J Cargo/Of Jeeps. S'E'' Knufman (right) and unidentified Indonesian pose on ; -Medan, Sumatra. Oth«r shi^ have been alerted to pick up American y- ; evacuees from the area where Indonesian troops are fighting rebels. , w.n Np immediate danger to, TEJS citizens is reported. l .;,s; L^ijy 0f LdsUJfC SlU veterim of the Delta Line passenger fleet, Sister Mary Chopin, 71, • talks over old times with SIU Port Agent Lindsey Williams at her NewOrleans home. She is the tot wonum in the SIU to qualify for SIU disability benefits. She sailed as a Delta Line stev/ardess and was �Pace Tw* SEAFARERS l^fG Mwnk 28, 19^ SlU Collects 764 Hours OT For Robin Kirk Men The return of SIU representation on Robin. Line ships is producing dividends In overtime payments not only for SIU men on the ships, but also for the handful of NMU men left in the fleet. • — In addition, SIU representation have produced similar cases of Meanwhile, the SIU has won formal permission from Fed­ netted an extra 36 hours in over­ large overtime settlements for the eral District Judge Sidney time pay for a passenger utilityman crews under the SIU contract. The still-pending NMU court Sugannan to intervene in the Na­ and 10 hours for an oiler, both of tional Maritime Union's suit against whom were NMU men. The pay­ action is designed to bar the labor the National Labor Relations Board. ments also covered overtime work board front, certifying SIU bargain­ The NMU suit is aimed at upsetting under the SIU agreement Paul ing rights on three other Robin SIU certification on Robin Line Drozak and Ed Mooney were the ships which voted SIU and to over­ patrolmen covering the ship. turn the certification orders on the Ships. The overtlitne had been disputed first four ships us weU. Rules NMU Picketinc 'Unfair' The NMU suffered a setback on by the Kirii's officers since the Earlier, NMU objections to the another legal front when a board same work under the NMU agree­ Robin Line balloting were ruled examiner ruled that NMU picket­ ment which covered the ship prior out by the New York regional di­ ing of Robin Line and Mooremack to SIU certification would have rector of the NLRB. The regional ships in face of SIU certification on, merely been routine work. director recommended SIU certifi­ four Robin Line ships was an un­ Three other Robin ships on cation on the three remaining fair labor practice. The NMU which SIU bargaining rights have ships, in accord with the election picketlines were in protest of the been certified by the labor board results. certification and an attempt to com­ pel Mooremack to hire NMU men on SlU-certified ships. SIU patrolmen who covered the payoff of the Robin Kirk in New York last week secured payment of 764 hours of diluted overtime for the crew, under the SIU con­ tract, following a six-hour beef session with company officials. The It was a losing proposition in morejvays than one, the 11 settlement amounted to some months Seafarer John Novak was an OS on the Robin Mow­ 81,500 in extra pay to be split bray. The pinch, he said, was bad enough in the wallet over among the crewmembers involved. *"the loss of overtime, but that was just the beginning. Novak, who has been work­ ing under the NMU's "superior" contract on the Robin Mowbray since May, 1957, estimates 416 lost from $800 to $1,000 doiag "routine" work which wcuild be over­ time under the SIU. contract. Sougeeing, 'chipping and painting, in Home-coming of the Robin Kirk was occasion for a reunion of fact, just about everything was brothers Steve end James Bergerio (top Jamei right] was also "straight time undef our (NMU) contract" according to the NMU* In New York with the Ines. in bottom photo, Ed Mooney, SIU ossistont secretory-treasurer, goes over beefs with A. Moiello, chief bosun. cook (right). Bectricnin D. P. Carroll (standing) waits chance to For exapaple, Novak explained, tell about the trip. The Kirk paid off lost week. The National Maritime Union's The National Maritime Union's during the last trip , which lasted United Marine Division has been United Marine Division has been 85 days, he picked up 296 hours accused by the regional office of charged.-With raiding by another overtime. But if he had been work­ the National Labor Relations Board AFL-CIO affiliate, the Transport ing under the SIU agreement, he of creating "an atmosphere of fear" Workere Union. TWU filed a com­ would have averaged around 400 In an election recently held in New plaint In Federal Court seeking an hours OT. York harbor. As a result, the re­ injunction to halt the aUeged raid­ . "What I really missed was the gional director has recommended ing tactics against a group of T\ra- gangway watch-standing CT paid that the election be set aside. contracted employees of the Dela­ on SIU ships. My complaining The NMU Is the same organiza­ ware, Lackawanna & Western RR.. about this loss of money certainly The NMU division is the same affected many :of the NMU men tion that has been blaring '"intimi­ The largest group of candidates ever to apply under the dation" charges at the SIU for group that was recently involved in aboard, especiaUy when I kept re­ SIU Scholarship Plan, 23 in all, completed the scholarship several weeks, following the drub­ an unsuccessful attempt to raid the minding them this would be OT bing it received at the hands of the SlU-contracted Willis tug fleet In on an SIU ship." Many of them contest requirements last week by taking the standard Col­ SIU in Its attempted raid on Sea­ Philadelphia. At tpat time, NMU were dissatisfied, he declared, but lege Entrance Examination'^ farers' jobs on the Robin Line attorneys tried to get the NLRB afraid to say anything. Board test. The grdup Is now fifth award Was won by Joyce Deto declare the illegality of the ships. "i would like to give credit to awaiting the meeting of the Vries, daughter of Seafarer Peter DeVries. their cooks, Thby The NLRB regional officer said union shop. The Transport Workers Union, In addition to the results on the did a dam good board of college educators in June that the NMU's victory In a vote job considering who will select the winners of five (]!lollege Entrance "Board examina­ conducted among employees of the In Its petition for an Injunction, jBrooklyn-Staten Island Ferry said that it had filed a complaint the stores put $6,000 four-year college scholar^ tions, candidates are judged on the basis of their high school records should be voided because the NMU- earlier with the AFL^CIO Indus­ aboard that ship. ships offered by the SIU Plan. and other school activities. trial Union Department against the Not only were UMD had "engaged In a campaign In the group of 23 are 11 active Winners are selected by a board they generally in­ which created an atmosphere of NMU's tactics. An arbitrator se­ ferior, but in Seafarers and 12 cjilldren of Sea­ consisting .of MiSs Edna Newby, fear among the employees and de­ lected by the Department to hear Under the terms of the director of admissions, New Jersey many cases there farers. prived them of their free choice of the case had ordered the NMU to Scholarship' Plan, at least one of College for Women; F. D. Wilkin­ cease its action. a bargaining representative." In­ was not enough. the five scholarships is reserved son, retired registrar, Howard Uni­ Nevertheless, the TWU main­ cluded in the campaign were We always ran Novak for an active. Seafarer. However, versity; Bernard Ireland, assistant tained, the NMU division has per­ ^'threats of loss of jobs, money and but ef . milk, un­ Seafarers compete across - the- director of admissions, Columbia sisted in .harassing the TWU-conwork opportunities." The election less of course passengers were put board for all five of the scholar­ tracted employees. was held December 12. It resulted aboard, and fresh fruit was very ships. The fifth award goes to College; Elwood C, Kastner, regis­ trar, New York University, and C. in NMU-UMD getting 65 votes to rare. If we got two oranges or the SIU crewmember who attains William Edwards, director of ad­ 55 for the International Longshore­ apples a week, we felt good." top ranking among the remaining missions, Princeton University. men's Association. There were 24 Short On Soap Seafarers after the first~£our win­ Mar. 28,1858 Vol. XX, No. 7 challenged ballots. Another shortage,. Novak said, ners are chosen. — It is interesting to note that the was soap. "Here (ve were on an Af­ This year's awards will be the NMU-UMD embarked upon this rican run, which certainly gets hot, sixth made by the Scholarship course of action among the ferry and many times aU we could get Plan which first began in 1953 workers at the same time the NMU was one bar of soap for a couple of with" four awards yearly. The basic was building up a full head of Piut HAIX. Sscrctary-TrcaM(r«r weeks.. Believe me, we had to ra­ award calls for $1,500 a .year for steam over alleged SIU "intimida­ HzBBiin BUXB. editor. BciutAni SKA tion them." four- years of study at any recogTAMPA;:r-Shipping has been on 88AM, Art Editor. HBIIIAM AKTHVB. IBWIX tion" of Robin Line men who voted SrivAat. The last trip certainly was dif­ idzed- college or university In the the fair side although there were At HASXIM. JOHM BBAzn,, Staff overwhelmingly to repudiate an Writer*.. Bnx I^OODT,. Guli Area Hepre- ferent from the trips during the US or its fOrritoi^al possessions. no vessels paying off or signing on ^ NMU raid. In the course of that eentotice. early part- of the beef, John com­ It can also be applied to graduate during the past period. campaign the NMU used such ex­ ^blishM bIWMkly at tho hoadquartort mented. The SIU. men then really and professional school study, and Six vessels called into port for pressions as "Robin Line Scandal Atlanlls & Ouli Siiilriei, MiiL-CIO, *75 Fourth had to be on their toes or he a. number of candidates have taken servicing during"^ the laSt two ^Grows." •'JOWY" NY. Tol. HYactnth fired. The company fired men aL -advantage of that feature. weeks. They were the Madaket, class matter The NMU's charges in the Robin 'T!!'* Last year four Seafarers were Antinous (Waterpaan); Fairland, every opportunity, for instance line vote have been rejected by when a man was a few minute^ winners. They were Richard' A. Gateway City (Pan-Atlantic); Cab­ the~reglonal board as without foun­ late in reporting to the ship. Harford, John W. Logan, Gene R^ ins (Texas Ref.) and the Steel Age ; IW dation. -•• • • Sinclair and Ed Skorupskl, The (Isthmiiinh ;AI1 reported in clOaiL' ! ;:(G«ptinaed'jon^pligb;i6)iJ> 11 Months Under NMU Pact Proves Dead Loss This Is The NMU NMU's fear' Transit UnlGn Campaign Hit; Raps Raiding Voting Voided By NMU Unit 23 Competing For Five SIU Sclielarship Awards SEAFARERS LOG ||;: Ir - I gfeV In-Trdnsits Tampa Fare I W. . ..J r'; f I �Mwdi in, 198S SlU Assails Charges On Bernstein $ SEAFARERS LOG Pact nna Subsidy Via '36 Ship Act Apparently acting on the Initia­ tive of United States Lines and utilizing a planted story in the "New York Herald Tribune" as the starting point, NMU Presideht Jo­ seph Curran has filed a complaint WASHINGTON—A new effort to focus attention with AFL-CIO President George Meany concerning the SIU's loan on the problems of US trampship operators and the to the Arnold Bernstein shipping need for upgrading what's left of the US tramp fleet interests. The MU is now prepar­ ing its formal answer to the charge. has been opened by Sen."*^ The loan of $500,000, which has On the other hand, the building of Warren 0, Magnuson (D- foreign-flag tramps has increased been a matter of public record in Presentafion of first disability the official files of the Federal at a tremendoud rate." Wash.). • benefit check for Sister Mary Maritime Board for more than- a A follow-up to the exchange be­ The chairman of the Senate tween Magnuson and Morse was year, was unanimously approved by Chopin, retired SIU steward­ Interstate and Foreign Com- sent to Morse separately by Sen. the membership in all ports back ess (left), led to recollection of .In December, 1956. Subsequently, erce Committee has called on John M. Butler (R-Md.). He urged wartime experience with. dis­ the membership voted an addition­ Maritime Administrator Clar­ that any assistance to tramp opera-, abled Seafarer Rufus Stough al $250,000 if and when needed, ence G. Morse to explain whether tors be based on an agreement for (above with Mrs^ Stough). when the operation gets underway. American-flag tramp vessels would orderly replacement of existing Sister Chopin shows news clip­ be qualified for operating subsidies tramp vessels with new, modem Denial of the loaa In ^e first ping about her original rescue "under your interpretation of exist­ bulk carriers built in American Instance, or withdrawal oi the from torpedoed ship on which ing law" and, if not, what would be shipyards. money now as demanded by Carshe was shipmate with Stough. needed to qualify them imder the The plight of the tramp opera­ ran, would wreck the Bemst|^ Also retired, Stough later was 1936 Merchant Marine Act. operation and leave US Lines with tors is a long-standing one, and its monopoly of American-flag pastorpedoed on another ship, He noted his information "that grows steadily with the entry into enger operations in the nbrfli At-' not a single American-flag tramp service of more and more modern picked up by U-boat and held lantfo trade. In the prooess it ship has been contracted for by an foreign-flag tonnage. At the samo in German Internment camp ' would destroy a bright potential American operator since the war. time, due to the overall decline In for two years. of employment prospects for Amer-. the industry, the tramps today are lean merchant seamen. also constantly competing with Curran's Charge, Uner operators and even idle tank­ ers for the decreasing number of The text of a telegram sent to "50-50" cargoes available. SlU Secretary-Treasurer Paul Hall An attempt to gain some relief by AFL-CIO President George NEW ORLEANS—^Two old shipmates who survived sinkings by German subs in World for the tramps was made two years Meany reads as follows: War 11 have been approved by SIU Welfare Plan Trustees for retirement tmder the SIU's "Following telen-am dated Disability Pension Plan. One of them, Mrs. Mary Chopin, 71, is the first woman Seafarer-to ago when Rep. James Byme (DPa.) introduced a bill in the House March 19 received from Presi­ become eligible for the benefit. ^ which would have provided what dent Curran, NMU. The other is Rufus E. Stough, Atlantic by a German sub. Mean­ Orleans and looks forward to the 'This morning's New York 62, veteran steward and chief while, one man had died in the days when Mississippi passenger amounted to an operating subsidy, for trampships competing for car­ Herald Tribune reports on page cook. boat. ships are in port. She sailed for goes with foreign-flag vessels. '12 section 3 that SlU has made Mrs. Chopin and Stough werg Stough was placed in a German many y^prs as stewardess on the Ipan to American Banner Line Economics Isn't Only Issue shipmates on the Del Valle tMissis- internment camp where he was Delta Line passenger run to in the amount of $750,000. Vice South America before calling it Moreover, the-problem of the Admiral Hillenkoetter, executive sippi) when the ship was attacked held until January, 1945, when quits. Then she visits with the vice-president of the company, nnd sunk by a submarine in the he was exchanged and repatriated. friends with whom she sailed for tramps is not only one of econom­ ics, and their own survival, but The nearly two years Stough lost has confirmed loan. He is also Caribbean on April 12, 1942. Details of the harrowing experi­ in the internment camp was al­ years to "get the news from down goes much deeper than that. The quoted as stating loan will not and relive the experience question also arises of the advis­ influence company in manning ence that followed sthe midnight at­ lowed by 'Welfare Plan Trustees south" ability of having more and more tack are stiU vivid memories to toward the seatime necessary for of her years at sea. ' Its vessels. US foreign trade moved on foreign his disability pension plan eligiStough, whose son, Rufus, Jr., - "'We have known SIU officials Mrs. Chopin, who recounted for bUity. ships as well as the role which himself is a veteran Seafarer, lives the LOG correspondent how the - and attorneys have already met Mrs. Chopin, who is widowed, quietly with Mrs. Stough in their the US merchant fleet would have with company and worked out ship went down in 17 minutes lives in her small home in New home in suburan Arabi, Louisiana. to fill in any national emergency. after the first torpedo struck. manning scale which happens to Sen. Magnuson pointed out that Crewmembers and passengers be substantially 4ower than un­ while the world's tramp ships car­ ion standards. Fact that money quickly evacuated the ship and ried only a third of America's ton­ passed between company and only one life was lost, that of the nage in 1937, they carried 75 per­ ship's doctor, Dr. Benjamin A • SlU is interestilig news. Have cent of it last year, and a much no doubt investigation will show Price of New Orleans. larger volume of tonnage was in­ deal was made on firm condition After drifting in lifeboats for 17 volved, at that.. - SlU was to get contract, no mat­ hours, the survivors were' picked "Even more disturbing," he ter what window dressing may up by a Navy rescue ship. pointed out to Morse, "is the ques­ be set up to cover up this fact. . Mrs. Chopin was none the worse tion of where we will get the ves­ WASHINGTON—Contrary to the' optimistic view voiced by for the experience, which included " 'AFL-CIO ethical practices sels to carry these cargoes in the Code V Paragraph 5, clearly pro­ a ducking when she jumped from a Administration spokesmen. Government economists are revis­ event of another war. Then our Jacob's ladder she was descending hibits affiliated union from mak­ ing their opinions on the recession outlook. They are predict- country would be called upon to ing loans with any company with to a waiting boat. supply huge quantities of coal to Both -she and Stough returned to ing a continued down curve which it bargains. As we see it unless SlU calls off this deal, it New Orleans and shipped on the and are pushing back the date does. All I can tell you is where maintain the economy and war po­ we've been and the figures are tential of our allies. Increased must face .charges under AFL- first available ship. Mrs. Chopin for the expected upturn. usuaUy 30 days behind." qu-.ntities of foodstuffs would also sailed throughout the remaining CIO practices Code V, Section 5. The "Wall Street Journal" re­ But what they see, they contend, have to be carried to our allies to The matters referred to in this war years without mishap, but ports that the general consensus of keep them going. Moreover, in indicates that the basis for new, Stough was not so fortuhate. telegram are of such paramount He was a member of the crew of the economists is that as mid- more drastic anti-recession moves, the absence of American-flag ships importance as to warrant your the Jonathan Sturges when that March business is still heading including a tax cut, has already to carry these cargoes, how would Immediate attention.' downward, there's no clear sign of "May I have your reaction to ship was torpedoed February 23, the bottom and the slide could go been laid out. While President the iron ore required for our war Eisenhower has said he will make machine be imported?" the statements contained in this 1943. Stough and seven compan­ on for a couple months mote. his decision on a tax cut depending He said the US tramp fleet to­ telegram and the position of your ions drifted for 41 days in a boat before they were picked up'in ^he They base their revised opinion on the economic statistics for the day is "down to about 70 vessels, union." on the fact that unemployment is month of March, "there 6o longer principally of the Liberty type." SlU Answer probably higher now than the 5.2 is much question about what these In answer to Meany's wire. Hall million of mid-February and that indicators will show," the econom­ Quitting Ship? gent the follQwing naessage: personal income, which dropped $2 ists state. "Re your wire pertaining to As for the March statistics, which billion in February from January's Notify Union Curran's complaint. I shall with­ annual rate, is falling further stiil. won't be out until mid-April, ah A reminder from SIU head­ in the next fmy days forward to SAN FRANCISCO — Shipping ^ quarters cautions all Seafarers All of this points to a continued re­ AFL-CIO economist retorted, "this dragged your office complete files, rec­ its heels throughout the cession, past the second, and most whole business that we have to leaving their ships to contact ords and information pertaining past period in this port, and there wait to see what the March figures probably through the third quarter the hall'in ample time to allow to this matter. Cup-an's state­ is not much to say about the fu­ show is just plain nuts." The Fed­ of this year. the Union to dispatch a repla<.ement of this matter, as usual, is ture so far. eration has urged the President to Most of the specialists a^ee that nient. Failure to give notice be­ full of half-truths and outright The Ames 'Victory (Victory Car­ fore off may causie a de­ they cannot give too clear a pic-, enact stronger anti-recession meas­ misrepresentation of facts." ^ layedpaying sailing,' force the ship to' ture of the future, basing their ures immediately, stating that wait­ riers) paid off while the-Maiden The voluminous record of the sail short of the manning re­ predictions on charts of the past. ing another month will only further Creek (Waterman) signed on dur­ transaction, plus additional data re­ quirements and needlessly make "You never really know where you confirm the present downturn. "No ing the last two weeks. In transit lating to the US Llne-Curran role the work tougher for your ship- are," one of them argued. "Where important economic indicator holds were the Yorkmar, Calmar (Cal­ starting back in 1955 is being for­ —ates. are we going? I don't know tor. out hope for an tu>turn in toe next mer) ; La Salle. Yaka and the Topa Topa (Waterman). . ,; . * warded to the AFL-CIO President. sure, and Tidon't. think anyone else ;mbnth." 1 • iA • i J • j First Lady Sailor Retires No Early End To Slump, Gov't Economists Warn SF Inactive •M "321 'M �SEAFARERS tOC ••M. • UiMh M. IMS March 5 Through March 18 Registered OMk A Boston 8 New York • ••eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-eo T7 Philadelphia • Baltimore •oeeeeeeas 45 Norfolk. . 8 Savannah » e • ee e e e 9 Tampa • • • • • • e < 11 • 4 10 0 28 7 1 3 31 23 14 88 13 15 21 11 4 18 5 9 8 New Orleans Wilmington I ' (&• r Crewless Sub Ship Plans Now.'Reality' ¥ I"}' 'i'-. hm pi';-: ¥f6'-\ h^-' V-'"- Boston .... New York Philadelphia Baltimore .. Norfolk Savannah ............. Tampa .... leeeeeee Mobile .... New Orleans Lake Charles ........... Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle : • •••••• 4 5 57 1 61 0 4 8 29 61 7 19 10 9 12 . 3 21 1 19 6 0 3 2 11 7 20 -8 3 8 341 • 111 Shipped Dock • . 3 8 0 14 4 L 1 2 10 5 10 5 2 0 Oack c 1 4 0 0 1 •ne. A 1 48 5 42 2 4 8 28 38 15 19 4 8 7 •ne. s SIMT. A stvw. A 231 8 11 8 4 1 8 21 1 8 1 0 0 0 Talal A 17 181 21 110 17 18 27 70 74^ 37 90 28 42 56 ratal A ratal • 7 45 2 86 17 1 8 9 37 13 51 15 13 19 Total B 789 303 T«*ai 24 228 23 178 34 20 39 78 111 SO 141 43 55 75 Total No*. 1092 •• V C e 0 14 1 19 •TT 0 2 4 15 2 13 1 9 7 •law. • 87_ 5 55 8 25 2 3 7 20 20 8 28 9 17 20 In*. •n#. StMT. •taw. A 2 47 2 39 0 4 5 27 37 4 10 9 13 8 Staw. itaw. e 2 9 0 9 . 5 0 1 9 10 3 7 5 2 2 • c 8 17 1 Total A 8 " 152 8 132 2 12 19 82 131 26. 44 23 31 25 Total 5 32 1 42 11 1 5 16 29 18 SO 22 6 4 Total Total C 1 "•a LONDON—Predictions of a 100,000-ton atom-powered sub­ 15 32 218 1 marine tanker, which will eventually cross the ocean imman10 1 19 3 7 181 ned, are now a "reality according to a leading British en­ 2 1 3 18 gineering firm. The new sub,-^ 6 8 0 13 R proposed vessel's speed, capacity which will carry a crew of five 0 3 8 2. 28 and efficiency would make it eco­ 2 0 men Initially but later travel nomically 8 3 101 attractive to prospective 0, 0 1 automatically, lacks only one thing, backers. "We 2 162 shall go on with the 10 1 0 1 45 the firm said—^the money to build project," he said, "until we're satis­ 0 13 8 1 75 her. 0 12 fied it will have economic results. 8 0 45 Frederick Mitchell, chairman of Then an oil company or somebody 0 2 0 0 37 the Mitchell Engineering Company, will have to move in with their 0 2 8 0 29 Dock Hack Oack •nfl. •nf. •taw. staw. staw. Total Total Total Total designers of the underwater super­ capital." A • c A C A B c A c B Slilp. tanker, said that the nuclear-pow-^ If constructed (and the company Total ; 267 69 9 223 97 21 205 60 23 899 222 53 970 ered submarine would have a dis­ said they hoped one would be with­ placement of from 80,000 to 100,000 in the next five years) the vessel SIU shipping and registration both inched up during the last period, though neither tons and would travel at speeds of would be the largest tanker on or gain was very substantiaL Shipping rose to a 970-job total; registration to 1,092. 40 to 50 knots. The vessel would under the sea. To date, the 85,000Eight ports contributed to the general upturn and even two in the "loss" column conlook like an airplane fuselage with ton-tanker Universe Leader is the a in-opeller in front and a small world's largest although an Ameri­ inued very active. Since New cabin on top. It would load and can shipping magnate, Daniel Lud- York placed in neither listing, unload underwater. wig, plans to build five 103,000-ton MitcheU added that he hoped the tankers at his Kure, Japan, ship­ remaining "as is," a welcome trend may be in the making. yards. _ On the "up" side were Baltimore, The Mitchell firm also claims that it has developed a method of Savannah, Tampa, New Orleans, harnessing a nuclear reactor that Lake Charles, Wilmington, Seattle eliminates a turbine or reciprocat­ and San Francisco. The gen­ MIAMI—Union contracts with "agency shop" clauses that ing engine. Steam would be used to eral gain among the West Coast require "free riders" in unionized plants to pay their own way spin a reactor core and couple it ports has been iongrawaited. How­ are winning Increasing acceptance these days. One-of the ever, although Savannah and to a driving shaft This, the an-^ nouncement said, would greatly in­ Tampa both showed gains, there latest ftrrangements-^ of this>crease a ship's carrying capacity. wasn't too much to them. type covers non-union hotel clauses which require union mem­ The US Government has ^Iso — A decline was reported in Phila­ workers here, well in advance bership as a condition of employ­ been trying its hand with atom- delphia, Norfolk, Mobile and Hous­ of the 1958-59 season. ment, particularly in states with The basis of the "agency shop" "right-to-work" laws. The International office of the powered submarines, most of them ton, but the last two named ports At the same time, they provide Masters, Mates and Pilots has es­ for the military. The Navy now has were still plenty prdlty busy. Bos­ is that nonmnion employees pay tablished a temporary trusteeship three nuclear submarines in opera- ton Joined New York in the status basic union dues although union the unions with the revenue with for the administration of the -busi­ tiob and another 21 planned or un­ quo column. Philadelphia was way memhership itself remans on a vol­ which to do their job and, in many untary liasis. Thus non-union work­ eases, lead to appiieatidns for un­ off. ness affairs of Local 88 in New do* construction. As to submarines for commercial Both the deck and engine depart­ ers who claim religious convictions ion membership from the former York. Captain Roy D. Lurvey of Bos­ use, the Maritime Administration ments shipped an equal number of or other reasons for not Joining a "free riders." In the Corn Prod­ ton, the president of the Interna­ recently awarded,a $25,000 contract men, but the number of deck regis­ union pay at least part of the cost ucts ease, company officials report­ tional was designated as trustee. to the Electric Boat Division of trants ran way ahead of those of union benefits and representa- ed no complaints from the non-un­ ion group over the new contract ^ He has established offices at 225 General Dynamics Corporation to slipped. Black gang ablpping al­ Uon. Previously, the unions would be Lafayette Street where business is study the feasibility of an atomic- most equalled the engine regis­ being conducted and the affairs of powered submarine tanker. Also tration. The steward department obligated to process grievances and represent workers who paid noth­ the local are being restored to in the field of imderwater carriers, continued to be least active. Japan has announced experiments New York is still shipping the ing to the union but still derived normal. Meanwhile, a State Supreme with submarine tankers but has not most class C jobs and only four the benefits of wage gains and ports gfiipped no class C men at alL othbr Improvements negotiated by Court judge has ordered that all revealed any details. . The overall seniority shipping fig­ the union for its members. In property and assets of Loeal 88 at ures showed class A men taking 72 pssenee, Hie "agency shop" ar­ its Washington Street headquarters percent of the Jobs, class B 23 per­ rangement amounts to recognition be turned over to Captain Lurvey. cent and class C the remainder. . that nnionization at a plant in­ WASHINGTON—The continuing Judge Benjamin Brenner issued Thr following is the forecast variably produces greater benefits preoccupation of the world's diplo­ a temporary restraining order for the workers - than the boss against an insurgent group that port by port; mats with affairs of the Suez Canal Boston: Slow . . .- New York: would hand out on his own. had seized physical control of Local The contract between the Miami and the Middle East hasn't affect­ Good . . . Phlladelplila: Fair . . . 88's offices two weeks ago. Beach Hotel Association and AFL- ed traffic through the Panama Baltimore: Good ... Norfolk: Slow The judge pointed out that the , Savannah: Slow . . . Tampa: CI9 Hotel Employees Local 255 is Canal one bit. group's action was contrary to the MOBILE—Shipping in this "port constitution of the local. . He de­ for the last couple of weeks was Pair . . . Mobile: Good . . . New similar to one Just reached, by the- Two canal records were broken cried their use of illegal methods considered good with over 100 men Orleans: Good . . . Lake Charles: AFL-CIO OR, Chemical & Atomic during 1957, while work continued C^m Products on various improvements in the 44and force, contrary to American being shipped to regular jobs and Fair . . . Houston: Good . . . WU-. Workers and principles of rule by law and con­ another 100 to various relief jobs mlngton: Fair . . . San Franeisco: Refining Corporation covering year-old waterway.Oner new high three plants in Illinois and Mis­ mark was set when 8,848 deep-sea stitutional process. in and around the harbor. The* Fair... Seattle: Fair. souri The OCAW pact calls for vessels hauled 50.7 miiiion tons ol next period should also be good as The trustee has been handling the company to deduct $4 per cargo through the Atlantic-Pacifid Local 88 shipping since the con­ the Wacosta and the Claiborne month fr<Mn the wages of non-union short-cut last year. For the first tracts of Atlantic and Gulf operar (Waterman) are expected out of Shorthanded? time in history also, more cargo tors are signed with the Interna­ layup and will take on full crews. If a crewmember quits while workers, just as it does for OCAW tional and not with any local union. The vessels paying off and in- a ship is in port, delegates members under the regular dues was carried from the Pacific to the Atlantie side than in the opposite transit in the port during the last are adced to contact the hall checkoff system. A Federal mediator who Assisted direction. period were the Alcoa Clipper, immediately ^.ov a replace­ Patriot, Pennant, Corsair (Alcoa); ment Fast action on their part in the OCAW negotiations said Panama Canal traffic is Increas­ Florida State (Ponce); Monarch wRl keep all Jobs aboard ship that about one percent of the nego­ ing steadily despite the fact that of the Seas, Ciaiborae, Iberville filled tiated union contracts In the US many recently-built vessels are too at all times apd elhnl- pow (Waterman); Del Sol, Del Rio include ."agency shop" clauses. large to go through. Moire than (Mississippi) and the Steel Age nate the chance of the ship "The agreements bypass company 150 supertahkers are in this cate­ sailing shorthanded, ' (Isthmian). arguments against union shop gory. 'Agency Shop' Pact Bars Free-Riders In Plants MMP Picks Trustee For Local 88 5 .,; 105 Oach A 8 49 -7 40 7 7 0 10 25 15 28 8 10 15 •ne. A DM» 817 Port A a OMa A •n*. • •Rf. OM Mobile Jobs Holding Up Pan Canal Sets Vessel Retard High rofnem •;';r ••.•.aiii 'J �MariA 28, 1858 Bridges, US Clash Over Back Taxes SEAFARERS Quiier Duck Takes To Water LOG Pua «?• NY Votes $45-Week Jobless Pay Benefit ALBANY—A bill raising Nevsr York's maximum unemploy­ ment insurance benefits from $36 to $45 a week has been luianimously approved by the State Legislature. "The bill, which represents a compro--* mise between the Republican- their jobs. Other states have dif­ SAN FRANCISCO—The Federal controlled legislature and the ferent eligibilty rules. Democratic administration, is ex­ The new bill was approved unan­ Government Is putting the tax bite pected to receive Governor Harri- imously by Republican and Demo­ on Harry Bridges and two other cratic state legislators. It involves man's signature shortly. officials of the International Longa compromise over biHs that were The legislature also consider­ shoreffien's & Warehousemen's Un­ passed by the legislature earlier in ed a Harriman proposal fo extend ion to get its share of an alleged the session, and bills that were insurance benefits to unemployed^ $500,000 defense fund raised to workers to 39 weeks, instead of passed by the legislature last year, fight Bridges' depbrtation. the current 26. The measure was and vetoed by Governor Harriman. Investigation of- the fund has intended to provide additional help The compromise involves methods been underway for two years, ac­ for workers who have been unem­ of financing the increases, the pro­ cording to the district director of ployed for long periods as a result vision that was the key to the con­ the Irtternal Revenue Service here. of the current economic slump, and troversy and the veto. New York The ILWU has called the Govern­ are exhausting their benefits. A state unions had opposed the ear­ ment's latest move "petty vindlcsimilar increase in state workmen's lier proposals because they worked tiveness."' compensation benefits, raising the hardships on certain workers and Bridges, the ILWU president; maximum from $36 to $45 weekly, industries. J. E. (Bob) Robertson, first vicewas also adopted. president, and Henry Schmidt, In­ Moves have also been made on ternational executive board mem­ the national scene to provide Fed­ ber from Bridges' home Ldcal 10, eral help for unemployed 'workers. are all on the carpet. The union A number of proposals have been said the three have been notified introduced in Congress and by the "to pay personal income taxes on Administration for putting Govern­ some $147,000 spent-by the union ment funds at the disposal of the for legal fees and court costs." states in increasing unemployment insurance benefits. There have also The money assessed reportedly been proposals for extending Fed­ represents taxes due on salaries erally-aided state unemployment plus a pro rated share of defense insurance benefits to as much as 39' funds raised for all three men. weeks. Federal plans seem bogged They were convicted of perjury SAN JUAN—The SlU-manned down in conflicting suggestions for in 1950 for swearing at Bridges' trailership Bienville is still tied up financing the jobless pay benefits. naturalization hearing earlier that The new $45 maximum wll be and unable to unload here due to Unique craft bulli by Two British companies for the Defence Board the ILWU president had never paid to workers whose average the four-lveek strike by members of Canada is this 59-foot, 17V2-lon hydrofoil that will be used for been a member of the Communist wages were $90 a week or more. of the AFL-CIO Internationa^ research purposes. The craft skims along the water (bottom' photo) Party. Schmidt and Robertsbn Seafarers who apply for benefits Brotherhood of Longshoremen. with the aid of three hydrofoil units mounted on its sides and stern. were Bridges' witnesses at the A new plan to end the strike was are expected to qualify for the hearings. The Government lost a Named the Bras d'Or, it is of aluminum alloy construction. The offered by Governor Luis Munozmaximum. civil suit to deport Bridges after Marin of Puerto Rico this week. top photo shows the two^side-mounted hydrofoil units. Benefits are paid to workers em­ the-1950 conviction .was reversed ployed by companies that have It would provide extra compensa-. by the Supreme Court. their home offices in New York. As tion during; an 18-month period for The ILWU was bounced from the a result, they would be available longshorenien idled by the new CIO in 1950, along with several for Seafarers employed by such op­ service. The Bienville is the first other unions, on charges of being erators: Isthmian, 'Victory Carriers, of two Waterman-Pan-Atlantic ships Communist-dominated. Bull, Calmar, Cities Service and in the "sea-island" service being introduced here. The Massachusetts legislature that the principle of the ordinance Robin among others who have thenThe vessels carry all their cargo has called upon Congress^ not fo had been followed by the local gov­ home offices here. in special truck trailer bodies on Seamen Qualify "enact any legislation relating to ernment. The new law places all deck and in the holds which by­ the 'right !o work,' so called, or the enforcement under a perma­ Seamen in New York State can pass conventional cargo-handling any similar legislation." The nent five-man board, one of whom qualify for benefits immediately if methods. The vans are loaded on amendment, which cleared' the must be from the building^trades. their ship is laid up, or if they are and off the ship by moveable deck house by a vote of 27 to 12, was Thck difference between the re­ required by contract regulations to cranes and then can be driven right introduced by state Rep. Wiiliam quired prevailing wage and the leave their vessels. They may also off the dock to thdir destination Fleming, The bill also urged Con­ Wages actually paid will be with­ qualify for benefits after a seven after being hooked onto truck cabs. gress to oppose any laws designed held from the sums due to the con­ week waiting period if they quit As a result, fewer longshoremen A Coast Gua.rd spokesman has to prohibit closed shops or to pro­ tractor, and violators will be pre­ are needed on the dock and on the tentatively blamed a defective vide that no employee shall as a vented from obtaining future con­ ship for this type of operation. rudder as the cause of a collision condition of his employment be re­ tracts for municipal work for three Gov. Munoz-Marin's proposal In which the SlU-manned taQke:P, quired to join a labor union. Such years. calls for the company to pay full The Cabins, rammed into A Staten laws, the resolution said, "will, if i 3) t wages to the laid-off workers for a Island storage dock, sinking two enacted, t^nd to undermine the six-month period, and 50 percent The first strike in 25 years in ieagoing rescue tugs and setting strength of labor and of labor the dress industry ended in a of wages for a year thereafter. The adrift a score of smaller craft. unions throughout the country." major victory for some 105,000 company's freight handling costs The vessel, owned by Sabine Copies of the resolution were sent members of the Ladies Garment would thus still be less at the State­ BALTIMORE — Shipping re­ side end and cut in half here after Transportation Co; of Texas City, to the House and Senate and to Workers Union. The new contract Texas, had just been cut loose from each member of Congress from provides for an estimated 11.25 mained good over the past two six months. The proposal report­ weeks and the forecast indicates ' her tow when it appeared that she Massachusetts. percent increase, stricter enforce­ It-will continue so for the ne.xt edly calls for the extra compensa­ had a jammed rudder. Headiug 3^ 4 3) tion to be paid whether the laidment machinery and a union agree­ Striking members of the Inter­ ment to rescind special concessions period. Port Agent Earl Shep- off workers get other jobs or not downstream, the 10,000-ton tanker rammed into the Witte Marine national Association of Machinists given to a small number of em­ pard reported the patrolmen in The situation is complicated by storage docks on Staten Island, will now receive $38 a week strike ployers. Most of the workers will this port wish to congratulate the the fact that the Puerto Rico has sinking two tugs whlch were in the benefits from their union. Over receive an eight-percent increase, various ships' delegates and crews no system of unemployment bene­ dpcks. A number of smaller craft. 110,000 members voted in favor of the first pay hike in the industry for the fine job and effort they are fits and is still trying to set one up. putting in enforcing the SIU con­ Including a tug, dredge scow, two increasing the portion of the mem­ in five' years. The Beauregard, which was to tract on the ships which hit this Steel car floats and a derrick were ber's dues going to the interna­ have entered the "sea-land" run to 3) 3) 3^ port. "They are keeping these cut free. The Coast Guard and the tional from $1.30 to $2 a month. PR on March 18, is being held back Peter Schoemann, general presi­ ships clean in all respects," he pending sktlement of the dis­ towing tug rounddd up the drifting Fifty, cents of the increase will go said. into a special strike fund which dent Off the Plumbers' union, has vessels. pute. The Bienville was on her There were nine vessels paying maiden voyage as a trailership There were no reported Injuries can be-used only for the purpose warned that the present policy of off during the period. They were when she arrived here and kicked aboard The Cabins although the of paying beneflts. Payments vydll the NLRB toward building trades the Evelyn, Emilia, Jean, Mae off the dispute. practices could banl^upt local begin when the fund totals $2 vessel herself received a 16-inch (Bull); CouncU Grove (Cities labor unions. The situation arose gash imher bow and a crack along million. The rest of the increase Service); Venore, Oremar, Marore will pay for the members' subscrip­ from a recent order to building and her port side.v The vessel Is now tion to their weekly newspaper. construction trades imions to stop (Marven) and the Alamar (Cal­ In Todd Shipyard for repairs. Sign Name On The Machinist"; cover the-cost of certain union practices or face stiff mar). Signing on were the Ven­ ore, Marore (Marven); 'J. Kufiibonding all lAM local and district penalties. In March, 1956, SchoeLOG Letters financial officers, and other special niann pointed out, the NLRB or­ kundis (Martls) and the Texmar For obvious reasons the LOG services provided to the locals. dered an El Paso local to refund (Calmar). cannot print any letters or all dues and assessihents collecteid In-transit vessels included the other communications sent in ^ 3) 3) The Philadelphia City Council in the previous 22 months from Steel Seafarer, Plymouth Victory, by Seafarers unless the author has passed a motiop requiring aU employees of a plumbing concern Steel Admiral (Isthmian); Morn­ signs his name. Unsigned contractors doing work for the city, because of an alleged closed shop. ing Light CVOaterman); Robin anonynjous letters will only to pay not only the prevailing Before this, he said, the Board had Gray, Robin Loqksley (Robin); wind up'in " the waste-basket. wage,^ut to pay prevailing fringe been issuing "cease and desist" or­ Alcoa Partner, Alcoa Ranger (Al­ If circumstances justify, the benefits and tO: maintain other ders for these practices, but never coa); Cubore, Venore (Marven) LOG will withhold a signature standard working, conditions. City orders to pay back all dues .and.as­ and the Natalie, (Intercontinen­ on r^uest •' • tal). ; Council Pi;esi(|fint .i^aipes said sessments, ir.' • ••.n' •'H'' IBL Studies Peace Plan In PR Beef LABOR ROUND-UP Cabins Sinks 2 NY Tugs; No Injuries Outlook Good In Baltimore il m / -iil '^1 ':Vi �r«c« Hs- SEAFARERS SUP Members Vote On 7-Monfh Rule ?S;-' March U, un LOa • ••• t J.' i'" • 1,. • • " ''iilAif-iki • --'fi , -v; u T. T'";v / : •: Cifc.' • /, 'i; r A. Kroll, Sailors Union, signs up to cast vote in referendum on ship­ ping rules. Looking on are committee members (I to r) Sam Beard, Les Morris, Alfred Ezergailes, Walter Gagrica. Members of the Sailors Union of the Pacific have cast a heavy vote thus far in the union's secret ballot referendum on the proposed 210-day time limit aboard ships. The voting got underway March 1 and"*will continue to the end of they hit port since the union is April in SUP headquarters eager to get the widest possible expression of opinion on the sub­ and all branches. The 210-day limit would replace ject. A two-thirds majority is the existing one-year rule in the needed to ratify. In announcing the start of the SUP. - It would require all crewmembers to leave the ships after referendum, SUP Secretary-Treas­ 210 days' continuous employment, urer Morris Weisberger declared, thus leaving a berth open for a re­ "The only way we can find out for sure what the membership wants placement to come off the beach. Another proposition on the bal­ is to put it on a secret ballot . . . lot calls for constitutional amend­ This (210 day rule) is something ments and shipping rule changes, entirely new in Sailors Union pol­ which have to be voted on secret icy. Consequently it is the duty of ballot according to'the SUP con­ each and every member to study stitution, to be voted on during the this proposition carefully . . ." SUP'S regular annual elections. This change would save the cost of repeated referendums during the year and dispose of any questions such as these during one voting period. The proposed 210-day rule was put on the ballot after consider­ able discussion at SUP membership meetings over the length of time DETROIT—A coordinated . or­ a Sailor should spend aboai-d ship ganizing drive in the IQ-ship Bowithout getting off. Union officials land and Cornelius fleet has been have made no recommendations kicked off by the SIU Great Lakes one way or another, leaving the District, the Masters, Mates and decision in the matter entirely up Pilots, and the Marine Engineers to the membership. Beneficial Association. Arrangements have been- made The campaign to organize the for SUP crews to vote as soon as Buffalo shipping firm was an­ nounced by the SIU Great Lakes District. It represents the first joint drive undertaken by unions affiliated with the AFL-CIO Marltime Trades Department since the Great Lakes organizing conference in February, Detroit is central (Continued from page 3) headquarters for the drive. Enough SIU men were fired to give Most of the B&C fleet is com­ the NMU a majority of the crew posed of self-unloaders that carry in the voting which followed. stone, coal, and chemicals. .."But this last trip, under NMU The SIU Great Lakes District certification, was just the opposite. also announced that it is planning "We had a few foul balls aboard," to move its headquarters from its "he said, "and inany of them would long-time location at 1038 Third not turn t© securing 6r to let go. Street. The move is part of a pro* There were a numbpr of logs ire- gram for modernizing and stream­ corded during the trip, but not one lining the entire Great Lakes oper­ guy was fired." ation. There was one thing which there was no shortage of, Novak noticed; and that was NMU representatives. Don't Send Your "Every time we would hit port Baggage COD they would come aboard and flood the ship with propaganda and what Seafarers are again warned not, but did nothing to enforce not to send their baggage COD their own contract. Many times to any Union hall. The Union we had some disputed OT, but cannot accept delivery - of any nothing would come of it. It got baggage where express charges so I didn't even bother trying for have not been prepaid. it this last trip, j , Men who send baggage COD -'I'm glad to ba dh ths beach to Union halls face the prospect for awhile," he said; "but I do of having to go to a lot of trou­ ; feel sorry for the vNMU men still ble and red tape with ;the Bail^ oil her. They don^KhjSWi what way Exiwess Co. . . . . Jthey ju-e Jnissing,'!.^.....^^,.,., vi •I 19-Ship Co. Target Of Lakes Drive mfW'" |5^: r"' • Is.v W;: 'ir ijsv: <\".h '• m- II a-,5?. .. . / ; "'H-L I T takes more than eleon decks and non-skid : point to moke the footing sofe on a ship. The^ proper type of footwear is onother factor in pre­ venting a nasty spill. • - - •- I ! ^ ''' - r-. .-r Shoes with crepe soles, or those with leather heels and steel toe plotes may be mighty styjiilr' 4., oshore, but they hove no ploce on the deck of a •• j'f-.iK ; • f.';.'' ship. Crepe rubber In particular is extremely dan­ gerous because It gefc slick as con be from the ' X : "'f'.!' slightest bit of moisturd underfoot. :i..v j vii'd •'•V NMU Pact Dead Loss ; Stick to the approved work shoes with non-skid,' • ^. '-j! soles and your chances of staying upright throughout the voyage will Improve considerably. , i-- .1 / ..1 C'^., ''F .• ? iViy'-'t-'-K i'l' 11/ .Ir: �iiird^ UI^S SEAFARERS ¥011 DOLLAR'S WORTH Seafarer's Guide To Better Buying By Sidney MargoHus Some Prjce-Cutting Here Moderate-tacome families are now able to buy some of the most popular smaft appliances and portable typewriters at cut prices. A number of leading manufacturers have announced they will no longer fix retail prices. (The makers who finally abandoned Fair Trade pricefixing included GE, Sunbeam, Toastmaster, and Royal.) For a wlxile in various large cities, the biggest discount houses and department stores had a price war. They weie selling $17 steam irons for $11, $15 coffee-makers for $10, $19 toasters for $13 and $40 clock radios for $28. But normally, you now can expect to buy any brand of such smkll appliances at discount of 20-25 percent from independent retailers, and 30-35 percent from the larger discount houses in big cities. Even before the hold-out manufacturers had abandoned Fair Trade, most other makers of small electric appliances had quit trying to stop re­ tailers from cutting prices. • ^ At one time, 45 states had Fair Trade laws permitting manufacturers to set retail prices on their prod­ ucts. Now only 31 states haye such laws Intact. But even in these states Fair Trade is-dead except on drugs, cosmetics and some hard­ ware items. The National Associa­ tion irf Retail Druggists now is asking Congress for a new national law to make such price fixing ef­ fective again. Rep. Oren H^is of Arkanus has introduced the'drug association's bill which would ma&e it illegal for a dealer to cut a price if the manufacturer advertised it or printed it on the item. Passage of this bill would end or drive underground many of the reduced prices on appliances and other goods. It would also enable drug manufacturers to continue to keep up the high prices of medi­ cines, such as brand-name anti­ biotics, which now often cost $10 to $20 for a prescription. iTear Of Price Cuts & all, this is * year of big price-cutting at the retail level, with Increasing pressure en manufacturers also to' reduce prices. Almost half the stores surveyed by one buying syndicate said they, would em^ phasize cut prices this year. But while the buyers' market is notice­ able in appliances, clothing and textiles, and to an increasing extent in furniture; rugs, some building mat^ials and tires, the big proWem keeping living costs up this year is the high price of food^ The Dun & Bradstreet wholesale food index actually had cUmbed by winter's end to a point eighfperceht higher than a year ago. The rise has been dpe mainly to the high'price of meat. Now speculators have taken advantage of the small potato crop,;iurther cut by the cold Florida weather last winter, to boost the price of this staple to the highest , it's been in the past six years. High fpod prices-on the one hand and declining wages on the other actually are forcing families tos curtail food consumption. In 1857, food prices rose 4.8 percent, and consumption dropped three percent. People have cut down on meat as prices rose 10 to 12 percent above last year's tags. April food costs will be a little easier than the recent winter "ordeal If you pick your values. "Fork and eggs especially will be-cheaper. But this is dhly a temporary recite before a new upsurge this summer. Here are tips on April buying opportunities: ^ , APPLIANCES: Reductions, on small appliances bring into easier reach the grpwingly-popular steam irons. These'hre generally dis­ placing dry irons as they can be used beth dry. and weti (The Sunbeam and GE steam irons just removed from price=fixing are among the most popular and highest-quality brands. Fixed prices had been aban­ doned-earlier on the popular Westlhghouse steam iron.) CARST Retail price-cutting on cars is widespread too. The dealers, have absorbed about half the four percent jump in manufacturers' suggested prices this year, so that the real increase over '57 is about two percent on the average. This will be further trimmed as manu­ facturers grant more "merchandising allowances" to dealers : to imload the current model$. ; v But there's also a. rise in sharp advertising practices, the Better Business Bureaus, reports. Prevailing techniques for fooling buyers are .. (1) advertising cars-at very low prices which aren't available or which the dealer has no intention of selling; (2) pressuring buye^rs to take higher-priced modeller loading cars with extras; (3) e^ggerating nrices to give .fictitiously high trade-in allowances. The recession noticeably is turning people towards the, lowest-priced models. So far this s%ar the Big Three—Chevvy, Ford and Plymouth -^have grabbed 61 percent of the market, with the medium-priced cars taking the worst beating. Last year by spring the'Big Three's -ahSre was 57 percent. _ _ The '58 Chevvy particularly is taking a big lead. Actually three out of ten cars sold so far this year, including all American makes, have been Che'wies. Despite the frequent complaints that US cars are Joo big, the public seems to want jumbo models. They.make driving more of an adventiure. Last year Ford and Plymouth were the biggest of the popular-price makes and jumped up in sales: But the other success story this year is the increasing popularity of the smaUest car—the Rambler. So far this-year. Rambler has more than doubled iU 1957 sales, A big car doesn't-necessarily provide maximum responsiveness, or, of course, best, gas mlleagu On a horsepower-per-pound .basis, the , , Chewy.,Six rates high. But among the eights, Plymouth rates highest, |!- jgit||, Bojrd ,a^^ high power per pbuhd. LOG Fare Seretf Kings Pt. Fights Civilian Status WASHINGTON—Two years of permanent status on a par with Annapolis and West Point have by no means ended the stormy debates over the functions of the US Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, Long Island, NY. Academy staff members of the Mari­ time Service are battling vari-.^ ous biUs before Congress which would, class them as civil service employees and include in their pay the tax-free allow­ ances they now receive. They are also suing for back pay, calling for restoration of former rank follow­ ing a "demotion program." Bills to impose civilian status have been introduced by Rep. Her­ bert C. Bonner, chairman of the Hoqse Merchant Marine Commit­ tee, and Senator Warren Magunson, who chairs the. Senate Foreign Commerce Committee. The bills have the backing of the Maritime Administration which contends that the Academy should be 'civilian in­ stead of quasi-military, because it is training men for civilian mer­ chant service. Closing Considered. Back in 1953, the Maritime Ad­ ministration gave serious consid­ eration to closing Kings Point, when questions were raised as to Somi-military status of Kings Point is exemplified by uniforms, the justification for a Governmentclose-order drill and gunnery- training. supported maritime oificers' school. A reprieve was gained for the school by its influential alumni as­ duties were reported as 'insuffi­ large 'pool of ships' officer mate­ rial available. sociation, and less-costly training ciently clear to be classified'." A 1954 Maritime Administration Kings Point ha* been attacked programs for unlicensed men were in the past by the SIU, and the survey showed that only 642 out of eliminated instead. Since then, and especially after AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Depart­ 4,441 men who graduated from Congress gave the school perma­ ment as an unnecessary diversion Kings Point during the years 1945 nent status in 1956, Kings Point has of maritime funds. The Union has to 1953 were actually serving on been a haven for officer personnel argued that except in cases of ex­ merchant shipsi By contrast, 884 of Navy rank. It is stUl very much treme emergency, there has always were in the Navy and the rest in an annex of Annapolis although been a glut of licensed officers shoreside jobs, although trained at available for the constantly-shrink­ taxpayer expense to serve in the ing US merchant fleet. Consequent­ merchant marine. ly, it can hardly absorb the Kings It was pointed cut at the time Point graduates, and the evidence that there was no way in which the is clear that only a small percent-, Government could compel a Kings age of Kings Pointers actually go Point graduate to stay in merchant into merchant service anyway. service. 'llie Union has also maintained The study also noted that of the that academy graduates lack the operators queried, "the majority essentials of sea-going experience advised that men up from the ranks offered by men who obtain licenses were better in matters relating to "out of the foc'sle." practical routine, handling of the The National Maritime Union crew and ship maintenance* . . . maintained a similar position until Kings Point runs the risk of too 1952 and then reversed itself; ap­ much Naval science and military parently under pressure from US ceremony thereby making its grad­ Lines and other large subsidized uates less .adaptable to merchant operators who prefer to have a vessel routine . . ." •?- J' -F.I its stated purpose is to traih^ivilian officers for the privately-op­ erated merchant marine. Accord­ ingly, the staff of the school has enjoyed a number of Navy-type privileges, including assorted taxfree allowances and exemption from civil service regulations. The seini-military nature of the ostensibly civilian academy is shown by the fa<;t that its staff is composed of 205 officers and petty officers and only 19 seamen. Four officers of "flag" rank—an admiral and three captains—are included in the 205-officer figure. Thfre is also a heavy sprinkling of com­ manders, lieutenant' commanders, lieutenants, lieutenants (jg), ensigns and warrant officers, aside from petty officers of various rat­ ings. 'This is an improvement over the situation four years ago," a story in the "New York Herald Tribune" pointed out. "A survey quietly conducted by the Maritime Admin­ istration at thaftime found there, were no seamen at aU. "The surveyors found that three dishwashers were petty officers second class. The man who cleaned the heads," the paper continued, "was a petty officer fii-st class. The laborers who set up the stands and mowed, the grass in the TootbaR field were also first claSs petty ^ Don't Call Us Pirates,' Tax-Dodge Co's Demand Protesting that they are true Americans, owners of'run­ away-flag tanker, ore and trarhp fleets are objecting to being identified as "pirates" in critical remarks from shipowners under legitimate maritme^ flags. Accordingly, the New other aids given by foreign ship­ York press has reported that ping governments to their fleets. the runaways are planning a coun­ At the present time, the Ameri­ ter-attack against implications that can-owned Liberian - Panamanian there is something tainted about fleet consists of close to nine mil­ dodging US taxes, as well as man­ lion tons of shipping. ning regulations, feeding provi­ sions, safety standards and wage scales of both US and foreign mari­ Movins? Notify time nations. Siy, Welfare One unidentified spokesman de­ clared that the complaints were in­ Seafarers and _SIU families spired by foreign-flag maritime na­ who apply for inaternity, hos­ tions. "They just don't want an pital or surgical benefits from American merchant marine" was the. Welfare Plan are urged to the way he put it, thus identifying keep the Union or the Wel­ the runaway flag shipowners as fare Plan advised of any true-blue patriots. changes of address while their Part of the runaways' strategy, applications are being proc­ or so the -story goes, will be to ar­ essed. Although payments are gue that^ there is nothing vvirrong often ' made by^ return mail, with a policy oflising the Liberian changes of address (or iUegible or Panamanian flag because It per­ return addresses) delay them mits owners to operate "without too when checks or "baby bonds" much government Interference," as are returned. Those who are the news story put it. That in­ moving or plan to move are cludes "the avoidance of heavy advised to immediately notify taxes." SIU headquarters or the WeiThe runawajre'. answer^ to. the fare Pian,*^t 11 Broadway. New charges Is "you're another," point­ York, NY. ing to depreciation allowaiices i^d 'iFl �r*ge Eight S EA PA RERS L OG Mwdhi |gg, 195t ./ T HAT WANDERING DREDGE, the Sandcoptam, is back in New York_ harbor again after a iengthy sojurn in Venezuela.'This time, the SlU-manned vessel is occupied in the reconstruction of the Atlantic Basin terminal in Brook­ lyn, port of on ambitious program by the Poi't of New York Authority involv^ ing the rebuilding of a stretch of Brook­ lyn waterfront from the Brooklyn Bridge all the way down to Red Hook. On its lost outing, the Sondcoptain was involved in the dredging of a deepwater channel for tankers to enable thert to enter Lake Maracaibo, Vene­ zuela. Before that, back in 1951-52, it and two sister ships participated in the construction of. the New Jersey Turn- '• I#' : 'S" • -11;: Now the ship shuttles between Am­ brose Channel and Atlantfc Basin,' dredging sOnd and depositing it at the pier site as fill to support the new I I''-{ ' '• •'-'W Pier 10. ir' 1 r-',/ IH .1^ Back from a "trip" out Coney Island way, the Sandcaptain prepares to tie up at Atlantic Basin-. Carl Peterson, AB, does the honors with the heaving line. / ! 'iil ' -I P '•<: '< . V •• •; IJ-l'v"'. - • ' .' . V II*"''-''-' /.« - 'li , > •r-^ • ' . 'V - • |)L< <Vi.-. .; Herb Libby, AB, keeps watch as loaded bins ate flooded at pief site. Mixture of.sand and water is then ejected, with sand settling to provide footing for pier. Section of one of the vessel's bins shown emptying load of sand. Pipe can from bin; I- 'V ',,'. \/ h^. I'^S' .- I,'-''t; While fill is put ai for new piers, cranes are at work-demolishing existihg^tructures. V, ich.-were;:3do^':>? iThree dc from rai] �... />: Jlprch 2S, 19SS ^SEAFARBRS:j.OC i Pace Nine "^1 Rebuilding .'.f •..TH-'' • • ' -> v^'-• -^I'. 'y'h- ---i: ,.: v^'';3<vvJC •_: Rigging on davit gets attention from three deck gang Seafarers.^, Waterfroiit hr "Jy'I' •r • iij. ^ ^ 'C • 1:., . •-5"- • 3v - ^ ;.j ;| i' ~ . 'X' •* -'" , i' K5sf >1 'I '-•< ll '• I-' r'a--- • 'S- ^ i--\ . rAV -"'^r --'s, i -f -'i; :b ;'-Avi'ls .. '" ' I , •': • 1. • • -/"?•• .' v^'.. ^ •- '• • . v"- "*^.• •'/ - \ 'V Tf\ •" ' -• • V-^" - ': .•.--; ^ ' t** • ' •*' 'ii;,''-- - I'l, ! ' T •'"' . :'*' - ' • • ' vC. v^v- .^:^v. ••- V ..x-< Frank Prezalar, chief cook, defies cold in T-shirt. •Ji *• I •'1 ;J V ies sand and water mixure under pressure. r-MtX Artist's rendering shows how ^Atlantic Basin will look when construction is fin­ ished. Sandcaptain is working on Pier 10 (top, left). Andy Messana (right) checks off stores delivery against order list. M-< -^1 "-1 •i .'I » |j5k gang members chip iceafter winter stonn.^^^^;.^ (-• " R. Kdrner, ship's welder, makes re- pair on section cfftSunJ^,|)ipe.^ rv5®v^ James Terry,, pantryman, ait work in ship. : - P. Daniels, AB, looks out toward **sea"—in tiiis.case, l^ew York Bay, 4/ , �Pure Ten SEAFAttERS LOG Build Tankers Or Pay Penally, MA VIarns Victory Carriers WASHINGTON—Efforts by the Onassis and Niarchos interests to postpone construction of two 105,000-tonne^s and several smaller tankers have been balked by the Maritime Admin­ istration. Memba-s of the House Merchant Marine Conunittee announced that the Govern­ ment's shipping agency has re-^ fused to let the operators put ing, Onassis does not "own" Vic­ with the Income the ships earned tory'Carriers since a trust fund haa during the Suez crisis, members of off the new construction, ahd been established in the name of Congress could be expected to has notified them that they must probe the deal If construction is build or pay the penalty. The Con­ his minor children who are US citi­ dropped. zens. -gressmen said that unless the op­ Onassis now apparently has the The original deal permitted On­ erators comply, the matter will be alternative of building the ships assis to transfer 12 tankers and Investigated by the committee.' or abandoning the project and pay­ two Libertys to runaway registry, The agreement to build new ing the Government an $8 million all of them before the Suez crisis American-fiag tonnage was part of "penalty" for non-performance of in November, 1956. All of the an arrangement in which the Gov­ the original contracts. Since the Onassis ships were manned by Sea­ ernment permitted the Onassis in­ penalty would be 'small compared farers. terests to transfer 12 tankers and two Libertys t<y runaway registry. Onassis' ships tire still under for­ eign flag, but other Libertys trans­ ferred foreign" are clamoring to come back under American regis­ try and get a crack at 50-50 cargo. Within the last two 'weeks, the QUESTION: What is the most popular topic of shipboard bull ses­ Maritime Administration has ap­ sions? proved requests by their owners to put the Libertys Pegor and Penn F. DeBeanmont, carpenter: With Trader back under the American Cal Wilson, bosun: It seems to flag and to man them with Ameri­ a group of men, what else—women. me that they are either talking can seamen. The Maritime Admin­ By the time they about the last istration has also okayed an appli­ exhaust their var­ ship they were cation for a flag change submitted ious experiences on, or how the by the owners cf the Wanda, a in the different next trip will be tanker converted into a dry cargo ports of the better. This Is ahip. ^ world the trip is after they have Marltime's refusal to let the op­ usually over. But had their fUl talk­ erators postpone construction of if there is time, ing about women. the two supers and the smaller they enjoy a good The ports on-the tankers came to light a few days argument about itinerary and the after members of the House Mer­ sports and what­ various spots to chant Marine Committee had pro­ ever news they get over the radio. bit in them come in for plenty of tested to the Maritime Administra­ discussion, William Royes, FWT: Outside of tion against granting permission $ t for the delay, and the possible canr the usual conversations concerning David C. Aiehia, chief cook: women, the next cellation of the ships. Earlier It While on ship the men usually talk subject is gen­ was learned that Maritime Admin­ about women and erally how ship­ istrator Clarence G.. Morsfe was p o k e r. While ping ' Is ashore. weighing a decision on the -"post­ ashore th^ talk After that they ponement." about ships {md throw the bull The fall In tanker rates r^as said poker.'Me, I like to be chief reason the operators about everything to talk about and anything. made their move. This was cou­ , poker. But V we Every ship has its pled with Gbvermhent' restrictions also gab a - lot "experts" in on US oil imports largely from a b 0 u t baseball, every field, and the Persian Gulf, which is the only the prize jEights trade that could be really profit­ you can always ^et "expert" hdvice and lOther sports. about anything in the world. able fw the large oil carriers. it •' it it The proposal drew hea^ fire $ Cecil- Rush, chief pantryman: Brannstein, bosun: I think from Congressmen who were criti­ cal of the construction arrange­ the Union is the main topic of con­ There is always a lot of talk, about the Union. The ments and of a Government settle­ versation when shoreside activi­ ment that had been signed With they are not talk­ ties of our Union Onassis over the ownership of Vic­ ing about women; like the health tory Carriers Inc. and other Onas- They discuss the centers are al­ sis-owned fleets. Technically speak­ contract, differ­ ences between ways mentioned other unions, and and discussed as usually how con­ are the other ditions are welfare benefits aboard the ship we have. After they are on. It that I would say seems they were always better oii that sports takes up most of the BOSTON—-Prudential Life In­ soihe other ship. gab time among the crews. surance Company has announced it will gp ahead with plans to build a skyscraper development project in the Back Bay area. The company held off starting the pro­ gram until they i received assur­ ances from Mayor Hynes and other city officials that they would aid in getting Jhe company favor­ SAN FRANClSCiO—In a move to facUitate the settling of able tax rates during the project!s shipboard beefs among the large steward departihents on first 17 years. The men on the'' beach here are the West Coast passenger liners, Marine Cooks and Stewards looking forward to watching the Union patrolmen are now coming basebsdl season in style, Golden Gate. Within half an hour reports James Sheehan, port agent. boarding the vessels while after the vessel had docked, nearly The -new television set was de­ they are still in the stream. all of the union business in the livered this week and all are "side­ In this way, MCS Secretary-Treas­ steward department had, been walk superintendents" concern-, urer Ed Tomer announced, most of square'd away. : ing where the shelf for the s^ the beefs will be settled before the ; The. system will be expanded. Vessel is berthed and the members Turner said, depending on vf^ather should be placed. It was a fa^shipping period but will be able to avalL themselves of conditions and Government reg­ the outlook is not top good. The the limited time off available, to ulations. No persons will be alport had the Bents Fort, Cantigny them. The fast turnaround on pas­ loweckon the servicing launch who and Government Camp (Cities senger ships makes shore leave .do not have proper clearance and jServiCe) paying off and signing time precious. who are not assigned to the vessel on during the last peidod. The The new system went into effect by the union. Turner compliment­ ilobin Kirk. (Robin) was also in when San Francisco Dispatcher ed the Customs men for their co^ port for servicing over thh last Pete Bianchi and Patrolman Tony operation in allowing the union of­ weekend. All of the vessels were Brancont boarded the SS Matsonia ficials aboard the vowels in the icpiS^d in good shape, shortly -after she' entered the stream. March 28, 1958 STISL ADMIRAL (ItHimlan), Stb. as—Chairman, H. Orlando; Saeratary, S. Homka. SUp'B dalagata elected. Coffee lira valve to bo repaired. Check on ahlp'a repalra rrom prevloua voyage. March t—Chairman,' J. Kramar; Saeratary, H. Orlando. Sverythlng running amoothly. Submit repair llsti before arrival. Hate to obtain blackout curtalna for tneaahaU port holea. Vota of thanka to ateward dept. for lob- weU done. Empty pocketa liefora placing clothea In waahing znAchillea STBIL TRAVRLIR (lathmlan), Sab. S—Chairman, H. Pruga; Saeratary, P. Tampol. Faw minor baafs. One woifeaway SIU man pickad up In Calcutta. C^' %• $1 Boston Gets Skyscraper MCS Patrolmen Board Lii^rs In Stream, Boost Port Time :an>- CABINS (Taxai), Pabruary 14 — Chairman, J. Naih; Saeratary, J. N. Atchison. Soma disputed ot. $8 In ship's fund. Motion made to keep officers from socializing in the crews' meaaroom unnecessarily. 15 yes, 4 no. To see patrolman about remarks made by chief and 1st eng. that delegates don't last long on this trip. PLYMOUTH VICTORY (Isthmian), Pabruary 9—Chairman, P. Pullbrlght; Saeratary, P. Lutaman. Hembera re­ quested to dress properly when enter­ ing mesthaU. Vote ot thenlu to crew from ship's delegate; Some disputed ot. Foc'sles have not been sougeed. hntlea of each dept. to keep laundry and recreation room clean. Vote of thanke to ateward dept. .on preparing holiday meals. TOPA TOPA (Waterman), March 9— Chairman, B. M. -Festar; Saeratary, L. B. Wing. Everything running emoothly. Repairs to be made. Mem­ bers cautioned about boss on washing machine wringer frame e'dge; when pushed against it it cuts hose. Hot water heater to he fixed. IQIIIRING SEAFARER $1 nlng amoothly. $87 In ahlp'a fund. Crew to turn In aU excesa linen, and keep mesahaU clean. Gift of cuff links and waUet . given to steward by unllcenaed personnel for cooperation In showing movies at sea. DOROTHY (Bull), March $-Chelrmsn, Slmpkins; Secretary, Little. Re­ pair list submitted. Everything run­ ning amoothly. To have patrolman check medical suppUes. Vote of thanka to steward dept. Request rigging awning back aft. Ship's fund $14. Bnglna dept. crew's quarters to bo cleaned up before arrival In port. Patrolman asked not to accept beefs unless clssred through meetings, excepting If beef occurs batwaan now and pay-off. Beefs to be Ironed out below Instead of taking them top side. Ship needs fumigating. ALCOA PILGRIM (Alcoa), March 1 <^halrman, W. Mastangar; Saeratary, J. Robinson. New delegate, treaiurer and reporter elected. Pantry to ba kept clean. Obtain amaU ahlp'a fund from arrival pool In Beirut—based on first bell after pilot comes aboard. Report accepted. AFOUNDRIA (Waterman), Fab. 14— Chairman, W. link; Iscratary, N. JIartlaH. Ship's fund $11. Repair UsU to be turned in. EMd pads to be put on galley decks. CHARLES e. DUNAIF (Colonial), March 3—Chairman, P. LaPlant; Seerotary, W. Stephens. Avoid unnece» sary noise so off-watch crewmen can seat between watches. ITRBL ADVOCAVI (Isthmian), March 1—Chairman, O. Arndt; Secre­ tary, W. Jenkins. Some disputed ot. See captain about eougeelng messrooms and hospital: light# on afterhouse. Men on watch ba given time to maXb coffee before crew la called. DEL SANTOS (MIti.), March S — Chairman, B. Hans; Secretary, J;' Crawford. Ship's fund $21. Few hours disputed ot. Motion to have meeting with patrolman before payoff. See patrolman about speaker system for galley from saloon mess. Vote of thanks to ateward for Job weU done. See patrolman about freah vegetables and better grade of stores. •OCRANSTAR (Triten), Jan. 11 Chairman, S. Mangold; Saeratary, L. Santa Ana. No beefs. Contact patrol­ man ra: iransportatisn for men who Joined ship In BB. Repair Uat aubmitted. IDEAL X (Pan-Atiantis), .March IS— Chairman, W. Christian; Secretary, A. Wilson. No beefs. Discussed payoff procedure. Some disputed ot. Vote of thanke to steward dept. General discussion about linen, cups, eleanlU ness. -- COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Service), Feb. 14—Chairman, B. Reed; Secre­ tary, H. Johnson. Ship's delegate elected. Three men getting off. ORION STAR (Orion), March 9— Menus to-be tyrped for eachetable; two for each table. See engineer about, Chalnnen, R. Henke; Secretary, R. Mills. Galley was sougeed and painted. rusty water. Capt. to order FaU Man cigarettes. fund 5360 yen. Some disputed STEEL ROVER atthmlan), Feb. 14 Ship's ot. Motion to get Union Uterature —Chairmen, T. Gasper; Secretary, F. Savola. Ship's fund $20. Few hours and Instructiops on unionism, also history llterat-iife. Vote of ihsuks' disputed ot. One man missed ship. SIU steward dept. for mentu and good' Vote of thanks to steward dept. for - to food; also to delegate for fine Job. Job well' doi;e. No l-OGs received. SEAMAR (Calmer), March' 9>-4;halrVALLRY FORGE (Peninsular), F. Myatt; Secretary, J. EichanMarch l-;<lMlrman, J. Brown; Secre­ . man, berg. Ship, to go into shipyard. One tary, J. Morton. Repairs tb be made. man ship, obtained YeplaceTwo men hospitalized In Rotterdam. .ment. miased crew aboard. Ship's fund Stored up. for Far East trip. Rooms $11.50. Good Motion have pension plan to be painted. XeavJ Union literature on sea. time—^no' to, on bulletin board. Few hours dis­ on pension plan. age limit. Discu^on puted ot. Requested Sparks to get Union news If possible. Request cap­ •SEATRAIN GEORGIA (Seatrain), tain- put out draws every five days. March Sir Charles; Sac; THscussion on 4 to 8 watch's sanitary rgtary, ll—Chairman, A." Lambart,' $26.70 In ship's work. Steward reported oh extra fund. Reports accepted. To see about stores; capt. refused soihe tropical telephone booths. HesshaU to be fruits. To start ship's fund. Discus-'' pay apugeed, fans to be cleaned, wind sion on neglecting to. perform duties. scoops be repaired as soon as pos­ Vota of thanks to Robin Liqe men sible.' to Members requested to return' for victory. Handles on life boats torn Unen. should be secured to davits. Vote of thanks, to steward dept. ; ClTRuS^FACieER (Waterman), Fsb-G ruary 9—Chairman, L. Kyser; Secre­ KYSKA (Watarman),' Pabruary 9— tary, W. E. Harper. Some disputed ot. Chairman, S. Alpado; Saeratary, J. To see patrolman about repair of cat':, Bargstrom. Smooth voyage and no wal^. Request for crew to keep messbeefs. Port time in'Oakland, foUow- room ahd laundry more shipshape ' Ing port payoff questionable, original after use. Vote of thanks To steward: ~ payoff in Portland—settle with pa­ department for fine food and service. trolman at payoff. Motion to - post communications at once. Motion to. fTEEL eeiENTIST (Isthmuhv.March move hospital from after house on 11—Chairman, C. Bush; Secretary, P. C-2's and use space for engine watch S. Omega. Repairs made. $85 in foc'de. .New delegate elected. Vote ship's Reports accepted. Sug­ of thanks to previous delegate for Job gestionfund. made that arrival pool should weU done. Motion to start ship's fund be conducted for phone calls, stamps and. other «nd Manila. between San BYahcisco Items. Voted down, passagways and quarters to be sougeed. Check foc'sles CITRUS PACKER (Waterman), March for fans—no spare on ship. Vote of 9—Chairman, J. Dunlop; Secretary, C.. thanka to ateward dept. ^ Rawllngs.. Everything running smooth-ly. S9 in'ship's fund. Sqme disputed DEL BANTOS (MittlstlppI), Febru­ ot. Vote of thanks to carpenter tor' ary 14—Chairman, R. O. Hawaii; Sec­ fixing laundry room. Vote of thanks retary, J. A. Crawford, Jr. No beefa. from steward to'hU entire dept.. for $ZS in ship's fund. Several men con­ making this one of the best voyages tinued, to foul up after being warned ever made. • ^ .to straighten out. Request that vege­ tables bo cleaned someplace besides In ' FLORIDA STATE (Pohca Products), recreation room; dump garbage aft; March 14 — Chairman, J. A. Leslie; return books to' library. Vota. of Bacratary, C. L. Raulersen. Repair thanka to ateward dept. for improved list checked; $16.85 In .ship's fund. chow. , Patrolman to see captalq about water cooler. ; KATHRYN (BUH), March IS—Chair­ man, W. OrHs; Secrslary, P. Nokllchl. No beef a. Some disputed ot. Eng. room door to be repaired. Complaint about, captain keeping things lacked up and Kiiot with purchased artlclea from foreign ports. Discussion on custom-declarations. Deck dept. needs extra keys for bathrooms. Wash water dUty—turns clottie'a yellow-'Electrician wants wiper to distrlbut* linen. Porthole In messroom leaks. Repair list to fas mads up and gubmlttgd tb patrolman. YOUNa AMIRIC'A (Waterman), March P-Chalrman, A. Land; lecrSfary, JN. Hatglmisles. Everything ruif- INBS (Bull), . March 14—Chairman, B. Holtz; SSeratary/ L: ' Savler. Con­ tact. union about subsistence and lodging—^purser claims meals only. Ship's fund 815. Reports accepted. Check parte tor washing machine Card players to clean up after game; Steward to order- cots for next trip.Vot« of thanks to steward dept. LUeiLS BtOA.MF!ELD (Bleemfleid); February a—chalrman, g, c. Goings; saeratary, T. J. Schuiti. No beefs. No duputed ot. One man hoapttallzed In ^Qalidum. Captain agreed to die- , tribute ahlp'a schedules as soon as received. RIop chest to be added. •s-.i-.i..-. . :.'C ' r..t.• •",:,;,d-: �March U. 195S ' ' ' SiEAPARERS LOG •Batk fit The Picture' Face Eleroi Senate Report A Smear On US Unions-Meany AFL-CIO President George Meany has charged the re­ port of the Senate Select Committee on Improper Activities in the LaborrManagement Field with being anti-labor on its broad charges against unions. He said that it was a "dis­ $10,000,000 allegedly stolen from graceful example of the use of union funds cannot be Justified by sensationalism in an attempt to smear the trade union movement." In reviewing the long awaited report, Meany said that the com­ mittee's findings did not justify its conclusions and that the evi­ dence uncovered could not support its charges. "Anti-labor bias is in­ herent in the broad, unsubstantiat­ ed charges the committee hurls at the entire labor movement. "The headline-catching figure of Rail, Truck Van Run Set By Seairain Portugal Co. Eyes'Super' Liner Trade After sailing for a year or more on Eobin ships to fight off a National Maritime Union raid, Seafarers on those vessels already certified to the Union have more than one reason to be happy about getting bacH under the SIU banner. Naturally, they are gratified that their efforts have saved these ships and jobs for the SIU. They are also pleased that they are now being properly compensated for their work in contrast to the "free overtime" they had to donate to the com­ pany imder th6 inferior NMU contract. The case of the Robin Kirk, reported on page two of this is­ sue, points up the difference, plus the desirability of getting sound Union representation at the point of production, with­ out delays and buck passing. By contrast, the experience of a -Seafarer aboard the Robin Mowbray, the one ship in the fleet taken by the NMU, underscores the differences between the two o^anizations and the reasons why Seafarers on the Robin Line ships voted SIU despite the heaviest pressures from the other side. What it proves is that you can't sell seamen a second-rate contract if you want to win their allegiance. That's something that the NMU would do well to ponder. ROTTERDAM—A tentative "or­ der" for four giant passenger liners of 120,000 tons each has reported­ ly been placed with a major Dutch shipyard by a newly-formed com­ pany known as the Amerlcan-EuYope Line. The ships would oporate under ^he Portuguese flag. The proposed vessels will dwarf everything else afloat, with accom­ modations for 10,000 passengers each. The financing would report­ edly call for an investment esti­ mated at $840 million. In terms of size, the ships would • t i be almost 50 percent bigger and over 150 feet longer than the Queen Elizabeth. The three-class Elizabeth carries 2,315 passengers The confidence exuded by Administration spokesmen in and a crew of 1,100. The AmericanEurope Line ships would have Washington, contrasting sharply with the most optimistic 8,000 cabins and a fare somewhat under the current tourist class rate. forecasts by Goverhriaeht economists, still offers no help for Plans of the new company paral­ the nation's five to six million unemployed workers and their lel those of American hdtelman families. It takes more than confidence to feed and shelter K B. Cantor for two slightly small^ the average family of four, even for those fully employed er transatlantic liners in the same tourist trade. Cantor has been try­ all year round. ing unsuccessfully to secure a Fed­ Those of the jobless fortjmate enough to still have some eral construction ^bsidy to help form of benefits coming in are again only slightly better off build hU proposed "floating hotels" thim the thousands who long ago exhausted their meager ra­ for US-flag operation. If the plans of the Americkn-£u- tions of state aid and others who never got any. rope Line materialize, they would Complicated as the situation is, especially^ when the slowpretty woU sew up the transatlantic moving processes of Government even in normal times is^contourist trade tSr foreign-flag opera­ tors. 7^e growing demand for this sidered, it is clear that if thcsre ever was a time for action, re­ type of travel has interested only sponsive to the economic picture right how, this is it. As one one American bhtiy, American ban­ Senator has noted, the time has long passed for lofty debate ner Une, . which is readying one "18,fl<)Q-ton ahlp to go.iiito thhi serv- <m "cure-«lls" ^5uch as cuts in;excise taxes on Cadillacs or Cadillacs For Bread-Llnes ^ Ice later this year/* I' safe deposit boxes. • t - Seatrain Lines, forerunner in transporting loaded railroad cars by sea, has announced its intention to extend its seiwice to carrying loaded trucks in the near future. "Seamobile," as the new service is called by th$ company, is ex­ pected to start operations by mid­ year. It will combine the features of low-cost water transportation with door-to-door delivery service in containers by highway or rail­ road. Although the new service will continue to use present Seatrain vessels, the cargoes will be carried in specially-constructed containers. These containers, which come in two sizes, can be transferred read­ ily between Seatrain ships, rail­ road cars and highway trailer rigs. The new program is expected to offer greater flexibility to the com­ pany's operations, as the vessels will be able to carry both conven­ tional box cars and-truck trailers loaded on flatcars. As the con­ tainers are unloaded, they can he shipped Inland by rail and then re­ moved and hauled by truek to their final destination. Seattle Slow SEATTLE—^There is not much to report on the shipping side from this port. The Fairport (Water­ man) was the only vessel paying off and signing on during the pe­ riod while all of the in-transit business, was supplied by the Losmar and the Yorkmar (Calmar). Pick Up 'Shot' Card At Payoff Seafarers who have taken the series of inoculations required for certain foreign voyages are reminded to be sure to pick up their inoculation cards from the captain or the purser when they pay off at the end of- a voyage. The card should be picked up by the Seafarer and held so that it can be presented when sign­ ing on for another voyage where the "shots" are required. The inoculation card is your only proof of hayiiig taken the re­ quired shots. Those men who forget to pick up their inoculation card when they pay off may find that they are required to take all the "shots" again when they want .to sign on-for anotiier such voy- the record of the coihmittee's hear­ ings." "In sum," Meany said, "we find the committee's report little more than a publicity seeking document." Also supporting Meany's de­ nouncement of the report was Sen­ ator Pat McNamara (D-Mich.), a committee member. McNamara re­ fused to sign the report stating that while there was much in it with which he generally agreed, "it is with the findings and concinsiona of the committee that I must, in good conscience, vigorously dis­ agree. "The over-all effect of this re­ port, it seems to me, is to frame a blanket indictment against the la< bor movement." The crew of the Young America decided to do more than offer a vote of thanks for the effort put into the vessel's movie program by steward Nicho­ las Hatgiinisios. So the members presented the steward with cuff links and a wal­ let as a token of Hatimisios their apprecia­ tion. Hatgimisios would go to no end, the report said, to get good movies and show them at night while at sea. t i> J" . 4 4 4 4 4• 4 "Feeding has been 100 percent better this trip" is the report from the Mankato Victory. And all of the praise is due to the fine stew­ ard department on board. Votes of thanks were given to Antonio Schiavone, chief cook; Theodoro Diangson, baker, and _ Benigno Bantista. chief steward. ^ Seafarers on the Del Norte have voted to give an additional $10 from the ship's fund to an or­ phan's cause in Braril. This brings the total contribution from the ship to this cause to $200. In addition to this, the crew gave a sound vote of thanks to chief baker Emiliano A. Ducnsin. But the vote was ndt only for his top rate baking, but, also' his "fine productions." Although they were not classi­ fied as productions, the crew of the SS Topa Topa showed their appreciaton at the last meeting with a vote of thanks to chief Cook D. M. Ravosta for his "delicious pizza pie." , "Votes of thanks to the cooks and stewards for fine meals and service" were given by the crews of the Marymar, Del Viento, Morn­ ing Light, Steel King, Kyska, An­ gelina, Alcoa Patriot, Pacific Cloud, Seatrain New York, Valley Forge and the Steel Vendor, to mention just a few. "No beefs, outside of a few dis- ^ puted hours of overtime," is the report from the three departments on the Hastings, while the dele­ gates on the A^coa Corsair went one further, "no beefs, no disputed , "• ''.r 1 •J .-^1 �•--r..^-. '.-y.-"••" SEAFARERS Far* Tirdhm ^ m- Days Gone By Ti^' LOG-A-RHYTHMS Sunset 1'^ • llv. 1^:;, irrf'-'''"/ l^y-: By L C. Welsbrot I am restless. And I know not why; I see a gloriovw sunset Upon a rainbow sky. The quiet seas, and all beauty Fill the air. . The world's at peace, j And peace is everywhere. W&WSS:: I think of how we parted. And the special reason why. She said I had a choice to make "Give up the ships or me; "JCause I don't want the man I love "Always out at sea." :''v-.?'•. -•r'y. :- She hung her head in sorrow. She knew what I would say: "I'll never give up sailing "Even though we part today." : a> The Iceberg 3i First Love By David Grossman As the ship sails today And ! watch the sea roll by. ^ pnofos ^ ^fo/zies ibPTtzY By M. Dwyer She stands alone Mid cold and frost, A sight to gaze upon; Here massive strength none can compare As silent gulls pass on. Destruction seems her only wh^m. In day or darkest night; A ship that rams her mighty hulk Too soon is lost from sight. Oh many a story she could tell. Of ships she has destroyed; ^ Though men test their Mil and courage. Her grasp, cannot avoid. ;.C-^' She recalls the great Titanic, And a light they couldn't see; She's heard the cries of drowning men Mid strains of "Nearer My God, to Thee." jlend'em&fle SlU, AEG District BALTIMOBE 1218 E. Baltimore St. Earl Sbeppard. Agent EArt®™ BOOTON 276 State St. James Sheehan. Agent Richmond 2^0140 HOUSTON... 4202 Canal St. Robert Matthews. Agent Capital 3.4089: 3.4080 LAKE CHARLES, La.. . M19 Ryan St Leroy Clarke, Agent HEmlock 6.8744 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Cal Tanner. Agent HEmlock 2.1754 MORGAN CITY 912 Front St. •Tom Gould. Agent Jf""??, 'L? NEW ORLEANS S23 BienvUle St. Lindsey WjUiams. Agent Tulane 8626 NEW YOi«r 675 ««. ^e..^Bro^ MONTREAL 634 SL James St. West PLatean 8161 FORT WILLIAM 408 Simpson St. Ontario Phone: 3-3221 PORT COLBORNE 103 Durham St. Ontario Phone; 5591 TORONTO. "^Ontario 872 King St. E. EMplre 4-5719 VICTORIA. BC eirvk Cormorant St. EMpira. 4531 Fireman's Dream Walt ' Bentkowski submitted these photos in the hope of hearing from the boys pic­ tured. At top, Al Ihrig and friends on a Caribbean trip of the Montebelio fHills in Nov., 1947. Below, Jack "Whiskey" Berger {left] and Leonard Stout in Frisco that year off the Calmar. Bentkowski lives at 2537 Grafton Drive, Cornwell Hts., Pa. VANCOUVER. BC 298 Main St. Pacific 3468 SYDNEY. NS............304 Charlotte St. Phone: 6346 BAGOTVILLB. Qnebeo. 20 Elgin St. Phone: 545 THOROLD. Ontario.,... 52 St. Davids St. CAnal 7-3202 QUEBEC 44 6ault-au-Matelot Quebee Phone; 3-1569 SAINT JOHN 177 Prince WUUam St. NB OX 2-8431 —By Seafarer K. Rankonen Ki:' • 16 Merchant St. Phone 5-8777 PORTLAND 211 SW Clay St. CApital 3-4336 RICHMOND. CaUf... 510 Macdonald Ave. BEacon 2-0925 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-8363 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Main G290 WILMINGTON 505 Marine Ave. Terminal 4-3131 NEW VOP.K. ... 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYaclnth 9-6165 Great Lakes District ALPENA 1215 N. Second Ave. Phone: 713-J 180 Main St. Phone; Cleveland 7391 CLEVELAIW... .. 734 Lakeside Ave.. NE Phone: Main 1-0147 1038 3rd St. DETROIT....... Phone: Woodward 1-6857 621 W. Superior St. DULUTH Phone: ^nditpb 3-4110 SOUTH CHICAGO . 3281 K. 92nd St. Phone: Essex 5-2410 BUFFALO, NY. Canadion District. a... rSiisf VKM HdlUs St. Union Progress Pleases Mother 4 4 LOG Provides Link With S0a HONOLULU...; BAIIIFAX. N.S. Ing about the happenings throughout the maritime indus­ try in the LOG. Chester L. Anderson 4 4 4" Urges Protest On 'Runaways' To the Editor: Enclosed is a letter and ques­ tionnaire which many voters in Florida are receiving now from Rep. Paul G. Rogers on legisla­ tion which may come before the current - session of Congress. As I fill mine out, I respect^ fully suggest other.s do the same and also make a notation that their Congressmen should do something" to help US seamen and keep our ships frora_getting permission to fly foreign flags. It is a disgrace that the Amer"^Ncan people permit such things tojiappeh and that this nation AH letters to the editor for has to lose a large source of publication in the SEAFAR­ revenue. It is.also poor policy ERS LOG must be signed to entrust American tourists on by the writer. Names uuU these ships that may have in­ be withheld upon request. competent crews and are not ranged to resemble' a ship's required to meet any safety in­ wheel. I was overwhelmed when spection stcndards. 'Mrs. Lather Roberts I read the kind words on their __ 4 4 4 card, which certainly helped to fill the lost feeling we had be­ Lauds HPspital cause my brother couldn't be For Fine Care with lis. Our dad was a very fine man To the Editor: ly like you to print this as • and I like to feel he is still spreading his goodness. Thank letter of thanks for some of the you all. Your fine tribute to our finest medical care I've ever known. I'm talking about St. dad will always be treasured. Vincent's Hospital, in Jackson­ ^ NeUle Zahmdt ville, Florida, where I was dry_ Ji 4 4 docked last August for two apd SlU Gift Aids a half weeks. -Once I got off my . ship, the Staten Hospital SS Pan Oceanic, the doctors and To the Editor: We wish to acknowledge and other hospital personnel took thank the Seafarers Interna­ me in hand and really wera tional Union for its generous wonderful. They gave me tho gift of lounge furniture which finest treatment, always made this hospital can so profitably me comfortable and did every­ thing to make sure I had all the utilize. The thoughtfulness and gen­ care I needed. Special thanks should go to erosity of such interested or­ ganizations as yours greatly aid Doctor Adams who was espe­ us in our endeavor to render cially kind. It's really wonderful the finest medical care to our wheii a stranger can go into a patients. Once again, our thanks hospital and get that kind of care. It gives him a whole new for your interest. lease on life. Thanks again, St. John N. Bowdea Vincent's and all concerned. Medical Director A good word is also in order (Ed. note: 'Dr. Bowden is Medical Officer in Charge at for the SIU officials in Boston the USPHS Hospital, Staten Is­ who kept things straightened out for me and were verjThelpland, NY.) ful all the time. Eddie l^^irell 4 SUP M-r: To the Editor:. This is for the crewmembers of the Antinous, in appreciation for their kindness'after the re­ cent death of my father, who was aiso the father of one of their shipmates, Harry R. Huston. Vhere just aren't words to thank them properly for the beautiful flowers. They were sent in a container and ar- To the Editor: Please notice the change In my mailing address for the LOG. I do not want to miss getting it for I truly enjoy read­ ing it so much. The LOG is the best. I would like to know just what you all will think up next to benefit the boys. If is just wonderful what you have accomplished. Thank _ you a million from _Marcus N. Evans' mother. Mrs. M. V. Roberson Houston, Texas NORFOLK 127.129 Bank St. J. BuUock. Acting Agent MAdison 2-9834 PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. S Cardullo. Agent Market 7-1833 PUERTA de ITERRA PR 101 Pelayo Sal Colls. Agent Phone 2-5996 SAN. FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Marty Breithoff. Agent Douglas 2-5475 _ Abercom St. SAVANNAH Adams 3-1728 E B McAuley. Agent ... .2505 1st Ave. SEATTLE Main 3-4334 Jeff GiUette. Agent TAMPA 18001811 N. Franklin St. Phone 2-1323 Tom Banning. A'gent WILMINGTON. Calif . 505 Marine Ave. Seed Humphries. Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave.. Bklyi^ SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul HaU ASST SECRETARY-TREASURERS J Aivina. Deck W. HaU. Joint C. Simmons. Eng. R. Matthews. Joint E. Mooney. Std. J. Volplan, Joint ly '• Hails Antinous For Sympathy Letters ToThe Editor (An unseen hand conveys the sun So I'm still out sailing. to hidden depths.) And someday there 'will be, A girl who is ever willing Quiet, my soul, quiet; Then To share me with the sea. There will come an evening when You will be led away by one Who led away the sun. if f, '- munA U, IHI LOG Wall# tiia goad aid dsya wara savor IIBa fhlsl To the Editor: Kindly add my name to your mailing list and forward the LOG to my Canadian address. It is my usual practice, to spend from two to three months each yiear visiting my family and friends in Burgeo, New­ foundland. During these periods I have no contact with my ship-' mates or any knowledge of the shipping situation. The LOG would. provide me the link I need gt such times. Also, my reiatives and friends who li*/e by and from thg sea alvil'asr!!. have ajviyed very much read? I 1^' 4 4 4 Mourn Passing Off SIU Brofher To the Editor: ' " _ The following is the text of a letter sent to the family of our departed brother, Virgil WUrhoth, who' died ^ here at the Manhattan Beach Hospital on^ March 11, 1958: We came , . to know Virgil well during his long stay heref We knew him as a fel­ low-patient who never grum­ bled when things were not go­ ing his way; and we also knew., him as a friend. And although we have, in his passing, lost a friend, we know that your loss is much greater than ours. - "We are taking this means of expressing ouE.-.,sympathy be­ cause the distance which sep­ arates us makes it impossible to do otherwise. And while these few lines seem to us in­ adequate, believe me when I tell you they are sincere. '.'His fellgw Union..-members who knew him best would. lUfb, if jt were possible, to express their feelings to the membeTsof his family In pdhion. Failing this, aU we can do is to tell you that if there Is anything we can do please do not hesitate to call on us." John Driscell. �WlMsh u, im RAPHABL SBMMIS (Watarman), March S—Chalrmaiv H. Carmlchaair Sacrataryr W. TaBd. AU repalra not mada. Soma diaputad at on dala)rad aalllnf time. One man Injured—hoapltalizad. Shlp'a fund tU. Recom­ mend amaU donation at payoff. Re­ port accepted. Check with headquartera why port time cannot be collected on thia type of ship. Repair list ta be checked for repairs not completed. JOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman), Jan. If—Chkirman, A. Harrlnstom Socratsry, J. Daitsch. No beefs. Coop­ eration among crew. Shlp'a fund tl7.S0. Some disputed ot. Treasurer elected. Washing machine to be re­ paired. Need new mattresses and pillows. Messroom chairs to be rapalred. Request for more cots. March 1—Chairman, A. Harrlngtanr •ocrotary, A. Southars. Everythlnff SEAFARERS aveninsa. llrawa to be in American money as far as it lasts and then in yens. PLORIDA STATI (Penca Praducfs), January IS—Chairman, J. McCranlai Secretary, M. C. Caddy. No beefs and no disputed at. $34.37 in ship's fund. Need sink stoppers and soap dls-* ponsers for batbrooms. Request for smailer steaks^ Pabruary 3S—Chairman, J. McCrania; Secretary, C. Rauiarson. Soma disputed ot. Ship's delegate elected. Crew expresses thanks for quick ac­ tion of getting patrolman to ship to settle beefs. Repair list to ba drawn up by dept. delegates. BBNTS PORT (Victory Carriers), Pabruary 3*—Chairman, J. Gaudai Secretary, J. D. Brlgham. Man miss­ ing at sea. Sll in ship's fund. To endorse resolutions adopted by Fairport 10/37/97 concerning establish­ ment of retirement plan based on sea time alonet that built in bunks with drawers ba provided all crew mem­ bers; roomy wooden lockers: lackers for foul weather gear. Accepted 30 yes, no nays. ANTINOUS (Pan Atlantic), no data Blvan—Chairman, R. Holdari Secretary, H. Hasten. Everything running smooth­ ly. No beefs. S18.40 In ship's fund. Tota of thanks to steward department. Request catwalk over deck on both sides of ship: cut off switches on 'Chipping hammer. After eating men to leave so extra men may be fed. ALCOA PIL6RIM (Alcoa), January 34—Chairman, T. Crawford; Secretary, W. Massanger. Washing machine not running smoothly. No beefs. One repaired yet—delegate to see 1st man quit in Miami. Ship' to be laid Asst. about same. Smooth trip. Re­ up. Repair lists submitted. Fund pair lists submitted. Poor launch turned over to captain. Some dis­ seirvice. Suggesj that ot be stricken puted to. Vote of thanks to steward from sheets regarding launches as dept. and chief cook for fine prepara­ men in steward dept. would suffer tion of food. for time off, as advised by patrolman. Vote of thanks to ch. cook. Beef re: CS BALTIMORE (Cities Service), cleanliness of glasses. Suggestion March 7—Chairman, L. Doty; Secre­ that crew members attend safety tary, L. Hagmsnn. New washing ma­ meetings together with officers and chine installed. Request members^ delegates. Safety devices requiting not to overload machine. On all fu­ repairs not attended to. Use of ture fire and boat drills crew member breatldng apparatus to be taught to to answer - to their station number. all crew members. DBcussion on use Ship's fund $20. Few hours disputed of raise for retirement fund. AU ot. Report accepted. Fine coopera­ agree retirement fund is needed but tion among crew. Men on sanitary not at expense of raise. doing excellent job. Return cups and dishes to pantrf. ARMONK (New England), Fab. 33— Chairman, R. O'Connor; Secratary, T. ALCOA CAVALIER (Alcoa), March Buckley. One man Jiospitalized. Re­ 3—Chairman, L. Glllat; Secretary, E. quested library. Galley, messhaU. Llnch. Request better assortment of pantry, showers to be painted. Each pastry. " member to donate 50c toward fund. Motion to get sianuurueil form per­ taining to injuries, etp. and immedi­ ALMENA (Pan-Atlairtic), March 1— ate notification to welfare dept. Chairman, R. Motlka; Sccratary, G. Fargo. One man missed ship. Crew DEL MUNDO (Miss.), Feb. 4—Chair­ requested to stay out of gaUey. man, W. Stockman; Secretary, R. MeDEL ORO (Miss.), Feb. 3—Chairman, loy. Repair Usts submitted. Few men H. Gardes; secretary, 0. Guerrero. logged. No beefs. Few hours dis­ New delegate, reporter and treasurer puted ot. Day's pay for 2nd electri­ elected. Garbage can to be placed in cian taken up with patrolman. One man missed ship, rejoined following laundry rooni. port. Electrician requested lights be SEASTAR (Triton), March 3—Chair­ left on in passageways. Bad mat­ man, E. Caudlll; Secretary, O. Orr. tresses to be. turned in to steward. Need new washing machine. Cots to .New delegate elected. Repairs not be turned in before arrival. completed. Minor work to be done after ship leaves bunker port. Re­ NEVA WEST (Bloomfleld), Feb. port accepted. Require more pres­ sure in drinking fountain. Steward Chairman, W. Gels; Secretary, W. Kavltt. Capt. to allow draws as in asked fo(r suggestions to improve past. Also promises immediate medi­ menus. cal attention to sick crew members. STEEL ARTISAN (Isthmian), Feb. 33 New keys to quarters issued only on —Chairman, F. Buhl; Secratary, R. deposit of tl. Galley, messhall, pan­ Kyle. Everything running smoothly. try, storerooms and passageways to Reporter elected. Ship's fund 317. be painted. Ship's fund S20. Crew Vote of thanks to steward dept. for warned about discussing beefs with exceptlonaUy good hoUday menu. officers while drunk. Members requested to stay out of CHIWAWA (Cities Service), Marcti laundry while men are doing sanitary. t—Chairman, C. Quinnt; Secretary, L. Request more night lunch to be put Floyd. Two men missed ship. One out. man injured: obtained replacement. MAE (Bull), March 1—Chairman, R. Reports seated. Do not use fire Sanderlln; Secretary, H. Carney. buckets for trash. Need new screens, Everything running smoothly. No for port holes. Return cups to messmoney turned in. Crew to make do- room. Reiriove clothes from flreroom joaiiou at-payoff. Few hours disputed fidley when di'y. Vote of thanks to ot. Report accepted. New delegate crew for Job well done. elected. Discussion concerning TVvoted to keep set and upkeep to be WM. H. CARRUTH (Penn.), Feb. 33* paid out of ship's fund with consent —Chairman, G. Ceker; Secretary, R. of membership. Vote of thanks to Powell. Some repairs made. Report brother for work on TV. Vote of accepted. Laundiy room to be kept thanks to steward dept. clean. Replace cups and dishes in pantry at night. Water cooler leak­ ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Robin), Jan. 7 ing in passagewa7....9Uward obtained —Chairman, J. Bracht; Secretary, T— new mattress. William. Few beefs—settled. New delegate elected. Suggestion to visit OCEAN STAR (Triton),. Nov. 38— members in hospital and make dona­ Chairman, R. Smith; Secretary, L. tion-to assist same. Laundry to be Santa Ana. New delegate elected. To kept locked while in port. Natives to see about coffee um. Repair water be kept out of passageways. Crew faucets in showers. Instruct crew on told to observe the "one-hour on operation of washing machine. board" sailing time. ELIZABETH (Bull), March S—Chair­ ALCOA ROAMER (Alcoa), February man, W. Janlsch; Secratary, H. Dom37—Chairman, H. Phillips: Secretary, browtkl. One man left ship due to R. C. Klenast. To see ch. engineer dllness. Some disputed ot. Delayed about toilets and hooks in laundry sailing disputed. Stores to be checked room. Vote of thanks to ship's dele­ for better grade and more variety. gate. See patrolman about rationing ot cigarettes. One man given time off to INES (Bull), February 34—Chair­ go to court. man, none; Secretary, n6ne. SIS in ihip'a fund. Ship's fund will be left ALCOA PARTNER (Alcoa), March 9 with port, patrolman upon payoff for —Chairman, A. Gregaire; Secretary, next crew. H. RIccl. Some disputed ot. Members to remove dry clothes from engine GRAIN SHIPPER (Sralnflast), Da- room to' make room fur others. See eember IS—Chalrmait, T. Ferra; Sae- patrolman about taking on stores at retary, S. Malvennan. No beefs. S7.20 time of payoff. in ship's fund; Members requested to keep laundry clean and shlp-shspe. AZALEA CITY (Pan-Atfintle), March Shortage of milk leaving Coos Bay. 7—Chairman, C. Soppgr; Secretary, R. Kledlnger. Everything running ORION COMET (Orion), February 14. smoothly. Motion to institute some I—Chairman, L, R. Frailer; Secratary, system to check sailing time.' New B. Stark. To read letters written con- delegate elected. Julcea to be put 'ceming narcotic Investigation in Sase- eat. bo. $8.96 in ship's fund. Three men short, some disputed at. Vote of YORKMAR (Calmer), Fab. ST^halrthanks to ship's delegate for work and man, W. Zaiulcli Secretary, J. MosiiUuiuling 'of ship's investlgatioh. Crew kewtkl. Some disputed ot. Every­ to be sure water is In electric per- - thing running smoothly. Discussion eolator before plugging in. Hembcre CB feeding men on watch first, and asked to help keep pantry clean in preparation ot better breakfastsr ,/ • Pnge TkirtcM LOG T" Big EaterYou Only Think Solf If 11 take some fancy eating to top the pace set by one ship's oiler whose capacity for cal­ ories was recently disclosed in the "Mobile Press Register." Seafarer Daniel G. Harri.son supplied-the details on the eating habits of seamen for a featinre story th^at exposed for^ good six-footer, but a trim 180 folks ashore what "that sweet pounds. He was all man." salt air" does^ to a man's ap­ It developed,, that the oiler, petite. Whether his unnamed oiler "when he was in an eating mood," was real or imaging lOr the pur­ could dispose of six fried eggs, an poses of the news story is not clear. equal number of strips of -bacon What's certain is that whatever and toast and three cups of coffee else he was, the guy knew how to at breakfast. On those occasions eat, and wouldn't come off too bad when he wasn't up to eating much In a contest^with "Humphrey Pen­ —"which was seldom," Harrison nyworth," / the mammoth - sized stated—^he cut down to .four eggs. character in Ham Fisher's "Joe PaOur man's dinners were also a looka" comic strip. U It's any sign treat to watch (by everyone except of the times, even Humphrey is on maybe the port steward) when he a diet these days. dusted off -"Tour pieces of beef, According to the "Register." four pieces of pork roast, 'nice size, Harrison conceded: "Sure you eat pieces, too,' five large helpings of more on a ship, but then, ]ike mashed potatoes and a quart of everywhere, there is no standard milk . . . two to go by. Almost everyone pn a large pieces of Urp! What a crumby meal. ship eats a good meal three times pie, which was a a day." He noted too that heavy Ahh, mess, bring me another half of a pie, and eating doesn't affect a guy's size. three plates of full housel Some folks are Just built that way, Jello." Subscrib­ and can eat whatever, wherever terest, ha then went on to tell ing naturally to and whenever they want to with a about this oiler "who was no doubt the maxim clear conscience. the biggest cater for his size that "Waste not, want For Its news and historical in- most people ever saw. He was a not," our man didn't leave a scrap on his plate, Harrison of course. A steward department veteran since 1923, Harrison also related some general pointers on ship feeding as part Of the formula for a happy ship. Dropping a message over the side inside a bottle is one way "Usually we of the steward de­ of beating the prospective rise in US postal rates, especially partment try to please the men when the ocean currents instead of Uncle Sam's postal em­ and keep them happy by serving what they want, when they want ployees do the carrier and< ^ he said. "That way, we ail get routing work. Ryan was rewarded for his pains it," along and have a good ship, with Once upon a time the bottle with a letter from Maceio, Brazil, few complaints. As soon as the message was the only way^of reporting its discovery. men start complaining about their As things turned out, Ryan food, they start complaining about putting out a distress call. Sailors with no radio and at the mercy of couldn't have done much better other things, and it isn't long be­ the seas still use it, and the famil- using -the regular mails. An an­ fore everyone aboard Is in such a liar gambit is also utilized by scien- swer to his message from Klinger state that nothing pleases them." ists and meteorologists to check C. Bezerra was dated June 27 and When this happens, Harrison weather, tides and currents. It is reached Ryan's home in Pottsville, added: "It's time to look for an­ likewise a favored device for mak­ Pa., a few days later via air mail. other ship."' Since' Ryan had~returned to the (Ed. note: Thanks to Brother ing "pen, pals." Seafarer Pat Ryan tried the "sea- States and paid off only two weeks J. A. Denais, who sent us the story mail" route last year while on the earlier, he actually got his answer from Mobile.) Robin Tuxford (now the Flying En­ only a few days late. ThaJ is, as­ deavor) enroute from Trinidad to suming he had used the mail for Durban, South Africa. The bottle his original' message, and there was dropped off seven days out of would have been no forwarding in­ Trinidad and three months later volved. as Is often the case with There^ no set formula for it, seamen's maU. Maceio, a city of about 120,000, but no one can argue with the is about 130 miles south of Recife equation. When you combine a in the Brazilian state of Alagoas. loaded tanker and a fire on the Accot-dlngly, Ryan's message took dock, the only solution is a fast a pretty direct, though slow, course getaway. The situation devel­ in reaching shore. Bezerra report­ oped while the supertanker ed that an uncle who lives outside Cities Service Norfolk was ir. the city found the bottle not far the Persian Gulf not long ago. from the beach where he was tak­ With typical understatement, ing a swim. Since he didn't know "Ship's secretary BGndt Nielsen any English, he turned It over to neatly stated the case as fol­ his nephew, who then got in touch lows: "The captain appreciated with Ryan. Bezerra said the bot­ the remarkable speed withtle had received some water but which the crew undocked the the message was still pretty read­ ship In Ras Tanura (the dock able. Ryan is now on the Robin was on fire!)." No doubt ^the crew appreciated it also, 'but Kirk, where hell probably find time for some more sea-mail corre­ this sentiment never made the spondence en route to South brief report in the ship's min­ utes on the incident Africa. .> Sea-Mail Makes Good, Rivals Regular Service 3 • -I Arithmetic Made Easy On Location • Movie star John Wayne (right) poses on location for a film' shot at Komaguro, Japan, with Dave Benevides, a Yoko­ hama restaurant operator well-k n o w n to 'SlU men. Whitey Johnson on the Ocean Joyce, who sup|)liec| the photo, soys many SlU and SUP men on the .^each worked in the movie» Editor, SEAFARERS LOG, . ^ 675 Fourth Ave., _ Brooklyn 32, NY • I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG— please put my name on your mailing list. (Print information) STREET ADDRESS CITY ..... . ;.is B B. B B t B , ...... ZONE STATE TO AVOID PUPLSCATiCN: if you aro an old (ubseribar and hava a changa £ •f addrat*, plaaia qivo your formar addratt balowi g caiowi J ADDRESS CITY ..................................I I.M..... .ZONE. E.t.ST^VTE...M.........a ^0. ':i\ �SEAFARERS •—I Pase Fourteen LOG SEAFARERS IN THE HOSPITAIS /i>- USPHS HOSPITAl, BALTIMORE. MD. Francisco Argenal H. F. MachllnskI George Marcotti Clifford Brissett Jose Martinez Edison R. Brown John Morris Charles Callahan Frederick Mulr Arthur Cox Clarence Murray Peter DeVrles Catalino Ombao Clarence Gardner James J. Girolaml Jose A. Perez Eugene Plahn Michael Gison Alexander Rever Gorman T. Glaze Stanley Rodgera GuiUermo Grajales Charles E. Rogers Archie B. HaU Joseph Roll Frederick Harris Eugene Roszko James Haynes James- T. Smith, Floyd Kurd John A. Smith Walter Jackson John Straka. Jr. Melvin Knlckman Fred SulUns K. Komeliusen Robert Thomas Alejandio Lopez Charles H. Tyree Peter Losado Opie C. WaU George S. Lowe Bruce Webb Billy Earl Lynn Albert Willis Archie N. Wright NAT'L. INSTITUTE OF HEALTH BETHESDA,. MD. Oaude Virgin MONTEXELLO CHRONIC DISEASE HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MD. Francisco Biieno USPHS HOSPITAL . BOSTON. MASS. Hubert Clements Thomas Lowe William S. Costa Vincent L. TaraUo Charles Dwyer Joseph Thomas Donald G. Hodge VA HOSPITAL BROCHTON, MASS. Richard AdeU SAILOR SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NY , Victor B. Cooper VA HOSPITAL t , KECOUGHTAN. VA. ^ Joseph Gill Meeting Time At Sea li .-,• P?Z,p-/ Gathering of black gcmg is also get-together for the Wroton clan on the SS Charles Dunaif (top), with Robert Wroton, Norman Wroton, Jr., oilers; Dave Miller, I^WT, and wipers Joe Sadler and Jim King pictured in the usual order., Above, Jack Mullis, chair­ man (standing), and Max Factor, secretary, serve as officers of ship's meeting on the Alcoa Cavalier. Looking on is Jack the barman. Photo by George Gill. PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL SANTURCE. PireitTO RICO Claudlo Anavltate Harold E. Shockley Tomas Burgos > USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS. TENN. Charles Burton USPHS HOSPITAL FT. WORTH. TEXAS Lawrence Anderson Harold J. Pahcost Woodrow Meyers A. J. Panepinto W. E. Orzechqwskl Paul W. Seidenberg John C. Palmer John P. Williamson VA HOSPITAL BOSTON. MASS. Thomas W. Kllllon VA HOSPITAL 1ST AVE.. NEW YORK. NY Salvatore Legayada BELLEVUE HOSPITAL NEW YORK. NY . John-F. Laughlin USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY Oscar J. Adams Steve Kliderman Hassen All Albert Martinelll Joseph J. Bass Edward Matte T. C. Cepriano Robert Murray Keith Donnelly . Ragner Olsen CharUe Dougherty George Perry Cicero Douglas Vincente Remolar Frederick Fulford Conrad Reyes David Furman Leonard Rhino Juan P. Garcia Henry Rowe Everett Haislett . Isaac Sieger Wade B. Harrell Harold W. Simmons Peter Heulu Julio Valentin WlUiam Hunt AnieUo Verdamara Nicholas Kr'ioul USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. R. Agueda W. Murry John W. Blgwood Michael O. Muzlo Claud F. Blanks W. E. Nelson Clolse Coats E. L. Odom Charles Corrent W. H. Powell Roscoe B. Dearmon G. A. Puissegur Michael Darawich H. A. Ratcliff Harry D. Emmett Allen Ritchie Benjamin D. Faster Harold P. Scott Leon J. Gordon James H. Shearer H. Grant James A. Slay Wayne F. Harris B. N. Stewart George W. Huber Ralph Sturgis James H. Hudson N. T. Tala Robert K. James M. Tangalin Robert D. Jones Charles L. Terry E. G. Knapp Gerald L. Thaxton A. Landry Lucien C. Theriot John Linn J. Ward Leo H. Lang Clifford Wuertz Leonard F. Louis Walter A. Yahl D. McCorkindale Demetrio Zerrudo Jerry MUleiTJ. Zimmer Edwin G. MltcheU USPHS HOSPITAL HOUSTON. TEXAS R. J. AnenauU Louie HoUiday R. G. Barrett Sa Moustakas Rufusk Breedon Nelson Norwood William E. Eklns Clarence R. Oakes Coner E Haynes USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. Joseph H- Berger Charles T. Nangle George A. Hill Jeremiah S. O'Byrne Chang P. King L. Ready Jerald W. McClure H. J. Schreiner Frank B. McCollian USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. C. Barrlneau Jr. Francis, J. Boner CecU R. Batts Charlie Johnson Claude L. Bibb John H. Sykes USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GA. T. P. Barbour Jimmle Littleton Elmer G. Brewer James T. Moors Monroe C. Gaddy . USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WASH. G. B. Dunn Harold Splcer A. A. Furst J, W. Waits Robert L. Morrow C. E. Wooten P. W. McDonald USPHS HOSPITAL WILMINGTON. CALIF. John H. Mashburn USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH BROOKLYN. NY Manuel Antonana, Kenneth Lewis Ela^o Aria Patrick McCann Fortunato Bacomo Archibald McGulgan Melvin W. Bass Herbiurt C. Mclssac Linzy nosiey jbeo Mannaugh James F. Clarke Joaquin Miniz Juan Denopra W. P. O'Dea John J. DrlscoU C. Osinskl Fabin Furmanek George G. PhUer OdU L. Gibbs William Rackley Joseph M. GiUard - Winston E. Renny Bart E. Guranick G. E. Shumaker Talb Hassen Aenry E. Smith Antonio Infanta Harry S. Tuttle Thomas Isaksen Virgil E. Wilmoth Claude B. Jessup Pon P. Wing Woodrow Johnson Dexter Worrell Ludwlg Krlstiansen Z Asks More Time For Docking Call To the Editor: I would like you to publish this so we can see what the other brothers have to say about It. My idea is that ^t the next negotiations the Union should ask for a 30-minute cali when the deck department is called out to dock the ship after 9 PM and before 7 AM. The 15 min­ utes we have now is not enough time to put on your heavy gear Letters To The Editor All letters to the editor for publication in the SEAFAR­ ERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be^withheld upon request. and rain gear and maybe have a cup of coffee so you can wake up. Some mates make sure you are next to the dock when your 15 minutes are up and are pretty (Strict about it. David Jones SS Cantigny 4" it t ;Kff; Mareh 28, has helped me greatly, and I find that I am now qualified to enter most, of the colleges in New York. I will have to take an en­ trance exam, ~but will be doing so with much more confidence now than I would have had be­ fore. Most of this has come ahout because of the free time we have aboard ship. We have regular working hours, some during the day and some at night, but on the whole a lot of time is spent just reading or taking it easy. I have come to realize that we can spend much more time studying than many working ashore. Be.sides that It is easier to concentrate while"on a ship as it is much more peaceful and quiet. I feel that more of the brothers should take advantage of the time they have aboard ship and try and further their education. It is heartening to, see more and more of them coming aboard with, books to read, and some to study. This is a natural advantage they have, and they should not waste ft Carlos Diaz 4, J, J, Welfare Speeds Wife's Arrival To the Editor: I would like to express my appreciation for the help thq welfare department of our Un­ Finds Studying y ion recently extended to me In making some of the necessary Easy On Ship arrangements so that my wife To the Editor: I am writing this letter to the could join me in this country. As I am a hospitalized Sea­ LOG in the hope that my ex­ farer, it is difiicuit for me to perience may benefit some come and go as I would like. brothers who find themselves in Consequently, it would ' have the same sort of situation. been practically impossible for In my case, I wanted to con­ me to make her coming here a tinue my education and get my reality. Without the aid of the college degree* but I could welfare department, this happy never find the time nor the event would haw^ to be post­ money to do so ashore. Besides poned indefinitely. that, I realized it has been 12 I would particularly; like to years since I graduated frotii thank Toby Flynn for his gen­ high school and I was con­ erous assistance: At no time cerned over th'e fact that I was he too busy to help me might not qualify for a college with my problem. The staff at in New York. the SIU Welfare Plan office This has been bothering me acted for me in a like manner. for some time now, and since I On Friday, March 21, my wife have plenty of was due in New York. I can time on my assure you she joins me in this inadequate but sincere expres­ hands while sion of thanks. shipping, and Fabian Furmanek •some money to spare, I de­ cided to try a Westport Has ^ review corres­ Lots Of Kicks pondence course to see To the Editor: how I would This last trip jirought up a stand if I tried new one. The old man wanted to enter some college. the crew to sign for a draw be­ I think the hardest part was fore It was even issued. to start studying again. It's not It helps to be a bit wacky If easy, but after taking the first you go to sea and on here it's plunge and putting my mind an absolute necessity. However, down to it regularly, I found in spite of four major cracks on things easier. I have spent'many the main deck and ti'iivellng hours in the past couple of like some bum by detours, it months going over old courses looks as though we may make that -were almost forgotten but, it into port. to my surprise, most of them Guy Gage came back very quickly. SS Westport (Ed. note: They did.) "The correspondence course �March 28, 1958 SEAFARERS rage Fifteen LOG Lk. Charles Only 'Fair' C. Schmnk Donald R. Skew Get in touch with Dan Skew, •The LOG office is holding your receipt. Please send us your pres­ 1018 Garden St., Hoboken, NJ. ent address and it* will be mailed ti S> t> to you. Thomas Casslty 4" 4" t It is important that you contact T. J. Goiias at Jefferson Courts, B. Larsen Your wallet and book have been 6745 N 11th St., Beaumont, Texas. forwarded to the New York mail4" 4" t room by the San Francisco Yellow Vincent Genco Louis Rizzo would like to hear Cab Company. Please pick them from you. His new address is 535 up. 4 t » Smith Ave, NW, Canton 8, Ohio, Arthur Beck i t . Juan M. Soto asks you to get in Vincent Ohavez Get in touch with Dick Martinez touch with Joseph Frleberg, attor­ at 2117 La Rue St., Philadelphia, ney,- 320 Broadway, NYC, regard­ ing the accident Pa. 4 4" 4 4" 4 4 Snrat -Sfngh Simon Kendall Get in touch with Mr. Starr, 401 Ez-BaftleRoek The Railway Express office at N. Broad St., Phila. 8, Pa., con­ Denton Harbor, Michigan, is hold­ cerning insurance. ing your gear for you. 4 4 4 t t t Rudolph Cefarattt A. A. First Your wife wants you to contact Ez-BatUe Bock attorney Sol Berenholtz at 1209Railway Express in Seattle, 1212 Court Sqiwe Building, Balti­ Wash, is holding your gear for you. more 2, Md., as soon as possible. LAKE CHARLES—Labor in this All of the following SW families have received a $2O0 maternity benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: port is waiting for a final court ruling on temporary injunctions Rmlyn Daniel, bom July Henry Harold Garza, born Janu­ Issued against the Butchers and 14,Myra 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Winary 25, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. the Building Trades unions. As Antonio Garza, New Orleans, La. was reported, the Building Trades fred Daniel, Savannah, Ga. 4 if . 4 4 4 had started an organizing drive Megan Elizabeth Gordon, born Antonio Gonzales, born Febraamong the non-union contractors here and closed some of them- November 15,~ 1957, to Seafarer ary 26, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. down. The ruling is expected next and Mrs. John T. Gordon Nesh- Gilbert R. Gonzales, Galveston, aminy. Pa. Tex. week. 4 4 4i 4 4 4 Shipping was only fair for the William Keith, Galley, Jr., bom Martha Grace Loffler, born Febperiod with plenty of men on the beach. One C card landed a berth January 24, 1958, to Seafarer and mary 1, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. when a replacement call came in Mrs. William Keith Gulley, Clarks­ John C. Loffler, Grafton, West Va. late Saturday which none of the burg, West Va. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Carlos Enriquez Lopez, bom A.or B men wanted. Larry Jefferson Henry, born Febmary 8, 1958, to Seafarer and Calling into the area were the Chiwawa, Cantigny, Government December 16, 1957, to Seafarer Mrs. Alfonso Lopez, Bronx NY. Camp, Winter Hili, Bradford and Mrs. Hayden F. Henry, Min­ 4 4 4_ Island, Council Grove, Fort. Hos- eral Bluff, Ga. Joseph Morenl, born Febmary kins, CS Baltimore, Bents Fort 4 4 4 19, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. (Cities Service): the Petro Chem John Peter Natale, bom Feb­ Peter Morenl, Philadelphia, Pa. (Valentine); Val Chem (Heron); ruary 26,1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. '4 4 4Michael (Carras); Ideal X (Pan- Grancesco Natale, Fairfield, Conn. Jnlia Ann Porter, bom March Atlantic). All were reported in 4 -4> 4> 13, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. Wil­ good shape. David Phillip Thin, bom Decem­ liam S. Porter, Philadelphia, Pa. The outlook for next period Is ber 17, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. 4 4 4'' not too good with no change in ^ioon P. Thlu, New Orleans, La. Denlse Aida Rivera, bom Janu­ shipping expected. 4 4 4 ary 31, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. - Luke A. Ciamboli Jr., bora Robert Rivera, Jersey City, NJ. January 18, 1958, to Seafarer and 4 4 4 Mrs. Luke A. Ciamboli, San FranDaraice Inez Smith, born Janu­ ciscoi Calif. ary 31, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. 4 4 4 Francis E. Smith, Dundalk, Md. Ronald Wayne Deale, bom Jan­ 4 4 4 uary 13, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. Peter Sorensen, born February Thomas Deale, Birmingham, Ala. 25, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. Ejvind Sorensen, Tottenville, SI, 4 4 4 Lynn Ethel Montena, bom Janu­ NY. ary 9, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. Richard Montena, Gansevoort, NY. 4 4 4 Hal Franklin Copper, bora De­ cember 15, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Carl I. Copper, Zephyrhills, Fla. 4 BRdUGHT TO YOU BY THI OUF SEA UNIONS OP THE MAIimiliE fRADlS DEPARTiiENri Sime DBTMa * SUP •mw • MG • lUHl * MMtf • BME • SlU-CANADIAN MSTMCT I EVERY SUNDAT^ 1915 GMT Meanwhile, MTD Reund-The^Werld Wirelei^ Broadcasts iCbi^iniie.,. m ' (2:li PM Sunday) Eu'MikA and find North MAPAIS Amtrica Euraps WCO-1-302C X& East Coast South Amorica WCO-16908,8 KCs Wost Coa^ South Amorica WCO-32407 KCt 4 4 John Kacharstd Jr.. bom Janu­ The deaths of the following Sea­ ary 29, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. farers have been reported to the John Kucharski, Baltimore, Md. Seafarers Welfare Plan and the 4 4 4 SIU death benefit is being paid to Ken Alley Tatum, born February their beneficiaries. 15, 1958, to Seafarer and Mrs. WUDavid E. Jones, 57: Brother Jones liam A. Tatum Jr., Maplewood, La. died on January : 4- 4 4_ 26, 1958, in GalMark EVan Thompson, •bom veston, Texas. February 27, 1958, to Seafarer and Death resulted Mrs. Ciem Thompson, Mooresville, from a liver ail­ NC. . ment. He became 4 4 4 a full member of James William Wood HI, born the Union on January 6, 1958, -to Seafarer and February 2, 1940, Mrs. James W. Wood Jr., Tampa, and sailed in the Fla. steward depart­ - 4 4 4 Brother Jones is survived John Delbert Yonng Jr., born ment. by his wife, Mrs. David Jones, of March 8,1958, to Seafarer and Mrs.' Houston, Texas. Burial took place John Delbert Young, Crichton, Ala. in City Cemetery, Hattiesburg, Miss. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Julio Delgado, born November Daniel Bissett, 54: A malignant 15, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. condition caused Julio Diaz-Delgado, Ponce, PR. the death of Brother Bissett Dad's A Seafarer on December-25, , 1957, in Norfolk, ; ^ Va. He became a ^ full member of the Union on De­ cember 5, 1938, and sailed in the engine depart­ ment. Brother Bissett is survived by his wife, Edith Bissett, of Nor­ folk. Va. He was buried in Raleigh, NC. r AustfsJle WMM 2S>18607 KCs Northwest PaClfte WMM8l>lie37.S -ml Union Has Cable Address I EVERY MONDAY, 0315 GMT§ I <10:15 PM EST Sunday) i I v-J Maria Teresa Cofon, daughter of Seafarer Leopoldo. Cplon ppses in summer attire. Seafarers overseas who want to get in touch with headquar­ ters in a hurry can do so by cabling the Union at its cable address, SEAFARERS NEW YORK. Use of this address will assure .peedy transnaission on all mes~ sages and faster '•ervice for the, men involved. . ; J r '"J-" �5 -Ar >: SEAFARERS^liOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL-CtO • Canada CP Message In US Mailings Coal Co. Closes Norfolk Offices -No Business NORFOLK—American Coal Shipping has giv^n up for the time being on the coal export trade. Captain Gordon McAllister, company spokesman, said that ACS ^yill close its office in Norfolk "temporarily" and transfer, all operations to Government after making a few its New York City office on voyages eacfi on the coal run. The Norfolk news report said or about June 1. The action was taken, McAllister that McAllister "indicated" the said, because the company's only company would reopen the office ship in operation, the Coal Miner, "if the company gets more ships." will not be calling at Norfolk. It It was not made clear just what has been in the grain trade for sev­ the company would do with addi­ 'Hal Banks, SlU Canadian District, and member.of.MTD.executivn eral Ynonths. When the company tional ships when It has no cargo board, presents charter for MTD Southeast Horida.Port Council to was originally formed; it spoke in for them to carry. No plans have local union representatives. They are (I to rj-Vince O'Reilly, Ma­ terms of chartering 80 Liberty ever been released oh proposed rine Engineers Beneficial Association; ^Mahoney, International new ACS ships. ships, carrying approximately 800,Brotherhood of Longshoremen; Al Lopez, SlU, Ond John Davis, 000 tons of coal every month in The American Coal Shipping ex­ Operating Engineers. the export trade; perience can be regarded as a classic example of the ups and Sharp Export Decline downs of US-flag shipping. When While McAllister insisted, "This the company was first formed in doesn't mean we're going out of the summer of 1956 coal export MIAMI—^Another area was added to the growing net­ business" Indications are that it and coal ship freight rates were would be a long time, if ever, be­ sharply on the upgrade. work of Maritime Trades Department Port Councils last They fore ' the company got back into reached a peak of about $16 a ton month when MTD executive secretary-treasurer Harry the coal-carrying trade, because at one time for a brief period, but O'Reilly issued a charter to"* of a sharp decline in US exports started sliding in the spring of the Southeast Florida Mari­ bets of the newly formed council. of this commodity. " 1957 and the /company's business time Port Council. They are the Marine Engineers . West Germany, which was one went down the toboggan slide." Five MTD affiliates. are mem- Beneficial Association; the Inter­ of the leading importers of Ameri­ national Union of Operating En­ can coal last year, taking 4,900,000 gineers; International. Brotherhood tons in 19.57, has announced that it of Longshoremen, Masters, Mates will not purchase more than 2,000,and Pilots and the Seafarers Inter­ 000 tons this year. Other Euro­ national Union, A*& G District. pean countries are also cutting The new couiicil, located in one back, with coal from Poland Oiling of the most important maritime "much of the gap and British mines centers , in the southeast, has also exporting for the first time opened a headquarters center in jn many years^ Miami with office space and meet­ NEW YORK—Organizing -by the alU's Marine Allied $3 Per Ton —' ing facilities available to affiliated ' In addition, competition for Workers Division has been meeting with much success in local unions. ""available loadings in Norfolk ha^ the various marine companies tfiroughout the District. Of Officers of the Southeast Flori­ been heavy with the result that the more than 50 coippanies da Council are president John coal rates to northern Europe are now. under MAWD contracts, were the Steel Seafarer (Isthmian); Davis of the Operating Engineers, down near the $3 per ton mark, 24 are in this port. Three more Robin Gray (Robin); Andrew Jack­ Vice-President Al Lopez, of^the one-third of the amount needed to contrac^ts are being negotiated with son (Waterman) and the Natalie SIU-A&G District and Secretarybreak even under the American new companies and are expected to (Intercontinental). The in-transit Treasurer Vincent O'Reilly of , the flag. be signed sometime within the next vessels were the Be^atrice,: Ine^ MEBA. \ WASHINGTON Warning that (Bull); Plymouth Victory, Wellesley At present, in addition to the few weeks. The MTD has also establL'Jied a serious polio outbreak could oc­ Coal Miner, the company retains Assistant secretary-treasurer Bill Victory (Isthmian); Alamar, Sea- a number of port councils in the cur this summer. Surgeon. General titie for the moment on the Hall called attention to the im­ mar (Calmar); -Seatrain Georgia, Great Lakes area recently as 'part Leroy E. Barney of. the Public Thomas Paine. It is expected that portance of Seafariers making ap­ New York, Texas, Louisiana, Savan­ of its organizing program for that Health Service has urged a speed­ the Federal Maritime Board wiil pointments for an SIU Medical nah, New Jersey (Seatrain); Morn­ section of the country. Councils up in the vaccination program. recall the Paing to the lay-up fleet Center examination as soon as they ing Light, Maxton, Fairland, Young in other Atlantic and Giilf ports Dr. Bumey reported that 48.S some time in April., Five other register if they have not already America (Waterman); Michael (Car­ as well as on the West Coast, have million persons under 40 sti}l have ships, the Cleveland Abbe, Casimir had one. There is a short waiting res) and the Alcoa Roamer, Alcoa been functioning for a number of mot been vaccinated and the 19 Pulaski, Martha < Berry, Harry list and the men are processed Runner (Alcoa). years now. million under the age of twenty Glucksman and Walter Hines Page very quickly. , are not p(;otected against the have already been returned to the disease. He said that if the inci­ It has been a good shipping pe­ dence of polio is high this summer, riod for the men on the-b^ch here a large number of unvaccinated with some jobs left hanging on the persons could be infected. board for as many as three and Parents Run Risk four calis. Seafarers are urged'to Seafarers and other merchant take these jobs as they are placed seamen can get their polio shots on the shipping board in order to at -any Pablic Health Service hos­ prevent last minute placements, or pital. The shots,, which are injec­ having a vessel sailing short. SlU membership meet­ tions of the Salk vaccine, prevent The last Waterman vessel in idle the disease. ings are held regularly status in this port, the John B; Parents of pre-school children every two weeks on Wed­ Waterman, came out of lay-up las! run a special risk. Dr. Burney nesday nights at 7 PM in week and signed on .a full crew. pointed out, because, the attack Next period's shipping will receive rate of the disease is high among ail SlU ports. All Sea­ a boost from the Dorothy (Bull) small children. If these children farers are expected to which is expected to take on a have been vaccinated, they them­ attend; those who wish to crew during the latter part of this selves are protected against pa­ 7W£ ralysis, but thev can still harbor be excused should request week. During the past two weeks 14 the virus and pass it on to their perrnission by telegram vessels paid off, four signed on parents, (be sure to include reg- and 20 were in transit. The vessels AP:e &£ARet> -tBR $54FARiF«S - " Immunity against the disease is greatly / hightmied by the full istration number). The paying off were the Sandcaptain THE CFCtS. UN\C»i.XKW (Const. Agr.lj Robin Locksley course of three injections. • The next SlU meetings will be: (Robin); John B. Waterman, first two- shots are administered I W Wf/VE/T r/M£ YaJl?e Ar-iH£ AAU. ; about Raphael Semmes, Azalea City,^na month apart, and the third April 2 drew Jackson (Waterman); CS Bal-' several months later. Even one April timore (Cities Service); Alcoa Partx shot or two greatly increases re­ sistance to the disease. ner, Alcoa Ranger (Alcoa); Eliza­ 30 beth, Frances, Dorothy (Bull) ^nd With warm weather ahead, now 14 V the Natalie (Intercohtinental). is the time for SIU men to get the first two shots. S'gning on during the period MTD Forms Flo. Council MAW Meeting Succ^ In NY Organizing Drive i. I :-' Take Polio Shots, PH5 Head Urges SCHEDULE OF SIUMEETIN6S iORHSlOCAFSTS^!,^ •- -T' ^•::-' '' I -- The disappearance of the Com­ munist Party's "Daily Worker" early this year in a split between party factions left a void in CP propaganda activities which other front groups have been quick to" fill. One of the 1 latest, entries, from over the border in Canada, is a Toronto distributing outlet called, the "Northern Book House.'y Its key publication, "Northern Neigh­ bors," is openly billed as "Can­ ada's Authoritative, Independent Magazine Reporting the USSR," All About Sputnik Making the most of the propa­ ganda gained by the Soviets from •the launching of two Russian Sput­ niks last fall, the organization offers several bonus deals covering translated works on space science and economics along with new subscriptions. "An eliciting new novel" lauded for its caricuture of US Secretary of State John Foster Dulles is also prominently feat­ ured in the propaganda package. In case anybody misses the point, "Northern Neighbors" the only favorable comment cited by "Northern Neighbors" in its own behalf is by "The National Guard­ ian," long noted for its Party line views. In common with the usual CP tra­ dition, "Northern Neighbors", uses the "front" technique, avoiding mention of its affiliations. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource March 28, 1958 Description An account of the resource Headlines: ASK STUDY ON TRAMP SUBSIDIES SIU PACT WINS BIG OT BUNDLE FOR ROBIN CREW 11 MONTHS UNDER NMU PACT PROVES DEAD LOSS SIU ASSAILS CHARGES ON BERNSTEIN $ FIRST LADY SAILOR RETIRES NO EARLY END TO SLUMP GOV’T ECONOMISTS WARN CREWLESS SUB SHIP PLANS NOW ‘REALITY’ MMP PICKS TRUSTEE FOR LOCAL 88 ‘AGENCY SHOP’ PACT BARS FREE-RIDERS IN PLANTS BRIDGES, US CLASH OVER BACK TAXES NY VOTES $45-WEEK JOBLESS PAY BENEFIT IBL STUDIES PEACE PLAN IN PR BEEF CABINS SINKS 2 NY TUGS; NO INJURIES SUP MEMBERS VOTE ON 7-MONTH RULE NMU PACT DEAD LOSS KINGS PT. FIGHTS CIVILIAN STATUS BUILD TANKERS OR PAY PENALTY, MA WARNS VICTORY CARRIERS SENATE REPORT A SMEAR ON US UNIONS – MEANY PORTUGAL CO. EYES ‘SUPER’ LINER TRADE COAL CO. CLOSES NORFOLK OFFICES – NO BUSINESS MAW MEETING SUCCESS IN NY ORGANIZING DRIVE Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 03/28/1958 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XX, No. 7 1958 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/b9bd9df8d8bca561ebd1af2ab4e57100.PDF 57aef57f39c6ba733752b526390dce84 PDF Text Text Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of North America Vol. VIII. . mm NEW YORK. N. Y., FKIDAY, MARCH 29. 1946 WHAT GOES UP.... No. 13 Isthmian Bars Election; Officials in New Stall To Keep Men Non-Union FLASH! NEW YORK. March 28 — NLRB and SIU representa­ tives will again attempt to board Isthmian vessels in this port to post election no­ tices. This action follows a telegram from the WSA in Washington to the Isthmian SS Company instructing the company to allow the notices to be posted in compliance with the law. The Isthmian Steamship Company pulled a new stall­ ing tactic out of its old bag of obstructionist tricks on March 28, as National Labor Relations Board regional of­ ficials, SIU and NMU organizers tried to board ships in New York Harbor to post notices of the upcoming elec­ tions to decido which, if any,$ Union • is to represent Isthmian the election machinery. By its delaying tactics the seamen. The NLRB and Union repre­ strongly anti-Union company is sentatives were barred from all trying to avert collective bar­ ships in the harbor, under one gaining and maintain its far-below-par wage scale as long as subterfuge or another. Isthmian' clearly showed that possible to save a few pennies. At every ship in New York it will delay as long as, possible Harbor Isthmian had doubled or trebled its dockside guards. The guards were under orders not to allow anyone aboard under any -circumstances. The tactics of barring the dele­ gations were slightly different in each case, btrt the pattern was the same througliuut. At three ships, the Mary Livermore, the H. H. Bancroft and the John Wanamaker, the guards gave this phony excuse: The ships are not the property Among the decisions reached of Isthmian; they belong to WSA NEW YORK—After eight full days of intensive discussion, the were proposals that would tight­ and you must have authorization longest conference of its kind in en the organizational structure from the WSA. Seafarers history, the Agents of the Union; look into the fea­ ANOTHER PHONY Conference of the Atlantic and sibility and advisibility of form­ At the Atlanta City they pull­ Gulf District has come to a close. ing an AFL Maritime Council; ed this one: The recommendations will be sub­ probe the desirability of setting This is an Isthmian ship. The mitted immediately to the mem­ up a Credit Union within the government has nothing to do SIU; make changes in the pres­ bership for its approval. with it. Consequently, the NLRB In this, the first peacetime ent probationary and trip card has nothing to do with the way it Agents Conference since 1941, system; and expand the present is run. many important decisions were Educational Program. The NLRB men took exception reached, which will serve to, Following are some of the re­ to the company's statements in strengthen the gains made so far,' each case. They argued with the and to make possible the further ports and proposals of the Con­ guards, they called their bo.ss, expansion of the Seafarers In­ ference excerpted from the offi­ the regional director, and they cial minutes of the conference: ternational Union. called Isthmian officials. Conference Proposals Miners Will 'Stay At Home' Go Before Membership Unless Given Health Fund For Final Approval Mr WASHINGTON, March 26 — Over 400,000 soft coal miners, 7Ticmbcrs of the United Mine Workers, AFL, will "down tools" at midnight Sunday, according to UMW President, John L. Lewis. Asserting, that this is "not a strike," Mr. Lewis stated that the miners are "exercising its option under the present agree­ ment." "In our letter to the local unions," Mr. Lewis said, "we are not calling a strike. We are no­ tifying them of the termination of the agreement. Obviously you know that the miners do not woi'k without an agreement. They will not trespass upon the properties until they have a con­ tract as that will be a violation of law and the miners are law-abid­ ing." The break in the negotiations, which started on March 12, came_ principally through the failure to agree on a "health and welfare fund" for the minei-s, and an agreement to act on the safety recommendations of the Federal Mine Inspection Service, instead of those of the state mining bu­ reaus. HITS STATE BUREAUS Mr. Lewis asserted that the state mining bureaus are lax and company dominated, and that casualties of his men during the war period had been greater than in the armed services in propor­ tion to the number involved. He said; "There will be no miner's blood spilled next week." Mr. Lewi.s maintained that fur­ ther talks would be useless un­ less the mine owners agi'eed in principle to the miners' proposal that a health and welfare fund, approximating $60,000,000 a year, to be collected through a "par­ ticipating royalty" of ten cents a ton, be set up. Lewis told his press conference today that the miners are not in­ terested in wages and hour.s if the question of its demands for health and safety measures are not satis­ fied. HOME USERS SPARED Although the work stoppage All shipping rules, except rules might paralyze basic industries, 8, 14, 25, 35, and the rule relative Lewis said that the union waited to. the Eastern Steamship Com­ until after the end of winter so pany, the Colonial Navigation that home users would not be in­ Company, the Savannah Line convenienced. Basic industries and the New England Steamship have enough coal for from 10 to Company, were unanimously re30 days, and the Solid Fuels Ad­ adopted by the Conference. The ministration is preparing to em­ latter rule and rule 35 were com­ bargo soft coal deliveries to in­ pletely deleted; rules 8, 14, and sure supplies to the most essen­ 25 were changed; and a new rule tial consumers. was inserted as number 35 to Government officials estimate take the place of the rule on tripthat electric power plants have card men and probationary men enough coal to last 72 days, and adopted at Llie 1943 Annual Elec­ railroads have enough for 27 days tion Ballot. of operation. The recommended rule changes The negotiations will continue, are: but observers see meager prosShipping Rule No. 8 be chang­ fJ^ct of a settlement in time to ed to read as follows: avert the Sunday night shut­ Any member on the regular down. shipping list who has a shipping. Proposed Changes in Shipping Rules card more than 3 months old must re-register on the shipping list and take out a new shipping card and date. Members more than 3 months in arrears in dues or assessments and less than 6 months in arrears in dues or assessments shall reg­ ister and ship from the 'same list as Tripcard and Permit Men do. Former members, more than 6 months in arrears in dues or as­ sessments, after approval by membership action, shall lake the first job assigned to him by the shipping dispatcher. Shipping Rule No. 14 be chang­ ed to read as follows: Members who have shipped and later quit or get fired and who do not report back to the (Continued on Page 4) Isthmian finally backed down on one point. It said the NLRB and Union delegations could go aboard company-owned ships af­ ter Isthmian had compiled lists of men aboard each ship who would be eligible to vote. HERE'S THE SCORE Under the NLRB ruling the elections are to include all*unlicensed personnel in the Deck, Engine and Stewai'd's Depart­ ments. The NLRB specified that the elections were to take place as early as possible, but not later than 30 days after the March 19 order. The new Isthmian time-spar­ ring tactic follows a long delay­ ing action by the company, which was climaxed when the NLRB denied a motion by Isthmian to reopen oral arguments on wheth­ er an election should be held. �Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, March 29, 1946 SEAFARERS LOG Puhlixhed Weekly by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affil/aied with the American Federation of Labor At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 1 » HARRY LUNDEBERG ------- President 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City Entered as second class matter June 15, 1945, at the Post Office in New York, N. Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912. •267 Hunger In Europe It is ironical that the first fighters against fascism m the world should be the victims of the peace. Yet it is an undisputed fact that, unless immediate help is forthcoming, more than 20,000,000 European people will starve within the next year. The situation in Europe is critical. From eyewitness reports, and from letters, we know that disease and starva­ tion are scourging ever)' continental country. Our own seamen, returning from abroad, have told us of the bodies, of starvation-dead people being stacked like cord wood along public streets. They have told us about children and adults rooting through garbage pails for food, and scrabbling along the decks of relief ships for any grain that might have been dropped. STATEN ISLAND HOSPITAL PATIENTS Such an attitude must prevail throughout the world, intolerable. Here in the United States, organized labor has adopt­ ed the attitude that hunger is not to be used as a weapon in industrial disputes. In the instance of the GM-UAW strike, labor showed its solidarity by contributing whole­ heartedly to the strikers so that the strike could be settled on its merits, and nor because of the hunger of the strikers' families. Such an attitude must prevail throughout hte world. The brave people in France, Poland, Greece, and the Balkan countries, who fought by our sides in the struggle against fascist oppression must not be allowed to starve now that the war has been won. We cannot allow hunger to be used as a political wea­ pon to force these people into the camp of the Russians, or to make it easy for a dictator of the Hitler-Mussolini type to use this situation to seize power. During the long war years, we in the United States looked forward eagerly to the days of unlimited steaks, quantities of butter, and an abundance of all other delica­ cies. And so, as a Christmas present to the rest of the world, we ended rationing of most items here. It is true that even yet we do not have all that we want. But we do have more than we need. And this excess must be shared with starving peoples of the world if we are to see the dream of a warless world come true. & Abraham Lincoln once said that a nation cannot exist half slave and half free. A peaceful world, as we would like to see it, cannot exist half fed and half starving. In this situation organized labor must take the lead. It is our duty to press for action by our government to alleviate the distress of the hungry peoples of the world. By whatever measures necessary, even the re-institutUn of rationing, we must make available enough food to sustain life in our brothers and sisters overseas. We have the food and we have the ships and men to sail the ships. We must heed the call of starving Europe and Asia. Men Now In The Marine Hospitals BOSTON HOSPITAL T. F. SMITH JAMES LEE T. THOMR RAY KEY G. PHINVEY JR. E. ALLEN GUY GAGE ED JOHNSTON H. GILLAN F. C. BROWN s. a. t NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL J. DENNIS J. H. BOWEN DONAT.D DAHL JAMES RILEY R. E. THORP, Jr. P. F. HICKS W. F. LEWIS H. A. CRUSE EDWARD JOHNSON J. E. DALE C. JANULEVICUS W. J. MARIONEAUX R. M, NOLAN JOSEPH MAJEAU H. D. STERTZBACK 4. 4. STATEN ISLAND HOSPITAL J. S. CAMPBELL C. G. SMITH D. A. HUTTS J. V. RODRIGUEZ C. W. FARRELL W. A. MORSE W. H. G. BAUSE L. R. MORJA L. J. A. J. V. A. F. L. MOODY L. WEEKS WHEATON H. SPEARN SHAVROFF C. McALPHIN M. HANGEN 4 4 ft BUFFALO HOSPITAL THOMAS DUFFY J. LA BONTE J. PEMBROKE ART JEPSON ft ft ft MOBILE TIM BURKE M. CARDANA J. C. DANZEY ft ft ft ELLIS ISLAND HOSPITAL D. MCDONALD J. KASLUSKY C. MIDDLETON SAN JUAIL P!H.^HOSPITAL HIPOLITA DE LEON JOHN VANDESSPOOLL ROBERT MORGAN DELAWARE P. ELDEMIRE ANGEL CABRERA F. M. DUCLOS GERALD R. VOHLER BLAS RAMIREZ JULIO CATO BERNARD ft ft ft FORT STANTON HOSPITAL NICK GAMAMIN A. McGUIGAN You can contact your Hos­ pital delegate at the Staten Island Hospital at the follow­ ing itmes: Tuesday—-1:30 to 3;30 p. ni. (on 5th and 6th floors) Thursday—1:30 to 3:30 p. m. (on 3rd and 4th floors.) Saturday—1:30 to 3:30 p. m. (on 1st and 2nd floors.) When entering the hospital notify the delegate by post­ card, giving your name and the number of your ward. E. T. HARDEMAN A. B. THOMPSON J. E. McCREADIE JOHN R. SARTOR L. L. LEWIS H. TUTTLE FRANK NICHOLSON ft ft ft DETROIT HOSPITAL EDWARD WARES WALTER DERR LYNN BURKE TONY SOVERENTO ALEX McMTI.I.AN ft ft ft BALTIMORE HOSPITAL JAMES KELLY FLOYD FRITZ JOSE SARAVIA OLIVER HEFFLEY JOHN MORRIS CLARK POPE GEORGE PARDEE IRA VAN WORMEK ft ft ft GALVESTON HOSPITAL A. A. TROMLY R. N. STROMER H. HARTMAN DIXON BANDA QUAID �Friday. March 29. 1946 TU t SEA tAKtRS LOG Page Three Deadlock Still Holds In Norfolk By PAUL HALL The Agents Conference has recommended a program of coor­ dination of union activities with New Orleans Port Agent Steely White as Gulf coordinator and Eaid Sheppard, Atlantic and Gulf director of organization, as Atlantic coordinator. The importance of this program is that it serves to weld the entire apparatus of the Union into a compact apparatus capable of meeting all issues squarely and using its full strength to act without delay. It means further that all activities of the Union are handled in a systematic manner with all sections of the apparatus working as one. Through the medium of the coordinators, headquarters and or­ ganizational officers in New York will be kept in constant touch with every phase of both port and organizational operations. In addition the burden of work can be more efficiently allocated, receiving supervision at all times. This is particularly needed at this time in view of the immediate tasks facing the Union. Elections Begin The Isthmian and AT&P elections have been finally ordered and the posting of the ships has actually started. When a ship is posted by the National Labor Relations Board, voting actually .starts within forty-eight hours. As this issue of the Log goes to press vot­ ing is already under way. In the voting period the closest attention must be paid to see that every crew member is contacted and every possible SIU vote is voted. A functioning organizational apparatus has been set up by the Union. This operation consists of some of the most energetic and best-trained men in the Union. These men have been trained in the hardest school of all, organization of the unorganized on the point of production. This apparatus is equipped to handle anything that comes their way and it only takes a brief glance at what the future holds to sec just how necessary it is to maintain this apparatus. They Love Their Jobs The Coast Guard, the War Shipping Administration and the other government maritime agencies aren't going to give up easy. They like their jobs and they intend to keep them as long as they ran and they will use every means in their power to hang on. The Union has to get rid of all forms of government bureau control and return maritime administration to its peacetime status if we are to progress. A well functioning Union with the organizational and port ap­ paratus working together can give the bureaucrats a run for their money and should end in the elimination of their control. The question of contracts and negotiations will be coming up soon and here again it is necessary that all Union operations be geared up so that the SIU can continue to lead the maritime field on the question of wages and conditions. The proper coordination will mean that the Union is on its toes and ready to get into any scuffle with both hands swinging. The Conference has proposed the formation of an AFL Maritime Council. This means that all AFL Unions connected with the mari­ time industry will be working together closer than ever before. The formation of such a Council means the active support of mighty unions such as the Longshoremen and the Teamsters. With such a strength the SIU can face the future with confidence and assurance. Chance For All With the educational program getting into full swing, every member will have the opportunity of preparing himself for leader­ ship. The AT&P and Isthmian drives have developed hundreds of members who will be found in the leadership of the future. The future looks good. This conference has been one of hard work which has produced jn-any progressive plans and proposals. All the proposals in the world don't mean anything, however, unless they are carried out. With the proper coordination of all Union activities they can, and vyill be carried out, The coming year is a year of action, a year of growth and progress. Isthmian is the first step towards the goal of organizing all the unorganized, towards bringing the whole in­ dustry under the banner of the SIU. The SIU belongs to the membership and the membership have a job to do. The time to act is now. With everyone pulling together it won't bo long before the SIU is the "ONE BIG UNION" in the maritime field. Make Isthmian SIU NORFOLK, Va.—Possibility of return of State-operated ferries to the Chesapeake Ferry Com pany and an end to the wage dis pute between the SIU and the company was foreseen here, as Seafarers officials reported "pro gress" in negotiations with the company. The Virginia Assembly enacted legislation on February 28 for the State to seize and operate the ferries after a three-week strike by Seafarer crews for vacations, holidays and a higher monthly scale.- The State is still operating the ferries at rates paid by the ferry company. There is reason for optimism, SIU leaders said, because the Chesapeake ferry company is, in effect, out of business until the ferries are returned by the State. And the State will continue to operate the ferries "until such time as the company can guaran­ tee uninterrupted service." AGREEMENT A "MUST" An agreement with the SIU will be necessary before any such guarantee can be given. Public opinion has been on the side of the strikers since the ne­ gotiations between SIU Secre­ tary-Treasurer John Hawk and Norfolk Agent Ray White and company officials bogged down .early in February. The strike rocked along for three weeks, supported by all maritime Unions in the ai-ea be­ fore the State took over the fer­ ries and ordered the men back to work. All during that time, despite transportation hardships, the public and press in the area were on the side of the Union. There were several reasons for this support. First, it was gen­ erally known that the Union de­ mands were just, and that the ferry company was a notorious slave driver. It was known also that the wages and conditions sought by the Union merely eciualized those of the ferries op­ erated by the county. GAINS ALREADY MADE The disputed ferries are op­ erated between Pine Beach and Newport News and Willoughby Spit and Old Point Comfort. Prior to an NLRB election in 1945, which certified the SIU as collective bargaining agent for unlicensed personnel, men had worked an eight hour day, seven days a week and 365 days a year. There had been no compensation for overtime after the eight-hour workday—and there was plenty of overtime work. Immediately following the elec­ tion, the Seafarers were able to obtain a 48-hour week, with time and a half for work in excess of eight hours a day and time and a half in excess of 48 hours. COMPANY STALLING Then negotiations were carried on for four months by the SIU to obtain a two-week vacation for the men, 10 holidays a year and an increase in the monthly pay scale. The company continued to stall and the unlicensed personnel voted to strike the ferries. The company had held out for no blanket increases and had tried to whittle dov/n other demands. The high-handed action of the State of Virginia came without warning. Hawk and White both were in the Norfolk area, but were not consulted before the strike-breaking legislation was railroaded through the legisla­ tive body by the Virginia Gover­ nor. The State Circuit Court also acted with lightning speed in handing down a writ ordering the State Highway Department to operate the ferries. SIU leaders conducting the present negotiations are holding firm in their demands. The ferry company is on the spot. The only action that can possibly fore­ stall an SIU victory is continued operation of the ferries by the State. Report On Organizing Drive By EARL "BULL" SHEPPARD FLASH ! I Posting of Isthmian ships has start­ ed. When your ship is posted voting starts in 48 hours. STAY ABOARD AND VOTE SIU ! The thing everyone has been*— — looking for has finally happened and show them just what SIU and the crews sailing Isthmian representation really means. Staying aboard these ships will and AT & P ships are going to insure a full turnout of the SIU have the opportunity to make vote. If, for example, the SIU their decision as to whom they were to win by an impressive wish to be represented by. majority, negotiations could be This is a time when, more than immediately opened and the sign­ ever before, every man must stay ing of an agreement made much on the job. The voting is only ea.sier. one phase of the activity that The question of a contract is must now be carried on, and the something for Isthmian seamen larger the margin of the SIU to immediately start discussing. vote, the easier will be the carryUsing the SIU contracts now in ng out of these tasks.. force as base, group discussions STAY ABOARD should be started with a view to It is important to stay aboard getting as many ideas and sugges­ the ships now and see that every tions as possible from the ships. man votes. There are still men These ideas should be writ­ aboard these ships who haven't ten down and mailed to the New fully made up their minds as to York Hall so they can be assem­ just what they are going to do. bled and studied. They will then It is up to every SIU member be turned over to the negotia­ and supporter to discuss the tions committees when the vot­ Union in detail with these men ing is over and the question of an agreement comes up. PICTURE OF AN INJUNCTION GOOD NEWS Good reports are coming in from all ports and ships. The most marked improvement in or­ ganizing has been in the Stew­ ards Department. Many cooks and chief stewards, who pre­ viously were undecided, have now signed pledge cards and se­ lected the SIU as their choice. The response to the charter membership offer continues to be good and all ports report many Isthmian men taking out mem­ bership books. Men who have joined ships since March 19th will not be able to vote, but they should still stay on the job until the voting is over. If a few men start piling off, others will follow and if they get scattered many will lose out on the chance of making their choice in the elections. It won't be long now and after putting up with these jobs for so long it shouldn't be too hard to stick around for the final punch. Everything looks good now and it is up to everyone both ashore and General Electric's attempt to provoke violence by obtaining an on the ships to keep it that way. injunction against group picketing and using cops as strikebreakers Before long the Isthmian fleet only succeeded in doubling the determination of GE employes in will be SIU! Philadelphia to win their strike and a pay raise. The injunction, which failed to turn out a single radio or refrigerator, brought only a parade of 6000 pickets whom club-swinging police tried futilely to disperse. (LPA) Make Isthmian SIU! •- iy- �Page Four THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, March 29, 1946 Agents Conference Plans For Expansion All Tripcard Men and Permift (Continued from Page 1) dispatcher within 24 hours after Men who have their dues paid shipping, shall lose their original for the current month shall reg ister on a separate shipping list date. Shipping Rule No. 25 be chang­ other than the regular shipping list and shall ship from this list ed to read as follows: Men shipped on regular job as Tripcard and Permit Men in a whose ship lays up in less than rotary manner.' 15 days after original employ­ All Tripcard Men and Permit ment date shall have his shipping Men shall be shipped only after card restored. book members do not take jobs, Shipping Rule relative to the After no member on regular clauses regarding Eastern .Steam­ shipping list takes jobs after 3 ship Company, the Colonial Na­ hourly calls, then Permit Men vigation Company, the Savannah or Tripcard Men sliall bo allow­ I,inc and the New England ed the privilege of throwing in Steamship (Clauses 1, 2, 3 and cards for the job. 4) be deleted in its entirety. Tripcard Men and Permit Men Shipping Rule No. 35 be de­ shall be allowed to make either leted in its entirety. one complete round trip or to To delete that part of the Ship­ not less than 60 days continuous ping Rules relative to the Reso­ employment on same vessel. lution adopted at the 1943 An­ To recommend to the member­ nual Election Ballot in its entire­ ty, and a new Shipping Rule be ship that the Shipping Rules be added to the regular Shipping amended and after ratification by Rules to replace the old Sliip- the membership that it be placed ping Rule No. 35 and to read as on a referendum ballot for ap­ proval, as per the Constitution. follows: Constitutional Change Proposed In tire r-epori of the Committee tion. This provision shall not ap­ Oil Constitution it Was recom­ ply to officials and other office mended that only Article XIII be holders working for the Union amended. The proposed amend­ during current year for period of 4 months or longer. ment follows: Section 12: After completion of Section (c): Any candidate for Agent or joint patrolman must referendum balloting, and final have three years of sea service action taken by membership re­ in any one of three depai'tments. garding same, used ballots to be Any candidate for departmental held in Secretary-Treasurer's of­ patrolman must have three years fices, The Quarterly Finance sea service in their respective de­ Committee, meeting in the first partments. Sea service, as speci­ meeting of such type after final fied in this article, shall mean on action by membership is taken, merchant vessels in unlicensed are to recommend means and capacity. methods of disposing of used bal­ Section (e): That he be an ac­ lots. tive and fuU book member and If passed by the membership show four montlis discharges for the proposed amendment will be the current year in an unlicensed placed on a referendum ballot rating, prior to date of nomina­ for approval, as per Constitution. Action Against The Coast Guard The S e a f a r ers International Union of North America has al­ ready taken concrete action on the question of unnecessary peacetime controls of the mari­ time industry by the U.S. Coast Guard, and the transfer of juris­ diction of the Bureau of Steam­ boat Inspection and Navigation to the Maritime Commission instead of to the Department of Com­ merce, as in pre-war days. On January 11, 1946, a letter of protest was sent to the Presi­ dent of the United States regard­ ing the continuance of Coast Guard authority over the Mer­ chant Marine, and at the same time, it was requested that the jurisdiction .over the Bureau of Steamboat Inspection and Navi­ gation be transfeiTed to the De­ partment of Commerce. On March 8, 1946, a further letter of protest was sent to the President's Executive Office re­ garding these same matters, and was concurred in by all SIU af­ filiates. Your Union has further protested the transfer of the Shipping Commissioners and the Steamboat Inspectors functions to the Maritime Commission, and has demanded that open public hearings be held on this matter before it is transferred to any other authority than the Depart­ ment of Commerce. A continuous campaign has been carried on in the pages of the Seafarers Log regarding con­ tinued Coast Guard control of maritime personnel, and our stand in opposition to this peace­ time control has been made in no uncertain terms in several differ­ ent stories and editorials. A motion was passed by SIU membership meetings that the Seafarers call on all Maritime Unions and AFL affiliates to join with the SIU in a campaign to rid the seamen of wartime Coast Guard controls and return the in­ dustry to peacetime status. In line with this motion, let­ ters were sent to all Maritime Unions during the past week re­ stating this motion, and suggest­ ing a program of action. Since that time, a four paged mimeographed leaflet has been issued to all SIU members, along with copies of the letter and sug­ gested program. We feel it necessary and urgent that this Agents' Conference re­ affirm the stand which has al­ ready been taken on the Coast Guard and the Bureau of Steam­ boat Inspection and Navigation, and continue this same militant program of publicity and direct action until these evils which be­ set the merchant marine are en­ tirely eliminated, and conditions are returned to their pre-war status or better. YES, ITS ISTHMIAN'S SEA HAWK These Isthmian men were glad to have their picture taken by the Union of their choice—the Seafarers! Front (reading from left): Skuistad. DM; Hilliard. Oiler: Neilson. AB; Martinson, AH. Second row: Roberts, Wiper; Barker, AB; Servallos, 2nd Ck.; Belcher, FWT; Martinski, FWT; Rob­ ertson, AB: Barney, AB; Priichett, Oiler. Back row: Webber, MM; Clemens, AB; Diaz, MM; Lueek, OS; Dennis, DM; and Lode, OS. Two former NMU men. Skuisted and Servallos, turned in their books, and took out SIU memberships. Deck delegate Robertson and Eng. delegate Belcher are holding the Sea Hawk shipshape for the SIU, and doing a swell job, too! Probationary Books, Permits The probationary book and tripcard system of operation has become obsolete. With the in­ dustry being reconverted to a peacetime operational .status, the operators will be laying up a large amount of tonnage. On a small scale, this is already being felt with a marked decrease in shipping. The rights of the membership to jobs must be protected at all times and we have to be par­ ticularly careful today because we don't know just how many jobs will be available tomorrow. It is true that winning the Isth­ mian Line will mean more jobs, but it will also mean more mem­ bers, and we will have to have good Union men sailing those ships to see that the right kind of Agreement is obtained. For this reason, we cannot even consider closing the books of the Union as such an action would be the same thing as shutting off the organizational activity. When we organize a company, we bring new members into the Union who are entitled to and must be given, the same protec­ tion as the older members. For that reason, it is recom­ mended that the present tripcard and probationary book system be changed to a permit system. The value of the permit system is that it enables the membership to ad­ mit as members the necessary numbers to keep shipping on a decent basis. The permit system would elim­ inate much of the duplicate filing and office work and would aid in the check-up system of dues records, etc. When any seaman who is car­ rying a permit card is admitted to the Union from time to time, he would be given the regular blue membership book, but re­ gardless of the length of time he has sailed on a permit, he would have to remain on probation for at least six months before be­ coming a full member. A general summarization of the recommendations are: 1. Tripcards and probationarybooks are to be eliminated. 2. Permits to be issued prop­ erly ruled for payments, de­ scriptions, etc. . 3.. These admissions to be based on seniority but in no case should any permit man be admitted with less than six months time on a permit. •4. The regular blue mem­ bership book to be issued from the Headquarters Offices when the permit holder is admitted to the Union. 5. A minimum of six months probationary period is to be required on membership books, in addition to time already spent on permit before a man is considered for a full book membei'. 6. None of these rules to ap­ ply to unorganized seamen working on ships where an or­ ganizational drive is being con­ ducted. SIU Moves To Abolish The WSA The War Shipping Administra­ tion was created to take over the responsibility of operation and administration of shipping for the period of the war to relieve the U. S. Maritime Commission of the overload of wartime ad­ ministration and operation. During the course of the war, the WSA has constantly added to its powers and duties until it has become virtually the controlling agency. At the present time, the WSA is frantically trying to hang on to everything it can and to even increase its jurisdiction. The purpose of this is to hang onto the pie and have the WSA, under the same set-up, but with pos­ sibly another title, become a permanent government bureau. Inasmuch as many companies are resuming peacetime opera­ tion, the WSA is no longer neces­ sary and only a burden to the people of the country who must continue to pay high taxes to support such useless paper bu­ reaus, this committee recom­ mends and urges that the SIU exercise every possible means to have the WSA abolished in all of its phases and all shipping con­ trol returned to tlie pre-emergency status. Need For AFL Maritime Council This committee realizes the urgent need for -a closer coopera­ tion among the affiliate unions connected with the maritime in­ dustry. The SIU support of Dis­ trict 50 of the Mine Workers and the Longshoremen have shown that this cooperation is both feasible and necessary. The fact that the support of the entire AFL in Mobile was in­ strumental in the quick tugboat strike victory there shows again that some even closer national agreement between the SIU and our affiliates is necessary. This committee, therefore, recommends that the President of the AFL, the Executive Com­ mittee and the National Officers and Executive Committes of the ILA, the Teamsters and all other maritime connected Unions, be immediately contacted with a view towards the establishment of an AFL Maritime Council. It is further recommended that each Port Agent immediately con­ tact the Local Unions in his Port and sound them out and discuss the formation of this Councilwith them. In line with this program, it is recommended that the SIU of­ ficially request a meeting to be held as soon as possible to ex­ plore and set up the mechanics for such a council. (More on Page 6) �THE Friday. March 29, 1946 SEAFARERS LOG Baltimore Seafarers Give To Hospitalized ITHMK QUESTfON:—T)o you think that the United States should reinstitute rationing, if necessary, to help provide food for the starving people of Europe and Asia. MATTHEW DILEO, Acting AB— Rationing during the war gave jjeople in the United Stales enough to eat. On my last trip, I was in Belgium and people there didn't have anything to eat. So. of course we ought to help them out with food. We have plenty. We should make sure that we leave ourselves enough to get along on. but any sound system of rationing will do that. I don't know how people here can enjoy the food they eat when they know that men. women, and children are starving overseas. They don't need much, and what we give them will keep them alive. Port Baltimore Has Big Field JOSEPH CANTIN. Bosun— That's a good idea if done cor­ rectly. By that I mean that we have got to see that the black markets don't start again, and all people will get a just share of the food. I was in France last month and I know that people are starving there. We had grain as our cargo, and people came on board and picked up all the loose grain from around the winches, and swept up every last piece from the deck. Starving people have got to be fed. and we should feel lucky that we can help them, and still have enough for our­ selves. JOSEPH J. FENNER. Bosurf-We should not allow these peo­ ple to starve. We helped them fight the war, and now we should help them live. We have plenty of food and we could help them until they get on their feet. When people get hungry they get out of hand and anything can hap­ pen. I think the majority of peo­ ple in the United States is in favor of feeding Europe and Asia. The quicker we get those people straightened out. the bet­ ter it will be for all of us. Europe is starving, and the only ones who can do anyihing about it are the people of the Untied States. i BALTIMORE — Contributions from the rank and file members of the SIU for their sick brothers in the Marine Hospital continue to come in, reports John Taurin of the Baltimore hospital committe. Brother Taurin has received $16.10 from Rex Dickey, acting Agent, and $35 from Miss Lopez, secretary, which they collected from Seafarers in the Baltimore port. The following hospitalized men have received for their personal expenses the sums specified: Floyd W. Fritz $4.26 Charles Skakacs 4.20 P. Chappell 4.26 M. Morris 4.26 Jose Sarove 4.26 Daniel Hickey 4.26 E. J. Dellamuno 4.26 1. Iverson 4.26 S. Kelly 4.26 J. Kelly 4.26 J. Morris 4.25 J. Van Womer 4.25 CHRIS. J. LEGER, Jr.. AB— I'm in favor of it provided that we get what we need to keep us going, and then let them have the rest. The situation in Europe is bad. They lack nutritious food, and we should give them all we can spare. I saw people scram­ bling in garbage cans for food, and that kind of living will lead to riots. Even worse, the chil­ dren will grow up skinny and sick, and then it will be too late to do them any good. Most of the people I talk to are in favor of helping these unfortunate people, and so am I. ' r-' ~t' rt -if 'S' •' I- 'r T I By CURLY RENTZ BALTIMORE —A lot of guys don't understand the problems in the Port of Baltimore. In the first place, Baltimore is the head­ quarters for hundreds of men who work in allied industries closely connected with seamen. The entire Cheasepeake Bay area from Hampton Roads, the Eliza­ beth, Potomac and James Rivers, up to the Patapsco, is a fishing, towboat and tug area with thous­ ands of men closely allied to the seamen. In the great part these men are unorganized or else loosely or­ ganized in small local associa­ tions. The most important thing to consider is that almost any of them can qualify as seamen and, a.s .such, should be organized un­ der the SIU in one of our af­ filiated Unions. For example, a man may work a portion of tne year as an oysterman, later he fishes and still later he takes a barge or tug­ boat job. TUGS AND TOWS Actually more tugs and towboats operate in this area than in any other section outside of New York. Baltimore is a main transit point of the inland water­ way system from the Carolinas to New York, and coal alone rep­ resents a large part of the transit tonnage. Many big towing companies, such as the Curtis Bay Towing company which is organized in the ILA, AFL, make Baltimore their headquarters. It is import­ ant that these men all be organ­ ized in affiliate unions so that we can all work together in the event of trouble. The whole Chesepeake area is a thing that should be studied by the Union, as a tie-up of this area would be a prime factor in winning any beef we might have with the shipowners. Its a big job but we are tack­ ling it, and so far the results are favorable. If we remember that Baltimore is inland waters head­ quarters, then we must realize the necessity of doing a job there. An organized Cheseapeake Bay area would be one of the greatest weapons the SIU could have. Page Five The Patrolmen Say... Good Feeding the man that he did not feel like ' paying him overtimeNEW YORK—Recently I had The crew also complained that the privilege of paying off the this Purser spent money, enMV Black Rock, one of the Mo- j trusted in his care for the beneran tugs. Believe me, it was a ! fit of the crew, on souvenirs for himself. pleasure to see a ship so clean and MAIL UNSORTED spotless. When mail was delivered for The food aboard is excellent. the crew, he threw it on the Brother Eldori Cook, Chief Cook messroom table unsorted, and and Steward, and Brother Leslie told the crew he would not be Wing, Second Cook, are doing a responsible for any mail that was wonderful job. This ship could lost while they were sorting it. be rightfully termed the Wal­ After threats and promises dorf-Astoria of the waves. failed, we finally had to take ac­ A good clean crew, and good tion against this man and had cooking, makes a combination him put off the ship. hard to beat. Keep up the swell The war is over . . . now is the work. time for all Union men to weed R. E. Gonzales these men out and report them to the Union. No Pay—No Sign Salvador Colls NEW YORK—Last week I was called in on a beef aboard the Council Crest of the Los Angeles Tanker Company. This crew had been on coastwise articles for twentj'-three days, and the com­ pany wanted them to sign on foreign articles. This sounds okay, but what made it so tricky is that the company wanted to backdate the foreign articles twenty-three days without paying the men off on the original articles. We tried to talk to them, but we got nowhere fast. So we held up the sign on, and then they squared away the beef in a hurry. The men got the pay they were entitled to, and then they signed the foreign articles. Graydon "Tex" Suil Foreign Rider NEW YORK — When I got to the SS John Merick of the Calmar Line last week, all but six men had already signed on the articles without the Foreign Rider being signed also. These men waited while I got in touch with the Union Hall, and the Hall con­ tacted the WSA and the company. The company finally agreed to accept the Foreign. Rider and so the remaining six men signed them, and the rest of tlie crew initialed their copies. Now all unlicensed personnel are pro­ tected with first class" transporta­ tion, wages, and subsistence, back to the port of signing on if the vessel terminates its voyage any place other than that port. The same thing happened on the SS Galen Stone of the East­ ern Steamship Lines. There, too, they tried to sign the crew on without the Foreign Rider. We stopped that in a hurry, and we also made them change the crew's quarters around to where they are supposed to be. There was a Commissioner from the WSA aboard the Galen Stone when I got there, but he was letting the company get away with anything they wanted to—some help he was. Fred Hart Beef On Purser NEW YORK — A little while ago we received a complaint about the Purser of the SS Bluefield Victory of the Mississippi Steamship Company. It seems that this guy had gotten the idea he was a little tin God—practical­ ly the Master of the ship. He refused to okay overtime and threatened to have crewmembers logged and thrown off the ship. On one occasion he went so far as to have a man from the Stewards Department soogie his room, and then he told Troop Ship Rules NEW YORK - On all troop ships paying off, members in the Steward's Department who are laid off must come to the Union Hall, re-rogister foj; that .ship, and if the ships call for crews within ten days, these men are eligible for the jobs. According to the Shipping Rules, to which seamen are sub­ ject, they must get off the ship if they are laid off. Failure to do so may result in plenty of trouble. Business and' shipping con­ tinues good in this port. Plenty of work for all ratings, with ABs still at a premium.. All men who do not hold a rating, but would like to get one, should see Jimmy Stewart, on the 3rd floor of the Union Hall, for information. The Coast Guard is still in our hair with quite a few beefs now and then. It will be a great day for all concerned when the.se birds go back to paddling their canoes. In another part of this issue, an article appears giving the facts on how discharges from the WSA can be obtained. It is very im­ portant for every member of the SIU who has the required Ecatime to take advantage of this because if you are within the draft age, and you have a dis­ charge, it will keep the Draft Board from breathing down j'our neck. Joe Algina Brasshats Push Peacetime Braft WASHINGTON (LPA) — The Army brass hat.'; did a turn-abniit in their demands for permanent peacetime conscription, and came up with a proposal for an exten­ sion of the present Selective Serv­ ice Act. Members of Congress are believed to favor extension, for less than a year, and Senate Military Committee Chairman Elbert Thomas already has be­ fore the committee his bill ex­ tending the act for six weeks after its present expiration date. May 15. Major opposition is e.xpected to center around the argument that present voluntary enlistments are at a rate sufficient to provide the needed 1,070,000-man Army on July 1, and that raising the pay and status of the regular Army would result in maintain­ ing this figure. Make Isthmian SIU 1 �Page Six THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, March 29, 1946 CREW OF ISTHMIAN'S GEORGE READ AT NORFOLK Agents' Proposals Go Before Membership For Seamen's Gl Bill Of Rights "This committe has met with the Secretary-Treasurer and dis­ cussed this point as well as in­ vestigating the various member­ ship demands in regards to the adoption of this bill of rights. We see now that the chances of this bill being pigeon-holed in Congress are great. Considering these factors, this committee recommends the following: 1. That this Union demand from Congress immediate ac­ tion on the Seamen's GI Bill of Rights. 2. That we call on all our affiliated Unions within the AFL to assist us in this by adopting a resolution calling for action by Congress on this bill. 3. That we call on ALL friends of labor to exert all possible pressure to assist us in this matter. 4. That we send a representa­ tive or representatives to Wash­ ington at the next hearing on this matter to present our views. The entire question of the Sea­ men's G. I. Bill of Rights has been tossed around in Congress like a political football ever since its fii-st introduction. We must all realize that the fight for. the passage of this bill is going to be a tough one, and where we, as seamen, were con­ sidered a short while ago as "Heroes in Dungarees," we are now considered little better than bums. This is, of course, in large part due to Westbrook Pegler and others of his slimy ilk who have maligned the seamen vic­ iously. We must prepare ourselves for an all-out battle to secure pas­ sage of this bill, and through continuous publicity and pres­ sure, make certain that the pub­ lic learns the real story behind the wartime merchant marine. When the true story of the sac­ rifices made by seamen is known, then the public and progressive members of Congress will sup­ port us in our fight for this just legislation. Union-Run Upgrading Schools One service the Union can, and must give to the membership is a Union upgrading school. At the present time, they have a choice of going to (1) WSA School, (2) Pi'ivate School, or (3) Haphazard Studying. Unionism is a bread and but­ ter proposition; what can the Union do for its members? Or, if there are two (or more) unions in the same field, which union gives its members the most ben­ efits? In time of stress, those members wlio have no deep or­ ganizational ties (and these, no doubt, form the majority — al­ though a comprehensive educa­ tional program would greatly les­ sen this number), these members would tend to turn to that outfit which offers him more—-whether in wage.s or conditions, or a chance to advance his status in the industry. The Seafarers has the men who could teach the up­ grading schools. In all cases, the cost of maintaining them would be small. The committee therefore rec­ ommends on upgrading schools that: 1. Activate the New Orleans upgrading School (this is al­ ready established but not op­ erating). 2. Open Upgrading School in the New York Hall. 3. Open Upgrading School in the Baltimore Hall. Committees must set up an Agenda for each Department, draw up whatever printed mater­ ial is necessary, set minimum lequirements for admission, and to arrange for instructors. Agenda, material, admission, etc. — whatever pertains to all schools in any port—should be set up hy a joint committee. Instruc­ tors may be a Port matter, un­ less a Port feels that it hasn't the qualified personnel. The responsibility of putting into effect such .schools .should be that of the Local Officials, sub­ ject to the approval of the mem­ bership. Possibilities For Credit Union Your committee has investi­ gated the proposition of Credit Unions, and recommends the fol­ lowing action; (a) That we instruct the Sec­ retary-Treasurer to contact, as soon as is physically-pos­ sible, a representative of the Farm Credit Administration, or whatever agency handles Credit Union Information, and have him explain to us in plain language the func­ tions of same. (b) That once this information is available, that it be sub­ mitted to the membership for action, as to whether they want such gear set up, and under what terms if they want it at all. (c) That we recommend to all officials and to the member­ ship that they seriously study and consider the entire prop-osition of a Credit Union for the Seafarers. We could thus get well-informed action, and thereby be following the most advisable course on this matter. This we feel to be very important. (d) That we recuiiiMiend Llial the officials encourage as much as possible the full dis­ cussion of this matter by the members of our Union, and that we include in the Log such information as will aid our members to make up their minds. ^ (e) That we mimeograph or print in the very near future, a pamphlet or leaflet on Credit Union, and this be made available to all mem­ bers. In closing, this committee would like to add that they are in favor of establi.shing such Credit Union. However, wo are of the further opinion that be­ fore we consider adopting such action, that the membership should be completely familiar­ ized with Credit Unions. Thus, we feel that the adoption of the above program will answer this purpose. Here's a group of Isthmian brothers from the George Read docked at Norfolk. She's 100 per cent SIU. and in his hurry to make the Log deadline, our correspondent from Norfolk neglected to include their names. Stand Against Expanding Educational Program WSA Fink Halls The position of the SIU on the question of Fink Halls of any type, whether operated by the government, steamship compan­ ies, or by any combination of shipowners, remains the same. From the beginning, the Seafar­ ers have consistenthv fought against any and all types of hir­ ing other than rotary shipping from the Union Hall. Shipping from a Fink Hall is even more demoralizing than shipping from the dock and a system of hiring from any place other than the Union Hiring Hall can only serve to weaken the Union, give the companies the opportunity to place their stooges aboard ships and ultimately wreck the Union. This committee recommends that the system of government hiring be placed in the same category as the Fink Halls oper­ ated between the years 1921 and 1934 on the West Coast by the Pacific Coast Shipowners Asso­ ciation, on the Atlantic and Gulf by the U. S. Shipping Board, and at present, operated on the Great Lakes by the Lakes Carriers As­ sociation. This committee, therefore, rec­ ommends further that the mem­ bership reiterate their position on this question and take every pos­ sible means to abolish in their entirety, all Fink Halls and the Agencies sponsoring them. We recommend that the mem­ bers of this Union instruct their Officials to set up for their ap­ proval, as soon as possible, a program calling for an organized effort by ALL Maritime Unions, for the permanent elimination of this evil for all times from this industry. Venice Unions Venice unions star'ted a 24-hour general strike recently in protest against government leniency in cleaning out fascists from public offices and private industry. •With the end of the war, and 3—Public Speaking and Parlia­ the need for "national unity" mentary Procedure gone w'th the wind of Russian 4—History of SIU expansion, the need for an edu­ 5—History of Communist Union­ cational program for the Sea­ ism—Emphasis on NMU farers membership becomes more 6—How to Organize and more apparent. There is' no doubt but what 7—Labor Journalism There are, of course, other sub­ the commies will take a more and more militant line. How­ jects that may be considered. ever, since they are clever enough This is by no means a complete list. What should be pointed out to tie their political demands demands that will push Russia's here is that almost all of these interests in this country — with subjects, with the possible e:.the bright ribbons of what seem ception of public 'speaking can to be legitimate beefs, there will be taught by men who are now be many politcally uneducated on the Union payroll and thus who, if not taken in, will find will incur no additional expenses. If po.s.sible, the m,Tterials u.sed in. themselves greatly confused. In order to save the politically tlie classes should be priiiled or naive from the high-pressure mimeographed for general discommie propaganda, and to give trbiution. This committee recommends our membership a solid ground from which to be able to effec­ that that the administration of tively oppose the commies on the the educational program, as was watei-front in competing for the decided by the Agents' Confer­ unorganized seamen, and to make ence of last year, should remain them more union-conscious so in the hands of the Editor and that they'U be better able to with­ Educational Director. Agents are stand the coming counter-offen­ requested to communicate with sive of the shipowners, we recom­ the Educational Director to sug­ mend that the Seafarers Inter­ gest subjects, etc. The committee also recom­ national Union must immediately mends the purchase of a multilith set up a broadened educational machine so that educational ma­ program. The best medium, of course, is terial (as well as organizing and the Log—because it reaches more propaganda material) can be of the membership as compared cheaply and quickly printed in with classes, which must be the Union Hall by the SIU. limited in capacity. However, the Log must be supplemented by classes, since the latter permits of more intense instruction, ques­ tions from the floor, and discus­ sion to clear the doubts and mis­ understanding. The following subjects are LONDON, Mar. 24—Protesting recommended to be considered: against a 72-hour work week, 200 1—Theory and Practice of Trade crew members of the 25 tugboats Unionism operating in this harbor went on "(a) The principles of "pure strike. The demands of the strik­ trade unionism" as opposed to ers include wage increases and "political trade unionism." a 48-hour work week. A spokesman for the strikers 2—SIU Contracts, Agreements, said that the present work week Etc. "(a) Overtime, Settling a Beef, is 72 hours and that overtime fre­ Shipboard Meetings, Ship quently boosted this to 100 hours Delegates, Elections, Duties, a week. The protest was started as a 24-hour work stoppage. Functions, Etc. London Tugmen Strike For Hours �Friday. March 29. 1946 THE SEAFARERS LOG Background On Russia Page Seven AT EASE as long as the Communist Party and are, easily liquidated. machine wields the legislative It is absurd to think that such The Soviet Union has emerged and executive authority. things could exist under selffrom World War II as one of the government. No people having THE WORKERS Big Three powers. The influence the recourse to democratic pro­ which the Soviet wields in Eur­ According to the Soviet Con­ cedure would institute a system ope and Asia cannot be over­ stitution, Russia is a .Socialist which guarantees them so little emphasized, as witness the scores state of workers and peasants. and gives so much to a privileged of headlines and columns of dis­ To which group then do the high few. patches devoted to Russian ac­ officials of the Communist Party Ru.ssia fails of achieving de­ tions and policies. belong? In which category do mocracy in many more ways. The An understanding of Soviet in­ we place managers of. industries. absence of a free press, the re­ ternal policies and practices is Army officers, artists and writ­ fusal to submit territorial dis­ necessary if we are to understand ers, and members of the gov­ putes to the United Nations Or­ Obviously, a third ganization, the enslavement of her foreign policy. It is a his­ ernment? torical fact that foreign policy group has evolved which is tan­ millions of forced laborers in is a reflection of a government's tamount to a ruling class. concentration carnps; these are domestic policy. And under­ A bureaucracy has arisen which all the actions of a fascist dic­ stand Russia we must if we are tatorship, not a .socialist democ­ to live in a world without war, takes to itself the exploitation of racy. and one in which the coopera­ the worker and peasant—a func­ OUTLOOK? tion of nations is raised to its tion which was previously car­ And so the picture for Europe ried out by the Czarist nobility highest degree. does not look optimistic. Where and capitalists. The Soviet RED ARMY masses have traded in their capi­ the Red Armies go, the Soviet There can be no denial of the talist exploiters for the privilege type of rule will be set up. Where fact that Russia, with her power­ of being ruled by a managerial the Communist Party gains pow­ ful Red Army, played an impor­ dictatorship. er, dictatorship will take the tant part in the victory over fas­ place of democracy. Labor unions do not exist in cism. The magnificent heroism What, then, is the answer to Russia. The ultimate power to of the Red forces staved off de­ the Soviet riddle? The ideal so­ feat in the dark days of 1942-43, set wages, hours, working condi­ lution would be the overthrow and contributed mightly to the tions, and job security is vested of Stalin's dictatorship from with­ final destruction of the Nazi in the government. There is no in, and the setting up of a true appeal because strikes agpinst Army. woi-kers' state. Failing of this, But the peoples of Europe have the government are illegal. There the remaining great powers must not thrown off the yoke of fas­ are no rights for workers; no take a firm stand against further cist dictatorship, only to have it position is guaranteed, and pro­ Soviet imperialist aggression. replaced b/ Russian dictatorship. motions to better jobs depend The Russian people do not want Only too well do these people upon political loyalty and favorit­ war. The Soviet leaders will not know that the denial of democ­ ism of superiors. take the final steps to throw the racy does not breed more de­ Tile Russian worker is humili­ nation into conflict if they see mocracy but less as time goes on. ated and degraded. He has not that the rest of the world is The one-party type of govern­ the right to say where he will against them. ment which has been imposed by woj-k, when he will work, or how The Soviet Union can exist the Russians docs not go hand in many hours he will work. These peaceably as one of the United hand with any concept of self conditions are laid down by the Nations. Only her own decision rule. State, and any dissenters can be, will prevent her doing so. And Russia's policy in occu­ pied countries is merely a pro­ jection of her theory and prac­ Crew members of Islhmian's Orange Victory—who are all-out tice in home affairs. for the Seafarers—in a moment of rest. What is the nature of the gov­ ernment of the Soviet Union? Is there any indication that Russia is moving from a one-man, oneparty dictatorship toward real po­ litical democracy? What is the Although all seamen are urged Reemployment Rights—A sea­ status of the Russian worker to­ to stay on the job to help return man of any age who left a per­ day, and what is the official at­ our troops from foreign shoi'es, manent job to enter the Merchant titude toward trade union.s? NEW Y'ORK — Here's another black gang ratings. There he and to help supply our occupa­ Marine on or after May 1, 1940 First, let us take up the sub­ tion forces and to carry relief is not entitled to his former job typical case of how Coast Guard found out that hi.s Union cards ject of the nature of the Russian supplies to the liberated coun­ until tlie termination of the Un­ red tape and inefficiency works were not enough, and that, he Government. According to the tries, this information is being limited National Emergency, as a genuine hardship on special would have to furnish written constitution, promulgated in 1937, furnished for the benefit of those declared by the President or Con­ ratings, and makes it difficult for proof of his employment as Mathe Union to fill these- jobs, j rine Electrician for a period of democratic processes are guarded who have already left the Mer­ gress, unless There's been quite a shortage of • at least three years. Also, when and every Soviet citizen over 18 chant Marine, or who contem­ (1) The provisions of points 1 Chief Electricians recently, and 1 he showed his father's citizenyears of age is given the right to plate such action. and 2 under Draft Status in response to the demand. Local ship papers with notation regardvote and be elected. Releases—Service in the Mer­ have been met, or B277 of the International Broth­ ing himself on the papers, Gold­ Yet, very recently, without re­ chant Marine is voluntary and (2) Ho has become permanent­ erhood of Electrical Workers, thorpe was informed that he course to the legal procedure for any seaman may leave such serv­ ly disabled for further serv­ AFL, occasionally sends over would have to provide a signed amending the constitution, it was ice at any time without the ne­ ice in the Merchant Ma­ qualified men who desire to ship affidavit proving that he was the decreed that only those citizens cessity of obtaining a release or rine through no fault of his out. son who was mentioned therein. who had reached the age of 23 discharge. However, the follow­ own. This must be sub­ DAYS WASTED could be elected to the Supreme ing points should be considered. One day last week, William stantiated by a statement In addition to all this red tape, Soviet. It is po.ssible that t.hi.<4 Draft Status—A seaman be­ from the United States Goldthorpe came over to the SlU Goldthorpe was required to fill change is justified, but the flaunt­ tween the ages of eighteen and Public Health Service, or Hall, going up to the Third Deck out numerous forms, take a phy­ ing of democratic procedure is twenty-six is subject to reclas­ from a private physi­ where he received a letter to the sification and induction into the Coast Guard from Jimmy Stewart sical examination, and also a not. cian, or Armed Forces upon leaving the Electrician's written l^est for Chief .Electrician The elections to the Soviet are (3) Through no fault of his requesting Chief papers. Goldthorpe came over i ^i^cn by an e.xaminer who probcarried out by means of a single Merchant Marine, unless own, his continued service to the SlU well-recommended by i training (1) He has been in the service slate of candidates, picked in ad­ in the Merchant Marine is but little actual experience. mem­ the IBEW, and carried a vance by meetings of voters. This of the Merchant Marine no Jonger desirable or All of this bureaucratic nonbership book along with working constitutes, in the final analysis, for not less than thirty-two necessary. cards which qualified him as sense and fol-de-rol merely took a vote of confidence in the ruling months, beginning on or The Certificate referred to Journej-man — Marine Di\isiun, three days of Brother Goldparty, and not an election of a after May 1, 1940, and above entitles the seaman to lethorpe's valuable time! And legislative body. No candidates (2) He has performed active employment rights to the job. Snapper, and Foreman. while this unnecessary delay is are ever nomin.'ited wlio are not SINCE '22 duty during not less than other than temporary, which he , going on, shipowners are howling supported by the local Com­ 75% of this period, and horpe h,-,sbcnaJo^.,„,, ® Bill Goldtho held prior to entering the service. munist Party and Communist (3) He has applied for and re­ Application for a Certificate— neyrnan Elc Youth League. And so, it is not at marine electrical f ~ "j" ™ r-n • ceived a Certificate, pur­ A seaman who considers himself has 1 worked • mon J u 1 .1 qualified men to fill out their strange that a dissenting vote has work since 1939, and has worked suant to Public Law 87— eligible for a Certificate pursuant crews. never been cast in the sessions 78th Congress, certifying to Public Law 87 should apply in the capacity of snapper or fore­ The Goldthorpe case corroboof the Supreme Soviet. man for more than four years. that the two preceding con­ for one within thirty days after „ , ... „ . . .rates what the SlU and the Log Lately, however, even these ^ ^ ditions have been met. he leaves the service. A seaman Sm-cly w.th all of this .accamupretenses have been torn away, Upon the issuance of this certi­ who remains in the service after latcd expcncnce he .s ,ual.I.ed Coast Guard hinders the and more and more power has ficate, the seaman's Draft Board industry, and should the end of the Unlimited Na­ as a Chief Electrician! go he' been usurped by the Council of will be notified, and they will tional Emergency must apply for thought. get out entirely, returning the inPeople's Commissars, the execu­ thereupon consider his reclassifi­ the Certificate, if he wants one, Upon arrival at Coast Guard dustry to its peacetime status once tive arm of State authority. cation into a class which makes within six months after the end­ with his letter of endorsement, again—^and backs up our deTrue political democracy does him no longer eligible for in­ ing of the Unlimited National Goldthorpe saw Warrant Officer mands that the Coast Guard get not exist in Russia, and cannot duction. Emergency. Van Nuys who is in charge of out of maritime for good! By BURT BECK Status Of Seamen Who Leave The Sea Usual Coast Guard Redtape Holds Up Needed Ratings E. �Page Eight THE SEAtAHERS LOG Friday. March 29. 1946 PR Hospitals Are Okay, He Says By CHARLES B. MARTIN Not Much West Coast Activity By ROBERT A. MATTHEWS ATTENTION! SAN JUAN—I have often won­ dered why the Agents are greyhaired, and now I can understand some of the reasons. Since my short stay in office I have had everything to iron out. It is new to me, and I really get a kick out of it, but sometimes I wonder what the membership expects of the Agents. I was called down to one of the ships recently to try to squash the case against a Bosun who openly admitted that he was guilty of theft of some ship's pioppi ty and wanted me to try to have the charges dropped. Well, I did all I could; but it was impossible. A few of the members who were shipmates with me in years gone by stopped in to pay me a visit. I'm always glad to see old shipmates and any of the mem­ bership at any time. We have had so many calls from fellows here for letters to help them get seaman's papers that we have had to post a sign on the board that under no condition will letters be issued from this office as long as there are mem­ bers to take the jobs that come up. GOOD HOSPITAL A few of our members are in the hospital here and they claim that they are being treated very well. I know that, since I have been here, the personnel at the hospital has treated me with all If you don't find linen when you go aboard your SAN FRANCISCO — At the every official and every rank and ship, notify the Hall at once. present writing we are still en- fUer doing his utrriost to carry A. telegram from Le Havre or gaged in the Agents Conference. the word to Isthmian crews, then Singapore won't do you any We have drafted proposals, and good. It's your bed and you we will draft still more proposals have to lie in it. which will have more far reach­ ing effects on the entire structure and the future of the Union than ever before. I have attended Agents Confer­ ences before, but never before have I seen a more progressive By JOHN MOGAN and cooperative spirit apparent BOSTON—Shipping and busi­ ened out; but the telephone be­ among the collectvie officials than ness continues good in Boston. tween Searsport and Boston gets is in evidence at this conference. Two ships are lying in Searsport, quite a play from our understand­ We have taken steps to stream­ Me., with the ci-ews not a little ably impatient crews. line the organization. We have SHOULD CONTINUE eager to get paid off and go home. taken steps to cut down operating There is no reason to believe This Searpsort deal is a real expenses in all phases of the or­ we have reason to be very con­ headache these days, chiefly be­ that shipping will not continue ganization at the same time bear­ fident of winning this battle with cause of the phony riders these to be brisk for a while. Three ing in mind to do nothing to de­ orthe communist party front ships sailed with. In most cases, arrivals are scheduled to payoff crease and curtail the efficiency we manage to get things straight- here the first of the week, an­ of the organization. All these ganization— theNMU. other in Searsport awaiting a proposals will be submitted to company representative from the membership for action at the New York, and all kinds of stuff next regular Branch meetings. So in transit. much for that. Every week, also, there are a As for shipping on the West couple of ships pulling in to the respect anyone could expect. By LOUIS GOFFIN Coast: At the present, shipping Portland for loading. Invariably I want to go on record about the and payoffs on the Pacific Coast JACKSONVILLE—The South­ actions of the above mentioned they arrive shorthanded, so that hospital and the staff, as told to are very slow. We are still get-' land is far behind us, temporarily phonies, and see to it that these we have a chance to place a few me by the membership, because ting some of the repatriated crews at least, as we are now attending birds are ,put where they belong. some of the people here have men up there. in to the Pacific Coast for pay­ the Agents Conference in New We are sure that no seaman Nothing for Isthmian has paid been trying to sling mud at the off. These crews are from the York. While the Port of Jack­ wants to go back to the wage and off here in the last couple of staff. ships which were turned over to sonville has been kind of quiet working conditions of the '20s We have nine members in the weeks, although we had a couple the Japs in the Far East. of late, it seems to be a consensus hospital now, and we make it a in transit. Everything points to The shipyard strike in the San of opinion that the business of the practice to visit them on Satur­ an SIU victory in any election Francisco Bay area has finally Port will increase in the near day as we have more time to go held now or soon, as every ship been settled after being closed future. around and we don't overstay our contacted here has been belter for over four months. This should We certainly hope that such than 60% SIU—and, in the ma­ time. cause shipping in general to pick will be the case very soon. We NMU BEEF jority of instances^ better than up considerably. Now I under­ had a payoff on Monday, and 95%. We have been hearing beefs stand there is a possibility that this was taken care of by our SHORTAGE about the NMU and they are real­ some of the West Coast Maritime relief man (a further report on The shortage of FWTs and Oil­ ly down on the Agent here be­ Unions may take strike action in this payolf will be in the next ers is still acute up this way. A cause he gave a man a tripcard forcing some of their demands issue of the Log). The action ship pays uff and the three Fire­ to ship out and there were al­ in the very near future. It is a taken at the Agents conference men waste no time in packing ready two Chief Cooks on the little too early at this time to be should be studied by every mem­ up and getting off; and very often list. This guy waited until the able to see just how this will ber of the SIU, as the recommen­ we haven't got the Firemen avail­ boys went out to lunch, and then affect us. dations are for the best interests able immediately to keep up he shipped the man. This is I am notified that there are of the membership and the Union and early '30's, and such may be steam. In fact, it seems some­ nothing unusual for them. I quite a few Isthmian ships in the as a whole. the case if we allow these birds times that all the Firemen in the don't know the Agent, and it is various West Coast ports at this From time to time we have to operate against us. Now is the industry are enrolled with WSA. really a job to find the NMU hall time. We have just received noti­ written articles which we believe time to kick them out. Let's go Well, the Agent's conference here if you don't know where it fication that the Isthmian elec­ were for the best interests of the and make a real job of it, so being held right now should be is. tion has been ordered for some Union and Labor in general, and that our march forward never productive of some changes bene­ The Beachcomber is still time within the next thirty days. we shall do our utmost to con­ slackens. ficial to the Union and the mem­ around. He says he is going to You have my word that no tinue this policy of condemning bers. And since it is actually un­ ship out, but I wonder if he is stone will be left unturned to in­ those whose very existence perils derway right now, I'd better cut giving he the old blarney. I sure that every single ship is the advances that we have made this short and head for the Big asked him if he is still writing for contacted continuously in an ef­ since we came into being. Town. the Log. and he says that he does The records of the -SIU in its fort to swing all crews to support when he" can find anything to advancement are unparalleled in the SIU. write about. I better watch and Proof I am sure that with each and the Maritime industry. see if he puts me in print. lies in our contracts in the of­ Owing to the fact that we did ficial representation in the set­ not have a quorum, we could not EUROPE AND EAST tling of beefs; and in the general By STEELY WHITE have a meeting last week. I SHIPPING OUTLOOK way in which are membership is NEW ORLEANS — The Sea- couple of weeks. All of our con­ would like to thank the members protected. We intend to not only tracted companies and agents who came up from the ships in Signs of increased shipping to keep up this record but to sur­ train beef is still pending in this the harbor for the interest that port, and when they will reach here refuse to use Bisso. Lykes Europe and the Middle East are pass it as much as possible. Brothers and NMU outfit are the they show in their Union. foreseen in reports of additional The continuous existence of an agreement is hard to say. The only ones that do not cooperate Well, that will be all for this shipments of wheat to starving certain Government Agencies, Company acts like it doesn't give week, so till next week, Bon Voy­ with us. Europe and the conclusion of the such as the Coast Guard, and the a damn about the ship, and re­ We still have the Thomas Nel­ age to all. Anglo-American financial agree­ WSA, perils our advances and fuses to meet and negotiate an son of the Calmar Line trying to ment. we must continue to demand that agreement with these men. The sign on and get a crew. The beef Wheat already is flowing to these two phony outfits get out WSA still has the ship, so the is still pending regards meal Europe in unprecedented of the picture, along with their Company does not care about the money on this ship. We should amount, with one million tons stooges, the commie officials and expenses. After it is turned over have something definite for the Seafarers Sailing expected to be shipped this their buddies, the shipowners, to Seatrain Lines, then they will next meeting. month. Middle Eastern countries, who have been aiding and abet- come to terms in a hurry. As Engineers We have a new Ijoard for the meanwhile, are considered prime ing these Agencies in their dirty The men received the check Hall now, on which we will put All members—^retired and prospective U.S. markets as soon work against the forward pro­ donated to them by the SIU and all information we have on ships, former members—of Ihe SIU. as the short dollar exchange is gress of the genuine seamen's were highly satisfied. They con­ sailings, when they will sail, now sailing as licensed En­ i;emedied. Unions. vey their thanks to the member­ where they are going, etc. gineers. report to the New Both of these straws in the All seamen, organized and un­ ship. This will relieve the Dispatch­ York SIU Hall as soon as pos­ wind should mean more jobs for organized alike, should make it The Bisso situation has kept all er of having to answer so many sible. U.S. seamen. their business to condemn the hands mighty busy for the past questions. Boston Needs Black Gang Ratings Time To Oust Meddling Bureaus Make Isthmian SIU! Operator Stalls At Govt. Expence NOTICE! �T H E Friday. March 29. 1946 Great Lakes Sec'y-Treas Reports S E A t< A REUS LOG Page Nine VIGIL IN THE NEW ORLEANS HALL By EMANUEL LASHOVER NEGOTIATIONS: Your negotiating committees have completed the Sandboat and Georgian Bay contracts and they will be brought up tonight for ratification. (The agreement was unanimously ratified.) NICHOLSON STRIKE: The shipyard workers at Nich­ olson and Great Lakes shipyards went out on strike last week and placed a picket line around the Stmr. Westcoat. This ship was not involved, in their beef inas­ much as she was laying at a dock midway between the yards but the strikers .still refused to allow our men to go aboard her. Your Secretary went down to the picket line at 9 p. m. last Wednesday and after a little ex­ plaining obtained permission for our men to pass through the pick­ et line without any trouble. TUGBOATMEN'S NEGOTIATIONS: The various locals of the li­ censed and unlicensed tugboatmen's unions are here in Detroit negotiating with tlieir operators for a 1946 contract. The unli­ censed men have been offered 10c per hour increase retroactive to April of 1945. They have accepted that and are now demanding that an in­ crease of ISt^c per hour be grant­ ed retroactive to V-J Day. Their chances of obtaining this raise look vei-y promising. The Buffalo tugs were seized by the ODT last fall after the Great Lakes Towing Company locked out the workers, and ac­ cording to the United States law, the issues which precipitated the dispute are to be settled before the boats are turned back to the Company. However, it looks like the Com­ pany has a lot of influence in Washington, becau.se the latest information is that they will be turned back in the very near fu­ ture without any settlement hav­ ing been reached. If they are turned back, it means that again a government agency has been used as "strike-breakers" and the i-esultant publicity will embarass the Truman administration. The tuginen have issued a threat to tie up the entire Lakes if the ODT is allowed to go through with its plan. STMR. WESTCOAT; , Your negotiating committee had its first session with the op­ erators of this boat and it looks as though we will have very little trouble with them in nego­ tiating our 1946 contract. UNITED STATES EMPLOYMENT SERVICE; An article appeared in the De­ troit Free Press stating that the operators are crying for men. Alcoa Resumes Service To S. A. Service from Baltimore to the principal ports of Venezuela and to Curacao and Aruba will be resumed on May 3, by the Alcoa Steamship Company, it was an­ nounced recently. The first sailing will be by the Alcoa Cutter. Thereafter, fort­ nightly sailings are scheduled with the Alcoa Trader, Alcoa Master, and Alcoa Voyager, be­ ing used in this service also. women and children tp sail the ships, and that there is such a terrific shortage that the USES has established a separate depart­ ment just to handle them. They also claim that there is a shortage in maids and waitresses. This ar.ticle is highly misleading and is only causing us a great deal of headaches by a lot of 16year-old boys and a lot of wom­ en coming up and taking up the time of your officials to explain that we do not have any jobs for them. By WILLIAM STEVENSON DULUTH AGENT: Due to the fact that we will not have many ships running up to Duluth until about the middle of June, Bill Stevenson has been ordered to Detroit to give Fred Farnen a hand in the crewing up of the vessels in this area. Duluth Hall Suspends This peaceful scene in Ihe New Orleans Hall seems lypical of many an off moment anywhere. Buf just wait for a new ship to appear on the board, and the boys lose all of their seeming lethargy. DULUTH — This country is really paradise now that the robin.s are around. Some of the members tell me that they are as big as pigeons. Brother W. H. Stovall dropped around. He made two trips across the pond since he left here la.st fall. We had quite a chat, and he is coming back next week to see the doctor. We've had a lot of new pros­ pects in this week. They seem anxious to get those sailing pa­ pers, but you lads who are on the coast will be able to make another trip before Duluth is Army Misuse Of Piers Hurts New York Shipping Speaking at a monthly lunch­ eon meeting of the Warehouse­ man's Association of the Port of New York, Charles R. Haffenden. Commissioner of Marine and Aviation, charged that the Port of New York i.s in danger of los­ ing 3,250,000 tons of shipping traffic a year. This loss, stated Commissioner Haffenden, is caused by the re­ luctance of the Army and Navy to release city-owned piers. He further pointed out that the arm­ ed services are occupying 20% of the city's piers, and that the All Quiet In Savannah By EUSTACE B. McAULEY SAVANNAH—This city had a gala St. Patrick's Day parade Sat­ urday. The Royal Order of Hiboimians really put on a show for the visiting delegates of the lOU Conference (International Mon­ etary Conference to youse guys what ain't heard of the limelight the Coastal Empire is now get­ ting in the newspapers of the world.) We might be in the headlines on this conference deal, but in the shipping depart­ ment we are viewing a famine. We have a co.uple of South At­ lantic Hogs in port, the Fluor Spar and the Schoharie. We paid off the August Belmont last week, but .still have one beef pending on some overtime in Delaware Bay, The Belmont will be sailing today for Charleston. The way the WSA shifts these ships around, one has a tough time keeping up with these float­ ing masses of steel. The weather turned a little cold down under these southern skies. You know by that last paragraph this report is coming to an end, 'cause the weather is the last thing one talks about. Here's hoping everything is running smooth at the Agents' Conference. volume of traffic which these piers can handle represents close to 10% of the Port's total volume. The armed forces are making no use of these piers, the Com­ missioner stated, and their con­ tinued occupancy is causing con­ siderable hardships to shipping interests here. Twenty applica­ tions have been received from shipping lines anxious to rent piers and they cannot be filled due to the slow rate at which the Army and Navy arc surrender­ ing the facilties. DAMAGES REPORTED Preliminary reports from a sur­ vey of the city's piers, the Com­ missioner said, has shown that the city will be able to present a claim for considerable damages. These damages, incurred during the past five years of wartime shipping, were caused by negli­ gence, the Commissioner charged. He specifically charged that the WSA had allowed the dumping of ballasts in the slips, thereby lessening the draft of vessels that can be accommodated in the slips, and necessitating dredging op­ erations to make them usable. Mr. Haffenden also stated that he thought passenger traffic is on the decline and he urged ware­ housemen to begin making plans for handling a larger volume of freight as the day of passenger liners drav.'s to a close. Lakes Crews Due To Report shipping anyone. It will be May 1 before they get going here. So, boys, unless you have a sock full, make one more trip and then come out here where the mosquitos travel on show shoes in July. Duluth is the place where the beer is always cool, and the girls are friendly and beautiful. By ALEX McLEAN BUFFALO—The Steward. 2nd Cook and Porters are now aboard the George W. Mead, and the full after-end crew will be on by the 26th. The Oilers and Firemen of the EDITOR'S NOTE: Brother George H. Ingalls will also go to Stevenson seems to be stray­ work by the week of the 26th. ing off the straight and nar­ The members along with their friends viewed the St. Patrick's row with his pipe dreams of Day parade from the second floor friendly girls and cool beer. assembly room with much enthu­ Therefore, in order to save him siasm. from a life of shame and sin, Old Sol also put on his best for the Secretary-Treasurer has or­ this time of year here. He came dered him to report to Detroit out in the GOs causing the side­ where his actions can be close­ lines to sweat a little along with the Irish. ly watched. With this unusual warm weath­ .•W." er, ice in the Great Lakes con­ tinued to melt rapidly during the past week. Make Isthmian SiU! SIU IN CANADA iiliilislPi Ik By HUGH MURPHY VANCOUVER — In Canada "crimping," like the "blacklist," is supposed to be illegal. Every maritime nation in the world has definite regulations against such practices, and en­ forces them. Canada, which is the most regulated and governed country in the world, with more laws than an old rustbucket has barnacles, is still, in spite of all this, the happy hunting ground of financiers and industrialists. This has brought about a con­ dition where laws and regula­ tions are stretched and, in some cases, even disregarded entirely if it suits the purpose of the em­ ploying class. Nothing must stand in the way of their accum­ ulation of the almighty dollar, by the millions. LAWS EVADED Shipowners are the most no­ torious in this respect, and they kick the Canada Shipping Act around at will. There seems to be no central authority to en­ force this Act: Its contents come within the jurisdiction of many control. The only answer to this sub-departments, and none of whole vicious mess is through them has the final authoritj- over ! the organization of seamen for any part of it. their own protection. The or­ ganization through which this These are the kind of condi­ can be attained is here now. Join tions that shipowners thrive on, and use to evade the just de­ the Seafarers International mands of organized seajnen for a Union for a better life. POOR SHIP decent standard of living. The vessel, Hai Lee, arrived Now that the war is over, and last week and was reported by the shipowners are juggling for position in the race for postwar the delegate to be in a hell of a trade routes, many foreign sea­ shape. Crew quarters are dirty, men who have given their ser­ there were insufficient linen and vices to various Allied Countries i blankets: the electric fans were now find themselves stranded j on the bum; there were no elec­ and unwanted in many ports. tric heaters. The crew was very These men are usually imprison­ much dissatisfied with conditions ed in our Immigration Building on a United States ship. These at the behest of the shipowner conditions will be rectified be­ responsible for them, until an fore this vessel pulls out again, opportunity presents itself to and the company will be made ship them out on some old rust- to live up to the SUP agreement. All members are urged to con­ bucket. tact Isthmian ships in their re­ CRIMPING FLOURISHES spective ports. Voting will start Local .shipowners retain their soon to determine a bargaining own "crimp joints" to handle the agent for Isthmian seamen, and unholy work of disposing of these Isthmian must go SIU. The Sea­ unfortunates under conditions farers is your Union, and you, as over which they have no say, or members, are the best, organizers. �THE l!>age Ten SEAFARERS LOG Friday, March 29, 1946 SHIPS' MIMUTES AND NEWS HERE'S WHAT WSA'S ^DISCHARGE' PAPERS LOOK LIKE - ir; . c;^ , ^ Monk Sets Stage For This Yarn There's a titillating resolution atnong the minutes of the ship­ board meeting of the SS Piatt Park of January 22—one that lends itself to all sorts of conjec­ tures. The resolution itself is short, sweet and to the point: 'tlhat monkey be barred from rjiessroom for sanitary reasons." But it's the sort of resolution that doesn't let a man be. He can't just read it and drop it. There are too many possibilities to explore. There's the angle, fur instance, that the monkey referred to may not be a simian at all, but an NMU man who somehow got aboard the ship. That would be understandable, at any rate. A;-.. > . .i '/ ' • . ' . V— •"< "-rAA « ^ vv. s :?4i . 1 < ^ t ' f,- iui;tn,., 'u, , npiu '--'iW 'I^TFIT i -I 11 :J I r ;>' ADMimSTltATION ' "'>> < my v.- . , V/'"? >•, 'V r 'v./'Ti i, » ^ A'c- :,r;o /. < , WAT? ^ c , \ A';,' WAB. ! - J*. rl)' f t >r ; 4s ''J')i. h'ir V) h -.>M u'A><' . «.t7. T A<' ' o V-c,' . 'wv<4 „ .<rilG !- - " r/VJ-i CHiPravC' AO'.'-i,,! ^ fcias on thi$ date completed a period of substii^i^jaUy5! / -M continuous service la t1?e Merchant Marine, commendng .r " ^ within the meaning of Public Law S7, 78th.'<f, - < 'C Congress (57 Stat. and the R,ules and Regulations,? < < 4,,^ 4 issued pursufeltii^ijrbil'the'^dinit^ ping Administration. This certificate is issued for the ' 4 ? . purpose of establishing reemployment tights under said ,Public Law, '> ' ' >41 -.v / MONKEY BUSINESS . ""J.;. • Or it may be that the crew kr. SSitxta to t-c frm v-j- --,- -K: tor tut;., p olasi# iJqr ^ j . members are afraid that if the uaftsr t;«<? monkey gets in the messroom a I'iVV.'; V,/': ;; j':;,': :..V:Vc.Y::V'V'-;Ki »if Jit. i. f:;' • iTf'fr ' W A ??' f 5tiif i'A NS meat-short Cook may spy him. •, ^ f; I fi-f Jfi:f fOMlM • :AV'4ArUMA.hiA.AH' :Ai • • ,• The crew may like that monkey :ffWAA MiWHAPi rt WA?; , , , J' , . ' ' " T" .' 'A. ' too well to consider him appe­ iXiAAhiSH A?? ; AOMifA ••: : " tizing. fiiSiG' _ Again, the crew may be against , • " < ; ^GrEurville Ooavfay >"^ '""7 {yffraternizing with officers, or Acting A&Bthistrator ^ ' , - ' Uar Shipping JiidMnisinitton -A'<4 prospective company officials. ATTtsT: ^ A, J. Vi'U-U-VMS. Secremy Wtnr A<lmmisiralh/f . - _ _ ' \ Chairman McCrinic had other things to report about the meet­ ing, however. For instance: that a motion was carried to contact Captain Parsons to ask him about the possibility of taking troops back to the States, since there was room for them aboard. This brings up new food for thought, sjnce there is no report on what tl>e Captain answered. DIRTY CUPS AGAIN A motion also was carried that members clean their respective places before retiring, since the complaint was raised that dirty Clips were left in the messroom. ' There was a .suggestion made by the Steward, who was shorthanded in the messhall: that one of the Bedroom Stewards be used for serving, thus leaving one man to clean the Officers' Mess. vTo which we might add: Why not let the monkey help out t^iere; at least he'd feel at home. Editor's Note:—If you read this. Monk, we're just kidding. For the information of Broth­ ers who haven't yet seen a copy of the "discharge" certificates is­ sued by the WSA, we're printing a facsimile (above) of the one issued to Bruno V. Seliste, Deck Engineer, Book No. 25155. It was issued to him on January 29. The typewriten. section, which didn't reproduce very well, reads: "Mr. Seliste is eligible to be relieved from any future con­ sideration for classification into ^ 'I V > :v. '.•• i«y>HriW7-r -li. t. y : -J , ' > X > ^ * UNINFORMED TRIPPER A Tripper (who seems to have been reading Pegler, or at least the Hearst or Scripps-Howard papers) raised a question on the probability and stability of the Union. He wanted to know whether Unionism wasn't really a racket. The Bosun (name not listed in the minutes) explained Union spirit in action. He waxed elo­ : •-•. i •>•:••:; V-j'JVi/i ' •'VV;HA^' •'Sr''' • '• ' . . <. , '.< I' y a class available for service un­ der the Selective Service Sys­ tem." In plain English, Brothers, that means Seliste ain't available for the draft no more, no more. Suffice it to say. Brother Seliste has done his share—and more— in the late and unlamented war. He has seen action in every war zone, and has been under fire several times. He holds the At­ lantic War Zone Bar, the Pacific 4 f:- > f - ( / - supplies and contents of slopchest betore allowing crew to sign on: all departments to turn in list of needed repairs at end of voyage; to have all overtime lists signed. St i> MADAKET. Dec. 2—Chair­ man W. Pozen; Secretary S. Rolkiewicz. Motions carried: That every man who eats be­ tween meals would clean up the mess hall; crew to return dirty linen for fresh. Good and Welfare: A survey of mem­ bers, twelve probationary, four­ teen tripcards. Bosun C. Dole, quent. Then he came down to earth and bi-ought up the obliga­ tions entailed by a man shipping on a trip card. He went into pro­ bationary books, obligated books, deferment and draft age men and assessments. A motion followed, which was carried, that the Tripcarders who are going to school should pay regular dues. War Zone Bar, the Mediterranean Middle-East War Zone Bar and the Merchant Marine Combat Bar. The fact that he's seen "substantially continuous" serv­ ice "commencing December 5. 1941" shows he's been in more action than many well-decorated, uniformed heroes. WELFARE ITEMS LISTED Any of you Brothers who have seen 32 months combined service Then the Trippers were able at sea or accrued leave are elig­ to see what could be done aboard ible for one of these gadgets. a Union ship in the matter of Good and Welfare. The follow­ ing improvements were suggest­ ed and will be taken up: Fumigation and painting of the entire fo'csle; replacing an oldiimer, gave a short talk broken lockers and putting locks on Unionism and its mean­ on all of them; a wheelhouse for ing. He stated that most of the the helmsman; repair of steampipes, electric fixtures, radio conveniences on ships today speaker, plumbing facilities, the were gained by Unions. leaking oil drain of the steering apparatus which passes through 4. t 4. ST. AUGUSTINE VICTORY. the Black Gang's fo'csle, which is Jan. 14—Chairman I. Schlipf; dangerous; to replace toa.sters and Secretary E. Sedlack. Motion coffee maker; to replace or re­ carried: A list of violations be condition the icebox. placed on bulletin board. Vio­ All in all, this was just a good lators be brought before three run-of-the-mill meeting, with no judges, and fines collected will special beefs or problems, but it be donated to US Marine Hos­ was the sort of meeting that pital. Maximum fine $1.00. makes for a good Union shipminimum fine $0.10. Good and and brings men into the Union as good Union men. (Continued an Page 11) Digested Minutes Of SlU Ship Meetings ANTINOUS. Dec. 9—Chair­ man Carolyn; Secretary M. Daire. Crew refused to sail on Dec. 2 because of an BOO lb. meat shortage. Steward from another ship impersonated Port Steward and said ship should sail because meat had been brought aboard. Upon ques­ tioning he admitted that he was not Port Steward but a mem­ ber of SIU. Motions carried: That charges be brought against this Steward, and an investi­ gation be made of reported shortage; in future Patrolman be asked to check Steward's They're got a militant bunch of boys aboard the SS Colabee, Seafarers who are going all-out to bring home what Unionism means to the Tripcarders aboard ship. Most of the March 2 meet­ ing, as reported by Secretary J. E. Williams, was devoted to that issue. Chairman R. F. Vincent open­ ed the meeting by suggesting that Delegates from each department make up lists of all Tripcarders who desired to join the SIU and present them to the Patrolman upon arrival at home port. Then he explained to the firsttripers the method of changing endorsements. __ .' J," y (| m ^ 5685 Union Men Go All Out On Colahee �Friday, March 29, 1946 THE SEAFARERS Page Eleven LOG Digested Minutes Of SiU Ship Meetings (Continued from Page 10) Welfare: Safely measures v/ere discussed; sanilary condilions were spoken about and plans made to better these conditions. X % JAMES SWAN. Jan. 23— Chairman Arthur Forcier; Sec­ retary Curtice Bobbins. Mo­ tions carried: All overtime beefs to be settled before pay­ offs; Union to be asked to take action to alleviate crowded conditions aboard Liberty ihips; to request better toilets and showers for Engine De­ partment. 5. t BERNARD L. RODMAN, -Jan. 24—Chairman A. Meshefsky; Secretary W. Dupchyk. Good and Welfare: For the benefit of new members. Deck Delegate discussed the way to acquire a Union Book; general discussion on how to get a ship for next trip; Deck Department dissatisfied with quarters, claim garbage dumped too near them, wish to change back to pre­ war quarters. S. 1 J. GOVERNOR JOHN LIND, Jan. 27 — Chairman Lloyd Thomas; Secretary George Billak. Motion carried: All beefs to be brought to a Union Hall meeting. Good and Welfare: A list of repairs cind needed pur­ chases was submitted; on board are eight full book members, three probationary members, and eleven tripcards. 4. S. t E. G. HALL. Jan. 9—Chair­ man H. Tucker; Secretary O. T. Gates. Motions carried: That dues and assessments be cut due to decreased earnings of seamen now that bonuses have been revoked; that action be taken to insure that unsatisfac­ tory conditions aboard ship be corrected, and that crew slick to the grievances at time of payoff. Good and Welfare: Galley and all crews quarters should be painted; numerous articles, such as razor blades. T-shirts, leather work gloves, have been left out of slopchest. It was requested that these ar­ ticles be furnished; Deck En­ gineer's full, approved over­ time was not paid him when ship paid off in Antwerp. This is to be reported to Patrolman when ship gets back to Stales. S. it COASTAL COMPETITOR. Feb. 8—Chairman Roman Vilaria; Secretary J. E. Winderweedle. Suggestion made that Purser sell slops during slopchest time, and not do his book work, also that a sign be post­ ed showing slopchest lime. Molions carried: That a sink and scuppers be installed in galley; that the crew be allowed more cigarettes; list of repairs and improvements to be presented to the company. 4. a; 4. CODY VICTORY. Feb. 10— Chairman Schmidt: Secretary Dellavalle. A repair list was drawn up. Motions carried: Payoff will be held up until a Patrolman views the over­ crowded situation; ship should be fumigated; brand of coffee should be changed. 4-4 4 ROBIN TUXFORD, Feb. 10 —Chairman Thomas Tooma; Secretary Robert P. Moran. Motions carried: Definite infor­ mation to be obtained as to whether Steward's Department should take care of Steward's, Electricians', or Purser's rooms without being paid overtime; that a precise agreement be drawn up so that deck hands on sea watches will get a full hour for meals or payment of a penalty hour; that Patrol­ man investigate why Engine Department received no soap powder and officers did. Good and Welfare: It was decided that entire crew should settle beefs before paying off; all crew forecastles, heads, show­ ers, and passageways should be painted; licensed personnel must remain out of crew's messhall; Patrolman will be asked to investigate slopchest situa­ tion, since crew is rationed and passengers can buy all the ci­ garettes they want. 4 4 4 CRANSTON VICTORY, Feb. 10—Due to an epidemic in Nagoya, it was necessary for all men to get smallpox "shots." One man refused because of the after affects. Motions carried: That souvenirs be returned to the crew and not held by Pur­ ser; Purser was voted off ship because he is incapable of do­ ing his job: one man sailing on Iripcard was voted out of the Union because he is imcompetent; no crew member to sign on again unless repairs are made to lockers, scuppers, and railings on crosstrees. 4 4 4 AM-MER-MAR, Jan. 28—(not noted) Motions carried: "Horse­ play" to be eliminated in pass­ ageways and messrccm; crew to hold meetings to take action against anyone violating regu­ lations. Good and Welfare: Sanitary regulations discussed; after coffee time, each person to rinse out his own cup; messmen to defrost ice boxes once a week. 4 4 4 JOHN A. ROEBLING, Feb. 3—Chairman Joseph Lecke; Secretary G. Lindstrand. Mo­ tion carried: That Union liter­ ature be procured for new member. Good and Welfare: Ship sailed one Wiper short; delegates report everything else OK. 4 4 4 CHARLES W. STILES, Feb. 9—Chairman Ed Johnston; Sec­ retary A. Pontoni. Motions carried: Each department have men responsible for cleaning laundry once each week, and department delegate be respon­ sible for execution of same; tine each man Ic for each of­ fence of throwing debris on deck of messhall or passage­ way, accummulated tines to be donated to the Log. 4 4 4 CUBA VICTORY, Feb. 10— Chairman E. Metros; Secretary A. Johnson. Motions carried: Crew to refuse to sign on again until a number of minor re­ pairs and purchases be made for the safety and health of the crew; each department to ap­ point two men to Inspect all forecastles before payoff. Good and Welfare: Purser sold ar­ ticles from slopchest to pas­ sengers and limited purchases of crew, this beef was adjusted. 4 4 4 MADAKET, Feb. 12 — Chairman W. Pozen; Secretary Mastrandrea. A member claim­ ed that the Chief Mate was working on the Deck Gang and giving order to the Deck De­ partment instead of through the Bosun. New members were informed about Union Fees. Good and Welfare: The fol­ lowing beefs were brought up; no penicillin aboard; insuffi­ cient slopchest; radio and rec­ ord player needed in crew re­ creation room; washing ma­ chine and iron needed for laundry. 4 4 4 OCCIDENTAL VICT CRY, Oct. 14—Chairman W. J. Walsh. Deck Delegate reported that someone in deck department had cut the wheel with a knife, and that if it didn't stop, the men who steer the wheel will have to pay for it. Good and Welfare: Men complained abouf shorfage of French fries and were promised a more adequate supply; one order of steaks to be placed, at a time to insure equal distribution; the crew utility is to prepare the coffee from now on. 4 4 4 OCCIDENTAL VICTORY. Oct. 27—Chairman R. Meeks; Secretary W. Walsh. Deck Del­ egate reported that Purser had received no order increasing rate of subsistence, but that if there should be an increase it will be paid on return to an American port. One hour per week of overtime goes into dis­ pute because skipper will OK only one hour for sanitary work on Sundays and holidays. Mo­ tions carried: Probationary members have voice and vote aboard ship, but voice only at regular meetings on the beach. Good and Welfare: The victrola head disappeared and men were requested to return same to Armed Guard, if found. 4 4 4 LLOYD S. CARLSON, Feb. 11—Chairman Ernie Fast: Sec­ retary C. Parker. Motions car­ ried: Last standby of each watch to clean messhall; a list of duties drawn up so crew can help each other. •<EAO TMe ARTICLES AHD RIDERS CAREf^ULLV BBfORE SIGNING ON I ! ! Nicolette Supports Four-Watch Action A motion to support any action taken by the Sea­ farers International Union on the matter of a four-watch system was voted unanimously by the crew of the SS Nicolette at its shipboard meeting on March 14, according to minutes submitted by Chairman W. Malley and Sec­ retary S. stein. 4 The crew's resolution follows: Baldwin Hills Crew Says Steward Cut Hours Off Overtime "That in view of the long hours worked by seamen (56) and the danger of unemployment, the crew of the SS Nicolette unani­ A beef charging the Chief mously agrees to support the Steward of the Baldwin Hilis Union 100 per cent in any action with chiseling on overtime of to secure the four-watch system." crew members in his department was lodged by the crew at a ADDITIONAL ACTION membership meeting held at sea Other important action taken on Feb. 24, according to the ship's at the meeting included: minutes. A motion to ask the Union to Stewards Delegate J. P. King put up the area or street where said men had complained to hirn a ship i,s docked on the board that they had worked five hours, in the New York Hall as well during which they also cleaned as the destination. The Chair­ the chill bo.x, but that they were man and most members felt such credited with only four hours of All men doing this a motion should be brought up at overtime. the New York membership meet­ type of work verified the dis­ ing, but it was agreed to put crepancy, and the matter has the matter under Good and Wel­ been referred to the Port Agent. fare, so it could be brought up The crew gave a vote of thanks' at the next meeting, to Chief Engineer Morgan for hi^' A motion that Delegates at­ "fine work at sea" when the' tempt to obtain new books for .ship's engines broke down. Mor=' the ship's library, since the ones gan stayed day and night at his job until repairs were completed. on board are of poor quality. A food discussion brought the That the Steward obtain a fruit squeezer and that breakfast juices recommendation that the Dele­ gates contact the shore Agent who be more varied. in turn is to notify the Port Stew­ NOISY OFFICERS ard to have the ship's supplies That officers be asked to be brought to the vessel before sail­ more quiet in the Saloon after ing time. In addition it was midnight, since the Watch can't recommended that Delegates can sleep through tlfem. check stores with the Steward That in view of the Mate's at­ concerning ship supplies for the titude toward the dog, and in or­ voyage. der to protect the animal, the The crew voted that each mem­ Captain be contacted and asked ber make a donation to the Log whether the crew can keep the at the payoff, and that the money dog aboard. be turned over to the Agent in" That the spare toilet be cleaned Port Arthur, Texas. and locked for use by any mem­ Recommended also was the ber who contracts a contagious painting of the Stewards' quar­ disease while on the trip. ters and showers, which were de­ That the four to eight watch scribed as "filthy." keep messrooms clean at sea, and that members who continue to be careless about butts and dirty cups be fined. Make Isthmian SIU! v5( �THE Page Twelve SEAFARERS LOG Friday. March 29. 1946 THE MEMBERSHIP SPEAKS MORE RUINS OF NAGASAKI FROM OCCIDENTAL CREW JIMMY STEWART COMES IN FOR MERITED PRAISE Dear Edilor: I would like to pass along some merited praise for Jimmy Stew­ art, and at the same time give some of the boys a good steer. Log-A - Rhythms UNION MAN By SCI330RBILL I want to tell the fellows that they should go and see Jimmy when they hit the New York Hall if they want their endorsements raised. I was in with two dis­ charges showing 57 and 55 days respectively as Fireman and Watertender, and Jimmy phoned the He was gentle and quiet, yet Strong as steel; Never seemed to know he was around; Yet any time a helping hand was needed There he was— Real as real. And somehow all felt better. More sure and certain of them­ selves When Bill was there. Bill? you ask. What Bill? Why any Bill will do We're talking of a Union man. A man of will. Of courage and convictions He may be Sam or Mike or Jim. But for our purpose. He's just plain Bill. WEST COAST TOWN GARBAGE DRIVER IS SYMBOLISTIC Coast Guard at 10 a. m. By 2 p. m. the same day he had ob­ tained my endorsement! It sure is nothing like the deal in New Orleans (at the Hole in the Wall) at the Customs House, where you stand out in the street and are called in at the Coast Guard's discretion. So three cheers for Jimmy and his handling of the Coast Guard. F. Cloplnn FORMER MEMBER OF NMU CHARGES SPY PLOT IN U. S. Dear Editor: The anti-American situation now existing in the National Maritime Union is similiar to the Canadian spy plot now being re­ vealed in the daily press, only on a smaller scale. It has been revealed that some of the so-called leaders of the NMU collected shipping infor­ mation during the war and pass­ ed it on to other sources outside the United States. It is already known by the State Department that some of this information on departures and cargoes found its way to Russian operators in New York. Several members of the NMU National Council whose wartime activities and connections arc be­ ing further investigated may be indicted along with the seditionists who tried to sell America down the river. These would-be spies have no right to a soft berth on the payroll of an Am­ erican Union. As a shining example of lead­ ership these men are using young inexperience seamen to picket personal enemies. If the men ex­ press any contrary opinion on the picketing, they are denied the right to take a job at the Union Han. Furthermore, this same so-call­ ed Union has collected and used without accounting for same some 12 million dollars during the war. Where is the $12,000,000? That is a question NMU Dear Editor: 1 was on the West Coast at a small steam schooner port re­ cently and was waiting for a bus at the bus station, A garbage truck drove up to collect the gar­ bage from the restaurant in the station. I did a double take, and then laughed like hell. The garbage truck driver was wearing a Steward's high pres­ sure cap—crescent and all. Whoops! R. E. Tunison LOG BECOMING FAMILY PAPER BROTHER SAYS Dear Editor: I am an SIU man sailing SIU ships. I have read several copies of the Log on board ships. I brought one home and let my dad I —i_ii_ J i ^ STOP PUSHIN@/ YOf'RE TURN WILL COME.' and mother read it. They enjoy it very much. I would like for my name to be put on the mail­ ing list and the Log sent to my home. James L. La Caze seamen are asking among them­ selves. If American Unions ai-e to con­ tinue to enjoy the privileges they have gained through hard strug­ gles for decent pay and conditioris, such misleaders as the above mentioned should be cast out where their loud-mouthed un-American activities will not mislead young America. Former NMUer Make Isthmian SIU! Dear Editor: Here are two pictures I took during a five month trip on the Occidental Victory. No 1 is myself at Nagaskai. Japan, in the area where the atomic bomb was dropped. The destruction can hardly be described. No. 2 might be titled "The Old and The New." It is of Oscar Grimm. Second Cook (left), and Danny Ungaren. Wiper, on his first trip. Phil Adelman BROTHER LANGLEY TELLS OF CAPTAIN WHO HATES UNION ENGINE BEEFS SPELL TROUBLE FOR DELEGATE Dear Editor: I thought I would write and let you know of a certain louse who is sailing as Captain for LAT. He is Captain Dickson of the SS La Brea Hills. Dear Editor: Tlieatening charges were made against me by the First Assistant Engineer aboard the George W. Alther at sea today. This morning, January 28, I was approached by the First As­ sistant and questioned about the overtime, which as Engine Dele­ gate I turned in for the Fireman and Oiler for relieving the watch On March 19 we arrived in New York from Port Arthur. Six of us were paying off, all in the Stewards Department. We" work­ ed that day. At 3:30 p.m. our re­ placements came aboard. I ask­ ed the Purser when we were paying off, and he said after sup­ per. We went to the Purser at 6:15. He said the Captain was busy. At 7 p.m. I went up to the Captain's office, knocked and stepped in. The Captain was just getting up after a nap. I asked when we were paying off. He .said as far as he was concerned we could wait all night. At 9:45 p.m. the Purser came back to the Messroom and said the Captain was ready to pay us off. Afterward I told the Captain I was bringing this matter up with the Union. The Captain said: "The hell with the Union. for supper, and for the Wiper for carrying angle, iron and. lumber from the magazine to the store room. The First Assistant claimed I was a trouble maker and that he There's the story, fellows. You was going to turn me over to the can see tliat the guy is strictly Coast Guard for putting in such overtime. I denied causing NFG. trouble but insisted I would conCharles A> Langley What was his race, his creed, his color? V/hy friend. I do not know. He was all races. All names. All religions. Sometimes he wore dungarees. Sometimes he had smooth hands. Instead of callouses And wore white collars. But underneath It was all the same. • And this is Bill. American And Union Man. A rebel against all tyranny. Oppression and dictatorship. He asked nothing For himself, other than his due. Old? Young? Why. he is all ages. And all trades. He is the- dignity Of labor and its fame. EARNED RESPECT By ERNEST KAPRALL The earned respect of your fel­ low men. Is the finest thing on earth. And as you go along in life. You'll find out v/hat its worth. But that respect which can be forced. By virtue of authority. Can at best but be endorsed. By a very small minority. And even those who thus respect you. While you are on top. Will be the first ones to reject you. Once you take a flop. tinue to turn in overtime as re­ quested by the men. The First Assistant said that if such overtime is put in again, he will refuse all overtime. I re­ torted that he did not have to check the overtime if he did not wish. The First Assistant then told me he did not want me on the ship and he would have me put in jail for stating I would not go to sea any more. The First Assistant stormed against the SIU as just a bunch of scabs, kicked out of the NMU. He is a member of the NMU. Alvln W. Frwrsoa �THE Friday. March 29. 1946 SEAFARERS LOG COMPANY TRYING TO BUMP STEWARD ON CAPE PILLAR Dear Editor: I would like to call to the at­ tention of the crew members of the MV Cape Pillar who paid off on March 3 in Norfolk the at­ tempt that is being made to smear Pete Piralta, who was Steward that trip. The South Atlantic Steamship Company's agent at Norfolk says the Steward brought in a dirty .ship, but certainly you fellows .know better than that, just as I do. Surely, you recall the Captain, the Chief Engineer and the Chief STEWARD, COOK STIR UP CREW OF ELBRIDGE GERRY BUNTLINE CREW WANTS HOT WATER RUN FOR A CHANGE Dear Editor: Dear Editor: The good ship Buntline Hitch is loaded with plenty of trouble and is always headed for Iceland, the land of the midnight sun. These trips would be exception­ ally dull and desperate if the crew had not picked out of the We, the undersigned crew members of the Elbridge Gerry wish to report the activities of the Chief Steward, C. Chattin, and tJie Chief Cook, Casella, aboard this ship. BROTHER SUGGESTS NEW ORGANIZATION 'OFFICERS WITHIN THE SEAFARERS' There are among the licensed personnel on a lot of SIU ships jiiany members of the Seafaieis and fonnc-r members of the Seafarers, and I know that a lot of these boys figure on stay­ ing in the Union after they get their papers. ' I don't sec why the SIU, then, doesn't build up an organi­ zation within the organization to take care of these men. They would be plenty useful in keeping members fiom getting a rough deal and helping them nut aboard ship. In addition, we certainly could use them for constructive criticism on what Seamen can do to get along with officers with­ out bending a knee to them. How about it, Brothers? Answer: This is hardly a beef, Brofher. Bui ii does merit some considereilion. and should be brought up at a member­ ship meeting by interested parties. Both of them .should have their | papers revoked. The Steward is a company man, a first class of­ ficers' stooge, who has failed throughout this whole trip to peiform his duties. In addition, he has kepi Casella on as Chief Cook, knowing he was no cook in the first place. When he gets gassed up, which is frequently, he comes down to llie crew's mess, accusing us of breaking into the storei'ooms and old hat an exceptionally fine set of deck officers. Especially Cap­ tain Harold Reid, Jr. and Chief Mate Royce Graham. They are both old hands and members of SIU. "To you Captain and to you Chief Mate, we salute you as" good brothers and will damn well; sail with you any time, bul please, don't take us to Reykjavik, Ice­ land again!" The Crew BROTHER PROPOSES AN ASSIST FOR OUR HARRIED DISPATCHERS Mate making the inspection rounds every day. I know that most of us won't forget it, becau.se it made us mad as hell. But at any rate, there wouldn't be much chance of a dirty sliip with that sort of inspection deal. The thing for you fellows to do is write the company and set it straight; point out that every­ body on the ship left it, and that the Norfolk Agent is probably sore about that and wants to take it out on someone. Henry Beckman BROTHER TRYING TO FIND SEAMAN JAMES POULOS Page Thirteen Most of our members are unaware of the fact that the Journal of Commerce carries full news about shipping—dates of arrival, departure, destinations, lengths of trips, etc. As a result of this not generally being known, the dispatch­ ers have to answer many unnecessary questions and because of the pressure of work are unable to satisfy everybody. I propose, therefore, that the full shipping page of the Journal of Com­ merce be posted in a convenient place on the second floor of the hall, and that care be taken to change the page daily. B. Goodman Answer: A very good idea. Brothers; we'll call it to the Dispatchers' attention. SEAFARERS ABOARD WALLOWA REFUTE CANARDS ABOUT COOPERATIVE OLD MAN Dear Editor: We, the undersigned crew members of the SS Wallowa, having just completed a trip to Germany with Capt. O. W. Chaffee, would like at this time to add a word of praise and admiration for the Dear Editor: "Old Man." I am writing in an effort to lo­ It appears that in the past a few unsavory letters have been cate my brother, James Lamprowritten to the Log concerning Captain Chaffee; but as far as this poulos. .We have not heard from him for six years. We believe he sails unc^er the nanio of James Poulos for con­ venience sake. He is in the Stew­ ards Department and usually ships from West Coast ports. Any information that any Sea­ farers might have as to his ad­ dress or present whereabouts would be greatly appreciated. Theodore Lampropoulos Tidane Victory Crew Sets Union Example selling the stores. We know that he's the one who does it. When the officers' water pitchers were broken he took the ones from the Black Gang's mess to replace thern, saying: "if you don't like it, go to the Old Man." He spends all his time with the Purser and in the saloon, never thinking of the lousy chow his stinking cook puts out. The cook has taken but one bath the whole trip, and that was when he went ashore in Rotterdam. He has worn practically the same clothes the whole trip. These men should be put ashore where they belong, and not allowed to contaminate American ships. We want this to be printed in the Log so other members •who rnme in contact with the.se characters will know what to give them; the toes of their shoes. The letter is signed by 19 mem­ bers of the crew. RETIRED SEAMAN WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE LOG Dear Editor: The 3S Tulane Victory in its minutes of March 7, as reported by Secretary R. Goldstein, has a motion that would be worth while for any ship to follow: To visit all Isthmian ships in ports hit and speak to crews about better con­ ditions in the SIU. Captain Chaffee (standing center) and friends. The crew also voted to see the Captain about obtaining names crew is concerned he is 100 percent, and never has there been a and addresses in ports where the Skipper who has cooperated more wholeheartedly witlr the crew crew can get maU; to have do­ than Captain Chaffee. mestic water aboard; to notify Leter signed by 36 crew members. the Agent of Stewards DeiiartEditor's Note: The Log is glad to learn of Captain Chaffee's ment shortages, and to have the new attitude toward his crews; this letter is markedly different New Orleans Agent take care of from those received about him in the past. The Log trusts it had the fans. something to do with the transition. EeUy Shipowners! The War^s Over, Yet SICK BROTHER ASKS FOR LOG AND MAIL You may not know it yet. Ship­ owners, but the war's over. The crew of the SS Williams Victory wants to know why blackout cov­ ers were installed. The query came up in the minutes of the March 11 shipboard meeting, as reported by (Chairman William Blakeley and Secretary P. Dyer. Dear Editor: I am in the Marine Hospital here in Detroit, and across the ward from me is Brother Wares, our former Agent in Detrot. I would like to ask you if there is any chance of getting the Log as I haven't seen one since I left Baltimore last August. Also, if there is any chance of getting some mail for Brother Wares and myself. Perhaps you can put us on the mailing list. I've been in these hospitals for almost two years now, but I will become a militant SIU member again on my release. James R. Lewis (Book G28) I am a retired seaman. I would like to get the Log every week. The Log is alwaj's full of good news for a former seaman now in the Army, and I would be quite happy if you would send it to me. Pvt. Charles F. Cirri SEAMAN'S DEATH ABOARD CROSBY IS INVESTIGATED Dear Editor: Will any of the former mem­ bers of the crew of the SS Na­ thaniel Crosby who know any­ thing about the injui-y to, and death of, George Braddock on August 24, 1945, while the ves­ sel was at Stockton, California, please conununicate with the un­ dersigned as promptly as pos­ sible. I represent his family. Sol C. Berenholtz 1102 Court Sq[uare Bldg. Baltimore, 2, Maryland Lexington 6967 OUACHITA VICTORY HOSPITAL SHOWS PURSER'S ABILITY Dear Editor: The enclosed shot of the hos­ pital on the Ouachita Victory was made on its trip to Sweden and Denmark last fall. The Purser took the Steward's key to the hospital at the begin­ ning of the trip and said it was his room to look after—so stay the hell out. Just how well he took care of it is shown in this picture. It was like this for more than half of the trip. That Purser is a phony if one ever lived. So, Brother, look out for Lieut. Peter Del Morris, one of the Sheepshead Bay wonders, because he's strictly C. S. Harold Baldauf BROTHER NERRING HELD UP, STABBED; WANTS VISITORS Dear Editor: One of your boys is sick in the Holy Family Hospital, 155 Dean Street, Brooklyn. His name is Frank Nerring (Fireman). He sure would like someone from the Union or some of hi^ friends to come over. Visiting hours are 2-3 and 7-8 p. m. every day, the Ward is St. Charles on the second floor. Ner­ ring was held up and stabbed in the left arm and left side just below the heart, but is coming along fine. Sincerely yours. Stern H. Clliah C'J �."-r, ' Page Fourteen THE Skipper Of SS Lawson Is 'One Of The Boys' SEAFARERS STURDY BEGGAR'S CHIEF MATE HAS 'ACHING' ALLERGY LOG • Friday, March 29, 1946 What Commie Unity Means By WHITEY LYKKE The unity of all waterfront mate waterfront unions to unite The following was read and workers has always been the with them. What can be behind Dear Editor: goal of all union seamen. Today this move? ORGANIZE, CRIES approved by the members at The current crew members of the waterfront unions of the AFL PARTY LINE the John Lawson agree that fate BROTHER BUCKLEY; general meeting held aboard the are the organizations closest to We know that in the past the Sturdy Beggar at sea on Feb­ achieving this. has cast one of her rare smiles GIVES SOME TIPS policy of these unions always ruary 15. Our Union, the SIU—which in­ connected with the relationship in their favor. Not only are they Dear Editor: can­ between the United States and The ship left New Orleans on cludes seamen, fishermen, bound for Buenos Aires, which Organize is the cry in every January 18. One man, Milton J nery workers, inland boatmen, alone is a boost for mor&le, but issue of the Seafarers Log. Or­ Malousc, AB, went to the hos­ and tugboatmen—together with Russia. When Russia was allied with Nazi Germany, they were are also fortunate in sailing with ganize to create more jobs. That pital at St. Thomas, V. I., the the International Longshore­ isolationists. When Russia joined a captain who everyone vows is is one method of reconversion. Deck Maintenance man was put men's Association representing the Allies, they became superthe best they have ever sailed Go out and tell the.se unorganized on watch in his place. On leav­ longshoremen, ware housemen* patriotic. Whatever the Govern­ seamen of the gains they can win ing Recife, Brazil, one man, R. checkers, and other waterfront ment or one of its agencies did with, by joining up with the SIU. The Henault, Tripcard, missed the workers—and the Tearnsteis In­ was OK with them, even when it Captain T, H. Hostetter, a for­ old-timers are e.specially called ship. The Chief Mate .said it was ternational Union, which repre­ came to cutting the seamen's mer member of the SIU, carried upon to do this work because unnecessary to put cither the sents the men hauling the fi-eight paybook No. G-136. He joined riw their experience will be a great Bosun or the Carpenter on his to and from the docks, are work­ Today, relations between this Union in 1938 and retired his aid to the younger element with­ watch, as he would be at sea over ing together very closely. country and Russia have become book in 1941. He was a former in our ranks today. the weekend! This group of unions has no strained, although there are in­ ISU member before joining the Indeed, the art of knowing In Rio Henault rejoined the political mission. Their only con­ dications that everything will be things as they really are is ex­ ship and the Deck Maintenance cern is decent wages and work­ ironed out to the satisfaction of ceedingly difficult: moreover, the returned to day work. An SIU ing conditions for the men they all concerned. But in the event mind of man is by nature feeble represent. And by militant or­ that something should happen at and drawn this way by impres­ ganizing and unity in action, some time in the future, what is sions coming from without; fur­ these unions enjoy the best con­ the most effective blow which thermore, the influence of pas­ ditions in the country today. could be struck against this sions takes away or diminishes country in time of war? HISTORY SIMILIAR the capacity for grasping the TREASONABLE ACTION There are, however, other or­ truth. Complete paralysis of the ganizations among the maritime On this account force is often waterfront is the answer. How workers. One, headed by Harry used in controlling Union affairs Bridges, is the West Coast Inter­ can the commies achieve this? fo keep together those who can­ national Longshoremen's Union. By putting themselves in a po­ not agree in their way of think­ The other, headed by Joseph Cur- sition whereby they control all ing. ran, is the National Maritime maritime and waterfront work­ When you go aboard an unor­ Union. This history of both of ers. SIU and started his sailing days ganized ship it is not with pur­ And this is the purpose of their these organizations is quite sim­ at the age of 16 on the Lakes. He pose of telling the world in gen­ so-called unity program. ilar. remembers the days when he eral your business. Keep to your­ While unions such as curs man was picked up off the beach They started out as militant fought with NMU men, when he self at first. Study your ship­ work together for better living as an Ordinary Seaman to re­ rank and file organizations, and first joined the SIU, and also the mates. Every fq'csle has a leader place the AB whom we left in St. ended up saddled with a leader­ conditions, the communist unity days when you had to fight to to whom most of the men are Thomas. The Mate claims it is ship that has been ruling them means a weapon against the eco­ get an SIU ship. At present he drawn. When you are sure of nomic system of this country, all right to keep four Ordinary with an iron hand. is a member of the Master, Mates your ground, bring the subject of which they believe they can Seamen without promoting any­ and Pilots in good standing. These leaders were put in change by helping the Soviet unions into the ordinary conver­ one to Acting AB. there to carry out a certain polit­ He prefers a Union crew who sation; don't try to force it upon The Mate also claims that no ical line and to develop the Union, even to the extent of de' knows their agreements and jobs, men. If your subject is interest­ OS can go aloft to work, but they unions as a weapon for further­ feating this country in a war. rather than men who belong to a ing their normal curiosity will can go up in a Bosun's chair! This is the difference between ing the program of the Commun­ their brand of unity, and our Union because they have to. He make them listen. Bring your F. "Cuz" Murray ist Party. sees the Union's viewpoint in unity for a better standard of what they have done and ask for This is the first concern of these living. and what they are willing to go Conditions of the mem­ Make Isthmian SIU! leaders. out and get in raising wage bers is secondary. scales and conditions. These very same political Captain Hostetter says this is agents are now asking the legitiTHE FIRE ISLAND the best crew he has ever had SUPPORTS STAND under his command. Six men of ON COAST GUARD the Decli Department and two of By J. TRUESDALE the Steward Department are now Dear Editor: making their third trip with him, PHILADELPHIA—News from The SIU crew of the Moran and the rest of the men are mak­ the City of Brotherly Love is not tug M. V. Fh-e Island held its ing their second trip. so hot this week. The tugboat finst weekly meeting of this tilp Alien seamen, heretofore bar­ strike called by District 50, United This ship has never been de­ on Saturday, March 2, shortly red from entering the United layed or hold up because of any after leaving New Orleans for States due to the fact that they Mine Workers, is really giving us subject to the point and don't crew^ member, and Captain Ho­ the business. Although the men had served aboard ships of the involved in this strike have gain­ stetter feels with a crew like that drag it along. Let the men un­ Guantanamo, Cuba. Above all, get After crew discussion of Paul United Nations since September they de.serve the best of breaks. derstand you. ed- practically everything they them to respect you. Hall's remarks in the Log of Feb­ 1, 1939, are now eligible to re­ He cleared sevei'al of his crew in want, with the exception of one A worker on the job trusts a ruary 22, 1946, concerning the ceive immigration visas. These point which is going to be ar­ Galveston v/hen they had a runin with the police. He also went worker who approaches him in SIU plans to investigate the pos­ instructions were recently sent bitrated, it will be a few -days to bat in front of the Coast the same capacity. He feels the sibilities of removing the Coast to Consular Officers by the De­ before we will know what is Guard when one of the crew other fellow has a understand­ Guard's authority over the Mari­ partment of State. what. So no ships are going out ing of his economic life better time Industry, the following was missed the ship in Marseilles. The text of the instructions has right now. entered in the minutes of that not beon made public, but it has He has sailed with South .At­ than an outsider. We are now fixing up the Hall been learned that Consulates will so it will be more comfortable It is important that you do meeting: lantic since 1935, the past threeThe lopic of faking fhe Coast be permitted to accept applica­ for the members. A lot of Philly years as Captain. And up to your job and stay sober. Then Guard's authority away from tions and issue visas to alien sea­ men are now coming back and you can prove your ability to pro­ date, there hasn't been a log on the Lawson, despite the futile ef­ tect your shipmates when the the merchant marine was men who have American-citizen we hope they will like it. discussed. The wives, and alien seamen who are forts of the Chief Engineer and brass hats attempt the usual ex­ thoroughly Here at the Agents Conference his social climbing First Assis­ ploitation found on these unor­ crew as a whole agreed to nationals of any one of the coun­ in New York everything is going support the decision of those tries with which the United States along fine. There is a lot of con­ tant, and we don't think there ganized ships. will be. Brute strength in organization in the Union qualified to in­ had wartime agreements. structive work being done, and The countries referred to are it looks like we will come out A quiet-spoken go-getter is shows stupidity and lack of un­ vestigate the situation. So do prejudices These minutes will of course be Gi-eat Britain, Norway, China, with a program which the mem­ Captaiq. Hostetter—a gentleman derstanding. of the seas if ever there was one. when displayed in an argument, handed in to the Patrolman on a Greece, Belgium, The Nether­ bership will like and approve of. "One of the boys" is a fitting whether the men around you hold regular blank whenever we may lands, France, and Yugoslavia. be in an SIU port again. Mean­ The applications will only be ac­ description, and we of the John the same prejudices or not. Your job is to gain the confi­ while, the crew of the M. V. Fire cepted if the seamen can secure PORT OF NEW YORK Lawson are happy to be the ones to say so. With the majority it's dence of the crew; understand Island desires to go on record a release from the country with TO KEEP PACE a case of:' "suitcases over the side, ther weaknesses and fears; know with the Log as willing to en­ which they served. their hopes and ambitions. Only dorse whatever steps the SIU of­ Mayor William O'Dwyer of Any alien seaman who since here's my home sweet home." then can you organize them. ficials may decide upon with re­ September 1, 1939, served aboard New York has promised that his Very truly yours, Joseph S. Buckley gard to authority over merchant a merchant ship of the United administration will impi'ove New Johnnie Johnson Nations, may apply for an immi­ York s harbor facilities,, particu­ seamen. Gene Yarborough grant visa. The Consul to whom larly piers, warehousing and Woodrow A. Soderman, W. L. Cunningham such application is made, will de­ approaches. Deck Delegate Frank "Scottie" Aubascsson termine whether or not the sea­ W. N. Lockwood, man is eligible according to the Engine Deleate authority contained in the new Jack M. Greenberg, Make Isthmian SIU! Steward's Dept. Delegate instructions. Dear Editor: Visas Opened To Alien Seamen Tugboat Strike Cools Phiily Make Isthmian SIU! �Frida7< March 29, 1946 THE SEAFARERS Page Fiileen LOG BUUJITIN J - • Z1 •K7- - Unclaimed Wages SS THEODORE ROOSEVELT Back pay checks for the fol­ lowing men will be held at the Chicago Branch until May 15th, 1946, after which they will be re­ turned to the Company offices. Marie McMillan, $12.69; J. McMahon, $15.99; John Cass, $39.01; Charles Brown, $17.73; Wm. Rich­ ard, $24.54; Clarence O'Donnel, $28.85; Paul Byi'd, $30.61; Joseph Smith, $57.01; Arnold Kelm, 21.38; Salavatore Barers, $22,61; G. Catandella, $29.55; Donald Keret, $20.86; Walter Otis, $28.85; J. L. Smith, $51.27; Charles Pataky, $27.46. Natale Cantendella, $17.73; Salvatore Cinellato, $29.55; Edward Galgin, $30.15; Louis Johnson, $26.76; Anton Prusaitis, $26.76; Mechle Scala, $22.59; Walter Wolden, $27.81; Richard Wechol, E. McArthur. $1.00; L. Cheaves. $1.00; R. Parker, $1.00; R. Broadus. $1.00: SS PENDLETON C. Pendergraft, $1.00; M. Gilbert. $1.00; R. Pack. $1.00: U. Johnson. $1.00; W. D Huff. $1.00; W. Stoan. $1.00; J. Walker, $1.00. Total—$3.00. Rainwater, $1.00; U. McCorvey. $1.00; SS BASTROPE R. Stribner. $1.00; F. Stanton, $1.00; J. LeVa«.suer, $3,00; R, Mcl.eod, J. Fleemaii, $1.00. Total—$19.00. $3.00; j. R. Frutton. $2.00; G. A. SS GEORGE WASHINGTON French. $2.00; O. Silun, $5.00; C. E. C. J. Cora, $2.00; S. Ferarz, $2.00. rollins, $3.00; Edward F. Raposa. $1.00; Total—$4.00. H. J. Pi^zgrowski. $1.00; E. P. LaniSS WAYCROSS VICTORY gan. $1.00; Lewis B. Michaud. $1.00; W. Lcmkcy, $2.00; F. A. Calitri, $2.00; Rubin L. DuBose. $1.00; E. C. Dacey. W Barwarz, $2.00; N Mattei, $2.00; $1.00; Peter S. Kozak. $1.00; A. Supple. K. Blir. $2.00; J. Marsh, $2.00; C. $1.00; j. Garello. $2.00; llenry HigLeFeber, $2.00; R. O'Dell, $2.00; P. hani. $2.00. Total—$30.00. Tietsche. $2.00; S. Lazzari. $2.00; L. A. SS DORCOSTER Schumann. $2.00; A. Birrell. $1.00; R. E. F. Raul, $1.00; A. W. Shearer. T. Moran, $2.00; G. R. Gass. $1.00. $1.00; A. Watson, $5.00; W. KaczanowTotal—$26.00. -ki. $1.00. Total $8.00. SS EDWIN WEED SS CITADEL VICTORY Garland Brown, $2.00; C. .E. Swenson. W. Howell, $5.00; T. Nickols, $1.00; $1.00; O. V. Hale, $2.00; P. Klein. J. Saucier. $1.00; T. Sharp. $1.00; M. $2.00; C. W. Wells. $2.00; J. C. HamRossi, $2.00. Total—$10.00. berlin. $2.00; R. H. Davis. $2.00; R. SS FT. McHENRV M. Bennett, $2.00; J. L. Turner, $2.00, C. Hargis, $1.00; j. Floyd. $1.00; Total—$17.00. W. Palmer. $1.00; R. Drobiak. $1.00; SS F. CRITTENDON S. Cohen, $1.00. Total—$5.00. K. Bagley, $2.00; M. T. Coffee. $2.00; NEW YORK SS HILTON R. Darby. $2.00; Donald Cease. $2.00; LeRoy Harrod, $2.00; T. Balde, $2.00; John W. Andreasson, $2.00. Total— W. W. Allen, $2.00; W. Eslinger, $2.00; $10.00. J. E. Maher, $2.00; T. Popa. $2.00; F. SS WILLIAMS VICTORY Garcia. $10.00; C. H. Kisner. $2.00; F. Rutkowski, $1.00; J. W. Gard, H. Chapman, $2.00; R. Rae, $1.00; P. $1.00; C. A. Hancock, $3.00; M. GoldenAlnocisa. $1.00; Paul Schobenid, $2.00; berg. .$1.00; R. G. Kluerk. $1.00; W. J. Charle,s Lacy. $2.00. Total—$32.00. Balkelcy, $1.00; S. D. Wright. $2.00; SS COASTAL MARINER Thoriiaa M. Quinn. $1.00; V. J. Bene­ H. T. Clisaoii, $1.00; L. A. Cabrera. detto. $2.00; P. Dyer, $1.00. Total— $2.00ffi W. T. Scott. $1.00; C. Reyes. $14.00. $2.00; R. M. Porter. $2.00. Total—$8.00. SS SAMUEL GRIFFIN SS ROBIN WENTLEY J. Ouiapo, $2.00; A. Leiner, $2.00; D. R. Fisher, $2.00. Total—$2.00. R. L. Varnum, $3.00; A. H. Harbaugh. SS R. M. CULTER Roy Voss, $1.00; A. Tavares. $2.00; R. McDougald. $2.00; Clyde S. Couch, $2.00; G. .Georgevich, $5.00. Total— $12.00. SS CLAYMONT VICTORY j. j. DiFebo, $2.00; Jose Toro. $1.00; H. D. Shackelford, $2.00. Total—$5.00. $2.00; R. D. Rossi, $2.00; C. W. Gorlcy. $2.00; D. Crabtree, $2.00; J. E Lillis. $1.00; R. N. James. $2.00; R. McManus. $2.00; H. E. Encelder, $1.00; S. Escoldi. $2.00; T. Wheeler. $2.00; F. Shapiro, $2.00ffi F. Phillips. $2.00; J. R. Smith. $2.00; T. McCarthy, $2.00; P. J. V. Spinney, $1.00; J. Panozzo. $2.00; George Bogorae, $1.00; R. B. Lowe. $2.00; Lee Simmons, $2.00; A. J. Nittl, $1.00; E. C. Johnson. $1.00; C. P. Jack­ son, $2.00; M. Trocha, $1.00; D. M. Moody. $1.00; T. Adkins, $1.00. Total —$48.00. SS W. S. YOUNG C. Kasparian. $5.00; E. D. Holmberg, $2.00; J. H. LaFlame, $5.00; F. Salhany, $2.00; O. Pelland, $2.00; E. D. Neipel. $2.00; A. Freund. $2.00, M. Kennedy, $2.00; B. C. Osborne, $2.00; H. Hnrr, $2.00; I, Boe, $2.00; B. IngNORFOLK hie. $2.00. Total—$30.00. R. S. Turman, $1.00; W. G. Manning. C. Chambless. $1.00; T. Whitford. $2.00; H. Beckman, $3.00; W. Finley, $1.00; T. George. $1.00; J. Dudley. $1.00; J. Owens. Jr.. $10.00; F. E. $1.00; E. Jolly, $1.00; C. Hughes, $1.00; Koppersmith, $10.00. Total—$27.00. NOTICE! Henry Connolly, Book 38839, contact Union Hall, New York, and pick up your book. INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS J. F. Wood, $2.00; E. E. Cosby. $2.00; B. E. Brooks, $2.00; H. W. Beck. $2.00; S. Rosoff, $2.00; W. W. Etty. $2.00; W. A. Smith. Jr., $2.00; J. H. Richard­ son, $2.00; A. R. Douglas, $2.00; Roy L. Auman, $2.00; Vincent Vallencla, $2.00; I-.- 1 PERSONALS PETE HUDAK $23.93; Wm. C. Fisher, $21.72; Os­ car Huggins, $58.47; Francis I. Please get in touch with Don­ Jolcoeur, $28.85; Betty Grater, ald Dahl at the Marine Hospital, $19.12; John Naglowski, .95. New Orleans. When Dahl was taken off the Pacific Tanker Mis­ % % % sion de Pala in Panama, as the SS WALTER M. CHRISTIANSEN result, of an accident, you were George Smith, Messman, and a member of the crew, and he Frank H. Sullivan, Oiler, contact needs your testimony. the American Liberty SS Corp., 5. 75 West Street, New York, for GEORGE W, MEANEY unclaimed wages. Peter King, with whom you sailed on the SS Peter Zcnger, wants you to get in touch with him through the New York Hall. J- i 5. JAMES AND NICHOLAS j LAMPROPOULOS I Write to your brother. Theo\ doro Lampropoulos at 361 Nepperhan Ave., Yonkcrs. New York, or call Batavia, New York, 612-R. i. 4. 4. GEORGE E. BENTLEY Please get in touch with your mother, who is ill, at 238 Howard Ave., Brooklyn, New York. Notice! Books for the following men are being held at the New Or­ leans Hall: Wm. E. Apple 38166 Reginald Arceneaux 106-6 Louis L. Arena 6908 Pio Arna 28425 John C. Atherton 30472 Francis P. Aucoin 23973 Wm. L. Austin 75-6 Thos. J. Baier 767 P.D. Angelo Barone 39918 Lionel F. Baxter 31910 Doyle B. Bellew 34487 Arthur Berger 22724 James A. Berley 34045 A. T. Bernard, 356-6, 70003-A, 1675-Lakes J. A. Berry 32655 W, W. Bickford 39144 F. A. Bishop 6964 Fvichard L. Blake 752 P.D. James F. Blizzard 33277 Fred B. Bloomer 38625 Victor T. Bonura 7103 Warren Bose 38006 Carter E. Boyd 29656 John R. Boyle 332 P.D. Preston Boyter 176-6 B. J. Brewer 44519 Charles Briscoe 31908 Frank Brookins 33510 Ed. J. Hoblin. $2.00; W H. Hunsucker. $2.00; L. Smithson. $2.00; M. A. Free­ Carl L. Bruncr 34124 The Seafarers' Hall in Duman. $2.00; H. L. Westfall. $2,00; L. E. Richard Bryant 39303 Farmer. $2.00; G. A. Brinkley. $2.00; luth, Minn„ will be closed for Gen. Bunch 37881 W. M. Van Dresser. Jr.. $2.00; M. M. a month or so. F. V. Burrus 37925 Robbins. $2.00; D. A. Waffell. $2.00. Ralph Butler 296-6 Total—$42.00. Leonard Bailey 45487 Pro. PHILADELPHIA Joseph S. Barron 44588 Pro. INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS C. Dunphy, $2.00; J. Quist. $1.00; Henry Bonk 39269 Pro. •A. Anderson. $1,00; H. Sharpe. $2.00; J. MANFREDI W. J. Boudreaux 44637 Pro. Follctt. $1.00; D. Groner. $5.00; Crew of You can collect three days Joseph L. Campbell 32371 J. Lenon. $7.00; Crew of Schoarie. wages for standing fireman's Clarice Carey 36314 $11.00; C. O'Brien. $1.00; Herman, $1.00; 41170 C. Jacques. $4.00; N. Bartholomeo, watch on SS Ft. Meigs, at 17 Bat­ Paul Carlson $1.00; I,. Goldwhithe. $2.00; J, Harrison, tery Place, Room 1723. John C. Carolan 23058 $4.00; C, Dolan. $5.00; R. Allare. .$1 Oil; Olivei Carpenter 29930 B. Meyers. $4.00; T. Romango, $4.00; J. •las. G Carter 3720 SUP Logan. $4.00: P. Bistline, $3.00; J. Edgar Caudill 248 P.D. Bendergrass. $4.00. 37944 51 Beaver St. W. C. Chancey A. Melin. $10.00; G. James. $4.00; W. NEW YORK HAnover 2-2784 Frank Cimperman Kwitchoeff. $2.00; W. Weber. $3.00; 32485 330 Atlantic Ave. K. Brown. $4.00; W. Cahill. $4.00; BOSTON 37214 Liberty 4057 Jesse Clarke Bruoffy. $2.00; A. Bitale. $3.00; A. BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. Jack W. Conway 29659 Djerdi, $1.00; J. Connolly. $1.00; J. Pa­ Calvert 4539 Houston F. Cooper 6739-A tient. $1.00; J. Velthe, $3.00; R. Har- PHILADELPHIA 9 South 7th St. Phone Lombard 7651 F. B. Crowther 37493 rimant. $1.00; J. Ringtont. $2.00; J. 127-129 Bank Street Joseph 8. Crustuski Wheeler. $1.00; F. Quindnest. $1.00; NORFOLK 29474 4-1083 D. Cavanaugh, $1.00; C. Ponhro. $8.00; V. J. Cortez 62 NEW ORLEANS 339 Chartres St. T. Amann. $1.00; R. Stedman. $2.00; J. Canal 3336 P. M. Darnell 22449 Gouiea, $4.00; J. Baveas. $5.00; A. SAVANNAH 220 East Bay St. 21692 Hawley, $2.00; M. Reeves. $1.00; L. 3-1728 Thomas Q. Dear 7 St. Michael St. L. H. Denton Dower, $2.00; Crew of Rider Victory. MOBILE 34043 2-1754 $12.00; A. Rosenfield, $3.00; A. Valdez. C. F. DeShane 234 P.D. 45 Ponce de Leon $3.00; S. Liberto, $5.00; W. Black. SAN JUAN, P. R San Juan 2-5996 Steptoe Dixon 22733 $4.00; p.. Dillon. $3.00; J. Dougherty. GALVESTON 305'/i 22nd St. H. H. Dorer 37911 $3 00; R Wentz, $3.00; \V. Swcboda. 2-8043 7654 $15.00; D. Scalise. $15.00; R. Swoboda, RICHMOND, Calif 257 5th St. Chas. M. Dowling $15.00; T. McEirone, $2.00; F. Wher- SAN FRANCISCO 59 Clay St. Kennth M. Dowty 32923 ritz, $2.00; A. Aghazasmetz. $3.00. | SEATTLE 86 Seneca St. Charles R. Duff 29547 Ill W. Burnside St. G. Owens. $3.00; J. Gallagher, $3.00; PORTLAND F. E. Eklund 25-6 WILMINGTON 440 Avalon Blvd. J. Campbell. $4.00; J. Shaw. $4.00; A. H. F. Flkund 42466 16 Merchant St. Sellre. $3.00; D. Smith, $4.00; J. HONOLULU 10 Exchange St. W. Fpton 45480 Pro. Doughlas $1.00; A. McGuffey $4.00; BUFFALO 24 W. Superior Ave. Edward Faris W. Hines, $4.00; A. Scardina, $2.00; CHICAGO 25387 I0I4 E. St. Clair St. A. Ploch. $3.00; Sarchild. $2.00. V.; CLEVELAND Michael J. Feeheny 22006 1038 Third St. Smith, $1.00; F. Newcomer. $2.00; Ginn. DETROIT 5890 DULUTH 531 W. fvlichigan St. John Felix $2.00; H. Price. $1.00; J. Blach. $2.00; VICTORIA, B. C 602 Boughton .St, Charles D. Feraci 20082-A J. Hoyle. $4.00: J. Ledden. $4.00; J. VANCOUVER 144 W. Hastings St. Joseph N. Fisette 29672 Myefski. $2.00; Crew of Capitol Reef. TAMPA 842 Zack St. $8.00; C. Santee. $1.00; T. Delia. $1.00; 37856 M-1323 E. P. Flannagan C. McLawhorn, $1.00; P. Harris, $1.00; JACKSONVILLE 920 Main St. Harvey L. Flora 30157 G. Butter. $2.00; Crew of Scripps. 5-1231 L. C. Fortner 35857 PORT ARTHUR 445 Austin Ave. $68.50; G. Bursick, $1.00. Total $261.50. Phone: 28532 H. J. Fountain 37082 HOUSTON 7137 Navigation Blvd. BOSTON S. Franzella 7552 Phone Wenlworth 3-3809 SS CALVIN AUSTIN Raymond F. Fristoe 27825 Joseph Forget, $1.00; Robert Falke. J. J. Frisella 32847 $1.09; W. Mosley. $2.00; R. W. Clark. $5.00; C.. Mahmlcl. $5.00; J. Gess. $5.00; H. Fruge 37966 $1.00; S. J. Steel, $1.00; Raymond B. T. Glover. $3.00. P. Heckman, $5.00; Ohara. $1.00; N. Funken. $1.00. Total 39792 J. Shuninn, $5.00; D. Rae. $5.00; H. P. Jas. Fulmer —$8.00. Bilinski. $5.00; L. S. Atzull. $5.00; C. Wm. M. Faulkner 37688 Pro. INDIVIDUAL DONATIONS West. $5.00; S. Jones. $5.00; E. P. Per- R. V. Felger 49620 Pro. Crew of SS Geo. Whitefield. $15.50. terson, $5.00; H. A. Brown. $3.00; E. L. K. Fortenberry 45220 Pro. Weeker. $1.00; B. Coffey. $2.00; F. C. GALVESTON Samuel Garouette 34354 Walz, $2.00; SS John Bartman, $19.55; J. H. Seiber, $1.00; W. T. Ncel. $1.00; 23213 P. H. Devine. $4.00; L. G. Johnson. E. P. Meek. $1.00; T. Momarety, $1.00; Harold J. Garty 209 P.D. $1.00; F. N. Meinerth. $1.00; J. Denke, SS Council Crest, $20.00. Total—$126.55. A. A. Gonaiez Grand Total—$753.00. $4.00; N. L. Fuzzell, $5.00; R. J. Hardt. ' Willie Gooden 32515 NOTICE! MONEY DUE SlU HALLS �Page Sixteen ft- THE SEAFARERS LOG The J. Sterling Morton Back From Hectic, But Typical, Isthmian Trip Friday, March 29, 1946 J. STERLING MORTON, ISTHMIAN LINE By W. E. WYMAN 3rd. If we didn't have a good ashore in the motorboat to see On the Chief Mate on here, it really the American Consul. NEW YORK — After a hecticwould be tough as he docs all of way up, he took one case of cof­ voyage of three and a" half fee, two cases of syrup-arid five the navigating. months with a bully 1st Asst who H. Norwood, one of the Oilers, cases of dried potatoes, and gave only had a 3rd's license, the J. was broken down to a Wiper for them to a man who owns a yacht. Sterling Morton of the Isthmian supposedly being drunk, even LINEN. EGG SHORTAGE Line docked at New York. My though he oiled the winches total overtime under Isthmian Due to the Steward giving while we were in port and none rules amounted to 76 hours, while away most of our eggs in Greece, of the others in the Black Gang under an SIU contract, it would the supply was cut down, and were working. A friend of the have added up to a total of 213 we were forced to go without First Asst's was promoted as a hours. What price non-Unionism! eggs quite often. Linen was cut result of Norwood's demotion, and We went on the Morton for the the entire crew was of the opin­ down to changes every ten days fii'st time at Galveston on Dec. ion that hi.s demotion was plan­ as the Steward claimed 1900 13th, and wouldn't have stayed ned by the 1st for that specific sheets were stolen in Greece. We only had 800 on the entire trip, so oh this filthy scow, only we had purpose. I guess the rest must have been a job of organizing to do. Our The 1st Asst, 2nd Asst, 2nd first beef was with the Steward Mate, Captain and 3rd Asst were lost, strayed or stolen. who didn't want to feed us one always di-unk or drinking, but Leaving the Gib on the 3rd of morning when we had worked nothing was ever said or done March bound for New York, we through breakfast shifting ship. about that. They were never fish-oiled the decks .and painted We went to the Capt., raising broken. The Chief Engineer was her up. We really didn't need the devil about it, and he made warned by the Captain to stay to oil the decks as the engine them feed us. away from the crew, to refrain room spilled oil nine separate ENGINE: (reading from left—front). H. Thomas. Wiper; and After breaking and setting sea from fraternizing with them or times, and we're 1000 barrels of Charles McDowlel. FWT. Standing: John Chaplin. DE; E. J. S2mez, watches five times in two days, be fired, and we all believed that oil short. 1st Eng. (this is the man who caused so much trouble: read story), and .sounding the bilges and deep! the 1st Asst was trying to get The 1st Asst was bragging all and Joe Barron. Oiler. tanks, we finally got the okay i the Chief's job. of the trip about being in the to leave on Dec. 22nd. On the! Navy during the First World GIRL STOWAWAYS 24th we started in to paint and, War, and that he had an un­ decorate the messeS for Christ- j Leaving Crete on Feb. 11th, limited Chief's license. When the mas, and on Dec. 30th we held we arrived at Oran on the 12th. licenses were posted, we found our first Union meeting on ship­ and found it to be a pretty good nut that he only had a 3rd',s li­ port. Wliile there, we enclosed board. cense, and that he was only 33 the flying bridge with plywood years old. He must have been in MEETING HELD WILLIAM D. HOARD — This dodgers, made dodgers for the the Navy when he was the ripe Isthmian vessel, which the NMU All crew members were in full steering stand, took down all claimed so strcnguously a couple attendance with Joe Barron elect­ jumbo guys and renewed the old age of six years. of months ago, held two ship­ ed Recordng Secretary, and yours i boat falls. These beefs are typical of Isth­ board meetings on the trip over truly as Chairman. The- SIU • From Oran, we went to Arzeu mian, so we must bear with them frorh New Orleans to Genoa, policies and program were fully j to get ballast, finding two girl the best we can while Isthmiah Italy. With two exceptions, the explained at the meeting, and! stowaways, when we arrived is still unorganzied. We'll fight Chief Cook and 2nd Cook, the vai'ious agreements were broken | there. Leaving Arzeu, we went back the best we can until Isth­ entue crew is SIU. The NMU out for the benefit of those broth­ to Gibraltar to bunker, and got mian is under an SIU contract. Steward and Bosun got off be­ ers who didn't know much about there on the 23rd. While we were Then things will be a lot dif­ fore the Hoard left New Orleans, the Union. They were told that! at Gibraltar, I took the Captain ferent! and were replaced with Seafai"the Seafarers had no isms or ists.!I ers. The meeting was adjourned At the first meeting on Feb. after the election of delegates as 10th, Briant, Peterson and Stev­ follows: Deck—W. E. Wyman; ens were elected Chairman, Engine—W. Roux; and Stewards NEW YORK — William T. was that the company error in Reading Clerk and Secretary re­ —M. E. Logan. Witushynski, NMU 73138, visited not officially promoting the wi­ spectively, and Hilton was elect­ We really did a job of cleaning the SIU Hall the other day in pers put $600.00 in one Wiper's ed as Ships Delegate. Discussion up the Morton; two coats on the company with some SIU ship­ pocket and $200 in the other's. revolved around certain sanitary messhalls; varnished the tabels mates off the Robin Adair. He paid Witushynski said, "In the ATS and safety measures, and fine and chairs; repainted the icebox; off an NMU ship, the Mitchell the army decided what was over­ painted the decks; overhauled STEWARD: Sol Fernandez and penalties were imposed for vio­ Palmer in Montivcdeo and, after time; in the NMU the patrolman lations with the money to go to and repaired or i-eplaced almost two months on the beach, he was took all disputed overtime ashore Henry Evangelista, with their the Log. Meeting was closed af­ all of the gear; put two coats of with him and that was the last buddies busy getting chow ready, shipped on the Robin Adair. ter giving one. minute of respect fish oil on the decks; painted the Prior to joining the NMU Wi­ ever heard of it; but here on my were the only men available to tlie fallen Seafarers of the last foc'sles and repaired the life­ first SIU ship I found the over­ from the Stewards Dept. for this World War. boats. Boy, what a job, but it tushynski had sailed in the ATS. time settled before we got in." He then sailed on several ships of was worth it! shot. On Feb. 24th, a second meet­ the NMU operated by the United ing was held with Stevens being UTILITY WORKED OVER Fruit, American South African elected Chairman; Hunt as Sec­ After the Captain and the Util­ and other lines. He heard the retary; and Bishop as Reading ity had a beef, the Utility was same story in the NMU that had Clerk. All beefs from the pre­ chased back to the Gunners' quar­ been told him in the ATS, "the vious meeting had been taken ters. When the Captain stuck his SIU is an outfit of goons—keep cai-e of, and Ship.s Delegate Hil­ head in the door, the Utility away from them." ton reported on his activities. Af­ punched him in the nose. So, the With this ringing in his ears he ter discussing various measures 1st A,s.st. and the Captain worked went aboard the Adair with some for improving shipboard condi­ him over good, and then shackled trepidation. Once aboard how­ tions, and holding the memorial him to his bunk. ever, he found himself treated observation, the meeting was ad­ When we arjived at Piraeus on like any other crew member of journed. the 20th of January, we had to the crew. No one threw his STEEL INVENTOR — This is spot and lower booms every time weight around or treated him any another four star ship with at the longshoremen went to work. differently because of his NMU least 25 certain SIU votes aboard We also had another beef with membership. The relative merits counting reconverted NMU men. the Steward who would feed all of the NMU and SIU were dis­ The Captain of the Inventor is of the outsiders first and let us cussed and the SIU agreements one of those tough" Skippers who •wait. explained. In- his own words believe in living up to the letter "they were all good shipmates." NO FREE RIDES of the rules. When any crew The majority of the beefs were We had to pay to got a boat to member wishes to make a draw, take us ashore at Piraeus, as the so well squared away that a good he only gets the actual amount Isthmian Line doesn't believe in speedy payoff was made with of money coming at that time. giving the crew free rides—not practically all beefs settled. The Recently, several men were the unlicensed personnel, at least, question came up however, of short on dough, so their only al­ A couple of us met all of the of­ two Wipers who had been stand­ ternative was to sell their blood. ficers at the Frolic.s Club in ing Oilers' watches. An inspec­ Up to the blood bank went two Athens one night, and we gave tion of the ships log showed A..B's, two Messmen, one OS and them a good talk about the mer­ that these Wipers had not been one Wiper. They all gave a pint its of the SIU, also some SIU promoted. DECK (from left): Jesse Barton, AB; W. Wyman, Bosun and of blood just for a six dollar bill! literature. Patrolman Jimmy Hanners, ships organizer; R. Katt. OS; H. Boyd, AB; and C. Kumrow, AB. That's really one for the books, On Feb. 1st we left for Crete, representing the engine dept., im­ Brother Wyman, with some valuable asssitance from other Sea­ but conditions like this will stop and had to hunt for it at least 48 mediately took an overtime sheet farers, is doing a splendid job on the Morton, and has her almost just as soon as Isthmian is under hours, finally finding it on the and began writing. The result solid SIU. contract to the Seafarers. Short Reports On isthmian One Trip Was All He Needed � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource March 29, 1946 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. VIII, No. 13 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: ISTHMIAN BARS ELECTION; OFFICIALS IN NEW STALL TO KEEP MEN NON-UNION MINERS WILL 'STAY AT HOME' UNLESS GIVEN HEALTH FUND CONFERENCE PROPOSALS GO BEFORE MEMBERSHIP FOR FINAL APPROVAL HUNGER IN EUROPE DEADLOCK STILL HOLDS IN NORFOLK REPORT ON ORGANIZING DRIVE PROBATIONARY BOOKS, PERMITS ACTION AGAINST THE COAST GUARD NEED FOR AFL MARITIME COUNCIL SIU MOVES TO ABOLISH THE WSA BALTIMORE SEAFARERS GIVE TO HOSPITALIZED PORT BALTIMORE HAS BIG FIELD BRASSHATS PUSH PEACETIME DRAFT AGENTS' PROPOSALS GO BEFORE MEMBERSHIP UNION-RUN UPGRADING SCHOOLS POSSIBILITIES FOR CREDIT UNION STAND AGAINST WSA FINK HALLS EXPANDING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM LONDON TUGMEN STRIKE FOR HOURS BACKGROUND ON RUSSIA STATUS OF SEAMEN WHO LEAVE THE SEA USUAL COAST GUARD REDTAPE HOLDS UP NEEDED RATINGS PR HOSPITALS ARE OKAY, HE SAYS NOT MUCH WEST COAST ACTIVITY TIME TO OUST MEDDLING BUREAUS OPERATOR STALLS AT GOVT. EXPENCE EUROPE AND EAST SHIPPING OUTLOOK GREAT LAKES SEC'Y-TREAS REPORTS VIGIL IN THE NEW ORLEANS HALL DULUTH HALL SUSPSNEDS ARMY MISUES OF PIERS HURTS NEW YORK SHIPPING LAKES CREWS DUE TO REPORT ALL QUIET IN SAVANNAH ALCOA RESUMES SERVICE TO S.A. MONK SETS STAGE FOR THIS YARN UNION MEN GO ALL OUT ON COLABEE HERE'S WHAT WSA'S 'DISCHARGE' PAPERS LOOK LIKE NICOLETTE SUPPORTS FOUR-WATCH ACTION BALDWIN HILLS CREW SAYS STEWARD CUT HOURS OFF OVERTIME WHAT COMMIE UNITY MEANS VISAS OPENED TO ALIEN SEAMEN TUGBOAT STRIKE COOLS PHILLY THE J. STERLING MORTON BACK FROM HECTIC, BUT TYPICAL, ISTHMIAN TRIP ONE TRIP WAS ALL HE NEEDED SHORT REPORTS ON ISTHMIAN Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 3/29/1946 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1946 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/64a5cc5e663d67fbd6a23a5e77dd846f.PDF da01584f36a33e5332f0b35f5ea1d094 PDF Text Text SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL GROAN OF THl SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTTC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL-CIO • CURRAN DISTORTS FACTS MEANT DemandsRetraction In Coal Beef -Story On Page 2, Editorial On Page 3 woul5« I am at of „-eed nur positi®*^ and that ;;%/opoaalJjjj|i| P»="i!irawut even talK a Buiyiil^P ru::^-rtaid. n^th ^ The stories and the headline in your paper moke it appear that the SlU turned down my proposal when you know that they accepted my proposal In TOTO and that you were the one who refused to accept my proposal. •• ... in the interest of fair play • • • this letter to should be reproduced in . • • the NMU PILOT. At no tin® • jebrnary Uter. a^-nfouuse? llie storf that the SI« reapect f f„U®et ®^®"'company tot _ » nth® "e^toduced in > or/at ^ The Shameful Story of Joe Currants Deception of the Trade Union Movement I • ilif" „,„ely V®"" >1 �Pace Tva SEAFARERS LOG Ufarch 29. 1957 Meany Hits Curran Distortion Of Coal Beef, Asks Retraction AFLrCIO President George Meany has sent a letter to NMU President Joseph Curran ^castigating his distorted report in the "NMU Pilot" of what took place at the meeting of maritime unions in Washington, February 21, Curran's stand in refusing to talye the relative to the settlement bf the •hips and to act in conjunction with his fellow AFL-CIO unions, the Marine En­ American Coal beef. President Meany said in part, "The stories and the headlines in your paper make it appear that the SIU turned down my proposal when you know that .they accepted my proposal in TOTO and that you were the one who refused to accept my proposal." As reported In the SEAFARERS LOG, March 1, the SIU accepted a proposal by president Meany that It withdraw from the coal ship case, and that the NMU in turn, give its fullest support to the efforts of marine engineers and deck officers to organize the company and eliminate District 50 from -the field. Curran rejected this proposal, asking in­ stead that Bull Line ships be involved. gineers and the Masters, Mates and Pi­ lots, hM convinced the marine unions that he is irrevocably committed to sup­ port John L. Lewis' District 50 against the interests of the Federation. In addition, Curran printed a distorted account of the meeting in the February 28 "Pilot" to give the impression that it was the SIU, and not he, who rejected President Meany's offer. He also distributed his distortions to various AFL-CIO groups in efforts to steam them up against the marine un­ ions and disrupt and weaken the AFLCIO to Lewis' advantage. These actions prompted President Meany to write the letter, the text of which follows: Mr. Jpseph Curran . President, National Maritime Union Dear Sir and Brother: I am writing to you at this time to clear up the record for you and your membership on the account of a meeting held in my office on February 21, 1957, which is given in the February 28th issue of your official organ of the NMU known as the Pilot. In this issue, you give the definite impression that the failure to reach an agreement between the various maritime unions in regard to the American Coal Shipping Company case rests on the SIU. On page 3 of this copy of the PILOT there is a headline which states the "SIU snubs Meany plea to end hiring hall attack." On page 2 you have a long article signed by yourself which also carries the impression that the SIU refused to go along with my proposal for settling this dispute. I have discussed this matter with you on a number of occasions both in Washington and in Miami and 1 have a long letter from you in regard to this matter under date of December 11, 1956. You give me the impression all along that you would be willing to cooperate with the MEBA and the MM&P in their dispute with the American Coal Shipping Company if (1) the SIU would withdraw their action before the NLRB in regard to the hiring hall and (2) if the SIU would agree not to scab on your people if they refused to man the ships of the American Coal Shipping Company in support of the MEBA and the MM&P. At a meeting held in my office on February 21st, I made a package proposal after there had been much discussion by the principals rep­ resenting the various unions who were represented. My package proposal was in three parts. (1) That the SIU should withdraw charges filed with the NLRB in reference to the NMU and the American Coal Shipping contract. (2) That the SIU should respect and honor the contract nego­ tiated by the NMU and the American Coal Shipping Company to its fullest extent regardless of the number of ships that the com­ pany would put into service. (And I specifically mentioned that the number of ships contem­ plated might go as high as 70.) (3) That the NMU should honor the picket line of the MEBA and MM&P in the American Coal Shipping Company dispute. The proposals, if accepted by both sides, would have guaranteed to you everything that you have had previously requested as a con^ dition of full support and cooperation with the MEBA and the MM&P. "^hey would have provided for withdrawal of the charges filed by the SIU with the NLRB without qualification or equivoca­ tion. They would have provided that the SIU give up all idea of putting any of their members on any of these ships of the American Coal Shipping Company regardless of the number of ships put into service by that compqny. This proposal was made by me after the representatives of the SIU had indicated that while they were willing to consent, in return for NMU support of the MEBA and MM&P, that the NMU could maintain the contract for the four ships presently in operation, but that the SIU would expfct to put up a fight to have its members on any additional ships that this company would put into service. 1 am informed by the representatives of the AFL-CIO from my office who attended the afternoon session on February 21sl:, I am referring now to Brothers Thomas and McGavin, that the SIU at the opening of the afternoon session accepted completely my pack­ age proposal and that your position was that you would not even talk about accepting my proposal until the other unions agreed to strike the ships of the Bull Line, which is an affiliated line, 1 under­ stand, with the American Coal Shipping Company. At no time m the discussion I had with you prior to February 21st did you mention the Bull Line. Your letter on this matter of De­ cember 11th which went in great length into the situation did not mention the Bull Line. Still this was the reason ycfU used for turn­ ing down my proposition. The stories and the headlines in your paper make it appear that the SIU turned down my proposal when you know that they accepted my proposal in TOTO ani id that you were the one who n refused to accept my prqposal. Nowhere in your paper do you list the three steps which were included in my proposal. Nowhere in your paper do you indicate that my proposal demanded, among other things, that the SIU respect and honor your contract with the American Coal Shipping Company to its fullest extent. I thinkj in the interest of fair play, that this letter to you should be reproduced in a very early issue of your official organ. THE NMU PILOT. SIU Accepts, Curran Rejects Meany Plan In ACS Dispute Joseph Cunan, National Maritime Union president, has rejected proposals by AFLCIO President George Meany to resolve the dispute over representation on American^ Coal I Shipping Company vessels.I Curran turned down a bid elation beef .(abiit ACS. Itutead, of th. Meany rcoommendatloas I Iby President Meany foe the be choie to itand ivltii the unaffili­ came after SlUNA repreaentativet INMU'S full support of the ated, catch-all District SO of the accepted them "In the InteresU of [Muter,, Mates and Pilot, and the United Mine Worker, -and agalntt ) Marine Zagtoeft-a Benetlclal Auo- AFL-CIO marine union,. The UMW Is part owner of the com­ '^SiAFARERS LOg~ * pany and District SO was given a contract for the ahlpa* offlccra Mor, l,J957 The NMU president's rejection Ihe Federation." Mtfaough they, pointed out that the SIU had a I "sound legal and trad* union"] basil for it. action against Amerl-1 can Coal. Meany's letter proves SEAFARERS LOG reported meeting accurately. j Urs Tnde ftww Soknioii U Cee/Sk^ Beef SJU Snubs Meany s Plea I To End Hiring Hall Attack! complaint to obtain a court , order rennirina A.„e..:. 'order requiring .he the Ainerieaa Coal Shippinir Co. to do further shipping hff th. dock.. «>• Ma filT M • tf' obuin 1957 Curroii's total distortion of the focts wos used by him to rouse up AFL-CIO prgdnizdtions ogdinst the marine unions oh behalf of Johh L Lewis. ' �SEAFARERS LOG SCmh j^/l9SY 'X' Marks The Spot X-ray technician checks out shiny new lab equipment at SlU health center in Brooklyn. The center should be complete in two weeks. Joe Curran^Menaee At Work! NMJJ President Joseph Curran now stands branded as a man who will not hesitate to lie in print to his own member­ ship for his own personal gain. He has confirmed what the SEAFARERS LOG said—that he has "a record of inconsist­ VV Tbret Farm Bloc Drops ' Fight On 'SO-SO', Boosts Cargo $$ . WASHINGTON—Faced with a world-wide shipping shortage, the Senate farm bloc has dropped its expected attack on the *'50-50" shipping law. In a hearten­ ing about-face for Seafarers and the maritime industry, the Senate Agriculture Committee, spearhead of*^ when the committee voted to agreement to export surpluses to last year's fight against the week increase surplus agricultural sales Poland, which has sought Ameri­ bulwark of the shipping in­ by $1 billion, and to extend the can farm products, but was un­ to receive them under the dustry; has voted to in­ farm legislation for another year. able provisions of the law. A Polish bill it reported to the Sen­ crease sales of farm surplus ate,In the the committee voted to in­ delegation is now in Washington negotiating for US assistance. They products overseas next crease the farm surplus sales pro­ are vitally interested in obtaining year, and to shelve any attack on "50-50" for this session of Congress. The result is that there will be no serious move this year to ex­ empt any inore farm products from the provisions of the "50-50" ship­ ping act. The dramatic reversal came last gram from $3 to $4 billion, and to extend the act from June 30, 1957 to June 30, 1958. Possible Polish Pact It also knocked out a provision prohibiting the sale of farm sur­ pluses to countries that are not "friendly" to the United States. The amendment could result in an farm surpluses. In the past, the "50-50" act and its application to farm surplus products came under attack in the Senate Agriculture Committee at every session "of Congress. The farm bloc opposed the provision because it believed the law would hinder the sale of surpluses abroad. Last year, extensive hearings showed that the bill had not pre­ vented surplus sales, while it did protect the US tramp fleet and pro­ vide jobs for thousands of Ameri­ can seamen. Reversal Foreseen The possibility that there might not be an attack on "50-50" was foreshadowed earlier this year when spokesmen for the Scandi­ navian countries, which had spear­ headed foreign attacks on the leg­ islation, acknowledged the need for a strong American merchant ma­ rine. The committee's action virtually assures the "50-50" provision smooth sailing in this session of Congress, and guarantees cargoes for the tramp and liner fleets for another year. Agricultural surplus is a par­ ticularly valuable cargo for US shipping since it consists very largely of bulk commodities like wheat or rice. It has been one of the mainstays of US tramp opera­ tions in the past two years. ency and unreliability probably unparalleled In the labor movement." No one less than AFL-CIO President Meany has pinned, the distor­ tion label oh Curran for his deiiberate twisting of the truth as to what happened in Meany's office on February Zl. It'became necessary for Meany to set the recorcl straight after Curran had fogged the issues. Curran's action here is part of his iifeiong trade-union pattern. In the SIU's book he has always stood as an opportunist, a turncoat, a man who is so untrustworthy that nobody, not even his closest asso­ ciates, dares turn his back, figuratively speaking, in Cnrran's presence. This latest treachery of Curran's, using a bald-faced lie to steam up his own membership, is no surprise to the SIU. It is part of his tradi­ tional Stalinist technique which he learned so well as a ten-year pro­ fessional in the club. The SIU has maintained many times that he has SAN FRANCISCO—^Delegates are at work here on the not disearded the Stalinist pattern of action. After all, he did mount a Moscow podium and proclaim, "Hail . . . the great and wise leader­ various problems facing seamen, fishermen and allied crafts represented at the 8th biennial convention of the Seafarers ship of Comrade Stalin" (NMU "Pilot." Oct. 19, 1945). Just as it ,\yas opportune then for Curran to out-Stalin Stalin, so it International Union of North-i America. The convention, efforts to bring democratic union­ which is expected to wind up ism to longshore workers. Hagat the end of this week, also heard gerty spoke of his long and inti­ from a number of distinguished mate relationship with Lundeberg guests in Government and the la­ and the SIU west coast affiliates in bor movement, including Governor furthering labor's gains in Cali­ Goodwin Knight of California, fornia. The convention was also ad­ A complete report on the pro­ dressed by Nathan Bar-Yacov, rep­ ceedings and decisions of the resenting the Israel Embassy in convention will be carried in the Washington, who praised the role next issue of the SEAFARERS of Seafarers in helping trade un­ ions in Israel. LOG. Several other speakers were scheduled to address the later ses­ Mayor George Christopher of San Francisco, Larry Long, president sions of the convention. of the International Brotherhood of Longshoremen and Neil Haggerty, secretary-treasurer of the California State Federation of Labor. The beef with American Coal Shipping Company began last Lundeberg Praised fall when the company, formed by the coal industry, coal rail­ roads and the United Mine Workers, received approval to char­ Uppermost in the delegates' ter 30 Libertys from the US Government. Here is a step-by-step minds was the fact that the con­ account of what has happened: vention was meeting for the first time without the late Harry Lunde­ • The Marine Engineers Beneficial Association and Masters, berg in the chair. Appropriate Mates and Pilots were in negotiations with the company'for a memorial ceremonies were held, contract, when the company announced that it had signed an and speaker after speaker alluded agreement for ships officers with District 50 of the Mine Work­ to Lundeberg's contributions to ers union. The company also signed with the National Maritime Union for unlicensed men although it had no ships yet. is opportune for him now to run interference for John L. Lewis against the growth of the international and • The officers unions started picketing and asked Curran to the AFL-CIO in a blatant demonstration of his support for dual and Its affiliates. Representatives of the three west support their beef. He refused. MEBA then quit the AFL-CIO hostile unioni&.ii. Maritime Committee which was dominated by Curran, ending a It is a known fact that following the Washington meeting Curran coast sea unions, the Sailors Union 20-year tie with NMU. hustled over to the United Mine Workers and faithfully reported What of the Pacific, Marine Firemen, and happened, to prove his loyalty to Lewis and to show he was capable Marine Cooks and Stewards, an­ • The SIU then entered the picture. An unfair labor charge •f stabbing in the back not only the Marine Engineers Benefieial Asso­ nounced that they were working on was filed with the NLRB because 300 Seafarers were refused em­ ciation and the Masters Mates and Pilots, but the AFL-CIO and George a program to combine and improve ployment by the company. Seafarers also started picketing. their existing pension plans. Other Meany as well. • Curran unleased a hysterical attack to cover up his crossing When the time was ripe, -Curran did not hesitate, at the orders of programs under discussion include the officers' picket lines, screaming that SIU was "attacking the his Stalinist masters, to call the same John L. Lewis an ally of Hitler: the convention's attitude on sub­ hiring hall." sidies, ship transfers, the "50-50" or, when a different set of orders came through, to call him a "greater • A meeting of all marine unions involved was called by AFLand stronger figure than ever." When the Stalinists were out to wreck law and other matters of consider­ CIO President Meany in efforts to resolve the beef. President able interest to seamen. Walter Reuther, Curran said Reuther and the "Trotskyites" were will­ Meany offered a program which consisted of (1) SIU withdrawal Vital To Community ing to "play Hitler's game." Later Reuther was the "best fitted man" from the picture, and a guarantee of the NMU's contract, (2) full for the CIO. • Franklin Roosevelt was "bent on destroying . . . unions" In his remarks, Mayoi^ Christo­ NMU support for the officers' imions. or was "the greatest friend of seamen" depending on the Stalinist line pher stressed the vital contribu­ • The SIU accepted this proposal out of respect for President tion Seafaters have made to the at the moment. And so it went. Meany," even though it had a good beef. But Curran rejected It What makes Curran any different today? There is no difference economy and prosperity of the and created side Issues to cover up his ties with District 50. He that the eye can see. It was opportune then to be an open Stalinist, community, particularly In port then printed a totally distorted account of the meeting in the It's opportune today not to be one. It was no pang of conscience, but cities like San Francisco. Gover­ "NMU Pilot" to make it seem as if the SIU had rebuffed Meany. his personal foot race with Harry Bridges and the cold war that made nor Knight also praised the sea­ men's role and the union's achieve­ Joe Curran decide it was better to speak an anti-Communist line. • The NLRB obtained a court order requiring that crews for Curran has tried to be ail things to all men. But who in maritime— ments. American Coal ships be hired via NMU and SIU hiring halls ac­ Long thanked the delegates for the shipowners, the unions, or even John L. Lewis, ean trutUully My cording to seniority imtil the SIU charges are acted on. the support his union received in they can trust him? Those , who do are making a lerious mistake. SlUNA CONVENTION OPENS IN 'FRISCO COAL BEEF: ROUND BY ROUND �r;. I Pa«« Fonr SEAFARERS LOG House Croup's Vote Hints Clear Sailing For More US $ WASHINGTON—A major step toward restoring the Pub­ lic Health Service Hospitals to first-class condition has been taken by the House Appropriations Committee. Reversing the Hobby-Hoover policy of-*^ cutting the ground from un- was saved only after widespread . der the PHS program, the protests by Seafarers and maritime ( , After 90 dc committee voted to appropriate unions. Later In the year proposals for $44,399,000—an increase of $5 mil­ lion—for the marine hospitals. The a complete shutdown were ad­ Increase, which was asked by Pres­ vanced. Once again, strong pro­ ident Eisenhower, is expected to tests by the SIU, and in particular, go toward new equipment and a meeting on the subject between SIU of NA president Harry Lundeadded manpower. The appropriation vote puts the berg and President Eisenhower, Democratically-controlled commit­ succeeded in preventing the clos­ tee alongside the Republican Ad­ ings. But one result of the attack on ministration as favoring action to Improve the hospital program, and the hospitals was the paring down virtually assures passage of the of budget appropriations to rocicbottom levels. The i-esult was that legislation by Congress. The one danger standing in the the hospitals were cai>,iht in a way of the hospital funds is the squeeze between rising costs of outcry for cuts In President Eisen­ operation and reduced appropria­ hower's budget. Since it is diffi­ tions. The Appropriations Committee's cult to get Congress, to vote cuts action carries out a complete aboutIn defense funds, which are the largest part of the budget, the face expressed this year by the usual targets are the welfare serv­ Department. It recognizes the need for the hospitals and authorizes ices, such as the hospitals. funds to increase their staffs, pro­ Urges Approval vide new equipment, and generally, In bringing the appropriations to bring them up to first-class stand­ the floor, Rep. Fogarty (Dem. RI) ards. wrote a strong report urging fa­ Besides serving seamen, the vorable Congressional action. He PHS hospitals care for Coast pointed out that the hospitals were Guardsmen and certain civilian in danger of becoming second- civil service employees. The $44 rate medical institutions, unless million request also covers the ex­ Congress acted promptly to see to penses of the Carville Leprosari­ It that they had sufficient funds for um, the narcotics Hospital in Lex­ equipment and personnel. ington, Ky.; and the mental hospi­ One of the immediate benefits tal at Fort Worth, Texas. of the new funds will be to build up an inventory of medical sup­ plies, which have run short in re­ cent years because the hospitals did not have funds for restocking. Part of it will also go for replac­ ing obsolete equipment. Additional help in the laboratories and more clerical help will be hired. WASHINGTON—Legislation has The Hobby - Hoover program, been proposed by Representative .product of ex-president Herbert Prince Preston for the temporary Hoover's commission studies, and authorization of foreign ships to Mrs. Oveta Gulp Hobby, former participate in shipping between secretary of Health, Education and Georgia and Puerto Rico. The proposed bill would permit Welfare, aimed at the closing down of all federal medical facilities for foreign ships to engage only in the seamen. In 1953 the hospitals in carrying of lumber from Savannah Fort Stanton and Mobile were to Puerto Rico. A lack of Ameri­ closed, and the Savannah hospital can ships prompted the legislation, which is designed to provide an outlet for the production of Geor­ gia lumber mills. Almost unanimous opposition to the bill is expected from both the maritime unions and the steamship companies to prevent foreign ships from competing in American coastal shipping, which has been T reserved traditionally for US flag vessels. Coastwise Run Invasion Asked Tfie Seafan that Seafarers as soon as fh discharges /oi time. The 90 day farers do not i their vacation up to the casl times annua//] The VacatU discharges an the date of pe charge arouni fake a chance by going over SEAFARERS LOG Mar. 29, 1957 Vol. XIX The Vacatic an all-time hi£ for the asking Ko. 7 mci£s , / aye WehomedW your 11: I PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer HERBERT BRAND, Editor. BERNARD SEA­ MAN, Art Editor. HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SBIVACK, AL MASXIN, JOHN BRAZIL, Staff Writers. BILL MOODT, Gulf Area Repre­ sentative. Directory Editorials Letters Personals, Notices Recent Arrivals Shipping Roundup Your Dollar's Worth Page 15 Page 9 Page 14 Page 15 Page 15 Page 11 Page 7 Published biweekly ar the headauarters ef the Seafarers Internatleiial Union, At­ lantic A Gulf District, AFL-CIO, t75 Fourth Avenue, Braeklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYaclnth 9-MSS. Entered as second class matter at the Post !n Brooklyn, NY, under the Act of Aut. 34, 1*13, / IM THE SIU Vi :i �March 29,1»5T SEA March 29, 1957 FARERS iiiiiiiiliriiifl Court Order Paves Way For Organizing Aboard Coai Ships The SlU and the NMU will start from scratch on American Coal organizing, if the terms of a Federal court order go into effect on ships of the company. However, NMU attor­ neys have indicated that they will appeal the order, which nation between Seafarers and instructs American Coal to NMU men. It would clear the way tanker Perama (right) / the Claiborne after Seafarers in lifeboat (circled) try to attach a second towline to the floundering after the first one snapped. All 43 crewmen from the tanker were rescued b'' two explosions from a soybean cargo rocked the Liberion ship. I CREW SEAFARERS SAVE TANKEI by the SlU-manned er to sink in the Gulf MOBILE—The 43-inan crew of a Liberia n tanker were, rescued Claiborne after a fire and two explosions flooded the vessel, causing b of Mexico. The tanker Perama bad re­ but later given up because of the Corp. of N ported that she was sinking flooded condition of the tanker. Commissio: fast after an explosion in ber Officials of the Alabama Dry granted th, pumprootn caused tier to siiip water lieavily. Ttie Waterman freighter Claiborne went to tlie aid of the stricken vessel and picked up her crew. Members of the Claiborne gang manned a life­ boat and succeeded in attaching a towline to the sinking ship. How­ ever, the line later broke and fur­ ther attempts to salvage the quickly sinking vessel and her cargo had to be abandoned. Two Explosions The Liberian tanker, en route from Thomas Haven, England, to Galveston, Texas, with a cargo of soj'bean oil, radioed at 3:45 AM March 18 that she was afire some 150 miles southwest of St. Peters­ burg, Florida. At 4:33 she wired that there had been an explo­ sion in her pumproom and that she began to take on water. The second explosion occurred at 4:38 and the crew vvere forced to take to the lifeboats. The last message received from the Perama was at 5:45 when the radioman reported that alP hope of saving the ship had failed. He said that thb vessel was sinking rapidly after the second violent explosion and that they were aban­ doning ship. Captain Paul Heller of the Clai­ borne reported later that he had picked up the master and crew and that he had the tanker in tow. When the line broke further at­ tempts to attach another were tried SCHEDULE OF SlU MEETINGS SlU membership meet­ ings are held regularly every two weeks an Wed­ nesday nights at 7 PM in all SlU ports. All Sea­ farers are expected to attend; those who wish to be excused should request permission by tefeigram (be sure to include reg­ istration number). The next SlU meetings will be: April 3 April 17 May I Moy 15 May 29 ' 'f 'i r ' Dock & Shipbuilding Co., who had handled repairs for the Perama in Mobile last January, said that her owners are the Edison Steamship few York. The Maritime n has just recently le transfer of more of lips to foreign registry, me was on a scheduled ween Mobile, New OrPuerto Rico. Edison's si The Claib voyage bet leans and hire on the basis of strict senior­ ity without discrimination against members of either union. The order, issued by Judge Law­ rence Walsh, provides as follows: • All crewmembers on the four ships now operating, with the exception of origi­ nal crewmembers of the Coal Miner, to get off the ships. • The company to call on both the NMU and SIU hiring halls to supply new manpower for the vessels, and also to advertise for f manpower. The man having the most seatime to get the job no matter which union he comes from, or if he does not come from a union. The practical effect of the order is to recognize union hiring halls as the source of manpower for the company with no discrimi- House Probin g Ship Transfers WASHINGTON —A full-scale inve ley will be launched this week by the H of the policy, under which more than 30^ men have lost their jobs will"*^ open April 9 in the Senate standards oi Commerce Committee. . The and crew a< stigation of the Government's ship transfer polbuse Merchant Marine Committee. A second probe I ships have been transferred foreign and 12,000 sea- Though t Senate group will also study a bill introduced two weeks ago by Sen. not have ar Warren G. Magnuson (Dem., Wash.) drain of 1 that would place strict restrictions T-2 sfrom u„ Vacation Plan provides passed, efl , * on transfers. Chairman Herbert C. Bonner transfer of I can collect Vacation money (Dem., NO of the House Mer­ 7fhf Sti)®y 9(y^oys worth of chant Marine Committee said his r seatime or eligible port group is especially interested in fleet. The Hoi the controversial • principle that ships transferred to Panamanian Committee and Liberian registry are under "effective US control." This prin­ iSLtion ciple is the heart of the Govern­ Aristotle oftave to woit a full year for ment's transfer program. instead can step Even as the committees sched­ b2rt^°ze/eni P^Y' uled their investigations, the Mari­ Onassis macfi wjndow OS often OS four time Administration continued to million froi approfe ship transfers. The latest agreements f» announcement authorized tliree op­ erators to transfer four Libertys "^Investigate" Won o/so provides that and two T-2'8 In return for com­ 9 good for one year from mitments to build two bulk carriers lyoff. But why carry a d/sand a tanker. The Magnuson bill, which is ex­ d for many months, and pected to face stiff opposition from ^ . on possibly losing money shipowners and the Administration, has been strongly supported by the ^ the time limit? SIU and other maritime unions. The proposed measure (S. 1488) in Plan payment—now at would virtually close the door "to fh of $260 a year—Is yours the transfer of any usable US-flag vessel. r. Don'f wait, apply now I Under its provisions, a ship op­ erator seeking to transfer his vessel would have to meet the following stipulations; • The vessel would have to be certified as having no value to the 77 /p ^ defense of the US. It would have to be certified as being useless to US foreign com­ merce. Its transfer would have to be in furtherance of US foreign pol­ icy. , It could not be operated In competition with any US-fiag ship. • It could not reHase another foreign-flag vessel to cu-upete with US shipping. r It would have to maintain the J highest, . prevailing.. 4pterpational I mm : a safety, manning scales ccommodations. he bill would probably ly effect on the current Libertys, "Victorys and the US flag, it would. If fectively prevent the the more modern C;hat form the backbone m's present day cargo ise Merchant Marine will also probe a nums between the Adminnd Greek shipowner nassis. The hearings 0 charges by Rep. Herko (Dem., NY) that le a windfall of $100 n ship transfers and to construct new tonioni • w^CATION PLAN . /A/7 will also launched into the Government's reserve fleet and vessel trade-in policies, the availability of tankers and tramp ships to meet emergen­ cies like the closing of the Suez Canal, and the adequacy of service provided by subsidized operators on essential trade routes. for organizing efforts " by both unions to win majority representa­ tion on American Coal ships and then be free to sign a union agree­ ment with the company. The order did not go into effect on the Casimir Pulaski, first ship to come into port since the injunc­ tion was issued, as it was agreed that the time was too short to set up machinery. Instead, agreement was reached that crewmembers could stay on if they so chose, and that the twenty-one men who were getting off would be replaced on a non-discriminatory basis. The other three ships are slated to come in over the coming week­ end. Originally the order was to have applied to them, but at the request of the NMU, it would be stayed for the first trip pending action on NMU's appeal. The court agreed that the order would not apply to any other ship coming in before April 1 if the NMU met the March 27 appeal deadline. Also affected by the order would be three ships now in repair yards. One of them, the Thomas Paine, is due out of the yard within the next few days and would be crewed under the seniority terms. The injunction order would ap­ ply until the National Labor Re­ lations Board acts on charges of unfair labor practices filed by the SIU against the company. The SIU accused American Coal of refusing to hire any of 300 Seafarers who applied at the company's offices for jobs after the company won a grant of 30 Liberty ship charters from the Government. Suez Ready For Shipping; Delays Remain Opening of the Suez Canal was still delayed this week, al­ though the chief United Nations salvage expert said it could be ready for normal operations on "10 minutes notice" if Egypt gave the word. One of the two remaining day. The other, the sunken fri­ obstacles, a sunken tug, was gate Abukir, was due to be re­ be cleared from the waterway Mon- moved late this we^. Diplomatic wrangling is now the main obstacle to full reopening of the canal to traffic. Lt. Gen Raymond Wheeler, the UN's salvage chief, said Egypt was now in a position to open the canal to ships of up to 20,000 tons and 30-foot draft. Once Abukir is cleared, he added, ships of 30,000 tons could go through. Egypt, on the other hand, has so far authorized passage only for ves­ sels up to 4,000 tons. It said it will give shipowners 15 days' notice be­ fore the waterway is completely opened. The canal was shut down follow­ ing the Israeli-British-French at­ tack on Egypt last fall. Ships of under 1,000 tons have been.^le to go through for more than a month. The procedure under which the canal will be operated is still up in the air. Egyptian president Gamal Abdul Nasser says his coun> try will fix and collect all toll rates, reserving some for canal improve­ ments. The Western Governments want to restrict Egypt's "take" to 50 percent of the tolls until a full solution of the canal problem is reached. ^ ; . ; . . ,, a Seafarer! r -nxyo AMT> viz\C£^AraJ^ OV^A4 o/^£AfPm/y(^siucAFerj^/As ^ GBAS^ r Qull, UN\OA. DPW VMB YoUkBATIHBAAlL. �Pagc SI* SEAFARERS LOG March 29. 1957 More Breakouts Recommended WASHINGTON—new round of breakouts of Government-owned tonnage—includ­ ing 11 ships for SlU-contracted operators—has been recommended by a Federal Maritime Board examiner. QUESTION: Would you work ashore if you got the same pay you Rejecting a tramp owners as to five other operators for use torys for use in runs to the Persian receive for going to tea? request for a halt in the break­ in hauling bulk cargoes. At the Gulf and to India. Mississippi same time, he turned down bids seeks 3 Victorys or Libertys for its out program, the examiner urged the Board to charter ships from three other operators for regular berth service. Patrick H. Key, fireman: Sailinjg Anthony Pujol, AB:, Money to Isthmian Lines and Mississippi Governnaent-owned tonnage. la in my' blood and I cannot stay could not make me leave the sea Extended Charters Isthmian has asked for 8 Vic- In his report, the examiner said Shipping for liner services, as well ashore in a Job and work ashore. for more than I first came here the ships should be chartered in one day without by working my accordance with the policy an­ getting the urge way on a ship. I nounced by the Board last month, to ship out. I got $1 for 28 ynder its terms, the Government would not take a days' work. Right pays breakout and lay-up costs on Job ashore for now I am more ships used in berth service and for the same money at home when hauling Government-aided car­ that I am mak­ the deck is roll­ goes, like surplus grain and other ing now. I am a ing than I am oh "50-50" cargoes. In return, the seaman and that's solid ground. All operator must agree to keep' the Victorys for 18 months, and the my life. I can't see^ myself work­ I have is my seabags and civvies ing ashore. and am waiting for my next ship. Libertys for two years. Breakout expenses on ships 4 4 chartered to carry commercial carHarry Schorr, MM.: We receive George - Pappadonlis, engine goes-rlike coal and scrap—are good pay now and I can't see how dep't: Working ashore Is too bor­ paid by the operator. He then has the same amount ing and monoto­ the right to cancel the charter on would make up nous for me. I 15 days notice. the advantages am not sailing of working on a for money but SIU Companies Bid ship. There is rather for the in­ Both SlU-contracted companies terest and In­ bid for the vessels after the Gov­ more security trigue that the ernment announced its new char­ and less emotion­ sea and foreign ter policy. A West Coast operator al and physical ports offer. When seeking three ships for its berth day-to-day prob­ I am older I may service also seems likely to obtain lems at sea than Seafarers on one of two coal ships crewed up in Savannah there were in any prefer a Job the charters. pose for photo before talcing her out on first trip under SlU Job I have held, and I have land ashore for the same money, but not Prospects for the other oper­ worked ashore for some 20 years. banner. Kneeling (l-r) are Barney Swearingen, AB; Ralph right how when 1 am enjoying the ators, who are seeking 28 ships to world. Burnsed, AB; Claude C. Lanier, AB; Aubrey Smith, bosun; t t haul scrap and other bulk cargoes, rear. Shorty Akins, AB; Star Wells, carpenter: Marvin For­ Angelo Romero, cook: No, there are more doubtful. Even if the 4 4" rester, AB; Henry Bacon, OS: Fred Buclcner, deck engineer. Board approves their bids, a num­ are more advantages in sailing Nicholas Bechllvanis, deck dept.: than working 1 would rather go to sea than (Other photos on Page 16.) ber have indicated that they will ashore. The peo­ take a job ashore refuse to accept the tonnage unless ple are more In­ the present chartering policy i^ for the same teresting and un­ changed. Unless the Board revises money. We have derstanding and its policy, the breakout boom may more overtime, there is no travel­ be at an end for all but the berth and If you know ing to and from lines and operators carrying Gov­ your Job, there Is With few concessions to modernity, Captain Alan Villiers ernment-financed cargoes. work. If they of­ no one to contin­ and his crew of "fellows with a real spirit of adventure" are fer me the same ually bother you. conditions that I like to travel preparing for their historic sailing of the Mayflower II from are aboard ship, and would not Get That SS England to Plymouth, Massa-"^ with the same money, I might be want to be held who are able to understand the chusetts. Number Right interested. to one place by a job ashore. The Mayflower II, a copy of rigging of a barque, a jet pilot, a Seafarers filing vacation spear fighter, a gynecologist (that's the ship which carried the Pil­ money claims should make sure grims to this country in 1620, will what he said), and a group from that they use their correct So­ be put on permanent exhibition at the Oxford University Yacht Club. cial Security number. Use of Plimouth Plantation, in Plymouth, At present the captain, an inter­ the wrong number means a cler­ on completion of her trip. nationally known author on sailing ical headache for the Vacation Capt. Villiers has given In to ships, is touring the nation on a Plan office and ''slows up the modern sailing precautions by al­ fund raising campaign to complete handling of payments. lowing a radio, some navigation plans for the coming trip. The Also, a Seafarer who uses the instruments, and an inflatable life- Mayflower II will come to New incorrect Social Security num­ raft to be stowed on board. His York in June and stay through Transatlantic shipping is said to be confronted by the worst all-male adventurous crew consist Thanksgiving before being put into ber is crediting ^his tax deduc­ ice hazards in a half century this year. The early break-up tions to some other US worker. of some English speaking sailors J her final berth. of the ice pack around the Newfoundland Grand Banks ia rated "very unusual" by the -fHe said the descent of ice upon the Coast Guard. Newfoundland coast was earlier One ship, a small French and heavier than at any time in coastal freighter, sank off Cape the last 50 years. Breton Island last month after a Because of the situation, a Coast reported collision with an Iceberg. Guard cutter is standing guard The ten-man crew of the 308-ton over an Iceberg a bare 15 minutes Petit Bras d'Or was subsequently longitude away from the normal picked up by a Canadian ship. starting point of track Charlie. A This sinking represented the spokesman said this was the first first one by an iceberg since 1944, time in several years that surfacewhen the International Ice Patrol vessel observat>n of icebergs had was not functioning because of the become necessary, but that the ice war. The Coast Guard has been this season is several months responsible for the ice patrol from early. The eastward shift of track 0 the time it was established in 1914, following the sinking of the Titanic adds ste;aming time to both eastand the loss of 1,517 passengers bound and westbound voyages but is strongly supported as a safety and crewinen. measure. Detour Urged If the situation remains hazard­ Last month, the Navy Hydro- ous, Ice Patrol will probably graphic Office recommended a de­ stay the beyond June, tour from Ocean Track Charlie when init operation normally until for ships travelling between US the following winter.secures Generally ports and northern Europe because by mid-June the warm currents of of Ice conditions. It repoii:ed at the Gulf Stream have travelled far least a dozen Icebergs In the enough to neutralize theGrand Banks area, endangering broken-upnorth icepacks drifting down ships entering or leaving the into the shipping lanes. Great Circle route to Europe. Un­ der normal conditions, track C Is in effect from July to April. A week ago, the master of the Cunard liner Queen Elizabeth said Ice conditions forced him to steer the giant vessel 40 miles off normal course into New York. I.I I Y• Mayflower II 'Signs On' 'Early' Iceberg Drifts Menace Atlantic Ships at cost price per copy Now on Sale J 1956 ^•"' • :S, I 't.^1.: y-t. BOUND VOLUME of the SEAFARERS LOG mow;, •a-mWS �SEAFARERS March 20. lORT YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH LOG Pacre S^ven Bernstein Ship Conversion Set Seafarer's Guide To Better Buying By Sidney Margolius Living Cost Index inaccurate? The US Bureau of Labor Statistics has to fight a defensive battle on two fronts. Its price index, which measures changes in the cost of living, is one of the most important statistics affecting your personal well-being. It is widely u.sed to help set wages and farm prices, and, it also influences what action the Government may take to fight infiation, and deflation, too. Wage earners and consumers currently are critizing this index be­ cause it doesn't include finance charges, and thus doesn't fully fefiect the current rise in living cost. ELS officials have also been criticized for their recent actions and dismal record as prophets in depreciating the price jumps by bragging about the "remarkable stability" of the cost of living just before it started to jump, and predicting prices would drop this winter. They didn't. But it is from industry that the index really draws potshots. In­ dustry spokesmen complain the in­ dex includes "luxury" goods, which they think makes it too high. They don't think it should include Destined to go into q new US transatlantic service, as a low-cost passenger ship, the Bqdger Mariner such items as new cars, private is shown at Todd's shipyard, Hoboken, NJ. She was inspected there before proceeding under tow to homes, radios and television sets. Poscogoola, Miss., where she will be converted to accommodate about 900 passengers, mostly in This criticism is baseless be­ tourist class. The ship will be operated by the Arnold Bernstein interests when she's ready next spring. cause the so-called "cost of living index" merely measures changes The Badger Mariner, last of the Mariner ships available for private operators, is now in prices. The index wouldn't nec­ headed for Pascagoula, Miss, under tow where it will J>e converted into a low-cost passen­ essarily be lower If it merely meas­ shipping interests. The Ingalls yard in Pascagoula will ured changes in the price of bus ger ship for the-Arnold Bernstein 4handle the conversion job. rides instead of changes in tags on cars, too. In fact, it might even be When the ship is completed it calls for the ship to be completed proval back in 1950 for conversion will mark the dntry of a new in 11 months, which would put the of an Army passenger transport for higher. shipping operator in the North At­ vessel in service sometime in the this service. However, with the Industry critips also charged the lantic passenger service, the first spring of 1958. The cost of the outbreak of the Korean War the index makes the cost of living look higher because it doesn't include new company in this field since be­ conversion is between $12 and $13 Navy took the tra/nsport back to "weekend" sale prices of foods. This charge too, is inaccurate for the fore World War II. million. haul troops and Bernstein's plans same reason that the index merely measures changes In prices. Whether Bernstein has negotiated a con­ were set back several years .accord­ Bernstein's plans call for the the change is from Tuesday to Tuesday, or Friday to Friday is not ship to carry about 900 passengers, struction and operating subsidy ingly. decisive. A new application last year all except about 50 of them being with the Federal Maritime Board But what families really would like to know is, do you- really save in tourist class. As such the vessel as well as a sale contract. The again met success, despite heavy by shopping for weekend food specials? Every Thursday and Friday would conform to the popular terms of his agreement provide opposition from US Lines to a new the papers are crowded with ads featuring "specials." Are the savings trend toward one-class accommo­ that the FMB can require him to trans-atlantic passenger operation. enough to make it worth doing the bulk of your shopping weekends? dations, getting away from the put a second ship in the service at US Lines said it already served the route adequately, but the board BLS made a special survey of weekends compared to early-week food three-class ship which has domi­ a later date. prices, and turned up substantial facts which can help alert shoppers nated North Atlantic service until Originally, Bernstein won ap­ ruled otherwise. recently. In addition, the vessel, save money: as presently planned, would offer 1—BLS found only a small percentage of food items actually priced cafeteria-style service, further re­ lower for the weekends. An average of only three out of 200 items ducing the ticket cost to the pas­ were special-marked in markets of the 10 cities surveyed. senger. It is expected the ship 2—But those items special-priced offered sizable reductions. For would carry a crew of about 300 example, reductions on the several weekend meat and poultry specials men. ranged from 14 to 25 percent. Reductions on fruits and vegetables The ship will run between New ranged from 20 to 36 percent. Reductions on dry groceries such as York and the low country ports of shortening and soda crackers were fewest and smallest (11-12 percent) Rotterdam and Antwerp. At pres­ but still worth while where available. Specials on dairy products are ent this run is serviced exclusively WASHINGTON—Responding to widespread criticism and infrequent, but stores sometimes do offer sale prices on eggs. by Holland-America Line, with no misunderstanding of US foreign aid, a special Senate com­ US-flag passenger ship in this sei'vPlan Menus Around Specials mittee has issued a strong warning against any severe cuts or ice. The real answer for modern income families, is that weekend spe­ wholesale destruction of the"*" Bernstein's contract with Ingalls cials, while few in number, can save you money if you" plan your menus both in and out of the Senate, are program. around those specials. If you don't, it doesn't make much difference renewing efforts to whittle down what day of tlie week you shop. It cited the twin dangers foreign aid funds in a major at­ which would arise not only from tempt to slash the Administration's The. money saving technique is to check the food ads before you go further crippling of a US mer­ record budget for the coming fiscal down to the store, and plan meals for several days around the items on sale. That way you out-merchandise the merchandizers with their three As Seafarers know, copies of chant fleet already beset by many year. specials for every 200 items. Generally you will find at least two or each issue of the SEAFARERS "basic ills," but also the doublethree good meat and poultry specials. For example, at the time BLS LOG are mailed every two barrelled affect any foreign aid made its survey in October, chuck roast, hamburger and chicken were weeks to all SIU ships as well as cuts would have in the area of really slashed in price for the weekend. In fact, these three items are to numerous clubs, bars and national security. The committee report, prepared generally the most frequent price leaders. Round steak also is a fre­ other overseas spots where Sea­ quent cut-priced item. farers congregate ashore. The by the National Planning Associa­ Its also significant that the hottest weekend price cuts in produce procedure for mailing the LOG tion, said that if foreign aid were are on the seasonal items, and this Is the time to stock up. For ex­ involves calling all SIU steam­ greatly reduced ". . . only Govern­ ment-subsidized operation would ample, when potatoes are coming into the market in the fall, stores ship companies for the itiner­ SEATTLE — Job activity has be possible . . . which means that aries of their ships. On the will cut the price for a weekend special by an average of 24 percent, calmed down somewhat for the past basis of the information sup­ the American merchant marine ac­ period in this area with 80 Seafar­ this survey found. Similarly on canned goods and dry groceries, it tively engaged In foreign trade plied by the ship operator, three ers getting off' the beach, a sizable pays to check your own inventory to see what you will need soon and copies of the LOG, the head­ would be reduced to less than 500 number but less than this port has can find now among the specials. quarters report and minutes ships. This, in the opinion of the been accustomed to. Bananas and frozen Q;fange juice are also frequent price leaders. In forms are then airmailed to the Defense Department officials, The Ocean Deborah (Maritime), dry groceries, besides shortening, you're most likely to find cut-price company agent in the next port would endanger national security. Longview Victory (Vic.) and the specials on tomato soup, coffee and stigar. "Not only would the United of call. There is some difference in local custom. In some towns the stores Similarly, the seamen's clubs States lack the nucleus of an oper­ Murray Hill (Fairfield) paid off dur­ cut prices more heavily at the weekend than in others. Also, a few get various quantities of LOGs ating merchant marine in time of ing the past two weeks. The Mur­ markets do offer early-week specials to encourage more shopping on at every mailing. The LOG is national emergency, but we would ray Hill was later purchased by Monday, Tuesday and Wednesdays. But that the best savings have been sent to any club when a Sea­ lose trained shipboard and ship­ North American Marine Co., Inc., on weekends has been proved. farer so requests it by notifying building personnel. Just as for the and transferred to foreign registry. the LOG office that Seafarers foreign aid program as a whole, The Ocean Deborah and Longview its impact on the shipping indus­ Victory also signed on. congregate there. Waterman's Kyska and Maiden As always the Union- would try should not be considered apart like to hear promptly frpm SIU from the problem of national se­ Creek, De Soto (Pan-Atlantict', and During the year "Your Dollar's Worth" discusses a great variety of Flomar (Calmar) were in transit. ships whenever the LOG and curity." subjects of interest to readers seeking to get the best value for The outlook for the r? t --c ir not The chairman of the special ship's mail is not delivered so their money. If you have any suggestions on subjects you would that the Union can maintain a committee. Sen. Theodore Green too good/right now, port agent Jeff like to see discussed in future columns, pass them along to the day-to-day check on the accu­ of Rhode Island, anticipated there Gillette reports. There are no pay­ SEAFARERS LOG office. Questions on your buying problems are wQijld. be,q.j)i||blic, hearing.on the off j ,sjhe4uled ^nd only f few racy of its. mailing, lists^ also welcome. • « •, , v i / . t ; i g X 'J group's findings. Various groupsi sels expected in fransli. Foreign Aid Cuts Perii Shipping: Senate Report Notify Union On LOG Mail Shipping Falls Off In Seattle Send in Your Suggestions! 11 �.'fT" Page Eigfht Pan-Atlantic Buys 900 Special Lift-On Traiiers vmmeoe&is ts The Pan-Atlantic Steamship Company has ordered 900 trailer bodies plus an additional 500 chassis to prepare for start of its containership service sometime in the fall. A con­ tract has been placed with Fruehauf Trailer for the permits stowage of greater amounts of cargo in a given space. equipment, specially designed Features of the containership for loading onto containerships. will include addition of sponsons The trailers are designed to be which will make the vessels 72 easily removed from their chassis feet wider for more stability dur­ and will have reinforced corner ing loading and unloading. The posts to permit stacking one atop conventional cargo booms will be the other in the ship's holds. The removed and replaced by the two bottom box will be supporting traveling cranes, while below deck spaces will be altered to provide better than 115 tons' weight. Meanwhile, Mobile Ship Repair, for stacking of trailer bodies five Inc., is scheduled to start work deep below and one v.n the hatch. Each of the cranes will be able next week on the Gateway City, first of four C-2s which will be to lift 30 short tons. They will be converted for this service. The able to overhang the dock at their C-2s will be equipped with special fullest- extension so that the traveling crane gear which will be trailer body can be lifted straight powerful enough to pick loaded up and then be moved in a horiz­ trailer bodies off the dock and ontal plane over the hatch to be deposited below decks. lower them into the holds. Each of the containerships will have a capacity of 204 fullyloaded trailers. Four More Planned In addition to the first four ships, James McLean, president of Pan Atlantic, announced that the company hopes to convert another four freighters before the end of the year. These eight ships will be in addition to four combination tanker-trailerships — the Almena, Ideal X, Maxton and Coalinga Hills ~now operating between New MOBILE—The possible develop­ York and Houston carrying both ment of shipping on inland water­ oil and trailer loads of cargo. ways of the Tombigbee and Ala­ Originally, Pan Atlantic had bama Rivers has been the subject planned roll-on, roll-off ships, but of conferences between the gov­ later switched to containerships. ernors of Alabama and neighbor­ One of the arguments in favor of ing states. the container-type operation is The development of the water­ that eliminating the undercarriages ways between these states could eventually lead to the transporta­ tion of such bulk cargoes as steel and iron ore and coal in barges down the rivers to this port for final shipment in offshore vessels. Shipping Very Good Shipping in the area has been very good during the past period, NEW YORK—The prior period's reports Cal Tanner, port agent. spurt of activity proved to be Some 103 Seafarers shipped in shortlived as shipping in this area regular jobs while aiboul 162 more took a dip during the last two were taken off the beach for vari­ ous relief jobs. The future, he weeks. Port Agent Claude Simmons said said, also looks very good with that he assumed class A seniority some 13 ships expected to hit the men were not too worried over this port so far. During the past two weeks drop since the port was still ship­ ping class B and C men. During eleven ships were in port. They the past period 15 ships were were the Sea Cloud, (Am. Mer.); paid off, four signed on foreign ar­ Alcoa's Patriot, Cavalier, Clipper, ticles and 17 ships were serviced. Pennant, and Pilgrim; Del Viento He also announced that two tank­ (Miss.); Arizpa (Pan Atlantic), and ers were lost when the Olympic Madaket and Claiborne (Water­ Games (Western Tankers) and the man). Republic (Trafalgar) transferred to Seafarers in this port were sad­ foreign registry. dened to hear of the death of The ships paying off were the Brother Joe Stringfellow in Jack­ Edith, Elizabeth, Dorothy, Frances, sonville, Fla., of a heart attack Kathryn (Bull); Alcoa Ranger, Al­ Stringfellow, who has been a mem­ coa Partner, Alcoa Puritan, Alcoa ber since the inception of the SIU, Planter (Alcoa); Robin Doncaster is well known in the port of Mo­ (Seas); Andrew Jackson (Water­ bile. He had once served there as man); Seatrain Georgia (Seatrain); port steward for Alcoa. Royal Oak (Cities Service); Repub­ He is survived by his mother, lic and Olympic Games. wife, and four children, and his All the ships in port were in brother, Charlie Stringfellow, who good shape, with only minor beefs. also sails in the steward depart­ Both the crews and delegates ment. At the time of his death, should be commended, Simmons Joe, was serving as steward on the said. Dry Tortugas. Confer On Ala. Inland Barge Trade Job Activity Slows Down In NY Area I i-' h? •n i ATwh 29, 1957 SEAFARERS LOG I I AlORE COt/teOVXABLE I I V I I •mNWBARlMG ANP'BF'Aie LED. •• I Undoubtedly there will always be a degree of discomfort asso­ ciated with wearing safety equipment. Industrial design hasn't yet reached the point that a pair of safey goggles, a breathing mask or a life jacket, to cite a few, are as light and comfortable as everyday clothing. Nevertheless, as the Seafarers on the Topa Topa have pointed out, the momentary annoyance is far less severe than having to live with the scars and disabling injuries that can result when elementary safety precautions are ignored. For example, it takes only one errant flake of steel, driven by the impact of a chipping hammer, to partially or completely destroy the sight of an eye. Even if sight is not affected, the discomfort of carrying a steel splinter in the eye is far more acute than that involved in using appropriate safety gear. So whatever the situation, when the job calls for use of safety equipment, don't think of the annoyance. It counts far less than the assurance that you are protected against crippling injury. stay Put For Idle Pay Seafarers who are collecting state unemployment benefits while on the beach waiting to ship are urged to stay put and avoid changing their mailing addresses if they want to continue re­ ceiving their checks regularly. Several Seafarers have already experienced interruptions of from three to five weeks in getting their next check after they notified the state unemployment offices that they had moved and changed their mailing address. An average delay of a month is reported in most cases, causing considerable hardship to the men involved. i iN a ^ t U • : 'f-- '" i'. .-<^1 K}. L ! An SIU I is a Safe Ship • t• �' 'I • SEAFARERS March 29, 1957 LOG Vnge Sine '. Safer Ship's Bridge Design Urged By MA Spotlighting the current rash of ship collisions, Capt. Hew­ lett R. Bishop, Atlantic Coast director of the Maritime Admin­ istration, has called on the shipping industry to take a tip" from today's automobile de­ signs. Doria - Stockholm disaster, the While car manufacturers Stockholm's 3rd mate testified that Kaiser Gypsum Company has proposed taking the name off the present SS Harry Lundeberg and transferring it to a new vessel. The new ship, now under construction in Japan, is expected to join the gypsum fleet on or about March 28. It will be crewed by the Sailors Union of the Pacific. 4" 4" 4". A two year agreement calling for increased wages and vacation bene­ fits has been accepted by the SIU Great Lakes District members aboard ships of the WisconsinMichigan Steamship Company. The contract allows vacation benefits of one day of pay for every thirty days after the 120 day qualifying period for the first year, and two days of pay for every-thirty for the second year.^ 4" 4» 4" Voting has started on the pro­ posed constitution of the Marine Cooks and Stewards Union. The constitution, which is the result of more than two years of study, calls for more officers for each branch, revised voting, election and com­ mittee procedures, and initiates a broader appeal procedure for the greater protection of its members. All full book members in good standing have until the middle of June during which to vote. USPHS Has Last Say On Duty Slip Under the SIU contract, US Public Health Service doctors have the final say on whether or not a man is fit for duty. If there is any question about your fitness to sail, check with the nearest USPHS hospital or out-patient clinic for a puling. Since the SIU of North America was established almost 19 years ago, it has progressed steadily to become—and remain— the largest single maritime force in the AFL-CIO today. Sea­ men, fishermen, harbor and marine craft workers of all kinds have flocked to the SINUA banner down through the years. This week, the SIUNA convention in San Francisco again took a vigorous, forthright stand on the key issues confront­ ing maritime. Though Harry Lundeberg was absent from the chair for the first time, his basic policies will continue to bring new gains to all segments of the membership and greater stability to the industry. "Steady as she goes" is still the watchword. i 4^ 4* Foreign Ships First? President Eisenhower's recent rkjuest for a $25 million cut­ back in Government ship construction subsidy funds again points up the paradoxical nature of the Administration's at­ titude toward the US merchant marine. On the one hand. Government spokesmen frequently pay lip service to the idea of a strong merchant marine. On the other hand, the Government frequently takes steps which are detrimental to the existence of the merchant marine. The Administration says the .US should cut down its ship­ building because there is no space in US shipyards. Yet foreign-flag ships, mostly tankers, are building here, and tak­ ing up a good many of the 77 ways now available. Construc­ tion of these foreign-flag ships has been approved by the Maritime Administration. The situation doesn't seem to make much sense. _ 4" i are producing automobiles with less and less obstruction to open vision of the road, he said, ship designers seem "to lay awake nights thinking how they can put obstacles in the way of proper vi­ sion" from a ship's bridge. He contended that the watch should be able to see from wing to wing through the wheelhouse "and be -able to get to the opposite wing without having to hurdle tele­ graphs, repeaters, compasses, ra­ dar or log desks." The MA official said the indus­ try must learn some lessons from accidents in the past. "I think we have had our warning, and I be­ lieve the insurance men, safety en­ gineers and especially the ship operators should endeavor to find out not only what is right, but what can be doiie about it," he pointed out. Lloyd's has listed a total of 6,110 ship collisions in the last six years, roughly three a day through­ out the world. Besides suggesting the design of an "uncluttered" bridge, he urged having a "distinctive colored light" fixed to ship whistles which would show up in daylight as well as at night, since whistle signals can't always be heard or distinguished from ship to ship. He also advised having ship's phones placed at the fore part of the wheelhouse so that the watch officer could use them without having to take his eyes off traffic. At hearings on the Andrea 'Frisco Has Busy Period SAN FRANCISCO — Good ship­ ping has men in all seniority cate­ gories moving out of this port. In fact, during the last two weeks 44 class A men and 34 C cards shipped out as compared with 67 A and 19 C men for the prior period. Ships calling included the Maid­ en Creek, Jean LaFitte, Wild Ranger (Waterman) and Steel Sci­ entist (Isthmian) paying olif while the Kyska, Jean LaFitte, Wild Ranger (Waterman) and the Steel Scientist signed on. The Hurricane Young America, Yaka (Waterman) and Jefferson City Victory (Vic­ tory) hit port to be serviced. Progress Report Dormant for years, the US shipping industry finally began to show some interest in new ventures about a year ago. To­ day, at long last, new ships and new enterprises are well beyond the talking stage. Some are already in operation. One of the pioneers of this "renaaissance" is the SlU-contracted Waterman-Fan-Atlantic Steamship Corp., which gambled its future on coastwise "piggyback" tankers, and ex­ panded intercoastal services, and has apparently made it pay A government report just released shows that Pan-Atlan­ tic's coastwise service almost doubled its 1955 fourth-quarter revenue in 1956. A huge 235 percent increase in intercoastal freight revenues was also roll^ up for all of 1956. All of this has been done with no special Federal assistance and despite opposition from many segments of the industry. Now P-A plans conversion of up to eight C-2 freighters into boxships, convinced that the lift-on or roll-on ship is the "comer" of the industry. Tor seamen and th6 rbst pf 'maritime, this means there still is life in the old shipping business yet, but that prosperity lies ahead pnly for those willing to>plan nnd try»s(»Bething net7. Excellent work on the part of the galley force, reports ship's delegate F r e-d Ryder, has kept everyone aboard the Louisiana very happy. The crew e X te n d e d their thanks to chief cook Vasser Szymanski, Kriess. bake r, and Johnson, Szymansici third cook. Many other reports state high praise for their steward departments. Among them were votes of thanks to the cooks of the Alcoa Puritan, Brad­ ford Island, Olympic Games, Cath­ erine, Royal Oak, Maiden ^Creek ninl'tho Gateway . .r* x i • .c he had to turn his hack to. traffic to answer the telephone shortly before the collision last July. He also said he could not distinguish the Doria's whistle signals. Better training in the use of ra­ dar equipment was also recom­ mended by the MA official. Too much reliance on radar instead of careful adherence to the rules of the road has heen suggested as a major cause of recent shipping mishaps. Capt. Bishop spoke at a meet­ ing of the marine section of the National Safety Council in New York last week. Lakes SIU Hears Vote On Oreboats D E T R O IT—The SIU Great Lakes District is planning renewal this ^spring of one of its biggest organizing campaigns in the past ten years. District Secretary-Treasurer Fred Farnen said that special emphasis would be placed on four of the big Lakes companies—the Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co., the M. A Hanna Co., Oglebay-NortonColumbia Co., and the Kinsman Transit Co. Between them they operate a total of 52 ships, which at present are under a contract to the Lake Sailors Union, a companydominated organization. Late last year, SIU organizers had obtained a sufficient number of pledge cards to petition for election among these four com­ panies. Hearings were held in Cleveland and the case was re­ ferred to NLRB headquarters in Washington. It is expected that the elections will take place some­ time in May. Balto Clarifies Ten-Day Rule BALTIMORE—Seafarers in this area have been raising questions concerning the ten day rule on ships laying up. The issue came up over shipping a crew to the Si§, Losmar. The rule is as follows: When men are called back within ten days and report to work on the tenth day, the men registered for the ships are entitled to go back. But if the company calls on the tenth day to report to work on the ele­ venth day, jobs will be open. The post-strike shipping spurt seems to be leveling off in this area with only a slight increase in ac­ tivities noted for the past two weeks. 'There were ten vessels paying off, eight signing on and fourteen ships in-transit. The Fairland (Waterman); Chilore, Venore, Santore (Ore); Evelyn, Emilia (Bull); Winter HiU (Cities Service); Los­ mar, Seamar (Calmar), and Seastar (Traders) paid off while the Bethcoaster, Alamar (Calmar), Chi­ lore, Fairland, Venore, Santore, Evelyn en4»JStastar.signed on. 1 Hi 1 �- SEAFARERS P«»« Ten March 29, 1957 LOG Turkey, Mexico Join Rush For US Ships SlU Family Album WASHINGTON—Turkey and Mexico are joining the stam­ pede to extract ships from that bottomless well known as the US reserve fleet. Between them, they are seeking up to 19 of the 100 or so Cl-MAV-1 ' March 1, 1957, the privatelytype vessels laid up in Gov On owned active fleet totalled 1,025 ernment anchorages. vessels and the Government-owned Earlier this month, India moved fleet included 95 more. to get a dozen Libertys, and Peru prepared to ask for some also. Senate resolutions authorizing the sales have been introduced in all cases except Peru so far. Most of the proposed sales are While dad Nick Bechlivonis sails SlU, Marie, 3 (left), plays in na­ grounded on the pledge that the tive costume at home in Pasara, Greece. At right, Mrs. Salvatore ships purchased from the US Frank Jr. is with Harvey, 9, and Richard, 6, in Providence, R.I. would be used solely In the coast­ wise trade by the nations involved. Opponents of the giveaways have pointed out that any additions to the coastwise fleets of these coun­ tries would free other ships now In that trade to compete anywhere Since this is income tax season, In the world. it is as good a time as any to bring Of further concern to maritime up the sad tale of the Seafarer unions is the fact that each sale who got a $629 bill from Internal approved creates a precedent for Revenue;, more and more proposals to buy. It seems the Seafarer in ques­ Past Sales tion, who shall be nameless, has In the past, there have been pro­ had a tax "expert" filling out his posals for ship sales to Ecuador, returns for him. Year by year, West Germany^ the Philippines, the expert managed to produce a Trieste, Brazil, Japan and South refund, which tindoubtedly made Korea. Brazil got the green light the Seafarer feel happy. to buy 10 C-ls last year and South Then last week Internal Revenue Korea has also obtained some tapped him on the shoulder and under various foreign aid pro­ said "Brother, you owe us $629, grams. right now!" or words to that effect. About 1,100 US ships were origi­ Family of Albert Velez (rear, with Samuel, 1) includes Edward, 6; When the astonished Seafarer nally sold to foreign buyers under Albert Jr., 8; Lucy, 4, and mom, with Maritza, 6 weeks. Right the 1946 Ship Sales Act. Periodic pleaded that his returns had been (top) is John Young's charmer, Linda, 1, in Mobile. Ejvind Sorenreopenings and amendments of the filled out by a tax "expert," Inter­ sen's gal Denise, in Brooklyn, is nal Revenue pointed out where the law have added considcLrjbly to that number, while the size of the "expert" had made a slip. It US fleet has deteriorated appre­ seemed he had been putting the ciably since the end of World War Seafarer's mother down as a de­ II, through transfers, casualties pendent all these years and as the and obsolescence. At the same Seafarer explained, "My mother time, foreign nations have been died back in 1931." The same "expert" incidentally, rebuilding — and modernizing — The 1957 AFL-CIO Union Indus­ much of the time with US foreign had been pulling this scheme with tries Show will be staged at the quite a few other clients. Well, aid funds., Municipal Auditorium in Kansas There are about 2,000 ships of those refunds were good while they Some Bi'itish spokesmen, feeling City May 16-21. The exhibition all types still in the reserve fieel. lasted. down at the mouth over Suez, are will feature displays from many talking up a proposal to build a AFL-CIO national and interna­ new canal which would bypass tional unions. Expert craftsmen will introduce visitors to the pot­ Egypt entirely. ters wheel, bricklaying, glass blow­ The project would Involve a ing and many other specialized passage via the Dead Sea and techniques. The show is sponsored Jordan River then turning east­ by the Union Label and Service ward through' a fault in the Judean Trades Department. hills to the port of Acre. ft The British shipping magazine. An emergency fact finding panel WASHINGTON—^The current shortage of ocean-going Nautical Gazette" points out that has recommended a three-year tankers is expected to last at least another year, assuring a the canal route was suggested 26.5 cents increase for railroad about 100 years ago and actually employees. The panel, caUed in an steady high rate in tanker profits. considered by the British Govern­ attempt to prevent a nationwide A forecast by the board "*• ment then but was dropped in favor rail strike, made its recommenda­ chairman of Socony Mobil Oil anti-monopoly committee contin­ of Suez. It was estimated at the tion to Federal mediators after 18 ued patting themselves on the back time that a 25 mile ditch would indicated a continuing tanker for "a pretty good job" in moving have to be cut from Acre through of the 21 rail unions involved acpinch no matter when the Suez oil to Europe while Suez is closed to the Jordan to make the canal ce5)ted its findings. It is hoped that the acceptance of the agree­ Canal reopens, since the key Iraq- down. The Socony executive esti­ possible. ment will set a pattern in the Mediterranean pipeline won't be mated that Europe was getting 88 1,300-Foot Drop transportation industry. percent of its normal oil deliveries back in full operation for 12 more ft ft ft The biggest drawback in the plan months. It is operating at little under the emergency program set would be the fact that the canal Labor Secretary James P. up by US -companies. more than a third of capacity right would require locks since- there is Mitchell announced that the ad­ Hints At Tanker Profits now. a 1,300-foot drop from the Medi­ ministration has pledged its sup­ A measure of the rate of oil and At the same time, oil industry of­ terranean to the Dead Sea making port to the building trades' pro­ tanker profits was hinted in testi­ ficials testifying before a Senate mony by an official of the Arabian tlie whole business a very costly posal for revision of the Taft-Hart­ American Oil Company (Aramco). operation. However, as the British ley Act. The amendment, agreed to He said Aramco would be paying magazine puts it, "this final ob­ by labor and management, would $280 million to Saudi Arabia in stacle could be quickly solved with legalize trust funds jointly admin­ taxes and royalties covering its tlie aid of American dollars and istered by employer and union for apprenticeship and training pro­ $750 million in gross income from sterling." Ship's delegates are urged to grams, allow union bargaining with Possibly a more realistic point notify the Union immediately operations last year. groups of employers, and put into of view was taken by the Suez The US Treasury, however, will when a shipmate is taken off effect "pre-hire" agreements in the vessel in any port because net a meager $280,000 in income Canal Company whose spokesman the construction industry. remarked, "technical difficulties of illness or injury. Delegates taxes from Aramco for 1956. The ft ft ft should not wait until they send official defended this by pointing and the considerable cost price A proposal for the merger of the which they would Involve, appar­ out that Aramco's parent com­ in the ship's minutes but should four unions in the glass industry ently render unlikely the realiza­ panies would pay about $100 mil­ handle the matter in a separate communication, so that the Un­ lion in US taxes for last year. Sen­ tion of such a canal in the near into one international was over­ whelmingly adopted by the 627 ion can determine in what man­ ate investigators are expected to future." look into the situation very closely. A "more-likely-to-s«cceed" proj­ delegates to the Glass Bottle Blow­ ner it can aid the brother. Aramco was formed by Standard ect is the one calling for construc­ ers Association at their 61st annual It would also be Jielpful if convention. The consolidation the full name, rating and book Oil of California, the Texas Com­ tion of a new nipeline through would unite some 150,000 persons pany, Standard of New Jersey and Iraq and Turkey.'terminating at number was .sent in. Address in the industry under one union, Socony Mobil to handle operations Iskendrun. The pipeline, of these notifications to Welfare ft ft ft undjer a, ispecial pij . tiregty vitji, course, woul^, jqoj; jolye^ the ,4^,^ Services at headquartens. - . j ¥he- new -UnHeth PapermakersSaudi Arabia. cargo problems. Tax 'Expert' Costs SlU Man $629 Talk Of Canals Israel See Tankship Shortage Continuing Into 1958 LABOR ROUND-UP and Paperworkers Union has voted unanimously "to hold open the door for further unity of paper industry workers through consoli­ dation of existing trade unions" and authorized its executive board to undertake a merger of the many unions in the industry. The UPP, itself a merger of the Brotherhood of Paper Makers and the United Paperworkers, opened its member­ ship drive at a constitutional co'nvention in Chicago. iKAOiSt ^ Now IN SOTN Notify Union About Sick Men MsDiaiW zAiaiHoe0 �Mareh 29, 1957 Pxge Eleven SEAFARERS LOG Hiring Hail Draws Attention Shipping Round-Up & Forecast ;-"ri March 6 Through March 19 Registered Port Boston !•••••• Norfolk . Savannah Lake Charles. SIU Assistant Secretary-Treasurer Eddie Mooney {2nd from right) discusses operations at headquarters with some European unionists visiting the hall on tour sponsored by US Labor Department. The 14 men and women in the group represented seamen, transport and production workers in eight countries. Hiring hall was chief source of interest. Budget Slash Slows Start On New Ships WASHINGTON—A $25.5 million cut in the Government's request for new ship construction funds has been recommend­ ed by President Eisenhower. One of the reasons for the rec­ ommendation is that US yards ^ ^ are currently full up on ship­ contracts for ship construction building—and some of that that the Government will sign this construction is for the rtinaway flags. In an amendment to next year's budget estimate the President asked Congress to slash the Mari­ time Administration's request for construction subsidy funds from $120 million to $94.5 million, and to transfer the difference to the Civil Aeronautics Administration for new navigation equipment. Eisenhower based his recom­ mendations on 'the "heavy de­ mands for labor and equipment in the shipbuilding industry," which Is short of steel and almost solidly booked with orders to construct tankers to replace ships trans­ ferred to foreign flags. The yards are also building a number of tank­ ers for foreign registry. The President's request is al­ most certain to cut the number of Wt' fe-S mTBSArtHeSHJkcWi \HiHemtnoee SWAP YAPAiS ANDWATCM THePKSmSONTV. A/£WtOWP/2lCES AMP veDUttEAlVVWvS VJBUCOM^MBREA^ rauiZOWNPLACB. OjNNEQA/^CPER/m) mVfim-ASlS'AH year. Originally the MA had planned to provide construction subsidies on 22 ships. Most of the vessels would be built for subsi­ dized operators, but a number were slated for unsubsidized lines. Politicos Hold La. Spotlight Deck A Deck B Eng. A Eng. B Stew. A Stew. B 9 59 29 51 .8 7 6 30 48 9 26 14 33 18 2 21 7 12 11 4 1 4 11 8 10 8 14 11 6 45 23 29 4 8 3 26 36 14 21 8 27 15 6 17 10 16 1 5 4 14 7, 10 7 13 17 6 48 11 21 6 6 15 17 56 7 18 10 28 9 0 9 4 11 8 2 3 3 13 4 3 4 13 8 Deck B Eng. A Woj Eng. 8 Stew. A stew. 134 258 Deck A Total .. 347 124 7 a 85 Total A 21 152 63 101 ^ 18 21 24 73 140 30 65 32 88 42 Total B Total Reg. 8 47 18 33 35 7 9 11 38 19 23 19 40 36 29 199 81 134 53 28 33 84 178 49 88 51 128 78 Total A Total B Total Reg. 870 343 1213 Shipped Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Noriolk Sav^nah Tampa Mobile New Orleans Lake Charles Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle Deck A .' 1 52 22 54 6 4 13 29 48 8 22 0 22 13 Deck A Total 294 Deck B 0 14 5 7. 9 1 2 6 4 3 11 0 13 12 Deck B 87 Deck Eng. E^ng. ^g. stew. A 0 8 2 2 4 1 4 5 4 0 1 0 16 7 1 45 9 20 5 1 5 18 44 8 25 7 12 15 Deck C Eng. A 54 215 1 15 7 9 10 2 0 4 8 6 5 6 13 7 Eng. 93 0 10 4 5 1 1 3 •12 4 0 4 2 10 7 E^ng. 63 Stew. B . 0 35 7 22 0 1 10 19 50 7 5 0 10 5 0 12 1 10 2 1 1 4 10 1 4 1 6 9 Stew. A Stew. B 171 62 stew. C Total A Total B 0 6 0 1 0 0 5 6 5 0 3 1 8 5 2 132 38 96 11 6 28 66 142 23 52 7 44 33 1 41 13 26 21 4 3 14 22 10 20 7 32 28 Total A Total B Stew, c 40 680 242 Total Total c Ship. 0 24 6 8 5 2 12 23 13 0 8 3 34 19 3 197 57 130 37 12 43 103 177 33 80 17 110 80 Total Total Ship. c 157 1079 SIU job activity fell off again during the last two weeks as the shipping figures reflected a temporary seasonal lull. The total number of jobs dispatched was 1,079; registration, 1,213, declined also. The drop emphasizes the mounting effect of ship trans­ fers in recent weeks, while the rate of breakouts from the LAKE CHARLES — Seafarers reserve fleet has been less than on the beach here, reports Port anticipated. Falling charter rates Agent Leroy Clarke, are well en­ in the past month has also meant tertained by the coming elections less hectic ship activity than was and the speeches by the candidates evident throughout the fall and who are very busy "telling ho\v winter. With the official arrival of spring, the rates have begun to good they are." come around again, however. And 'tis remarkable that they Tankers will continue to be busy Talk most who have the least regardless of the expected early reopening of the Suez Canal, since to say. oil stockpiles in Europe are low —Prior, Alma II and need constant replenishment. On the shipping {font, job calls Coal and surplus grain cargoes are fell off for the past period. Ten also still moving in quantity. ships pulled into, port to be serv­ All ports with the exception of iced. They were the Government Tampa, Mobile, New Orleans and Camp, Chiwawa, CS Miami, Brad­ San Francisco were affected by the ford Island, CS Norfolk, Bents slow-up. The three Gulf ports Fort (Cities Service); Val Chem showed increases, and the Golden (Valentine): Andrew Jackson (Wa­ Gate City held the same comfort­ terman); Pan Oceanic Transporter able job level as before. New (Penn.) and the Margaret Brown Orleans had been slow for weeks (Bloomiield), all reported in good previously, but seems busy again. shape. Class A Jobs Rise The membership in this port was The boxscore by seniority groups sorry to hear of the passing away of Brother Shirley Poole, in the showed class A accounting for 63 Galveston USPHS Hospital on percent of the total jobs, class B March 14th. Poole sailed in the for 22 percent and class C, 15 per­ cent. Percentagewise, more A and deck department. B men took jobs this period than the last one, as the class C propor­ tion dropped three points. This points up the advantages of the seniority hiring system, which Seafarers mai}ing in checks gives the professional seaman first or money orders to the Union call on jobs at all times, esjpecially to cover dues payments are when shipping slows up. urged to be sure to make all of Here is the forecast port by port: them payable to the SIU-A&G Boston: Slow . . . New York: District. Some Seafarers have sent in Good . . . Philadelphia: Fair . . . checks and mohey orders in the Baltimore: Good ... Norfolk: Good names of individual headquar^ . . . Savannah: Fair . . . Tampa: ters officials. This makes for a Good . . . Mobile: Good . . . New problem in bookkeeping which Orleans: Good . . . Lake Charles: can be avoided if checks are Fair . . . Houston: Fair . . . Wil­ made out to the Union directly. mington: Fair . . . San Francisco: Good^ . Seattle: Good. Make Checks To 'SlU-A&G' •••I ' > T'C-I t US Wage-Hour Benefits Urged For All Seamen WASHINGTON—^Federal legislation to include US seamen in the minimum wage and maximum hours provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act has won support from the SIU and other marine unions. Such a bill, introduced in Labor Standards Act. Some of February by Senator Wayne these operations are now under Morse, is now pending in the Senate and is under fire from ship­ pers' groups, including American Merchant Marine Institute and the Pacific Maritime Association, which is the collective bargaining unit for US-flag operators on the West Coast. The shippers maintain that pre­ sent collective bargaining agree­ ments provide US seamen with better wage-and-hour conditions than the law calls for, and that seamen therefore should continue to remain exempt from the provi­ sions of the Federal act of 1938. Supporters of the bill, while agreeing that collective bargaining agreements have bettered the wage and hour provisions of the Federal law, point out that this situation is true only for organized deep sea sailors. Many unorganized seamen on harbor craft and in certain sections of the coastwise trade, as well as allied workers in shoreside estab­ lishments, are still obliged to work under substandard wage-and-hour conditions even though they may be skilled or semi-skilled. On many non-union harbor craft, for example, there are situations existing where men work a spread of as much as 80 hours a week at a flat salary that comes out to far less than the $1 minimum plus overtime provisions^of " the" Fair organization by the SIU's Harbor and Inland Waterways Division in various ports on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Topa Topa Is Autumn Song The secret is out on the Topa Topa. About the name of the ship at least. "Sea Notes," the Water­ man-Pan-Atlantic publication, re­ ports that Topa Topa is American Indian (language unspecified) for "falling leaves." Mrs. Woodrow Wilson was re­ sponsible for the Indian tag on this and several other Waterman ships when the original vessels were built after World War I. Other In­ dian-named Waterman ships are the Kyska, Madaket, Wacosta and Yaka. Of course the present C-2s are the second generation Topa Topas, etc., since German torpedoes and bombs disposed of the original fleet of post World-War I ships during the years of World War II. "Sea Notes" says nobody yet has comb up with the meaning of Yaka, but one thing seems certain. It was not named for the yacketyyak of any sea lawyers who might have trod her.decjks. . •J I �Pagre Twelve SEAFAREkS LOG They're Having A Bali LOG-A-RHYTHM: Sea Stores By William Willdridge Sometimes I stop and wonder What kind of life there would be, If we could explore. From shore to shore. The place they call the sea. She must hold things of beauty Silks and diamonds and pearls. Too bad she cannot show the way To the jewels she could unfurl. Many ships have gone down in that vast space. Great galleons laden with gold. And fortunes in laces and spices From pirates' loot of old. Yes, the sea could tell us many tales. Of great men who lie in her wake, Relaxing on the Alcoa Runner during shipboard party (I to r) are Men who vowed to conquer her Seafarers George John, Sidney Br.rnsiein and Pete Gusman. Trying to make a stake. The boys look about ready far the floor show to begin. But when she gets her anger up And some may try to mock her. For anyone who is in her path It's down to Neptune's locker. Yet when things are in her favor You can note as you look beyond, She'll remind you of a quiet lake Or a large Stillwater pond. A challenge to all comeys on land and sea—on the base- | Perhaps someday, not too far off. ball diamond or behind the cooking range—has been issued Wise men will find the key That can open up the secrets by the rejuvenated Alcoa Coi;;s§ir. Of that Place they call the sea. According to ]VIaurice"Duke"^Til then. Duet, the ship is back running better, more united ship," he says. The double-barrelled challenge Leave well enough alone, I'd say smoothly after one trip "to get Let her waters roll on free tlie wrinkles out" following a three- arises as an after-thought, because As long as she will treat me right month lay-up for repairs. An en­ Duet's main purpose in writing Why I'll just let her be. gine room fire killed one engineer apparently was to applaud the For time will tell, in future years aiid injured 11 SIU crewmen in feats of the-galley staff. But since he has played with and managed New Orleans last October. And when they'll bury me, I'll get my chance to know, for "Everything on board is now very several championship ship's nines, sure, much in Seafarers-style, brothers. he can be pardoned his exuberance The secrets in the sea. You will have to go far to find a and interest in the baseball depart­ ment. On the culinary end, he says, "I'm sure many Seafarers have seen some items I've written to the LOG about galley greats like Bob Wells, Paul Carter, Bill Yarn and others. Well, brothers,, we 3. Small bird 21. Things, in law ACROSS 40. King's home have a few more here on the Cor­ 4. Used for 23. Fresh 42. It's more than 1. Part of a ship painting 25. Dalmatia; Abbr. a yard sair who belong in this category, 4. Saint — Rocks. 5. Gibraltar animal 26. Greek letter 44. Spanish — oS Brazil 6. Accustomed 27. Bon — 45. Part of a shield such, as Frank Palmer, John Hals, 8. Gulf of Indian 7. Dormouse 28. Kind of beetle 46. The sweetsop Billy Wells, James Prestwood and Ocean 8. Like a diamond 30. Charged particle 47. — avis Bill Nihem. I've yet to see any in hardness 31. Before: prefix 49. Burrowing 12. Go astray 9. Girl's name 32. Land's —, animal men who can compete with these 13. Part of church 10. Tied England ' 50. Serving cup chefs. 14. Bird of peace 11. Straight, as 35. After taxes 51. Thin whiskey 38. Make a nest 54. Louse egg 15. Bull ship "This Is a challenge to. any res­ 19. Idealist Answer On Page 14 16. Funny look taurant or hotel in the US. Our 17. Region 1 Z 18. Cancel cooks are also willing to teach or 20. Not active compare ... I would also like 22. A number 12 24. Ceylon export to remind one and all that our ship 23. Taken down a is getting up a baseball team for peg 15 29, Shoot from the coming season in Mobile and ambush IB New Orleans. Anyone who desires .33. Above 34. Got the best of to play us can contact our ship's 36. Ripped delegate and we will try to accom­ 37. Classic language 39. Grumbled modate them." ChallengesAll Comers OnDinner OrDiamond| 41. 43. 44. 48. 52. 53. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. Objective Make leather Wander Above sea — One opposed Source of the Blue Nile Be in debt Natives of Man's name Meadow Hearth for birds Value Bird seen at sea DOWN 1. Part of an Eastern church ;!. North African port Bride At 18 44 45 46 p9 50 51 155 52 56 61 STREET ADDRESS .....ZONE STATE i TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If yoiTars an old subscriber and have a change S of address, please give your former address below: ADDRESS CITY To the Editor: I've just returned from a trip to South America on the Del Campo. Since she has been raked over the coals right heart­ ily recently in the hall as well as in the LOG, I thought you might be interested in some fresh news on the subject. I had heard so many unpleas­ ant rumors about the ship's per­ sonnel in general and the stew­ ard in particular that I actually letters To The Editor All letters to the editor for publication in the SEAFAR­ ERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. hesitated over signing on in Tampa last December. For one thing, there had been a lot of fouling-up last trip, and then the LOG itself made it • ind even more unpleasant by twice printing digests of ship's meeting noting "discussion on steward keeping entire ship in an uproar by his actions." This was printed in the issues of Nov. 9, 1956 and was repeated again on Dec. 21. You could hardly blame me for feeling that the Campo had anything but the makings of a happy home. Well, I had a surprise coming, and it may surprise a lot of others, too. In fairness . to everyone, I want to say that I have never sailed with a better bunch of shipmates. Yes, that even in­ cludes most of topside and par­ ticularly Capt. Leger. I never heard a single serious beef against steward A. A. Brosig and personally feel that you couldn't ask for a^better guy to work for. I doubt if anyone in the steward department would be getting off if they didn't have to for one reason or another. If some dissenters find this hard to believe, here's one fact that can't be challenged and proves how smooth things went —there wasn't a single day's work missed in any department for the entire voyager I hope you can find space to print this-to prove that the Del Campo is not as black as she's painted, even if the company has gone all-out for that woeful color. This letter is also signed by ship's delegate Mike Reed and James W. Sumpter, steward delegate. A. M. iScarlett 2nd Cook Ivy's Straying Far From Home NAME CITY Says Dei Campo Shapes Up Fine ft 59 Editor, SEAFARERS LOG. 675T^ourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG— please put my name on your mailing list. (Print Information) ,..S^,.-. March 29. 1957 That "little girl" whom ship­ mates of Henry C. Wirtz have met from time to time has come a long way, says her proud dad. Now 18, Janet is shown marching back up the aisle with her husband after their wedding . in Pittsburgh recently. Wirtz is now on the Chiwawa. . . . -4 e 4 » • < • 4 a n • « y ^ To the Editor: For the information of your­ self and the rest of the brothers, this rust bucket is on its way to the Persian Gulf-Japan run as far as we can learn at the time. We have quite a few Gulf boys aboard as we signed on in New Orleans for the European trip. Although most of us fig­ ured the ship would be back in the Gulf in about six weeks, times have changed and now it looks like these short-trippers will be long trippers for quit.? a while. The articles are for nine months anywhere in the world. The jawbone poker game'is running very high, but the cash and draws are at the limit, so the banker is pulling his hair and is beginning to talk to him­ self. We have a very good skipper, Capt. Peter Bamberg, who is known by many Seafarers, and we of the Ivy want to thank him for his consideration. The same goes for the rest of the li­ censed personnel. A vote of thanks to Fred Lamb, the radio operator, for his cooperation in handiing radij messages for the brothers. We are looking for­ ward to a happy voyage, unl ss some of these homesick shorttrippers from New Orleans fig­ ure they have to rush back to check what the other men are doing and to see the sights on Bourbcn Street. Alex A. Andershak Bob Elliott 4" 4» 4 Lauds Kindness On Steel Rover To the Editor: My husband has been a mem­ ber of the SIU, which he con­ siders the best union, for sev­ eral years. I'd like to express my appreciation for the SIU also. After a severe heart attack, my husband was taken off the Steel Rover in Honolulu Oct. 17, and taken to Tripler Hospi­ tal, where he received wonder­ ful care. • He is now at home and is an out-patient at the ma­ rine hospital in New Orleans. Your welfare man at the New Orleans hall. Bill Fredericks, was so very courteous and show­ ed me much consideration at this time that I am at a loss for wo: 3 to express my gratitude. We likewise appreciate the kindness of the captain and chief officer for the considera­ tion they showed my husband at the time of his illness. I also want to thank the two shipmates who helped the chief officer take my husband's gear off the ship when it came back to New Orleans. He was still at Trip­ ler Hospital at this time. Mrs. Benjamin Parkinson 4 4 4 Are High Prices A Phantom, Too? To the Editor: In reference to an item in the LOG of January 4, 1957, regard­ ing the "extreme high prices" charg;ed to the crew of the SS Margarett Brown by the Eco­ nomical Laundry in Rotterdam I beg to inform the Seafarers that there is no suc^ laundry in Rotterdam. The undersigned boarded the ship when 1957 was only 2® minutes old and remained on board as watchman until the ship sailed. Please permit me to express my gratitude for the excellent meals served. They were in true SIU style. L. Pleysier 4 4-4 iViS i Family Thanks Arickaree Gang To the Editor: The family of the late Annie L. McCarthy wishes to express its deepest gratitude to the crewmembers of the SS Arick­ aree for the flowers sent to her services. Mrs. McCarthy's son, John, was a cook on this vessel, and was notified of his mother's death while the ship was pay­ ing off in "Providence. He left the ship to return home and it was that the crew donat^^d money for the flowers. James Sheehan' Boston Port Agent \ 1 : �MUeh 29. 195T •TEEL AGE (Isthmian), Jan. S— Chairman, F. Cerpantar? Saaratary, M. Burns. Cut down noita. Lockers to be kept locked In port. Pantry and library keys to be held by Cansway watch. More fresh fruit. Not enough baking. Watcb the drinking. COE VICTORY (Victory Carriers), Fab. 10—Chairman, N. Leona; Secre­ tary, G. Hatglmlslos. Something should be done about *he mail situa­ tion they do not forward it when vessel has change of orders. Mail could have been forwarded to Yoko­ hama Japan, but agent thinks it is too much trouble. Request that head­ quarters look into this. WILD RANGER (Waterman), Feb. 3 —Chairman, S. Anderson; Secretary, D. Ruddy. Suggest individual woodM lockers for each deck hands gear, be installed in lower starboard pass- ageway. Everybody asked to do their share in keep messroom clean and keep natives out of crew quarters. BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Serv­ ice), Feb. 9—Chairman, J. Parker; Secretary, M. McNabb Jr. Request that more jams, jellies and sauces be available on messhall tables STEEL RECORDER (Isthmian), Jan. 20—Chairman, J. Thompson; Secre­ tary, A. Harrington. Ran out of lava soap. Hospital needs new mattresses, (preferable innersprir)g). Ship is in bad need of silverware, dishes and glasses. Feb. 10—Chairman, D. Zwicker; Sec­ retary, V. La Barrere. Request LOGS be sent more frequently. Request to baker to make - pies instead of cob­ blers. FORT BRIDGER (USPC), Feb. 2— Chairman, B. Harrison; Secretary J. Haynes. Brothers warned that Senagalese money is not good in France, also about carrying stories to bridge and smoking in prohibited areas. ALCOA POINTER (Alcoa), Feb. 10— Chairman, Daniel Butts; Secretary, Canonizado. All members have equal right and privileges even the B and C men while on board ship, no discrim­ inating. All lockers removed and re­ placed by new ones. ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Robin Line), Feb. 17—Chairman, R. Charrein; Sec­ retary, M. Sterne. Suggestion patrol­ man should clarify type of transpor­ tation repatriated SIU seaman should receive. Steward suggest all i-epairs should be listed. Brothers paying-off should strip bunks. GOVERMENT CAMP (Cities Service), Feb. 12—Chairman, W, Thompson; Secretary, John Smith. Ship delegate to write Joe Algina about recreation room. Jan. 7—Chairman, J. Htggens; Sec­ retary, N. R. Thomson. Ship's been painted and all hands urged to keep it cleap. Motion to hold Union meet­ ing at sea or in port once a month. MARORE (Ore Navigation), Feb. IS —Chairman, T. Yablonsky; Secretary, D. Carey. Need crank handles for lift boats. Need focsles fumigated, orDDT bombs. SEAFARERS presently worked out to be mailed to headquarters by ahlp delegate. LOG Face Ttalrteea Nice Work " ^The Sky Is Falling/ Said Henny-Penny But Everyone Has Good Appetite, Says Steward MONARCH OF THE SEAS (Water­ man), Fab. 24—Chairman, Thomas H. Sanchez; Secretary, J. Stewart. Board­ ing patrolman to check all books and permits for S20 assessments. Motion made to redate union meetings at 3:00 pm and 6:30 pm. Reducing a series of different items to one common deno­ minator is one way to put things in order. You take one-half a banana, two-thirds of a pineapple, a quarter of an apple and three- 4^ eighths of a mango, and you partly from storm have the beginnings of a fmit damage. It also CHILORE (Ore Nav. Corp.), Feb. 23 —Chairman, W. Messenger; Secretary, A. Nash. Discussion made on keep­ ing dirty clothes out of drying rooms. New cups needed, also new coffee pot for night pantry. Shortages of dishes and glasses throughout ship. ALCOA PLANTER (Alcoa), Oct. 14-Chalrman, J. Mehalou; Secretary, H. Solak. All crew members to be aboard one hour before sailing time. Payoff not necessarily in Mobile. Ships' fund S4.18. Several hours disputed over­ time. Report accepted. Anyone pay­ ing off to give captain 24 hours no­ tice so ship wiU not sail short-handed. Sailing board to be displayed more prominently. Coffee urn leaks. Ship to be fumigated. Question as to edi­ ble meat purchased in Trinidad. Stew­ ard to supervise cooking and menus; variety of foods. To use powdered milk when fresh milk runs out. Rec­ reation room to be kept clean. RAYVAH (Ships A Freights), Dee. 22—Chairman, J. McElroy; Secretary, J. McElroy. New delegate elected. Members cautioned about drinking. Ship's fund $18.23. 52 books, checker board pinocchle board, new volume control for messroom speaker pur­ chased. Report aceepted. Discussion on salty drinking water. Situation remedied. Crew reminded of French customs regarding cigarettes. Ped­ dlers to be kept off ship. OCEAN JOYCE (Ocean Trans.), Feb. 24—Chairman, Bruce Hubbard; Sec­ retary, C. H. Andrews. LaCk of co­ operation from chief engineer. New delegate elected. Entire crew was asked to help keep messhall and pan­ try clean. MAIDEN CREEK OVaterman), March 3—Chairman, W. J. Brown; Secretary, A. Packert. Fire alarm to be fixed in engine room. A ringer is needed for washing machine. Request that all men who are leaving the ship to leave their rooms in a clean condition. STEEL CHEMIST (Isthmian), Feb. 22—Chairman, J. Norgaard; Secretary, W. L. Gillespie. Night lunch is very bad. Stores put aboard ship were not enough for this long voyage. Captain has rationed cigarettes to one carton a week per man. Be properly dressed when entering messhaU or pantry. SUZANNE (Bull), Feb. 10—Chair­ man, M. Barton; Secretary, R. Prota. General complaint that no LOGs or hdqrs. reports were received on this voyage. ROBIN MOWBRAY (Seas Shipping), Feb. 24—Chairman, N. S. Turey; Sec­ retary, A. Goncalves. One member complained about too much noise in morning. Clean washing machine after using. No drinking aboard ship. CITY OF ALMA (Waterman), Feb. 19—Chairman, A. Sirlgnano; Secre­ tary, J. Dyer. Steward should pro­ vide soap for all departments. 1st Asst. engineer has been issuing Rinso to licensed personnel while crew re­ ceived inferior brand. Flush toilets after using. Also do not place beer cans and trash in the commodes. ALCOA PURITAN (Alcoa), Feb. 22 —Chairman, L. Larkin; Secretary, J, Byrne. Bosun asked delegate to see the chief mate with regard to having door of toilet reversed, so it' would not knock out an eye of someone. TRANSATLANTIC March 2—Chairman, retary, A. Berglne. in messhall at night. should be played in Sanitary gear should after using. ALICE BROWN (Bloemfleld), Feb. 9 LAKE GEORGE (USPC) Feb. 24— Chairman, T. Fleming; Secretary, Chairman, H. Buckner; Secretary, J. W. Carter. Motion to provide a J. Breen. Baker to get on the balL bleod bank for seamen by contribu­ Chief engineer wont de electric work. tions ef one pint-yearly by SIU mem­ Mates smoking on wing of bridge. bers. A letter covering ail details aa Lockers to be repaired. salad along with a mathematical mumbo-jumbo. , Aboard the Seacloud, at least, the system is about the same. "There have been three trips on here, all noteworthy," says our correspondent. "On the first one, we had to replace our number two lifeboat, and the ventilators sup­ plying the storerooms with air cracked up. This resulted in flooded store spaces. "Voyage number two we had about $20,000 worth of repairs. There's plenty of good fishing on ^he intercoastal run, and the gong on the Texmor misses no opportunity to make the most of it, say Mickey IHarris (left) and Ken Adams. Going To Japan? Bring Your Dictionary Along took us 26 days to get from Am­ sterdam to Balti­ more. Now, so far this trip, the number one life­ boat has been smashed up and the depth Wolf sounder was torn loose from its moorings. "But eveiYone has a good appe­ tite though," says Steward Guy G. Gage right at the end of this re­ port, and that would seem to make all things come out okay. "Anyway, there certainly are no casualties in the chowing-up de­ partment," adds reporter Samuel G. Hudgins. "We are still ringing the bell with George Wolf as chief cook, Joe St. Marie as baker and Gene Stinehelfer as 3rd cook. The messmen and pantrymen are help­ ing by doing a fine job." • -j A well-thumbed Japanese-English pocket dictionary is be­ coming standard equipment in the foc'sles these days, says Robert N. Walton on the Afoundria. "The amount of shipping to' Japan seems to have decreased 'Sea-Spray' —By Seafarer Robert 'Red' Fink in the last year or so and you don't find so many of the younger girls speaking English. The dic­ tionary has become a 'must' when you go ashore," he points out. A moi-e hopeful note (for whom?) is that "Korea is really getting 4 For a rebuttal of this boost for the Far East run, see Page 14. Americanized. The gals are get­ ting better with each passing trip . After we hit three ports in a row in Japan and spent a total of only 30 hours' time, it was sort of a relief to spend a little longer in Korea, even though we had ten days at Inchon and only one in Pusan." Pusan rates a little,highdr than Inchon for the quantity of diver­ sions. He ends with the comment that the only guys who make it tough for the seamen are the GIs, who get paid once a month and go wild for a few days each time." Aw, so what, fellas. Think what they can accomplish in a few days . . . (Pacific Water.), T. Muncle; Sec­ Too much noise All card playing recreation room. be'put in locker ROYAL OAK (Cities Service), Jan. 27—Chairman, Walter Beyeler; Secrefary, Dan Beard. General discussion BEATRICE (Bull), Jan. 27—Chair­ on the lack of necessary repairs ahd man, A. Ferrara; Secretary, P. Oununsafe conditions. Engine depart­ phy. New delegate elected. Silver­ ment not satisfied with sanitary work. ware being taken in port. Pantry to Feb. 17—Chairman, W. Beyeler; Sec­ be sprayed for roaches. retary, Dan Beard. Captain says he will give watertight doors a hose test. ARICKAREE (USPC), Feb. 10 — Deadlights will be installed, gas masks Chairman, S. Cleslak; Secretary, G. will be in shelter deck. The pump- Falrcloth. Request to repair door room will be adjusted to suit the locks, shelves in lockers need paint­ pumpmen. He will personaUy inspeet ing, washing machine needs repairs. any work areas thought unsafe before MANKATO VICTORY (Victory Car­ work begins. $7.62 in ships fund. riers), March 3—Chairman, J. Meehan; ORION CLIPPER (Orion), Feb. 10— Secretary, J. A. Long. Beef with Chairman, H. Braunsteln; Secretary, E. chief mate; Makes accusations about Manuel. One man was hospitalized some of the men. Threatens to fire in Okinawa, 3 men abort. Two men them. Suddenly changes his mind and logged. No shore leave time at Bahr­ claims he was not serious. New dele­ ein. The captain and the mate say gate elected. Liverpool to Norfolk that the deck dep't is goofing off dur­ via Iceland—10 hours through pack ing Working hours and are not pro­ ice. Some chunks Very thick also ducing at all. As deck delegate I sighted icebergs. SIU crew still afloat. want to report that, we have gone Wiper is to clean laundry, OS to overboard to get alOng with these clean recreation room. y two, but haye been unsuccessfuL Also I think the dep*Phas been doing a DOROTHY (Bull), March 3—Chair­ very good job and will eontlnue to man, A. Byorntton; Secretary, A. do so until the pay off. Fedele. Meeting held for better sup­ ply of food. Patrolmen to see captain ALCOA CORSAIR (Alcoa), Feb. 10— about sougeelng the mess room, rec­ Chairman, M. Tocestello; Secretary, J. reation room and crew pantry. Nelson. Ship doctor invited with membership agreeing, to explain what JEAN LAFITTE (Waterman), March to do in case of emergencies. The 3—Chairman, (A. Deland; Secretary, doctor also gave very interesting talks F. Amera. Five crew members missed on first aid and what to do tili the ship in Yokosuka. Recreation room doctor arrives, what to do in case of should be cleaned by wipers and OS. broken bones, etc., cuts etc. Talk Water is sometime steaming and well received. sometime too cold. it •J:I 'Wot happened? You beat the bosun at cribbage again . . .?" SEAFAREKS IN THE HOSPITALS USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON, MASS. Glendyn L. Brooks L. C. MacNeil Charles Dwyer Chas. R. Rol)inson Robert G. Guerrero USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS James C. Baudoin George Howard Marion H. Maynard Jean V. Dupre Benjamin F. Grice Warren W. Smith Joseph Harmanson USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. Francis J. Boner Henri J. Robin Walter Sanderson Basilio Boschi Jacob Schmidt CecU Gaylor^ Sr. G. R. Trimyer L. B. Merriam Oilie Purdy « USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. Orville E. Abrams Alexander Leiner Peder Espeseth T. E. McCaffrey Andi-ew HarvlUa A. F. Martinez Floyd W. Haydon A. M. MUefski Wm. H. HoweU Edward Pigott W. W. Jacobson Fred D. Stagner Virgle H. Jordan Shio H. Sun George Larson MONTEBELLO CHRONIC DISEASE HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. Francisco Bueno USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. L. Bosley Wm. McLaughlin M. M. Hammond B. E. McLeod Patrick J. Lynch Cristo Prasso VA HOSPITAL LAKE CITY, FLA. Edward B. Bisa VA HOSPITAL ALBERQUERQUE. I4M Charleg Btuton SUFFOLK SANITORIUM HOLTSVILLE, LI, NY E. T. Cunningham USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS B. F. Deibler John C. Palmer Siegfried Gnlttke Rosendo Serrano USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GA. E. A. Hattaway Glen Davis Jimmie Littleton C. G. Barrineau John O'Connor Albert Birt Sloan M. Orr L. A. DeWltt A. H. Schwartz Leroy Drew BELLEVUE HOSPITAL , NEW YORK, NY Loyd McGee USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. George S. Lowe Alfred Bokan Victor B. Cooper Roy L. McCannon Joseph C. Cyr Andrew J. Martel Francisco Mayo Girard E. Doty Friedof FondUa L. H. Pentecost Wm. E. Roberts Dan Gentry Gorman T. Glaze Ralph Youtzy • USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NY Tadelusz Nawrocki John J. Cook Hugh A. Cummina James A. Needham Joseph Falrcloth Edward O'Rourke Amado FeUclano Eustaquio Rivera Arthur J. Fortner Jose Rodriguez Richard V. Gelling James Sealey Estell Godfrey Samuel B. Setlift Ralph H»es Samuel Small Otto R. Hbepner Chow G. Song Paul Jakubcsak C. Sundquist Alfred Kaju Arnold TorcUa James Lippincott Richard Suttle John Michiek Hayward Veal Harry Moaahan Clarence WaUace Thomag Moncbo . USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH BROOKLYN, NY Manuel Antonana B. J. Martin Eiadio Aris Albert Martinelli Fortunate Bacomo Vic Milazzo Frank T. CampbeU Joaquin Miniz John J. DriscoU Norman J. Moore Robert E. Gilber W. P. O'Dea William Guenther Ben Omar Bart E. Giuranick James M. Quinn George E. Renale John Haas Samuel B. Saunders Howard Hailey G. E. Shumaker E. F. Haislett Kevin B. Skelly Taib Hassen BiUy R. HUI Henry E. Smith Thomas Isaksen Stanley F. Sokol Ira H. KUgore Michael Toth Ludwig Kristiansen Karl Treimann Frank J. Kubek Harry S, Tuttle Frederick Landry VirgU E. Wilmoth Leonard Leidig Pon P. Wing Archibald Mct^igan USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. William Bargone August Meyers Alphonse Bosarge Gregory Morejon Leon Brown Michael Muzio VlrgU Coash Harold D. Napier Cloise Coasts J. S. O'Byrne Serio M. DSSosa Veikko PoUanen Cedric Francis Junest Ponson Leon Gordon. F. Ragalado Daniel Harrison James H. Seeds WUiiam HaveUn Hubert Seymour Benjamin Holt C. L. Shartzer Charles Johnson Toefil Smigielskl James Jordon Edward Smith Edward G. Knapp Lonnie R. Tickle Edward Kunchlck Dirk Visser Walter J. LaCroix James E. Ward Leo Lang Lawrence Wesseig William Lawless WlUiam WUson David McCoUum Stanley Wright Edward McGowan D. G. Zerrudo R. B. McLamore Jacob Zinuner Alexander Marter �Paee Fonrtecn SEAFAkERS Warns Against Bad Loan Risks To the Editor: Now while I'm waiting to ship out would be an appropriate time to warn the brotherhood of certain characters. They put the bite on you-for a loan, no matter what the amount, and then conveniently (for them) "forget" to pay it back at the time mutually agreed upon. I had this happen to me twice, both times by well-known letters T» Galley gong, like turkey, looks worse for weor offer a big dinner on the Morymor, but there certoinly wos no comploint obout the chow. Pictured (I to r) ore Simon Chobon, boker; Albert Richords, steword; Jose Pocheco, chief cook, and T. Tolley, 3rd cook. Arthur H. Thompson sent in the photo by woy of thonking steword deportment for its good work. Backs 'Coastal PortsSees FE Run Overrated The food and fishing are not the only interesting diyersions on the Calmar intercoastal run, according to Seafarer Bill Clegg who's been ship's delegate for two trips. After a five-year spell of shipping from the West Coast, we were in Baltimore I went Clegg concedes that he "had ashore with a few oldtimers, Scot- been under the impression the Orient run was the romance run of them all." But with only two voyages on the Marymar under his belt, Clegg says the Far East run is just plain over-rated. "I don't want you to get the idea that I'm a Calmar stiff, either," he comments. "This is the first Calmar ship I've been on since 1948." 'See America First' Backing up his view that the "see-America-first" routine pro­ vides the best opportunities for amatory advancement, he cites the case of two shipmates "who have two of the Northwest country belles meeting them in all the ports we make up thataway. I can't understand it, but they won't let me in on the secret . . ." Meanwhile, he adds, "all this port time is costing me plenty. You should see my draws for the trip ... To give you an idea, last time Puzzle Answer SQQ QQSB BEIDB GaQB BISB QQSQ QSIBIBB EISIQIiQQOSQ DSd asQ BBSaSlDSSI gliSnQS GIDSIS [ISSIS] •[i][3[S] BQDDS] BBSDIISBQ mUJH DBGS BBQSB QD QQCQQ SilZjIl nans Jisns mmm laiiSQ QQas [i[3[s ty and Larry. Well, they, being good shipmates, introduced me to one of the locM belles. So what happens? After about two hours and $50 later (for liquor), Larry and the babe take off and I go back to the ship. "The next day I see Larry and tell him he owes me 25 bucks. Af­ ter all, since it was his girl and she did drink up $50 of my coin, don't you think he should at least split the cost with me ... ? As I said before, this run is just too much." Clegg is now looking forward to I a speedy return to Los Angeles | and ,San Francisco. "They're the greatest," he says. What's In An Egg? After sailing as a cook for 15 years and having broken open countless cases of eggs, C. Dowling on the Del Mar has come up with a real win­ ner. "Believe it or not, on the morning of Feb. 17, 1957, while breaking eggs for break­ fast, I found one that had another egg complete with shell inside it. The inner egg was about one inch in diam­ eter and an inch and threequartprs long. Have seen many with double yolks but never one like this." A careful re­ porter even over the breakfast cooking, Dowling added: "Un­ able to get picture . . ." Okay, but how did it taste? Burly Milrah is, 1957 LOG The Editor AH letters to the editor for publication in the SEAFAR­ ERS LOG must he signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. members (notice I do not refer to them as brothers, for obvious reasons) who were supposedly in good standing. Naturally, in my estimation, and I'm sure I speak for all the rest of the brpthers, these men are abusing the privilege of borrowing be­ tween Union brothers by not meeting their obligations^ , They may be likened to the hitchhiker who is picked up along the highway and then at­ tacks, overpowers and victim­ izes his benefactor. What they don't seem to care about is the fact that other brothers whose intentions to fulfill their obligations are sin­ cere and who find themselves in need of aid will be the real sufferers in the long run. We have a good welfare plan set-up and there is no excuse anymore for borrowing between the brothers. I know that no good can come of this sort of thing. I don't care so much for the money I lost in the transac­ tions, as I know I am well rid of these false so-called "broth­ ers" who would puU a petty confidence scheme (that's what it amounts to, anyway) on a sincere Union brother. I can also assure them that in time they'll hang themselves as do all phoneys who try to victimize the poor slob who comes by his money honestly, and meets his obligations to the rest of his Union brothers. C. L. Cousins 4" - t Welfare Assist is Appreciated To the Editor: May I take this opportunity to express my thanks to Biil Fredericks of the SIU welfare department in New Orleans for the interest he showed during my. mother's recent illness. He was very gracious in co­ operating with us on this prob­ lem and his assistance helped relieve a great financial Jjurden, i am deeply grateful; Thank God she's well now. Thomas F. Keller $> tr- Thanks Donors For Blood Gift To the Editor: I would like it very much if you would print this thai^-you. letter for my wife and T con­ cerning the great services ren­ dered" us by the crew of the Florida State last January while .my wife was taken to the hos­ pital. My wife had given birth to a baby girl on December 17. Af­ ter leaving the hospital she was home two weeks, then had a hemorrhage and lost almost all of her blood. She was quite weak on arrival, at the hospital and had to have eight pints of blood. Next morning I went down to the ship. Before I could even get off the gangway and had a chance to speak, Don Wagner, the gangway watch, wanted to know if she needed blood. Well, I went up to see the captain and he said the whole ship could take off after dinner Well ogoin, Seoforer and Mrs. George Stanley hoil shipmates. as long as there was one man. left for the gangway watch. Every man responded and of­ fered to give blood, including topside. I have never sailed with such a sincere crew before. When a shipmate is in trouble they really come to the rescue. We will never be able to thank them enough as long as we live but I hope someday, somewhere we will ship together again. I'm how in <the VA Hospital, Coral, Gables, Fla., and in a couple of weeks hope to head for home in Maine. I won't be able to work for a couple of months due to a liver infection but if any of the SIU brothers get up to Maine this summer, they're urged to stop in and say hello. We're in Harrington, Me. No other address is needed. George Stanley Quack Doctors Are Cashing in Td the Editor: The column "Your Dollar's Wqrth" is a fine feature. There are so many gyps these days that a seaman, being somewhat isolated, has a hard time keep­ ing up with all of them. One seaman I Imow, for ex­ ample, got cancer. He went to a cancer quack, paid $488 for a fake treatment and then died in a marine hospital. The doc­ tors say he might have been cured if he had come in sooner instead of going to the quack. Quack doctors are a pesti­ lence all over the country, and they make huge fortunes and buy favorable legislation from the same kind of quack politi­ cians who pass "right to work" laws. One cancer quack was found to be making $16,000 a day, which is even more profit than a T-2 tanker can make in the present market. It develb'ped in Federal Court in Pittsburgh that this man bought cheap pills at $1.73 per thousand, and gave them out in little boxes of 120 pills for a treatment that cost over $400. You can figure out the profit for yourself. I have a letter from K. L. Milstead, director of the Divi­ sion of Begulatory Management, Bureau of Enforcement, Federal Food and Drug Administration, which states: "Our investiga­ tions show that a very large number of the patients live but a few days to several months after starting the treatment." In some states licenses are given to "naturopaths" simply upon the payment of a fee of about $10. Then the man be­ comes a "doctor" although he lacks even the qualifications of a good horse doctor. Quack doctors are among the most vicious gyps in the coun­ try, and their political power is growing through their deals with cheap quack politicians. Morris Horton Radio Operator SS Fruitvale Ilills t. Lauds Assist On Hosp. Bills JTo the Editor: " I wish to express my grati­ tude for the wonderful help I received from your welfare plan. I was in the hospital twice for surgery and treatment for a total of 42 days. First I was hospitalized for 16 days last ~ June, and then again for 26 days in November and December. After that I had to be away from work for two months. But I'm back working again and, thanks to the SIU Welfare Plan, my bills are paid and my mind is at ease. I just wanted you to know I received prompt attention on my claim. My doc­ tors did also. Mrs. Richard H. Shaffner By BermO-d Seaman Lsr THEAA LAOtjD/zv Go^s vo ir l-r. 6AC< All ($£T IT VcME Iij;:. fi'' {?•:" ir ' I" ./ �^arrh 29. 1959 SEAFARERS LOG re Fifteen All of the following SW families will collect the $200 maternity benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: William Stroupe Brabham, born February 6, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. William L. Brabham, York, SC. J, J. Ji Mary Charlotte Griffith, born January 16, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Thomas B. Griffith, Indian Head, Md. ^ t Mrs. James M. Smith, Cordova, Alaska. » 44" 4" Gary Michael Osse, born Febru­ ary 25, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Jack Osse, Jr., Mobile, Ala. t 4. 4. Derand Blake Luther, born Jan­ uary 31, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. John Luther Jr., Pearl River, La, Kathryn Anneil Brown, born t 4." February 15, 1957, to Seafarer and Paul Edward Smith, born JanuMM. Woodrow A. Brown, Tampa, ai-y 16, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Fla. John F. Smith, Covington, La. Francina Patrice Smith, born December 9, 1956, to Seafarer and Mrs. Francis E. Smith, Baltimore, Md. * Raul Cruz, bom December 13, 1956, to Seafarer and Mrs. Juan Cruz, Jr., New York City. t 4- t Patricia Ann Banks, bora Febru­ ary 18, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Lawrence A. Banks, Mobile, Ala. 3» t t John Wayne Batson, bora Novem­ ber 18, 1956, to Seafarer and Mrs. Charles W. Batson, Pensacola, Fla. ^ 4> 4> Michael Paul Johns, born Febru­ Wayne David Sollberger, born ary 22, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. February 19, 1957, to Seafarer and Stanley T. Johns, Williamsport, Pa. ir if ^ Mrs. Fred O. Sollberger Sr., New Henry Earl Young, born Febru­ Orleans, La. ary 25, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. 3^ 4" Cecile G. Young, .Mobi'e, Ala. Dana Stephen Ciesiak, born ^ 4> 4> February 19, 1957, to Seafarer and Manuel Maldonado Jr., bora Mrs. Stanley J. Ciesiak, Revere, March 11, 1957, to Seafarer and Mass. Mrs. Manuel 6. Maldonado, Gal-~ 4" veston, Texas. Toni Cerese Jackson, born Sep­ 3^ t i tember 8, 1956, to Seafarer and Reuben Patrick East, born March Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, Baltimore, 12, 1957, to Seafarer and Mrs. Md. Harry K. East, Orange, NJ. ^ 41 4> Elizabeth Christina Smith, born February 6, 1957, to Seafarer and List Details lit Cables To Union BROUGHT TO YOU BY THI DEEP SEA UNIONS OF THE MARiriME rRADES DEPARfMENr SlU-AftG DISTRia • SUP • MFOW • MCS • ROU • JMM&P • BME • SlU-CANADIAN DISTRICT Meanwhile, MTD Round-The-Worid Wireless Broadcasts Continue... Go's Hold That Withholding $ When notifying headquartei'S by cable or wireless that a Sea­ farer has paid off in a foreign port because of injury or illness, ships' delegates should include the following information; The man's full name, his SIU book number, name of the sliip, the port of payoff and the hos­ pital where he is being treated. The response of ship's crews to the Union's request for these notifications has been very good. Sometimes though, not all of the above information has been included. Be sure to list all of this data so that the SIU can act as promptly as possible. Edward P. Achee Write your mother concerning the land you bought. Urgent, ^ ^ John Poluchovich Your brother Alex wants you to contact him. Clarence "Tex" Jacks An Important letter is being held for you at the Wilmington SfU hall. Joseph M. Worsley. tit" Charles E. "Chuck" Collins Contact your old shipmate Sam Cooper at 2316 Gentry St., Hous­ ton, Texas. Have good news for you. John W. Blgwood Get in touch with your wife, i 4« t James B. Dyess Contact your wife at once. SIU, A&G District WASHINGTON — Senator John BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. J, Williams (Rep.-Del.) reports Earl Sheppard, Agent I EAstern 7-4900 there has been an increase in the- BOSTON 276 State St. number of tax delinquents, espe­ James Sbeehan. Agent Richmond 2-0140 4202 Canal St. cially among employers who have HOUSTON Capital 7-6558 been holding back income and so­ A. Michelet. Agent LAKE CHARLES. La 1419 Ryan St. cial security taxes of employees. Leroy Clarke. Agent HEulock 6-5744 Figures released by the Treasury 1 South Lawrence St. Department, he said, show that MOBILE Cal Tanner. Agent BEmlock 2-1754 some employers have been contin­ MORGAN CITY 912 Front St. ually withholding payments to the Tom Gould. Agent Phone 2156 Government for a niunber of years NEW ORLEANS 523 BienvlUe St. and have been utilizing them for Lindsey WUliams. Agent Tulane 8626 their own personal use. There was 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn a reported total of $1,619,629,000 NEW YORK HYachith 9-6600 in delinquencies outstanding. NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. The taxes are withheld on a Ben Rees. Agent MAdlson 2-9834 weekly basis, and are supposed to PHILADELPHIA .337 Market St. Market 7-1635 be turned into the Government S..CarduUo. Agent . monthly. However, if an employer PUERTA tie TIERRA PR. .Pelayo 51—La 5 Phone-2-5996 needs ready cash for his business Sal Colls. Agent FRANCISCO .450 Harrison St. he finds it easier to use the with­ SAN Marty. Breitholf. Agent Douglas 2-5475 holding tax than to get a loan. SAVANNAH 9 Abercorn St. Adams 3-1728 What it amounts to is an inter­ E. B. McAuley. Agent est-free loan from ^e worker to SEATTLE I.. .2505 1st Ave. ElUott 4334 the boss, that is, until Unc^^e Sam Jeff Gillette. Agent , TAMPA .l. ...1809-1811 N. Franklin St. catches up^ with lUm, . LTom Banning, ^gent ....;.Bhone 2.1323 WILMINGTON, Calif 505 Marine Ave. PORT COLBORNE Reed Humphries. Agent Terminal 4-2874 Ontario 103 Durham St. Phone: 5591 HEADQUARTERS....675 4th Ave.. Bkiyn. TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E. EMpire 4-5719 SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul HaU VICTORIA, BC 61714 Cormorant St. EMpire 4531 ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS J. Alglna, Deck C. Simmons, Joint VANCOUVER, BC 298 Main St. J. Volpian, Eng. W. Hall, Joint Pacific 3468 E. Mooney. Std. .R- Matthews, Joint SYDNEY, NS 304 Charlotte St. Phone: 6346 SUP HONOLULU PORTLAND 16 Merchant St. BAGOTVILLE, Quebec Phone 5-8777 ,...211 SW Clay St. THOROLD. OnUrio CApital 3-4336 RICHMOND. CaUf... 510 Macdonald Ave. QUEBEC BEacon 2-0925 Quebec SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE..;.'. 450 Harrison St. SAINT JOHN Douglas 2-8363 NB 2505 1st Ave. Main 0290 20 Elgin St. Phone: 545 52 St. Davids St. CAlial 7-3202 -...OO St. Pierre St. Phone: 3-1569 85 Germain St. Phone: 2 5232 Great Lakes District 1215 N. Second Ave. . 505- Marine Ave. ALPENA Phone: 713-J Terminal 4-3131 NEW YORK. . . . 675'4th Ave., Brookiyn BUFFALO, NY ... 180 Main St. HYacinth; 9i6165 Phone: Cleveland ,7391 CLEVELAND ... 734 Lakeside A\e., NE Phone: Main 1-0147 Canadian District .. . 1038 3rd St. HALIFAX, N.S .12814 Hollis St. DETROIT _ .. Phone 3-8911 Headquarters Phone: Wooc^ward l',6857 MONTREAL 634 St. James St. West DULUTH 531 W. Michigani St. / PLateaiu 8161 .Phone: Randolph 2-4110 FORT WILLI AM.....130 Simpson St. SOUTH CHICAGO 3261 E. 92nd'St. Ontario- - - - - - . ---PJione:'3-3231 —.--.=4«iones^Essex-5-2410 WILMINGTON '•--si Frank Paylor You are asked to get In touch with your mother in Durham, NC. She is vei^^ ill. Tampa Jobs Still Rising TAMPA—The crystal-ball proved right again as shipping continued to improve in this area. Port Agent Tom Banning re­ ports that they were busy in port for the last two weeks with one ship^ paying off and eight vessels in transit. The J. B. Waterman paid off while the Bienville, Madaket, Andrew Jackson, Morning Star, Chickasaw (Waterman); Arizpa (Pan-Atlantic); Edith (Bull), and Alcoa Pilgrim (A'coa) stopped in to be serviced. All were re­ ported in good shape with no ma­ jor beefs. Banning was confident about future job possibilities for tJie .port^.. •m•^1 •* �I •tiV- SEAFARERS LOG March 29 1957 I • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL-CIO • SEAFARERS I I crew a coal ship ' I Aboard the Jolm Kendall, Bosun Aubrey Smith makes up a heaving line. Here C. C. Lanier, AB, places one of Kendall's life rings in rack. Taking ham from ehill box on James Bowdoin is NC&B Leo Behm. IMOOTH was the word for the SIU crewing of the first two ships which Bull Line has obtained from the Government for the Euro>edn coal run. Aside rom a few repairs, all was ship-shape on both vessels. The two Libertys, the James Bowdoin and the John Chester Kendall, were crewed in Savannah a couple of weeks ago. SIU crewmen immedi­ ately went work to make these ships operate SIUstyle. The Kendall and the Bowdoin were among the first nine Libertys allo­ cated in mid-January when the Federal Mari­ time Board decided to put 50 ships on the coal run to Europe. The SIUcontracted Waterman Company was assigned two ships at the same time. Bull already has four of its own Libertys on the cool run—the Angelina, Arlyn, Carolyn and Dor­ othy. The Edith, Mae, Evelyn and Jean are also suit­ able for the coal run, al­ though they are not being used on it at present. Freddie Buckner, deck engineer, and C. W. Goodwin, oiler, bring their gear aboard Kendall as Bull ship is crewed by SIU in Savannah. f L-r are: "Star" Wells, carp.; "Shorty" Akins, AB; M. Forrester, AB; B. Swearingen, AB; R. Burnscd, AB; H. Bacon, OS, and "Rags" Smith, bosun. I: r-4. ' Preparing Kendall's first meal, in SIU style, are (l-r): James Knight, 3rd cook; Charles Kirkland, NC&B, and Ernie Sims, chief cook. Fire and boat drillers on the James Bowdoin are (1 to r) t Harold White, AB; James J. Cronin, deck engineer, Robert Myers, OS. • ^1 • 'i:j| Checking gear as they stow it in Bowdoin lifeboat are Jack Nelson, carpenter; Francis Sego, AB, and Jack Henley, bosun, in background. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource March 29, 1957 Description An account of the resource Headlines: CURRAN DISTORTS FACTS—MEANY MEANY HITS CURRAN DISTORTION OF COAL BEEF, ASKS RETRACTION FARM BLOC DROPS FIGHT ON ’50-50’ BOOSTS CARGO $$ SIUNA CONVENTION OPENS IN ‘FRISCO HOUSE GROUP’S VOTE HINTS CLEAR SAILING FOR MORE US $ COURT ORDER PAVES WAY FOR ORGANIZING ABOARD COAL SHIPS MORE BREAKOUTS RECOMMENDED MAYFLOWER II ‘SIGNS ON’ ‘EARLY; ICEBERG DRIFTS MENACE ATLANTIC SHIPS BERNSTEIN SHIP CONVERSION SET FOREIGN AID CUTS PERIL SHIPPING: SENATE REPORT PAN-ATLANTIC BUYS 900 SPECIAL LIFT-ON TRAILERS CONFER ON ALA. INLAND BARGE TRADE SAFER SHIP’S BRIDGE DESIGN URGED BY MA LAKES SIU NEARS VOTE ON OREBOATS TURKEY, MEXICO JOIN RUSH FOR US SHIPS SEE TANKSHIP SHORTAGE COUNTINUING INTO 1958 BUDGET SLASH SLOWS START ON NEW SHIPS US WAGE-HOUR BENEFITS URGED FOR ALL SEAMEN BACKS COASTAL PORTS – SEES FE RUN OVERRATED Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 3/29/1957 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XIX, No. 7  1957 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/46701502463eb5f5d99facbd0c70147a.PDF e00f5601a0605017a19a016029c37747 PDF Text Text I > Vol. XXX No. 7 SEAFARERSMLOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT . AFL-CIO AFL-CIO Upholds SlU Position In 'Apprentice Engineer' Beef > Story Page 3 �Page Two Mareli 29, 1968 SEAFARERS LOG i\ Hall Charges Maritime Prehlems Magnified By Gevemmeat Hostility EVANSTON, ILL—SIU President Paul Hall charged here in an address before the Transportation Conference of Northwestern University on March 18 that the health of the U.S. merchant marine "is largely dependent on a favorable attitude on the part of government and if that attitude is hos­ tile or neglectful, then maritime's * term its "inability to compete causes, of the state of the indus­ problems are magnified.' without government assistance." try. They are conditioned by the Hall pointed out that al­ "We subsidize the agricultural fact that maritime is on a down­ though merchant shipping is pri­ industry; we subsidize the aviation hill course," Hall declared. vate enterprise, it still can be industry; we subsidize the truck­ The SIU president said that in termed "an extension of the ing industry—^in fact, through a declining industry, issues con­ American government. special tax breaks, or through re­ cerning job security take on extra "Maritime is a vital force in search and development funds, we importance, as the worker must our foreign relations," Hall em­ subsidize the oil industry and the cling to what he has. However, phasized. "It is a key to our inter­ automobile industry and virtually in an expanding industry wUh a national balance of payments; and every other industry in this coun­ growing demand for workers. Hall it is a necessary adjunct of our try," Hall pointed out out, "they don't disap­ pointed military forces in time of trouble Hall who is also president of pear, but they become less criti­ —our 'fourth arm' of defense is the AFL-CIO Maritime TradeS what Congress and the Executive Department, stressed that these cal and therefore less abrasive." Despite the critics of maritime Branch have termed it. were all domestic industries which who tend to stress the differences "Given this unique status," Hall compete primarily with one an­ continued, "and given the eco­ other "while maritime is an inter­ between maritime labor and man­ nomic realities of competing with national industry that must com­ agement, "the facts are some­ low-cost, low wage, foreign opera­ pete with foreign operators who thing else again. The areas in tors, maritime depends to a large not only have the advantage of which we agree are not only sig­ degree on the amount of tax dol­ low wages, but also have the ad­ nificant, they are daily being en­ lars that are invested in its oper­ vantage of strong financial sup­ larged," Hall said. Despite the continued decline ations." port from their own government." of the maritime industry. Hall Hall noted that the decline of emphasized that the SIU "holds Labor Blamed the U.S. merchant fleet has been halted only in periods of military Hall charged that the attack to a course of optimism for the conflicts "We have rocked along on maritime subsidies is only a maritime industry. -We are less from crash program to crash pro­ "springboard" to an attack on la­ inclined to look backward to yes­ gram," he said, "and the valleys bor, which is then held responsible terday's problems and more prone in between these peaks have been "for much of this inability of the to look forward to tomorrow's deep and wide." industry to remain competitive solutions." "My own union is intensifying The SIU president said that with foreign operators." the work it is doing at all levels there were many who criticize the "But labor's problems in this of manpower training—from the maritime industry for what they industry are symptoms, not entry ratings, to upgrading and on to preparing our members to ob­ tain their licenses. "This is our evidence of faith," Hall continued, "our belief that maritime does have a future, that it will require more men, and that we have a responsibility to this WASHINGTON—^The AFL-CIO Executive Council has unani­ industry to see that the manpower mously rejected an "ultimatum" from the Auto Workers that it is available as more and more would disafiSliate unless the council called a special convention to ships become available." He noted that, in varying degrees, consider the UAW's proposals other maritime unions are doing for changes in federation pro­ was "analyzed from every angle." the same thing. ^ The action, he stressed, was unan­ grams and policies. Hall said that labor has in­ imous; there were no abstentions. The council strongly reaffirmed creased its sensitivity, to the prob­ The federation president read its willingness to act on any pro­ lems of the industry and is work­ posal or program brought through the UAW letter to the council and ing with management .in ap effort the appropriate channels of the sketched in the background of the to find effective solutions. last 21 months "since the charges AFL-CIO, including a special "In any event, I'm not sure that against the AFL>CIO have been convention, as soon as possible, complete unanimity would be issued by the president of the but said that the UAW would UAW through published state­ healthy—to me, it is an evidence have to conuhit itself to attending ments and press releases and press of disinterest and decay of con­ the convention and "to accept the conferences and so-called admin­ formity that could spell the demise democratically arrived at deci­ istrative letters to his member­ of this industry and our whole sions of such a convention." concept of society," • Hall con­ ship." The decision to reject the UAW cluded. Detailed Discussion bid came at a special three-hour The council's statement, he meeting of the council here. At a press conference follow­ said, resulted from the detailed ing the session, AFL-CIO Presi­ discussion and reflected three pro­ dent George Meany declared that posals made at the meeting by dif­ the explicit conditions for the ferent members of the council. The UAW initiated a series of UAW to attend the convention Seafarers COPE reminds and abide by majority rule were charges against AFL-CIO policies, all seafarers and members of necessary b^ause "of the action program and leadership nearly other SIU affiliates that the of the UAW in presenting us with two years ago. The council at one deadline for primary regis­ point scheduled a special meeting an ultimatum." tration in connection with the The UAW officers in a letter to at Reuther's request—^for an ex­ 1968 elections will occur in Meany dated Mar. 2 said that haustive review of foreign policy. April for the following states: "should the UAW be denied the The UAW president failed to Alabama (April 26), Cali­ opportunity to present its program show for the meeting. fornia (April 11), Florida to a special convention, which (April 6), Indiana (April 8), The UAW, at its April 1967 alone has the constitutional au­ convention, adopted a program to Montana (April 25), New Jer­ thority to act upon this program, "modernize and revitalize" the sey (April 25), North Caro­ then in the judgment of the In­ AFL-CIO and presented it for lina (April 20), Oregon (April 27), and West Virginia (April ternational Executive Board the official consideration by the E)e13). UAW will have no acceptable al­ cember 1967 AFL-CIO conven­ SIU members in these ternative but to disaffiliate from tion. A few days before the con­ states are urged to contact the AFL-CIO " vention opened the UAW asked their local and county elec­ Meany told reporters that every that its resolution be withdrawn, tion offices for further infor­ member of the council spoke on that its delegates could not attend mation. the issue, that the discussion was because of negotiations with the "low-key" and that the matter auto industry. 'Ultimatum' of UAW Rejected By AFL-CIO Exec. Council A # Report of International President by Paul Hall The political hot stove season is in full swing now and newspapers across the U. S. are turning out a running account of the everyday activities of declared and potential candidates for elective office in the U. S. The activities of these candidates no doubt make for some inter­ esting reading, and the excitement of the Democratic and Republican nominating conventions lies ahead. However, despite the fact that the Presidential campai^ provides the most glamorous episodes in American political life, the importance of contests on the Congressional, state and local levels should not be minimized. It is on this level that support for important social legislation is generated. It is also on this level that opposition to the progressive legislation and the goals of the U. S. trade union movement can be initiated. In this connection, it is important to remember that a measure as repugnant to the interests of labor as the Taft-Hartley Act was passed over a presidential veto. We have seen in recent years how conservative and reactionary forces on all legislative levels have been successful in thwarting and de­ ferring the passage of much-needed social legislation in this country. Beneath the hoopla and oratory of a candidate's drive for public office, lies the essential question that must be asked of each contestant. How did you vote? How did you vote on Medicare? On Truth in Packaging and Truth in Lending? On a Social Security benefit hike? On Civil Rights? On 14(b) repeal and the many other important measures that our electqd officials have voted on in recent years. There are still seven months remaining before we go to the polls to select those men and women who will represent us in elective office. This leaves us with a good opportunity to appraise the voting records and attitudes of incumbent and insurgent candidates for office. A candidate's face may look fine on a campaign poster or on the TV screen, and his words may sound eloquent when broadcast through a loudspeaker: but the old labor slogan "which side are you on" rings as true today as it did when the labor movement was fighting for its very life. • • • The membership rolls of the AFL-CIO have swelled considerably in the past few years and through the continued organizing efforts of AFL-CIO affiliated unions, a continued upswing in union membership can be anticipated. However, there are still some employees in non-union companies who believe that the working conditions and fringe benefits which their employers provide are the result of the good-hearted nature of man­ agement. It is certainly no secret that the primary motivation of the man­ agement of any company is to make as much profit as possible. The trade union movement exists today for one primary reason; manage­ ment has never been, with very few exceptions, the benefactor of its employees. It is common practice today for non-union outfits to offer their employees token fringe benefits. They do not do this because they are such nice guys but because they know that a union contract will gain a lot more for their employees than the token benefits that they pay out. It can be said that the union member pays the dues for the non­ union member. This is what the trade union movement finds so re­ pulsive about so called "right-to-work" laws. The non-union member who has been lulled into a false sense of security by the con tactics of a so-called enlightened management, would do well to remember that he is being used as a pawn by anti­ union management, and that he is getting a free ride on the backs of union members. •'V - d Dental Checkup at Chicago Clinic A^l is DeaMrn for '68 Ptfinaties -Li '3 m Great Lakes Seafarer Donald Mitchell recently paid a visit to the dentist at the SlU's new clinic in Chicago. The clinic is equipped with the most modern ancj^ efficient dental and medical facilities^ �SEAFARERS Faith Survivor Passes the Test 1/ LOG Page Three Victory for Unlicensed Seamen AFLCIO Reaffims SlUs Position On Apprentite Cngineer Dispute (By Washington Correspondent, Seafarers Log) , WASHINGTON, D.C.—^In a decision of major significance to unlicensed personnel aboard all UJS.-flag ships, tte AFL-CIO has upheld the Seafarers International Union of North Amer­ ica on die issue of so-called "apprentice engineers.** I, Federation President of the SIU in violation of the cember 8, 1966. Prior to the ap­ George Meany announced AFL-CIO Constitution. proval of the new rating, the that a three-man suhcommitUmpire Saul Wallen had held SIUNA and its affiliates had tee of the Executive Councfl that MEBA infringed on the juris­ strongly protested the proposed had unanimously affirmed an diction of unlicensed personnel certification of the "apprentice impartial umpires ruling that by placing unlicensed "apprentice engineer" rating by the Coast Guard, on the ground the certifi­ SlU Welfare Director A! Bernstein helps Seafarer Lewis Gray, Jr„ the National Marine Engineers engineers" aboard SlU-contracted adjust his lifejacket, prior to passing his lifeboat test in San Francisco Beneficial Association had "in­ vessels. The AFL-CIO subcom­ cation of the new rating would mittee endorsed this finding after tend to create disputes and precip­ recently. Brother Gray sails in the deck department and survived the terfered with the established 7, conducting a hearing on MEBA's itate possible tie-ups or delays sinking of the Panoceanic Faith in the North Pacific, last October. collective bargaining relationships" appeal from the Wallen decision. of American-flag ships at a time Under the Federation's consti­ when they are critically needed tutional procedures, MEBA is for the Vietnam sealift. The SIU position at the Coast now required to comply with the decision by removing "appren­ Guard hearing was strongly sup­ tice engineers" currently on SIU ported by MEBA District 2, which NEW YORK—SIU President Paul Hall was man of the AFL-CIO's Committee on Organiza­ vessels and by ceasing and desist­ has been conducting a School of named 'Man of the Year' by the Anti-Defamation tion. ing from further efforts to place Marine Engineering with the SIU League of B'Nai B'rith at a testimonial dinner held As vice-president of New York's Civic Center apprentices on any other SIU for more than two years. A total here on March 21. Clinic, an organization which provides pychiatric of 226 Seafarers have now re­ vessels. ceived engineer licenses after at­ The presentation to Hall was "In recognition treatment for youthful offenders as an alternative William W. Jordan, president of his devoted efforts and leadership in helping to to prison sentences, he won the Clinic's Humani­ of the SIUNA-affiliated Marine tending the upgrading school. tarian award. build a world of freedom, equality and justice". Firemen's Union, drew special The scope of the SIU-MEBA Hall is also a member of the New York Urban praise from International Presi­ District 2 program can be meas­ Joseph Kahn, chairman of the board of the dent Paul Hall for his role in "the ured by the fact that between SlU-contracted Seatrain Lines, in making the Coalition, the National Assembly for Social Policy and Development, and the Advisory Council of fight to protect the jurisdiction of February and December 1966, presentation of the award to the SIU President, President Johnson's youth opportunity campaign. unlicensed engine room person­ the jointly-run school turned out cited his contributions to organized labor as well For his efforts in providing job training and ca­ nel." more marine licenses than the as his efforts in furthering the brotherhood of man. reer opportunities for unemployed youth of AppaFederal Maritime Academy at "Vary Existence" Threatened Honorary chairman of the presentation cere­ lachia, through the SIU's Harry Lundeberg School The MFOW, Hall said, was Kings Point, New York, did dur­ monies was AFL-CIO President George Meany. of Seamanship, Hall was lauded by West Virginia "faced with a threat to its very ing the entire year. (See separate Speakers at the presentation ceremony included Governor Hulett C. Smith and cited by the Na­ existence by the so-called 'appren­ story on Page 5). siUNA President Hall said that Benjamin R. Epstein, National Director of the tional Committee for Rural Schools for "vigorous tice engineer' rating, and Presi­ advocacy of educational and economic opportunity the action of the AFL-CIO Execu­ Anti-Defamation League and Congressman Claude dent Jordan's efforts, along with for the youth of all origins" and as "a tireless tive Council Subcommittee and Pepper (D-Fla.). D. those of other SIU affiliates, were fighter for human rights for men at sea." the earlier ruling by Wallen, under vital factors in preserving their Epstein cited the eflforts by the ADL in oppos­ the Federation's internal disputes In addition. Hall is a director of the American historic rights against encroach­ ing the growth and influence of extremists in procedure, "completely vindicated Immigration and Citizenship Conference, the ment by the MEBA plan." the U.S. He charged that extremist groups are and upheld the SIU position AFL-CIO African-American Labor Center and responsible for the majority of hate propaganda The ruling by the subcommit­ throughout the dispute and fully the International Rescue Committee. He is also L in the liatimi. tee of the AFL-CIO Executive prefects the historic right ctf un­ a founder and member of the national council Council, upholds the longstanding In his address. Pepper urged that a strong open of the Eleanor Roosevelt Foundaticm, a sponsor licensed engine department per­ position of the SIU that its estab­ housing bill be passed by Congress, and rapped the and trustee of the Coordinating Council for the sonnel to advance themselves from lished collective bargaining rela­ House Rules Committee for bottling up the bill Education of the Underprivileged, a trustee of the the foc'sle into licensed ratings. tionship and contracts with SIU before it could be put to a House vote. George Meany Foundation and a member of the "The decision means that the^ companies, bar interference with National Committee for Immigration. program initiated by various imits right to bargain for unlicensed Attended by 1,500 licensed unions to meet the criti­ Founded in 1913, the Anti-Defamation League personnel in all departments The 1,500 guests in attendance at the award aboard ship. Under law and the cal shortage of licensed marine ceremonies, included many representatives frmn is one of the oldest and largest human relations procedures of the U.S. Coast engineer officer perscmnel con­ organized labor, civic and congressitmal repre­ agencies in the country. Guard, "apprentice engineers" are tinue to provide the best and most Since its inception, the ADL has been in the sentatives along with representatives from the mar­ unlicensed personnel within the suitable means within the frame­ forefront of the fight against discrimination, bigo­ itime industry. work of the maritime industry to engine department. SIU President Hall is also the head trf the 6.5- try and prejudice. The ADL acts to broaden civil meet the possible manpower The new rating (A unlicensed millitm-member AFL-CIO Maritime Trades De­ rights, improve relations amrnig the nation's citi­ shortages. "apprentice engineer" was estab­ partment, an AFL-CIO vice-president, a member zens and achieve equal opp<Htunity for aH Amer­ (Continued on page 9) lished by the Coast Guard on De­ of the federation's executive council and chair­ icans. r Anti-Defamation League Honors Hall k m ir. t- K i ) •V / P' r V •t < % At left, SIU President Paul Hall is presented with "Man of the Year" award by Joseph Kahn, general chairman of the ADL testimonial dinner. Among the speakers at the event was Representative Claude Pepper (D.-Fla.). Shown on dais with Hall, are, from left to right. Max Greenberg, President, Retail, Whole­ sale and Department Store Union; P. L. Siemiller, President, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers; and Lane Kirkland, Executive Assistant to AFL-CIO President George Meany. ni �Page, Fonr Ten More Seafarer Veterans Added to SlU Pension Roster The names of ten more Seafarers have been added to the constantly growing roster of SIU pen­ sioners. The latest additions to the pension roster include: James King, Edward McLaughlin, Au­ brey Parsons, Joseph Gehringer, Everett Murray, John Avery, Nelson Hopkins, Louis Parkas, Nic­ olas Nomikos and Eddie Ho. John Avery joined the SIU in James King sailed as electri­ the port of Mobile and currently cian and joined the Union in lives in Theodore, Ala. A native 1939 in New Orleans. Born in of Michigan, Avery sailed as AB Alabama, Brother King now lives and was last employed by the in Houston. His last ship was the Mobile Towing Co. Steel Fabricator. Nelson Hopkins was born in Baltimore and lives in that city with his wife, Mary. Joining the SIU in that port, Hopkins was a bridgetender employed by the Bal­ Gehringer Parsons timore and Ohio Railroad. 1938. He was bom in the West Indies and resides in Dorchester, Mass., with his wife. Amy. His last ship was the Vantage Venture. Everett Murray joined the SIU in the port of Philadelphia. Bom McLaughlin King in Omer, Delaware, he now re­ Edward McLaughlin joined the sides in Camden, N. J. He sailed SIU in the port of New York. He ^ as an oiler and was last employed worked as a bridgeman and was by Taylor & Anderson Towing Farkas employed by Brooklyn Eastern & Lighterage Co. Hopkins District Terminal. Brother Mc­ Louis Farkas sailed as AB and Laughlin lives in Brooklyn with joined the Union in the port of his wife, Mary. New York. Bom in Hungary, Joseph Gehringer was an AB Farkas and his wife Elza live in and joined the Union in 1944 in Hollywood, Fla. His last ship was the port of Baltimore. A native the Raphael Semmes. of Allentown, Pa., he now resides Nicolas Nomikos is a native of in New Orleans with his wife, Greece and lives in Brooklyn with Irma. His last ship was the Del his wife, Eleuteria. He joined the Norte. Aubrey Parsons sailed as cook Avery Murray and joined the SIU in Boston in Sharp Ina-ease In C G. Fumk Proposed By Houso Committee WASHINGTON—Rebelling against the Administration's penny pinching on maritime issues, the House Merchant Marine and Fish­ eries Committee on March 11 recommended a sharp increase in funds for the United States Coasf^ Guard, whose fiscal 1969 re­ authorized funds for three highquest of $225-million was endurance cutters; the oceanographic cutter; a $2.5-million slashed to $138-milIion by the coastal buoy tender; lower Missis­ Department of Transportation and sippi tender, barge, depot and the Bureau of the Budget. moorings—costing $1,122,000— The Committee was acting for and a ferryboat for Governors Is­ the first time under the Maritime land at a cost of $150,000. Authorization Law passed last The total construction figure year. recommended in the 1969 budget The Coast Guard had originally is $32,772,000. The Committee, asked the Department of Trans­ however, boosted this to $61,772,portation, its. parent agency, to 000 by the addition of the two provide funds fbr fourhigh-endurhigh-endurance cutters.' ance cutters at $14.S-millioB The experience of the Coast apiece. The Department cut this Guard under DOT is a graphic request to funds for three ships example of the treatment that when it submitted its recommen­ could be expected by the merchant dations to the Budget Bureau marine—already shamefully neg­ which, in turn, cut the request lected in the Department of Com­ to funds few only one cutter. The Bureau added on $14.5- merce—if the Maritime Adminis­ inillion for a replacement ocean- tration was ever to be put in the ographic cutter but halved request­ hands of Transportation Secretary Alan S. Boyd. ed funds for replacement of coast­ With the slash directed at the al buoy tenders. Coast Guard a matter of record, DOT rejected the request of Boyd can claim little credibility the Coast Guard for $45-million for any • future arguments he or for a big icebreaker. the Administration may advance The Committee opposed this that MARAD would be better off trend of maritime cutbacks and in his department. The case for an independent MARAD has been made stronger than ever by its most outspoken opponents. The crippling blow suffered by MARAD from the^Administration and the Budget Bureau—a cut to a mere $119.7 million for con­ struction subsidies instead of the $388 million requested—is due to be considered by the House Com­ mittee soon. Maieh 29, 1968 SEAFARERS LOG Nomikos SIU in Boston in 1943. Nomikos sailed as cook, baker and steward. His last ship was the Fairland. Eddie Ho sailed as cook and baker. Born in China, he now lives in San Francisco with his wife, Ch Ngo. He joined the Union in New York in 1948. His last vessel was the Andrew Jack­ son. The Atlantic Coast by Eaii (Bull) Shepard, Wca-Presfdant, Atlantic Coast Area At the moment Richard Nixon appears to have an open track in his bid for the Republican nomination for President. Should Nixon get the GOP nod, the voters will again demonstrate that the darling of the conservatives is no more acceptable to them this yeqr than in I960 and 1962. By their votes, working men and women throughout the coun­ try will make sure that Nixon re­ North European run. J. B. has 24 mains in his present position—a years in the union. His last ship was the Mohawk as steward. high paid Wall Street lawyer. Henry Horton was oiler on the Once again, I want to stress the importance of registering to vote Merrimac the last time out. He for the November elections. In recently had an operation but is addition there are many important now FFD again and ready to state primaries coming up shortly, ship. so make certain that you are quali­ Puerto Rico fied to vote in these elections as Trinidad Navarro and Julio well. Delgado are hanging on every Philadelphia call at the hall looking for slot Joseph Doyle is registered and as AB, bosun or dayman. will take the first wiper's job that Fernando Munoz is chief cook hits the board. His last ship was on the Western Comet, while the Columbia. Osvaldo Rios is third cook on After being laid up awhile, that vessel. Joe Gross grabbed George "Frenchy" Amhlard is about ready to ship. He sails in the steward department. Joe Brooke was engine utility on the Producer. After a rest, Joe said he's about ready for an­ other job. John SchaUer came by the hall to register for a steward vdepartment job. Boston Fred Woodard piled off the Sea Pioneer as AB. The ship is laid-up and Fred is unhappy about it. He'll take the first AB's job to hit the board after a vaca­ tion with the family. Joseph McNeil is FFD again. His last ship was the Cabins, as BR. Joe is holding the hall down while waiting for a good ship. We wish to extend sympathy to Walter Le Clair, who had to leave the Fort Hoskins due to a death in the family. Walt is an AB and 20-year man. Norfolk Isadore Topal will take a short rest after sailing as fireman on the Ames Victory. After five trips to the Far East, J. B. Harris will be looking for a Le Clair Malcolm an AB job on the Citadel l^ctory heading for the Far East. Baltimore William Strickland had an en­ joyable hunting trip and is wait­ ing around for a Coast-wise ship. Bill was last on the Bethtex and has sailed with the SIU for 18 years. E. Malcolm returned from Vietnam on the Madaket An AB, he would like an Isthmian ship going around the world. He has sailed with the Union since 1950. Joe Shea had a long stay on the Yorkmar as chief steward. Joe thinks he's already to catch up on his vacation time. He's been a good SIU man for 24 years. Drydocked Seafarers Receive Benefits V 1. -• iri Seafarer Paul Lawrence, resting in bed at the Staten Island, N.Y., USPHS,hospital, receives in-patient ' benefits from SIU Patrolman George McCartney. Present are (L to r.) Brothers L. Bailey, McCartney, '; Chas. Goldstein, Lawrence, A. Ciana, and 1. Loukas. All ijs going well, reports Lawrence. , �March 29, 1968 Three Additional Seafarers Are Newly Licensed Engineers Ii The names of three Seafarers have been added to the list of men who have received a second or third assistant engineer's li­ cense after attending the school jointly sponsored by the SIU and District 2 of the MEBA. A total of 226 men have now graduated from the school. Two of the men are new second assistants, while one received a third assistant engineer's license. Norbert Patrick is a new third assistant engineer. A native of St. Vincent, Brit­ Gibsmi Kusgen ish West Indes, he lives in Brook­ ler, Pa. and makes his home in lyn. Patrick joined that town. He is 30 years old. the union in Engine department Seafarers 1966 in the part are eligible to apply for any of of New York. He the upgrading programs if they is 30 years old are 19 years of age or older and and sailed as have 18 months of Q.M.E.D. watch standing time in the engine Patrick ^ Everett Kusgen department, plus six months' ex­ is 44 years old and sailed as chief perience as a wiper or equivalent. electrician before obtaining a sec­ Those who qualify and wish to ond assistant's license. A native enroll in the school can obtain of Iowa, he lives in Avoca, Iowa. additional information and apply Brother Kusgen joined the SIU for the course at any SIU hall or in Mobile in 1946. write directly to SIU headquarters A hew second engineer, Thomas at 675 Fourth Avenue in Brook­ Gibson sailed as FOWT and lyn, New York, 11232. The tele­ joined the union in Baltimore in phone number is Hyacinth 91960. Gibson is a native of But- 6600. Upsurge In U.S. Shipbuilding I Seen By Hood As 'Inevitable' SEAFARERS LOG Gravity of US. Uaritime Situation Unfelt By White House, MTD ToU WASHINGTON—With problems facing the U.S. maritime industry "from A to Z," one man still seems not to have got the word on the gravity of the situation. Representative Jack Edwards (R-Ala.) said here recently, "and he is sitting in the White House today." "We hear about programs ^ Pointing to the "ridiculous Tieman (D-R.I.) declared that from the Administration but we proposal" which the Administra­ the U.S. balance-of-payments don't seem to be getting any­ tion advancer* "in the form of a deficit could be reversed if the where," Edwards told a meeting budget this year," Edwards esti­ Administration would "take oS of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades mated that when studied closely it blinders and take the cotton Department here, adding that the "there is really only about enough from its ears" to allow creation time has come "for action, not money to build three ships, not of an independent MARAD "that words" to aid the plight of the the ten set forth, nor the number would devote all of its efforts and American merchant fleet. called for." TMs, he said, is "just time to the rehabilitation of our A member of the House Mer­ switching the money around maritime industry." chant Marine and Fisheries Com­ from 1968 to 1970—and this is "Ironic" Respmise mittee, Edwards noted that there budget gimickery of the worst Tiernan recalled last year's is agreement within the Adminis­ kind." passage by the House of a bill tration that there are serious Edwards urged his audience to problems currently facing the continue its efforts toward a sensi­ calling for creation of an inde­ maritime industry but declared ble shipbuilding and ship replace­ pendent maritime agency and that "very little is done about ment program as well as for an called it "ironic" that the Admin­ solving them." independent maritime adminis­ istration's response to such an "They just don't seem to get tration. He said he "rather sus­ agency "has been so negative." He noted that if U.S.-flag ships the word over at the White pects" the House Merchant Ma­ House," the Alabama lawmaker rine Committee—currently con­ were able to carry "just 30 per­ observed. "In their setting up pro­ sidering the first bill authorizing cent of our cargo, instead of the visions for federal spending, they funds for MARAD—will do "a shameful seven percent at pres­ have not yet understood the need good job" in designating funds ent," the country would no longer for setting a priority for mari­ for the merchant marine but be saddled with the balance-oftime. Some people say they give cautioned that the real test will payments deficit it is experiencing it a very low priority. I say they come when the bill is considered today. Citing the need for a "massive don't give it any. by the House Appropriations shipbuilding program," Tieman "We have got to find a nerve Committee. reminded the MTD gathering of over there, and we will find it "Then the Administration lob­ last year's refusal by some foreign if we keep picking around long byists will be out in full force," seamen "to handle strategic ship­ enough. We have to get the Edwards warned. "We can find ments to Vietnam" and warned adrenalin flowing in the White the answer," he concluded, but of the "enormous consequences House and find that nerve . . . "the problem is that we have got to our country if a great number we on the Merchant Marine to find it now." of foreign seamen refused to han­ Committee have been searching At another MTD meeting held dle any American cargo." In the desperately to find it." earlier. Representative Robert O. absence of a strong maritime fleet, he declared, "we would be crippled by such a blockade." Daddy Won't Be Home GROTON, Conn.—^The "rapid emergence of the Soviet Union as a major maritime and naval power," the "accumulated obsoles­ cence" of the U.S. Naval and merchant fleets, and the moderniza­ tion which is being achieved, by ^ "selling prices of U.S.-built ships American shipyards, are all fac­ are today still below the levels tors which make an upsurge in which prevailed in 1958. . . ." American shipbuilding "inevita­ Hood emphasized that efforts ble," the President of the Ship­ builders Council of America, Ed- to conserve Federal spending need not, and should not, deter an en­ . win Hood, declared recently. Hood told a meeting of the larged merchant shipbuilding pro­ Management Club of General gram. He referred to an "annual > Dynamics' Electric Boat Division (ship) construction amortization" ,1 ' here that the growing demands of plan which his organization pro­ our times plainly require modern­ posed the Federal Government in ization of the American merchant 1966 as a solution to the Admin­ and Naval fleets. These demands istration's problem of financing cannot be avoided, he said. the large merchant ship-construc­ "There is grave concern on the tion program now needed. This part of many experienced observ­ plan, he said, would spread the ers about the adequacy of Ameri­ Government's share in the cost of can-flag shipping capability to building a merchant ship over the support and sustain the^'yectives life of the ship instead of the to which our nation is a,- tmitted short period of its construction. around the world now and in the 'Should Be Revive# future," he pointed out. "And, ". . . under this plan," Hood there appears to be little or no dis­ explained, "appropriations re­ position on the part of the Admin. istration to correct this deficiency. quested for fiscal 1969 would Only the Congress is providing enable a start in the building of the leadership which is so neces­ more than 100 ships instead of sary in this kind of situation .. .". the 10 which have been tenta­ Therefore, Hood continued, "it tively scheduled. Surely, in the can be reasonably predicted that light of the genuine need for ships a program of ship construction in and the budget squeeze, this 'an­ U.S. shipyards to restore the nual construction authorization' American merchant marine to a plan should be revived and im­ position of stature and promi­ mediately adopted." nence in world shipping affairs Hood told his audience that in will sooner or later gain unquali­ terms of naval vessel procure­ fied acceptance. Again, the deci­ ments, he sees a discernible trend it sion is inevitable." "toward a modestly increasing Stressing the practicability of level of annual dollar volume of implementing the much-needed procurements . . . increasing U.S. shipbuilding program, the builder participation in ship de­ SCA President noted that major sign . . . increasing government plant modernization programs to participation in builder's produc­ improve production efficiency tion management decisions and have made Amenca's private ship­ production operations (and to­ yards equal or superior to the ward) large programs, away from world average.; "Largely as a re­ the firm, fixed-price contracts Grief-stricken, young and old alike wept when they learned that the sult of this evolution of change awarded solely on the basis of 21 miners who had been trapped in a Cargill-owned mine in Calumet, La., died. Cargill had disregarded Federal safety recommendations. and improvement," he added. price." P •> *, Page Fire Seafarer Berted To New Jersey School Board Seafarer Louis Cirignano has won election to the Passaic, New Jersey, Board of Education. Cirignano, in commenting on his new post, said that "education is in a period of tremen­ dous change, na­ tionwide," and that there are "many new prob­ lems" facing the schools. The in­ stitution of new curriculum and the building pro­ gram were two Cirqrnaiio of the main problems facing the board, he stated. "There's a need for con­ tinued research and study, be­ cause today's society demands ad­ vanced education. Everyone needs more education to meet the prob­ lems of daily living," Cirignano pointed out. He never lost his goal of higher education. Resuming his academic career. Brother Cirignano went on to obtain a B.A. degree in second­ ary and elementary education from Montclair State College. Re­ cently, he added a Master's de­ gree in special education from Faterson State College of New Jersey. Brother Cirignano specializes in teaching mentally retarded chil­ dren and has worked with them since 1959. His current work in this field is under a federal aid program. �Page Six LOG Feature on Tides Rekindles Fond Memories A recent letter to the Editor from a reader. Miss Mildred Seitz, provides an interesting footnote to the "Tides of History," a feature story which appeared in the February 16th issue of the LOG. Miss Seitz told the LOG that mention of the vessel Princess Sophia, included in the story brought to mind her own voyage aboard the same vessel in 1915, three years before a whim of the tides brought about the loss of the ship. Miss Seitz also enclosed a photo, shown below, of the ship's master. Captain Locke, which was taken during her voyage on the Princess Sophia. She wrote as follows: li-i' E>ear Sir: Through the courtesy of a merchant seaman whom I met at the American Theatre Wing Club during World War II, I have been receiving the LOG for the past several years, and always find something of interest. The issue of February 16 had an article of especial interest to me—the one on tides with the account of the wreck of the Prin­ cess Sophia on a late season run from Skagway, Alaska. In 1915, I sailed on the Sophia to Skagway with a group of friends. The ship was under the command of Captain Locke who, I think, was also in command on the last fatal trip. I en­ close a picture of him with a passenger, one Father Wolfe. I thought it might make an interesting postscript to publish this picture. Although I have no present merchant seaman contacts, I enjoy the LOG and have pleasant and affectionate memories of the "boys" it was my privilege to serve at the club. I had charge of their mail. With greetings to all those who man our merchant ships— Sincerely, Mildred Seitz hf > SEAFARERS Mateh 29, 1968 LOG Farm Workers A Step Nearer Te NLRA Rights The Pacific Coast by Frank Drozak, West Coast Reprasentativa Employinent for the five-county Bay area reached 'an all-time WASHINGTON—The House high for February, as did figures for California as a whole, accord­ Labor Committee has approved ing to figures recently released by Peter E. Weinberger, Director legislation to give an estimated <rf Employment for the State of California. 500,000 fmm woikers the same Bay area employment rose 1,315,400, surpassing the figure right to organize and bargain col­ 1,277,800 for February of 1966, • lectively that workers in most by 2.9 percent. It surpassed the (aged, blind and disabled) who industries have had for more than January figure of 1,313,100. Un­ also receive social security. 30 years. He pointed out that the Social employment reached 447,000, The bill to bring workers on with 68,600 in the Bay area. State Security Act permits states to larger farms under die National unemployment figures rose from allow public assistance recipients Labor Reladons Act has been a January, but were under the 1967 to keep up to $7.50 a month of high priority goal of the labor total for February. their outside income, without re­ movement and AFL-CIO Presi­ Foreign trade, which set all- duction in their public assistance dent George Meany testified for it time records for the port of grants. However "Governor Ron­ at both House and Senate hear­ Seattle in 1967, got off to a boom­ ald Reagan has callously rejected ings. ing start in 1968, with increases consideration of this option," with Representative James G. in imports and exports of 32.5 the result that over 400,000 blind, O'Hara (D-Mich.) sponsored the and 59 percent, respectively. The crippled and aged California citi­ House bill which, after changes Seattle Marine Exchange figures zens "will not receive one nickel made by the full Labor Commit­ for January showed a combined in increased benefits." tee, provides: foreign trade total of 326,282 Wilmington • Coverage under the labor tons, which is 43 percent higher Shipping activity picked up the law for workers on farms that (1) than the figures for January, 1967. employ more than 12 workers at Domestic tonnage to and from past few weeks with two pay-offs any one time during the year, and Alaska, Hawaii in addition to and 14 ships in transit. We have (2) have a total payroll of more intrastate tonnage, are not in­ ten vessels due for arrival shortly. They are scheduled for transit. than $10,000 a year. cluded in the report. • Permits a union representing .Jim Foti registered for immedi­ This port is constructing a new farm workers to negotiate a union 5,000,000 bushel grain terminal ate shipping, which shouldn't take shop agreement requiring workers on Elliot Bay, capable of handling long with our present activity. to join the union within seven the super-tankers and bulk car­ Seatfle days after their employment, riers of the future, with drafts as Hans Berg got off the Akoa rather than the 30 days allowed great as 70 feet. Explorer, where he had an AB's in industrial union shop contracts. job, to come here for a job on SMI Francisco The coverage exemptions were the Manhattan. Congressman Phillip Burton drawn to exclude the family E. Brannan, just off the Venore farmer. While less than one per­ (D-Calif.), has announced that he as AB, is taking a short vacation. will introduce legislation "in a cent of the natidn's farms would He paid-off in Baltimore after a last ditch effort" to help mme than be covered by the law, this small number of farms employs an esti­ 1,580,000 "of the poorest and trip to India. We have paid off "three ships mated 50 percent pf the 1 million neediest people in the land," who* did not benefit from increases in this period, signed-on one a^ U. S. farm workers. social security benefits passed by have foiir ships in transit. Al­ The committee dropped from Congress late last year. though shipping slacked off some, the bill authority for pre-hire Congressman Burton said the we have a couple of Isthmian agreements but agreed to permit bill will assure an average increase preferential hiring of persons who in income of $7.50 a month to ships and a few Hudson Water­ ways vessels scheduled for payoff had previously worked on the all recipients of public assistance here. farm. The Senate's migratory labor subcommittee earlier this year ap­ proved a companion bill, spon­ sored by Senator Harrison A. Wil­ liams, Jr. (D-N. J.). The full Sen­ ate Labor Committee has not yet WASHINGTON—Following Ecuador's seizure last week of the acted on the legislation. American fishing vessel Paramount 46 miles at sea, Representative Thomas M. Felly (R-Wash.) has demanded that Secretary of State Dean Rusk provide immediate SEAFARERS^jLOG Coast Guard protection for boarded by armed Ecuadorians," American fishermen off the Pelly said. "Radio contact was Mar. 29. 1968 • Vol. XXX. No. 7 lost with the vessel but the board­ Latin American coast Oflkial Publication of the ing was witnessed by other fishing "American citizens pursuing Seafarers International Union boats in the area." of North Ameriea, their occupations on the high seas When Pelly requested Coast Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes are entitled to as much protection and Inland Waters District, Guard protection last fall for as their fellow citizen who is pro­ AFL-CIO American fishermen off the Latin tected by the police on the streets BxeeufUte Board American coast, the State Depart­ PAUL HAU,, President of his home town," the Ccmgressment turned his proposal down, CAL TANNSR EABL SHEPABO man declared. Exec. Viee-Prai. Viee-Prandent saying "We will not meet force Pelly diarged tiiat Ecuador's AL KBM LINDBEY WlLLIAlCa with fmce." claim of jurisdictkm to 200 miles See.-Treao. Vieo-Prsstdsnt off her coast is "contraty to inter­ birodnces Bffl ROBURT ICATIHaWB Viee-Preoident national law." Additbnal illegal seizures pur­ Director •/ Pabliootions In a tele^mn to Rusk on red the Washington Congressman MIKE POLLACK March 20, the date the seizure, to introduce a bill in the House he pointed out tiiat tiie Para­ recendy, calling for the Coast Managing Editor mount was die diird American Guard Commandant to render RABBY WITTSCBEN vessel seized off Latin America in whatever aid he deems necessary Staff Writer* March alone. The City of Ta- "for the protectimi of life and VwtmVratBB SmESnncBBM coma was grabbed on March 13 property" whenever a Latin while 35 miles off the Peruvian American nation seizes an Ameri­ SUff notegrvpBer AWTHONY AMBALM coast, and Ecuador seized die can vessel in international waters, tuna vessel. Navigator, 23 miles and for American vessels on loan PsMMsl thMkhr at no offshore on March 2. M.E., WsMaUta, •. C. XOHS W MM tMtarto the guilty countries to be taken Ecuador generally fines the back if the U.S.. Government is tat tufrnd Walm •MM. AFL-Ct*. «7f Fswtt MMM*. insMiB. fl.V. lUK. M. owners of the vessels and demands not reimbursed for any fines im­ MYsMtk 9u«ew. purchase of fishing licenses before posed. at Wsshisflia. P. C. PMrUSTErt ATTEMTIM: Fsiai 3S79 releasing the boats. Fines and li­ In presenting the legislation, sMi iNsM kf sMrt ts Ssstsrm tatmidisaal censes run as high as $15,000. OslM. Atlsait*. cut, UfcN aad lalsiM VBlm Pelly cited several instances in OMrtat, AFL-eiA, S75 Fsirtli AVMH*. Iraak"The Paramount was in inter­ which Ecuador used United States lis. •.¥. 112». national waters, manned by vessels it had on loan for the il­ American citizens, when she was legal seizures. PeBf Detam^ State Act To Hah RsMag Boat Sazures li •C I I During 1915 voyage, Captain Locke (left), master of the Princess Sophia, is shown on deck talking with a passenger. Father Wolfe, on voyage to Skagway, Alaska. Ship sank in 1918 with 349 aboard. Editors Note: Captain Locke was indeed master of the Princess Sophia on her fatal last voyage. As recounted in the "Tides of History," in October of 1918, during a blinding snowstorm, the Princess Sophia, was sailing toward Juneau, Alaska, when she struck a reef obscured by the storm. A quick inspection revealed that, although there was a wide breach in the vessel's hull, she was anchored solidly on the reef and inflowing water could easily be handled by the pumps aboard. Captain Locke realized that the Princess Stqriua would be likely to sink only if he tried to back her off die reef. Confident that the ship's pumps could handle die inccmiittg water, he radioed a asttn- ship for help and settled back to wait. But, a second st<nm suddenly broke and the elements took over. The c^itain sent another, more urgent, SOS and then two nmre as the water rose higher and higher. The nearest ship was unidile to readi the St^hia's position for six hours and was then pre­ vented by the violent storm from approaching close enough to rescue die passengers aboard the stricken vessel. Within 24 hours Sophia and the 349 perstms aboard her, in­ cluding Captmn Locke were lost The tr^edy residted in a greater loss <A Ufe than the more pubUcized smkings of the Vestris off ^ginia in 1928 and the Morro Castle In 1934 comlnned. The loss of the Princess Sophia was attributed in the press to the storm, wind, and running seas. But a flood tide—^which came at the height of die storm—actually caused the disaster by lifting the stricken vessel frmn its secure anchorage on the reef, and set her over on her sides to be sunk by the inrushing seas. i •-t �March 29, 1968 SEAFARERS House Rules Committee Stalls Open Housing Vote Page Seven LOG 'Back fo the Salt Mines'! WASHINGTON—House Democratic leaders will continue to press for an "up or down" vote on the Senate-passed open housing civil rights bill. Their timetable was thrown off when the House Rules Committee voted 8-7 to postpone action on a resolution which would have allowed the House to vote on whether or not to accept the Senate bill without change. The alternative would be to send the bill to a House-Senate confer­ ence committee, where any compromise would almost certainly be a weakening of the Senate version—particularly its ban on discrimina­ tion in the sale or rental of housing. That's because the original House bill, passed last year, did not include a fair housing provision. And the Senate conferees would be led by the southerners who have top senior­ ity on the Senate Judiciary Committee. House Republican Leader Gerald R. Ford (Mich.) has pressed for the conference route—over the objections of most of the OOP's liberalto-moderate wing. About a third of House Republicans had been counted on to join with the bulk of northern Democrats to support the bipartisan Senate bill. P ir f- I ^ t I ' • i I- Ford's strategy won the first round in the Rules Committee. Seven Administration Democrats—including three liberal southerners—^voted for immediate consideration of a resolution allowing the House to vote on the Senate bill. As expected, the five Republicans on the committee joined with Chairman William M. Colmer (D-Miss.) to oppose the move. But their motion to defer committee action until April 9 also picked up the support of two northern Democrats—James J. Delaney of New York and B. F. Sisk of California. Democratic leaders saw a good possibility that at least one of the two would support the procedural resolution at the April 9 meeting. That would make it possible to get floor action on the eve of the scheduled Easter recess—providing not too many congressmen began their holiday earlier. The day after the recess is the start of the Reverend Martin Luther King's "poor peoples' march" on Washington —and some House members are reported concerned lest a vote for the bill at that time would look like giving in to "pressure." Representative Celler (D-N.Y.), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said he thought the Senate bill could be passed "without any changes." It' will be close, he said, "but we've counted noses and we can count on considerable Republican support." The Senate bill bore a big bipartisan label, both in the drafting of the legislation and in the 71-20 vote by which it was passed. In other congressional action: • The House gave 381-0 approval of a bill giving the government authority to set standards for color television sets and other consumer devices that might emit harmful radiation. ... .. ... The government's first con­ sumer counsel said he will try to put "teeth and a little clout" into consumer protection programs. Named by President Johnson to the new post in the Justice Department was Merle N. McCurdy, who served as general counsel of the National Advisory Commission. on Civil Disorders. McCurdy will work under both Attorney General Ramsey Clark and Betty Furness, the President's special assistant for consumer affairs. * i-'' I1 > * D> Employees of a Crown Cork & Seal Company can plant in Win­ chester, Va., voted for the Ma­ chinists in an election contest with' Mine Workers District 50. The vote in a National Labor Rela­ tions Board election was 275 for the JAM, 63 for District 50, with 11 voting for neither and two yotes challenged in a unit of 375 employees. Crown workers joined the unaffiliated union three years ago but were unhappy over lack of service, inferior working con­ ditions and low wages, lAM Vice President Floyd Smifli reported. The JAM will issue a new charter and prepare contract proposals. Smith said. * « « John R. Stevenson, who retired in 1964 after 57 years as an officer of the Carpenters, died at 81 and v' ... . was buried March 14. Before his retirement, Stevenson had held elective office as first vice presi­ dent of the international union from 1952 to 1964, second vice president from 1941 to 1952, and as an officer of Carpenters Local 80, Chicago, and the Chicago Dis­ trict Council of Carpenters from 1907 to 1941. Born in Ayrshire, Scotland, Stevenson was appren­ ticed to the carpentry trade in his youth and got his first experience in labor as a member of the Amal­ gamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners. He migrated to Chi­ cago as young man and joined Local 80. His widow, two chil­ dren and three brothers survive. Members of Tobacco Workers locals in Durham, N.C., and Rich­ mond, Va., have voted to ratify a new three-year contract with the Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company. Ten cents of the 24cent first-year increase is retroac­ tive to last June 10, the TWIU said, and an additional 5 cents dates back to September 30. There is a 9-cent increase the second year and 12 cents the final year. The contract also includes a cost-of-living clause, a fifth week of vacation for long-service workers, and additional holiday and higher sick benefits. About 3,000 union members are covered by the agreement. This time there was no miraculous life-saving rescue. This time they died. This time 21 trapped miners lost their lives on March 8 when a raging fire erupted in a salt mine's elevator shaft, cutting the men off by 3,000 feet from their only channel of escape. Death came to these men at the Cargillowned mine in Calumet, Louisiana, as they huddled together for two days in a tunnel lo­ cated 1,200 feet below the surface of the ground—victims of carbon monoxide poison­ ing. At the mine's headquarters 14 miles away, the long anxious wait of the wives, children and relatives of the trapped miners turned to shrieks of anquish and weeping as the tragic news of the fate of their loved ones was announced. This disaster should not have happened! Only eight months ago, engineers of the Federal Bureau of Mines had recommended that the owners of the mine sink a second shaft as an escape route and for ventilation purposes. The inspectors had also suggested that various fire controls be installed. What action did the company take after being notified of these recommendations? For all practical purposes, none! As a Cargill vice president declared in well-couched words after the tragedy, some recommendations had been put into operation while others were "in the process of approval and implementation." To put it another way, he was saying that the com­ pany did far too little and that what it planned to do was irrevocably too late for the men who had died. The company's view was apparently the same as that held by many other unscrupu­ lous employers—that human life is cheap and that men are something to be sacrificed for greater profits. This callous disregard for human life, which should fill the hearts and minds of all Ameri­ cans with horror and outrage, is but another incident in a long trail of similar shocking cases of indifference and neglect by employers for their employees' safety. What immediately comes to mind is the recent unnecessary fire which snuffed out the lives of five children from one family in a previously-condemned migrant farm workers' camp in New Jersey. The youngsters were trapped by flames that engulfed the ramshackle wooden shack they shared with their parents and two other chil­ dren. As in the Cargill mine case, ample warning had been given which, if heeded, would have prevented the disaster. Two months before the migrant fire tragedy, the Jill Brothers—one of the largest growers using seasonal workers in the area—had been fined a piddling $100 for flagrant fire violations that endangered the lives of all in the run-down and barely inhabitable camp. Only after the five children had been consumed in deadly flames did the New Jersey authorities find out that the fire violations at the Jills camp had not been corrected as ordered. But what is even more unbelievable about the mine disaster is that fhe Cargill company was not required by law to comply with any of the recommendations made by the U.S. in­ spectors. These recommendations did not have the force of law," declared a mine bureau official. There are faults in too many safety laws which put the stamp of approval on conditions under which lives have been lost. There is no question that many employers are sacrificing the well-being of their employees in their lust for profits. We must have safety laws with teeth in them to help protect workers from these avaricious bosses. There is no room for compromise where the choice is between prop­ erty and profits, on the one hand, and life itself on the other. �Page Eight SEAFARERS •.« Mateh 29, 1968 LOG Charney Survirors Head Home The Gulf Coast by Undsey Williams, Vice-President, Gulf Area Out of a total of 4,571 deep-draft vessels calling at this port in 1967, just 1,085 were United States-flag vessels. This was a drop of five percent from 1966. The New Orleans Traffic and Transportation Bureau, at their annual meeting recently, made • proposals to improve the Port of New Orleans and make it com­ petitive. Among the proposals were added to the fleet, for a to­ was one to "defend and initiate tal of 18 vessels. -The main subject in this city the import, export, coastwise and intercoastal rate adjustments un­ is politics, with local candidates der which foreign commerce is preparing for the May elections. now moving through the ^ port, and defeat attacks by competing ports which are inimical to our best interests." An additional proposal was-to "expand efforts of the Bureau to keep the port of New Orleans competitive with ports in the mid-continent area served by the St. Lawrence Seaway, also com­ Barnett petitive with the Pacific Coast ports, particularly with reference to overland and OOP rates, as Labor has several candidates, par­ well as with other Gulf ports ticularly Dan Yarborough, Dem­ and ports on the North and %uth ocratic candidate for Governor. Atlantic." The West Gulf Ports Council of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades New Orieans The Del Norte is heading to Department sponsored a dinnerWest Africa as a freighter, after dance for State Legislator Jim years on the South American pas­ Clark. A sellout crowd attended. senger run. Only the Del Valle Labor is also concerned with an­ remains laid-up, following the other important Harris County strike. She will crew-up soon. election. Clyde Doyal, Mayor of Oldtimers returning to the Del Pasadena, has thrown his hat into Norte include: Nick Pizzuto, Joe the ring to challenge Bob Casey, Martello, Bill Kaiser, Justin four-term Congressman. Doyal Wolfe, John Mahoney. Charles Garrison, Edward has the full support of labor in Smith, Oren Dowd and •'Whltey" this race. Peredne are among our Brothers Mobfle in the USPHS Hospital here. J. D. Morgan had to leaye the «Buck" Estrada is waiting on Transsuperimdue to the illness a steward's job. He was second steward on the Dd Norte. Buck of his wife. We wish her a quick has sailed 18 years, mostly on pas­ and full recovery. senger ships. Tcnn Caylor is registered group Lynn SmMi had an accident one, engine department. He just on the Del Campo, but doesn't got off the Kenymi Victory, think his injury was too serious. where he was chief electrician on Lynn was on the ship seven days and really looking forward to a Vietnam run. Tom's father re­ cently passed away. making the trip. After a good stay on the Alcoa Houston Shipping has been very good Roamw as night cook and baker, in all departments during the last James Barnett had to leave when period. The outlook is fair for the ship was sold and renamed the coming period. EI Dorado. The SIU-IBU-contracted com­ Leroy Guliey returned to this pany, National Marine Service, area after shipping from San has launched four new 1000horsepower tug boats. At Jeffer- Francisco. Leroy has been a sonville, Indiana, the tugs Na­ member since the Union's incep­ tional Crest, National Flag, Na- tion, sailing in all steward de­ tiomd Star, and National Pride partment ratings. File Beneficiary Cards To facilitate payments of Seafarers death benefits, the follow­ ing points are brought to the attention of the membership: Eligible members are entitled to a maximum death benefit of $4,000, payaUe to a designated beneficiary of their choice, but subject to burial expense of up to $1,000. The designated beneficiary, if related to the Seafarer as one of the following, is entitled to a death benefit of $4,000: spouse, child, stepchild, mother, father, grandparent, brother, sister, grandchild, stepbrother, stepsister, stepmother, stepfather, halfbrother or half-sister. If the designated beneficiary does not qualify as outlined above, then such designated beneficiary is entitled to a death benefit of $1,000. If no beneficiary is designated, the death benefit is $1,000, payable to the estate of the deceased; however, if one or more heirs to the estate come under the category of beneficiaries en­ titled to maximum benefit, then the estate is entitled to $4,000. All members who have not designated a beneficiary with the plan are strongly urged to do so without further delay in order to protect their families. Beneficiary cards can be obtained from any union hall • ?(> 'i-; -J Glad to be alive, Seafarers from the SlU-of-Canada-contracted Charney board a plane for Montreal at Norfolk, after being rescued when their ship sank in February. Everyone was saved. At front is Brother J. Couillard, AB. Behind him are Seafarers P. Eraser, bosun; P. Duval, steward: R. Caron, oiler: S. Journeault, 3rd eng.; P. Berube, 1st mate: Harvey, 2ncl mate; and A. Boulianne, oiler. TOUir DOLLAR'S WORTH efslurer's Guide to Better Buying By Sidney Margoitns Advertisers Bilk Teenagers "They make these children old at 16," one concerned mother observed. She was referring to a Yardley hair prod­ ucts ad in Sevehieen magazine: "You were probably bouncing along somewhere between your twelfth birthday and Sweet Sixteen, and suddenly that wonderful little-girl shine wasn't there anymore. Sad, but just when you begin to need everything you've got, some of it be­ gins to go." Yardley, of course, sells five different prod­ ucts to solve this problem it created. Of all the sellers today hunting the teen-agers \ and their $14 billion a year of spending money, the cosmetic manufacturers are the most avid and least scrupulous. They use all devices, from playing on teen-age fears and anxieties, to en­ couraging sexuality. They have willing allies in the big commercial magazines published for teen-agers, such as Seventeen, Glamour, Charm, Teen and Mademoiselle, with new ones such as Eye and Cheetah now also seeking to cash in on this market. Cosmetic manufacturers are not the only trade seeking to stimulate teen-age spending. The fashion, furniture, auto, record and jewelry industries all are working hard at influencing this supposedly rich market. It's a revelation to see many ads for diamond engagement rings in the teen-age magazines—ranging from $200 to as much as $5,000. Teen-age girls are encour­ aged to expect to have such expensive household accessories as Lenox and Syracuse china and crystal wten they marry, at $115 for six place settings. Presuniably they vrill buy such equip­ ment on die installment plan ("if Mommy and E>addy don't still give me my allowance," one mother commeids). But the cosmetic manufacturers are die most man^iating and when they manipulate die girls, the girls in turn influence the boys. There are as many different cosmetics and lotions for teenagers now as for older women. In fact, many of the products now being pro­ moted for the youngsters are those traditionally manufactured for mature women, such as as­ tringents and facial masks. Not that 17-year-old girls really have wrin­ kles. But at this age they are uncertain about their attractiveness, and the cosmetics manu­ facturers are playing on this anxiety to sell the kids a host of high-priced products. We counted up actually 36 different kinds of cosmetics and beauty products promoted to teen-agers. This does not mean different brands or sizes, but different kinds of products for different purposes. No doubt there are more. Our survey found 13 different make-up items alone, ranging from cream base to "eye high­ lighter." Next largest category is cleansing products, from special "beauty soaps" at $1 a bar, to skin creams, lotions and moisturizers. Another big category is hair products. A shampoo is not enough. The products being promoted include conditioner, tints and "lighteners," hair sets and sprays. Other categories include the smelling prod­ ucts such as cologne and perfume, and the non-smelling products, such as deodorants. Not only the manufacturers, but the magazines themselves—in their editorial columns—have no hesitation about telling teenage girls to buy a half-ounce bottle of perfume for $15. Toiletries manufacturers now even sell spe­ cial products for different parts of the body. Yardley sells a "bubbly wash" for the teen-age face but recommends a "beauty soap" for the body. It "does what the wash does for your face". (It washes it.) Even more than for adults, cosmetic and fashion manufacturers use sex heavily to sell teen-agers. For example: A bikini bathing suit ad: "Nobody's little girl and Dune Deck shows it." For Revlon's shiny lipsticks: "The mouth that wears them sends messages." "He can't get you out of his mind when Wind Song whispers your message." For Bourjois: "Go my love, stand outside underneath the moonlight sky and I will blow you kisses on the wind." "Avant-gardes stop at nothing." For perfume by Dana: "Why not wait in ambush:" Remember: Every one of these "messages" was taken from ads in current teen-age maga­ zines. Seventeen magazine, one of the biggest bene­ ficiaries of this kind of salesmanship, calls this "The Talent Generation." Well, one talent it may not have is a sense of values, and an un­ derstanding of the need to guard its earnings from the commercial prowlers. Parents themselves may not be making the most of the available techniques for teaching values. A survey of young teen-agers by a Port Washington, New York, PTA found that only a little over half the parents do any actuM teaching of how to buy, and fewer than half discussed family money questions as a family. The least that parents can do is show girls that a 49-cent or at most 79-cent lipstick is exactly the same as a $2 one. The ingredients in all lipsticks have a value of less than 2 cents. 4 ^4. •;i -I % .T>jT ' f 4 �March 29, 1968 U.S. Dependent on Runaways In Event of National Crisis WASHINGTON—Runaway ships flying foreign flags still com­ prise the bulk of the fleet upon which this country will have to depend in the event of a national emergency, the Maritime Admin­ istration shows in its latest re­ port on vessels the United States ama follows with 104 ships total­ Navy claims to have under "ef­ ling 3,262,000 DWT, and Hon­ duras has nine freighters with a fective control." deadweight tonnage totalling 38,The document shows that a 000. total of 422 vessels, aggregating The bulk of the Liberian ton­ 14,553,000 deadweight tons; have nage is made up of tankers (10.7fled from American wage, bene­ million DWT) numbering 174. fit and safety standards, to sail Liberia also leads the field with under the flags of Liberia, Pan­ 3,198,000 DWT in 93 bulk and ama, and Honduras, as of the«nd ore carriers and with 39 freight­ of last year. ers totalling 428,000 DWT. The remaining American-flag Panama leads only with six maritime fleet, consisting mostly of obsolete World War 11 vintage combination vessels, totalling 43,ships, lags at about 14-million 000 DWT, as opposed to Liberia's three combination ships weighing DWT. 24,000 DWT in the aggregate. Alleged Control For years, the Defense and Of the foreign-registered vessels Navy departments have clung to listed by MARAD, 344 are run the concept that foreign-flag ships by companies controlled by Amer­ operated by American-based com­ ican citizens, and although non- panies are under the U. S. Gov­ U.S. citizens hold 51 percent of ernment's "effective control." the stock controlling the 78 other remaining foreign-flag ships listed, This despite the fact that the De­ the Navy maintains that these ves­ fense Department once tried to sels, too, are under its "effective charter foreign-flag ships for the control" for use "in the event of vital sealift to Vietnam and failed. war or national emergency" be­ To meet that emergency, old cause of obligations set forth in World War II ships had to "be the companies' contracts. quickly pulled out of mothballs. MARAD notes that as many as MARAD's report lists only the 191 different companies are re­ alleged "effective control" ships sponsible for these runaways— registered in Liberia, Panama and the great majority of the U. S. Honduras and therefore does not controlled. illustrate a complete picture of the The report's analysis of regis­ trations shows th?.t Liberia still runaway fleet. In January 1967, is by far the leading haven for MARAD listed the total runaway these vessels, having already at­ tonnage—some 16-million dead­ tracted 309 of the 422 ships, or weight tons registered in 17 for­ 11,252,000 DWT, to its flag. Pan­ eign countries. r. SlU Vessel Gets Spring Spruce-Up •J. i •V 'Si •r A "J • 11 ; 1r M ' 1 • / t 1'-: Seafarer John A. Rawsch was kept busy sprucing up the SlU-contracted Calmar, while ship was at Brooklyn dock recently. Rawsch graduated from SlU's Harry Lundeberg School of Seamanship. Page Nine SEAFARERS LOG AFbCIO Reaffirms SfU's Position On Apprentire Engineer'Dispute (Continued from page 3) "This decision clearly assures that attempts to by-pass the avail­ able pool of skilled unlicensed engine room personnel presently meeting Coast Guard require­ ments for marine engineer licenses will not be tolerated under AFLCIO procedures. All unlicensed engine room personnel and their unions must regard these develop­ ments as an important victory in the necessary battle to preserve their historic rights and opportuni­ ties against encroachment by licensed marine officer organiza­ tions." Dilute Began in 1966 The apprentice engineer dispute had its beginnings in mid-1966 when MEBA and its affiliate Dis­ trict 1 entered into an agreement with various shipowners to estab­ lish an "apprentice engineer" training program, under which these trainees would be advanced into jobs as licensed marine engi­ neer officers. The MEBA pro­ gram was formulated in a manner which would put the apprentices into unlicensed jobs completely within the control of MEBA. In the Fall of 1966, when the Coast Guard announced its pro­ posed regulations to establish a rating of "apprentice engineer," the SIUNA and its affiliates in­ formed the Coast Guard that ap­ proval of such a classification for unlicensed seamen in the engine room without a public hearing would not allow an adequate air­ ing of the issues involved, and urged the Coast Guard to sched­ ule public hearin;>i in the matter. The SIU position was set forth in a telegram to Rear Admiral C. P. Murphy, chief of the Office of Merchant Marine Safety of the Coast Guard, and was signed by Hall and Jordan. In support of its position, the SIU noted that "there is presently available a large pool of skilled and experienced engine room per­ sonnel, and that all of the unions representing these men, such as the Marine Firemen's Union, SIU Atlantic and Gulf District, and National Maritime Union, have programs for upgrading qualified unlicensed men to licensed engi­ neer's ratings. . . . "Because the issues raised here are of such critical importance not only to the members of our affiliated unions but to the entire merchant marine and the nation, we do not believe that these issues can be satisfactorily aired through the submission of written com­ ments as you have requested," the SIU telegram added. As a result of the SIU protest and request for a hearing, the Coast Guard held a hearing on the disputed rating on November 22, 1966, but subsequently ap­ proved the new rating. In announcing approval of the "apprentice engineer" rating on December 8, 1966, the Coast Afore Study lime, Fmuls Asked On New AOaatic-Padfic Caml WASHINGTON—^Unless Congress grants more time and money for continued investigation into the creation of a new AtlanticPacific canal outside of Panama, the study will have to be curtailed, Robert B. Anderson, chairman ^ by an interdepartmental group of the Atlantic-Pacific Interoceheaded by Robert M. Sayre, Dep­ anic Canal Study Commission, uty Assistant Secretary of State told the House Merchant Marine for Inter-American Affairs. and Fisheries Committee this Sayre's group has three essen­ month. tial goals, Anderson said. These The Commission is currently are: researching the feasibility of ex­ • To evaluate the effects of cavating canal routes by con­ trolled nuclear explosions, and is constructing a sea-level canal, on directing its attention on the only relations between the U.S. and the sea-level canal route outside Pan­ canal-site countries, and the coun­ ama—called Route 25—in Co­ tries making use of the canal. lombia. • To advise the Commission "Our remaining time and mon­ as to whether U.S. foreign policy ey will not permit a full evalua­ interests are best served by a con­ tion of its suitability for either ventionally or nuclear-constructed nuclear or conventional excava­ sea-level canal. tion," Anderson told the Com­ • To advise the Commission mittee. "The importance of this on the foreign policy aspects of alternative to the nuclear and con­ sea-level canal financing and opventional routes in Panama is well eraticm. known to this committee." Another study, said Anderson, is He was apparently referring to concerned with interoceanic and the strained Panama-United States intercoastal shipping. The group relations which have developed is headed by M. Cecil Mackey, over the question of which na­ Assistant Secretary of Transporta­ tion should control the Panama tion for Transportation Policy" De­ Canal. When details of new {reat- velopment. Its purpose is to: Last year, the Canal Commis­ • Analyze long-range trends in sion's request to extend the final intercoastal and interoceanic ship­ reporting date to December 1, ping related to the canal. 1970, and to increase the appro­ • Examine the interrelation­ priations from $17.5 million to $24 million, was refused by the ships between the canal, shipping, and finance. House. • Cooperate with" other agen­ Andfi^on noted that at least five study groups are working cies in analyzing the effects of with the Commission to provide various toll collections and dis­ data and guidance. Foreign policy tribution plans on interoceanic considerations are under review shipping. Guard said that the rating would not be required by Coast Guard certificates of inspections, but that should the owner of a vessel "request that an apprentice engi­ neer be included in the manning of the particular vessel, these reg­ ulations now permit a man hold­ ing such endorsement to be signed on shipping articles." The "Apprentice Engineer" matter came to a head in Novem­ ber of 1967 jjthen MEBA began placing the first such trainees aboard SlU-contracted vessels of the Delta Steamship Line and ships operated by Moore-McCormack's Robin Line. The SIU im­ mediately protested this action to the companies involved as a direct violation of its established collec­ tive bargaining relationship and demanded removal of the appren­ tices from the vessels. When the companies failed to accede to the SIU's request, the SIU began picketing the vessels. SIU Position Upheld An attempt by Delta to invoke procedures of the National Labor Relations Board on the ground that the SIU's action was an un­ fair labor practice arising from a work assignment dispute, led to proceedings in court in New Or­ leans for an injunction against the SIU. However, Federal Dis­ trict Court Judge Fred J. Cassibry rejected the petition and upheld the SIU's position. The invocation of the AFLCIO internal dispute procedures by the SIU followed Judge Cassibry's decision on January 11, 1968, which held that SIU con­ tracts involved the supplying of all unlicensed personnel and that "apprentice engineers" were in­ cluded in this category. Further proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, are still pending. Charge Rejected In the course of the internal disputes proceedings before the impartial umpire, MEBA filed a separate charge against the SIU under Article XX, but this charge was totally rejected in the final determination by Umpire Wallen. The subcommittee of the AFLCIO Executive Council which re­ viewed Umpire Wallen's deter­ mination and findings against the MEBA consisted of AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer William F. Schnitzler, and AFL-CIO vicepresidents Max Greenberg and John H. Lyons. Greenberg is president of the Retail, Wholesale and Depart­ ment Store Union and Lvons is president of the International As­ sociation of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers. SIUNA President Hall, in his statement regarding the decision bv the subcommittee of the AFLCIO Executive Council, also praised the work of SIUNA gen­ eral counsel Howard Schulman in advancing the SIU position throughout the dispute. He said the decision would stand "as a landmark in protect­ ing the rights of unlicensed per­ sonnel in all departments, and particularly those in the un­ licensed engine room rating." �Pmge Ten SEAFARERS LOG The Great Lakes From March 7, 1968 to March ^0, 19^8 by Frad FartMn.Sacratary-TraasuraoGrMt Lakt The port of Detroit is buzzing with fit-out activity. The entire Boland and Cornelius fleet (15 ships) will be fitting out by April 1. The John J. Boland was the first to sail when she left Nichol­ son's dock in Detroit on March 11. The Iglehart (Huron Cement) delayed its initial voyage one week, due to heavy ice conditions. The ship has a full crew in the The deck department was laid unlicensed department and is ex­ until the ship is ready to sail. pected to sail soon. The Automobile Salesmen's As­ The Ann Arbor Railroad is ex­ sociation (ASA-SIU) signed twelve new contracts during the past pecting the Milwaukee to begin month and has picket lines up at operating from here about the five dealershipts in the Detroit first week in April. Shipping has been good and there are plenty area. of jobs 'available. Important COPE meetings will be held in Cleveland and delegates Cleveland from Michigan and Ohio are ex­ The recruiting drive for new pected. Since this is a presidential men is coming along fine. All year, it is most important that we hands in this area have received bring Union members up to date their vacation checks. on issues and problems in the On checking with the compa­ coming campaign and work out nies in this area concerning fitany COPE organizational prob­ out, we have the following infor­ lems. mation. Self-unloaders should be Duluth out by April 10. Straight deckers Our recruiting program has should be underway by the middle gone quite well with a total of of April or later, weather permit­ 25 ABs, 19 FOWs, two second ting. cooks and 45 for OS or wiper. The next port MTD council A total of 470 men applied for meeting is scheduled for April 5. seamen's papers, giving us a grand Alpena total of 561. The Iglehart (Huron Cement Emil Tapani, who sails as fire­ man, applied for his pension. We Company) was due here March 14, but due to ice conditions, the wish him lots of luck. Our MTD port council meeting forward-end crew was paid-off on was a great success with 34 unions March 13. Since then the for­ being rq)resented. Peter Mc- ward-end crew was notified to re­ Gavin, MTD executive secretary- turn to work, March 19, with no tentative date of arrival in Alpena. treasurer, was principal speaker. " The IBU dredge agent reports Chicago that the tugs should be operating The recruiting program put into around the middle of April. motion by the Union and compa­ Buffalo nies has been a total success. It is expected that in the winter Registration is on the increase months of every season, similar here and requests for physical ap­ recruiting will take place with pointments are heavy. Heavy fog teams going into the northern sec­ closed this port for two days and air traffic was at a standstill. The tion of the Midwest to be assured port authority claims the ice boom of maintaining a steady flow of will be removed from the mouth young men in this industry. Fitting-out has begun with the of the Niagara River around the Detroit Edison and the Chicago middle of April. Trader will follow shortly. There Frankfort was a record turnout at a recent Harold Rathbun, port agent, meeting of national COPE, where fitted-out the Diamond Alkali in the total emphasis was on the re­ Manitowoc shipyard, recently. election of President Johnson. Farm Workers Visit SlU Vessel SlU Patrolman Mike Sacco (standing) shares a lighter moment with two rtriking California farm workers during a recent visit aboard the SlU-contracted Sea-Land ship, the Afoundria, at Brooklyn dock. AFL-CIO Farm Workers are SlU guests during N.Y. picket drive. March 29, 1968 Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jaeksonville Tampa MobUe New Orleans .... Honston Wilmington San Francisco ... Seattie Totals Port Boston New York Philadelphia ...... Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans .... Houston Wilmington San,Francisco ... Seattie ToUls Port Boston .......... New York Phfladelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa MobUe New Orleans .... Houston Wilmington San Francisco .. touls DKK DIPARTMENT TOTAL SHIPPED TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups All Groaps das. A ^sssBTlis.^ ClasaA ClassB 6 66 9 22 17 12 7 26 43 27 10 21 16 272 1 63 6 14 13 11 4 17 30 40 16 33 18 266 2 34 6 22 8 8 4 8 43 21 17 37 17 226 2 31 3 8 8 1 2 4 21 14 13 69 8 174 1 6 3 0 9 3 0 3 4 10 18 46 16 117 ENGINE D9ARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED All Groaps All Groups ClasaA ClaasB ClasaC 3 37 11 17 13 5 7 23 22 21 14 47 10 230 1 60 6 21 6 6 11 19 60 29 8 44 16 276 1 24 6 14 6 8 1 7 36 16 9 26 11 163 1 36 9 19 2 9 2 6 24 23 12 44 12 199 3 14 11 9 13 3 1 2 2 6 17 29 10 119 STEWARD DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED _^__AIlGroinp8^^_^ dii^sTTTlSTl ClasaA ClaasB ClasaC 2 19 10 16 6 6 6 20 36 30 13 38 17 219 2 21 6 18 11 4 3 12 29 16 6 11 11 148 1 38 6 14 8 14 4 1 28 27 8 68 6 211 1 17 2 10 6 13 3 4 17 16 5 10 3 107 1 8 4 6 18 12 2 2 1 2 7 60 10 123 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groaps Class A ClaasB 12 6 171 117 13 11 121 66 21 42 10 14 24 13 70 44 161 96 106 73 27 1 66 40 62 13 846 633 REGISTERED on BEACH AU Groaps OassA ClassB 7 6 117 97 18 17 77 60 17 14 6 12 6 11 30 64 74 116 97 41 14 1 37 16 27 14 661 434 REGISTERED on BEACH AB 1Groaps ClassA ClassB 1 2 146 33 19 8 66 73 11 21 3 7 8 4 72 24 73 168 36 87 24 2 39 21 43 11 ^ 293 687 "Vl .'I Report Cites Soviet Oceanographic Gains Soviet oceanography's growth rate "clearly ex­ ceeds that of the United States," a recent report by the deputy commander of the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office, Captain T. K. Treadwell, declares, and "if they continue at the same rate and we continue at the same rate, they will clearly be the world's leader in oceanography in another 20 years." As it is, Treadwell points out, "The important thing about the Soviet oceanography program is not how large or how good it is, but the fact that it grew to be roughly the equivalent of the U.S. effort in less than 20 years." Treadwell's conclusions illustrate the growing dissatisfaction of U.S. experts, with the state of American oceanography and the general feeling that, though we are doing more in this field than we were ten years ago, the pace is still too slow. The chief scientist of the Navy's Deep Submerg­ ence Systems Project, Dr. John P. Craven, has noted that "based on studies by the Interagency Committee on Oceanography, President Kennedy in 1963 proposed a $2-billion, ten-year program to explore and develop the oceans. In four years, we have spent less than one-sixth of the amount President Kennedy estimated to be necessary to achieve the goals he set forth," he said. Among the reasons usually given for the slowed effort are the costs of the Vietnam War, govern­ ment red tape, interagency rivalries, lack of longrange planning, too little cross-disciplined team­ work, and the growing pains of this relatively young field. While oceanography is considered important in national defense, such as in submarine detection and warfare, the Panel on Oceanography of the President's faience Advisory Committee was re­ cently forced to conclude that we "hardly have sufficient information" on the ocean environment for effective development of Navy antisubmarine warfare needs. "The most urgent aspect of federal involvement in ocean science and technology for the next five to ten years," the panel stated, "relates to national security in the strictly military sense." In partial response to this need, the Navy or­ ganized ASWEPS—^Antisubmarine Warfare En­ vironment Prediction Services—to collect data on, and forecast, surface and subsurface ocean condi­ tions affecting naval operations. "The general level of research in the Navy's Man in the Sea Project, aimed at enabling man to live and work in the ocean depths for extended periods, is inadequate," the Panel continued. "In­ sufficient attention has been given to biomedical problems of survival in this dark, cold, high-pres­ sure environment and our efforts in this field lag well behind those of other countries." A high-level oceanographer who works closely with the Navy recently noted that the deep ocean research program is grossly underfunded and that the deep submergence search and rescue program is not adequately integrated with the research program. The program received only $24 million for fiscal 1967, far less than the amount sought by the rescue group under a $300 million search and recovery capabilities project which was prompted by the loss of the submarine Thresher with all hands and would be administered over a ten-year period. Rear Admiral O. D. Walters, Jr., Navy ocean­ ographer, agreed that "Sometimes there are lean budget years. We could use more in deep sub­ mergence and ocean engineering. Deep rescue and deep search programs are very costly." The Navy responded to the report of the Panel on Oceanography by creatiqg Deep Ocean Tech­ nology, a group to work on extending submarine operating depths; developing the technology of deep sut»nergence systems and antisubmarine war­ fare; and developing new materials, power sources, structures, equipment and instruments to support advanced weapons systems in and dn the ocean floor. I ^ 1^ 4•Vf' 4 k 4 41 �March 29, 1968 LOG Cover Photo WinsReader'sPraise To The Editon I am writing to see if it is possible to secure a copy, for framing, of the picture that ap­ peared on the front page of the November 24,1967 issue of the SEAFARER'S LOG. This is one of the best photo­ graphs I have ever seen. Sincerely, John G. Brandb Colombia, Missouri Praises Proposal To Tax Runaways !• •i- To The Editon Representative James How­ ard (New Jersey Democrat) has presented the House with a con­ crete proposal to make Ameri­ can runaway-flag operators pay their fair share of taxes to the American budget. This, at last, is a measure that should direct­ ly contribute both to our bal­ ance of payments, now in such dangerous straits, and to a par­ tial regeneration of an Ameri­ can-flag fleet which has been dwindling down to almost noth­ ing since the conclusion of World War II. To allow American corpora­ tions to build and register ships abroad, where they can escape American taxes, safety stand­ ards, etc., is no way to promote American enterprise, because then it is no longer really "American". It is a good way to channel money out of this country. That's not good. Richard Henshaw SEAFARERS LOG and elected govwnment offi­ cials, have tried time and again to wake it up. I dop't understand how the Administration cannot realize the importance of oi'.r merchant ships and the maritime industry. They build jobs. They help our war effort as no airlift can. They could pump the nation's econ­ omy back to life, if they only get the chance. They could cor­ ner .the world trade market of sea-borne commerce, if they only are given the chance. If the United States grabbed the lead in research and devel­ opment of new kinds of ocean­ going vessels, with new propul­ sion systems, new navigational devices, new fuels, and so on, it could be a huge boost for the country. Just as with the space program, these developments could leak over into benefits for everyday living too. We could pioneer in under­ sea work, too. Right now. the United Nations and the Con­ gress are talking about ideas to have an international body con­ trol the seas outside of territo­ rial limits. Yet many people are saying that the country isn't ready for this because we don't know enough about what's down there. Well, why doesn't the Administration pick itself up, get moving, and find out? Why doesn't it put on the steam and get to work on scientific research for a modem merchant marine and oceanography pro­ gram? There's no conflict here, because a develonment in one might be used in the other. We can't afford to fall be­ hind. RodMorrisey ^ Put Union Seamen On Queen Mary Seafarer's Widow Thanks SlU To The Edhon I would like to thank the welfare department for their prompt attention after the death of my husband, Ephraim V. Jones. E. V. always said there never could be a better union. Sincerely, Mrs. Anna Jones Ocala, Fla. MARAD Budget Same Old Story To The Editon It must be obvious by now that the merchant marine is go­ ing "kaput". The Administra­ tion couldn't care less. Hiey just cut MARAD's $388-million request for the coming year down to about $119-milli<Hi. which really represents only about $18-million added on to last year's unused maritime funds. How in the world can a total of only ten new merchant ships bring America back to maritime preeminence? Especially when MARAD said that at the veiy least 30 would be needed tfib coming year, and that tfiat wouldn't even do it? The whole thing has me ex­ asperated. It's the old story of a tired bureaucracy plodding along and doing almost noth­ ing. Yet the maritime industry To The Editon I am a seaman in the engine department and an avid reader of the Seafarers LOG for the past five years. It is with great trepidation that I have noticed in the LOG of March 1st, 1968 that the crew of the newly-purchased ocean liner Queen Mary will be Civil Service employees, rather than members of the Seafaring unions. I am definitely not in favor of such a stance and must say that whatever ship is afloat it must be handled by experienced members of Seafaring unions. I am asking you to publish this little missive so that all Seafarers like myself will get up with pen in hand and not sit there marking time. Fratenudly yours, R. C. Harris Raps Lawmakers For Medicaid Cut To Ae Editon I just can't figure how some politicians think, particularly many of the "great minds" in the New York State Legisla­ ture. These politicos are al­ ways talking about how con­ cerned they are with improv­ ing the public welfare. So what do they do? They cut medicaid benefits, and hurt those most in need of medical financial aid— in other words, the overwhelm­ ing majority of the people. Some logic! William Bennett Page Eleven Seafaring Artist Vernon Douglas Keeps Busy in Shipboard Studio The foc'sle of steward Vernon Douglas aboard the Calmar (Calmar), looks like it would be more at home in Greenwich Village than aboard a tanker. Brother Douglas, a self-taught artist, has a num­ ber of his paintings and drawings decorating his quarters. "I start^ painting about three years ago," he told the LOG. One day he and a friend were "messing around" with a pencil and paper, drawing figures. Brother Douglas thought his work looked pretty good so he "kept drawing, first fetches, then oils." The Seafarer has "no particular subject." He paints anything that strikes his fancy. At the beginning. Brother Douglas "started with small paints and paper instead of canvas, be­ cause I didn't know if I'd keep it up." His original wooden easel "broke during a storm at sea." Although he has sailed for 20 years, the sea is not his major source of inspiration. Uses Photographs Seafarer-artist Vernon Douglas paints in his foc'sle aboard the Douglas is first really getting Calmar. At left is some of his work. Brother Douglas sails as a around to the sea as a subject steward and started painting in 1965. He never took lessons and right now. would like to have an exhibition of his work in the near future. He enjoys doing portraits and painting from photographs. He he does almost all of his painting and he talked me into sailing. My has done five portraits so far— in his foc'sle, since he has "no initial voyage was 27 days and it including children of the Captain time in port." was a miserable 27 days. I got and Mate, and the niece of the so seasick I said at the time that The Captain and Mate on the Baltimore Port Captain. He has I'd never go out again. But, it also done a self-portrait. Douglas Calmar are among his most en­ only takes one trip to get your sea has tried modem art and is think­ thusiastic admirers, Douglas said. legs." In fact the Captain built a table ing of taking a crack at cartoons and little bench for the artist's in the near future. room which Douglas uses to keep One of his most interesting some of his painting materials on. works is a reproduction of a painting he saw hanging over a bar In addition to painting family members, he has promised the in Okinawa. The painting showed a group of dogs, some dressed like two officers copies of some of his humans, standing around a bar, other work. Since the original drinking. Douglas got a photo of work holds sentimental value, he Jurgen George Gottochlich, the painting and made a reproduc­ will make copies for any inter­ ested buyers rather than sell them. bom January 21, 1968, to Sea­ tion of it He is also planning on farer and Mrs. Hans J. Gottoch­ Admires Norman Rockwell painting a reproduction of the lich, Brooklyn, New York. Mona Lisa from a photograph. Although he has "no style of His work includes a painting of my own," Brother Douglas is an a group of horses, human hands admirer of Norman Rockwell and at prayer, and a group of small Michaelangelo. "Rockwell uses Susan Broadus, bom December faces. The sea has not been ne­ excellent shading and Michaelan­ 30, 1967, to Seafarer and Mrs. glected in previous works, how­ gelo can't be matched when it Henry J. Broadus, Mobile, Ala. ever. Douglas once painted a comes to form. Some times, I clipper ship and a sunset that in­ try to combine the techniques of spired him while his ship was sail­ both of them in my work. In Lawrence Fontaine, bom Janu­ ing along the Pacific Coast. "I addition, I've bought a number of saw this nice sunset, wave forma­ books on painting." Douglas has ary 24, 1968, to Seafarers and tions and forms in the sky and never taken lessons. Recently, he Mrs. Arthur Fontaine, Pawtucket, tried to paint them. They left was "up until 4 AM, trying to get R.I. definite impressions in my mind the right color and idea across" ^ which I wanted to put down," on one of his current paintings. He has also made use of the tech­ Douglas explained. Ginger Cox, bom November Brother Douglas explained that nique of placing tape around his 15, 1967, to Seafarer and Mrs. work and equipment as protection Randy G. Cox,,Amite, La. against bad weather. Brother Douglas considers Japan and the Northwestern part Charies Messer, bom Novem­ of toe United States as particularly ber 17, 1967, to Seafarer and Mrs. suitable areas of painting. "I like Chailes Messer, Houston, Texas. To facilitate the handling toe scenery in Japan. Also, the of welfare claims Seafarers odd shapes of toe buildings make are reminded of the follow­ interesting subjects. I find the ing rules regarding payment: Charies Miles, born January 10, Columbia River in Washington • Failure to work at least 1968, to Seafarer and Mrs. and Oregon very beautiful." 90 days for three consecutive Charles J. Miles, Bronx, N.Y. years can result in the loss of Seasick First Trip prior employment credit for A native of Baltimore, Brother pension or disability pur­ Douglas lives in that city and also poses. joined toe union there in 1948. • Sidcness and accident He served in the Army during benefits are collectible only World War II. The 44-year-old to the extent of eight dollars seaman started cut as messman, per day not paid by mainte­ than graduated to cook. He sailed nance and cure or disability. as steward for nine years and re­ Claim and receipt of both in calls that he was on the Kenmar excess of that amount can when he started to paint. result in the loss of future His first taste of seafaring was benefits until the plan is re­ imbursed. less than a pleasant experience. "I had a friend who shipped out Keep lefonned Oa Welfara Rides <I> <pHO rH^i �Pace Twelve SEAFARERS Mareli 29, 1968 LOG FINAL DEPARTURES The recent Middleweight-Heavyweight boxing doubleheader at New York's Madison Square Gar­ den was the event of the year for television fans on the Steel Apprentice (Isthmian), according to Paul Lopez, ship's treasurer. Brother Lopez reports that money from the fight pool, plus the arrival pool and cash on hand, ^ the ship agent's boat in going pitalized in Mexico. Most of the provides enough money to buy and returning ashore, Du Cloux repairs have been attended to, a TV set for the vessel. Bard writes. Meeting Chairman Rob­ deck delegate F. P. Russo said. Ndan has resigned as ship's dele­ ert Schwarz wrote that a discus­ Steward delegate Robert Trippe gate. In his final report, he said sion was held on the water pres­ reported that "the crew expressed that all repairs were taken care sure aft and the installation of a their appreciation to the steward of. Meeting TV set. The vessel will call on department for the quality of the chairman Rich­ Trinidad, Durban, and Kandia, fo^ and service throughout the ard Feddem re­ India. voyage." Meeting Secretary Bill ported that cook Magruder reports that the payoff ^ and baker Julius will be in Southport, N. C. Bocala was elect­ Ship's delegate George Byi^ ^ ed ship's dele­ told his fellow Seafarers on the gate. Brother Bo­ Mount Vernon Jesse Gage, meeting secretary cala has served Victory (Victory on the Transnorthem (Hudson Nolan frequently as Carriers), that Waterways) re­ steward delegate. there were "no ported that Hor­ He said he hoped everyone would beefs and plenty ace Mobley has "maintain the harmony and ef­ of draws." been re-elected ficiency of the three departments Charles White ship's delegate. and have a smooth and happy and his steward Brother Mobley trip." After visits to Pusan, Dadepartment re­ has been doing "a nang and Bangkok, the ship will ceived a vote of White bang-up job and pay-off in San Francisco. thanks for the the crew gives excellent food and service, Byoff Mobley him a solid vote reports. Bosun Harvey Trawick of confidence," Ship's' delegate L. T. Marshall also received compliments for Gage writes. Fred Hicks spoke to reports from the Overseas Car­ "keeping a clean ship, SIU style." the meeting about having attenrfrier (Maritime Walter Orr, treasurer, reported ed some of the union's MTD sem­ Overseas) that that the ship's fund has $8. The inar's and about how much the "things are run­ ship is on the Vietnam run. union is trying to do about the ning smoothly at construction of new vessels. Gage this time, with reports. The treasury has $77.10 no major beefs." Lester Clark has done a fine with anchor pools used to bolster Meeting Secre­ job as ship's delegate on the As- the fund, he writes. No beefs or tary Harold Du bury Victory disputed overtime as the ship CIoux said that (Bulk Transport). heads for a Long Beach payoff. Du Cloux the Captain Meeting Secre­ A motion was made to post any asked for all tary A. P^ge re­ communications that might have mail to be turned in within three ports that the been received so all hands can days, with the cost added to the steward re­ read them. Seafarers slop chest account. The quested a new Captain told the men he would washing machine issue a $20 draw per man. He Paul Whitlow, meeting chair­ be placed top­ also requested that the men use Webb side. Steward man, writes from the Transyork (Commodity Leon Webb Chartering), that thanked the deck department for a suggestion was "a job well done in keeping messmade to have air hall and pantry clean during the mail from the trip." Department delegates re­ ported no beefs. Panama Canal area placed on the bridge for mailing when the Herbert Smith, ship's delegate Joseph Renault Zygarowskl ship leaves Canal on the Choctaw (Waterman), re­ on the Pacific ported that the Please contact Martin Bodden Captain told him side. Whitlow said that it was also at 1214 Clove Road, Staten Island there were no suggested that the recently pur­ 10301, as soon as possible. logs this trip. The chased TV set be installed when only disputed the ship arrives back in port after Hans Richardstm overtime. Smith the present voyage. Meeting Sec­ said, was a "claim retary S. Zygarowskl reported that The Secretary-Treasurer's office for one night's Robert Stokes was elected ship's of the SIU is holding a check for subsistence when delegate. A drinking fountain will the final money due you for sail­ Trippe the generators be installed as soon as possible, he ing aboard the Elizabeth. were down and added. The ship's fund totals $27 —— there were no lights." Ira Grig- and "any donations from the crew Bernard Toner gers, Jr., meeting chairman, writes of any-denomination will be ap­ Please contact Bob Ingram or that Donald Main, AB, was hos- preciated." his wife Kay, as soon as possible, in regard to an important matter. \1> Harry Fentress Please contact Rudy Mantie at 1241 South Main St., Yreka, Calif. 96097, or phone area code 916-842-2494. <|>^— "1 Clarence Scott Please contact Antonio Marques Da Silva, C/O Italcable, P. O. Box 51, St.. Vincent, Cape Verde Islands, as soon as possible. Friends of "Blondle" Johnson Old friends of Leon "Blondie" Johnson are asked to write to his widow, Mrs. Minnie Johnson at 4722 Idaho St, Tampa, Fla. Be Sure to Get Retard When Stdttng on Per East Run Seafarers sailing on the Far East run should remember the following points in the event that they have to be taken off a ship due to illness or hospitalization. They will aid in the ad­ mittance to stateside public health facilities, the collection of wages, maintenance and cure benefits and repatriation. All Seafarers should make certain that one of the ship's dele­ gates obtains a pay voucher from the Captain. Also, get a Master's certificate prior to leaving the ship or contact the ship's agent to insure that this is done prior to your ship's departure from the area. Each man should secure a medical abstracts record from your overseas doctor to take back to the United States. This is impor­ tant for quick admittance to a Marine Hospital, stateside and for the filing of your welfare claim. You should have these records on your person. Frazler McQuagge, 49: Brother McQuagge died on December 18, in New Orleans. A native of Jack­ son County, Flor­ ida, he resided in Dothan, Ala. Brother McQuagge sailed in the deck depart­ ment and joined the union in Bal­ timore. His last ship was the York. During World War II, he sailed in the Coast Guard. Brother McQuagge is survived by his sister, Martha, of Dothan. The burial was held in Dothan City Cemetery, Dothan. Gerald Morgan, 39: Brother Morgan died on January 17, in San Francisco General Hospital. He was born in M a 11 o o n. 111., where he made his home. Broth­ er Morgan sailed in the deck de­ partment. He joined the SIU in the port of San Francisco. His last ship was the Duke Victory. From 1950 to 1952, he served in the Army. Surviving is a brother, B. L. Morgan of Mattoon. The burial was held in Dodge Grove Cemetery, Mattoon. ^ Agustin Burgos, 24: Brother Burgos died on December 12, in Puerto Rico. A '"h native of that is1 land, he had resided in Roose­ velt, P. R. Broth, er Burgos joined the Union in the port of New York. He sailed as wiper and his last vessel was the Azalea City. Sur­ viving is his grandmother, Mrs. Julia Burgos of Bayamon, P. R. The body was laid to rest in the De La Capital Cemetery, Rio Piedras, P. R. <I>- James Brannan, 56: Sailing as oiler aboard the Fenn Victory, Brother Brannan died of an acute myocardial in­ farction January 29, en route to Yokohama, Ja­ pan. Bom in Mis­ sissippi, he lived in Pritchard, Ala. He joined the union in the port of Houston and was a U.S. navy veteran. Surviving is his wife, Grace. The body was returned to the United States for burial. Hany Ashbury, 56: Brother Ashbury died on January 29, at USPHS Hospital, Norfolk, Va. He was born in Mathews, Va. and resided in Norfolk. Brother Ashbury joined the SIU in the port of Norfolk. A tugboat cap­ tain, he was employed by Colonna Shipyards. He is survived by a' sister, Mrs. Myrtle Powell of Nor­ folk. The burial was in the Forest Lawn Cemetery, Norfolk.' William Bedgood, 46: Brother Bedgood died in Mobile General Hospital, Mobile, dflPk Ala., on February " m 17. He was a ^ \ member of the deck department and sailed as AB. Joining the union in the port of Sa­ vannah, his last ship was the Fairport. During WW II he served in the Navy. Brother Bedgood was a native of Georgia and resided in Pritchard, Ala. His wife' Janet, survives. Burial was in Savannah. vt' Julius Styles 71: A coronary claimed the life of Seafarer Styles on January 25 at his home in the Bronx, N. Y. He sailed as a mem­ ber of the steward department and his last vessel was the Robin Trent. Bora in Massa­ chusetts, he joined the SIU in Boston in 1938. At the time of his death, he was on an SIU pension. Brother Styles is sur­ vived by his wife, Viola. Burial was in Mount Holiness Cemetery, Butler, N. J. r % Herman Pritchett, 57: Brother Pritchett died on December 20 at the USPHS Hospital, Norfolk. Bora in Virginia, he made his home in Mathews, Va. He sailed as mate and joined the SIU in the port of Norfolk. Brother Pritchett was employed by the Curtis Bay Towing Company. Surviving is a daughter, Mrs. Daphne Marie Hudgins of Tampa, Fla. The burial was held in St. Paul Ceme­ tery, Susan, Va. Joseph Boucher, 53: Brother Boucher died on January 24, at the USPHS Hos­ pital in San Fran­ cisco. A native of Boston, he had resided in San Francisco. He sailed as AB and joined the SIU in the port of New York. From 1938 to 1945, Brother Boucher served in the U.S. Navy. His last vessel was the Couer. D'Alene Victory. Surviving is his sister, Mary Boucher, of Dorchester, Mass. The burial was held in St. Joseph Cemetery, Boston. Cecil McLeod, 62: Brother McLeod died on Feb. 25, after a heart attack. He was bora in Detour, Mich, and lived in St. Ignace, Mich. A member of the engine depart­ ment, he sailed in the Great Lakes and was last employed by the Mackinac Transportation Co. Brother Mc­ Leod joined the union in the port of Detroit. He is survived by his wife, Doris. Burial was in Carp River Cemetery, St. Ignace. i". �March 29, 1968 SEAFARERS LOG New Addition to 5IU Pension Ranks SIU Patrolman George McCartney (right) presents Henry Put with his first pension check. An AB and bosun, Brother Put is a native of Belgium. He joined the SIU in Port Arthur, Texas, in 1946. A resident of Hoboken, N. J., he last sailed on Sapphire Gladys. Seafarers Recall Close Shave In Singapore Harbor Mishap / w I - ."x ' '* 74 ' 'i-*' p i •i / |i * "It was rough; we were almost wiped out," Seafarer Ed La Roda recalled as he and W. W. Newson described the close call they had when their launch was struck by a large water boat in Singapore harbor recently. The men were ^ returning after liberty to their launch started to sink and was ship, the Seafarer (Marine Car- 'ater found in some 25 to 30 feet riers), when the accident occurred. water. "The time was about 1 AM." . B^^^er La Roda said that as Nefwson said in relating the story launch was sinking, he saw that his foot was "caught on one of the launch's seats." He then "saw a hand and reached up for ' it." The hand turned out to be­ long to another of the launch's crewmen. "We sort of helped J each other out. The water boat then threw some life rings and when they saw we were OK, they floated away." La Roda Newson La Roda then found himself to a LOG reporter. Visibility was clinging to a rope lowered by a good although the harbor was ship at anchor. "It took some 15 crowded. With the two men were minutes for the men to get out the launch's three-man crew. of their predicament," he ex­ Brother Newson was "sitting on plained, and when he and Newa bench midships," when he son finally got ashore, "police took spotted the water boat, which was us to the hospital." The Seafarers some 105 feet long and about as were somewhat critical of the large as an oil bunker barge. treatment they received. "All they "We showed him our red light, gave us was aspirin," said La wTich was brightly glowing," Roda. Newson said. "The two boats The men pointed out that no were about 150 feet apart. 1 did X-rays were taken until they com­ not see him change course at any plained of pain. At that point, time, even though our own boat the company sent them to an Aus­ blew the horn and changed course tralian doctor who took X-rays. to starboard, presumably to allow La Roda said he sustained a the boat to change course and wrenched right knee, leg and back injuries and an eye infection pass behind us. caused by the salt water. Newson "I ran towards the bow because described his injuries as painful the bow of the other ship was bruises and a cut over the left headed towards me. The impact eye. threw me into the sea and while To add to the discomfort, La underwater, I was aware of being Roda explained that since he lost under the bow of a big water boat. his money and papers in the water, I,hit my head on the bottom, then "I had to pay for my own hospital came up on her side. I'm not bills." La Roda sails in the engine sure which side." department and joined the SIU According to Newson, the crew in 1966. A Navy veteran, he has of the water boat "shined a search- sailed on the research vessel Rob­ • light and one man on our launch ert Conrad and will go back to swam over with a life belt. 1 could that ship if possible. not have stayed afloat much Brother Newson, who is 57 longer." years old and a 40-year sea vet­ Meanwhile, Brother La Roda eran, is a member of the deck was having some problems him­ department. He was born in self. He explained that he first Florida and lives in New York. saw the water boat just as it Newson started to sail with the "struck the launch dead center, old Bull Line in 1928, then joined it's bow hitting the launch, star­ the SUP in 1934, before sailing board." The impact "lifted the with the SIU. He served in the launch up, cutting it in half." The Army firom 1943 to 1946. t- * •-.wsap' CSa-'V Page Thirteen SIU Stemri Cited During WW // For Turning Out Chow Abourd Ship A U.S. Government citation and a letter of commendation from the Italian Government have been two major highlights of Egbert Goulding's long career with the SIU. Brother Goulding recently joined the list of SIU pensioners after sailing as steward. Brother Goulding was sailing ^ 12 nights of this, we kind of got on the William Rawle as stew­ Government citation. In addition to his service on the fed up with it all". ard when that ship brought some One night Brother Goulding William Rawle, Brother Goulding 900 American soldiers home from spent 14 months aboard the Scho­ was in the shower after work, overseas toward the end of World harie while that vessel was on "full of soap lather," when the War 11. "We were supposed to prepare only two meals a day, plus sand­ wiches, but we worked harder and provided three hot meals," Gould­ ing recalled. His diligence and hard work in looking out for the soldiers earned him his citation, signed by two Major Generals. It seemed however, that the ci­ tation was jinxed. "On the cita­ tion, they spelled my name as Edmond instead of Egbert", he said. And then, to top it off, the document was stolen in 1952. Brother Goulding was on a ship ih Portland, Ore., he recalled, when someone entered his room and took only the citation—noth­ ing else. He hasn't seen it since. Goulding likes to say that he "got the citation for disobeying an order," since he had the extra hot meal prepared on his own ini­ SIU Vice-President Earl Shepard took early-morning opportunity tiative. The citation bore the words recently to greet veteran Seafarer Egbert Goulding and present "above and beyond the call of him with his first pension check. Brother Goulding, whose last duty," he said. ship was Seatrain Delaware, became a member of the union in 1938. The William Rawle also took 400 Italian repatriates from Mar­ seilles, France, to Naples, Italy. convoy duty. "1 joined the Scho­ attack alert sounded. It was cus­ The Italians, including many harie because she was called a tomary, he said, for the men to women and children, had been in lucky ship," he said. "The vessel knock on doors as they ran for a Vichy prison. Because there earned that nickname for surviv­ cover to alert any shipmates who were no proper facilities on board ing the enemy-infested Mermansk might not have heard the original for them, emergency accommoda­ run." Goulding had some close warning. As a seaman ran past tions had to be set up in the offi­ calls in Antwerp with the Scho­ the shower room, he knocked on cers quarters, Goulding explained. harie during buzz bomb attacks the door, but Goulding said that The Italian Government later pre­ and later arrived in La Havre, he had "got so fed up with the sented Brother Goulding with the France, three days after the Amer­ thing that 1 just stayed there". The letter of commendation for the icans took over. Navy seabees had Captain "thought I went nuts, so fine job he did in looking out for built temporary pontoon docks he and a mate came to the shower the comfort and welfare of the for the ships here, he recalled, be­ room with a pistol and handcuffs cause existing facilities had been and tried to talk me out of there, homebound Italian citizens. but 1 just explained 1 was tired In Naples, the William Rawle bombed out. Wartime, in spite of its grim- of the whole thing." picked up some American sol­ In another incident Brother diers and then returned to France ness, always produces it's hu­ to pick up another contingent of morous incidents and Brother Goulding and some cooks were U.S. troops. From there, the ves­ Goulding recalled two of these preparing luncheon when the sel went to Casablanca to pick up which occurred during his sailing range went out. "This ship was released U.S. war prisoners. The days. "We were in Normandy dur­ carrying some 5,000 tons of am­ American port commander there ing heavy bombing", he said. "We munition," he said. Goulding re­ asked that his soldiers be brought slept during the day and then called that when he told the cook back to the States on the Rawle. dressed for night work. Around that the range had gone out, "the So, Goulding said, we made a 10 p.m., there was a bombing at­ other chap wasn't thinking. He stateside trip to return the Amer­ tack, so the men were issued the opened the valve too far and ican troops. It was on this voyage usual gas mask, steel helmet and there was a back-draft. The range that he earned his prized U.S. life preserver. After about ten or came on full blast and knocked the fellow backward." "We~ closed the doors and Relaxing On Western Clipper grabbed extinguishers. As I started to put the extinguisher on the range, one cook yelled that we'd spoil the food. 1 told him not to think of the food with 5.000 tons of ammunition that might go off. An awful lot of guys were shak­ ing until the fire was quelled." The Captain gave us all a drink when it was over, Goulding recalled. Before the war, the 65-year-old native of Jamaica worked on pas­ senger ships. He worked his way up from waiter to assistant stew­ ard. Goulding joined the SIU in New York in 1938. He makes his home in New York with his wife, Etta. They have four children and five grandchildren. In addition to his citations, he is proud of having "one of the first Coast Guard passes issued to the SIU. The date Seafarers aboard, the Western Clipper relax on deck while vessel's was December ninth, 1941".' cargo is unloaded in Singapore during a recent voyage. Left tojfight: Brother Goulding's last ship was Jim Bovay, Ben Mignano, Dave Davis, Ira'Coats and Dan Daniluk. the Seatrain Delaware. �Page Fonrteen Of SIU ASBTJRT VICTOBT (Bulk Transport). March 8—Chairman, Lester Clark; Se­ cretary. A. Paise. Vote of thanks was extended to Brother Lester Clark, ship's deUsate. for a job well done. The stewurd department express their thanks to the deck department for a job well dcme in keeping the messhall and pantry clean during the trip. The deck delegate also commended his department for doing a fine job. No beefs and no disputed OT were reported by department delegates. Motion was made that all work in US ports be done before 8 A.M. and after 6 P.M. WALTER RICE (Reynolds Metals). February 26—Chairman, E. V. (Bubber) Webb; Secretary. M. N. Eschenko. $2.60 in the ship's fund. Few hours disputed OT in engine department. Brother Webb was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Vote of thanks to the steward depart­ ment for a job well done. RAMBAH (American Bulk Carriers). March 10—Chairman. Frank S. Paylor. Jr.; Secretary. F. J. Foley. Brother Paul Arthofer was elected to serve es 'hin's delegate. No beefs were reported by de. partment delegates. Motion was made tbat non-rated men get pay raise equiva­ lent to raise of rated men. OVERSEAS CARRIER (Maritime Over­ seas). March 10—Chairman. Robert D. Schwarz; Secretary. Bbrold P. DuCloux. Ship's delegate reported that everything is running very smoothlv. Brothor Roh-rt D. Schwarz, bosun, explained the action decided upon in Mobile in order to obtain airconditioners in crew's quarters on ship's running to India. A lett»r will be drawn up and sent to headquarters con­ cerning this matter. Als'as the installment of TV's aboard these ves­ sels. by the Company. SUMMIT (Sea-Land). March 13—Chair, man. Jose Tora; Secretary. John T. Cherry. Motion was made that the Union should stop all outside activities. Better pension fund to equal with other unions, and better take home pay for unrat^ members. ALICE BROWN (Bloomfield), Febrn•*7 24—Chairman. A. G. Roy; Smretary. H. Lee. No beefs were reported by de­ partment delegates. HASTINGS (Waterman). February 4 —Chairman. Franklin Mcintosh; Secre­ tary, John Wells. Brother E. M. Gon­ zales was elected to serve as ship's dele­ gate. No beefs were reported by depart­ ment delegates. ROBIN KIRK (Moore-McCormack). March 10—Chairman. Ivan Buckley; Secretary. William Nesta. Brother Biagio DiMento was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs and no disputed OT wm reported. Vote of thanks to Brother Bin Nesta, chief steward, for doing a good job. Also thanked the rest of the steward department for the good chow and service. STEEL APPRENTICE (Isthmian). February 25—Chairman, Richard F. Feddera; ^retary. Paid P. Lopez. Brother resigned as ship's delegate and Brother Julius Boeala was elected to ^e in his place. $60.00 in the ship's fund. AU repairs were taken care of. TRANSONTARIO (Hudson WaterFebruary 29—Chairman. Robert JDickens. $16.00 in ^ips fund. No beefs and no disputed OT. CHOCTAW (Waterman). March 10— Chairmra, Ira W. Griggers, Jr.; Secre­ tory. Wm. R. Magruder. $16.00 in ship's fund. Few hours disputed OT in the eninne department. Motion was made that the Union take action to effectuate changes in the present retirement plan so that all Seafarers who have been members for 20 years, and who have 12 years sea time (90 days at sea per calen^ year) be mtitled to aU retirement ben^ts, regardless of age. Crew recommends that the patrolman have serious discussion with Captain, upon arrival and arrange for fumigation of ship for roacbes before next voyage. FAI^OOD (Waterman), February 20 •^hairman. H. Lovelace; Secretary. John P. Davis. Vote of thanks was ex^ to the resigning ship's delegate. Brother Henry Lovelace. Brother James ^ller was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. No beefs and no disputed OT reported. STEEL SURVEYOR (Isthmian). Janu­ ary 18—Chairman, Harvey T. Gaines; Secretory. Robert Lenz. No beefs and no disputed OT reported by department dele­ gates. MT. VERNON VICTORY (Victory Carriera). March 10—Chariman. Charles W. White; Secretary. Harvey Trawick. Brother George Byoff. ship's delegate, re­ ported that all is running smoothly. Vote of thanks to Chief Steward Charlie White and his fine steward department for the fine food and service. Thanks, to Brother Haroey Trawick, chief bosun, for keeping • clean ship, strictly SIU style. $8.00 in ship's fund. March 29, 1968 SEAFARERS LOG PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monlea are to be paid to anyone in any official FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU AtUntic. Gulf. Lakes and capacity In the SIU unlcaa an official Union receipt la given for aame. Under no Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the membership's circumatoncea ahould any member pay any money for any rcaaon unleaa he la given money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. All without supplying a receipt, w If a member is required to make a payment and is Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU AUantie. Gulf. Lakes and Inland such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust CONSTITUTIONAL UGHTC AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publUhes every six fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition, shall equally consist of union and management representatives and their alternates. copies are available in all Union halls. All members should lAtain copica of this All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only u|wn approtml constitution so as to familiarise themselves with its contents. Any time you feel sny by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obli­ headkiuarters of the various trust funds. gation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as wall as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contraela between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shining Bbt rs drawing disability-pansion bene­ RBTIBED SEAFARERS. OM-Ume SIU rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all Union halls. If yw fits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, including attendfeel there has been any violation of your ahippiny or seniority rlvhta as contained in ance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU members at these Union meet­ the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers A|weals ings. they are encouraged to take an active role la all rank-and-file fnnctiona. in­ Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: cluding service on rank-and-file cossmittecs. Because these oldtimera cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the hmg-aUnding Union pol­ Earl Shepard. Chairman. Seafarers Appeals Board icy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their due*. 17 Battery Place. Suite 19S0. New York 4. N. Y. ..... Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to yoa at all times* either by EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in em^oymant and writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Conse­ CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are avaOable in all SIU halls. These quently. no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he Is denied the equal rights ship. Know your contract rights* as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT to which he is entitled, he ahould notify headquarters. on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If* at any time* any SIU patrolman or other Union officicl. in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights prop­ SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTrVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic righU of erly. contact the nearest SIU port agent. Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve the best interests of themselves, their families and their Union. To achieve these EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was established. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute the funds through which legislative and Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deemed political activities are conducted for the benefit of the membership and the Union. harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September* 1960* meetings in all constitu­ If at any time a Seafarer feels that any of the above rights have baan vielatad. tional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested in an editorial board which or that he haa been denied his constitutional right of access to Union records or in­ consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, formation. he should immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquarters by from among its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. eertiiled mail, raturn receipt requested. UNFAIR TO LABOR Schedule of DO NOT BUY SIU-AGLIWD Meetings New Orleans April 16—2:30 p.m. Mobile . .. .April 17—^2*30 p.m. Wilmington April 22—^2:00 p.m. San Francisco April 24—2:00 p.m. Seattle Aprfl 26—2:00 p.m. NewYm* Aprfl 8—^2:30 p.m. Phfladeipliia Aprfl 9—^2:30 p.Bi. Baltimore . .April 10—^2*30 p.m. Detroit ... ..^prfl 12—2:30 p.m. Houston .. .April 15—^2:30 p.ra. United Industrial Workers ^ New Orleans AfHil 16—^7:00 pjn. Mobile .... Aprfl 17—^7:00 p.ni. NewYoric April 8—^7:00 p.m. Pbiladdphia Aprfl 9—^7:00 p.ni. Baltimore .. ,^rfl 10—^7:00 p.m. ^Houston . .Aprfl 15—7:00 p.ra. Great Lidies SIU Meetings Detroit .. .April 15—2KN> p.in. Alpena .. .April 15—7:00 p-m. Buffalo .. .April 15—7K)0 p.ni. CIdcago . .Aprfl 15—^7:00 pjn. C3evdand .A^ 15—^7K)0 p.m. Dnlutb .. .Aprfl 15—7:00 punk Frimkfort .A^ 15—7KMI pan. Greiri Lakes and Dredge Reg^ Chicago . . .j^ufl 9—^7:30 tSauit St. Marie April 18—^7:30 Buffalo . .. .April 17—^7:30 Duluth April 19—7:30 aeveland . .April 19—7:30 Toledo . .. .April 19—7:30 Detroit ... .April 15—7:30 Milwaukee April 15—7:30 p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. SIU Inland Boatmen's Union New Orleans April 16—5:00 p.m. Mobile .... Aprfl 17—5:00 p.m. Philadelphia Aprfl 9—5:00 p.m. Baltimore (licensed and un­ licensed) Aprfl 10—^5:00 p.m. Norfolk . .'.April 11'—5:00 p.m. Houston .. .April 15—5:00 p.m. Railway Marine Region Philadelphia April 16—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Baltimore April 17—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. •Norfolk Aprfl 18—10 a.ni. & 8 p.m. Jersey^ity Aprfl 15—10 a.m. & .8 p.m. DiRECTOKYoI jtnnONHAJLLS SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers PRESIDENT Paul Hsil EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tannsr Earl Shapard VICE PRESIDENTS Llndtay WHIIamt Robert Matthew, SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Karr HEADQUARTERS 475 4th Ava^ MJyn. 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MIVI^A^ 034-2520 YOKOHAMA, Japan..Imya Rldg., Room 001 1-2 Kalgan-Dorl-Nakaku 2014771 Ext. 201 Seafarers and their families are urged to support a consumer boy­ cott by trade unionists against various companies whose products are produced under non-union conditions, or which are "unfair to labor." (This listing carries the name of the AFL-CIO unions in­ volved, and will be amended from time to time.) Sdtze^Wencr DfstflleriM "Old Fffxgcrald," "CM EBL" "Cabin Sfm," W. L. Welter Bomrbon whMeys (Distillery Workers) Brothers and Sewell Suits, Wing Shirts (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Camels, Winston, Tempo, Brandon, Cavalier and sidcm cigarettes (Tobacco Workers International Union) ^ Peavy Paper MiO Prodncts (United Papermakers and Paperworkers Union) ^ —4>— KIngsport Press "World Book," "Cbfldcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) Comet Rice Mifls Co. prodncts (International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drinks and Distillery Worken) ^ Jamestown Sterling Corp. (United Furniture Workers) ^— Magic Chef Pan Padllc Division (Stove, Furnace and Allied Appliance Workers International Union) White Farnitorc Co. 4l> (United Furniture Workers of America) Man Toy Company (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers) ^ Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co. Work Shoes ... Sentry, Cedar Chest, Statler Men's Shoes . . . Jarman, Johnson & Murphy, Crestworth, (Boot and Shoe Workers' Union) ^ Baltimore Luggage Co. Lady Baltimore, Amelia Earhart Starlite luggage Starfllte luggage (International Leather Goods, Plastics and Novelty Workers Union) Boren Clay Products Co. (United Brick and Clay Workers) "HIS" brand men's clothes Kaynee Boyswear, Judy Bond blouses, Hanes Knitwear, Randa Ilea, Boss Gloves, Richman Giumarra Grapes (United Farm Workers) Pioneer Flour Mill (United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drink and Distillery Workers Local 110, San Antonio, Texaf 4j> Gypsum Wallhoard, American Gypsum Co. (United Cement Lime and Gypsum Workers International) General Aniline and Film Cmporation Ansco film, Ansco cameras. Sawyer projectors, Ozalid duplicating machines, Ruheroid products. (Distillery, Rectifying, Wine and Allied Workers) •-1 �Underwater Archeology V w* 4 V f 4 w r' <• < 4> \f.^ I\ B/i i ; From Caesar to Gornwallis I N 1907, Poseidon, the God of the Seas, was The expedition struggled on for nine months. plucked bodily from the Mediterranean waters off Today the National Museum in Athens houses the Southern Greece and was carted off to the National relics of Antikythera in a long gallery. There are Museum in Athens, where he is today. It seems two superb bronze statuettes molded in the Age of that in his old age, the god had become stuck in the Pericles (495-429 B.C.), big bronze statues and parts mire of the seabed. There he stood for hundreds of of others, including the arm found by Stadiatis, and years, until some twentieth century seamen acci­ the fourth or fifth century statue known as The Ath­ dentally came across his old tired bronze body and lete of Antikythera, a noble life-sized model of a hoisted him up. young man with gleaming gems for eyes. Poseidon, in this case, was a Greek statue molded The Athlete, it seems, keeps changing. It was dis­ in the fifth century before Christ. This was one of covered in several pieces and was first reconstructed the first artifacts of ancient history to be taken from by Monsieur Andre, the eminent antique-welder of the seas in the new science of underwater arche­ the Louvre Museum in Paris. However, experts dis­ ology, a science which today has revealed a great agreed with his reconstruction, and so the statue was deal of information on the past cultures of countries dismantled and reconstructed again. And again. Dis­ such as Greece, the birthplace of democracy, and satisfaction with this periodic overhaul led one archeRome, once the world's mightiest empire. As part ologist to remark, "You can tell when a new curator of this exciting effort, divers are braving the un­ has arrived—the ephebos (the statue) goes into the known and are searching out ancient sunken galleys workroom." and.hand-pressed bronze coins and clay pottery from The 25 huge marble statues and other relics re­ which sailors drank thousands of years ago. covered from the island's waters are not on exhibi­ The young science was bom in 1900 in the Aegean tion at the museum, but stand in an open court Sea by the small island of Antikythera. Strong winds among the workshops. and huge waves were lashing the two vessels of CapThe marble statues are four centuries younger tahi Demetrios Kondos, which had just completed a than the bronze ones, and yet all came from the same sponge harvest in Tunisia and were heading home to ship. Researchers explain this by saying that the the island of Syme. Unable to keep course, the ships crew of the ship, which was bound from Athens to were driven to Antikythera where they sought the Rome in 2 B.C., plundered towns and pillaged what shelter of high craggy cliffs that broke the wind. they thought were valuable art objects. They came There they waited for the storm to pass. away with the fine statue of The Athlete, some statu­ Not a man to pass an opportunity. Captain Kon­ ettes, a group of religious statues about 100 years dos thought it might be worthwhile for his men to old at the time, and forty tons of gaudy, freshly-made dive there and perhaps come up with valuable statues and items that were worthless. In his book, sponges. Elias Stadiatis donned his diving suit. Over "Man Under the Sea," James Dugan explains "It the side he went, drifting down 150 feet to the ocean was like a smash-and-grab raid on New York in fioor and there fell into the midst of an eerie sight. which the mob lifted a Rembrandt from the Metro­ Stadiatis found himself surrounded by coldly staring politan, tore down Atlas at Rockefeller Center and creatures of monumental size: white horses, some then stole all the window dummies from Macy's" lying in bizarre positions with their hoofs up, and Ironically, though the Antikythera expedition nude women, sunk to the waist in the mire, arms out­ stirred the hopes of archeologists for more undersea stretched. > Stunned, the diver trudged forward and explorations, the only immediate result was that grasped a hand. The arm snapped from the woman. Greek peasants who had been dredging up relics for Stadiatis held on to it. -years turned them in for rewards instead of melting When Stadiatis was pulled up by his fellow crew­ them for scrap. men, he still held the arm. Captain Kondos took a Later, in 1907, a sponge diver stumbled across look at it, hurriedly got his diving suit on, grabbed shipwrecks and rows of shell-encrusted stone col­ a tape measure, and jumped overboard. He came up umns and statues in the seabed off the coast of Mahafter some time. He scrawled down some measure­ dia, Tunisia. Alfred Merlin, the director of antiquities ments, hoisted sail in the now softer wind, and head­ in that country, eagerly organized the second under­ ed his two ships out. water archeological expedition with help from private The discovery of these strange statues came at a citizens and Tunisian and French government quar­ propitious time. For two thousand years, treasure ters. hunters had been able to rob Greece of her archeoWhen the eminent antiquarian Alfred Reinach saw logical treasures, but now the Greek Government the hauls that the team was bringing after two millenhad ruled that removal of such objects from the ia in the hazy depths, he declared that "Nothing com­ country was illegal, and that careful study of them parable has come to light since Pompeii and Hercuwas important to an understanding of national his­ laneum." (These were two Greek cities destroyed in tory. British, French, and German archeological 79 A.D. by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius; Pom­ I schools had been set up and Greek archeologists were peii was uncovered in 1748.) The divers were finding also bei::?.g trained. Thus it was that the Captain huge kraters, or marble basins, in which Greeks and and his crewmen met with an enthusiastic reception, Romans would reconstitute their dehydrated wine and the government eagerly had the Navy join them with water; scores of carved stone columns of a in the first Greek archeological expedition, which design suggesting that the plunderers had tried to would soon be lifting huge statues of ancient origin make off with an entire temple (dismantled, of from the Aegean. course); and numerous statues including a fifty-inch The extensive preparations took a great deal of time and it was winter before they were ready to return to the strange underwater world discovered by Stadiatis. The first time they tried, wind forced them to take refuge after only three hours of work. It was not easy for the divers. The site was deeply pitched from 150 to 170 feet. Their cumbersome div­ ing suits with steel helmets and leaden boots were a burden. At those depths, they could stay down no more than five minutes at a time, or suffer the bends. (In the course of their work, two men became dis­ abled for life'and a third died from this affliction.) With good weather, a man could dive twice a day. Relics recovered from the On the best days, the total amount of underwater hulks of Admiral Cornwallis' work that could be done by the sk-man diving team fleet off Yorktown, Virginia. was one man-hour. The British ships were sunk During the first effort they brought up a life-sized in 1781 during the decisive bronze head, two large marble statues and several naval battle of the American smaller items. But as the efforts ^ntinued, they got Revolution. The artifacts down to the larger, heavier artifacts that had to be pried from the hardened muck with muscle-power were located and taken from and, when the statues were then hauled up on slings, ocean floor in 1934 and 1935. care had to be taken to see that they didn't slide out and smash to the bottom or roll down the slope into the forbidden depths. bronze figure of the god Eros. Most of these are now in the Alaoui Museum in Tunis. After the excitement of the discovery of the Mahdia wreck, underwater archeology was well on its way. Researchers and adventurers came up with the artifacts of other ancient cultures. In 1928, the expedition of Professor George Karo discovered what is considered the finest ancient Greek bronze ever found, wrought by a master in Greece'in Pericles' time. It is of Zeus, the thundering invincible Lord of the Universe of mj^ology. Today, a cast of this statue of Zeus, with his muscles seem­ ing to strain taut as he prepares to hurl a massive thunderbolt, stands in the main lobby of the United Nations for all visitors to see. After World War II, expeditions to the Mediter­ ranean uncovered remains of the sixth-century B.C. port of Massalia; the submerged ruins of the ships used by Julius Caesar in 49 B.C. to invade France; thousands of pieces of amphoras—the huge pitch­ ers and vases of different designs that the Greeks used to store foods and oils in or drink from. In the American War for Independence, British General Comwallis led his fleet of warships into Chesapeake Bay to join the British land forces, but soon found his fleet under attack from French ships. Red-hot cannonballs smashed into the British ships Vulcan and Charon, burning and sinking them. Com­ wallis was forced to block the French attack by sink­ ing several of his smaller ships and his last two big frigates, the Fowley and Guadaloupe. For the next century and a half, only oystermen payed attention to the drowned hulks; they said they were a nuisance to the oyster trade. But when the Newport News Mariners' Museum was formed in the 1930's, things changed. By 1934, an expedition organized by the Museum was underway. From the sunken warships they got ten iron can­ nons, gun-shot, two iron anchors, an unmarked bell, quite a bit of hardware, crockery, glass, liquor bot­ tles, a pewter pot, and hundreds of wood fragments and wax-preserved hemp. The best evidence they could find to identify the vessels as those of Com­ wallis, was a barrelhead marked "Shaw. June 22, '80, S(alt) P(ork) 154 lbs.". The divers also found a bottle engraved "Edward New", a musket stock int'P'" tialed "V. R.", and a barrelhead labelled "Watson & Co.". The major importance of these items to archeolo­ gists was not only in their being pieces of history, but also in how they stood up to 150 years of sub­ mersion. The green rum bottles would shift colors kaleidoscopically when the humidity changed. The salvors wrote in their report that "The iron cannon, in some instances crumbled to pieces right away, the metal having been converted . . . into graphite. . . . Wrought iron had practically disappeared, leaving only a disintegrated mass. Pewter and lead articles stood up extremely well. Copper survived well, though encrusted with patina (a coating caused by exposure). Wooden articles, buried below the mud, were in a splendid state of preservation. Wood not protected in mud was badly decayed and worm-eaten. Pottery and earthenware have survived well. . . ." With such information as this, treasure-seekers may be more wary of shifty treasure-promoters try­ ing to sell a false bill of goods. For thousands upon thousands of years, ships of many countries have sailed the seas. Many sailed into violent seas artd were pulled down, whether they were the galleys of the bold Vikings or the warships of acient Rome; the sea made no differentiation. Still, she grasps her booty; but adventurous arche­ ologists are gradually prying this away from her, and exposing the chronicle of the past. �SEAFARERS^OG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO Ll! I • I i.fI :1 :U Ii I =i r, ^ � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource March 29, 1968 Description An account of the resource Headlines: HALL CHARGES MARITIME PROBLEMS MAGNIFIED BY GOVERNMENT HOSTILITY AFL-CIO REAFFIRMS SIU’S POSITION OF APPRENTICE ENGINEER DISPUTE GRAVITY OF US MARITIME SITUATION UNFELT BY WHITE HOUSE SEAFARING ARTIST VERNON DOUGLAS KEEPS BUSY IN SHIPBOARD STUDIO SIU STEWARD CITED DURING WWII FOR TURNING OUT CHOW ABOARD SHIP UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGY – FROM CAESAR TO CORNWALLIS SIU SHIPS IN THE ORIENT Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 03/29/1968 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXX, No. 7 1968 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/0b29fd033b8a7b37eda8f254f51799b1.PDF 5797b3dca8ede434aeeb079c7659f691 PDF Text Text • ;:;®SH!i arers IBROTHERHOOD OF THE Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf Seamen Seafarers-International Union of North America yOL. I. SEA NEW YORK, N. Y., FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 1939 No. 4 Mil CREW OF SIU SHIP RESCUED ; • i'!"' : • MARITIME COMMISSION'S TRAINING Labor Seeks Bull Line Ship Collides Voice Oil Jersey Coast In PLANS ARE THREAT TO ALL ONIONS More In U.S. Plans r: m 7-. •"•• • ' •: as^ fl '•'". y ALL HAiNDS SAVED—CAPTAIN PRAISES MEN ON EFFICIENT HANDLING OF BOATS AFL Survey Declares Tliat Labor Has 'No Open Door' Last Sunday, thirty-two men, the crew of the S.S. Lillian of To Government. the Bull Line, were re.scucd thirteen miles off Barnegat Light,,;! WASHINGTON, D. O., Feb. 27— after drifting in open boats for over an hour in a dense fog, inlj The American Federation of Labor, The United States Maritime Commission's report to Con­ having Indicated their willingness to which the Lillian had collided with the German ship Wiegand.fj The Lillian, bound from Poito Rico for New York, with a [ gress, dated January 1, 1939, of its plans for training seamen, yield to President Roosevelt's plea for new peace negotiations with the cargo of raw sugar, collided, while finally let the cat out of the b.ag. Now we know more fully just Congress of Industrial Organiza­ a heavj- sea was nmning, with thef how Union seamen are to be gradually replaced by Coast Guard tions, now come forth with a de­ Wlegand, which had left New I York with a cargo of scrap iron forj mand for a greater voice of Labor trained stooges. Japan. in shaping economic policies. On the basis of this report, it is^ planned to train and re­ The moxilliiy busiiie.ss survey of The Lillian sent her first SOS) educate about 3,500 unlicensed and licensed men each year, so the A. F. of L. states that the Ad­ message at 7:12 P.M., and reported,] shortly before "the crew left the yes-1 that in a short time, all seamen who haven't returned to "school" ministration should admit Union leaders to its Inner councils in or­ sel. that she was expected to sink will no longer be able to go to sea aagin. THIS IS EXACTLY der to help formulate "a vigorous within fifteen minutes. Before leav- j WHAT THE SHIPOWNERS, WHO CONTROL THE M.\RI- program on all fronts to expand ing the ship, the radio opera+pr l by private Industry," lashed his key down so that It'l TIME COMMISSION, WANT! We have no worthwhile gua­ -production taking in milions of unemployed kept .senillng a eoutiiruous signaLj Murray, Hillman and Lewis All hands took to the boats, and! rantee from anyone that our UNIONS and CONDITIONS for from WPA. which we have fought all these years, will be continued — IN It was pointed out in the survey Will Represent CIO in were eventually picked up by the that'-industry now gets the PresiWlegand, which had stood by after SPITE OF THE SURETIES GIVEN BY THE CONfMISSlON dent'.s ear through Secretary of j Conferences. the collision. Tlie Wiegand reported j TO "NO COFFEE TIME" JOE CURRAN! Commerce Hopkins" Business Ad- • that, for long periods they could notj visory Council. WASHINGTON, Feb. 28. — John see the sinking Lillian nor the twoj Takes Crack At Madam Perkins L. Lewis, president of the Congress lifeboats because of the heavy fog. STRICT DISCIPLINE The sm-vey further says, "Labor Howe\er. tlie German vessel finally] Under the finst plan in operation, an unlicensed man with two has -no open door for making its for Industrial Organizations, today succeeded in picking out the Lillianj years experience is run through a three month's probationary views know to the Executive." This announced in a letter to President with a searchlight, and by constant j period, which has an eleven hour daily schedule. The first three is undoubtedly an indirect slap at Roosevelt that a committee of three blowing of the whistle, guided ^hej Secretary of Labor Perkins. has been appointed to negotiate j two lifeboats to her. The first boat,! weeks he has no liberty granted him until the officials of the school In urging the necessity of indus­ peace with the thi-ee man commit­ containing seventeen men came see how he is bearing up under the punishment. For the first two trial expansion, and declaring that tee from the American Federation alongside the ship and the survivors must be taken to avert a 1940 were taken aboard at about 8:3(ij months, a man is classed as a Third Class Seaman, with a base action business recession, the Federation of Labor appointed last Saturday by P.M.- The second boat, containingj pay of $36.00 per month. If he is satisfactory at the end of this warned; President William Green. the balance of the crew was picki period, a raise in grade, to Seaman Second Class, and $54.00 "It will take time and co-ordinat­ The CIO committee will be com­ up at 9:27. None of the survivors ed effort to change from Governwere injured. base pay is given him. Completing this probationary period suc­ ifient spending to private initiative; posed of Mr. Lewis, Philip Mui"ray The Wiegand. whose bow Sidney Hillman. Mm-ray is vicecessfully, the man continues training in this or higher grades. we have barely enough time to ac­ and president of the United Mine Work­ pretty well stove in, wirelessed inj complish it before the present Gov­ When the course of training is finally completed, they still must and chairmaiF- of the Steel that she was proceeding slowly ernment spending program loses its ers, Workers Organizing Committee. New York. However, C; ptain Boy serve the next three years on board a ship, of which eight months force." Hilhnan is president of the Amal­ and about half the crew were flv-si It has been reported by observers gamated must be at sea, and one month to be spent at the training school Workers and transferred to a Coast Guard cut-j that OIO Chairman JohiT L. Lewis Chairman Clothing each year. of the Te.xtile Workers ter. as the Captain wished to see 1 is no little disturbed by the timing Organizing Committee. it would still be possible to do an; of President Roosevelt's appeal for "YOU'RE IN THE NAVY NOW!" salvaging aboard the Lillian. Lewis' letter to President Roose­ peace negotiations: due to the fact "They later returned aboard t The object of this plan is plainly seen. A MAN MUST that Lewis is at present preoccupied velt was as follows: Lillian to see what could be don(i| with the dissension in the auto "Complying with the requesct FORGET HIS UNION AFFILIATIONS BECAUSE OF THE workers and textile unions, and contained in your letter of Feb. 23, In which they were aided by STRENUOUS SCHEDULE OF MORAL AND TECHNICAL would have preferred that the ap­ Coast Guard and the tugboat Rei I advise that the committee to rep­ However, as this was done on Mcfir TRAINING TO WHICH HE IS SUBJECTED. In short— peal come at some other time. resent the Congress of Industrial day, they found that it was too late Organizations will consist of Mr. and the Lillian dove to Davy Jones "He's in the Navy Now!" By requiring him to put in twentyPhUip Murray, Mr. Sidney Hillman locker at 1:48 Monday afternoon four months out of three years at sea, he has no choice but to do and imdersigned." TO ALL AGENTS: as ordered, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE SHIP In the meantime, the Emilia, an It is expected that Secretary Per­ other Bull Line ship, had appeaiwd YOD are hereby advised not to FEEDS BAD, QUARTERS OR CONDITIONS BE TER­ ship any SIU Cooks and kins, who has charge of the general on the scene, and had stood by, and RIBLE, OR A PICKET LINE BE AROUND THE SHIP. Stewards, or Engine Depart­ peace negotiations for the Adminis­ after the Lillian sank. Captain AND IF HE FAILS, THE MAN IS BOUNCED, AND ment men on West Coast ships tration will confer with the Presi­ Boyer and the rest of his crew .vert] unless they are fully protected by dent as soon as possible on Mr taken aboard, ai i the Emilia pro BLACKBALLED FROM THE SEA! THE COMMISSION a first class rider on the articles. Lewis'" letter. ceeded to New rk. Tliey arrived, HERE TAKES A GOOD MAN, AND TRAINS HIM TO BE If they aro forced, for one rea­ No date has as yet been made at about 7:00 P.M son or another, to leave a ship public for the first : eeting between Captain Boyer "as high In hltl A GOVERNMENT STOOGE AND A SCAB! on the East Coast before they the committees, and it is expected praise of the actions of his crewf have completed at least one that Secretary Perkins will ask both and stated TO DISPLACE OLD-TIMERS all hands had beer| month's employment, they shall sides to set a date agreeable to both calm and that efficient, and had per­ Under the Cadet system, young men, licensed and unlicensed, be paid wages for one month, of them for the resumption of con­ formed their tasks In a thoroughlj j between the ages of 17 and 25, after passing a rigid moral and plus first elass transportation ferences which were broken off In seamanlike manner. and subsistence back to the port December, 1937. academic examination in their Congressional Districts, arc sent of signing on. The entile crew of the lilUarJ The CIO committee wliich failed were put up in e hotel In Broo:.lyn 1 If they are forced to leave the aboard Commission ships for training. The licensed men in these ship pn the West Coast, for any to reach an agreement with the at the expense of the Bull Linfcj ages probably will be school ship boys, as most men coming up reasons beyond their control, they A. F. of L. was composed of thir­ and were provided with food. The out of the forecastle are older. BY HAVING THESE BOYS shall be paid tfie sum of $135.00, teen members. The present commit­ were also instructed to make out tee of three members is regarded SELECTED FROM EACH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, cash for wages, transportation as a ""strong committee" and does Ust of their lost gear, and .somj adjustment will be made later thi| and subsistence. THE ADMINISTRATION IN WASHINGTON IS TURN­ All Agents are instructed to not include members of any of the week. ING SEAMEN AND THEIR VOCATION INTO A THING pay strict attention to this mat­ "new unions" which were represent­ The local inspectors will conducj ter, and not to 'sUow SIU ed at the 1937 conferences. their investigation >f the COIIIKI^I OF POLITICAL PATRON ACE PIE! Cooks and Stewards and Ejoflne on Tliursday of this we<^. These cadets must undergo training by working with the offi- Department men tr, ship on Consider.Your Fellow Wwker. , cers and. crew, as well as by studying during their off hours under West Coast vessels without these Hold Meotings MI Ships. Sblp From the Unl«m Hall. ridm. Have Confidence la Yoeut> thdon.' •V Defeat The Fink Hatte^ Regimentation, Strict Discipline And Future Plans Reveal Detriments To Seamen LEWIS NAMES GROUP TO MEET WITH A. F. OF L. NOTICE: a:';- lit-:' WB' • I'll:''. 'If • -i Iga •, • Fog I • �fms^. THE Published Weekly by SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA mtsr-- Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor 6 HARRY LUNDEBERG, Acting President 11 Steuart Street, San Francisco, Calif. 0 ROBERT P. WEAVER, Editor, Pro-Tem P:^ew York Atlantic District HEADQUARTERS Boston Providence —. Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk San Juan, Puerto Rico New Orleans Savannah Jacksonville Miami Tampa Mobile Houston iiDetroit ..2 Stone Street BRANCHES .1 Rowes Wharf -465 So. Main Street 6 North 6th Street _212 East Pratt Street ,..307 East Main Street - ...9 Comercio Street Gulf District HEADQUARTERS ...309 Chartres Street BRANCHES ...218 East Bay Street ..111 Bay Street .J09 N. E. First Avenue „206 Franklin Street ,.55 So, Conception Street 1407—75th Street Great Lakes District HEADQUARTERS .1038 Third Street ADDRESS ALL CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THIS PUBUCATION fO: "THE SEAFARERS^ LOG" o. _ roo CliurcL Slreei Annex O. Box 522 New York, New York ,|IHY f E OPPOSE MARITIME COMMISSION'S FINK HALL AND TRAINING PROGRAM ; We submit, very briefly, an analysis of the training ship |;fpgram, and the planned operations of the Maritime Commis•on Hiring Halls, in conjunction with the Training Ships and •Chools. Seamen are well aware of the fact that the present enlist..'"•lentSi for the training ships, or schools, calling for two year seajJiten, mean that the first year crop of "graduates" will be close three thousand (3,000), who will join ships to the exclusion of a equal number of "non-trained seamen with years of practical ;^rience. FriAiy, March S, 19S# SEAFA R KR S * LOG NOTICE All members, both ashore and at sea, are invited to con­ tribute to the columns of "Log." Articles pertaining to the general policy of the Sea­ farers' International Union, or suggestions for the good and welfare of the member­ ship at large will be wel­ comed. ^ We will not print any per­ sonal attacks on individuals, unless the individuals are at­ tacking the Union as a whole, with the intention of disor­ ganization gf the seatnen, or of lowering wage and living standards aboard ships. All communications must be Fact and not Hearsay. Arti­ cles which may cause the "Log" to Become entangled in legal difficulties must be accompanied by an affidavit, ivitnessed by relable persons, and with the seal of a Notary attached. All articles must be ui not later than Wednes­ day of each week. If they are received later they will not he published un­ til the following week. Green May Face Lewis In Peace Parley WASHINGTON, DTC., Mar. 1.—It may turn out that William Green, To popularize "training under Coast Guard supervision," the president of the American Federa­ is directed towaids unemployed seamen. The appeal is tion of Labor will personally con­ iade upon the basis that hungry bellies may dictate to intelligent front his foe, John L. Lewis, leader ds. Minimum wages are also offered as further inducement, of the Congress for Industrial Chrthe prospect of a steady job, after the first period is ended. ; ganization, when the committees of, After sufficient seamen are trained, then applications will be both organizations meet to discuss idered from non-seamen. Thus, the plan calls for added num- peace terms to end the labor war. Dut to the sudden withdrawal to the many thousands of seamen already without jobs. from the AFL commRtee of Daniel / For such "graduates" who sail on deck, most, if not all of J. Tobin, president of the Interna­ iyxm will board ships as one year A.B.'s. With one more year tional Brotherhood of Teamsters and ChauSeiws, Green may match j^ deck, they will be rated as green ticket A.B.'s. the self-appointment of Lewis to Those who sail in the engine room will be able to board ships the CIO committee by appointing himself on the AFL peace emis­ ildilfiremen, oilers, watcrtendcrs and other ratings that do not re- saries, igfire shore, or special training, i.e., machinists, electricians, relriTobin wired Green that "an enormous amount of work" and nu­ &ator men, etc. merous conferences oi. agi-eeraents Those in the steward's department Will leave "school" as will prevent him from taking any flotential cooks and stewards on any or all tankers or freightens. part in the peace negotiations be­ tween the two factions. . ibr passenger .ships, it will take more time before the highly " The presence of both Green and 1 (.jjgfg bakers are crowded out, but the presence of Lewis on the respective "peace com­ mittees" might, from a personality )g^duates" will always be a serious threat. standpoint, seriously impair the With trained non-seamen on deck, one year as ordinary sea- progress of the negotiations to kca will give them blue A.B. tickets. They will be advanced when straighten out the differences be­ tween the two organizations, ob­ ^ible. In the engine room, six months as wiper will offer ratings servers declared. V^remen, etc. And they will also be advanced. In the steward's Seeretary of Labor Frances Per­ kins announced that the confer­ lipartment, advancement will be rapid. ences will begin early next week. It.can easily be seen that the shipowners and operators will Secretary Perkins, in an appearance before the Senate Unemployment efer "trained seamen" to the exclusion of ALL OTHERS! and Relief Committee, made the After the first period of schooling, the pupils are to sail eight statement that she will take an ac­ L^ konths before being eligible to attend another class on advanced tive part in the peace attempts, and will herself call the conference. ' vitmanship. COMPARES GMDITIONS ON NAZI SHIPS TO THOSE ON WEST COAST SHIPS Wages Lower, Quarters And Couditious Very Inferior on German Vessels. Proves Necessity of Unions A convincing answer to the ques­ tion, "Why Labor Unions?", is the comparison-of conditions on ships sailing from the West Coast of the United States, and those on Ger­ man ships. In 1932, the seamen on ships of both^ countries lived under approxi­ mately equal conditions. Since then, the SUP has organized the seamen on the Pacific Coast, and through hard fought battles has created the standards of today. On the other hand, the German Labor Unions were destroyed by Hitler, and the German seamen were put at the mercy of German shipowners. The results are listed in the following: WEST COAST: (a) Shipping: Ail shipping through the Union Halls in a rotary system. GERMANY: Shipping done through Com­ pany offices, with preference for "Company men." Hiring is gov­ ernment controlled. WEST COAST: (b) Raise of rat­ ing: According to shipping rules ad­ opted by the SUP. GER^MANY: According to the decision of the captain or the Company agent. WEST COAST: (c) Watches: Three watches on. ALL ships. GERMANY: Three watches on_ ships of over 3,000 tons. All others maintain two watches. WEST COAST: (d) Strength of watch: Three men on watch at all times while at .sea. GERMANY: On ships over 3,000 tons, watchesrare reduced to two men when leaving river. On ships ^ below 3,000 tons only two men are on watch at any time. WEST COAST: (e> Wages: $72.50 per month for AH.'s GERMANY: 113 marks per month for A.B.'s WBST COAST: (f> Taxes: None. GERMANY: Approximately 33% of all In­ come. YfEST COAST: (g) Working hours: Eight hours per day. GERMANY: Eight hours per day at sea and in port on ships oi 3,000 tons and over. Day of arrival or de­ parture: One hour extra, and twenty minutes "cleaning time" without extra pay. Ships on two watches alternate ten hours one day, and fourteen hours the next, while at sea. WEST COAST: (h) Overtime: All work over and above eight hours, and work done before eight in the morning and after five at night, GERMANY: Work over eight hours in port, exclusive of arrival or depart­ ure days. Mate can divide eight hour day any way he sees fit, during the twenty-four hours. WEST COAST: (i) Bedding: All bedding, soap, matches. j The Maritime Commis.sion has become -a stockholder in about the collapse in the bettered conditions, higher wages, etc., 't^y steamship companies, through the granting of subsidies, gained through union activity. llj^-taldng over the responsibility of placing crews on CommisWhere do you fit into this picture? Will you submit to the ;^ships, which the operators will gladly relinquish. obvious plans for regimentation? Or will you join (i^'ith us in It is a long range program. It is a concerted effort on the opposing the plans of the Maritime Commisison? jf the financiers, through their stooges,—the lobbyists and STAY OUT OF MARITIME COMMISSION FINK am; through the Maritime Commission,—^trying to SMASH HALLS! STAY OFF TRAINING SHIPS! .... MILITANT MARITIME UNIONS, and to deprive > ;i- i j. SHIP THROUGH YOUR UNION HALL I TANT seamen of cmplpyraeiit, Thiiv k hoped to bring blankets at the expense of the company. GERMANY: On most ships, seamen must supply their own mfittresses. On no ship do seamen get com­ pany linen, towels, soap, etc. WEST COAST: (k) Action to im­ prove conditions: Seamen can, and have forced the shipowners, by stfikes and picket lines, to increase the sea­ men's standard of living. GERMANY: All economic actions are con­ sidered "High Treason," and as such, are punishable by long prison terms. WEST COAST: (1) Representa­ tion: The SUP meets with the ship­ owners on equal teims, to settle agreements for the impi-ovement of conditions on ships. GERMANY: A representative, appointed by the Nazi government, decides all actions to be taken by the companies and seamen, with the seamen having no voice in the decisions. WAGES: In comparing the wages, it must be noted that four marks are equal in buying power to one dollar. After deduction of taxes, the seamen on German ships receive a sum approxim­ ately equivalent to $23.00. If anyone should ask again, "Why strfeng Labor Unions?", just show him these facts. By E. kix Asks For Opinions From Members Editor, THE LOG: An open letter to the steward Department members on Eastern I Steamship Liue ships: Greetings. As a seaman I ha«« been a member of all the succes* slve A. P. of L. seamen's orgeniza* tion.s that have ew been on th» waterfront since 1917. At present; we are in a democratic organiza­ tion, and I hope that demoeraey will prevail ku all of its branclMs. Now brothers, please bear in mind that there will be changes as long as the world lasts. We even chango our city government, which involves several million people: therefore, whereas the cirstom in the past has been for membeis who are residenla of New York: In the Spring they would pay their own transportation on buses or trains, and sometimes even stow away, in order to get to Boston to be on hand for jobs on the "White Boats." On one occasion two men were forced to pay first class fare in the Port of Boston. It should be un­ derstood that our contract calls for free first class transportation going to a job. With the economic crisis such as it is today, why create unnecessai-y expenses which arise when New York members are re­ quired to go to Boston, and lay around with the expectation of get­ ting a job, whUe expenses are run­ ning in both New York and Bos­ ton? Due to the fact that we are mem­ bers of the Seafar^s' inteimational of North America, I hereby refer this communication to the entire membership, and request that they voice their opinions through the medium of the SEAFARERS' liOG. in helping to deal fairly in a new and proper method of handling this emergency. Hoping that juany of our Brothers*and friends will benefit, 1am . Fraternally, ffiign^) CLAUDE FISHERY sAiti i ri , / •••••. i.' �Friday, Mnrch 3, 1939 THE SEAFARERS* LOG HERE and THERE in tlie GULF going to remain on tne ship. The Ask him how the ship feeds. Whe­ engine and deck departments de­ ther there is any spirit amongst the cided to a man that in that case, crew; whether the raessrooms, toil­ they would get off the ship. The ets and quarters are clean. Ask him company claimed that they would just what he's getting out of his NEW ORLEANS, La., Feb. 28.— MOBILE. — A fairly quiet week need a U. S. Commissioner to pay Take the NMU Ex-Committee to the here. Mardi Gras has come and off. The Port Captain then asked Union, and then be glad for the wUds of deepest and darkest New gone, and the boys' best excuse for for a new crew, and the acting N.M.U." York, and let the seagoing mem- throwing wing dings is over. Now Agent informed him that a new This article is self-explanatory, ber-s of that organization take over we can settle down on a steady tack. crew would be shipped at eight and all we can do is thank the Ship East Coast Steward's the reins for a period df three The West Kyska came in with author of the blurb. Any member the following morning. The who has had to ride these ships will, Department On S.S. Ormes months, and we, all the American numerous squawks on the chow, all o'clock jobs were put on ths board, and I'm sure, be damned glad that he will be a lot closer to Na­ of which were the fault of the cap­ And Ignore West Coast seamen, called out,—but it sems that no one did it, and wUl be not only glad, but tional Unity. tain. The patrolmen straightened wanted the jobs, so the company Men On Beach. On ''No-Coffee-Time" Joe's last her out, and all was serene when was notified of this emergency. The eager to tell about the conditions. AH seamen wiU agree that for the tour of the Gulf ports, he created she left. From the port of New Orleans enough disscnslun to last quite some • The Desoto came in after twenty- company wanted to know what the time the SIU has been in the field, Union was going lo do about it. so that we have clearly demonstrated comes word that the NMU in that time. It eventually appeared to be eight days at sea, with the able as­ they were told that, in order to what a seamen's Union is for. Yes, port is not living up to the practice quieting down, so our pal Josephus sistance fit the Coast,Guard cutter avoid trouble for all concerned, it of giving West Coast men prefer­ starts another tour,—this time re­ Tampa, for th^ last day. It seems would he best to ship a new stew­ there are cases where there has not ence on West Coast ships. inforced by a few of his faithfuls. that the Wafferman Company are ard's department. The company's been enough clean linen issued, and An affidavit, signed by two mem­ A special Agents' conference was getting so that they are trying to executive vice-president could not also the chow has been lousy on bers of the M. C. & S., is on file in called in New Orleans. Purpose? burn salt water instead of fuel oil see it that way, so the Union did some ships. But how many of these the office of the Secretary of the Who knows? It couldn't be to de­ The skipper wired in. "Gale blow­ their best to get a crew to ship,— scows have come in, with the crews Sailors' Union of the Pacific, and vise ways and means to cram the ing, making- no headway. Only oil but no soap! The Union officials kicking, and didn't get it straight­ unequivocally states that in the Lykes agreement' down the throats for one day. 70 miles from bar." then got the steward's department ened out? Name them brother, name case of the SB Ormes, scheduled to of the members.... OR COULD IT? The Tampa went out and stood by, together, and explain " to them them! What! — You can't think of DO THE MEMBERS ON THE but she came in O.K. Probably the that, in the interests of harmony, any offhand? Well, neither can I! sail for the West Coast, the ship has been manned by other than SHIPS, AND THOSE WHO CAN'T next issue of the "Pilot " will come it would be advisable for them to Take your time, — perhaps some West Coast cooks and stewards GET A SHIP KNOW THAT THEIR out with a statement that if this quit. After a lengthy argument, day when you get old and grey it from the NMU Hall. The affidavit NEW- LYKES AGREEMENT AL­ ship had been manned by M. C. they agreed that they would do so. will occur to you. also states that, in several cases, LOWS THE COMPANY TO PUT Training School "graduates" this A new steward's department was Regarding quarters, toilets or If West Coast messmen nave not been THE GLASSES AND CHECKS IN would not have happened. Or will shipped in their place The deck messrooms being kept clean: given the privilege of shipping on THE FIRE-ROOM. AND MAICE they? and engine department Jobs were there are crews who allow their ship this vessel, but have been super­ COMBINATION JOBS OUT OF Brother Armstrong came over then called out, and Lo! and be­ to sail dirty, I'd like to see it! In from New Orleans this week to see hold! the old crew bad to take the the old days with the mixed crews, ceded by East Coast NMU members. THEM? WATERTENDERS-WHERE ART what is wrong with the MJ.O.W ship out. Imagine that! Tut, tut! I myself have even sailed the cioimIn a letter to Joseph O'Connor, my packets that you couldn't get THOU? & W. They still ship from the M. C. & S. Agent In San Pedro, Three Men Spoil All a crew for today. Now, I don't be­ Seems to me that n very short NMU Hall in this port, after the these men reiterate that West Coast At 11:00 A.M. the ntw crew was lieve that you wUl find a crew of time ago, a ship called the "Jomar" members on this coast have voted men are not being given preference put aboard the ship, and the old American seamen who would put was struck, and held up in New Or­ on ships lurder that jmisdiction, as leans to force the company to put to ship with the SUP. steward's department was paid off. up with such a condition. A few Is given East Coast men on the the watertenders aboard. This, ac­ Agent Rosa was sent to Florida The Captain set the sailing time as weeks ago the SB. Plow City came by the membership here to assist beach on the West Coast. tion was taken, and received the in negotiating an agreement with 12 Noon, and the mate came aft into New Orleans, and she was the The letter states that the Port WHOLEHEARTED SUPPORT OF and informed all hands of this. In crummiest thing that I've seen in a Steward of Bwayne & 'Hoyt called THE SEAFARERS' INTERNA­ the P. & O. S. S. Co. This outfit any event, some of the boys de­ long, long time. "What happened? the SIU Hall in New Orleans for TIONAL UNION. Now. With this has long been a sore spot, and a cided to go ashore, and did so. Sail­ Why, the- boys hvmg her up right West Coast men for the Point new agreement, such action will be source of annoyance, so good luck, ing time came, and they were still there, and made sure that they Brava, and the Point Judith, and impossible because, believe it or not, "Scotty," make them come coco. ashore. The company called the would have a clean ship. As a re­ that the SIU Hall in turn called the YOUR NEW AGREEMENT X)IS- Dispatcher Albaugh reports a fair­ Hall, and said that the ship was sult, the Orinary Seamen and the NMU Hall Tor West Coast men for PENSES WITH WATERTENDERS! ly good v/eek, with all hands enjoy­ short three A.B.'s, and that the ship Wiper will have Iwo hoiurs each ing the Mardi Gras. these ships. The same also hap was being held up. The Deck Pa­ day, on the company's time, to clean Wliat is wrong that the West pened in the case of the SS Onnes. Coast Cooks & Stewards suddenly trolman started in checking up on quarters! MOBILE, Feb. 28.—^Tlris has been These two . men, although on the decided that maybe they should ship one of those weeks that has kept the gin mills, and finally located the "Ask him what he gets out of his NMU shipping list, were not allowed from where they really can ship , . the patrolmen on their toes. Plenty men in the 3.2 Cafe,- each with a Union." That is a most splendid to ship on any of these three ves­ the SIU Hall? Here they Can be of ships coming in, and plenty of bottle before him. He informed question. If all the members were sels, and other than West Coast sure that all jobs go the same way beefs, all of which were taken rare them that they were holding up the asked that every once in 'a while, men were dispatched to the Jobs. —THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR! of in the usual satisfactory manner. ship, and after loading them in a tben the members would start asking If the NMU really has any idea of Well boys, when we get on the jobs FLASH! FLASH! FLASH! Hie taxi, and waiting until it left, the themselves, and then we would have promoting Intercoastal imity, they on the iJiips, we will squawk as City of Alma docked at 6 A.M. to­ Patrolman, himself, procedeed to things as we want them,—with each are certainly going about it in a usual, but when the pinch comes, day. Patrolman Banks went aboard tlie ship. Uix»n his arrival there, he and every man taking an active in­ very peculiar way. F'or a good many WE WILL BE IN THERE TO­ the ship and caught the whoF crew fotmd that these brothers had not terest in his Union affairs. years it has been the custom, on GETHER! So, come on boys,—^you at breakfast. Says he, "Well boys, yet put in an appearance. They AH told, the editor of this ARTA the West Coast at least, to. give East are always welcome In the Sailors' let's have tJie beefs." Believe It or finally showed up,—loaded to the rates a vote of thanks,—but hold It Plimsoll mark, and one man de­ up,—the CTU representative here Coast men the preference In ship­ hall. not, there was not a single one. The "Black gang" in Mobile are We hear that it took the entire clared his- intention of paying off. tells me that this man is forming ping on East Coast ships, and the SIU both In the Gulf and on the still trying to make up their minds ship's crew and the Iwgshoremen Some of the crew were plenty dis­ an independent union, with a state .-Atlantic Coast is following the same on where to ship from. But now to revive Banks, and he is still gusted with the actions of these charter! Shades of ^b Epps, the plan. Smells very strongly like a that a West Coast man is there, shaky. Beriously though,—this is men, and the Patrolman informed P 4f O stooge! Take it easy Ed.— case of someone being job hungry! perhaps we can get together as we the sort of thing we are .striving for, the offenders that he was agoing to remember what happens to these should. After all, HOW CAN WE so here's to the crew of the City of report the incident to the nect fiy-by-night organizations I meeting for action. PREACH UNITY IP WE DON'T Alma. "And then be glad for the NMU." PRACnCE IT? Ilie three men involved were L. Personally, I am, and each night Gunnison and Hart Freed Pugh, E. MePeak and J. Keen. (Signed) W. A. ARMSTRONG, Received a wire from "Seotty" The tnc'dent was brought up at when I go to bed I keep the old SUP No. 2983. Ross, from Tampa today, advising tlie joint meeting Monday right. lady awake being so glad. The pil­ lows h^ivo to be changed each morn­ New Qrleans, La. Us that th e court had dismissed and the following action was taken: ing, as the one I sleep on is so wet NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 28.—Ship­ February 28, 1939. Gunnison and Hart because of the ping is good here. Four of us, A.B.'s non-appearance of the accuser. "Motion made and seconded that with the tears I .shed! Th NMU To the LOG: these three men be fined Ten Dol­ members should read the ai'tlcle in I have resigned as Agent of the got off here in New Orleans, and The phoney Epps must have got lars ($10.00) for holding up the ship, replacements who took the jobs wise to the fact that it takes more and that this be made a port role, the ARTA, and take some time out Galveston Branch of the Seafarers' had just got in. Of course, it was than a trumped up charge to stop in that any member holding up a to think things over. Be glad that International Union of North the NMU are glad, and at the same a little difficult to get them to take the Seafarer.s' and their Agents. America. Ten DoUars time take an active interest in our the jobs until the fresh milk was "Scotty" will be back by Thursday, ship will be fined The reason for this is that there aboard, and then everything was ($10.00)." own Union. Then we can hold a has been a SIU Hall opened in the ust fine! So, Brothers, all up and and will send In the latest on the "^he motion was put to a vote, "National Glad Day" for all sea­ port of Houston, Texas, and the down the Gulf and the East Coast, Florida set-up. and was carried UNANIMOUSLY. men. Beef On Pan Atlantic Galveston Hall has been closed. It let's try to do what the Brothers in This, in your coiTespondent's es­ On to the "Glad Day!" . On Sunday night, February 26, timation, is a move in th^ right would be of no use to spend the New Orleans are doing:—100% A. W. ARMSTRONG, the SS Pan Atlantic was ready to dii'ection. To pull off a stunt like money necessary to maintain a Hall backing. SUP No. 3983 sail. The steward department tliis, after you have held up a ship fn Galveston, as any ships calling The SS Oratano is about ready to was not aboard, so the patrol­ there can easily be covered from MOBILE.—The Luckenbach ships clear the beach, and that will take man Immediately started in to over a beef for twelve hours and Houston. about all the AJB.'s. Shipping is round up another steward's depart^ won out in your demands, spoils are standing their regular gangway ha-st month I shipped only two excellent for A.B.'s. everything. If the same action is mfnt. The deck and engine de­ taken by the members in the rest watches in all Oulf ports at last. men, and only one ship called at This has been a bone of contention The Firemen ship out of the SIU Galveston. Previously we had sev­ Hall in New Orleans, but out of partments wanted to know what of the ports, it will prove to the for a long time, and it is a relief would be done about the new stew­ eral Bull Line ships, four Range the NMU Hall In Mobile. Why? men and all concerned that the SIU to have it settled once and for all. ard's department in case the old Line, and an occasional Cuba Dis­ Brothers, the Point Brava is the one showed up before the new bunch will, at all times, do their best to Now it is up to the Quartermasters tillery ship. themselves to make sure that they only S cSc H ship to get milk all up arrived aboard the ship. The patrol­ keep their side of a bargain. The only reason why I have re­ and down both coasts. So let's see MOBILE OOBRESPON9ENT. stand the watches as they should be man explained that the new men signed Is to benefit the SIU of NA why not on other ships! It sure would collect one day's pay each W. V Albaugh. stood,—sober, and at all times on by not spending money operating a tastes good! the gangway. for being called out. Ttie deck and dead port, such as Galveston Is now. (Signed) TEX THOMPSON, engine departments thereupon de­ MOBILE, Feb. 28—In the ARTA, The Swayne & Hoyt outfit are However, I am willing to do any­ SUP No. 1467. cided that they had been .st,arved the official organ of the American trying to chisel, as usual. They are thing for the good of the SIU of long enough,—or at least, had been Radio Telegraphers Association, Lo­ supposed to tie up the Point Caleta NA, either with or without wages. NEW ORLEANS, La. FLASH!— fed rice and beans long enough; so cal No. 5, New Orleans, La., In the here next week, and will attempt Fraternally, The other day fifteen AB.'s came they decided that there would January issue, the following article to pay only $75.00 for transporta­ tion, histoid of the correct amount, (Signed) K. PETERSON. into our Hall, .and threw in their either be a new steward's depart­ was printed: which is "$107.48. This takes ln .4 ib"6.1. U. SHIPS: Ask any member NMU books, and asked for REAL ment, or an entirely new crew Jn who has had to ride a ship pack­ slstence and wages back to the port UNION BOOKa.4-THE SEAFAR­ the other two departments. Union .HBule Goods. ing a 8J.U. crew to tell you about of signing on, which, in the ease Beef Adjuatcd ERS' INTERNATIONAL UNIONI Tom in Your Fink Book. eonditlc^ jaboard Uwee vihips. Ask of this company. Is Seattle. '.How The compwy -ttien ^decided, that l^eo- N2^ steward's <leptt|tment (Continued on Page 4) a»en did likewise. ' • -• the uld .steward'k deviMtment^ were him how ^ten his Unen Is changed. NMU Refuses To Ship West Coast Cooks I p.V; :^: NEW ORLEANS MOBILE V "• �Friday, M^rch'3, 19a9 MEMBERSHIP OF SRI lEIUINS VALUE OF JPM ACTION Rank And File Control And Local Autonomy Fully Realized. Election in Near Future <s>- rv Baltimore HIGHLIGHTS MARITIME COMMISSION'S TRAINING PLANS ARE THREAT TO ALL ONIONS 4 BALTIMORE.—On the night ot (Continued from Page 1) January 20th, some stooge by the the guidance of the officers off watch. After two years of this, name of Fischer, claiming to be the West Coast representative of the provided they have .studied hard, and haven't displeased the "Old Maritime Federation of the Pacific, Man" by refusing to wash his gcan or beefing about working showed up here in Baltimore. over eight hours, they are sent to a shore training school for a Fischer very graciously invited the year; after which, a cadet is given a license, or raise in grade, SUP and MFOW men in this Hall -if he already has one. AND ONCE THEY ARE GIVEN A to come down to the NMU head­ LICENSE, OLDER OFFICERS WHO HAVE FOUGHT FOR quarters and listen to his words of THE CONDITIONS NOW ENJOYED, WILL BE DIS­ wisdom. The West Coast brothers told Agent McKay to call up the PLACED ! THIS IS A DIRECT THREAT TO LICENSED NMU Hall, and find out why MEN, AND TO MEN THINKING OF GOING UP FOR A Fischer, if he had anything to say LICENSE-UNLESS THEY FALL IN LINE WITH THIS to the West Coast men didn't come PROGRAM OF ABSOLUTE REGIMENTATION! to their Hall and say, it instead of asking them to go to the NMU hall, PLANS FOR FUTURE orcourse, there was no reply forth­ coming, and the boys stayed away The third plan, not yet in operation, but contemplated at a from lower Broadway. not too distant date, is the recruiting of 500 young men each We always have handed It to tiie Isthmian Line as being the holders year, who will be subj'cctcd to a thorough .schedule calling for of the world's record for their use tlircc months in a training school, six months on a training ship, of crimps, stooges, scab-herders, et and three months on a Coast Guard cutter. When this course is al, but their latest gag of contact­ ing WPA and Relief Headquarters completed, they will be given qualified engine or deck certificates. to supply them with seamen, puts THESE BOYS WILL BE USED AS REPLACEMENTS FOR them ill a class all by themselves. If Isthmian had all the money they THE GOVERNMENT SCABS WHO GET TOO OLD. OR have spent in getting seamen to WHO M.\Y FALL BY THE WAYSIDE! sail on their ships, they would have enough to buy themselves a new OBJECTIVE EASILY SEEN fleet. It takes but little iiitelligeiiee to foresee just what Despite the dismal forebodings of the Gloomy Gus' that the seamen eoiulitious we will be fariuf; unless we act.soon. Wall could never work together in one office, the SIU. SUP, MFOW and Street, who controls the shipowners, is using the seaCTU continue to work in hannony To start off with, it must be ad­ any shadow of a doubt, that they mitted that those seamen who have know full well the job they have to stuck with the American Federation do, and that they are going about of Labor since the old ISU folded it in a very workman-like manner up, have been taking more or le.s.s Moreover, they have also shown of a kicking around as far as liav- that the guarantee of local auto­ ing an organization is concerned. nomy was not any idle promise, First, there was the reorganization but an actual realization of fact under the ILA, which was rather All Headquarters and Branch meet­ short lived; next came the A. F. of ings have been run In a thoroughly L. Seamen's Reorganization Com­ democratic manner, and no man mittee, then the A. F. of L. Sea­ fears to take the floor to state his men's Union No. 21420. The last views on any given .subject. These named organization, as most of you West Coast men have .succeeded in know, remained in existence from Injecting a large measure of the January 1938 imtil about the mid­ pmich needed in this organization, dle of November of the same year and the entire membership has pro­ Actually, their Charter was revoked fited by it. at the A. F. of L. convention in Election In Near Future Houston, Texas, in October 1938. Meetings are no longer the mild Practically coincident' with the affairs that they used to be. and revocation of this Charter, came the issuance of an International Char­ neither arc they uncontrolled, mad­ ter to the Sailors' Union of the Pa­ house affairs. The members have dis­ cific, for the organization now covered that, if they have a legiti­ known as the Seafarers' Interna­ mate complaint to make, the place to make it is right in these meet­ tional Union of Nortli America. ings. Many have come to the real­ AFLSU Held No Election ization that they actually do kno\V Under the A. F. of L. Seamen's how to take the floor and talk, and Union No. 21420. the membersiiip expres.s themselves clearly. Tliey was promised that, within a year or have learned to study questions of less, they would have a convention, importance, both calmly and clear­ see. when the necessity arises, the fits from ship eonstruetion. And working hand in hand adopt a Constitution and by-laws, ly. and fender fair. Unbiased deci­ East Coast and West Coast seamen and elect their omi officers. This sions. and the Radio Operators of the with them is the Navy Department, M'liich is determined Again, let us remind you that an was never done. Ferliaps the fact CTU go down the line together in a that the organization was in exist­ election of officers is not far off, tight hard hitttag bunch. That's that the American Merchant Marine he subservient to and you will soon be called upon to ence less than one year may have the way it ought to be. boys, and their policies. And if the shipowners are to how to the had something to do with the fact select the men whom you wish to that's the way it's going to be done Navy,—someone's head get.s the axe! AND WE DO that the convention and the elec­ handle your affairs. There can be no in this port. question of friendship in selecting tion were never held. NOT NEED TO GUESS WHOSE HEAD IT WILL BE! Now, under the Seafarers' Inter­ these men, but rather, ah analysis of their sincerity, ability, and quali­ national Union, you have also been WE DO NOT OBJECT TO A PLAN OF TRAINING promised that there will be an elec­ fications should be the guiding fac­ SEAMEN, UNDER UNION CONTROL, SO THAT THEY tion of officers and a Constitution tors in determining the men for the adopted in less than one year. Tliis jobs. WILL BECOME MORE COMPETENT IN THEIR WORK, promise will be strictly adhered to, Due to the fact that we have -BUT WE WILL STRENUOUSLY FIGHT ANY ATTEMPT and the day is not far distant when received so many letters from it will most assuredly be done. both Coasts, and from the Gulf, TO USE SUCH A PLAN WHOSE SOLE PURPOSE IS TO We are, at present, working under asking the same Information BREAK UNIONS, AND FORCE US TO BECOME GOVa temporai-y set-up, at least as far about the opening up of the as permanent officials are concern­ It seems to me that the time has Lakes season, etc., we do not ERNMENT SCABS AND STOOGES! ed. With a very few exceptions, all have th® time to answer each of the present officials are appoint­ arrived to discuss the problem con­ S. 1. U. Eng. No. 90 letter individually; but we wish ed ones, and when the election does fronting the hundi-eds of colored Atlantic Dlst. to inform the membership that, take place, it will be up to the seamen on the beach in New York from all indications, if will be a membership to decide whom they Gulf, the same members who would wish to retain as their representa­ It i.s estimated that there are be­ good season here this year. However, there will not be tween 300 to 500 men who were not miss a meeting on the doasl; tives. members of the A.F.L.S.U., who anything doing before the latter won't attend one here. So, come on, Rank and File ^lonlrol part of April, so don't come up are imable, for one reason or an­ gang, take an interest, and remem­ (Continued from Page .3) In any event, appointed officials other. to take out their S.I.U. here before that with the idea can this outfit get away with that ber that this is yours here as much or not, the Seafarers' International Books. These men are apparently of going to work. sort of thing? I know that they are as it Is in Pedro and Seattle. So Report immediately to your doing it, because the crew of the come on and get in there and Union Is being strictly run by the unaware of the fact that they have Halls to get all the necessary in­ Point Bontia. out of here, accepted pitch! rank and file of the organization, no .status in the International. formation, and don't accept any We are looking forward to the Steady as she goes. ..4a_t,hat they have the final voice the "six-bits" in lieu of transporta­ regarding all questions of vital im­ best season since 1928; hence, we phoney dope that, you hear here tion, and some of them came back A. W. ARMSTRONG, portance. This completely democra­ would like to advise those men still and there. SUP No. 2983 to this port. At the present time, we have tic procedure has been lived up to holding their AFX.S.U Books, that If we don't take action on this ever since the International first ways and means must be found to Halls in Buffalo, Chicago, Cleve­ thing immediately, now tliat there came Into existence, and will con­ get their new books, a^ there will land, Milwaukee, and the Head­ has already been a precedent estab­ tinue to be lived up to as long as positively be no favors granted, in- quarters are In Detroit. By the lished, then we may as well forget opening of the season, we will . the organization is existing. as much a^' (I'l Ample time has also have Halls at Toledo apd all about tramsijortation on these ships! The men on the beach in New The Acting President of the Sea­ been alloted lo avail themsel-es of South Chicago. Orleans made sure that they would By A. F. of L. Weekly Nexos Service. farers' International Union of North the new Books, and; (2) The Union colect the correct sum from the The CIO Industrial Union Coun­ America is Harry Lundeberg, Sec­ has Instituted a policy whereby the Ala.ska Transportation Company, cil of San Francisco which functions retary of the Sailors' Union of the men who are in arrears six months bStore they would take the Ormes under the supervision of the notori­ Pacific, of whose militant record we or less,-^up to and including No­ out. Now. If we are going to collect ous alien Han-y Bridges has pro­ need not remind you. It is our vember, 1938,—may do watch duty The following men, members of from one outfit, then we should sure opinion that, even if a vote had at the door, and thereby Cam the tested the appointment of ^tz the ere v of the SS Manuela of the as Hell, colect from all of them! Wiedman a,s German coun.sel gen= been taken for a president of the amount necessary io change their Bull Line, made these donations to This "Sweat & HiU'ry" outfit have eral in San Francisco. In the praSIU, Lrmdeberg would moat certam- old books. On the other hand, the Hospital Cigarette Fund; always been the greatest chlselers test to the State Department, Mr.. ly have been elected by a large those men who were not paid up to ._.41.00 on the coast, so its' lilgh time that margin. In any event, I don't believe and hicluding May, 1938, are not T. Mutican Wiedman is called "an undesirable A. Thompson 1.00 that any of us are disappointed in eleglble for this privilege, as they they were put back In line! alien." A. O'Neal 1.00 have allowed themselves to go in the selection of such a leader. How Is it that this is the only The difference in the alien sttaus 1.00 arrear.s entirely too far, regardless V. Turner port on the Gulf or East Coast of Messrs. Wideman and Bridges is. Real Local Autonomy 1.00 where the MF.O.W. k W. don't ship of what excuses they may advance. T. McKee noteworthy. Mr. Wiedman does not 1.00 through the same Hall as the SUP? E. Hansen When the SIU first took over on The Tjractlce of paying dues per profess to be anything but a Ger­ J. Kupta 1.00 This causes a lot of imnecessary this coast and in the Gulf there months worked is not Indicative of man temporarily employed in the D. De Dulsen 25 friction, and should be ii-ohed out, consular service of his countiY. Mr. was considerable talk of West Coast the best union spirit, and must be 1.00 so that the members of the West Bridges, on the other hand, Is an domination, and many of us were condemned. It goes without saying, H. PatcheU more or less skeptical about any that your first obligation Is the wel­ Coast Unions, themselves, can show Australian who seemingly enjoys his Total _$8.25 that they are solid for a uniform status as an alien. He has earned guarantee of local autonomy. The fare of your Ucifc^ If this is true, We wish to thank theaq brotlicrs program. SUP being the parent body of the and it undoubtedly fit; then, there his livelihood in the "Cnlted ^States . organization, it was no more than can be no excuse for not paying •for their generosity, and we assure So let's cut out the baloiiey, and for nearly twenty years but refuses Natural that West Coast men should dues promptiy. It is our suggestion them that the boys in the hospitals instead of all this hooey, get back to become a citizen of the .land that sent here to aid In the work of that, in the future, dues be paid in will be very grateful. to where we were, and not have a feeds him. brganizatlon. These men who were advance, so that you will not be talking organization, but an active Anyone is entitled td* judge whict} Be 100 Per Cent Union. sent to the Atlantic and Qulf Dis­ caught short again. one /that Is taking Interest in the of these two aliens; is really "imrte. H; OUINIBR, Organizer. ' • " Re • Pr»gres<lv«i tricts h«ye already proven, beyond problftiWR'that! wss have. Here In the sU-able.'». XfZ rr„™e"inL'"ur.™d°» •»«•' Admmislraliou and the pro- NOTICE TO ALL LAKES SEAMEN Warns Members To Get New Books MOBILE "UNDESIRABLE ALIENS" M'- Thanks Brothers! i! � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1939-1949 Description An account of the resource Volumes I-XI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. 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WHY WE OPPOSE MARITIME COMMISSION'S FINK HALL AND TRAINING PROGRAM GREEN MAY FACE LEWIS IN PEACE PARLEY ASKS FOR OPINIONS FROM MEMBERS NMU REFUSES TO SHIP WEST COAST COOKS MEMBERSHIP OF SIU LEARNS VALUE OF MILITANT ACTION NOTICE TO ALL LAKES SEAMEN WARNS MEMBERS TO GET NEW BOOKS UNDESIRABLE ALIENS Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 3/3/1939 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVII, No. 4 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1939 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/50c5808e004951492792b82e7ddbbd1c.PDF 5024d786e07fd5f09e7d538775f80d04 PDF Text Text SEAFARERS^OC OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO Icebergs—Menace to Shipping Patrol Service Begins Seasonal Warning System Page 9 • .0ky »' ' - • V' * t • .* s •'W^, *t "t." ••••"PRR ••' <s.^ .. -•«. 1.?^- Vlr •"fc fe. » S3« Magnuson Warns Weak Fleet Threatens Nation's Defense Page 2 SlU Cannery Union Tops Teanios In Pacific Coast NLRB Vote MTD to Study Court Decisions Under Landrum-Griffin Act Page 3 �Page Two March 3, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG US Lacks Enough Vessels to Meet Trade Demands, Gulick Tells MTD Report of International President by Paul Hall WASHINGTON—At the day long legislative seminar here last week devoted to U.S. trade and The immense influence wielded by American business and industry shipping sponsored by the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, Acting Maritime Administrator in the halls of Congress and within the U.S. Government in general, James W. Gulick told the several hundred labor, government and industry representatives that so was demonstrated with stark clarity on several occasions in recent much emphasis has been given months by the watering down or complete blockage of legislation de­ chant shipping does not have suf­ concerted effort to develop com­ to the "fourth arm of defense' signed to benefit the American consumer. concept that the responsibility ficient capacity also to satisfy its mercial cargoes for the American The issues in question are the recently-adopted Truth-in-Packaging of developing a fleet capable of commercial obligations and the ships and supported emphatically legislation, the new Automobile Safety Regulations, and the still-pend­ carrying a substantial proportion rapidly expanding foreign com­ the need for a strong American ing Truth-in-Lending legislation. of our commercial cargoes ap­ merce of the United States." He merchant marine. He based his These are all areas of consumer interest in which the need for pears to have been overlooked. continued "Our ships including remarks on the military and com­ strong protective legislation has been badly needed and of utmost both liner and bulk carrier fleets mercial concept in the national At the very least, it has become have been unable to keep pace economy. Gulick added that "The importance. Strong measures were mapped out and introduced impossible to achieve whenever with our growing trade and have American businessman prefers to to protect the welfare and safety of the American consumer and his we have been faced with military lost customers to our foreign com­ do business with Americans in family. Yet in spite of the vital and long-standing need for strong emergencies short of total war, he petitors." foreign trade and this helps to legislation in these areas, business and industry was so successful in said. Gulick also discussed the Mari­ keep dollars at home which con­ nibbling away and chopping up proposed legislation that, as finally Gulick said "The needs of mili­ time Administration's Cargo Pro­ tribute to a more favorable bal- passed, the measures are little more than meaningless. As far as tary must be met—but our mer­ motion Program dealing with the ance-of-payments position but Truth-in-Lending legislation is concerned, business and industry has keep them flowing into the 'at thus far been able to block passage entirely, leaving the conumer of credit—which includes just about every American—without any home' economy." Senator Daniel Brewster (D-, protection at all from unscrupulous lenders and slick credit salesmen. Before it was finally passed by Congress however, business and in­ Md.) speaking at the Hotel Statlef activities, recommended the crea­ dustry interests had succeeded in pulling most of it teeth, whittling away, tion of an independent maritime its authority and softening its impact to such a degree that the con­ administration and said that we sumer is still left virtually unprotected. The same is basically true of the recently-adopted Automobile Safety should embark immediately on a WASHINGTON—"Without an adequate merchant marine the program to build 40 ships and Standards. In the wake of the uproar caused by auto industry critics United States cannot possibly have an adequate defense," Senator continue subsidy programs that about the basic unsafe nature of their product, and later about the Warren G. Magnuson (D-Wash.) warned the Senate recently, add­ are required for construction and unsavory methods employed by the automobile industry to silence its critics, true reform measures were proposed. operating needs. ing that "without an adequate ^ "We cannot continue to go from At that point the Industry got to work in earnest—applying pressure Brewster said "that two vital merchant marine the United year to year appropriating a pit­ factors dictating this action is the in sensitive areas, initiating expensive publicity campaigns, shipping States cannot possibly realize its tance for ship construction. We economical potential in foreign must devise and implement a spe­ present balance-of-payment posi­ highlv paid lobbyists to the nation's capital. The result was almost tion and the necessity for defense predictable. The new auto "safety" standards, as finally applied, amount trade." cific and detailed multi-year re- requirements." He continued "by to little more than no standards at all. The auto industry was success­ Magnuson, who is chairman o vitalization program." shipping under American Flags, ful in knocking out virtually every recommendation it did not like and the Senate Commerce Committee Magnuson emphasized that we built by American shipbuilders, the automobile using public—which again includes almost evpry Ameri­ warned that the U.S. merchant can no longer depend on the Na­ loaded with American cargoes by can—was left as unprotected and in as great a danger as ev^r. fleet is in a "deplorable" state and tional Defense Reserve Fleet to American labor and manufactured Presently-pending Truth-in-Lending legislation seems to be follow­ placed every citizen of the United meet our emergency shipping by American firms the balance-of- ing the already familiar course. In spite of vigorous efforts by the States in "grave danger." He needs. He pointed out that by payment position can only im­ American labor movement, various citizen groups and many legislators, urged Congress to commit itsel 1975 most of the ships in the Re­ prove and we must not forget that business anid industry have been successful thus far in completely fully to strengthen U. S. security serve Fleet will be 30-35 years 98% of our cargoes and military blocking passage of this much-needed consumer legislation. The and sovereignty on the seas. old, "clearly obsolete and prob­ have been sealifted to South East same old process of whittling and chopping has already begun. If and Outlining the many deficiencies ably useless." Asia." when such legislation is passed, there is still no assurance that it will of the present American-flag mer­ Noting that each successive President Michael R. McEvoy, be any more meaningful than Truth-in-Packaging or Auto Safety. chant fleet, he noted that we have Washington Administration clear­ Sea-Land Service, Inc. spoke to Part of the blame for this sad state of affairs must unfortunately be today only about 871 active mer­ ly voices the importance of a the seminar about the company's shouldered by the consumer himself, who stands to gain the most chant ships under U.S. registry strong American-flag merchant activities in the field of containeri- from such protective measures. While business and industry jump into and of these only about 100 can marine, yet does little or nothing zation. the fight with both feet and fat checkbooks to block such legislation, be considered modern. to halt the continuing decline of Senator Vance Hartke of In­ the consumer rarely even raises his voice on his own behalf. Magnuson implied that the re­ the fleet, Magnuson called for the diana, a member of the Senate There is no substitute for a strong public outcry to influence pas­ cently proposed maritime budget, adoption of a strong, positive Commerce Committee, along with sage of progressive legislation and defeat of regressive measures. Until Senate Commerce Committee each citizen recognizes the importance of the issues at hand and com­ calling for the construction of maritime policy. "We must plan, finance and im­ Chairman, Senator Warren Mag­ municates his feelings to the Senators, Representatives and other officials only 13 new vessels in fiscal 1968, is totally inadequate. "I think plement our merchant marine pol­ nuson expressed their criticism of he has placed in office by his votes, special iptere.sts groups of all kinds about four-times that many ships icy immediately," he said, "while the U.S. plan to shelve the nuclear will continue to ransack his pocketbook, endanger his life and run we still have a merchant fleet." ship Savannah. would be a more realistic program roughshod over the vast majority of the American Public. for one fiscal year," he said. Magnuson Warns Weak Fleet Threatens Nation's Defenses f 5«•'ii SEAE4RER&i^OG •I. •i lii t. I . March 3. 1967 • Vol. XXIX. No. 5 OiHcUl Publication of the Seafarera International Union of North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL-CIO Exteutive Board PAUL HALL, President CAL TANNBR BAW, SHEPARD Sxoe. Vieo-Preo. Vice-President AL KBUI LINDSEI WILLIAMS Sae.-Trtai. Vice-President ROBERT MATTHEWS Vice-President HBRBBIT BRAND Direetor of OrganiMina and Publieationt Managing Editor MIKE POLLACK Assistant Editor NATHAN SKYBI Staff Writers PETER WEILL PRW WHU Bo RUBENSTHIN Piklliksd llossklf St 810 Iksds lilut Annis H.E., WuklBitea, D. C. 20018 ky tks Ssafirsrs IstmitlSBtl Usles, Atlaslls, Gelt, Lakis •Rd lilSBt Watsn oritrtst. AFL-CIO, 675 Fsirth A«SRM, 8rtethni, B.Y. 1123Z Tsl. HTBilBtb 9-6600. Oeesst elus yestais paid at WaiklaotM, 0. C. POfTIAtTErt ATTEBTIOB; Fsna 3579 tards ikeald to seat Is Ssafarsn Intsmatlsaal Balsa, AUaaOe, Biir, Lakss aad islasd Watsn DMrist AFL-CIO, 675 Fesrtk Anais, Brseklya, B.r. 11292. I'l 5IU, Japan Seaman's Union Hold Talks on Maritime Issues Y O K O H A M A—Representa­ tives of the SIU and the All-Japan Seamen's Union have been hold­ ing discussions here on matters of mutual interest to maritime work­ ers of the United States and Japan. Peter Drewes, SIU Interna­ tional Representative in the Far East, conferred with Captain Nabasama, president, and other offi­ cers of the All-Japan Seamen's Union at the SIU's new offices in Yokohama last month. The talks were a continuation of those begun by SIU President Hall and Captain Nabasama dur­ ing Hall's visit to Japan last year to attend the convention of the Japanese Confederation of Labor Domei), with which the All-Japan Seamen's Union is affiliated. The All-Japan Seamen's Union, which represents all shipboard per­ sonnel on steamships, fishing and small craft, has made important advances for its membership. It also plays a vital role in the Japa­ nese democratic labor movement. When the Japanese Confederation of Labor was founded in 1964 as apan's democratic trade union Peter Drewes, SIU International Representative for the Far East, confers wth Captain Nabasama, Presdent, and other representatives of the All-Japan Seamen's Union and Japanese Confedera­ tion of Labor in SIU's Far East office in Yokohama. Left to right around table are K. Fukushima, Director, JSU Yokohama office: Drewes: H. Wada, JSU Vice-President and Vice-President of Confederation: Captain Nabasama: K. Kihata, Secretary of Confederation's Inaternational Dept.: and JSU Executive Board member: R. Kamisawa, Secretary, JSU International Dept.: T. Moriyama, JSU International Dept. Staff, and S. Suwa (back to camera), JSU Pro-Director, Yokohama District office. center, the inaugural convention elected as its first president, Kumazo Nakachi, then head of the All-Japan Seamen's Union. Presi­ dent Nakachi was reelected to the The SIU's office in Yokohama services SIU members aboard un­ ion-contracted ships calling at Far Eastern ports. Assisting Drewes at the SIU Far East office is Inter­ national Representative Frank Boyne. "The SIU office is located in the Iseya Building, 1-2 Kaigan-Dori Nakaku, Yokohama, Japan. �March 3, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG SlU Cannery Workers Discuss Victory f V Page Three MTD Authorizes In-Depth Study Of Lundrum-CrUfin Court Derisions BAL HARBOUR, Fla.—An in-depth survey of court decisions under the Landrum-Griffin Act and a study of all available information on interpretations of the law has been authorized by the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Dept. The department's executive — council meeting here authorized The case has been placed be­ and special event functions un­ the creation of a permanent fore a number of congressmen dertaken by the MTD. The de­ standing committee to sponsor and senators and Hall said there partment now has 35 AFL-CIO the survey, correlate information, were indications that a congres­ affiliates. work with universities and law sional inquiry would be conducted In other actions the MTD coun­ schools and take all necessary on the Labor Dept's role. cil: The MTD sessions also called steps to complete a full analysis • Pledged its full support to the for new safety precautions on the Building & Construction Trades of the situation. SIU President Paul Hall, who is Great Lakes, pointing to the fre­ Dept. to secure congressional pas­ also President of the MTD, de­ quency of shipwrecks and other sage of situs picketing legislation clared that the time has come ship disasters especially on Lake to grant to construction workers when the labor movement must Michigan. Special attention was "the same rights and privileges take a close look at this "bad law called to the need for closer liai­ now enjoyed by other trade union­ SlUNA-affiliated Canntsiy Workers Union of the Pacific president compounded by bad decisions" son between the U. S. and Can­ ists." Steve Edney (right) and business agent Arnie Miranda (left) discuss and create a situation where in­ ada on safety-at-sea regulatory • Reaffirmed support of legis­ CWU pay scale and other benefits with employees of the Fulham Fish formation and assistance is avail­ machinery on the lakes as well as lation introduced by Rep. Edward Stick Plant at Wilmington, Calif. The CWU beat the Teamsters by a able to unions. He cited the gen­ along the coast. F. Garmatz (D-Md.) to require Reviewing the expansion of ac­ two to one margin in an NLRB representation election at the plant. eral lack of coordination among authorization to advance activities unions in coping with L-G de­ tivities by the department in 1967, of the Maritime Administration cisions and noted the rising impor­ the council voiced its approval. and to continue its fight to "main­ tance of these decisions to the Hall announced that in line with tain an independent Maritime Ad­ general activities of the labor the program, Thomas W. Gleason, ministration." president of the Longshoremen, movement. • Called for protection of U.S. has been named vice president of He told the council that inter­ the department and will assume shipyards by opposing any foreign pretations of L-G in the court do full responsibility for legislative (Continued on page 15) not square with the legislative in­ TERMINAL ISLAND, Calif.—The SIUNA-affiliated Cannery tent of Congress and that there is Workers Union of the Pacific was victorious over Teamsters Local a great need to determine exactly what is happening and why in this 942 of Los Angeles, in an NLRB election which was held recently legal area. at the plant. change the medical plan or health The department's action on The final ballot count was 44 benefits, but we do intend to im­ Landn.n-Griffin came after a de­ to 23 in favor of the Cannery prove the contract in the follow­ tailed review by Hall of a case NEW YORK—A thinly-veiled attempt to build up pressure in Workers Union. This was the cul­ ing areas: Wages, Classifications, involving the SIU in Duluth, Congress for new anti-strike laws specifically aimed at the trans­ mination of an intensive 4-month- Vacations, and further, we intend Minn., which Hall charged dem­ portation industry has been launched by the American Bar Asso­ long drive by the SIUNA-Cannery to improve upon the clause deal­ onstrated that the Labor Dept. ciation. The lawyers' group has Workers at Fulham Brothers (Gro- ing with maternity benefits. Some­ was using its investigatory powers put a nine-member special com­ tion and strike settlement proce­ ton's Fish Sticks) plant at Wil­ thing must be done about a safety under L-G to "walk into unions dures "have proved repeatedly to program and committee. We want on fishing expeditions" and to fab­ mittee to work to conduct a mington. seniority lists posted and updated ricate cases against unions in be­ "major study" of national strikes be inadequate ... to avoid long interruptions in the essential trans­ Steve Edney, president of the periodically. We shall support half of other agencies which lack in the transportation industries. port industries." Cannery Workers, announced the each member and represent you at the authority" to make such in­ In authorizing the study, the The study is to embrace rail­ victory on January 20th, after the every or any grievance." vestigations. ABA said existing Federal legislaroads and shipping industries as ballots were counted by the well as the airlines, but the law­ National Labor Relations Board yers' panel is heavily stacked with agents. members familiar with Railway Brother Edney personally Labor Act procedures. Railway thanked the SIUNA through labor already has been under the Frank Drozak, SIU West Coast hammer of compulsory arbitra­ Representative, for their support tion as a result of legislation during the petitioning, organizing BAL HARBOUR, Fla.—The AFL-CIO Executive Council unanimously declared its "complete jammed through Congress. and election stages of the cam­ A similar attempt by Congress readiness" to debate and act upon "any complaint, charge, proposal or program novel or ancient" paign. He lauded his own orga­ to break the airline mechanics' nizational committee and office from any affiliate or its officers that comes before it through "appropriate channels" spelled out in strike last summer and to inistitute staff for their tireless efforts in the federation's constitution. compulsory arbitration in the air­ "There is no other procedure from the AFL-CIO Executive of union activities and will ask the achieving this victory. lines' industry was ultimately de­ by which the trade union move­ Council had been received and President to issue an executive or­ feated. The airline beef, which Petition Granted ment can effectively reach, and that before the current council der barring such Contract awards The National Labor Relations carry out, its decisions," the coun­ meeting is over the vacancy will where the companies are in viola­ involved the International Associ­ ation of Machinists, AFL-CIO, Board had granted the Cannery cil said in adopting the statement be filled. A subcommittee of the tion of federal labor law. Workers a petition for an election as the first order of business at its council has been named, in line In a series of statements on do­ was the reason given by the Amer­ with standing council practice, to mestic policies and legislation the ican Bar Association for kicking late last year. The election ruling mid-winter meeting here. off the anti-strike study in the first favored the CWU because a ma­ The resolution emphasized the recommend a candidate for the council: • Voted strong support for a place. jority of the employees had signed council's position that it is ready seat. In 1963, maritime labor faced The council followed its open­ 20 percent increase in social secu­ pledge cards designating the Can­ to consider and "act upon any the same type of attack in the nery Workers as their bargaining matter at any time, either at this ing day statement on federation rity benefits coupled with exten­ House Merchant Marine and representative. The CWU was or a future council meeting, at a procedures with statements focus­ sion and improvement of public Fisheries Committee, then under fighting a back-door agreement meeting of the General Board, at ing on the campaigns to win welfare programs. • Called for increased funds the chairmanship of the late which the company had signed a special convention, if necessary, higher social security benefits and secure effective enforcement of for enforcement of the expanded Herbert C. Bonner, North Caro­ with Teamsters Local No. 942. or at the next regular convention." the expanded minimum wage law minimum wage as a "necessary lina Democrat. It added: The contract provisions for wages The proposal for compulsory "We are not, however, prepared for all Americans—union and first step" in making a reality of and working conditions were far to act upon the basis of a kaleido­ non-union members alike. the new amendments to the law. arbitration in maritime was nar­ below those enjoyed by Cannery scope of ever-changing allegations It received also a detailed brief­ • Pledged its "enthusiastic sup­ rowly defeated in committee, after Workers who were represented by and demands, expressed through ing on Administration programs port" for the President's proposals the &afarers International Union the CWU at other plants in the press releases, public speeches or and policies by Labor Secretary to protect the right of privacy by of North America and the AFLarea. W. Willard Wirtz, Budget Direc­ banning wiretapping and eaves­ CIO Maritime Trades Depart­ circular letters." ment rallied the support of the en­ AFL-CIO Pres. George Meany tor Charles L. Schultze and White dropping. Prior to the election, the team­ • Urged the adoption of pro­ tire trade union movement against sters had circulated false informa­ read the text of the council reso­ House Assistant Joseph A. Calition to the effect that, by changing lution to a crowded press confer­ fano, Jr., and voiced its praise for grams to control medical costs in the measure. the great record on social legisla­ light of reports of skyrocketing Since that time, various pro­ Unions, the employees at Fulham ence and stressed in reply to a tion achieved by President John­ prices for health care. series of questions that he will not posals have been introduced in the Brothers would have endangered • Reaffirmed labor's goal of Congress, both in the Senate and discuss any charges made by Auto son and the 89th Congress. coverage under the health plan es­ Workers President Walter P. ReuThe federation will carry di­ providing and financing compre­ the House of Representatives, to tablished by the Teamsters. ther any place except "in the rectly to the President the ques­ hensive health services by renew­ upset the collective bargaining Brother Edney reported to the forums of the AFL-CIO." tion of awarding government con­ ing its call for a program of na­ process by labor and manage­ Fulham Brothers employees that, Meany told the press confer­ tracts to companies which dis­ tional health insurance. ment, especially in the transporta­ "The CWU does not intend to ence that Reuther's resignation criminate against workers because (Continued on page 15) tion field. SlU Cannery Union Tops IBT In Pacific Coast NLRB Vote Antl-Strlke Law Pressure Seen In Legal Group's Move 'I • AFL'CIO Counril 'Reudy' to Discuss Any Compluint of Affiiiuted Unions �Page Four i r SEAFARERS Six Additional Seafarer Oidtimers Approved for SlU Pension Benefits Lykiardopol Auer Tbiemonge Daly Vargus March 3, 1967 LOG Wocras The Atlantic Coast by Earl (Bull) Shepard, Vice-President, Atlantic Coast Area Around the headquarters hall have been Seafarers John Gib­ bons, who's just off the Trans Globe after a full-year stint; Pat­ rick Ryan, recently off the Sap­ phire Gladys; Wiley Hudgins, oil­ er off the Duke Victory; and John R. Micbaelis, who last served as FWT aboard the Alcoa Mariner. Shipping out of New York has been brisk and the outlook is for more of the same. Pu^o Rico A number of A.B.'s have been by the hall lately, and are all eye­ ing the board. They include, among others, Julio Delgado, Eddie Bonefont, Victor Aviles, and Eugenio Nunez. Firemen in Puerto Rico are cur­ rently engaged in a fight to have their work week cut from an 86hour week to a 64-hour week. This past year, according to Governor Sanchez, the island's economic growth was impressive, despite a slowdown in the activity of some sectors of the economy. The island's industrialization pro­ gram accounted for 207 new fac­ tories during the year, adding 9,000 new jobs to the economy. a-half month stint as oiler. He's registered again hoping now to catch another tanker. Walter Wallace, an SIU mem­ ber for more than two decades, just got back from a 4-month trip to Viet Nam aboard the Alcoa Mariner as an A.B. "There's nothing wrong with this run," said Walter, who is looking for an­ other ship going the same way. Twenty-two-year veteran Rob­ ert Wroton was oiler on the Penn Challenger running between Puerto Rico and the West Coast for three-and-one half months when he decided he'd come back East, having had enough sunshine for a while. During the past period shipping was good with five ships in transit, one sign on, and no payoffs. Out­ look is for more of same. Six veteran SIU men were added to the growing pension roster recently. They include Fernando Vargas, Archie Lykiardopol, Eugene Auer, William D. Thiemonge, John J. Daly, and Willem Woeras Fernando Vargas sailed for Willem Woeras was bom in more than 25 years in the en­ ing World War Two. He was gine department, winding up his born in Minnesota, joined the SIU Estonia. He joined the SIU in seatime as an oiler. He came to the in Norfolk, but makes his home New York and sailed in the engine United States from Puerto Rico in New Orleans. Brother Auer department as a wiper. and settled in Brooklyn, joining sailed in the steward department the SIU at the headquarters hall as a chief steward. William D. Thiemonge was in New York. born in Alabama and now makes Archie Lykiardopol came to his home in New Orleans where Boston the United States from Greece he joined the SIU. During his and joined up with the SIU at many years at sea, he sailed in Oldtimer Benjamin Boudreau, the Norfolk hall. He sailed for the steward department as a messan SIU man for 25 years, is ready many years in the steward's de­ man. to go but is carefully scanning the partment as messman and as a 2nd The SlU-manned supertanker board for the right run. Ben's last John J. Daly, born in Paterson, cook. He makes his home in New Jersey, joined the SIU in Manhattan arrived at the Bay of vessel was the CS Baltimore as an Brooklyn, N.Y. A.B. the port of New York and sailed Bengal during Febmary with the Eugene Auer sailed with the in the deck department. He makes largest cargo of wheat ever shipped Arthur Fontaine has spent two SIU for more than 20 years and his home with his wife in New from the United States to India. solid decades sailing with an SIU The Manhattan, biggest tanker also served in the U.S. Navy dur­ Jersey. Baltimore card and wouldn't have it any sailing under the American flag, Newly-married Paul Matsos was other way. Art's last ship was the left Seattle with 103,400 long-tons by the hall lately, looking quite Miami as A.B. He's walking of white wheat aboard—the equiv­ happy following his honeymoon. around lately with a real big smile alent of nearly 4 million bushels. Paul's ready to ship out again and since his wife just presented him The wheat went to droughtget back to work as a bos'n. His with a bouncing baby girl. stricken India under a special ex­ And John Roblee, also a 20last ship as an A.B. was the Mantension of the Food for Freedom kato Victory. year SIU sailor, is holding down program announced in December, the hall on every call, all ready to Joseph Grana is NFFD but he 1966. WASHINGTON—Except for that cargo which goes over the go. hopes to be ready to ship again Public Law 480 authorizations docks, there is no purpose in a merchant marine as such! This to India announced in December soon. Joe's mightly grateful at Philadelphia is the latest pronouncement of Alan S. Boyd, Secretary of the included 175,000 metric tons of this time for his SIU welfare bene­ new cabinet-level Department of Transportation. Shipping out of the city of white wheat, 125,000 metric tons fits. His last ship was the BetbTex. Boyd stated this opinion in a question and answer session with brotherly love has been fair lately. Anthony Bender, an oldtimer hard red spring wheat, and 150,reporters after he had addressed a recent luncheon meeting spon­ Comas Knight is resistered and 000 metric tons hard red winter of 23 years standing, thinks the sored by the National Press Club. ready to go after spending some SIU vacation plan is the greatest wheat. He quickly added however, that "I am not talking about the time on the beach. Comas sails in For many of the people in those in the business. Tony, whose last defense aspect of it." He did not say how he could possibly the black gang and will take the Indian states worst hit by drought, ship was the Steel Worker, is wait­ separate one aspect of the merchant marine from the other since first FWT job that comes along. the wheat in Manhattan's holds ing around for a bos'n's spot go­ without the first capability the second would not be available Registered and ready to go after may spell the difference between ing anywhere. in time of need. He also totally ignored the American-flag a few months at home on the life and death. Although many merchant fleet's vital role in the nation's foreign commerce, its Norfolk beach is Joe Werselowick, who parts of India have recovered from badly needed contributions toward maintaining a favorable Bobby Harris dropped off the sails in the steward department. the disastrous drought of recent balance-of-payments structure with foreign nations, and many years, vast areas are still affected. CS Baltimore after an eight-and- Joe's last ship was the Merrimac. other vital factors. Boyd was again thumping for inclusion of the Maritime Administration under the jurisdiction of the Transportation De­ partment, which he heads. MARAD was excluded from the new Kingsport Management Destroys Tree Etepartment as a result of a vigorous campaign waged by mari­ time labor, management, and many congressional legislators who feared that if maritime were placed under Boyd, whose anti maritime feelings were even then well known, the total disappear­ ance of the American flag from the high seas would be an everpresent danger. To assure that the United States has an adequate merchant rnarine in the future, maritime labor and management, with the aid of many concerned legislators, are continuing their vigorous campaign for the establishment of the Maritime Administration as an independent agency—not submerged in any other govern­ ment department and with an Administrator who is truly knowl­ edgeable and concerned about the needs of maritime. The steep decline of U.S. maritime in recent years has come about because of the fact that, submerged within other agencies whose administrators were basically concerned about other modes of transportation, maritime was always treated as a stepchild and no progressive maritime legislation was forthcoming. This is precisely the situation which Boyd would continue were mari­ time placed under his jurisdiction. In his recent remarks to reporters he brought this out clearly, even if he did not actually intend to do so. There is a great deal of knowledge about the movement of commodities in the area of surface transportation which could be brought to bear in a "sort of a paternal manner" if the merchant marine were where "we could use our good offices to bring these people together," he said. Strikers and representatives of unions on strike against Kingsport Press, Tennessee, point to stump This is again the "stepchild" approach which he advocates— of tree cut down as part of company's latest attempt to harass and discourage striking workers. an approach which has brought the American maritime and shipbuilding industry to the verge of total disappearance. Tree had sometimes protected pickets from the weather, so management decided it had to go. Strike SIU Tanker Hauls Record Cargo of Wheat to India Doubts U.S. Need For Merchant Fleet At All 4; by printing trades unions has been underway nearly four years over demands for union contracts. > V. �March 3, 1967 Page Fire SEAFARERS LOG NLRB in Operation Since 1935 The Gulf Coast by Lindsey Williams, Vice-President, Gulf Area A petition by the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuilders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers, AFL-CIO, has been sustained by the National Labor Relations Board. The petition charged Avondale Shipyards, Inc. with failing to provide the union with a list of the names and addresses of employees eligible to vote in a union election that was held on January ^ 26. forward to a trip to Viet Nam in The requirement to supply the near future. names and addresses was handed Houston down in a recent ruling by the One of the many old timers in NLRB in the case of Excelsior Underwear, Inc. Avondale Ship­ this port, E. Tliompson, has yards, Inc. has filed exceptions checked into the Galveston Hos­ with the NLRB in Washington, pital. Thompson's Union brothers D.C. contesting the NLRB region­ are all hoping he comes back to ship soon. al ruling. An oldtimer just out of the New Orleans Galveston hospital where he was Anything that comes up will laid up for a while is J. Hunt. fill the bill for Walter Lanier. Sea­ Hunt has been welcomed back by farer Lanier sails in the steward his buddies at the hall, who are department. His last ship was the glad to see him on his feet again. Del Santos. He does have a pref­ With shipping slowed down a erence for the Far East, but bit recently around Houston a lot doesn't intend to wait too long for of members here are taking ad­ his preference to show on the vantage of the lull by straighten­ board before packing his gear. ing out their affairs on the beach. Seafarer James H. Hawkins is Mobfle scouting the board in hopes of scoring a job on the Lakewood Gibson H. Coker is back from Victory. Hawkins' last trip was a Viet Nam run aboard the Our as an oiler aboard the Del Sol. Lady of Peace as an A.B. Brother Coker is married and makes his Angel Valdes recently finished a run to Viet Nam and now is home in Mobile with his wife and waiting for another one to shov/. children. He's shipped out of this His last Viet Nam go-round was port a good 25 years. as steward utility on the Cornell William F. Cogg^ns will be Victory. Valdes spends most of ready for another tanker as soon his beach time in Florida. Having as his broken arm heals. His last piled off the Lucille Bloomfield, ship was the Penn Sailor, on Chief Cook Lester Burnett is which he sailed as an A.B. He too warming the cushions in the hall makes his home in Mobile with lounge. However, he is looking his wife. The Great Lakes by Fred Famen, Secretary-Treasurer,Great Lakes The volume of iron ore, coal, grain and limestone carried on U. S. and Canadian ships over the Great Lakes during 1966 set an all-time high at over 210 million tons. The previous high at just under 200 million tons was set back in 1953. While grain shipments were at an all-time high for the season, just a small proportion, 11 per cent of ^ the trade, was carried by U. S. season since without missing a sin­ ships. gle season, right up to 1966. He's just 65 years old, too. Last year, Duluth Penn Dixie decided to purchase Compared to last winter, 1967 another vessel to replace the Gai­ is as tame as a lamb. Our upgrad­ ster, which was built in England, ing school has been going very back in 1897. A1 feels that 31 well. Andy Kent, Jr., was the first years on the same ship means that wiper to pass the FOW test and when she lays up, he should too. David Jones was the second. Mike Degeburg, Duane Witt, David Alpena Brander as well as Tom Held have Things are beginning to buzz finished the AB test and are wait­ about the port of Alpena as spring ing for the ice to break. Ken Lund makes her yearly approach. The has done a bang-up job assisting Iglehart (Huron Cement) is calling Jack Hall put 150 men through the back the after end crew for Feb­ upgrading program. ruary 20th; the Crapo (also Huron Brother Steve Laffy, we're sorry Cement) after end call is for the to report, is back in the hospital 27th of February; and for the again. We're all wishing for his Townsend, it's March 6th as show speedy return to active seafaring. up time for the after end crew. There's a steady stream of SIU Chicago men at the clinic getting their Although the weather has been physicals daily. All members who very bad in this area, vessels across have not had a physical exam are the lake and in the Chicago area urged to do so. are beginning to fit out for what Winter in Alpena was nothing may prove to be an early as well as less than extraordinary. As this is full season. being written this morning, the Old-timer A1 Hvflaub has de­ temperature is 16 below zero. On cided to lay up along with his ship, some streets in the city of Alpena, the John Gaister of the Penn-Dixie snow is piled in an excess of 7 Cement Co. A1 joined up with this feet. So, have snow, will melt. . . vessel in 1936 and has sailed every We hope. * 25 Millionth NLRB Election Vote Marks Milestone in labor History WASHINGTON—In mid-February an American worker made history by casting the 25 millionth ballot and marking a new milestone in the National Labor Relations Board's 31-year history of con­ ducting secret representation elections. In casting his ballot to help ^ determine whether he and his strikes were often violent, bloody NLRB files show however, that fellow workers wish to have a and sometimes fatal for workers. there are still great areas of the To fulfill its function of allowing country, notably the South, and union represent them in collective workers in every state of the union, important industries where re­ bargaining with their employer, Puerto Rico and Guam to vote sistance to labor organization is maintenance technician Leonard P. Scheno, an employee of the peacefully for or against union still as powerful and as unscrupu­ Reynolds Metals Co. at Wood- representation, NLRB representa­ lous as it was over 30 years ago. There is not a day when an bridge, N.J., became the man of tives traveled to the remotest areas —by mule train, snow shoes, auto­ NLRB trial examiner's report or the hour. At public ceremonies in the De­ mobiles, airplanes, railroad trains, a Board decision does not show partment of the Interior Audi­ trucks, small boats and ocean employer chicanery regarding rep­ torium in Washington on March liners. They conducted secret resentation elections; threats to 2, Scheno was presented with ballot elections in factories, ware­ shut down shops; promises of re­ a certificate observing his historic houses, mills, movie studios, log­ wards for those voting against the 25 millionth ballot, with his wife ging camps, sports stadiums, union; the use of racial hatred; and three children in attendance. boxcars, truck terminal restrooms, the illegal questioning of workers Other ceremonies the same day and even pitched a circus tent on their feelings about unions, spy­ ing on union organizers and or­ in Washington were sponsored for use as a polling place. ganization meetings; the use of The NLRB estimates that one jointly by the AFL-CIO and public opinion and pressure on out of every three members of groups representing management, workers by local Chambers of the American working force has to note the era of improved laborCommerce; the illegal firing of participated in an NLRB election management relations made pos­ known union men, etc. at one time or another. sible by the secret representation election machinery established by the 1935 National Labor Relations Act—also called the Wagner Act. In attendance at various cere­ monies marking the event.were Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz; Judge J. Warren Madden, the first Chairman of the NLRB; present NLRB Chairman Frank W. McWASHINGTON—Labor law violations of the J. P. Stevens & Culloch; NLRB General Counsel Co., Inc., have been so persistent and the testimony of management Arnold Ordman; former New so untruthful that "it begins to appear doubtful" that any legal York City Mayor Robert Wagner, remedy can right the wrongs ^ son of the late Senator Robert Wagner, sponsor of the National done to Stevens employes, a against the big textile chain for Labor Relations Act; Leon Key- National Labor Relations Board interfering wtih organizing drives by the Textile Workers Union of serling, former assistant to Senator trial examiner has concluded. America—brought demands for a Wagner who aided in drafting the The examiner was Boyd Leecongressional investigation into Act, and many others. dom, formerly NLRB chairman in Since passage of the original the Eisenhower Administration. textile industry coiiduct. The de­ 1935 National Labor Relations The Stevens firm, second largest mands come from TWUA Presi­ Act, it has been amended — textile chain in the nation and an dent William Pollock and Director through Taft-Hartley — to impose important government contractor, of Organization Nicholas Zonarrestrictions on labor activity. But is headed by Robert T. Stevens, ich of the AFL-CIO Industrial one of the original functions of secretary of the Army in an Eisen­ Union Dept. "Nearly four years have the NLRB still remains — con­ hower-era Cabinet. passed," Pollock said, "since the ducting representation elections In a report upholding union proceedings against J. P. Stevens through secret ballots. charges of widespread unfair labor During its first year, the NLRB practices in Stevens' Carolina began. Not one of the 101 un­ held 31 elections involving 7,734 plants, Leedom scored manage­ lawfully discharged workers has voters. During the last fiscal year, ment not only for repeatedly vio­ yet been reinstated." He contin­ it held 8,324 elections—involving lating employe rights but also for ued: "Trial Examiner Leedom has more than 500,000 voters. setting policies that he said led found that a conspiracy exists in Before passage of the NLRA, many company supervisors to lie the southern textile industry that nearly half of the country's labor on the witness stand. has 'denied thousands of employes disputes had union recognition and Leedom declared that "an un­ other aspects of the right of work­ ending series of unfair labor prac­ . . . such economic benefits as may ers to organize as their major tices by an employer may result flow' from the labor act." Like issues. Faced with powerful anti- in permanently thwarting con­ two other examiners, Leedom labor employers, organizational certed action by employes." Con­ called for new remedies—a "mat­ ceivably, he said, "other arms of ter to which the 90th Congress government, with a different ap­ should turn its immediate atten­ proach, may have to take action" tion," Pollock declared. "The fact that Stevens, while if Stevens employes' rights are cynically indulging itself in mass ever to be enforced effectively. The former chairman also ad­ violations of federal labor law, vised another approach—a "signal continues to fatten on millions of The Chicago SIU hall is from the top" and a "complete dollars of federal contracts is a holding mail for the follow­ conversion" of the Stevens way of matter for the Johnson Adminis­ ing Seafarers, each of whom tration's immediate attention. doing business. may have it forwarded to him "There is no justification what­ In his findings, Leedom noted upon request: that "those who take an oath to ever for rewarding lawbreakers Joseph Arle tell the truth should do so." As with federal contracts," Pollock Edward J. Barbuchuk for remedies open to the NLRB, concluded. WOliam Botcher The TWUA began an organiz­ he recommended a "cease and de­ John R. Fronim sist" order directing the Stevens ing effort in 1963 at Stevens plants Mark Merila chain to halt its threats, intimi­ in Roanoke Rapids, N. C., Pied­ C^e E. Nelson dation and interference with the mont, S. C., and Greenville, S. C. Edward M. Feltonlemi rights of employes to take part in Management launched a program John R. Stevens union activities; and an order re­ of opposition that drew repeated Ralph Swierczynski storing 13 fired workers to their union charges of unfair labor Howard Thuriow jobs, with backpay to their dis­ practices. Three examiners have Isaac Tucker now found the company guilty charge in 1965 or 1966. Earl Wilson The decision—the third of its of unlawful conduct and a fourth kind by an NLRB hearing officer charge still awaits a hearing. Steveffs Co. Is High enlist Of Biggest Unien-Busters in Mail Held in Chicago �Page Six March 3, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG New Orleans Labor Candidate Wins February 11, 1967 to February 25, 1967 ' DECK DEPARTMENT REGISTERED on BEACH TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED All Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle Totals New Orleans state representative Eddie Sapir (left) is shown 'with his father (center) and SlU vice-president Lindsey Williams at vic­ tory celebration following Sapir's recent election to New Orleans City Council seat. Sapir ran successfully for City Council with solid backing of SlU and the Greater New Orleans Vicinity AFL-CIC. THE INQUIRING SEAFARER Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle Totals Class A Class B 1 2 60 34 4 4 29 16 9 8 10 9 3 4 24 14 48 27 39 30 14 10 48 33 18 17 208 Class A Claoib 11 3 191 88 8 16 98 43 21 15 18 8 10 4 153 80 149 74 46 9 78 30 37 13 67 25 900 400 Class A Class B Class C 0 0 3 19 31 56 31 8 4 8 8 5 9 6 5 3 2 4 3 0 4 3 5 3 45 14 1 22 15 6 10 4 3 44 18 21 7 11 13 108 220 92 ENGINE DEPARTMENT TOTAL SHIPPED TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups All Groups Class A Class B Class C Class A Class B 1 0 1 2 2 20 32 45 60 42 3 3 4 9 7 8 15 12 12 2 4 8 9 11 6 0 2 1 4 2 2 2 2 1 2 10 5 18 4 5 28 30 7 32 28 25 13 25 27 6 15 5 5 11 11 33 17 30 30 20 7 5 18 12 9 117 232 172 124 142 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 2 2 145 79 11 5 29 47 18 10 5 6 5 3 45 16 61 81 77 69 29 8 38 13 9 24 r-27 310 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Question: What countries of the world are the friendliest or the most unfriendly to the American seaman? Joseph Henault: Egypt is the most unfriendly nation toward seamen. The na­ tives are all a bunch of thieves m who'd take the shirt off your back in the middle of the night. But on the other hand, Germany and Bel­ gium are quite friendly. The people are honest and industrious. These two coun­ tries seem grateful for help the U.S. has given them. Thomas Wares: Pretty near every country takes it for granted that the Ameri­ can sailor's got a $100 bill behind each ear and is out to get it from you. The water­ fronts of most of the world are bad. But the girls on the Philippine wa­ terfront, they're the best. Saigon women are the worst, for they de­ mand a lot of material things. Drinks, money and the like. With a war going on, things are hard on them. W. Lindsay: To me, India was pretty unfriendly. TTie people treat you coldly. Germany, though, is a very nice spot for the American sailor, as is Oki­ nawa also a fine place. Europe in the main is a good place for the sea­ man. Generally, the Seafarer doesn't fare badly, no matter where he is. <|> Adrian Texidor: Venezuela is a bad, unfriendly spot. They don't like us at all. All Venezuelans try to do is drag everything out of us. They want your money, as well as your money, and your money! Not too many other coun­ tries are better. The Dominican Republic is a good spot. Spain is, too. Arthur Sankovidt: Japan and the Phillipines are very friendly. So is Thailand. i!« Indonesia, though, is bad as far as the seaman is concerned. They always give Vernon Anderson: People in the you a hard time Scandinavian countries are not and there's nothonly clean and at­ there to go ashore tractive, they're also kind. In gen­ for. They try to eral, if you con­ get your money. Interestingly, duct yourself in a Viet Nam used to be very good, way which shows say back in '46 and '47, but now you want to be re­ it's all messed up due to the po­ spected, it has a litical situation. There used to be whole lot to do with the way no hostility in Viet Nam toward you're treated. I don't think there's the American. It was nice. Now any country now, outside of North there's hostility. When it was Viet Nam, China and Indonesia, known as French Indo-China, it which is truly unfriendly to the was a good place to be. Now, to­ American. day, you feel out of place there. TOTAL REGISTERED All Groups Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle Totals Class A Class B 1 1 35 18 8 3 14 11 3 3 2 2 2 1 9 6 34 25 19 18 10 6 39 17 14 10 190 121 TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C 2 1 1 33 16 37 2 5 2 9 6 4 6 3 5 3 1 5 1 2 0 0 1 8 24 11 0 9 14 8 3 1 4 50 16 26 9 8 10 81 111 154 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 2 2 116 36 16 7 53 27 9 12 3 2 6 1 93 10 134 79 76 57 19 7 41 13 16 7 260 544 YOUR DOLLAR'S WORT Seafarer's Guide to Better Buying By Sidney Exaggerated attacks by trade associations and business lobbyists on government consumer-protection programs have resulted in serious damage to these efforts. In California, newly-elected Governor Ronald Reagan, former movie actor, almost as soon as he took office discharged Helen Nelson, California's long time state consumer counsel. Mrs. Nelson had been responsible for valuable advances in consumer protec­ tion in that state, including laws putting ceilings on finance charges and limiting finance companies and dealers to either repossessing or suing for the balance of a debt, but not both. Just before Mrs. Nelson was fired she had begun a drive to remedy California's present severe garnishee laws. Nationally, consumers have become worried by persistent reports that President Johnson plans to downgrade his own consumer program headed by Esther Peterson. The repprts have said that Mrs. Peterson, who also is an Assistant Secretary of Labor, is expected to resign her post as Consumer Assistant to the President. The reports also said that the pro­ gram will be separated from the White House and put into the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Both Mrs. Peterson and Mrs. Nelson have worked hard to get national legislation requiring clearer label­ ing of package contents, and the "truth in lending" bill. This would require lenders and installment dealers to tell buyers the actual true annual interest rates they must pay on installment purchases and loans. A reduction in the status of the federal consumer program will have a damaging effect just as this work was achieving results in getting cooperation of the more objective businessmen towards solving some of the consumer problems that waste family money and national resources. One report, in Home Furnishings Daily, said that Washington observers believje Mrs. Peterson "has Margolius become increasingly distressed with LBJ's disinterest in consumer affairs—and his insistence on 'concensus' and 'getting along with business' has tended to inhibit the consumer program." At least some businessmen certainly have not been easy to get along with. Some have attacked Mrs. Peterson personally and have exaggerated her efforts to help consumers. Latest of these attacks came from Herbert Mayes, former editor of McCall's magazine, now a director and consultant to the McCall Corp. Revealingly, after attacking Mrs. Peterson. Mayes said at the end of his speech before an advertising trade group that he himself had never talked to Mrs. Peterson about her program. An attack in Grey Matter, a widely-read adver­ tising newsletter published by the Grey advertising agency, became almost hysterical. Grey does ads for Procter & Gamble and other big companies. It called Mrs. Peterson's proposals to provide consumer educa­ tion in the schools a "peril to our society in teaching children that profit is a dirty word, and that competi­ tion is bad . . . We must protest against tainted knowl­ edge. We must prevent the take-over of the schooling of our youth in economics by those who have no faith in our economic system." In an earlier assault. Printer's Ink, advertising trade magazine, called Mrs. Peterson "the most pernicious threat to advertising today," and said she is "deliber­ ately pitting consumers against advertisers," and sug­ gests to consumers that "they are being manipulated and mistreated." The Advertising Federation of America charged that Mrs. Peterson "has created unwarranted suspicion of American business." Neither Mrs. Peterson nor any other proponent of consumer education had ever suggested telling chil­ dren that profit is a dirty word. Nor can teaching youngsters how to budget and comparison-shop be viewed as "brainwashing," let alone a capture of their schooling. �March 3, 1967 Page Seven SEAFARERS LOG AFL-CIO Dispute Settled With Ohio Radio Station "Anchors Aweigh!" WASHINGTON—^The AFL-CIO's acceptance of free radio time to answer a series of critical editorials has brought an end to its dispute with an Ohio broadcaster. Also terminated was the federa­ tion's complaint to the Federal Communications Commission in which the station's fitness to continue as a license holder was questioned. Radio station WMRN of Marion, Ohio, on Feb. 5 broadcast a pretaped program prepared by the AFL-CIO in answer to criticism of AFL-CIO President George Meany and other labor representatives last August during the airline mechanics' strike. The federation had objected to the charge by the station's owner and president that Meany had threatened Congress with political retalia­ tion if anti-strike legislation were enacted. When documentation was furnished proving that Meany had not made such a threat, a more critical editorial was broadcast. Further correspondence produced a third editorial critical of AFL-CIO repre­ sentatives for taking issue with the station's on-the-air statements. When attempts to correct the editorial statement failed, the federa­ tion made a request to the station for answering airtime under the pro­ visions of the FCC's Fairness Doctrine. Receiving no reply, the AFL CIO then filed a complaint with the FCC and asked for a hear­ ing into the station's competence to hold a broadcast license in view of its violation of the Fairness Doctrine. The station had failed to af­ ford "reasonable opportunity for the discussion of conflicting views on an issue of public importance," the complaint stated. In its answer to the FCC, the station pleaded that "an unavoidable set of circumstances" had led to the AFL-CIO complaint. Chief of these, it said, was the illness and death of the station owner and president shortly after the AFL-CIO request for air time had been made. The letter noted that the station owner personally delivered all editorials and also handled all related correspondence himself, which had led to problems in view of his winter-time trips to Florida. "As has always been the policy of the station," the letter stated, "we stand ready now to offer equal time to respond to the editorial in question. We will be only too glad to work out suitable arrangements." The AFL-CIO accepted the station's explanation and in view of the dispute arising at the time of the owner's fatal illness accepted the air time and withdrew its complaint to the FCC. The AFL-CIO-affiliated Rubber Workers will be seeking in its bar­ gaining next month a provision calling for a "Full Employment Earnings Program" that will pay laid-off workers up to 95 per cent of their regular pay. Another major Rubber Workers bargaining goal is a substantial increase in general wages, a 1968 wage reopener, two more paid holidays, better vacation pay and upgrading of URW skilled trades­ men to the level of craftsmen in the auto industry. Representatives of more than a million organized federal workers agreed on a legislative program for the 90th Congress emphasizing "full comparability" with salaries in private industry and new ma­ chinery to make collective bar­ gaining more effective in the civil service. The program was adopted by the AFL-CIO Government Employees Council, made up of 33 unions with members employed by the federal government. GEC Chairman E. C. Hallbeck termed adoption of the council's program "essential" if the federal govern­ ment is to be regarded as "an enlightened and progressive em­ ployer." ^ British Columbia shipyard workers have won major wage and fringe benefit gains in a two-year contract negotiated by unions af­ filiated with the Metal Trades Council. Twelve affiliated unions, bargaining jointly for some 3,000 workers at Vancouver and Vic­ toria yards, reached agreement on a first year pay hike of 9 percent for non-journeymen and 30-centsan-hour for journeymen, retroac­ tive to last October 15. An across the board raise of 20 cents an hour for all workers is provided in the second year of the contract. The agreement, based on the unanimous recommendation of a tripartite Conciliation Board, cov­ ers employees of Burrard Drydock in Vancouver and two Vic­ toria firms, Yarrows Ltd., and Victoria Machinery Depot. Wel­ fare, vacation, overtime and holi­ day improvements are also made in the contract. Speaking at Roosevelt Univer­ sity's commencement exercises in Chicago, Labor Secretary Willprd Wirtz urged that: "Some work should be part of every person's education." He urged utilization of three-month-long summer va­ cations from school as a means of acquainting young people with the world of work, in order to enhance their familiarity with what lies ahead. Transport Workers Union mem­ bers returned to their jobs after a one-day strike against the Phila­ delphia Transportation Company, winning a new contract worth 42 cents an hour over two years. It was six cents an hour more and six months shorter than the com­ pany's pre-strike offer. Before set­ tlement was reached, the union presented an exhibit which showed that PTC ranked last in a list of 52 cities in the hourly wage rate paid operators. Reprinted From Newsday The Press Adds Its Voice As the drive undertaken by maritime labor, management, and various national legislators to establish the Maritime Administration as an independent agency of the Government gathers momentum, more and more influ­ ential voices across the country are adding their solid support to the campaign. One of the latest to go on record in sup­ port of an independent MARAD is the influ­ ential and highly respected Long Island, N.Y. newspaper, Newsday. The January 30, 1967 edition of Newsday took the subject of the United States' rapidly deteriorating merchant fleet and the desperate need for an independent Maritime Adminis­ tration as the basis for its editorial. In conjunction with a cartoon depicting the U.S. merchant marine being scuttled by various U.S. Government agencies, Newsday recounted some of the sad facts about the present condition of the American-flag mer­ chant fleet. "In three years," Newsday warned, "the United States will have only 200 dry cargo ships that are less than 25 years old. Our fleet is almost obsolete . . ." The editorial goes on to remind Newsday's readers that 96 percent of the strategic materials we import presently move aboard foreign-flag ships. It goes on to place much of the blame for the present chaotic state of U.S. maritime Government agency bureaucratic bungling. "It is in this area that confusion reigns," the Newsday editorial continues. "Jurisdic­ tions overlap, lines of authority are blurred and responsibility is uncertain. Currently five cabinet level departments, the Federal Maritime Commission, the Maritime Ad­ ministration and a welter of subsidiary offices and boards have jurisdiction over the mer­ chant fleet in one way or another. New ideas and bold initiatives have little chance of moving through this thicket of tangled authority." "Many in Congress believe the task (of setting a progressive maritime policy for the United States) should be given to the head of a reorganized Maritime Administration," Newsday continues, noting the many bills presently pending in Congress to make MARAD an independent agency whose head would report directly to the President. "A new, independent Maritime Adminis­ tration, with expanded responsibilities, is an excellent idea," Newsday says. "The Con­ gress should act to create this new agency. "It would help eliminate one of the mer­ chant marine's most pressing problems, too many captains in Washington." �1 Muck S, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG Page Eiglit m April 17, 1967, is the deadline for filing Federal income tax re­ turns. As is customary at this time of the year, the SlU Accounting Department has prepared the fol­ lowing detailed tax guide to assist SIU men in filing their returns on income earned in 1966. Generally, with very few excep­ tions, seamen are treated no differ­ ently under the income tax laws than any other citizen or resident of the U. S. (The non-resident alien seaman must also file a re­ turn, but the rules are not the same for him.) WHO MUST FILE. Every Sea­ farer who is a citizen or resident of the United States—^whether an adult or minor—who had $600 or more income in. 1966 must file; if 65 or over, $1,200 or more. A Seafarer with income of less than these amounts should file a return to get a refund if tax was withheld. A married Seafarer with income less than his own personal exemption should file a joint re­ turn with his wife to get the small­ er tax or larger refund for the couple. INCOME TAX GUIDE WAGE EARNERS WITH LESS THAN $10,000 INCOME. You can use a simpler return (Form 1040A), printed on a punch card, if: 1. Your income was less than $10,0(X), AND 2. It consisted of wages report­ ed on withholding statements (Forms W-2) and not more than $200 total of other wages, interest, and dividends,. AND 3. Instead of itemizing deduc­ tions, you wish to use the tax table or to take the standard deduction which is generally the higher of: (a) the 10-percent standard de­ duction—about 10 percent of your income, or (b) the minimum standard de­ duction—an amount equal to $200 ($100 if married and filing separate return) plus $100 for each exemp­ tion claimed on item 15 on the back of your Form 1040A. If your income is less than $5,000, you can choose to have the Internal Revenue Service figure your tax for yon. A husband and wife mav file a joint return Form 1040A if their combined incomes do not exceed these Umits. DON'T USE FORM 1040A IF— (1) You wish to take any de­ ductions for specific items, such as unreimbursed employee ex­ penses. (2) You wish to claim a re­ tirement income credit. (3) You wish to compute your tax under the head-of-household rates or to claim "surviving spouse" benefits. (4) You wish to claim any ex­ clusion for wages or salary you received for a period while you were sick and this amount is rhown on your Form W-2. (5) You wish to claim credit for payments of estimated tax for the taxable year or for an overpayment from 1965. (6) Your wife (or husband) is filine a separate return on Form 1040 and itemizes her (or his) deductions. (7) You have a nonresident alien status. HOW TO PAY The balance of tax shown to be due on your return must be naid in full with your return if it amounts to $1 or more. Make checks or money order, payable to "Internal Revenue Service." WHEN TO FILE. Tax returns have to be filed by April 17, 1967, However, the April 17 deadline is waived in cases where a seaman is at sea. In such instances, the sea­ man must file his return at the first opportunity, along with an af­ fidavit stating the reason for delay. HOW TO FILE. The Seafarer has two return forms to choose from. Form 1040 and card form. Form 1040A. Form 1040 is lim­ ited to a single sheet. Supporting schedules may be attached accord­ ing to the individual needs of each taxpayer. Generally, if your income was entirely from salary, wages, in­ terest, dividends, and sources other than those for which schedules (B, C, D, and F) are required, you will need only Form 1040. You can use it whether you take the standard deduction or itemize de­ ductions. If you have income from sources listed below, complete and attach one or more of the follow­ ing forms; Schedule B for income from pensions annuities, rents, roy­ alties, partnerships, estates, trusts, etc.; Schedule C for income from a personally owned business; ROUNDING OFF TO WHOLE Schedule D for income from the DOLLARS sale or exchange of property; The money items on your re­ and turn and schedules may be shown Schedule F for income from in whole dollars, lliis means farming. that you eliminate any amount less than 50 cents, and increase any amount from 50 cents through 99 cents to the next higher dollar. ADVANTAGES OF A JOINT RETURN. Generally it is advan­ tageous for a married couple to file a joint return. There are bene­ fits in figuring the tax on a joint return which often result in a lower tax than would result from separate returns. CHANGES IN MARITAL STATUS. If you are married at the end of 1966, you are consid­ ered married for the entire year. If you are divorced or legally separated on or before the end of 1966, you are considered sin­ gle for the entire year. If your wife or husband died during 1966, you are considered married for the entire year. Generally, a joint return may be filed for 1966 pro­ vided you have not remarried before the end of 1966. EXEMPTIONS. Each taxpayer is entitled to a personal exemp­ tion of $600 for himself, $600 $600 income and live in the U. S., Canada, Panama or the Canal Zone. A child under 19, or a student over 19 can earn over $600 and still count as a dependent if the taxpayer provides more than onehalf of his support. The law also enables a seaman who is contributing (with other relatives) more than ten percent of the support of a dependent to claim an exemption for that in­ dividual, provided the other con­ tributors file a declaration that they will not claim the dependent that year. CREDIT FOR EXCESS SO­ CIAL SECURITY (FICA) TAX PAID. If a total of more than $277.20 of Social Security (FICA) tax was withheld from the wages of either you or your wife be­ cause one or both of you worked for more than one employer, you may claim the excess over $277.20 as a credit against your income tax. Long-Trip Tax Problems A major taxlieef by seamen is that normally taxes are not withheld on earnings in the year they earned the money, but in the yew the payoff took place. / For example, a seaman who signed on for a five-month trip in September, 1965, paying off in January, 1966, would • have all the five months' earnings appear on his 1966 W-2 slip and all the taxes withheld in 1966. This practice could increase his taxes in 1966 even though his actual 1966 earn­ ings might be less than those in 1965. There are ways to minimize the impact of this situation. For example, while on the ship in 1965, the Seafarer un­ doubtedly took draws and may have sent allotments home. These can be reported as 1965 income. Unfortunately, this raises another complication. The sea­ man who reports these earnings in 1965^ will not have a W-2 (withholding statement) covering them. He will have to list all allotments, draws and slops on the tax return and explain why he doean't have a W-2 for them. Furthermore, since no tax will have been withheld on thwe earnings in 1965, he " will have to pay the full tax on them with his return, at 14 percent or upwards, depending on his tax bracket. The earnings will show up oh his 1966 W-2. The seaman then, oh his 1966 return would have to explain that he had reported some of the earnings in 1965 and paid taxes on them. He would get a tax refund accordingly. In essence, the seaman would pay taxes twice on the same income and get a reftind a year later. While this will save the seaman some tax money in the long run, it means he is out-of-pocket oh some of his earnings for a fall year until he gets refunded. This procedure would also undoubtedly cause Internal Revenue to examine his returns, since the income reported would not jibe with the totals on his W-2 forms. That raises the question, is this procedure justified? It Is justified only If a seaman bad vary Htde Incmne in one year and very conslderabie Income the next. Otherwise the tax saving is minOr and probably not worth the headache. for his wife, an additional $600 if he is over 65 and another $600 if he is blind. The exemptions for age and blindness apply also to a taxpayer's wife, and can also be claimed by both of them. In cases where a man's wife lives in a foreign country, he can still claim the $600 exemption for her. In addition, a taxpayer can claim $600 for each child, parent, grandparent, brother, brother-inlaw, sister, sister-in-law, and each uncle, aunt, nephew or niece de­ pendent on him, if he provides more than one-half of their sup­ port during the calendar year. The dependent must have less than TAX CREDIT FOR RETIREMENT INCOME. A tax credit is allowed for individuals against re­ tirement income such as rents, dividends and earnings at odd jobs. However, an adjustment must be made in this credit for Social Security benefits. HOW TO REPORT YOUR IN­ COME. All income in whatever form received which is not spe­ cifically exempt must be included in your income tax return, even though it may be offset by deduc­ tions. Examples are given below: Example of Income WMch Must Be Reported: Wages, salaries, bonuses, commissions, fees, tips, and gratuities. Dividends. Interest on bank deposits, bonds, notes. Interest on U. S. Savings bonds. Profits from business or profes­ sion. Your share of partnership profits. Profits from sales or exchanges of real estate, securities, or other property. Industrial, civil service and other pensions, annuities, endow­ ments. Rents and royalties from prop­ erty, patents, copyrights. Your share of estate or trust in­ come. Employer supplemental unemploy­ ment benefits. Alimony, separate maintenance or support payments received from (and deductible by) your husband (or wife). Prizes and awards (such as items received from radio and TV shows, contests, raffles, etc.). Examples of Income Which Should Not Be Reported: Disability retirement payments and other benefits paid by the Veterans Administration. Dividends on veterans' insurance. Life insurance proceeds upon death. Workmen's compensation, insur­ ance, damages, etc., for injury or sickness. Interest on State and municipal benefits. Railroad Retirement Act benefit's. Gifts, inheritance, bequests. DIVIDEND INCOME. If a seaman has income from stock dividends, he can exclude the first $100 from his gross income. If a joint return is filed and both husband and wife have divi­ dend income, each one may ex­ clude $100 of dividends from their gross income. WELFARE, PENSION AND VACATION BENEFITS. Bene­ fits received from the SIU Wel­ fare Plan do not have to be re­ ported as income. Payments received from the SIU. Pension Plan are includable as income on the tax return of those pensioners who retire with a normal pension. There is a special retirement income tax credit to be calculated on Sched­ ule B which is to be attached to the return. Pensioners under 65 who re­ ceive a disability pension do not have to include such payments on their tax returns. However, all disability pension payments re­ ceived after age 65 are taxable in the same manner as a normal pension. Vacation pay received from the (Continued on page. 15) . I- �March 3, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG Page Nine ICEBERGS A MA/OR SEA PERIL - -- a:; Bom R%f <kM -.A-: '"".g w great ^ Immediately, under pressure of inlrj^ i{|"-2r'i™ d.™rd.^ce''S^r^,r short life. SlZ7 butl^tlbiT'''''' region during the season of Srf d^L °patroled the trans-Atlanticlanesclem-ofdff^®st of the includes ships, aircraft and a radio network ^t present the sendee mass St^?""'; and waters of ^he increS «JM . to nothing. southern latitudes graduaUy take While it exists however it ie o X- ^ awe-inspirmg potential Wdestruction"®i^rrrn T""® equally «a a„ .ceterg repr«a»te ap Icebergs in the vicinitv of f»,» rP°®sibihty of disaster. ^ ?S£irss--2€SSS is iXX C die 'XrgJ°Slng™Jeir The - >p.- ™ " double or d.e eeniu,, lea ^ ^^uthera ones being laid south of the no™«i tracS-the margm gamed by use of these Cunafd safety panics to join in adopting the North Atlantic Tract shipping eomAlthough these tracks werr ,»«toKr i. Agreement, in 1898. any system for observation and wrSe "o°f - T ^emselves were helpful in cutting The tracks . hnt did not even come closr to oi- • j'i^e'ihood of encountering ;«yi8 with winds and cSs^ SllS'3'r danger. GonstS^ location during the season as wel as from In? hergs vary considerably in of ice^t the time of a ship-^ X s^son. A couree ieS time she arrived at the Banks. ® '^ ®hoked with bergs by th^ ^ the InternmS'^ty^ yfe'SiSrcSn1914 as a result" in January erf powers of the world-^ &dUnf~ ^ in Marcb. with ita prhnaq, ' ° tact whh Radir™ert2''Sro°to evaluate and analyze aU 5- t-S I^dio Hah'fax (CFE^ »a can ntaiittain con- •« ».Sht,n8., sea temperature, viaab4. and weateSSo" a'aaa are M invaluable aiiT = aS^^ Tor estimating ice deterioratin^rf"^®^^^^®® to conLabrado/cirem 2 detecting shifts inX ?iud date is useful in estimating dnvf l® he prealso m planning ice observation drift rate and direction of ice and .^J^dar. IhueHaWe,, . . '^®hin Hood'» Updated ' i, ^ J"" \ : techno- ' . jonjtions cannot be underestimated TS. " forecasts of dangerous ' ^nducted tests, warns that radar cannot h,.^®®.I'®h"oJ. following carefully. Seawatery they found, is a better reflector of mS ? icebergs, ''4,. /; i a berg or growler (low-lying floe iX /fr f ?v *han ice. Therefore TChains of a Capsized and partiallv dkint dark color not easily seen the ^ i^ar because of the l^'alm^SIf caused by radar reflections off the ^e •» ^"d radarscope "clutter-' l^-lying nature, it wasSnSd^S^^^^ addition, be^us/ offls of even dangerous size growlers is on Iv 1 °f '"®dar detection safety. Thus3S ^comfort ~r- * or r* "ei.ciy. Inus radar is ? ?^^^°"r ®«^ at best-too clore^ .^pymearis befelied^^t^^ aid to ice detection, byp^ mearis be relied ph totally — but cannot «... l^pSa'!"'' b. dem^iue geueval m.« E ic^i V affct wSlfueo' ralcfnm the iceberg s surface, allowing the Hve •« ' The ®alt melts grbov^ in An. iceUrg is bombed with dye ptane. The course of the dye-marfeed icJb«pX/,t ? MWifo plot ,..ib;drif(,;^ , Report Data . ' , ^•. -^gentia (NIK). ••^;:\Xo - 4'XX fte inpnational iS^^^^ Titanic disaster—to bring Apnl 14, 1912 and s^nkiiA a iW people of the time. The dem^^ 'o®'uding some of the imm^iately, and following sfop-gan n^SST ? ? sprang hp patrol machineiy ivas set Jp to i'l-'rwt. . •.; *• '-,V- purpose ,7prSfSySfo^ ice^S'SilSS'Sa^^^e^the t^aty obaervation, d„ ^eanographic and meteoroloScS data an? • Banks to collect Sp.--«"aUonannU^ "Ilie First Step »iep th^^ar by representativL^f and has been doing it ever since. T Se^n Begiaa M March data collected; fSca?^ct°Snditio!l^^'h^?^ danger in sailing olf Newfoun'S^S." ""t ...iSI '• *heir capability. ^ vessels in distress within �Page Ten SEAFARERS March 3, 1967 LOG Would Include Strong 'Open Housing* Measure President Urges New Rights Law As Resent, Right and Nesessary' WASHINGTON—President Johnson asked Congress to pass a broad-ranging civil rights bill, ineluding open housing, because it is "decent and right" and necessary to make democratic principles "a reality for all Americans." A similar bill was filibustered to death in the Senate last year cent increase in appropriations for prohibit 'block-busting' by which after having passed the House, the Community Relations Service unscrupulous dealers seek to and the President acknowledged of the Justice Dept., which he frighten homeowners into selling that "today the subject of fair said has "worked quietly and effec­ quickly, out of fear that the value housing is engulfed in a cloud of tively, behind the scenes, to con­ of their homes will decline." ciliate disputes before they flared Last year's legislation was misinformation and unarticulated up in the courtrooms or on the blocked in the Senate by a south­ fear." streets." The proposed budget ern filibuster actively assisted by Johnson appealed to unions and raise from $1.4 million to $2.7 Senate Republican Leader Everett industry, churches and civic million would permit adding 93 McKinley Dirksen. groups, to help dispel these fears. people to the staff and six new And he stressed: "I cannot urge Commenting on the failure of field offices. too strongly that Congress act the bill, "although a majority of The President's new fair hous­ promptly on this legislation." both houses in the Congress fa­ ing proposal is a modification and The Administration's bill, vored that legislation," Johnson stretchout of the legislation he scheduled to be introduced in the sought last year but woqld cover charged that most of the argu­ House by Judiciary Committee the commercial sales and rentals ments raised against it "involved Chairman Emanuel Celler (Dmyths and misinformation." He of all homes by 1969. N.Y.) and in the Senate by Sena­ Enforcement would be assigned noted also that "the summer riots tor Philip A. Hart (D-Mich.), in­ to the Department of Housing & in our cities did as much damage cludes these main provisions: Urban Development, which would to the chances of passing that leg­ • Legislation making it a fed­ first seek to achieve voluntary islation as the unfounded fears of eral offense for anyone to inter­ compliance. If this failed, it could many Americans and the opposi­ fere with the exercise of civil tion of special interest groups." rights guaranteed by law, includ­ issue a judicially enforceable or­ He added: der after a hearing. ing voting, purchasing a home, at­ This year, the law would apply "Today the subject of fair hous­ tending a school or obtaining serv­ only to housing built witb federal ing is engulfed in a cloud of mis­ ice in a restaurant or hotel. It financial assistance and already information and unarticulated would prohibit threats as well as covered by a presidential execu-- fear. Some believe the value of violence and would authorize vic­ tims of violence to bring civil tive order. In 1968, it would ap­ their homes must decline if their ply to real estate developments neighborhoods are integrated. actions for damages. and to apartments for five or more They fear the conversion of their • A strong prohibition against In 1969, it would apply communities into unsightly slums families. discrimination in selection of fed­ to all housing. if a family of a different color eral, state or local juries on the Johnson said the legislation moves into a house across the basis of race, color, religion, na­ "would be aimed at commercial street. Neither of these events tional origin, sex or economic transactions, not at the privacy of need occur. In an atmosphere of status. the home. It would outlaw dis­ reason and justice, they would not • Quicker action on job dis­ criminatory practices in financing occur. In the scores of cities and crimination complaints by giving housing and in providing real states that have such laws these the Equal Employment Opportu­ estate brokers' services. It would events have not occurred." nity Commission power to issue "cease-and-desist" orders, subject to review in federal appellate Calls for Rate Reductions courts. This is the procedure used by the National Labor Relations Board and other regulatory agen­ cies. Present law requires the equal employment commission or the complainant to go to court to seek an anti-discrimination order. WASHINGTON — Residential and commercial users of elec­ • Extension of the life of the tricity will be overcharged to the tune of $11 billion by 1980 if Commission on Civil Rights an additional five years beyond its some action isn't taken on electric rates. Senator Lee Metcalf (D. Jan. 31, 1968, expiration date. Mont.) declared in a new book ^ community services—are financed The President also asked a 90 per- written by him. He is asking that "drastic re­ in whole or in part by utility ductions be made in the rates revenues, rather than by taxes, in F/rsf Xtnas charged by giant Investor-Owned- many cities or towns that operate Utilities—lOU's—and to a lesser their own power systems." extent by the consumer-owned The authors deflate the argu­ power systems." ment of private utilities that they In his new book, "Overcharge," pay taxes which makes up much which he co-authored with his ex­ of the difference. They say that ecutive secretary, Vic Reinemer, city-owned and private utilities pay Metcalf charges that private elec­ the same percentage of their tric utilities "exploit and mislead operating revenues in local and the public." state taxes. Only lOU's pay Fed­ He uses facts and figures to back eral taxes, but Metcalf and Reine­ up his point. For example, the average residential rate for cus­ mer list the Federal tax breaks tomers served by municipal power which the private utilities receive, systems is 1.57^? per kilowatt- showing that their customers really hour. For customers of lOU's, on pay most of these taxes. the other hand, the average rate Aside from the financial picture is 2.33^ per kwh. though, the authors charge that Not only are residents or areas part of the private utility industry served by private utilities payitig far more for their electric power, finances right wing movements, Metcalf says, but frequently their including the John Birch Society. The young lady in photo above is local taxes are higher, too. A minute description is pro­ Roxanne Annis, daughter of Sea­ "Many public power systems," vided, too, of a richly-financed farer George Annis. Roxanne was he writes, "finance city improve­ five weeks old when she attended ments, thus permitting decreases publicity campaign, and the road­ her first Christmas party in New in local taxes. Swimming pools, blocks set up which undermine Orleans and had her picture taken ball parks, schools and hospitals, the state and Federal regulatory 1 • . r«> with the be-whiskered gentleman. street lighting—the full range of ^SPncjqs, •,f, Electric Co/s Overcharge Consumers, Montana Senator Charges in Book f The Pacific Coast by Frank Drozak, West Coast Representative Long-time patrolman for the SlU-affiiiated Marine Cooks and Stewards Union, Pendleton David (Bumblebee) Thompson, died recently and his funeral was attended by his many friends from maritime labor. Shipping in the bay area has been very active this period and is likely to remain so, especially Seattle for AB's, electricians, oilers, FWT's, cooks and bakers. Shipping is as fine as it was Payoffs this period included the when we last reported and the Elizabethport, Seatrain New Jer­ outlook is even stronger for sey, Our Lady of Peace, Pecds, FOWT's, cooks and bakers and East Point Victory, San Francisco, AB's. Overseas Dinny, Fairport, Tucson Payoffs have been the Anchor­ Victory and the Transpacific. age, Pan Oceanic Faith, Overseas Signing on were the Elizabethport, Rose, and the Steel Architect. Halaula Victory, Pecos, Overseas Signing on during the past two Dinny, Richfield Victory and the weeks have been the Anchorage, Tucson Victory. Santore, Pan Oceanic Faith and In transit this period were the the Ames Victory. Seamar, Steel Rover, San Juan, Penn Challenger, Portmar, and Columbia. A. W. Perkins is happy over just having made the cook and baker job aboard the Tucson Vic­ tory. R. C. Henke, meanwhile, is hitting the hall for the first AB spot to hit the board. And A. W. Rummel is waiting for a ship to the Far East following his hospital Perkins recuperation. Glad to hear Brother In transit we got a glimpse of Rummel is back in action. the Portmar, Seattle, Inger, FairWilminp^on port, and the Anchorage. During the past two weeks we We're glad to report that partly had the Longview Victory, Van­ in response to the Log feature on tage Progress, City of Alma, and the Trojan horse aspects of Labor Ridgefield Victory pay off. Eight Department activity, the Puget ships were by in transit and ship­ Sound Maritime Port Council went ping was extremely active. The on record, at its last meeting, con­ outlook, though, for the coming demning the Labor Department two weeks is a little less hectic. for its witch hunting tactics against Frank Camara hung onto the labor organizations. Penmar for 10 months as an A.B. The Seattle SlU Blood Bank, before signing off while the ship donated seven units from its supply was in Long Beach on her last to an elderly patient, a lady, at trip. Frank will be ready to go the USPHS hospital. again after a vacation and rest on Old timers by the hall recently the beach during which time he'll included James Pendergrass, have a chance to see some old whose last ship was the Ames shipmates. Victory. Dave Sykes is on the beach for Marion Martin was by the Wil­ mington hall after a 90 day trip a rest. His last vessel was the Rice aboard the City of Alma. Marion Victory. Friends of Ed Riiley will be isn't planning too long a stay on happy to learn that Ed is once the beach. He's ready to pull up anchor anytime with a good A.B.'s again FED, looking for a sherang spot bound for Viet Nam. spot. V' First Retirement Check Seafarer oldtimer Manuel Rodriguez (left) picked up his first reg­ ular monthly pension check at New York headquarters from SlU rep. Bill Hall. 'Brother Rodriguez, who makes his home in Brooklyn, N. Y., s,piled ja ,+be steward d.ep^rjmenf as chief cook until his retirement. �March 3, 1967 Pmge Eleven SEAFARERS LOG KENMAR CHRISTMAS PARTY Peter Gonzalez, Ship's Delegate of the Del Norte (Delta), reported that the trip is going well. The crew is still talking about Congresswoman Leonor Sullivan's talk to the crew at a meeting at sea, and the gold charm that the crew gave her "as a token of our appreciation of the good work she is doing for us." Three men were " hospitalized in Santos, Brazil, ship's television set. The trouble ports that a funeral wreath was during the ship's voyage north. was diagnosed as lying with the an­ sent to Michele Liuzza's mother's They were Fred H. Duchmann, tenna, and it will be checked at funeral. Jr., Harry J. Duracher, and Mau­ the first opportunity. rice P. Beianger. vl> Each of the three Brother William Sladko re­ received $50 from A special meeting of the crew signed as Ship's Delegate of the the Ship's Fund. of the Connecticut (Oriental Lucile Bloomfield Gonzalez reported Exporters) was (Bloomfield), r ethat the crew gave called to elect a "the Steward De­ ports Meeting new Ship's Dele­ partment a big [Secretary Pete gate to replace vote of thanks Frank P. ScourTriautafillos, add­ Duracher for the wonderful keas, who was ing that he had holidav food" it hospitalized in "done a good provided. "We all had fine food, Bahrein, the is­ job." Charles W. Christmas trees and all," he said. land-city in the Thorpe was voted During the meeting presided over Persian Gulf off Triautafillos in as new Ship's Darville by Meeting Chairman Robert Cal­ the coast of AraDelegate by ac­ lahan, Movie Director Maurice bia. Richard E. Darville was clamation. The crew decided that Kramer reported that the Chief elected with honors, reports Meet­ they would refrain from making Engineer was given $120 to rent ing Secretary A. W. Morales. The any noise in passageways at any 12 topside movies, leaving new Delegate's first act was to re­ hour "to give the man on watch a $474.85 in the Movie Fund. Dur­ quest that each Department Dele­ break to have some sleep," ac­ ing the Good and Welfare portion gate get a list of needed repairs of the meeting at sea. Brother Sal that his department was respon­ cording to Meeting Chairman Edward H. Heacox. Rallo said that Kramer "should sible for. try to get ten good movies for $40 a piece, and not 20 poor movies for $20 a piece." The crew of the Oceanic Cloud A charcoal broiled steak dinner (Transworld Marine) is happy, re­ was enjoyed by the crew of the ports Meeting Fairisle (Pan James H. Corder was elected Secretary T. DenOceanic Tankers) the new Ship's Delegate of the semore, about the while at anchor Calmar (Calmar). prospect of soon in Saigon, Meet­ At a meeting pre­ getting a televi­ ing Secretary Ira sided over by sion set. They are Brown wrote the Meeting Chair­ looking, forward Log. "All hands man E. Hogge to receiving enjoyed it and resolutions were helped clean up American prointroduced to Brown afterward," he Densemore pms in the Philhave the TV re­ wrote. During lippines and in paired, to fix the Viet Nam. The crew suggested the good and welfare portion of washing machine that their rooms and the mess- the meeting chaired by Brother Douglas and to have the room deck be painted, and that George Craggs, the crew decided fo'c'sles and shower painted. Meet­ the rust be removed from the they will fix the recreation room ing Secretary V. Douglas reports Steward Department head and on condition that no one sleep in that during the good and welfare shower. The were informed, dur­ it or put his feet on the furniture. section of the meeting, motions ing a meeting chaired by W. Ncsta, A suggestion was made that more were introduced to see about get­ that there would be no draws in chairs be put in the recreation ting name brands of food, about American money in Viet Nam, room. getting bulk ice cream on the East but in local currency. Coast, and a better grade of steak. A fine Christmas dinner was provided for the crew of the Steel Outgoing Ship's Delegate B. Advocate (Isth­ "Movie Director" Maurice Ruggie received a vote of thanks Kramer reported during a re­ mian) by the fine from the crew Steward Depart­ cent mepibership. members of the ment, according meeting aboard National Defend­ to Robert Brown, the Del Norte er (Western Agenmeeting chair­ (Delta) that the @ cies), "for a job man. "Good food ship was not able ^ well done," writes all the way to get the movies Meeting Secretary around", he re­ ordered in Hous­ W. Scott. William ports. R. Bowman ton. The films Bowman Cameron was meeting secretary, were sent from elected new Ship's Dallas to New said that Brother Robert White, Ruggie Kaiser Delegate. During Orleans by air, Steward, was put ashore in Bal­ the last meeting, that old bugaboo, and Kramer could not get them boa, Panama Canal because of the laundry room, came under because the airport was closed. injuries. E. C. Johnson was elected discussion. It was decided that the Meeting Secretary Bill Kaiser re- ship's delegate. ship's OS's and Wipers arrange a fair schedule among themselves , for cleaning the laundry. <I> "Everything is running smooth' ly and there are no beefs," aboard the Pennmar (Cal­ mar), according to Meeting Chair­ man W. A. Rey­ nolds. A vote of thanks was ex­ tended to the Steward Depart­ ment by a grateful Kondylas crew. The only thing wrong at all aboard the Pennmar, writes Meet­ ing Secretary N. Kondylas, is the ^SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y., 11232 iliili" •' ^ ' 1 give yoor former eddre« below: , j 4 were Captain Charles /B. . Dunn, Seafarers Calvin' J. Wilson, John Seaman, Ron- ; aid Tladale, and Antonio ^ j LaDy. Brother tally played Santa Claus. "Everybody had a wonderful time vdtfa 1^ of presents and goodies for kids," the ddp^s delegate re^ ported. The officers and crew took up a collection of $290 to pay for the parly. The Kenmar has been in ffie Ftnr East a year. Santa Claus, who Is Chief Cook Antonio Lalli during the rest of . the year, is surrounded by some of the 80 Formosan orphans who were guests at a Christmas party given by the Kenmar's crew. / "Santa Ciaus" Tony Lalli gives out with some holiday spirit. Some of the crew from the Kenmar pose with Lalli, together with rpany of the children from the orphanage in Keelung, Formosa. Calvin J. Wilson, Kenmar's Bosun, stands alongside the Christ­ mas tree along with some Oi the local citizens who helped prepare the party and take care of the children during tha event. . * I^Bli " i would like TO receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my ' name on your mailing list, (Print MormaUon} " > AVOID DUPIICATIOM! If you are en old sofascriber and. have a < _ - i A Christaias j^arty IfKr 80 orphans, coiq^ete with Santa Claus, j^esents, and a huge cake, war glvoi by the crew and ofBcm ot flie SIUcontncted Kenmar (Calmar Steamship Corp.). The gala affair took place at the Har­ bor Hotel in Keelung, For­ mosa. The (widiainige, for children, is close to the hoteL The sponsors of the party, according to a lett«ar to the Log from the SSdp's Delegate, .. �Page Twelve SEAFARERS Seafarers'Knife & Fork Expeditions Take Them to Giobe's Far Corners •<s. ^ I March 3, 1967 LOG "If you can afford it, you can eat well in any country," Seafarer Lee Seldin told the Log recently during a discussion of what to expect in the way of food in foreign ports. Almost all the Seafarers present agreed that Hong Kong can't be beaten among all the world's ports for having the largest number of different types of restaurants—and all practically within walking distance of each other. Many of the Seafarers ques­ tioned said that their favorite food is nothing more exotic than steak. Brother I. Klinetsky claimed that the best steaks in the world are to be had not in Texas, but in Kobe, Japan. No one present dis­ puted the claim. Kobe is a favorite eating spot, and the conversation drifted back to that port later on. The two best places in town. Brother W. R. Seafarers who have eaten their way around the world discuss the Nelson told the Log are the epicurean delights awaiting the voyager in various foreign ports. Missona and the Aragawa restau­ The chow hounds ape (l-r): W. Nelson, L Seldin and I. Klinetsky. rants. The Missona specializes in Japanese food, while the latter is a Western-style eatery. They are country visited by epicurean Sea­ named Jenson. He has two other both excellent steak houses, and farers. Favorite haunts of hungry restaurants in Manila, all of them attract many tourists. All the SIU men in Singapore are The excellent. As far as European cooking food is prepared in front of the Cockpit, which serves Chinese goes, most Seafarers agree that food, the Delphi Hotel for West­ customer, including not only the France has the best. The Seafarers ern food, and Hotel Singapore for steaks, but the potatoes and salad interviewed by the Log all agreed quick snacks. as well. Like most better Japa­ There are so many good restau­ that French prices are absurdly nese restaurants, it is rather expen­ sive. The customer should come rants in Hong Kong that no one high. The patron of even a half­ prepared to spend at least six dol­ particular ones were named. The way decent French restaurant can Seafarers interviewed by the Log expect to spend a minimum of six lars. Seafarer Lee Seldin said the best urged their Brothers to patronize or seven dollars. The wine, of steaks he ever ate were served at Hong Kong's Chinese restaurants. course, is also good. In German ports, the Seafarer the Bombay Hotel. The meat was All Chinese styles of cooking are "two inches thick, and you could represented, including the Canton­ can also eat well, but at less cost cut it with your fork," he said. ese style familiar to patronizers than in France. As far as potables Ironically, most Indians are Hindu of Chinese eating spots in Amer­ go, cognac is recommended. Good ica, and the Mandarin, or North­ German cognac can be had in and never eat beef. ern Chinese, which the Seafarers restaurants for $2.80 a bottle. The hotels in Kobe are as good A favorite cheap food in Bel­ as its restaurants, the Log was said is the best. A favorite Man­ told. Most of them feature re­ darin dish is chicken in red hot gium are dixie-cup type containers filled with chicken and potatoes. frigerators in the rooms, stocked sauce. Okinawa is another favorite stop One Seafarer said he was pleas­ with soda, cheese and canned foods from all over the world. of Seafarers who appreciate Orien­ antly surprised at the high quality The customer is charged for the tal food. The specialty on that and low prices of Yugoslavian small island is lobster, which, all food. His favorite dish in that food he eats in his room. Another manifestation of mod­ the men agreed is great. It was country is Beef Rijeka, which is ern Japanese life that Seafarers a toss-up between the Seamen's made with port wine. Greek food, most of it cooked visiting that country's ports were Club and the Harbor View Restau­ urged to sample are the many tea rant which was the best place on with olive oil, is good, most of the Seafarers agreed, though it is on and coffee houses. Some are the the island to enjoy lobster. The cheapest food in the Orient the expensive side. One SIU man traditional tea houses, while others is to be had in Jakarto, Indonesia. said a good way of beating high are more modern Western-style expresso houses. They all serve both The hottest food is in Malaya. In Greek prices is to patronize the tea and good coffee, as well as fact, "Malayan food is so hot, street food stands rather than the sandwiches and other snacks. Most even Indians can't eat it," the Log better restaurants. These stands of them are cheap compared to was told. Needless to say, the food sell hot dog type sausages, pastries, the other restaurants, and some of in both Malaya and India is too and a Greek specialty, sour cheese­ them have entertainment, ranging hot for American tastes. The Sea­ cake. One complaint registered about from traditional Japanese music farer visiting India, the old hands to modern jazz. The coffee houses said, should stick to chicken or European cooking is that the standard Continental breakfast of are frequented by students and in­ imported canned food. tellectuals, many of whom speak Another complaint heard about hard rolls, jam, and coffee is English. The only complaint re­ Indian food is the "sloppy" con­ rather skimpy. The best dish in Turkey, one ported about the tea and coffee ditions under which it is often pre­ houses is that their ice cream is pared. There are often rats in Seafarer said, is shishkabob. An­ different than "state side" ice Indian eating places, the Log was other Seafarer said the best shish­ cream, and not very good to some­ told. Many Seafarers found the kabob in the world is made in one used to American ice cream. Indian custom of eating without Casablanca. He was turned on to A favorite spot for Seafarers in the use of utensils repulsive, in it by an Arab friend. The chunks Japan is the Hotel New Yorker in spite of the fact that only the right of lamb and vegetables arc served Tokyo. The main attraction is the hand is used for eating, while only on a thin wire rod. The lamb, he 300 "bunny" type waitresses. In the left is used for washing one's said, "is better than anything you can get here." He got a dish of Yokohama, the rendezvous for body. Seafarers is Jack's Steak House. The Phillipines have good food, hot sauce and a dish of bread. Needless to say, the food is very the Log found. Pork Adoba was His Arab friend showed him how good. recommended as being a particu­ to dip the bread in the hot sauce A common complaint hegrd larly good Filipino dish. It con­ as he ate the shishkabob. The about Asian ports is the bad quali­ sists of diced pork with long prices, he said, were reasonable. The Log asked Seafarers, how ty of the milk. Most milk served noodles. Ironically, the place Sea­ in the Orient is "reconstituted." farers like best in the Filipino to find a good place to eat in a However, in most Southeast Asian port of Manila specializes in Scan­ foreign port. One of the best an­ ports. Magnolia brand milk, im­ dinavian food. It is the Scandi­ swers to this problem was to ask ported from Australia, is avail­ navian Seamen's Club. Seamen of about • eating places when doing able. It is up to the standards of all nationalities are welcome, and any shopping. The time to ask is American milk. The milk in most the food is excellent. American after the purchase has been made. of Europe, the Seafarers agreed, food is served at the Club. An­ The proprietor, in almost every other place is Scandia's, a restau­ case, "will give you an honest anis alright. Japan was not the only Oriental" rant run by a Danish- ex-sailor, r ft > : i i i Pension IncreaM A Big Help To The Editor: I wish to thank one and aff for the Pension Fund and the help it has given me since I have been on pension. The 25 dollar increase shfC ; helps buy the 'burgers.' I thank you.' Robert E, Aycfs.,: HoutkalDoggips Kntitked i^ Reader To The Editor. :" That dog all dressed up in nautical togs (heaven help us!) is a iSchnauzer . . . a terrier, A > breed which gets its name from ;5the fact that its smelling appa­ ratus (highly sensitive) usually aims first at the grouritP (terra firma). As the owner of a tSchnauzeri I can assure youihat nautical togs are most inapf^propriate. The only kind of ,bbat mine really likes isA canoe i.. as for water to swlrn li3---O0; ; dice. As for dogs in human clothI ing—strictly for the really deli° ;,cate breeds—no healthy sportTog dog such as a Schnauzer (jshould ever have to submit to ' this sort of indignity, except in cases of extreme cold or, per­ haps, torrential, cold rain. I'm saddened to think that a ' he-man paper like the Log would encourage h, Margof Thompson , Ed. Note: The Log, in its Jan. 20, 1967 issue, ran a short. 11Justrated» article on sailor suits for dogs. The Log interpreted this phcnornenon as being part of the recent revival in all things 'nautical. J$eafarer's Widow Thanks Crew To The Editor: We want to express our heartr felt appreciation to the crew that was aboard the S.S. Marore for the comfronting words and help at the time of Thomas T. Willis's death. We are sinJTcrely, grateful.'.; > /•, • Mrs. Thomas T. Willis and Sdi^ • To The Editor: This is to show niy apprecia­ tion to Eddie—I don't remem­ ber hi.s last name—^who was Ship's Delegate on the Tamara Guilden. (Ed. Note: Eddie is Seafarer Edward J. Rogg). I yas a crew member and was hospitalized in Haifa, Israel. I yas in the hospiiai for 24 days, d he went out of his way to e that I bad everything I ed. had a fine C ain who > if that T go i f had ncthsng btit trouble. Igain, I want to. express my pks to Eddie and the, lest of jboys who came to see;i«e t now m the-Mrtu»ie HCB havd Qbthing but praise fil^ 1 the crew and officers on the j Taraara Guilden, a vetY fine ship. Tell all my friends and 5 brolherT where I am, James H. 'Ted" ParneB ; : MaHfime JTj^^hse League is Needed To the Editor: I'm glad to see that SIU membership meetings voted to endorse the new Maritime De­ fense League. The League de­ serves the support of every Sea­ farer because it is badly-needed in these days when various agencies seem to be determined to give union men a hard time whenever they get the chance.: It is true that the SIU mem­ bers have come a long way in the past 25 years. We have eco­ nomic security, decent wages, good working cbnditions, solid pension, welfare and vacation benefits—and are treated with respect by employers and the many government agencies who regulate our livelihoods and who once kicked seamen around as a form of exercise. But union seamen are still victims of abuse and unfair treatment, as has been shown time and again whenever law i LETTERS 1 To The Editor enforcement agencies get a chance to put the squeeze on them. Those who remember thr early struggles of the SIU and unions generally know what a hard time was suffered by union men on the picket line, in strikes and in militant demon­ strations for any good union cause. Any man who ran into legal problems as a result could depend on his union tP Kelp^^ hinib-Tnd help him it did. ' With the more subtle anti­ union laws in existence today, and the various court rulings, a man with a legal problem can be in a rough spot when it comes to getting assistance, becausef the union is reistricted in many areas from coming to his aid. At today's costs for legal representation, you can imagine how impossible it would he fijr J a man to get a good lawyer so that his rights will be protected| That's why the Maritime De­ fense League is a great idea-— and a timely one. Seamen don't have to, be told how important it is to protect their rights. Evety SIU man should port the Maritime Defer League. Fred W. • Seafarer's WHe Praises Pension To The Editor; tl _ towery . .j �March 3, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG FINAL DEPARTURES John Joseph Moran, 68: Broth­ er Moran died of heart disease after a long ill­ ness. He was a resident of Lau­ rence Harbor, N. J. A tugboat deck­ hand, he had been employed by the Pennsylvania Railroad from 1924 until his re­ tirement 20 years later. Since 1964 he had been retired on an SIU disability pension. He served in the Navy during World War I. He is survived by his wife, Sadie. Frank G. Strickland, 47: Broth­ er Strickland's death was due to heart disease. He had been receiv­ ing SIU disability pension payments for six months. In the Deck Depart­ ment, he sailed as an AB. He served in the Navv from 1940 to 1959, and was discharged with the rating of Meterologist. He was born in Baton Rouge, La. He joined the SIU in New Orleans and usually sailed from that port. John Pedrosa, 70: Brother Pedrosa succumbed to liver disease, passing away at Union Me. morial Hospital in f Baltimore. Re­ tired on an SIU pension at the time of his death. Brother Pedrosa sailed in the En­ gine Department. He joined the SIU in 1939, in the port of Baltimore, where he made his home. Bom in Portugal, he was an American citizen. A wid­ ower, he is survived by his sisterin-law, Roberta Haussmann of Pikeville, Md., and a sister, Maria Carlotta Lima Pedrosa of Lisbon, Portugal. ^ Emilio Ramos, 58: Brother Ramos died of heart failure in his home town of San Juan, Puerto Rico. Brother Ramos sailed in the Engine De­ partment, as a Deck Engineer. At the time of his passing, he was on SIU disability pension. He joined the Union in 1944, in the port of New York. Bom in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, he lived, during recent years, in San Juan, with his wife, Susana, and their children. Faustino Orjales, 67: Brother Orjales passed away due to com­ plications brought on by chronic lung disease. He died in his home in New Orleans. Elton M. Hudglns, 59: Brother A member of the Hudgins died of a heart attack SIU since 1946, after an illness of Brother Orjales ten days. He was sailed as a Stew­ hospitalized in the ard. He joined the Norfolk USPHS Union in the port of Houston. hospital. A resi­ Bom in Spain, he was an Ameri­ dent of Onemo, can citizen. He had spent over Va., he sailed 30 years at sea, on both Ameri­ as an Engineer can-flag and foreign-flag ships, aboard vessels op­ and had retired as an SIU disabil­ erated by the ity pension. He is survived by a M. L. Hudgins Company since brother, Roman Orjales of Balti­ 1962. He joined the Union in more, and a sister Cipriana Orjales Norfolk. He is survived by his of Coruna, Spain. wife, Clara, and a son, Charles. Lifeboat Class No, 170 Is Launched Page Thirteen Hew llectroni€ Voice Box Enables VeteranSIUMember to Speak Again A medical breakthrougji has given Seafarer Jeff Davis the hope that he will be able to speak normally again some day. Brother Davis, 60, had his larynx, or voice box removed in March, 1966. The operation was performed at the Staten Island USPHS Hospital in New York. Because his vocal chords have been removed, Brother Davis the article with him, and indicated USPHS Hospital. He thought the can talk only in the barest whis­ his desire to the doctors. They told quality of care and research was per. He can make himself under­ Brother Davis that they could not extremely high. And, he said, the stood, however, by using a small give him an immediate reply, as "whole staff was great." He smiled, put the Electrolarynx electronic device called an Electro- they would have to confer with to his cheek, and articulated: the Boston medical team first to larynx. He holds the small, black, "They need someone to practice learn the techniques of the opera­ cylindrical instru­ on—and I have nothing to lose." tion. ment against his Brother Davis lives in New Asked if he thought they would cheek. It picks York's borough of Brooklyn and go through with the operation. up the vibrations has a grown daughter. He has been Brother Davis said "I can only he is able to pro­ since 1935, in "the black sailing guess." He added that "if it's duce and adds a gang," as an FWT. He has been possible to do it, they will do it." "voice" to make a Seafarer for 23 years. He spoke very highly of the them audible. The device was pur­ chased for him by Davis the SIU Welfare plan. Brother Davis explained that he must hold the Electrolarynx tightly against his cheek, or the sound will Gordon Cbambera Jack Brace dissipate. He must constantly work Get in touch with your mother Please contact your former ship­ a button as he talks via the Elec­ as soon as possible at 208 Fourth mate, Albert Reid, at the Phila­ trolarynx. Brother Davis told the St., Bethpage, N.Y. Telephone delphia Union Hall, or at 1242 Log that it took him only about (516) WE 8-6459. So. 29th St., Philadelphia, Pa. 20 minutes to learn to use the instrument. Before the develop­ Joseph H. Paulier ment of the Electrolarynx, those Huntley A. Hibbert who underwent operations similar Please contact Mr. and Mrs. to Brother Davis' had to try to Contact your wife as soon as B. W. Mathes. The address is 41 make themselves understood possible. Church St., Lynn, Mass. through crude tin horns. ^ Brother Davis was discharged Peter WedrogowskI Raymond T. Wagner from the USPHS Hospital on De­ Please contact the law offices of cember 19. He immediately began Please contact Newton B. to collect an SIU disability pen­ Schwartz, attorney at law, 500 Newton B. Schwartz, 500 Branard sion. Branard at Garrott, Houston, Tex. at Garrott, Houston, Tex. 77006. Telephone JA 8-2863. 77006. Phone JA 8-2863. About a month later, on Janu­ ary 15, medical history was made, in Boston. Doctors at Massachu­ Larry Goonan setts Eye and Ear Infirmary used Buck Rice Please contact your mother at an artificial tube and valve fash­ Please get in touch with Sam 2504 Gibson St., N.W., Huntsioned from the patient's skin to Martin at 332 Heritage Ave., ville, Ala. 35810. Phone (205) replace a shattered larynx and Gretna, La. 852-9268. to restore the voice of a Marine ^ wounded in Viet Nam. ^ The artificial larynx, made from Jack Dolan Raymond E. Leonard the skin of the patient. Lance Cpl. "Knobby" has moved to 705 Walter Lopata, 25, was installed in You are urged to contact your two operations. The operations 74th St., North Bergen, N.J. wife as soon as possible. The ad­ were performed by Dr. William dress is 903 Pine St., Henderson, W. Montgomery of the Infirmary N.C. 27536. George Cuity and Lt. Comdr. Robert Toohill Please contact your wife as AJA of Chelsea Naval Hospital. Dr. soon as possible. TTie address is Woodrow W. Balch Montgomery said the procedure 2409'/i So. Miro St., New Or­ Please contact your brother, was the first of its kind and was leans, La. B. C. Balch, Drumright, Okla. simple, but that it "will take a year or two to get the kinks out." Brother Davis read about the operation in the newspaper and decided that he was willing to have it performed on him, though it is still in an experimental stage. He went to the hospital, taking vl> •, ' Wd .Ky> J-' ! . HARRY LUNDEBERG SCHOOKSEAMAHSHIP htfk tyO ./AM Hi This latest crew of graduates from the Union's Lifeboat School are now one step nearer toward obtaining an AB's ticket. Of course, being a lifeboatman is useful even to members of the Engine and Steward Departments: they make for a safe ship. Seated (l-r) are: Joseph Slumma, Frank Adosci, Edward Dullea and Ronald Grain. Standing (l-r) are: Steve Overton, Robert Dhomas, Frank McCreary, Raymond Kelly, Juan Ayala and school, instructor Ami .Bjornsson. CORRECTION Due to an unfortunate er- i ror, it was reported in the Log's regular feature, "From the Ships at Sea," in the Feb. 17, 1967 issue, that Brother | Mohammed Nasser of Brook- | lyn passed away. Actually Seafarer Nasser S. Nasser, a crew member aboard the Re; becca (Maritime Overseas), died in a Sasebo, Japan, hosI pital. Brother Mohammed i Nasser is in excellent health and presently sailing in the i Engine Department aboard the Cape Junction. s SIU Daniel John Juhosz, bora Jan­ uary 18 , 1967, to the John J. Juhoszs, Lancaster, New York. Brenda May, bora January 20, 1967, to the George E. Mays, Queens Village, L.I., N.Y. Michael Odee, bora December 23, 1966, to the John V. Odees, North Olmsted, Ohio. Mariellen Bafley, bora Decem­ ber 13, 1966, to the Theodore Baileys, Baltimore, Maryand. AJA AIA William Zansavage, bora De­ cember 27, 1966, to the Albert Zansavages, Baltimore, Md. Natalie Ennis, bora January 21, 1967, to the Thomas E. Ennis, Philadelphia, Penna. A1> AJA Elsie Beth Boone, bora Novem­ ber 8, 1966, to the Thomas B. Boones, Norfolk, Virginia. Raul M. AguDar, bora January 3, 1967, to the Raul M. Aguilars, New York, New York. AIA Allan Eugene Lewis, bord July 23, 1966, to the Allen Lewis, Bal­ timore,. Maryland. , Brian Bonney, bora September 26, 1966, to the Sherwin Bonneys, Pprtsmouth, �SEAFARERS LOG Page Foarteen TS Chairman, Robert Callalmn: Se<!r«tary» Bill Kaiser, ?129.48 in ship's fund and 1474.85 in movie fund. Bh/erything is ntnhing smoothly with no major beds. Mo­ tion made tibat ship should have leemaking machines on board. Three men 'j hoepitaliied in Santos. Membership Meetings SIU-AGLIWD Meetings New Orleans Mar. 14—2:30 p.m. Mobile Mar. 15—^2:30 p.m. Wilmington . Mar. 10—2:00 p.m. San Francisco Mar. 22—^2:00 p.m. Seattle ... • Mar. 24 -2:UU p.m. New York . Mar. 6—2:30 p.m. Philadelphia . Mar. 7—2:30 p.m. . Mar. 8—2:30 p.m. B?ltimore Detroit Mar. 10—2:30 p.m. Houston . .. .Mar. 13—^2:30 p.m. Great Lakes SIU Meetings Detroit Mar. 6—2:00 p.m. Alpena Mar. 6—7:00 p.m. Buffalo .. .. Mar. 6—7:00 p.m. Chicago . . .Mar. 6—^7:00 p.m. Oeveland , .Mar. 6—7:00 p.m. Duluth .. .Mar. 6—7:00 p.m. Frankford .Mar. 6—7:00 p.m. Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region Chicago Mar. 14—7:30 p.m. tSault Ste. Marie Mar. 16—7:30 p.m. Buffalo Mar. 15—7:30 p.m. Duluth Mar. 17—7:30 p.m. Cleveland .. .Mar. 17—^7:30 p.m. Toledo Mar. 17—7:30 p.m. Detroit Mar. 13—7:30 p.m. Milwaukee .. Mar. 13—7:30 p.m. SIU Inland Boatmen's Union New Orleans Mar. 14—5:00 p.m. Mobile Mar. 15—5:00 p.m. Philadelphia Mar. 7—5:00 p.m. Baltimore (licensed and nnlicens^) Mar. 8—5:00 p.m. Norfolk .... Mar. 9—5:00 p.m. Railway Marine Region Houston .... Mar. 9—5:00 p.m. Philadelphia Mar. 14—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Baltimore Mar. 15—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. •Norfolk Mar. 16—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Jersey City Mar. 13—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. ; MANHATTAN ""(Hudson Waterways), January 16—Chairman, Wm. Padgett: ; Secretory, Jorge Juan Marrero. No dis1 pttted OT and no beefs reported by departittsnt deiegatee.:.' • United Industrial Workers New Orleans Mar. 15—7:00 p.m. Mobile Mar. 15—7:00 p.m. New York ..Mar. 6—7:00p.m. Philadelphia .Mar. 7—7:00 p.m. Baltimore ... Mar. 8—7:00 p.m. ^Houston .. .Mar. 13—7:00 p.m. fMeetinr held st Labor Temple, Sanit Ste. Marie, Mich. * Meeting; held at Labor Temple, New­ port News. $ Meeting held at Galveston wharves. , : PRODUCER (Maritime Cargo), Januilary 9—Chairman, Fred Israel; Secretary, -Saw Ginsberg. No beefs and no disputed , OT reported by department delegates. Rcr •pair list to be discussed with patrolman. DIRECTORYof UNION 11ALL£I SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers PRESIDENT Paul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Gal Tanner Ear! Shapard VICE PRESIDENTS Lindsay Williams Robert Matthews SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Ksrr HEADQUARTERS i75 -Ith Ave., Bklyn. HY 9-6600 ALPENA, Mich 127 River St. EL 4-3616 BALTIMORE, MD 1216 E. Baltimore St. EA 7-4900 BOSTON, Mass 177 State St. Rl 2-0140 BUFFALO, N.Y 735 Washington St, TL 3-9259 CHICAGO, III 9383 Ewing Ave. SA 1-0733 CLEVELAND, Ohio 1420 W. 25th St. MA 1-5450 DETROIT, Mich. .. 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. VI 3-4741 DULUTH, Minn 312 W. 2nd St. RA 2 4110 FRANKFORT, Mich P.O. Box 2B7 415 Main Sf. EL 7-2441 HOUSTON, Tex 5804 Canal St. WA 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE, Fla 2608 Pearl St. EL 3-0987 JERSEY CITY, N.J 99 Montgomery St. HE 3-0104 MOBILE, Ala I South Lawrence St. HE 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS, La 630 Jackson Ave; Tel. 529-7546 NORFOLK, Va 115 3rd St. Tel. 622-1892 PHILADELPHIA, Pa. 2604 S. 4th St. DE 6-3818 PORT ARTHUR, Tax. ..1348 Seventh St. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. 350 Freemont St. DO 2-4401 SANTURCE. P.R. 1313 Fernandez Juncos Stop 20 Tel. 723-8594 SEAHLE, Wash 2505 First Avenue MA 3-4334 ST. LOUIS, Mo 805 Del Mar CE-l-1434 TAMPA, Fla 312 Harrison 54. Tel. 229-2788 WILMINGTON, Calif. ...SOS N. Marine Ave. 834-2528 FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Afldntic, Guif, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. All Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are adnainistered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in cliaige of these funds shall equally consist of union and management representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust fun^ sre made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: Earl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place, Suite 1930, New York 4, N. Y. Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available in all SIU halls. Theae contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights prop­ erly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This establish^ policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September, 1960, meetings in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested in an editorial hoard which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. Hie Elxeeutive Board may delegate, from among ita nnka, one fauUvidual to carry ont this responsibility. DEL 8UD (Delta), January 16—ChalrJataiano; Secretary, Robert man. Joeeph Cataiaiu J. Hand. Ship's delegate extended a vote of thanks to the esigino departments. S565.23 in movie fund and $327.65 in ship's fund. Motion made to see patrojman about getting clarification on shipboard promotions. FAIHI8LE (Pan Oceanic Tamkem), No« vember 25—Chairman. Ira. C, Brown; Secretary, G. Craggsi Brother Goncalves was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Two men in engine department paid off under mutual consent. No beefs reported by department delegates. WALTER BICE (Reynolds), January 6—Chairman, Don Dorn: Secretary, JamCs Mann. No beefs reported by der ; partment delegrates. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a JW well ;fdone during tihe BCoHdays. ; ; < . #; ;M18^ (M^owbrook Transport), December 2f-—Chairman, Leo Lasoya: " Secretary, Maximo Bugawan. Most of the repairs have been completed. The re­ maining repairs will be taken care of when the ship goes to the shipyard. $6.00 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by de­ partment delegates. Brother Blackie Busataeki was elected bo r^nain as ship's delegate. STEEL ARCHITESCT (Irthmian), Jan­ uary 2=^-Chainnan Roy R. Thomas; Sec­ retary, Jon A. Maalow. Brother Howard Starbuck was elected to Serve as ship's delegate. Motion made to reinstate galleymen and dayman back on board, as-per­ sonnel on boiLrd are not sufficient to carry on duties as set forth in Onion agree­ ment. Vote of thank-swas extendi to the steward department for the fine Holi­ day meals. BBLGHIM VICTOKT (Isthmian). Jan. uary 19—Chairman, Ken Hayes: Secre­ tary, H. Middlston. Brother S. Wilson I was elected to serve as ship's delegate. I Vote of thanks was ^tended to the stewI ard department for the good food and i Service. Vote of thanks to Captain O'Rourke for getting TV, also to elec. tricians for gettin|; antenna up fast. All I departments running smoothly. ^ FENN EXPORTER (PCnn Shipping), •« January 2—Chairman, A. M. Michelet; I Secretary, Z. A, Markria, Brother P, JI Connolly was elected to seirve as ship's < delegate, A large vote of thanks to the j steward for a fine running steward de5 partment, and for exceiient food and aerv-' ii ice. All departments running smoothly. PAIRPORT (Waterman), January; 1 •—Chairman, Vie Handing; Secretary, James M. Elwell. Brother Jim Siney was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. No beefs and no disputed OT reported by department delegates. Motion made th'at ice machine be booked up in Japan. LUCILE BLOOMPIELD (BloOmfleid). I January 11—Chairman, Edward IL I Heecox; Secretary, Pete TriantnfiiiosIBrother. Roger W. Pinkham was elected I to serve aa new ship's delegate. No beefe ^r^wt^^hy •department delegates. ' March 3, 1967 DEL NOTRE (Delta), January 15-f? Chairman, Robert Callahan. $194.46 In chip's fund after spending $25.00 for floralwreath for Michele Liusia's mother's fiii., neral. $474.85 in movie fund. Brotheif Reuben Belletty was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. Motion made that crew go on record as concurring with tha_ Constitutional Amendment Committee's" Reiiort that was presented at special meeting in ali constitutional ports on January 3, 1967. Iietter to be posted and ail to vote on it in Port of San Juan, if possible. One brother asked why the pa­ trolman is not down tt> the ship in Hous­ ton to collect dues from the men signing off there. UNFAIR LABOR DO NOT BUY Seafarers and their families are urged to support a consumer boy- . cott by trade unionists against various companies whose products are produced under non-union conditions, or which are "unfair to labor." (This listing carries the name of the AFL-CIO unions in­ volved, and will be amended from time to time.) Sears, Roebuck Company Retail stores & products (Retail Clerks) NATIONAL DEFENDER (Western Agencies), January 7—Chairman, B. Ruggie; Secretary. W. Scott. Two men paid oif ship, ofte in Sasebo and one In Hong Kong. $1.00 in ship's fund. No beefs re­ port^ by department delegates. Discus­ sion about lodging and subsistence in Hong Kong. Motion sent to Headquarters that the President issue a statement to the membership as to why members don't have a fusible retirement plan. BARRE VICTORY (Delta), January 3 —Chairman, Armond Dunne, Jr.; Sec­ retary, J. Alford. Crew was commended by Frank Drozafc, West Coast Reprcaentative, Captain and Company (MSTS) for a job well done. Everything is running smoothly in ail departments. Brother; Armond Dunne. Jr. was re-elected to serve ,,: as ship's delegate. \1> CITIES SERVICE NORFOLK (Cltieel Service), January 22—Chairman, A. Fin-l nell; Secretary, H. Dorrow. $81.16 In| ship's fund. Some disputed OX in decki and steward departments. ' v| DEL BIO (Delta), January 5—Chaiivj^ man, S. Pappas; Secretary, J. Gouldmah. $30.10 in ship's fund. No beefs and no disputed OT reported by deportment dele­ gates. Patrolman to be contacted re­ garding .ship being fumigated for roachcg. Vote of thanks was extended to the Cap­ tain for repairing TV antenna. Crew would like better grade of bacon and hot dogs, and more of a variety of Ice cream. ALCOA COMMANDER (Alcoa), hd date—Chairman, E L. Odom; Secretary, John A. Wirth. Motion was made to find out why. ship does not receive communicatidns from Headquarters. No beefs and no disputed OT reported by depart­ ment delegates. YORK (York), January 7—Chairman, Carl Gibbs; Secretary, F. S. Paylor. Mo. tion made to have patrolman see that a permanent type awning be installed be­ fore next voyage. Also to have seats In­ stalled in niesshall instead of benches at tables. Motion was made to see about cold drinking water being installed in flreroom for fireman on- watch, as fireroom is below engine room and fire­ men cannot leave unless relieved. Steward gave crew vote of thanks. CONNECTICUT (Oriental Exporters), January 18—Chairman. A. W. Morales; Secretary, A. W, Morales. No beefs re­ ported by department delegates. Brother Richard E, Darville was elected -to serve as new ship's delegate. PEDfNMAR (Calmar), January 25— Chairman, W. A. Reynolds: Secretary, N. Kondylas. Ship's delegate reported that there was no beefs and that every­ thing 18 running smoothly. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward de­ partment for a j(d> well done. ^ FREE AMERICA (A. L. Burbank), January 22-Chairman, Alfred Hireeh: Secretary, D. Hiompson. Brother Alfred Hirsch was elected to serve as ship's deiegate. . No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. . P^N VANGUARD (Penn), January 8—Chairman, Hi :,Pruge: Secretary, J.; Calhoun. Pour men taken off ship due to illness. Some disputed OT in engine and steward department. TRENTON (Sea-Land Service), Janu­ ary 29—Ohairinan, W.? Barnes : Secretary. Stephen H. Fulford. Some disputed OX re delayed sailing in engine and steward departments. Held discussions on various subjects. BAYLOR VICTORY (Victory Carriers),; October 30—Chairman, C. M. Rice: Sec-' retary, W. A. Walsh. Few beefs to be" taken .qp: ,;yieltl;,^.b09r#twE;.,,patr*toan, PAYMENT OP MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt ia given for same. Under no circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, hut feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU puhlishea every six montha in the SEAFARBIRS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition, copies are available in all Union balls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so aa to familiarize themselves with ita contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obli­ gation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing diaahility-penaion bene­ fits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, including attend­ ance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU members at these Union meet­ ings. they are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functions, in­ cluding service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union pol­ icy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Conse­ quently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic orifrin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he ia entitled, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic rights of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve the best interests of themselves, their families and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was established. Donations to 8PAD are entirely voluntary and constitute the funds through which legislative and political activities are conducted for the benefit 6f the membership and the Union. If St any time a Seafarer feels that any of the above rights have been vioUtcd, or that he has been denied bit constitntional right of access to Union records or in­ formation, he shonld immediately notify SIU PrMident Paul Hall at headqnarlera by certified mall, return receipt rcqnested. Stitrel-Weller Distilleries "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" "Cabin Still," W. L. Weller Bourbon whiskeys (Distillery Workers) Kingsport Press "World Book," "Chiidcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) \1> Jamestown Sterling Corp. (United Furniture Workers) ^ White Furniture Co. (United Furniture Workers of America) Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co. Work Shoes ... Sentry, Cedar Chest, Statler Men's Shoes . . . .Tarman, .Johnson & Murphy, Crestworth, (Boot and Shoe Workers' Union) \1> Di Giorgio Fruit Corp. S and W Fine Foods Treesweet (National Farm Workers Association) —— <i>— Baltimore Luggage Co. Lady Baltimore, Amelia Farhart Starlite luggage Starflite luggage (International Leather Goods, Plastics and Novelty Workers Union) —<i>— "HIS" brand men's clotbes Kavnee Boyswear, Judy Bond blouses, Hanes Knitwear, Randa Ties, Boss Gloves, Richman Brothers and Sewell Suits, Wing Shirts (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Camels, Winston, Tempo, Brandon, Cavalier and Salem cigarettes (Tobacco Workers International Union) Peavy Paper Mill Products (United Papermakers and Paperworkers Union) \1> Comet Rice Mills Co. products (International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drinks and Distillery Workers) Antonio PerelU Minetti & Sons Ambassador, Eleven Cellars Red Rooster, Greystone, Guasti, Calwa, F. I., Trlbuno Vennoath, Aristocrat, Victor Hugo, A. R' Morrow Wines and Brandies. (National Farm Workers Association) , 71 �March 3, 1967 Campaign, Program Launched By Maritime Defense League I ] I Page Fifteen SEAFARERS LOG NEW YORK—The Maritime Defense League, which was estab­ lished in January so that maritime workers faced with legal prob­ lems or charges threatening their personal liberties would be assured of their fundamental rights to counsel and other assistance, legal restrictions cannot be pro­ has begun functioning. The vided by his union, can get in League's officers announced this touch with the League at its Han­ week that the campaign had been son Place office in Brooklyn. launched for funds that will en­ able the new organization to carry out its program. The League is a private organi­ zation which will make available legal and other assistance to mari­ time workers out of a fund to be sustained by voluntary contribu­ tions. Offices of the Maritime (Continued from page 3) Defense League are located at One Hanson Place, Brooklyn, • Stressed the rapid progress N. Y. 11217; the telephone num­ and expansion of the Soviet mer­ ber is (212) 638-1681. chant marine and termed it "an The objective of the League, economic threat to the free world" which has been endorsed and that must be met by a revitalizavoted support at SIU membership tion of the U.S. maritime fleet. meetings, is to assure that mari­ • Urged action by the Admin­ time workers are protected in situ­ istration on the report of the Mari­ ations where they lack the neces­ time Advisory Committee because sary funds to provide their own its recommendations are in "sup­ defense when their union cannot port of the public interest." assist them because of legal restric­ • Called on the President to tions and various court interpreta­ review aid programs to Argentina tions. in light of the suppression of the Chairmi.n of the Maritime De­ rights of organized labor in that fense League is Robert A. Mat­ country. thews, a SIU vice-president, and • Urged ratification by the the Treasurer is Price C. Spivey, Administrator of the Seafarers U.S. of the human rights conven­ Welfare, Pension and Vacation tions adopted by the United States Plans. as part of the observance of 1968 Any SIU member who may as the Intl. Year for Human require assistance, which under Rights. MTD To Study L-G Rulings By Courts AFL'CIO Council 'Ready' to Discuss Any Compiuint of AHHiuted Unions (Continued from page 3) • Called for "enactment with­ out delay" of modernization and overhauling of the unemployment insurance system as a step to­ wards creating a single federal program. • Proposed the adoption by the federal government of a "mod­ ern, business-like" budget system that would permit sound longrange planning to meet the need for expanded and improved fa­ cilities. In reply to press conference queries on the council's proce­ dures statement Meany said that the AFL-CIO has received no documents or bill of particulars from Reuther or the UAW and neither has the Executive Coun­ cil. He stressed that there is "no feud," as charged in some press accounts, between himself and Reuther and that they have had a very "nice relationship" in the past five years. He noted that the council has an open agenda when it meets and any member can bring up any subject at any time and that they do. The council statement pointed out that there is only "one limita­ tion to the extent to which any individual or any organization within the trad» union movement can influence the direction of the AFL-CIO, its programs and poli­ cies or the character and identity of its leadership. . . . They must be able to persuade the majority that their complaints are valid, that their proposals are sound and that their alternatives are prefer­ able. Neither size, financial re­ sources. nor extravagance of lan­ guage can overcome or substitute for that simple basic require­ ment." The telegram received by Meany from the UAW earlier this month advised the AFL-CIO president that the UAW interna­ tional board had ordered Reuther and all other officers to resign im­ mediately from the council and other posts they held in the AFLCIO. Meany made the following points also at his press confer­ ences: • The AFL-CIO has "abso­ lutely not" received any funds from the Central Intelligence Agency and that he personally is opposed to unions receiving such funds. The CIA, he said, can do its job without subsidizing unions. • Labor's relations with the Administration had been very good and great progress had been made on labor's programs, greater than under any other administra­ tion. • The AFL-CIO is unalterably opposed to any form of compul­ sory arbitration and this position has been made clear to Pres. Johnson on numerous occasions. • Strong support will be given the effort to enact situs picketing legislation and he expects the same support from the Adminis­ tration as in the past. • The Federation is studying the Administration proposal to set up a new department including Labor, Commerce and possibly other agencies but as long as the concept of departments to repre­ sent interest groups prevails—for example, agriculture — organized labor believes that the Labor Dept. should be maintained as a department looking after the prob­ lems of workers. Wirtz, at a press conference following his meeting with the council, said he had discussed en­ forcement of the new amendments to the minimum wage law, the administration of the LandrumGriffin Act and the various man­ power programs of the depart­ ment. He reported also discussion on the creation of a new Dept. of Economic Affairs and the legisla­ tive prospects for various admin­ istration programs. The secretary said his discus­ sion with the council was "com­ pletely constructive" on Landrum-Griffin matters. He said he has made arrangements for a complete review of the problems arising under the act with mem­ bers of the council. The difficul­ ties arise, he noted, when the department has to be at times both a "mediator and a cop." are divorced or legally separated under a decree and who have not remarried, or a husband whose wife is incapacitated or is institu­ tionalized for at least 90 consecu­ tive days or a shorter period if she dies, may deduct expenses paid, not to exceed a total of $600, for one dependent, or not to ex­ ceed a total of $900 for two or more dependents for the care of: (a) dependent children under 13 years of age; or (b) dependent persons (excluding husband or wife) physically or mentally incapable of caring for themselves; if such care is to enable the tax­ payer to be gainfully employed or to actively seek gainful em­ ployment. which are not compensated by in­ surance. These losses are limited to the amount in excess of $100 for each loss. i I I i INCOME TAX GUIDE i f \ rS • I I i \ [ 1- I (Continued from page 8) Seafarers Vacation Plan is taxable income in the same manner as wages. DEATH BENEFIT EXCLU­ SION. If you receive pension pay­ ments as a beneficiary of a de­ ceased employee, and the em­ ployee had received no retirement pension payment, you may be en­ titled to a death benefit exclusion of up to $5,000. GAMBLING GAINS. All net gains from gambling must be re­ ported as income. Rowever, if more was lost than gained during the year, the losses are not de­ ductible, but simply cancel out the gains. INVESTMENT CREDIT. Form 3468 is to be used by a Seafarer claiming the investment credit. The credit is allowed for investment in tangible depreciable personal property used in business. The credit is an amount equal to 1% of such investment and ap­ plied against your income tax. INCOME AVERAGING. A Seafarer who has an unusually large amount of taxable income for 1966 may be able to reduce the total amount of his tax by using the income averaging meth­ od. This method permits a part of the unusually large amount of taxable income to be taxed in lower brackets, resulting in a re­ duction of the over-all amount of tax due. The following items can be used as deductions against income (IF YOU DO NOT TAKE THE STANDARD DEDUCTIONS): CONTRIBUTIONS. A tax­ payer can deduct up to 20 per­ cent of gross income for contribu­ tions to charitable institutions, and an additional ten percent in con­ tributions to churches, hospitals and educational institutions. INTEREST. Interest paid to banks and individuals on loans, mortgages, etc., is deductible. TAXES. In general, you can deduct: personal property taxes, real estate taxes, state or local re­ tail sales taxes, state gasoline taxes and state income taxes actually paid within the year. You cannot deduct: Federal excise taxes. Fed­ eral Social Security taxes, hunting and dog licenses, auto inspection fees, tags, drivers licenses, alco­ holic 'erage, cigarette and to­ bacco es, water taxes and taxes paid by you for another person. MEDICAL AND DENTAL EXPENSES. All expenses over three percent of adjusted gross income for doctor and dental bills, hospital bills, medical and hos­ pital insurance, nurse care and similar costs can be deducted. Other such costs include such items as eyeglasses, ambulance service, transportation to doctors' offices, rental of wheelchairs and similar equipment, hearing aids, artificial limbs and corrective de­ vices. However, if the Seafarer is re­ imbursed by the Seafarers Wel­ fare Plan for any of these costs, such as family, hospital and sur­ gical expenses, he cannot deduct the whole bill, only that part in excess of the benefits paid by the Plan. All expenses over one percent of adjusted gross income for drugs and medicine can be de­ ducted. The deductible portion is then combined, with other medi­ cal and dental expenses which are subject to the normal three per­ cent rule. Special Rule for Certain Per­ sons 65 or over: The unreimbursed portion of the medical and dental expenses including medicine and drugs are deductible in full for the follow­ ing persons: (a) The taxpayer and his wife if EITHER is 65 years of age or over; (b) A dependent who is 65 or over and who is the mother or father of the taxpayer or his wife. CARE OF CHILDREN AND OTHER DEPENDENTS. If de­ ductions are itemized, a woman or a widower (including men who i i t * I : i lilt WORK CLOTHES, TOOLS. The cost and cleaning of uni­ forms and work clothes which or­ dinarily cannot be used as dress wear can be deducted. This in­ cludes protective work shoes, gloves, caps, foul weather gear, clothing ruined by grease or paint, plus tools bought for use on the job, or books and periodicals used in direct connection with work. UNION DUES. Dues and ini­ tiation fees paid to labor organiza­ tions and most union assessments can be deducted. PURCHASE OF U.S. SAV­ INGS BONDS. If you are entitled to a refund, you may apply it to the purchase of Series E. U.S. Savings Bonds. If you check the appropriate box you will be is­ sued as many bonds as your re­ fund will buy in multiples of $18.75 for each $25 face value bond. ALIMONY. Periodic payment of alimony to a wife in accord with a written agreement between them can be deducted. CASUALTY LOSSES. T^e reasonable value of all clothing and gear lost at sea due to storm, vessel damage, etc., for which the taxpayer is not otherwise compen­ sate, can be deducted as an ex­ pense. The same applies to fire loss or losses in auto accidents DECLARATION OF ESTI­ MATED TAX. The purpose of this declaration is to provide for current payment of taxes not col­ lected through withholding, where a taxpayer may have a consider­ able amount of outside income. In such cases, a Seafarer should check the instructions on hisf tax return carefully, as the "Declara­ tion of Estimated Tax" also must be filed on or before April 17, 1967. m �SEAFARERSsLOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO ^V';:- To Protect the American Consumer A TRUTH-INLENDING LAW - ''A-.'v A Jersey City, N.J. man, for instance, bought a TV set for $123.88 and was given a coupon book calling for 24 monthly payments of $17.50. The interest rate turned out to be is? 229% per year—over twice the cost of the TV If the answer is yes, you have taken the first set for interest alone! Doubly tragic, he had to step toward protecting yourself and your hardkeep up the payments because defaulting on the earned money against interest gouging. Un­ loan would mean losing his job. fortunately however, in today's credit jungle, you probably didn't get an honest reply to A Pittsburgh, Pa. man borrowed $900 from IN THE ADD-ON RATE SCHEME, the your demand and still don't really know the a small loan company with monthly payments borrower is told that the finance charge will true annual interest rate you are paying. For of $58.10 for 24 months. The interest rate be $6 on a one-year, $100 loan, repayable in instance: turned out to be 52% per year! equal monthly installments. The lender rep­ The 3% per month plan of small loan com­ resents this as a 6% interest rate loan—which . ,W A; It is almost certain that some readers of this panies is really 36% interest per year. it is not. The actual rate is almost 12% be­ article have been victims of similar interest cause he is constantly repaying the loan over the swindles without even realizing that they were The AV2% new car financing plan of some : ; year and does not have the use of the $100 being "taken" by the well-planned confusion of commercial banks is really 9% per year. 5f • for a full year. The interest rate is quoted on the lending industry. the original amount of the debt and not on the The advertised 5% rate on home improve­ How would proposed Truth-in-Lendihg legunpaid balance. In reality the borrower is asked ment loans is not less than a 6% first mortf; islation aid the average borrower to find his to pay interest on amounts he has already re­ gage, as advertised, but nearly twice as much, , ; way through the credit jungle, which one oh-! paid. or almost 10% interest per year. server recently described as "a wonderland of credit where percentages multiply and divide at The so-called 6% rate for financing used cars THE DISCOUPP" RATE is a variation of the will, where finance charges materialize on offered by some dealers is at least 12% per year add-on rate. Instead of receiving $100 and command and fees are collected on the way out; and sometimes very much higher—18 to 25% paying back $106, the borrower only receives where sharp practices and rackets not only in­ per year or more. $94 in cash or goods—^the interest being taken flate the costs of credit, but also impose enor­ Many loan and credit companies make it out in advance. The loan is again repaid in mous financial hardships on the debtor, partic­ purposely difficult or impossible to find out regular installments over a whole year on the ularly those who can least afford it"? the true cost of what you pay to borrow money entire amount of the loan, so that the true in­ Pending iegislation would do two very imporor to buy on an installment plan. To do this terest rate is not 6% as stated but more than they employ various devices as part of their tant things—assure the borrower a statement of 12%, because in addition to paying interest on standard operating procedure. ^ the total finance charge in dollars and cents; amounts he has already repaid,,the borrower j ^ and assure him a statement of the finance never got his full $100 in the first place—^he got^ ;ti As a noted American economist has com­ f barge expressed in terms of a true annual rate^; $94. mented: bii the outstanding unpaid balance of the obli- .• "The variety and complexity of finance and ; / . gation—two simple but vital facts which the? ; THE "SIMPLE" MONTHLY RATE FLAN insurance arrangements and the charges for borrower or credit user has a right to know. ;. ^ can cost you the most in actual yearly interest s them are such as almost to defy comprehension. • I Without this information he can, and has been,.; ; charges; This device is a favorite with small It is impossible for the average buyer to ap­ rooked out of his shirt. ; loan companies and retailers using revolving praise the rates for finance and insurance serv- .' Why is the lending industry so violently op-'i : „ credit plans. The finance rate is represented as ices offered, as compared with alternatives Ij I posed to Tnith-in-Lending legislation? Simply??? ;'being, let's say, 4% per month. The true an­ available elsewhere." because there's big money to be made in lend­ nual rate however is 12 times that figure of ^ , \ What are these various and complex "ar­ er ing and credit-r-and the shadier the operator, 48% annual interestj if it is based oh only the rangements"? Just a few of the most-used " the more he can make. unpaid balance at the end of each month? Ift' devices follow. it is based on the entire original amount of the ' J It is only in the field of consumer credit that loan, which is meanwhile being gradually re-® V the borrower is denied a factual accounting of OFTEN NO IPfTEREST RATE AT ALL IS paid, it is about 24 times the quoted interesti H the cost of credit in advance. The price of OUOTED TO THE CONSUMER. This is the fate, or 96% per year. T ^ credit traditionally has been expressed as a true simplest and most direct method of obscuring I annual rate on the unpaid balance. The terms the cost of credit. The borrower is merely told. for loans on houses, interest rates on savings "LOADING THE CAMEL" often amount^ accounts in commercial banks, and short-term to the straw that breaks the unwary borrower's;? interest rates to businesses to fiaanee payrolls back, lenders Sometimes jack up the true an­ S and purchases are all expressed in terms of true nual interest raths to astronomical proportions annual rates, The need for Tnuh-in-Lending legislation has by loading on all sorts Of extraneous charges®^ it is only the consumer of short-term credit grown to the urgent stage in recent years, along which are not counted as credit but which the mainly the instaUment buyer and the pcrsom ? ;with the tremendous increase of consumer credit ... borrower mtist pay nevertheless. Among these i^o takes out a small loan—who is denied this; in the United States. The American consumer is i are excessive fees for credit life insurance, credit! now paying at least $22 billion a year in interest, !^ ? information. i investigations, processing and handling. Such Unfortunately, he is paying much more than he charges—if they are not mh^e purposively ex­ Tnith-in-Lending legislation is necessary. H should, while unscrupulous leriders are making cessive—are a normal part of doing business| l^ill protect the consumer from being victimized, ^immen;^ profits at the expense of every trtani for the lender, but should rightfully be figufed! lit will make the lending industry heavier by s moman and child in the United States. Passage of in with the interest of finance charges and com- ? fTruth-ituLending legislation being sponsored by' Ipfhtecting the ethical lender from losing busijSermtor Williani Proxmire (D'Wis.) would go d puted as part of the annual interest rate. I ness ?to unscrupulous competitors, :tong way toward remedying tMs situation. •Thein The oniy ^ fr<mti such ^\bat effert Ahd? well- ? AFL-CIO has thrown its full support behind tM^ pegisiation are tlie unscrupulous lenders—the [planned confusion had for the average Ameripending legh^tlon as it is irnportaht to the ..w0ll^ l^bugers, fast-faik boys and out anb^o^^^^ of eit:fy Atnerican citiien. ^consume^?^•?v.?v. HEN you are forced to borrow money or W purchase on the installment plan, do you demand to know what the annual interest rate ill- pjisa 'W-% ^ often by a slick and well trained salesman, that he will pay only $10 down and $10 a month so that the loan will be a "breeze" to repay. Neither the total finance charge nor the interest rate is evident—and only a persistent and prob­ ing questioner and skillful mathematician will be able to discover the true facts. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1960-1969 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXII-XXXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource March 3, 1967 Description An account of the resource Headlines: U.S. LACKS ENOUGH VESSELS TO MEET TRADE DEMANDS, GULICK TELLS MTD MTD AUTHORIZES IN-DEPTH STUDY OF LANDRUM-GRIFFIN COURT DECISIONS AFL-CIO COUNCIL ‘READY’ TO DISCUSS ANY COMPLAINT OF AFFILIATED UNIONS SIU CANNERY UNION TOPS IBT IN PACIFIC COAST NLRB VOTE 25 MILLIONTH NLRB ELECTION VOTE MARKS MILESTONE IN LABOR HISTORY AFL-CIO DISPUTE SETTLED WITH OHIO RADIO STATION INCOME TAX GUIDE FOR SEAFARERS PRESIDENT URGES NEW RIGHTS LAW AS ‘DECENT, RIGHT, AND NECESSARY’ SEAFARERS’ KNIFE & FORK EXPEDITIONS TAKE THEM TO GLOBE’S FAR CORNERS NEW ELECTRONIC VOICE BOX ENABLES VETERAN SIU MEMBER TO SPEAK AGAIN AFL-CIO COUNCIL ‘READY’ TO DISCUSS ANY COMPLAINT OF AFFILIATED UNIONS TO PROTECT THE AMERICAN CONSUMER – A TRUTH-IN-LENDING LAW Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 03/03/1967 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXIX, No. 5 1967 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/cf1c0766d1d5951d0ca3cb89040ea912.PDF 6c56833d65e9d465d719c13ec6598266 PDF Text Text „  V  OfEqIcd  Organ, Sailor^ Umon  of  ifie Pacific  J For,A  SECURITY  Seofarers  UNITY  International  Union  PROGRESS  'Brotherhood  of  the Sea .##  Organized 1885  I.,  /«•  LUNDEBERG ELECTED  INTERNATIONAL  PRESIDENT; HEADQUARTERS IN 'FRISCO  otnox^ o&GAK iMrtn iii^^  iMb ow Mmet,  BBA7ABEBS' XNTERNAnOMAL 19NI0N  OF KOBTH  AMIBIOA  VOL. VI.  SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, MONDAY, MARCH  30,1942.  NO. 38  151  Constitutiaii  Adopted; SlAimier  Is See.  The first annual convention of the Seafarers International Union of  North America hciQ  ended with a record  of accomplishment that is rare in the trade union movement.  The  convention adopted a complete constitution,  elected a President and an executive Secretary­Treasurer, and set iip all the machinery needed to run an Inter*  national  embracing  35,000  members,  . ^  Brother Harry Lundeberg, who has been acting President of the rnterhqtional during its period of organiza*  •   •  •   •  •   •  . .   "  Seafarers'  International Union Officials  Elected To Serve  For the Coming Yar  Standing, left to right/are: Executive Board members Ed Goester  and Morris Weisberger of  the Sailors' Union of the Pacific; Presi­ dent Harry Lundeberg; Board members  Vito  Aliot©  ©f  the  Seine  Line Fishermen, and M.  D. Biggs of the Atlantic & Girif fei^trict of  •  the S. I. U.  Seated, left to jight are: Executive Secretary * Treas­ urer Tex Skinner; Board Member Andrea Gomez of the Fish Ccth­ nery WorkerSj and Vice­President John Hawk.  These officjers remained in Son Frcnlcisco after the cphveritibri  to complete final organizatioriaiplans  aimed  at  brm^in#  thbu­ sands of  new members into the S, I. U.  "  ^  .  , .  .  .  ^  ^  ^  tion, was unanimously chosen to  head the organizer­  ­4  tion for  the coming year.  Lundeberg's election  was  a complete vote of confidence from the delegates and  dramatically indicated  their unreserved acceptance  of  his past  record of  leadership.  Brother Lundeberg  has  been  under  constant  fire  from  the  shipowners  and their­Stalinist allies—one of  their charges being  that if the S.I.U. ever held q convention, he would be  shelved by the rank and file members of  his affiliated  unions.  ' •  Another  charge  against  Lundeberg,  that  he  mis­ appropriated $150,000 in union funds, was exploded  dt the convention .when a certified public accountarit  filed his report.  John H­ Eldridge, C.PiA. of San Ffam  Cisco, stated in a signed statement, "The records have  been  well and faithfully  maintained  throughout,  to  an extent particulctfly commendable in an organiza­ . ;  tion of  this type during its forrnative period."  ,  The statement went on to place great emphasis orii  the fact  thqt  the books all  balanced  and every  ex­i  r­'­  ­jX^, •  penditure  was carefully  qccpunted  for.  i  ;  The Convention, which was attended  by 60  del^ .  'gates, representing seamen, fishermen and fish can* '  "  nery workers, convened on Monday morning, March  f  23rd, and worked 8,  10 and 14  hours daily  until  thq  end of the week.  •   ­  .  ;  Mayor Angelo Rossi of  San Francisco opened  the  Convention with a word of welcome and high praise  for Brother Lundeberg.  The Mayor was followed by  Edw­di d Vandeleur, Secretary­Treasurer  of  the State  Federation of  Labor, who pigged the State Federd­ tioh's full support to Lundeberg and the S.I.U., in the  fight dgaiiist the stool­pigeon frame­up  charges how  pending in coud.  !  Then followed Lundeberg's  accounting of  his dp?  jtiyities during the past, three, years, when  the S.I.U,  wc^  in  the  process  of  organization,  The. report  is  prihtM in fiill oh ^ge four.  . .  .  !  '  PrOcedind  his Written  report, Lundeberg spoke'  ••;  <C«mtt>«eE M PsK« SevMi)  �'e Two'­ •   "  ­•  '­'­/•   .  Published Weekly By  '  ".r • ""  SAILORS' UNION OF THE  PACIFIC  WEST  COAST  SAILORS  Monday, March 30,1943  SllJ Presses West Coast  Organizing of Tankers  Maritime Hall  Building  —­ 59 Clay Street  Oldest Union on the Pacific Coast  San  Francisco,  California  /  HARRY  LUNDEBERG  ­  Secretary­Treasorer  BRANCHES:  SeatUe  Phone  Elliott  6752  86  Seneca  Street  By CHARLES BRENNER and H. C. BANKS Portland ....  Beacon  4336.  ...Ill West  Bumside Street  San  Pedro  San  Pedro  2491.  ...206  W.  6th Street  In  February  1941  the  N.M.U.  was  conducting  an  intensive  tanker drive  on  the  Pacific  Honolulu  ....  16  Merchant  Street  New  Yprh  Bowlingreen  9­9530.  105  Broad  Street  Coast  with  the  purpose  of  moving  in  on  the  Sailors'  Union  of  the  Pacific.  Through  Commie stooges which  the N.M.U.  had in the  Firemen's Union and  in the Marine  Cooks and  Stewards,  they  were  able  to  have  these  unions  relinquish  their  jurisdiction  in  the  tanker  DIRECTORY OP S. I. U. BRANCHES field  on the  Pacific Coast. ­ ^ BRANCH ADDRESS PHONE This  left  the  field  open  in  the  was  acting  as  organizer  for The  1941,  N.L.R.B. elections  were held  NEW  VpRK  2  Stone  St  BOwling  Green  9­8346  black  gang and'the  stewards'  de­ N.M.U.  in  Associated  Oil.  The  Seafarers'  Dispatcher's Office  ....BOwling  Green  9­3430  partment on Pacific Coast Tankers  The first  tanker  to  leave  for  International  won  this  election  BOSTON  330  Atlanta  Ave  lAberty  4057  and  in order  to protect  the  juris­ •   PROVIDENCE  465  South  Main  St  Calvert  4539  i  diction  of  the  Seafarers'  Intema­ Russia after Russia's entrance into  hands down.  BALTIMORE  14  Nwth Gay  St  Manning  3572  tion^ the S.U.P;  started organiz­ war with Germany  was the Union  We  have filed  for  ejections  in  PHILADELPHIA  .... 6  North 6th  St  ;  Lombard  7651  Oil  Tanker  L,  P.  ST.  CLAIR^ on  Hillcone,  Richfield  and  General  ing in these  two departments.  .  NORFOLK  JZ5  Commercial  PI. ...Norfolk  4­1083  So, in February, 1 was elected at  which there  was an N.M.U.  bonus  Petroleum, and an election will be  NEW  ORLEANS  309  Ghartres  St  MAgnolia  3962  a  regular  headquarter's  meeting  rider which would have amounted  held  on  Hillcone  tankers  in  the  SAVANNAH  .....218  Bast  Bay  St  Savannah  3­1728  of  the  S.U.P.  for  the  purpose  of  to about $35.00 for the entire trip.  very near future.  JACKSONVILLE  136  East  Bay  St  JacksonvUle  5­1791  organizing tankers out  of  the port  We had  about 8 S.U.P.­S.I.U. men  T.AMPA  206 Bo.  St  Tampa  MM­1323  on  this ship  got off  before  it  We  have  received  no  informa­ of San Pedro.  '  '"  MOBILE  55 So. Conception  St...Dexter  1449  left  because  of  the  lousy  bonus.  tion concernhig dates for the Rich­ In  Hillcone,  Richfield,  General  Prior to the departure of  the L. P.  TEXAS  CITY  165  —  4th  St.  No.  .Texas  City  722  Petroleum we had agreements for  ST. CLAIR, Harry Lundeberg had  field  and General  Petroleum elec­ MIAMI  1348  N.E.  First  Ave...Miami  2­2950  tions, however we have a majori^  the deck department.  PUERTO  RICO  .45  Ponce de  Leon  JEhierto  de  Tierra  negotiated an agreement with  the  of  the  men  on  Richfield  and  In Hillcone vessels the  majority  Associated  Gil  Company  for  the  of the men sailing were  N.M.U. In  tanker  ASSOCIATED  which  had  Standard Oil and a ctoer majority  Richfield the majority  were unor­ left for the same run  to Vladivos­ on  HUlcone  and  General  Petro­ ganized  and  the  N.M.U.  had  or­ tok  and  our  bonus  was  $200.00  leum.  ganizers aboard­  In  General  Pet­ plus  additional  safety  and  bonus  The Associated and HRleone Oil  Companies  call  our  hall  for  re­ roleum  the  majority  were  unor­ conditions.  negotiat­ ganized.  In Associated Oil was to  ­Another  factor  which  entered  placements  and  we  ing a  contract  for  the  Associated  ­  .H.  be found our b^t position, with .a  1' into  this  picture  was  the  pro  stro^ig nucleus of  S.U.P. men sail­ CJ.O.­NXJR. Board. For example:  Oil Company at  the present  time.  ing regularly on these ships.  We had filed  for an N.L.R.B.  elec­ Tc  everybody's  surprise  Harry Lundeberg  showed up  at the  opening session  At  this  time  the  N.M.U.  had  tion  mi  the  Associated. Oil  Com­ of the  convention  wfth e  neck­tie on.  It didn't last long  however. Within.two  branches set  up in  every  port on  pany  in ­the spring  of  1941  and  it  hours  after  the  Convention  opened.the  tie had  disappeared  and  was  never  the Pacific Coast and had paid or­ was  Februaiy  of  1942  before  we  seen  again.  '  ganizers  aboard  the  ships.  They  were able to have the  election al­ •   •   •   concentrated  their  efforts  in  the  though we showed, when we filed,  Union Oil Company which had al­ by pledge cards and .petitions that  ­Angelo  Ro«i,  Mayor  of  San  FrenciscOi  addressed  the  opening session  and  ways hated the Sailors* Union, feut  98% of  the crewaon the Associat­ said, "I  want  you  to  know  that  Harry  Lundeberg  is  doing a  fine  job  and  has  especially  since  the  1935  tank^  ed vessels wanted to be represent­ the confidence  of  San  Francisco;  He  is  ono of  the fow  unselfish  labor  loaders  strike.  we  have."  ^  ed by the S.I.U.  At this  time, too,  the Union  Oil  On  the  other  hand,  the  N.M.U.  Tex  Skimi^,  newly electml  Sec­ Company was selling quantities of  filed for elections on the Union Oil  retary­Treasurer  of  the  Seafai­ers*  The  Mayor  also  told  the­boys  that the­city  was  theirs.  It was  a  hard  work­ gas and oil to Russia, and the rep­ Company's  fleet  in  September,  International,  this  week  moved  in­ ing convention  and  nobody  had  time to­pick  up the  offer.  resentative  of  the  Russian  Gov­ 1941 and  the election  was held  in  to  his  new  office  at  110  Market  ernment  who  had  consumated  January  and  the  S.I.U.  wasn't  Street  in  San  Francisco  and  pre­ these  contracts  had  assured  the  even  placed' on  the  ballot.  This  pared  to  take  over  the  active  di­ Union  Oil  Company  that  if  the  fact  and  the  deals  made  by  the  nection  of  coordinating  the  work  The  convention  appointed  Johnnie  Lavoie  as  master­at­arms.  His  {ob  was  company  hired  C, I. O.  ­ N. M. U.  NM.U. . with  Union  Oil  plus  the  of  the  affiliated  unions.  to stand  by  the  door  and'keep  out  all  stooges and  disrupters  that might  try  crews  they  would  have  no  labor  pro­C.I.O.  N.L.R.  Board  was  the  Skinner  has  had  a  long  record  to crash  the  meeting.  Anybody  that has  ever  seen  Johnny's  200 pounds  can  in  the  labor  movement,  having  trouble.  wall  understand  why  nobody  was able  to  crash  the  sessions.  cause of  our  losing the  Union Oil  first  joined the  AFL  In  1919  wimi  They  also  made  a  deal  with  a  elections, although at  the  time of  he was 14  years old.  Few  15 years  Fink  Hall  in  Long  Beach  that  in  these elections  we had a majority  he was active in  the AFL culinary  the  event  they  did  not  have  the  of  the men actually  on board  but  workers  Union  and  in  19.36  he­ Delegate  Olden  Banks  of  Mobile  had a  tough  break.  He,  along  with  his  men  to call  the  N.M.U.  office and  due to the  fact that  the S.I.U.  was  came  administmtor  of  Local  4021  wife,  Charlie  Waid and  his  wife and ATmstrong,  drove all  the way  across  the  they would get the men there.  not  on  the  ballot  and  the  pro­ in San  Diego.  He  was later elect­ country  to  attend  the  convention.  The  minute  they  hit  San  Francisco  Banks  The  above  statements  can  be  C.I.O.  N.L.R;B.  rubng  regaling  ed  business  agent  for  the  Ixical  got  sick  and  spent  most  of  the  vreek  in  bed  at the  Hotel.  He  was  able  to  substantiated  by  the  ­ fact  that  the  time  limit  our  men  were  not  and  held  that  office  for  three  get  up  to  vote  on  most of  the  important  questions—but  he  was  never  able  many Atlantic­Gulf men  who had  eligible to  vote.  to  take­in  any  of  San  Francisco's  hot spots.  terms.  come  to  this  Coast  and  tried  to  In  the  summer  of  1941  Harry  In  1939  the  California  State  get  jobs  on  the  Union  Oil  ships  Lundeberg,  in  order  to  further  Federation  of  Labor  appointed  were  discharged  as  soon  as tiw  protect  the  interests  of  the  Sea­ him  as  mgiinizeF  and  business  And  speaking of  hot spofs,  the  boys  found  San  Franusco pfirn  as a  40 year  personnel manager found out they  farers'  International,  put  three  agent  of  the  San  6iego fishermem  old bride.  The  answer  is  that the  Army  and  Navy  have  moved  in  and put  the  were S.I.U­ members.  more organizers in  the field  and a  In  this  capacity  he  came  under  lid  on  things.  In  many  instances  these  men  branch was  opened  in  Richmond:  the  direction of  Harry  Lundet>erg«  •   •  •   '  were  not  even  able  to  get  jobs  This  entire  organizational  drive  From  1939  to  the  present  time  he  aboard  Union Oil  ships.  Another  was financed  by  the  SAILORS  has  been  an  SIU  official  leading  The  San  Francisco newspapers  gave the  convention  a  big ploy  with pictures  the  Hook,  Line  and  Bait  Fisher­ instance  was  where  a  paid  em­ UNION OF  THE PACIFIC.  .  and  everything.  Reporters  attended  ail  the  sessions  and  had  an  obvious  ployee of  the Union Oil Company  In  this  period  since  February  men's  Union  of  San  Diegb.^  respect  for  the  SUP which  they  had  covered  for years.  >•  SEAFARERS'  CONVENTtON  m­TREAS. smma  TOTAKEOFFIGEAT  ONGE; 'FRISCO TO  RE MEADU^RTERS  The  Monday  night meeting  of  the SUP  was attended  by  some  of  tha Con­ vention delegates—including  some  of  the gals  who  represented  the fish  can­ nery  workers. The  sailors  had  kind  of  a  tough  time  expressing  themselves  at  the  meeting  because  chairman  Maxie  Waisbarth  had  warned  that  the first  one to  cuss in  front of  the gals  would be  dumped.  Hugh  Murphy,  delegate  from  the  British  Columbia  Seamen's­  Union  was  the real  menace at the  meeting.  He had a  habit of leaving exploding matches  around the  place and  it go  so  nobody  dared light  a  cigarette.  An  ovation  was  given  to­Brother  Paul  McDonough  of  the  SUP  when  he  was  introduced  to  the  convention.  He is  a  veteran  union  man  and  was  shot  In  the  '34  strike.  Today  he  is crippled  from  his  wounds  and  walks  haltingly  with  a  cane,  but  he  has  never  ceased  fighting  for  the  seamen  end  the  SUP.  At  the  Wednesday  session  a  telegram  arrived  for  Harry  Lundeberg  which  congratulated  him  on  his  birthday.  Ho had  forgotten  all about  it.  •   •   •   Bob and  Gus Hall of  the Boilermakers Union  appeared before the delegates'  to give  them fraternal  greelings. Tlw  boilermekers have  always  worked closely  with  the  SUP  in past  fights.  •   •  •  '  Sister  Gomex,  delegate from  the Terminal  Island teeal  of  the Fish  Cannery  Workers, took  over  the gavel  during Thursday  morning's session.  She handled  the meeting  like  a  veteran and  kept the  seamen  in line  with no trouble  at all.  But she  ha^ had a  lot of  eaparienca,  being one  of  the first  woman organizers  in  the field.  •   a­  •   Edward  D.  Vandeleur,  Secretary  of  the  California  State  Federation  of  Labor,  said  to  tne  delegates,  "You  must  make  a  real  fight  to protect  your­ organization from  the  enemies  within  and  without.  1  know  you  will rrioku  that  fight  and  you have  the  full support  of  the State  Federation  behind  you.  John  Hawk, Jlugh  Murphy,  Bill  Snow  and  Harry  Lundeberg  read  the  names  of  the ships  and 8IU­SUP  brothers lost at sea due to enemy subs.  '4'  �What's  Doing  m S.I.U. ANW SX.P. PORTS  again.  Now, what I am driving at  dered  paid  on  the  coast,  and  he  water  and  both  men  and  suits  is,  that  the  Shipowners  and  Big  came  back,  pointing  out  that  to  were  closely  inspected.  One  suit  leaked  and  the  man  Business  in  general  are  making  date it  had  not  been  paid.  (SIU)  enormous profits,  and at  the same  While most  of  the members are  inside was cold. The other suit did  Well,  the Maritime War  Emer­ time  they  are  using  the  war' to  really  co­operating  during  this  not  leak  and  the  man  inside  was  What's coming  off  here?  Every  '  jgency  Board  has  ruled  that  the  break down  the conditions  of  La­ period,  there  are  some  that  are  warm  and  comfortable.  His  suit  time  we  hear  the  phone  ring,  it  waters between San Pedro Harlwr  bor, and refusing to pay legitimate  taking  in  the slack.  A  resolution  was onc­piece  with  zipper  up the  heralds the arrival of another ship  •   and  Catalina  Island,  as  not "haz­ overtime  that  we  always did  col­ was  introduced  here  some  time  front  and  snug fit  around  the  in  this port.  Wailing for  men  are  the  Waterman,  Calmar,  Cuban  .  ardous,"  which  in  plain  English  lect. As I said before, the members  means  that  no  Bonus  is  payable,  of  the Sailors Union will keep the  ago,  that  if  a  man  retired  during  throat.  "Weighted boots made pos­ Dist,  Bull  and  chiseling  Alcoa  flow  the Board  can rule this  w'hy  ships sailing, but at the same time  this  period,  that  he  have to come  sible  a  standing  position  in  the  Co's.  Yes,  and  West  Coast  ships,  is  beyond  the  comprehension  of  we  are getting  pretty well  fed up  before  a  committee  and  there  be  water  with  head  and  shoulders  too.  All  whispering  sweetly  at  this individual, in as much as sev­ on  the chiseling  tactics of  the op­ openings before  he could  be rein­ above  the  water. Kapok  lined,  as  first,  and  winding  up  with  de­ spairing howls for  men.  eral ships being torpedoed  on  the  erators,  Ragnvald Johahsen  stated.  This  was  ruled  out  of  or­ the suit  was, it  could keep  a man  One  good  point  about  all  the^  •  coast,  in  fact  one  of  them  right  der,  as  unconstitutional,  by  the  afioat  for  an  indefinite  time.  The  different  Co.  ships  being  in  port  outside  the  Breakwater  here  at  Chair.  Now  we  are  running  into  sleeves  have  attached  gloves,  at one  time is,  that  yoU  can gage  '  San Pedro.  Not  long  ago  we  had  an  air alarm,  with  every anti  air­ the  boys  that  come  up  to  take  which  may  be  too  clumsy  for  the  reaction  to  these  company's  ..y. gun  in  the  area  blasting  away.  their  retiring  cai'ds  and  stay  put  work (chipping hammer, etc.), but  of  the  membership.  For  instance,  (SIU)  Auu not only that, but ey^ry other  tops  the list  for  being  until  draft  board  gets  on  their  the  suit  as  a  whole  would  serve  Y/aterman  •   ship leaving  this Port  has  to  pay  able to get  crews. Bull  and  Alcoa  a Bonus,  and  for  the life  of  me I  For  the  past  few  weeks  there  heels,  then  they  come  chop  chop  on a  raft or  in a  boat  against ex­ get  the  least  response.  Overtime  fail  to see  why  Mr,  Wrigley  with  have  been  a  certain  few  in  the  to the haU  and ask  for aid  in get­ posure.  clauses seem to be the responsible  all his Millions should be exempt­ port  of  New  York,  who since  the  ting squared.  "W.  A.  Cafferty,  SUP,  was  the  factor.  Of  course,  conditions  in  ed.  And  while  on  the  subject  of  election returns, want to close the  Personally,  I  believe  that  this  only unlicensed  m^ in the group  general  are sttU  the  main  reason  l^nuses.  Congressman  Gore  of  hall up here in Texas.  I just  won­ is really showing their true colors.  looking  on.  He  recently  came  in  for  it  being  hard  to get  men  for  'Tennessee  let  the  cat  out  of  the  der  why?  The  hall in  Texas ^has  They  carried  a  book  for  a  job,  with the crew wha survived a sub  all  these  Co's.  Through  all  this,  bag. when he told the House Naval  been  run on  the principles  of  the  while  it  was  tough  ashore,  now  attack in  the South Atlantic. Caf­ we are keeping fairly calm. When  Committee,  of  "scandalous  in­ mother  organization  (S.  U.  P.),'  that it  is tough  outside and  there  ferty highly praised  the suit.  the Alcoa line pleads for men,  we  creases"  in  salaries  and  bonuses  and  as  the  real  members  of  the  is  more  and  easier money  ashore  merely  tell  them  the  men  don't  Max Eocmablati.  paid  tflf  corporation  executives.  S.I.U.  would  want  it  run.  Sure,  without  risk,  off  they  go.  'When  want  to sail  with  Alcoa,  as  Uvey  And these executives are no pikers  since  the  Seatrain  stopped  run­ the man with the whiskers knocks  think  Waterman  has  a  better  when  it  comes  to  giving  them­ ning  in  here,  thus  has itot  been  a  on the door,  here they Cfone.  The  agreement.  Yen  ought  to  hear  selves  bonuses.  Including  .their  paying  port.  But  youi­  agent  has  guys who did that down  here are,  than blaspheme  Waterman  then.  salary some of  them pull down  as  not  been  asleep.  with  a  few  exceptions,  Jcdumy­ Now Calmar howls. A measly five  much  as a  quarter of  a  million  a  Any unorganized  ship that  hits,  come­Iatelys  who  never  saw  a  eakts  an  hour  more  on  overtime  year  for  their  "SERVICES."  Be­ within reach,  I am  aboard selling  picket  line,  never  had  the  rough  may remedy this, Mr. Gillen.  sides  that  they  are  taking  good  the  crew  the  S.I.U.  program.  If  knocks  that  the  boys  who  jump  R  has be«i some  thne  since I  BuU  should  offer  double  bonus,  care of  their "private secretaries,"  I  say  so  myself,  in  the  past  few  from one ship to another are used  have  semi  conditions  like  Z  ran  plus Waterman agreement.  Sugar  one of  these  secretaries receiving  weeks  we  did  not  do  so  bad.  1  to taking in their stride.  Into here. 1 was on the San Juan  today is white gold.  These reme­ $18,000.00  for  the first  10  weeks  lined up the Empire State 100  per  To  those  old­timers  who  have  and was talking  to a NMU sailor  dies  will  give  all  concerned  an  work in 1942.  Now, that is what  I  cent.  S.I.U.  On  the  Brapdywine,  been out of the seagoing for years,  and  I thou^t  I would  feel  him  equal chance  in  getting  crews  te  call  "Bonuses,"  with'a  capital  B.  a  tanker  which  the  S.U.P.  have  who  are  too  old  for  the  armed  out on conditions in the union.  sail  their  obsolete  rust  buckets  And now  back to the Seaman and  been  trying  to swing  under ttieir  forces,  this  does  not  apply.  V/e  The conditiixis  sure are  as bad  After all, the Government is  pay­ his  "Salary."  Our  basic  Wage  banner for cuite some time—well,  salute,  with proper respect, all of  as if the union did not exist They  ing them  all the same  rates.  scale is $100.00  a month.  IiT addi­ myself  and  Bro.  Walker  oVer  in  you.  must  sh^  off  the  dock  if  they  The Wacoata was all crewed  up  tion  to that  he is  getting a Bonus  Tampa, swung the deck dept.  into  So,  till  one  of  the  boys  c<»nes  want  to 8hip«­the  hall  has  been  and ready  to sail, and  while  tak­ of  40%  on the coast, payable only  the  S.U.P.,  and  the  engine  crew  up  and  asks  to  go  back,  just  be­ closed. They held a meeting after  ing on fuel oil caught fire.  No one  while actualy at sea, which rough­ and  cooks  into  the  S.I.U.,  after  cause  he  wants  to  go  to  sea,  not  orders  from  National  Headquar­ was injured,  but the  damage was  ly  amounts  to  about  $20.00  a  spending  Sundays  and  nights  to  because  his  wife,  his  best  girl's  ters advised them to close the haU.  enough to  cause her  sailing to  ^  month.  Going  into  the  Combat  do it.  Yesterday, after spending a  husband or Uncle Sam  is looking  100 members voted to instruct Na­ postponed  indefinitely.  The  crew  2one  he  receives  100%,  and  any­ few  days  working  on  a  small  for  him—  tional  Headquarters  to  the  fact  was  rather  disappointed,  as  they  body reading the daily papers can  tanlcer,  the  Alkalincr,  your  agent  that  the membership  wanted  the  had  all  been  set  on  making  the  Steady as she goe^ ..  easUy  see  that  he  is  risking.Jiis  has  shown  results.  I  moved  the  trip. However, they didn't have' to  hall kept open.  Armf; life whenever he takes a ship out.  three  oilers  and  the  wiper  and  The  result  was  that  National  wait long for another ship.  Every  day  ships  are  being  sunk  two ABs  who were replaced  with  Headquarters  said  to  close  the  A  contrast  of  two  ships:  Wa­ with  about  70%  of  the crew  lost.  S.I.U. men.  Tlie steward  was told  halL  costa, 3 oilers,  3 firemen,  3 water­ How  many  executives  and  their  to take out a book and line up the  As  to  conditions  here,  I  was  tenders, 2  vripers, 5 messmen; Al­ secretaries  have  sacrificed  their  other  men  in  his  dept.  He  took  asked  if  the  SIU  was  going  to  coa  Banner  (same type of  ship as  |ive.s?  Yet,  they  are  getting  the  out  one  and  I  have  his  promise  maintain  the  hall.  I told  the fel­ Wacosta,  3 oilers,  3 watertenders,  doremia. The Sailors Union of  the  that  when  the  ship  returns  here  low that  the membership  feels as  3 wipers,  no fii­emen, and 3 mess­ Pacific  is  on  record  to  man  all  in  ten days,  that he  will have  his  Shipped  27,  of  which  12  were  though  oim  hall  was  an  essential  men—a  difference  of  4  men.  Ships,  and  keep them sailing,  and  men lined  up, or off  they go.  And  T.C.  40  on  shipping  list.  The  At­ part  of  our  union,  and  must  be  The  peaceful  eniyllness  of  the  We  will  do  so,  but  it  certainly  if  the other ABs don't sign up,  off  lantic ocean  is tough.  kept  open.  hall is  broken occasionally  by  the  burns  a  man  up  when  you  read  they  go.  Lihui  crew  paid  off  wages and  Well, Brothers, the famous Cap­ entry  of  one  Wimpy  Gillis.  His  about  these  big  fat  salaries,  and  As  Bro.  Biggs  instructed  me  to  bonus  on  Wednesday.  Several  of  tain  Beweet,  master  of  the  S.  S.  first  vulgar  remark  is,  "gimme  a  we are  practicaly asked  to take  a  do,  on  the first  of  April  the  hall  the  crew  left  town  to  visit  the  Elinor,  was  replaced  by  Captain  cigarette."  Then  grabbing  the  cut. And that is what we are being  will  be  located  at  2014  Market  folks  and  still  have  their  money  Davis and the boys say that things  pack  off  the  table,  he  proceeds, to  asked by the Wrigley Cor^/oration.  street,  Galveston.  And  there  will  waiting for  them.  sure  have  changed  since  he  left.  help  himself.  Having  no  one  to  Last  year  our  agreement  called  be someone  there from  7:00  A.M.  The crow of  the Texan came up  Tlie boys say that even  the Mates  expound  his  pet  theory,  on  more  iac $7.50  a  day,  which  was  peace  until  8:00  P.M.  to  look  after  from Florida via pullman. Arrived  helped  grease  the gangway  so  he  hours  and  less  pay,  doesn't  stop  time.  This  year  we  are  offered  things  while  I am  out.  So,  if  the  and  paid, off  overtime,  bonus and  would  not snag  himself  as he  left  him  from  doing  so.  Perhaps  he  JS.OO a  day without  any bonus,  to  Alkaliner  and  the  Empire  State  wages,  'l^ile  in  Cuba  the  crew  the ship.  believes  that  saying,  that  the  take  his  boats  over  to  Catalina  come  into  your  port,  go  right  was  advised  to  purchase  some  Shipping  here  is  OK  but  you  walls have ears.  However, I actu­ Island, 20 miles off  the coast.  Fig­ aboard.  And  also  one  other  that  clothing  within  certain stipulated  can't get men for the black gang—  ally  welcome  his  presence  these  ure it out yourself—50 cents a day  was  lined  up  here  in  the  S.I.U.  price limits.  The men  did so  and  they  meet  their  shadow  as  they  days.  increase,  which  is  about  7%  of  swing,  was  the  Lake  Capens,  then  in  New  York  found  the  in­ go on watch.  Sam Foss took a deck engineer's  $7.50,  and  then  add  the  cost  of  which left­here  100  per  cent S.  I.  surance agent tried to deduct that  • The Reporter" G 16  job on  an  Alcoa ship,  but  gave  it  tiving—and  it  doesn't  take  any  U.  Badger  State  will  be  in  Gal­ amount  from  money  payable  for  up  in  favor  of  the  one  sent  from  Einstein  to figure  out that  we are  veston  on  March  the  26th,  and  loss  of  personal effects.  N.Y,  Incidentally, they  shipped a  here will be another one  that will  The  crew  left  the  last  item  on  getting the worst of  the deal.  ^hole black gang from N. Y. after  the  books  \mtil satisfied  whether  But  Wrigley  is  not  alone.  The  go  under  our  banner.  we  had  already  supplied  a  full  E. R.  Wallace.  the  money  spent  to  cover  their  Other  shipowners are  just as  bad.  crew  for  this  same  ship.  Alcoa  bodies,  upon  authorization  of  the  Take the S­8 dispute for instance.  must  be  getting  desperate  when  skipper, can be deducted from loss  The shipowners  absolutely refuse  they make  errors like  that.  Well,  Well, another  year  has  now  of­ who cares?  The men  will be paid  of  clothing insurance.  to  pay  this  overtime,  yet  it  has  Gang  off  Jeff  Meyers  told  the  ficially  started, and  I wish  to ex­ and  we  will  probably  have some  iteen  in  our  agreement  for  years.  (SIU)  iale  of — while  in  mid  ocean,  tend  congratulations  to  all  who  of  them  to  take  other  jobs,  we  Anybody reading this, who do not  homeward  bound,  they  saw  two  won  this  past  election,  and  wish  hope.  go  to sea  for  a  living,  put  your­ self  in a sailpr's place.  Supposing  spring is in  the air,  even  Chris  subs  on  the  surface.  They  spent  the newcomers to office success in  Collins  says  he  has  absorbed  jrou  are  coming  in  from  a  3­4  Cunnei'son  is  talking  about  ship­ many  uneasy  hours  but  nothing  the coming year.  half  the old  gang from these  yera  Shipping  in  Savannah  is  still  parts.  Well, he  can keep  Izzy Co­ i  months'  trip  into  the  War  Zone.  ping put on some long run, Algiers  happened.  The  effects  of  war  on" ships  at  about  the same.  Am  still  having  hen and Gomez,  but send the  You  have  been  aboard  the  ship  ferry  most  likely.  The  Pan  Or­ •  constantly, going watch on watch,  leans crew are  needing rafts. Bro.  sea,  end  the  many  sinkings  and  to fill  A.B.  and  oiler  jobs,  just  of  them  back  here.  Their  wives'  ' always  in' danger  of  Submarines  Boyd  tells  us  that  all  hands  are  loss  of  lives,  has  stimulated  about every day that passes.  Sent  and  children  want  them  home,  awd Bombers. And remember  that  begging the 5­gal.  milk cans  from  thought in  the field of  live saving  seven men over to Charleston yes­ and the shipowners are crying for'  terday  for  an  Army  transport.  them.  We have no  40  hour  week  aboard  the steward for personal life rafts.  equipment.  ships, ours is a 56 hour  week, and  If  , they  had  stated  5­gal.  wine  Many  plans  are  being  tested.  That  makes  two  calls  in  the last  Ed.  Lynch  is  burdened  with  Vhen we are off  watch we can not  casks, we would agree; how  about  Some  prove  highly  satisfactory,  two weeks from this outfit.  many  and  devious  beefs  these  Every time one of  the Savannali  days,  but "he  accomplishes  a  lot  '  5 any  place, like workers ashore.  it, Goon?  While mentioning Goon,  but are either  pigeon­holed or re­ hen we arrive in port, and we are  next time you meet him ask about  luctantly accepted, because  of  ad­ Line hits port, I have to start look­ and  deserves  credit.  ditional cost to the .ship owners.  ing  for  A.B's.  and  oilers.  There  Our  parting  sortee  is,  Alcoa,  told to stay aboard at night, with­ the  tea  salesman.  The  Antinous  was  the  beef  of  In  New York  harbor, on  March  are  always  jobs  open  in  these  stop  chiseling!  out  any  reimbursement  whatso­ ever. Some of the men are married  the  week—^ran  into the  5 P.M.  to  18th,  a  group,  composed  of  li­ ratings  on  the  Savannah  Line.  Joseph Flanagaxu  A.M.  set­up  there.  Company  censed  men  accompanying  some  Shipped 11 men last week,  and 12  eihd would like to spend their time  off  with their families,  others are  claims  that  this  is  Navy  Orders.  members  of  the  U. S.  Steamboat  so far  this  week.  Shipping  looks  single and like to spend theii'  time  We pointed  out  that  we have  col­'  Inspectors,  observed  tests  con­ good  for  this  coming  week.  Any  AUBOR—AB  seaman  who  signed  off  tho  S.S.  Cornelia  in  Savannah  on  or  in gin  mills or  what  have yoi!,  to  lected  on  all  ships  to  date,  and  ducted to determine the merits of  of  you  men  holding A.B. or  oiler  about October  20,  1941,  get in touch  life­saving suits.  certificates,  who  like  to  make  forget some of their harrowing ex­ otill they state that they must wait  with Mr.  J. H. Mittler,  operating  do­ periences.  Now that is  their busi=  for  the  settlement  as  authorized  Two men slipped  into suits and  short  runs,  come  on  doum  to  Sa­ partment,  A. H. Bull &  Company, .1.1.5  ne.ss, but  these men are blowed  in,  by  the  board.  Stilf  pointed  but  jumped  into the' water. After  one  vannah and ship  out.  Broad Street,  New York  City,  Charles  Waid.  they  will  take  the .first  ship  out  that  this  overtime  had  been  or­ hour  the  two  came  out  of  the  Pfiiladeiphia San Pedro ,(SUP)i  Texas City Puerto  Rico  USiUll  «  I  i'  New York KSUPI!  I  Savannah i(siu):  •   New Orleans 1 •  ... T  i  ? ji.. .. .. ':•% \ �I  INTERNATIONAL IS REVIEWED  by  HARRY  LUNDEBERG  under  their  own  duly  elected  officials,  but  dent,  as the  I.S.U. began  rapidly  to deteri­ struck  and  knocked  into  line,  New  agree­ ments  were  signed;  new  companies  were  the  International  rertialned  very  much  la  orate and  went to  hell rapidly.  added  to  contracts  under  the  Atlantic­Gulf  th« field,  helping both  linanelally  and otheiw  Instead  of  working  with  the  SIH?  which  SIU;  new  members  were  organized  Into  wise, because  It takes  mhre than  one year  to  wanted  to  build  a  strong, fighting  Inter­ the  Union.  Throughout  the  organization  of  cstabllBh  a  union  in  the field  as tough  ail  national  of  Seamen  and  Fishermen,  the  the  Atlantic­Gulf  Seafarers,  efforts  were  the  waterfront.  I.S.ti.  disowned  the  SUP and  took  to  their  'Without  wishing  to  "brag"  about  th*  made  constantly  by  the  NMU­CIO  to  sabo­ besom  a bunch  of  imliticnl  parasites on  the  Sailors  Union  of  the  Pacific,  I  must  men«  tage  them,  and  they  found  ready  allies  in  Atlantic Coast,  and within  a short  time the  tion the fact  that the structure of  the Atianw  Communist . Party  termites  were  busilis en­ the  shipowners  who  were and  still  are  get­ tic  and  Gulf  District  Union  as  laid  dbwp  ting  much  better concessions  from  the  C.P.  :ga^d  Inside  the  I.S.U.  Atlantic  District  .Union  iii gnawing Uie  guts oiit of  what waS  controlled  CIO­NMU  than  thoy  have  ever  now  is on  fundamentally  the same  principto  left'o^  it;  •   Boring'from  within;  spreading  been  able  to  put  over  on  our  Atlantic­Gulf  aiul .liiie ad the Sailors  Uuion of  th« Pacific.  cofifusipn ; dUtrus^. apd  crcatlpg .disruption  Unions,­whose only  objective  was  to better  I  Indeed,  the  constitution  varies .Vety  Httla  in  'Older .to flnnlly  attain  their  nmbition,  the  wages  and  conditions of  the  SEAMEN.  from  the  Sailors  Union  Constitution,  and  Today  the  Atlantic­Gulf  SIU  has  agree­ we ni'e  ghid and  proiid  In  have bccn'.a'cie  t0  ^at of  controHhig 'the' destinies of  the  sea­ men  in  brder't'd use  the Eciimeh's  movement  ments'fin­ seamen  with dosed­shop  daases;  assist  the  seamim  on'.^b  Atiantiq and  ISulT  waices and  working conditions  and manning  to  build  a  union  run  fbr  Seamen  and  by  ,  to  further  their  filthy  doctrines.  scale,  PAR  ABOVE  the  CIO­NMU  agree­ seamen,  free  of  fnkcr  control,  nnd  free  of  The  old  I.S.U,  Executive  Board  was  no  ments  which  can  \cry  properly  be  termed  control  by  political  parnsiies.  "Company"  agreements.  It  can  be.  said  match  for  this'  crop  of  trained  liars,  stool­ pigeons  and  tools  of  the  shipowners,  and  with  truth  that  the  I.S.U.  in  its  last  days  PACIFIC  COAST  SEAMEN  while  the  SUP  was  kicking  these  parasites  even, was  never as  rotten at  the  core  aa the  out  and  cleaning  house,  the  I.S.U,  housed  NMU  is today.  Being  the  oldest  cstubilshed  Union  for'  them,  and  as  a  consequence  in  short  order  The  Atlantie­Gulf  Seafarers  now  have  an  the  Communist  Party  was  able  on  the  At­ active  memberaliip  of  approximately  I'i.OOO  seamen,  and  the  strongest  seamen's  unioif  lantic Coast  to obtain  control of  the seamen  sailors, firemen  and cooks.  They have  JlOO,­ on  the  Pacific  Coast,  the­ Sailors  Union  of  and  when  the  CIO  was  formed  the  Com­ 000.00  in  assets and  are  dally  growing  big­ munist  Party  manipulated  a  large  port  of  ger  and  itronce.r.  Much  credit  fur  tbia  the  Pacific has  well­established  agreements,  the  I>S.U>  iiito the  CIO'.  phenomenak  rt  ord  of  igrowth  should  be  and  during  the  period  under  review,  have  contributed  towards­the  seamen's movement  But  by  no  stretch  of  the  imagination  did  given  to  the  various'  men,  ami  officials  of  their  utniOHt.  they  take  over  tlia  toilers  of  the  sen.  The  the Seafarers  Atlantic­Gulf  who have  work­ The fight  against  various  anti­scamcn'a  Sailors­Union  of  the  Pacific  on  the  Pacific  ed  very  hard  under  adverse  conditions  to  Coast  stood  squarely  in  their  way.  On  the  build  this Union.  Duko Dushane  did  a good  bills  Introduce  din  Wasbington,  D.  C.  have  Atlnntfc  CoRst  thousands  of ­.­.caincn  rcfuaed  job  in  starting  and  buiidiiig  the  sUuciuie  had  to  be  fouglit  pjartli­afly  single­handed  to  follow  the  Communist  Party  soap  box  of  the  Atlantic  District,  imd­today  under  by  the  SUP  on  behalf  of  all 'seamen,  and  artists  into  the CIO.  Various fishermen  on  the  leadership  of  Brother  Whitey  Hawks,  the  Sailors'  Union  has  directly financed  all  of  these  lights,  w hieh  in" practically  every  the  Atlantic and  Pacific  refused  to heed  the  this Union  is going  forward.  instance  wo  arc  glad  to  rciiort  were  won,  call  of  Stalin's  American  pnra.sites  led  by  Roy  Hudson,  #1 Commissnr  on  the  Ameri­ GREAT  LAKES  DISTRICT  sucli  aa  the  fight  against  the  Copcland fink  book,  the fight  against  the fink  halls,  can' waterfronts.  "When  the  Seafarers moved  into the  Great  whether  Ma'rilinie  Commission or otherwise;  In  October of  1938  the  American  Federa­ Lakes  with  organizers  in  1938­1939,  they  was  fought  to  a  standstill  and  won,  and  in  iHrn  of  Labor  at  the  Houston  Convention  found the  Lakes in n  chaotic condition;  Our  various otiler  legislative  Itelrts  we  have  been  gave  tbo  Sailors  Union  of  the  Pacific  an  first  step  had  to  be  to  amalgamate  the  active  for  the  protection  of  all  seamen,'  international  charter;  revoked  the  charter  sailoig), firemen  and  cooks  into  one  union,  Needless  to  say  during  this  iieriod  we  have  of  the  old  I.S.U.  and  the  nerw  Seafarers'  and  once  this  was  accompiished  we  iiumc­ had  our  usual  ainro.st  doily  skirmi'shea  with  International  Union  of  North  America  was  diatkly  started  to  work  to  better  conditions  the  Gommuni.st  Party's  waterfront  leeches,  launched.  for  the seamen  and­to estaklish  hiring from  but  this  is  nothing  new  to  the  SUP,  it  has  The  American  Federation  of  Xoibor  gave  the  Union  Hail.  This  was a  tough  job,  but  been  carried  on  by  the  SUP  for  ycni°s,  and  the  Sailors  Union  of  the  Pacific  the­^ob  of  the  Great  Lakes  Di.striot  of  tlic  SIU  got  will  be  carrieil  on  as  long  as  Coinniunist  unifying and  organizing  the seamen, fisher­ 1  contracts  with .various  companies  for  their  Party  stoolpigcons  arc  still  on  the  water­ men  and fish  cannery  workers  under  the  members  with  hiring  hall  clauses;  higher  fronts,  collaborfttltig, with  reactionary  ship­ fianner  of  the  A.  F.  of  L.  and  when  they  wages,  etc.  and  We  found  out  that  in  ailfii­ owners  to .veil  the eeaiiieii  down  tlie  t'lvvr.  gave  us  the  charter  they  gave  us  the  right  tion  to  the  already  cited  opp6sition  of  the  There  is  no  union  in  the field,  that  baa  to  control  our  own  destinies  without  any  Communist  Party and  the  NMU,  there, was  been  attacked  more  viciously  from  lime  to  opiHjBltion  from  various  Great  Lakes  sea­ diGtatorial  control  from  the  tops  men  who  did  not  like  the  idea  of  the  new  time by  the Communist  Party and  its water­ So the.  Sailors  Union­of. the­ Pacific  once  organization  in  the field,  and  thus  wo ­were.  front  rats  and  iht'.'llcctual  fellow­travellers  Bgqin  set out  to  build an  international.  It  hindered from  the inside as  well as  from the  tiian  the .SUP,  and  there  is  a  very  good  was  no  easy, a.ssignment.  It  was  indeed  a  outside.  Oiie  instance  will  show  a  little  of  reason  for  that  because  we  have  never  tough assignment,  for  on  the  other  nidc  we  how  this  opposition  expressed  itself  to  the  backed off  from exposing  their phony  tactics  faced'hostilo shipowners and the  Communist  detriment of  the seamen on the  Great  Lakes.  nor  thwarting  the  ambitions  of  their  com­ Party  sell­out  .artists  with  their  thousand  After we  h^ established hiring  from  the  missars to­  move  in  on  the  seamcii,  and  we  and  one  "frontf  organizations.  would  indeed  be dorCliCt  In oiir  duty towards  hall; and  after  our  organizers  loft  Detroit,  the seamen  If  we  failed to  publlriza  the  fact  "The following report  Will indicate whethek  fiiring  from  the  hail  was  immedistoly  done  that  (he Communist  Party and  their spokes­ ­  ­  j ^r»,  the Anierican  shipowners spent millioni  Brothers­.  Ssters:  away.with  by  Mr.  John  McGinn'and  CIsuilc  we have done  a good  job or a  bad Job.  ,  •   J.  u  o  dollars  in  an  effort  to defeat  this  law.  men  on>  the  American  Waterfronts  are  just  Goshorn,  Who  were  left­overs  from  the  old  as  •   Any  report  on  the ­activiUes  of  the  bea­  ,  _  .  .  ­ .ricioas­aBd  detrimental  to  the  seamen  .  I.S.U.  set  up.  TTtfese  men  were  blind  and  farers  International  Union of  North Ameri­  ,  Not only  through  the  passage  6f  the  Sea­ ATLANTIC  AND  GULF  could  not  see  that  a  new  iioltcy  was  In  the  and  the ­workers  as a' whole,  aa  the  emnlay.,  „ no,et  have  a  background  of  the  hlstpry  Act  did  the  International  Seamen s  field,  and' consequently  much  of  the  Work i  era.  Aw a  matter  of  fact,  we  hnow  wherdf  SEAMEN  Union  benefit  the  sbam'cn.'  In  the eroriomic  In the eeiimen  and. fishermen's Jlelde in oj­der.  done­by  the­Ihterh'ation'ai  organizers  in  the  Ilie.EniiilOg^cs  sUitd­  i  field .the  standard  of. wages, was  raised  and  ' In­ 1937rl938  attempts had  been  made  by  Great  Lakes  Held  in  1939  wos  sabotaged  by {  .  "We'know  we  ijnist' iijWays fight  them,  but;  to give  a  clear  picture  as  to  the  formation |  it  is'a'little  more  ,difficult  to  detect  the  International  Union  kf  I  conditions  bettered  through  years, of  the  longshoremen  to  organize  the  sonmen'  these  reactiotmrly  bbnipiiny stiffs'.  of  the  Seafarers'  International  Union  M |  into  the" A,  F.'of  LI,  but  this' had  fa,i1«<l  ;  When­  we  were  forced  ­to • wlthdra'w  our  ,  same  cnc­mlca  among  the  Communist  Party  gtruggie  and  battle.  Korth  America.  ,  ,  .  "  •   because  the  seamen  preferred. to  control  organizers  from  the  Great  Lakes,  after  stiffs  who  are  camouflaged  under  militant  In  the. ISSOs  and  1890B  various  scameii  their divii  iiestinica.'. An organizing 'commit­ spending  close­to  (fi.OOiO  in  that field  that  and fine  sounding ififto^es,  but  nevertheless  S.U^. STRONGEST  LINK  bad  been set  up  by  the'A; F.  of  L. and  first  summer,: a  union,  of  approximately  stond  for  the  samd'iu'inclplc  as  the  ship­ and fishermen's  unions  were  organized  on  had established federal  charters in.tho field.  3,000  had  been  formed,  but  Aeir  officials  owners,  rule  o?  rliih'.  They  have  ruined  the  American  seaboards.  None  of  the^  {he  strongest  link  In  thC  lulernational  These also failed  be'cause of  the structure ;  looked  witii  hostility . upon  the .  Seafarers  many  unions  and'thdy  have  confused  And'  onions  h^ .any contact  or  affiliation  with,  Seamen's  Union  throughout  these  strugglea  federal  charters  instead  OF  District Unions  Intl.  and  this  attitude  subsequently  practi­ misled  ihany  green' y.­drkers  not  fainiilar  remainzd  the  Sailors  Union  of  the  Pacific,  —in  addition  to'unscrupulous "rnjjividuals in  cally  broke  up ^e  Great  Lakes  District.  with  their  tactics,  'bVit  the' meinbernlilp  of  • ne anotlie'r  or  with­  the  American  Federa­ one of  the District  Organizations wlllilii ­the  ehar^ who "need". Into  the seamen's  move­ There  are  various ' reasops  for  this,  buf  the  Sailors  Uniort'  of  thC  Pacific  has  ever'*  tion  of  Labor.  maintained  that  the' policies  advocated  by  ment  in  prtler  to  igse  the  seamen  for  their  The sttoiigest and  largert of  thew varions | I.S.U.  and among  the many men who spent  own,  pisrsbnal  benefit.  The  state  of  affairs  BiOatiy  it  can foe  credited  to  the  fact  that  the  Communist  Party  inevlta'­ly  Work  out  when  the  International  turned  oVer  the  onions  was the^ Sailors' Union  of  the Pacific  a  lifetime  in fighting  for the  rights of  sea­ during  this  period  on  the  Atlantic  Coast  Union to  the membership,  as per our pledge  ip  the.interests  of  the  b,  za  and  the  one»­ trhich had  been  organized  in  San  Francisco  men  and fishermen,  the  most  unselfish  and  was indeed  a bad'one,  and the. seamen'were  and  understanding  with  the  A,.  F.  of  L.  mtes of  the workers  as a  wh. jc."  in  1886 'oy  deep­water sailors  who were  far­ untiring fighter  of  them  all  was  Andrew  disgusted;  and  had  given  up  hope  of  ever  Executive  Board,  an  election  was  held  for  eettting a  seamen's movement  organized by  officials  of  the  Union,  and  some  of  the  old  TANKER  FIELD  sighted  men  by  deciding  that  seamen  would  Furuseth  who,  from  the  da^ he  set  foot  In  and  for the  seamen.  I.S.U­  officials  managed  to  move  back  in  never  be'  emancipated  and  free  excepting  San Francisco from  a deepwater. sailing ship  In  1940  the  Sailors  Union  of  the'  Paclfls'  1B  1938,  howevey,  .with  the  entrance  at  the picture.  through  their  own  struggles  to  attain  their  devoted  his days  and  nights  for  the  benefit  the Seefercre In(l,  into the  picture, this  was  In  1940,  at  our  request,  the  American  continued  Its  drive  in  the  oil  tanker field,  and  the  Paelfi.c'Distrlct  >vna  formed  to taka'  ­ ftecdom,  and  that  they  must  be  organized  of  the seamen  and ro.se  above alt  in the field  changed.  rDitke  Dushane,  member  of  the  Federation  of  Labor  appointed  an  arlminif.;  in the firet^pn and.pooka, who wcrq unprgan­ trator in  Ifac field,  directly paid by  the A,  t.  SUP,  wss.pat :la­c!,at«e,of  tlie  Easi  Coast  internationally.  ...  wmn a  nationni  scale.  • J^erefore, in  I89'2,8l^  ized.  ­To fiatc.  approximately  1,000  tanker,  and  things' .immediately ­started to  move.  of  L.­as'we'found onrMlves flhancially  up­­ As­  a  small  measuix:  of  the  esteem  in  Chartora  trcre .installed  in  major  Atlantic  able to  provide further finances  in this field.  seamen  have  bcpp  organized  in  this 'field,  the  invitation  of  the  Sailqre  Union.of  the  Bacific,  a' group  of  sailors  met  in  Chicago  which  Andrew  Furuseth  is  held  , by  the  and  Gulf,  ports.  A financial  set  up  was  The­new  administrator,  together  with  vari­.  and  'recently  an  election  was  he|d  on  the  Associated  Oil  Conipapy  tankers'  the  vote  and  founddd  the first  national  body  of  sen­,  Sailors ­Union  of  the  Pswiific  they  erected, a  inaugurated  on  exactly  the  same  lines' as  ous friendly'A.  F. of  L.  nniona, snch  as the  being ^praCtlcally uiis'iilrabus  in all three  de­ teamsters  and'. hmgshoremeh, raenagcd to  the  Saiiors Union;­  Membership  boohs  were  anen  in  AWSrica;  monument  to  him  on  the  San  Prancisco  tstraighten out the  rotten state  of  affairs left  partments  Ibr' the  Stenfarers.;' the  CIO  re­ In  those 'days  this  was  a. bold  ateji .for  'waterfront­which  was paid  for by  donations .{  printed;  meetings  were  held,  and  a  new  behind,  and  it  is'to  be  hoped  that, the Great  ceiving  fo'ur'votes;  "Wo  are  now  engaged  in  I  ho'pe  was  injected  into  the  seamen,  Varions  wen  who'earned  their  living as seamen,  for  in  snfall  amounts  from  the  seamen  thcm­ organizing  the  Staiidaiu  Oil,  Riciiiield  and'  membera  of­  the  StjF;  together  with  many  ;Lahea  District  again,  will  grow  into  a  various: other companies,, and  while  wo  lost  seamen were  still classed.as. slavesjtccording  strong  and  mlltfant  force  within  the  Sea­^  militant  SIU  members,  worked  to  organize  one  election,  that  of  the  Union  Oil,  which,  to the  laws of  thf  country.  He  was dragged  seives.  farers International.  to  jail  If  hie  quit  his.ship,in  any. American  la  the first  election  the  SUP  ever. lost,  the ,  After  the last  war with  depression setting  and' build the Atlantie­GuIf  District  Unions  of  the Seafarers;  reason  for  this  has  only  recently  come  lu  port.  He  was  kicked  aronnd,  shnnned  and  in,  hundreds  of  ships  were  laid  pp  by  the  SAVANNAH  CONVENTION  light,  when  it  has  been  determined  that  J.  cxplninted.  and  treittcd  as  a  second  elass  shipbwnen  and  the  U.  S.  Shipping  Beard  "When  the Seafai­ers Intl.  entered the field,  H.  Prevost,  former  Assistant  Secty.  of  the  citizen.  moved  against  the  Unipn  and  managed to  the AFL  Seamen's  Union Was  55,000  in  the  When  the  Sailors 'Union  of  the  Pacific  SUP,  was  RRbotflging  this  organization  But  the ..seamen  v,­ho  started  the  National  knock  them out. temnorarily.  After the  1921  hole; had  less than  a thousand  members; no  Seamens  Union, had  vision and courage  and  lockout,  many  inen  left  the  sea  in  disgust;  records ; a  few  agreements that  stunk,  with  received  the  charter  from  the  A.  F.  of  L,  drive,  and  giving  information  tt>  our  ene­ C will  to fight  and  win.  In  1895 the  Ameri­ others deserted the  Union and the  movement  no closed  shop clause; wages  and conditions  we  made a  iiact­v.ith  the A.  F. of  L. to  the  mies:  turning  over to  them  records  stolen  can  Federation  of .Labor  chartered  the  Na­ grew  weaker  an'd  the  leadership  ' of  the  were  far  below '.IVest' Coast  standards,  and  extent  that  after  one  year  'we  should  turn  out  of  our files  dealing  with  our  organiza­'  tional  Seamen's  Union  under  the  name  of  Unions  only  reflectd  the  spirit of  the  men.  ctfuld  only  compare  favorably  with  the  the organized seamen  over to their own  duly  tional  efforts,  and  turning  them  over to  m  the International  Seamens' Union  of  Ameri­ No action  waa taken and  the shipowners had  NMU­CIp  agreements,  which  is  after  ail  elected officials,  and  this  promise  was  lived  dual  organization  and  well­knowa enemy  of  iKi  criterion.  But  In  spite  of  the vicious  up to  in  August of  1939,  when a  convention  the  SUP,  the  National  Maritime' Union, as'  cs.  ­ it their­own  Wny.  c^palgn  put  up'against  our  East  Coast  was held  in SaVhnnah, 'Georgia, of  delegates  well  as participating  in  meetings with  their  Much  has  beep  said  of  this  body;  lots of  After  the  historic  struggle  of  the. 'water­ seamen ­by  the­Communist  Party  stooges  from  the  various  porta  and  ships  on  the  Communist  Party  stooges.  However,  this  is'  criticism has  been  levelled  at  tins organiza­ front  workers on  the Pacific  <7oast  in  1934,.  Great  Lakes,  Atlantic and  Gulf.  The results­ only  a  temporary  set baek,  and  if  the  priee  tion  the  last few  years of  its existence,  but  a.struggle in  which the  seamen took  a  lisad­ and'their  joining hands  w'ith  the East, Coast  of  the  Savannah  convention  were  as' fol­ we  had to  pay  for  losing  the  Unlou  OH  the facts  remain  (hat  through the  effort and  ing  part,  the seamen's  movement  sprang to  sEipownera  In  an  attempt  to  blitz  the  SIU,  lows:  Waa  that  of  getting rid  of  under  cover  ratfi  • trnggic  <sf  ' the­  International  Scamen'a  life again  oh  national  scale,, but  the. lead­ they failed and their efforts tq sow  the seeds  from the  Communist Party,  it "wus  worth it, ^  Union  the  seamen  were  freed  from  :ea  ership  of  the  I.S.U.  was  nbt  capable, of  of'distrust'among  the.East  Coast  seamen  1.  A  constitution wno  drawn up  for the  At.  laptic  and  Gulf  District,  which  was  slavery  which  became  a  fact  when  in  1915  following ­the  new  trend­ of­  revived^ activi­ cgme to  nothing;, tfapir^  sfories  that  the  Thq  membership  of  the  SUP,  in  conclu­ '  the  Seamen's  Act  became­a  law,  and  made  ties i  tiiey  lost  contact  with  the men  on the.  aifors,Union  of  the  Pacific, 'was  "taking  .  merged­into one  District.  sion,  enjoys ­  better  wages  and  conditloos •   over" .the  East  Coast  seamen ,fe11  fiat  be­ free  men­out  of  the  American  seamen  and  ships and  paid  no heed, to  their  wi^es. The­ 2,  A  constitution  was  drawn  up  fop  the  than  any  other,  seamen  In. the  world,  but'  • f foreign  stameU  while  in American  ports.  Snilora''Union of  the  Pacific, always in  the  cause  the organization  that  was being  built  • '   Great  Lakes  seamen,  llie  constitution  Ibis  too  has  only  been  possible  because  of c  .  hsrek  thege; was  being  organized  on  a '.aolidj  waa  referred back  to the  membejshlp for  the  alortncBs  of  tho  membership, of  the. .,  The driving  force.'and  untiring fighter  for  forefront  of  militant fighting  in  the  Unlop  an<j substaiitiM Eaals*  .  raUftcation, and 'subscquentiy  'sn election  SUP  and  the  fact  that  the  ^P functions '  C  this  cause  ivad  Andrew  Furusetli  who  tHth  movement,^ was  kicked  out  of  the  l.S.U.~ in  was .  held  on  the  'Atla'ctic  and  Crest  as  a real  union  controlled  directly  by  Its­ the. aid  oT Senator  LaFollette  accomplished  I83C at­thefl.S.U.  eonv^ntiqn  held in  Wash­'  At times In  order to  gain Ufcfr  objectives,  the. passt^e  th.e,  l^men^s .Act.over, un*­ katton,  D.  C.  and  the  truth  of  the ­charge  it­was .necessary to'tesorC  to • ihe­searaoty's  ­  Iji'ken, "and officials  elected  by; the.rncip­­ membership .who  d.ecido  fta .policy  and . will '  .  .  .  .' j,  benh'ip 'on'a,Becret referendum  bajlot..  i|jtj»t  fpr'ttat policy,  tsid  oppkiiUdit  from  hostile  reactionary  aMe at  that time,  that  the I.S.U.  was  cuii­ ztrcngcst  weapon.'  namely  atriks' actton.  Thus  Uieso  uisiricU'Imcamfi  auUifioihp  '  ^CfonUsBefi  t* Face Six)  .  ­  <  jpeiiticiaht/ 'Vogtihir  with  foreign  sbipown­ UBg  off  its  right'arni,  cniddly  bccaroo  evh­'  Various  'steamship  emripahl^  • Hips  Were  SlU raESIDifiT :  .  ,  ­ ..i  C  .  ­ fir.  ...,  1  �AND fiULF  MAKES BIG STRIDES SINCE '39  by  JOHN  KAWK  Not  only  did  the  NMU  take  a  shellacking  hard  battles  that  were destined  to be  waged  SRsinst  the  shipowners,  the  NMU  and  the  on  the NLRB  elections,  but their  leadership ­  ­ was  again  put  on  the  griddle  by  the,.ra'nk  Maritime  Commissinn  itself.  and file  when  the  SIU  won  another  bdhus^  '  ATLANTIC & GULF »^E ONE  boost  for  the  South  African  run.  "We  ob­;'  A resolution  was  drawn to  anmlgamate  talned  a  raise  from  $30  to  $50  per  month  the  Atlantic  District  and  the  Gulf  District  while  the  NMU  continued to"  receive  26%  .  into a  single  District  with  single  rulOs. and  . and  was  still—after  all  these  months—was  ;  officers.  Amendments  to  the  constitution  still  receiving 10c  an hour  less on overtime..  were  drawn  in  arde.r to'  .harmonize  that  .  It became apparent  to  the  jneiiibership'lat'  document  with  the  new  Streamlined  set  up.  this  time  Ihut  a  tighlvr  iop "cps^'ol  of  the.  The  shipping rules  were alro revised  to con­ District  business  was. needed  hnd  that toe,,;­,?^  form to  the  new  District,  Plane  were.laid,  . &cretary­Treasurer  should , not  hg  .fnolaC^  for  a  hew  organizational  campaign,  aimed  down  in  WashingtonV  JD',  C,'!  .p."f  rntoe*'  at  eventually  bringing 'ail  Eia";^.'^ast. sea­ shoitid  be  in  New  York  which  had .bceotno^.­r ^JaS  men  under  the  bannM  '  SIU.; jleadr  the real  front  line  of  our fight  "  quarters  for the  new .combined, district'whs  shipowners and  the NMU.  moved  to Washingtofl,  D.  G.  '  .,  "  'i'o  rectify  this  situation.  aaothcT  The  refcrendur.i  that  Xoilo­wed  up  Eiul  'confo'renee  was  held  in  'VVaoliiiK'toii,  D,  .G»  down  the  Coast,  voted  overwheimingly  for.  in  May  1941,  The  Conference  resolved  thah"r  the  proposals submitted  by'the Agents  ton­,  the  office  of  Secretary­Treasurer  be  move4l "f"  J®  ference  and  the  East  Coast  became  the  into  New  York—and  this  action  was  con­  •  .  ;  !'V  Atlantic  and  Gulf  District  of  the  SIU  with  curred  in  by  the  membership,  an executive  Secretary­Treasurer, an  Atlan­ Upon  moving  the  office,  I  assumed  the  tic  Distriet  representative  and  a  Gulf  Dis­ position  of  Sccretai­y­Treasurer,  along  with  trict  representative — along  with  the  i>ort  that  of  Atlantic  District  Representative, to  Agents and  patrolmen,  .  which  I  had  been  elected  the first  of  the  '  At this  time we  had on'e  of  the most  diffi­ year,  Now  our  decks  were  clear.  Tlue  executive  cult  Union  situations  in  the  Gulf—hut  it  was a  problem  that the  Guif  men  were­able  officer  of  the  District  was  located  on  the  scene of  action ; we  had  licked  the  NMU on  to  solve  with flying  t'olors.  a Jiuniher of  vital  issues and had  siu­ead our  :  The  large  P  &  O  line  had  always  been  reputation  for militancy  and honesty  among  r;  violently  anti­union, and  had  aboard . .their  all seamen  on all  coasts,  and we  had  money  .i5'.  {  ships  a  phony  company  union  which  they  in  the  bank.  It was  clear  that a  new  mem­^  ,  kept  in  line  by  threats  and  intimidations.  bership  drive  was  on  the  order  of  the  dayj'  This  company  union  had  even  gone  so  far  IVe  were  faced  with  an  increasingly  bitter'  ' ­  .iV  as to  receive a State  Charter to make  it look  • struggTe  over  the  questionB  of  bonus  an^  ­ .  like tiic  McCoy.  insurance  payments,  and  it  was  vital  thatv  Nevertheless, we went  to  work  on  the line  we  have  top  organization  strcnptK  before,­  ­'­1  and we  were  able to  crack  that phony  union  we  came  to  full  griiis  with  the  shh­owners. '  wide  opeii.  By  July  1940  we  had  our  esse,  Our  membership  hooks,  which  had  been,  so well  prepared  that  when  we  showed  it to  closed  for .a  year,  were  thrown  wide  open.'  the  Company  with  a  threat  to  gO  to  the  Immediately  we  experienced  the  reward  for.  NLRB,  the  company  saw  it  didn't  have  a  our  months  of  unceasing  work  in behalf  of'  KEPT  FAITH  leg to  stand on.  It  paid over  $3,000  benefits  Holding  true  to  their  7  point  program,  to  SIU  men  that  had  been  discriminated  rank  and file  seamen.  Now tocy flocked to!  our banner  by  the  hundreds.  This  inrush  of  the  SUP  men  when  they  came  east  had  against,  now  members  strengthened  us  both  organi­ promised  the seamen  that  the  SUP  was not  The  NMU  had  been  trying  to  muscle  in  zationally  and financially  and  prepared  ua  moving  In  to  control  the  new  organization,  all  this  time  by. issuing  free  books  to  the  buf  only  giving it  fraternal  support  until  it­ crews.  But they  didn't fall  for this bargain  for the  now historic  bonus strike  of  Septem­ ­ got on  its  feet.  Now  that  the  Districts wcrg  rate  unionism  and  all  took  out  SIU  book.s.  l>er,  The  SUP  again  aided  ua  at  thi.s  time  by.  obviously  on  a  sound  organizational  basis,  Aug. 16  we negotiated  an  agreement  that  winning  a  boost  in  the.  Around  the  world,  the SUP  brothers wisely  decided  to tarn  the  gave the men  conditions that they  had never  leadership  over  to  the  men elected  from the  received  before.  We  boosted  their  overtime  bonus  to  $60  and  in  the'cstabli^hnicnt  of  port  bonuses.  The  SUP  precedent  greatly ;  rank  and flic.  rate from  30  cents per  hour  to 80  cents and  aided  us  in  winning  like  coiices.sions  for  The first  duly  elected  officials of  the  Dis­ increased  their  wages ­an  an  average of  $25  East  Coast racn,  ,  .  ;  tricts  took  office  In  January  of  1941,  They,  per man.  On  the  S.S.  Florida,  the  overtime  paid  and  the  organization,  made '  immediate  ROBIN MOORE LOST  ­ strides  by  signing  up  Alcoa,  one  of  the  jumped  from  an  average of  $112  per month  In  the  fo.llowing  month,  that  tragedy  we':  .j,  largest deep  water operators  in the  country.  to $4,600  in  the first  month  of  the  contract.  had  hoped  would  not  liapn­«^  Kn.  sgftinst:  At  the time  of  signing, Alcoa  was operating  ..When  the­contract  was  set  to  expire  in  which  we ­had  bent  every  nuis0t>AA;jRyeBaitoa>sr'''4cteA  40  ships,.  New ­Alcoa  ships  sre  under  con­ September,  the  NMU  again  popp'cd'up'and'  ^fodk pfaee'­in  the i^nth  Atlafitfc; Th^ first"  "'T '­i  informal  the company  that  it  had  over  50%  American  Flag  ship  td  Jhe  torpedoed  in  the "  struction on  all coasts.  The  Union  and  its  new  officials  ­were  of  the  crew  pledged  and  demanded  a  labor  Second  World  War  was  blown  up  in  June  election.  and  went  to  the  bottom  of  the  ocean.  That.  again  faced  with  the  increasing  danger to  ­'­I  That  was  UK  with  us.  As  a  matter  of  ship  was  the  Robin  Moore,  manned  by  an  The  Atlantic  and  Gulf  District!  of  the  launched  and  the  AFL  had  a  Union  they  seamen running  into belligerent  waters. The  fact,  we persuaded the  shi|>owner to hold the  SIU crew.  Senrarera  International  Union  of  North  could  damn  well  be  proud  of.  Meditorrancan  was  still  being  plycd  by  SIU  election to show  just who  had the men.  America,  are  now  entering  upon  their  .4th  This  spurred  the  District  to  renewed  e£» .  '  "  By' the .winter  of  1939  all  tracM  of  the  crews  in  spite, of  the  obvious  hazards.  The  In  September  the' election  was  held  and  year  of  eitistence.  These ..fqur  years  have  reactionary  old  Federal  Union  had  been  nien  took  acUoh,  Strong,  militant  action  forts  to  obtain  adequate  bonus  payments  the  NMU received  6  votes!  These  six  men  seen  tlrfs  District  grow  enormously  iu  slie  driven Off  the.waterfront. The  problem  now  aboBid  8hi|>s  arid  on  the  beach.  And  Uie  and  insurance  protection.  Again  we  were  11  and  influence,  and  have  hrought to  the  was  one to  extend  the  benefits  of  the mew  Mediterranean  bonus  was  boosted  from  339  were  recent  arrivals  and  turned  out  to  be  met  by  evasion  and  stalling  and  red  tape.'  ­i  •  NMU  stooges  sent  in to  disrupt  our Union..  Eastern  seamen  wages  and  coiiditions  sec­ Sin cantrsots to  the nnarKanired  men. Only  per  month to  $60,  Following  in  the  foot­ The  shipowners  were  so  blinded'  by  thoiy­ it  ­was  later  proved  that  every  NMU  ond to  none.  2,000  men had  been  taken over from  the old  steps  of  the  SUP,  the  Atlantic  and  Gulf  pledge  card  that  had  been  produced  was an  lust  for  profits  that, the  most  fundamental  human  rights  were  completely  ignored  by  T  i. • 3  This  being  the first  convention  of  the  Federal  and  before  the  Union  could  exert  Districts took a  strong stand  on the question  out and  out forgery.  them.  ^aTorera  Ihternationai,  I  would  like to  real  economic  pressure  on  the  shipowners,  of  off  shore  wages  and  overtime  payment.  After  the  eieetion  we  negotiated  a  new  It was  not until  they  actually  exi­erienced  ,  trace  briefly  the  history  of  oUr  District  !o  many more thousands needed to  be recruited.  The SIU forced  the operators to  grant a $10  contract  which  has  been  recognized  by  difficulties  in  obtaining  crews  that  the  pp­  ..  ..  wage  Increase  and  lOe  per  hour  overtime  that our  e;tpcrionce! can  he of  l^ncfit to  the  everybody  as  the  best  passenger  and  car  A'­Strong  organizing  drive  was  launched  eratdrs  would  even  discuss  the  mafer seri­,  '  ' '  increase.  After the  SIU won ­these  benefits,  International.  this winter and  carried throughout  the sum­ continued to  sail for  almost a year  ferry  agreement  ever, signed  on  any  coast,  ously.  The controversy  was  marked,  at  this'  la tS88 all  AFL seamen  on the East  Coast  mer  and  fall..  ­By  the  end  of  the  year  the  the NMU  .   The contracts  that  were negotiated  in the  under .its old .wage  scale  and  received  only  time,  by  the active  intervention cn  the  side'  •  V(ere  nastor  jurisdiction  of  a  Federal  Union  Atlantic­  District  and  the  Giilf  District  70c  per hour  on  ovcrtims.  fail  of  '39  were to  expire  &pt.  30th.  1940  of  the  shipowners of  the  MariUmc  Commis­  ,  ^21420. The  leadership of  that  Federal  yras  (which  'were  separate  at­this  time)  bad  a  and  the  Union  began  new  negotiations .on  When it came to  the question of  coastwise  sion.­This  Governmental  Commission ' had  appetetcd  iby  the  AFL.  ilie  Union  held  combined  membership  of  6,000  men.  '  scales — the  NMU  performance  became  a  the  old  contracts  and  won  contracts' with  always  posed  as an  impartial body  ready  to  '  about  H)  fontracts  which  were  inferior to  several  mozo, major­operators.  The  ­wsges­ give oiit  justice  to  hoth  the  shipowners and  '  "' '  During this  drive for  members,  3 more  of  complete farce that  was exposed by the  SIU,  those  held­ on  the  Pacific  Coast  and .the  Using its weekly  publication, ".The  Pilot,!'  and conditionewou on the  contract renewals  the  unions.  Now  it  was  clear  to  everyone  •   M  leadendiir  did  little  or  nothing, to  improve  the  major  Atlantic  and  Gulf  operators  had  the  • N jsgaih  put  the  vaunted  NMU  in  the  shade.    HU  leadership  us^  high' pressure  that  the  Maritime  Commission  had  always  the  wages aud  conditions  undar  which  ths  sighed  on  the  dotted  line  with  the "Union.  propaganda  to sell  its  rank  and file  «n  the  At" this  time  we  signed  costzasta  with  ths  beea for the  shipowners anrt had only  posed  ^  • iir  These' new  contracts' represented  gfrieat  im­ rank  and file  seamen  worked.  South  Atlantic,  Mississippi  anA­.'Waterman.  as  impartial  in  order to  more  itasiiy  cross  provements  Over  the  ones  signed  the  year  idea  Of  accepting  the  loudly  trumpeted  In­ •  By and  large  the  leadership of  the  Union  before.  crease  of  $2.60  per­'month  and  no  increase  lines.  The  latter  contract  being  the  best  us up.  ever signed  for offshore  ships in  the history  It  that  time  was  interested  in  their  own  The shipowners,  who  had flrat  viewed  the  in  overtime  scale.  This  was  held  up  as  a  of  maritime  labor,  /  Weil,  the entire  problem  was moved down  •   eh  security,  rather  than  in  the  conditions  great achievement and  one  ­which  the  rank  to  Washington  and  the  ships  sailed  with a  i  f  the men'they  represented.  They  throttled  new  Union  with  a  certain  amount  Of toler­ and file  should  jump at.  Seeing  no alterna­ BONUS BOOST  rider  providing  that  any  increase • d   ecided  ­•   ance,  now  became  alarmed  at  die  growth  very  attempt  at  proguessive  and  expansive  and railitsncy  The  fall  of  1940  saw another  boost  in the  upon  would  be  retroactive  to  the  time  of '  of  the  SIU  and  began  to  tive,  the rank  and file  in the  NMU made  no  rade unionism  because they  feared for  their  bonus  due to.  the  militancy  of  the  SIU  and  fight  against  this  sell  out  and  passively  signing on,  ­  .  .  .• ­•.IHT.    seriously  resist  its inroads.  •   x;V  aivel chair  jobs.  accepted  it.  SUP.  The  Orient  and  Australian  runs  In­ The  Maritime Commissibn  and the  United  The  Eastern  Steamship  ^ mpany,  a.  n«>  creased from  $30 to  $50  per month.  But  the.'SIU  made  a fight­'­even­though  By October  1938 the  Sailors Union  of  the  States  Department  of  Labor  c"!led  .this  The second  annual  election  6f bffirers  for  Washington  conference,  they  said,  in  order  artfic had obtained  an Tntefhational  Char­ torioos  oi^n  shop  outfit,,. refused to,  nego­ the shipowners  tried to  ruse  the­^ NMU scale  rfEom:tho  AFL and  Mnt some  of  its own  tiate with  the Union  and the  line was struck  as 'a' eciiiiig.  The  SIU,  after 'much  nego­ the  Atlantic  and .Gulf  District  was  signifi­ to  reach  an  agreement  on  the  bonus'  that  '  embers  to  the  East  Coart to  reorganize  in'the  spring  of''39.  The  strike  lasted  for  tiating  and fighting,  won  a­ coastwise  in­ cant in  one Mrtieular  respect—almost all of  would  be. fair to  all  parties  concerned.  We  • '  • .• i f  11 days.  While  the Union'didn't  get all  that  crease of 37,50  per  month  and  kOc  per hour  toe  old officers  were returned to  office'for a  e eitualion.  could.  hardlF  ojjject  to  such  a  confei;euc,g,.  ,  it  was  demanding,  it  did  make  gains  here  ...  second  term.  You  must  remember  that  the  All  we  wanted  was  what  was  fair and  jusL  Ttie SUP men  came to  the East Coast, not  and  ther^  But' most  important  of  all,  ,thc  boost in .overtime rate,  This  was a bo.mbshell  to the  NMU  leader­ election machinery of toe  District was demo­ So  we  went  down  there  with  the  under­ ' waa  charged  in  some  quarters,  "like  a  men proved  themselves under fire  to he  fear­ eh of  vultures  looking  for  more,  pie­card  less  Union  men  ready  to flght  for  their  ship—you may  be sure.  It made  their  reia­ cratic to  the  last  degree  and  any  dissatis­ standing  that  all  the  Maritime  Unions  .1 • '11  tionshlp ..with  the  shipowners  appear  just  faction  with  the  leadership  would  have  im­ would be  in on  the confab.  hSL."  but  in  the  best  spirit  of  fraternal  rights.  This  was  an  impsrtar.t  test  for  iho  . '1) But  the  Maritime  Commission  had  bee'ii  • A nnientsm.  They  presented  to  the  sea­ new  organization and  it  came  through  with  what  it  was­r­a  stinking  sell  out.  Things  mediately  been  felt  at  the  polls.  The  fact  looked  so bad,  as a  matter of  fact,  that  the  that the  seamen returned  their officers  indi­ up to  its old  tricks.  It broke  up .the  United  ls a 2  point  program  which  immediately  flying  colors.  sliipownere  tltemaelves rushed  to voluntarily  cated  the  wisdom  they  exercised  when  they  Front  of  the  Unions  by  secretly  calling  a  tiaeted the honest  and progressive  men  in  grant  an  additional  $2.60  increase to  the  first  made  their selections  in  1940,  conference  with  the  Unions  of  the  licensed .  e dying  Federal  Union.  FIRST CONFERENCE  NMU,  After  all,  they  didn't  want  their  The return  to office  of  experienced leader­ jiersonnel  and  selling  tlieiu  a  fiiiky  hill  of  "reasonable"  friends  unseated  by  an  out­,  ship  did  much  to  stabilize  the  union  during  In  August  1939  an  organizational  con­ goods.  CLEAN  SLATE  raged  membership.  the  difficult  year  of  1941  when  the United  Thus,  when  we  met  in­  Washington,  wd'  The  8UP  organiud  openly  announced  ference  was  called  in  Savannah,  Georgia,  And  so  what  was  the final  score  on  the  States  Government  actively  intervened  in  had thrown  in our  face  the  phony  Maritime '  ftils conference  was attended by  the officials  li they  would , accept  none  of  the  assets  •of the  Atlantic District,  officials of  the Gulf  coastwise  scale?  After  all  the  hotel  room  our beefs  with the  shipowners.  Commission  plan  and  told  that  one  section  '  the liabilities of  the old  Union, that  they  Immediately  after  the  election  of  officers  of  the maritime  labor moveiueut had already  District,  and  by  many  rank  and file  dele­ work  between the  shipowners and  the NMU  to wiping  the  slaiO'  clean  and  intended  gates elected  leadership,  the  NMU  scale  was  boosted  $5  we added  four  more  Important  lines to  our  accepted  it.  from the  ships.  start; from scratcfas.  They: gave, however,  This Conference  performed the vital  work  and  no increase  in overtime—while  the SIU  rapidly growing  list of  contracted operators.  fraternal  welcom* to­  aU  the  old  Union  COMMISSION'S FINKY  won  a  $7.50  increase  with  a  10  cent  boost  Finally  cutting  through  a  mass of rod  tape  A  that, mured  to lossra  hand  In  huilding  of  drawing  up  a  tight  but  democratic  con­ in  oveitime,  and  stalling op  the  part  of toe  shipowners  PROPOSAL  stitution­anfi of formulating  the rotary  ship­ L  now  movement.  I have  gone­into this  particular maneuver  —and  undercover  propaganda  .and  double  The  Commission's  proi>osai  was  simply  Host  of  the  Fedcnol  branches  recognized  ping  rules.  In  September  a ­ Coast­wise  In  some detail  for  the  simple reason  that it  dealing  on  the  part  of  the NMU—we  suc­ I  fact that  a new  doal  was coming  to the  referendum  was  held  and  the  rank  and file  illustrates  just what  wo have  had to  put up  ceeded  in obtaining  NLRB elections on  the  this.  That  the  seamen's  insurance  scale  be  It Coast usmen  and Immedlstsly  changed  seamen  ratified:  the  Constitution  and  the  with  on  the  East  Coast  when  it  came to  Calmar,  Ore,  Robin  and  Baltimore  Insular  tied to  hull  insurance, rates,  I asked  the  Commission  members .lu­esent  tr  to  the  SlU.  Tftote  that  attempted  to  shipping  rules  by  overwhelming  vote.  negotiations on wages and hours.  We always  Lines.  if  it  was  possible  for  the  Commission to  list  were simply  htashcd aside and  lost ail  The  second. "World  War broke  out  in  the  had  two  enemies to  beat  before  our  mem­ Far  Bianths  prior  ts toe  electlans,  the  srer.  fall  of  1939.  And  whUe  the  United  States  bership  could receive  increa^  benefits—  NMU had  ieudly  proclaimed  the  fact  that it  control  the  hull  insurance  rates, ­They  ad­ ,  .  .  ..  rhe  SHJ,  now  hswinr  taken  over  tho­ was  not  immediately  involved  as a  nation,  first  the  shipowners and  second the  leader­ hi^ the  jmcn. on  the  lines, all  signed,  sealed  ihitted that  it was.  So  what  did  it  add  BP  to? ­  Simply  thai  mbcrship  of  the roidPederal, notified  the'  the  American seamen  wero.  It opeiied  as a  ship  of  the  NMU.  Some  of  the  NMU  and  delivarcd.  When  the  showdown  came,  itracling  shlpownera  and  demanded  ncw^ 'war  of  blockade­and  coUuterbkickade  ivith  maneuvere  smelted  a  llttie  less  than  this.  however,  the  NMU  couldn't  even  show  saeh  a  plan  would  give  the finky  Maritime­.i  .  i improved  agreements.  .  .  both  belligerent and  neutral  merchant  ship^  one,  and  some  Of  them  stunk  more.  But  en'ongh  signed  cards to  get  on  the  ballots  Commission • f  all  authority  to  estaUioh  all, ^  insaranee  and  honus  payments .for ^he.sea­;•   Vithin'  a  period  of  2  month's  Uio  liewly  ­plniB: being ruthlessly  sunk on sight,  they  all hisd  a definite  aroma of  FINK.  in three  of  the elcctioiis.  In the  fourth case,  men.  It  wpnid have  rohhed as  of .oH  • n Atlantic  District  and Gulf  District  of  Me.MU immediately  moved to  pntoct Its  In  Johe  1940  an  Agcnia  Conference  was  the  Baltimorc­Ifisular,  they  got  on  the.bal­ to  bargain  on  that  very  vital  lai^  .  ­iM  •   aiU  had .wan  eontfacts  sijnairlor; to  memNcsliip  by  deseRding  life  ihssrii!;**  esHsd  by  AcUsg  Harry  Lusde­ let  bst  they  saighi  just  as  wvit  have  stayed  iarncd  oar. meraborship  over  to toe toh^K  ictically  every  respect,  to' those ;held  by.­ aad.wak'  beitusss^tor  the  scaalsto  Th* SIV  berg; ­The  Confcrc'nM  Hct  la  Atlanta  and  home  far all  the  ghod  it did  ITiem,  M'e  wan  mereiro  of  'Uds  notorloiis  :'d,>arpA;V'..,  U..!  wciilthy  National. Maritime Uniop. .  „  ..  katUed  f»r  the  Mg^t. p.iMMT kowtti  he­ tKznsd  to  tbe ­kwinesk  of  streamlining  the  th'o  olectlon  hands'  dnm ­:^.w^^.• Ant  evert  agency.  '  A lid  BO  tha  new  Union  wa9  ducoeeefuBy­ Itevitig. toai.  B"  ee^tainlr­ S!V  eveM  farther  and  preparing  it  far  the  raislse a iwert,  •  •  worth  much  more  than  both  the  ship  and  the  cargo  of  the  profit­swollen  operators.  But  It  was  not  only  the  shipowners  that  the  SIU  had  to  battle  in  the  bonne  contris­ versy,  but  the  NMU  as  well.  Working  in  collusion  with  the  operators,  the  NMU  Jumped  the  gun  during  the  bonus  nego­ tiations  and  signed  with  the  owners  an  agreement calling  for a  mere 25%  bonns.  This  sell  out  was  a  direct  blow  at  every  man  sailing  aii  American  ship  for  it  act  a  precedent—a  ceiling  for  the  operators to  clamp upon  the Just  demands of  the seamen.  The  SIU  did  not  take  .this  lying  down.  The  most  militant  sort of  action  wan  taken  by  the  entire  membership.  ' Outraged  creWs  hiiiig  the  pin  on  one  ship' after  another.  The  penny­pinching,  profit­mcd  shipowners  were  beginning to  get  a  t^tc  of  real  eco­ nomic  presBure—and  so  they  again  turned  to'their ally—the  NMU.  During  this  period the  National  Maritime  Union finked  by  openly  dispatching  crews  to  the struck  ships.  This alliance  between  the shipowners  and  the  NMU,  and  the  scarcely  veiled  threats  from  the  Maritime  Commission, finally  forced  us  to  accept  the  bonus  rate  aii'cady  decided  upon  by  the  shipowners  and  the  NMU—that  is,  25%.  At  this  particular  time  the  SIU  was  un­ able  to  undo  the  harm  done  the  seamen  by  the finky  NMU.  But  in  the  year to  come,  the  SIU  was  destined  to  whip  the  NMU  leadership  on  this  question,  and  to  win  greatly  increased  Bonuses  from  the  preda­­ tory  shipping interests,  Fne  Aiianth: Distri, t sn.l  r.­.ilf  District at  the  SIU  was  1  year  old  by  this  time—the  fall  of  1939,  The  destinies  of  the  organiza­ tion  had,  up  to  now,  been  guided  by  the  SUP  organizers.  Now  came  the  time  to  elect  officials  for  1940,  ­1.  iv­ll  i!  StU VIGE­raESIDENT  J­.,  'A  •  ''  A  .l) �PROGRESS MADE BY THE  THREE  YEAR  HISTORY OF THE  ATLANTIC AND GULF  SEAFARERS'  INTERNATIONAL  (Continned  fr*in  Fov)  all  the  deamibb  we temutated  at  the  be­ There could  be only  one answer to  sudi  a  IslnuMtg  of  the  stcikr.  Bbt  nether can  one  • who • went out  of  his  "way  tim* aftco:  Uma  (CantiaNinl  from  Fnga Five)  ATLANTIC f!5  W'S  frroposai  as  that—and  I made  that  answer.  deny  as  tbe  ksaor  ef  a  miBtani  and  solid  to  help* us,  w«  would"  in­  many  inataBeea  On  behalf  of  the  Atlantic and Gulf  District  strike  acttesi.  af  permanency  skelvissg  the  ALASKA  UKIOK  hove  loot.  i—I  said  "no."  Maritime  Ceaamission.  and  of  obtaining  The  problem  of  organising  in  Alaska  has  This  Union  applied  fbr  and  received  a­ •   '  And  then  up  pops  Mr,  Joe  Curran,  the  I  again  direct  negotiations  with  the  ship­ FInk­book fight.  Through  Joint effort*.of  tavlor  of  the  seamen.  I  owners  with  the assurance  of  an  immedinto  bees  one  that  has  confronted  the  Inter­ charter  last  June,  thus  Bringing  into  the  the  Secty.  in  Washington  and  the  member^  Mr.  Curran,  who had kept  strangely quiet  increase  in  the  bonus scale.  nntional immediately  the charter  was grant­ ranks  of  the  Seafarers  a  strong  and  mili­ ship  of  the  SUP  refusing to  sail  as a  con*  tall  during  this  conference,  suggested  that  It  was,  by.  every  standard,  an  honorable  • the entire  meeting  be  i>ostponed  to  some  and  successful  strike  and  it  gave  US  pride  ed *in  October of  1938.  Three AUska unions  tant  body  at fishermen  who  have  been  or­ dition  to  having  to  pack  a  Copcland flpE  indefinite  future to  give the  Unions time  to  .  and aasurance  in our strength.  were  among the first  to apply  for tharters,  ganized  for  years  into  a  forceful  organiza­ book,  the  Sailors  Union  was  able  to  kicK  "Istudy" the finky  proposaL  In  October  1941  the  fJlU  and  SUB  ap­ the  United  Fishermen  of  Eodhik  and  the  tion  maintaining  some  of  the  best  agree  out  the  Copeland fink  book  wblohi  had< "al­ I  demanded  to  know  what  in  hell  there  peared  before  the  National  Defense  Medi­ ready been  established by  law,  and  vr*,aife»  'SttuVi  be  in  such "a  i>nHK>sal  that  required  ation  Board  in  Washington  to explain  their  Alaska  Trailers  and  Salmon  Purse  Seiners  menta  and  conditions  in  the field.  R  must  co.ssfully  hod  the  law  amended to  (ii^ds  dray  study?  But  Curran  obviously  wanted  siiie  of  the  story  on  the  Bonus  beef.  After  ftwm  Southeastern,  who.  sent  delegates  to  be  pointed  ont  that  these  men  organized  , far  certificates  of  idcnlifioaliun  Insteszlistf  to.  break .up  the  Conference  and  sabotage  battling  back  and  forth  for  4  days,  the  San  IVancisco  to  consult  with  your  presi­ themselves  through  their  own  efforts :  built  ' the fink  book.  any  bonus  increases,  so  he  wanted  to  Board  finally  gave  its  decision.  Daring thi* fight  not  only did  we  IM­T*  t«  dent  as  to  the  best  form  of  organization  their  organization  through  stmgtde; in  or­ '"study."  The  Board  gave  a  S20  increase  in  the  Sakt  the  shipowners  and  vorious  heotile  '•   That  was all  that  the  shipawners and  the  monthly  bonus  on  the  African,  Oriental  and  what aid tiie  Intcmatioaal  could  give  der  to­  get  recognition  and  conditions  at  lawmakers,  bat  ats* Joe Curran  then  lead"­ Karitune  Commission  needed.  Using  the  and  Au­stralian  runs.  It  also  boosted  the  them.  R  must be  noted  that­ these  charters  times  they  have  had  to  resort  ta  several  tog  what  they  called  the  ISU  Seamen'i  die­ .^cnse  tht  one  Union,  the  NMU.  did  not  ^uez  port  bonus  from  J73  to  HOO  and  IS  were granted  on a  District basis.  strikes but have  emerged Intact  and strong­ fisnse eom^ittee  who advocate#  to  the  Bsofi  'want  to  proceed  nntil  it had  studied a  bit,  per  day  after S days  in  port.  er than  ever. This  union is  indeed an exam­ Cuait seamen  that they  take  the fink  boojk.  The basic  industry  in  Alaska  is the  Fish­ ple of  what workers  can build through­ their  fh«  entire  canference  was  postponed  and  This  was  by no  means  a  major  victory—  which many of  them did,  and­ he was jei*^  we were  Nght  back at  the  beginninK of  the  but  it  was  a  victory  nevertheless.  The  few  ing  Industry.  Person* directly  engaged  in­ own.  efforts,  and  much  credit  must  go to­ by  Wmny  Itridgrs  on  thi*  Ceost  wiwi  a(t»  iriMtle  thing again.  concessfons  were  just  ona  more  notch  la  the Ahtsku Fisheries  ludustry number  sonie  Btcother Patrick  McUugh,  Ptosldeul of  tbaii  tempted t» put  the earns  poltey  o­ver on  tiw  Again  we  attempted  to  negotiate  directly  organization,  who  througii  his  unBeUiah  ef­ aeaiaen  out  hare,  and  accused  the SUP of  srith  the  shipowners.  But  having the  Coao,  fo'.'ts  and  many  years  of  hard  work  haa  striking against the Government becaua*oato  hiis.sion  in  their  corner,  they  gave  us  the  In  October  1941  all  maritime  unions ap­ groups: Tusldent and  non­resident  workers.  given  excellent  leadership to  this  group  of  seamen  Tofused to take  til* fink. haak.  hwn's rush.  peared  before  Maritime  and  Labor  officials  Due  to  Ibe' strategic  geogzotdllcal  posttioii  fishermen,  The  CJommunist  Party  in  San  Eraaeiiiimi'­ And so, ae a last  resort,  we determined to  in  Washington.  D.  C.  We fought tiie  NMU  ^  ur  ands  fur  protection  and  pngMMBl  that  a Board  be  created  with  faS­ of  Alaska,  the  Government  has undertaken  ;  Alikon^ this Unien did  not afSUsta wli!:  evea  werit  i&. tss M to  disUitoato iU­5eis. sat  tke  Intematianal  antU  last  Jane w«  harv*  the waterfront  urging, the seamen to  acapt  a^pensation—by strikirvg  their ships I  authority  over ail  phases of  labor relations.  a  number of projects  such as air bases,.  On  Septonber  13,  1941,  we  launched  the  We demanded  that the proposed  board's au­ employing  »  considerable  number  of  con­ always  been  in  deae  contact  witlt  them,  the fink  book,  but  in  spite  <sC  this  unholy  historic bonus  strike!  ,  thority he  Hmited  to the  qnestions of  Bomis  Btmctioa  workers,  and the  A.  F.  of  L.  was­ and yoar acting president  has. conferred and  combination',  this­ vicioua fink  beok,  a  pre­ worked eleaely  at  Waahingtan,  D.  C.,  with  liminary to  the Fascist  hlsnklisting sjpitefess  .  The  strike  is  too  recant  and  too  well  and  insurance  payments.  We  licked  the  loaown  by  you all for me  to take  mudi time  IfMU on  this question  and when  the Bbnrd  successful in  ­winning contracts  for this con­ tbcse fiaHermen  eti  legislative  matter* af­ was beaten,  struction  work  in  apite  of  the  disruptive  fecting  the fishemMn  on  * imtienal  sesCe.  SB  reviewing  it.  Tou'll  remendier  that  the  was set up  it had' no sweeping powers.  Blediation.Arbitration­  Boards.  Shortljr  Rkcently  throngh  action  of  tii*  Atlantic  after  the  Merchant  BCsrlne  Act  of  1996*  SUP walked  out  in  support of  us; thad  the  The  new  Board,  which  became  known  as  intowantion of  duM  CIO­ unions.  Fichermcn'a  Union,  tfie  boot  onucte  were  which  CDGsded  the  Maritime  Commiasicnie  • Maritime Commission  blustered  and  thun­ the  Maritime  War  Emergmicy  Board,  in­ The  greatest  aueeesa  isi  Uw  Alaska field  feread  to  p«y  full  ­wor  risk faianrnnee­ on  several  billB  were  introduced  in  Gongreag  dered  but  Mily  succeeded  in;  rushing flnks  creased  the  monthly  bonus  en  A&ican;  onto three ships.  The  rest of  the  ships  re­ Oriental  and­  Asstraifam  runs  by  |29  or  has been  achieved in  the  Kodiati artai  where:  fiohcnsctt.  UniMigit  * deckden  of  tlic Senrd  piecing: inmiiiii  and flghennen  i  at  WaoMngton.  nsataiBg  tied up  tight  as a drum;  Curran  more.  tbe United Ftsbeimeii's Uhion  has. with­ the  bene  zataBHsIliLj  whfcit  ­will  haCg  ear  Weat  Dulsory mediation and a  set up­ on the­ somg  Mheled  the  strike  as "dokcy"  and  a  "bum  Unee. u the  Raiiraad  board.  This  the­ sets­ &UP,KEL?  aid and encauragement of  the Internatlensl,  Coast fiaiicfmen  In  the saaae  conncctiosh  beef" but  was forced to ^nga hia tune by  :.  oansidered  would­  be  a  detrimoiit  t* ''  Last  fall  the SUP acsm  Mazed  the  way­ orgnnized  the­  iBMgriiereiuei'j,  laborerr,  cai"­ Idte sjmiigttfay  and support  ws ccoci'ved  from:  ;theia  and  block  Oicm  from  ntjiizing. 'thrig  for  better  wages  by obtaining  a  17.59  in­ pcnteTS,  eannery  workeza,  etc.,  into  the  CAUrOBmA  Fim FIELD  '.otrike  wmpon,  and we  wen;  Htircnwfut tol  the  N.MU  rank  and file;  how  several  op­ 'eratora expressed  a desire te negotiate  with  crease  per  month.  This  aided tiic  SIU  in  American  Fcdtrativn  of  Labar­ "defeating  these  attempts  vririi  the  aid­oC  also  obtaindBg  a  $7.59  boost  but  we were  Since  1988v  the  International  has  spent  itbe­ A.  F,  oC L,  i» 'Washington,  >ua hot  the  Maritirae  Commission  prevented.  Whlle this work  was cairriedion: almost en­ even  able  to­ go  further  and  win  a  lOc  ht­ :theiB  finm  doing  so and  pramised  to. break  tirely  with  their  own  natmremsi,  in  1940.  I  some  $14,909'  iir  the­  Colifbmi*  F2ali­ fieiiH:  the ^tritse and C­.TSI  had  hapas,  prokabiy, of  ,*rpnRe  in  m'ertimo  Wc  new  yeceivc  tile  addressed  severai  communications to  Presi­ and  thiw  is in  addiuon  to­ the­ monies  spent  PICTMtUHG:  Fish Cannery Workgr*  higbest  overtime  scale  of  any  seamen's  h  breaking the SIU itself,  But the strike was  dent Green  of  the AFL  appealing fbr direct  by the Fish' Council  and the sum at $3,297.00'  On hmtd  when­ chartered  8  408.68  solid,  flaeh  crew  pulled the  pin the minute  union—90 cents per  hour 1  help  in  the  Alaska field,  and requested that  from  the A,  P.  of  L,  A  milestone  in  our  development  at  this  8,085.89  their  ship hit  an. .Americau  port and threw  the  AFL put  men  in that field­, assign  com­ The  income  in  per  capita  from  the  Cali­ :  On  hand,  Dec.  31,  1041  time  was  the  publiahing  of  the  Seafiirers  • {Hcket    line around  the vessel.  petent organizers to  the territory of Alaska,  fornia  Fish  uniona  ha* approximated some  Log eveiy  week of  the month.  The Log first  BBMIGL4:  And  in  essence  what  was  this  strike  because  by  the  very  nature  of  the  problem  $24,509  in  round  ITgurea,  Uie  bulk,  of  this,  about ? To win bonus  money, of  course.  But  appeared  in  January  1939  as a bi­monthly.  there, organizers  in  Alaska have  to concern  coming itom the Monterey Plsbermen  (chark  On hand when chartered  For  three  years  it  has  been  a  mainstay  in  more than  that—it was to back  up our right  themselves  with  the  organization  of  ALL  tei^ in  1988)  and  the  Monterey  Cannery  On. hand"  Dec.  31,  1941...  1,208.U  ta­  bargain  collectively  • with, the  operatora,  our ecganizational  efforts—^keeping the sea­ workess in  ALL sectiona  of the  labor move­ Workers  (chartered  in  1939),  and the  large  free of  Maritime  Commission  induence  and  men  informed  about  our  problems  and  cor  ment  which  are  closely  related  in  Alaska,  San Pedro  local,  which ^d not offiliater un­ MONTERET:  dbulde dealing.  From the firat  we demanded  victories,  and  inspiring  them  in  the  best  and  while  the  Seafarers  Intl.  hoe  assumed  til  last summer.  the  right  to  meet  the  sfaipowncrs  face  to  traditions of  maritime labor.  In my (gdnlon  its share  of  the obligation  our financial  re­ Seine­Lin* Fishermen.  the present  Log is  the most  vital and  lively  soiirces have not permitted  us to assume  the  From  the standpoint  of  the Uniona  tfaem­ f*ce and  to bargain  in good  faith.  On hand when  chartered..  1,470.41  seives,  and  their  growth  from  a financial  paper  we  have  had  in  the  histery  of  tise  As  the  first  week of  the  strike  ended, and  entire obligation..  Alaska is a vast  territory  standpoint,  the  following figure*  speak  for  On­  band  Dec,  81, ­1941  (round  District.  we­ were  bombarded  with,  threatening  tele­ and  communication  and  transportation  fa­ themseive*:  figures)  U,000.9(t  In  oonelusion,  I  shpuld  like  to  point  out  cilities  are  extremely  difficult.  grams  from  Admiral  Land »£  the  Coanmis­ In  addition  I  am  informed  '­r­ that the  District now  has a  largm­ meniber­ . skm. I  wired him our  ultimatum.  I told him  thcy  have  * good­  round figure  ,  During  the  period  Oct..  1938 to  Dec.  31,  SAN DIEGO :  ship  xdll  than  at  any  time  in  its  history.  that  the  Commission  had  forfeited  all  ra­ invested  in  Defense  Bonds,  1941,  the  Intemtional  spent  some  $1200.  Hook,  Line Bait  Boat Fishermen's Union.  We  am  completely  solvent financially  and.  • pect of  maritime labor  and that henceforth  Fish Cannery  Workers Union.  ^  in  the  Kodiak  and Southeastern ffeld;  and  On  hand  when  chartered  $  219.40  the  Atlantic  and  Gulf  District of  the  SIU  even have  boosted our hospital  benefits from  there  was  an  additional  sura  of  $3,139.  On hand  when ohartercd"...«....« fibOvl­S  On hand Dec.  31. 1941  8568.56  H to $2. per  week.  "would  sit  at  no  conference  table  ­with  the  On  hand  Dee.  81,  1941  80i294v8S  Fish Cannery  Workers.  We arc  now  the  unquestioned  bargainiBg  stMmt  out of  funds supplied by the A.  F. of  sbipowners  when  the  Connnission  was  rep­ Plants directly organized­by the­Seaflgw*  L.  This  included  the  sending  of  one  or­ On  hand  when  ehartercd....__.„u..l  790.00  agency  far  the  follawing  lines:  Eastern,  oaaented,  Alma,  BaHimom­Taaalar,  BuH.  ISzsiszlpsn,  gAtiizor ifitA  ^iithcnfftern  AlMkn  from  Feb­ On hand  Dec,  Blrt,  1941  1777,82  Tnternntionel  wer* M  follcws i  .  ­tq;  Seatrains,  CManial.  Baritan,  Golabce^  Wa­ ruary  in 1989­  to May  in order to help them  COMMISSION PUT  IK  SAN FRANCISCO:  Fish Csifiiery  Workers,  BBNIOIAt.  terman, South  Atlantic, Peninsular  Sk  Occi­ in their  contract negotiations  tar that year;  ITS PLACE  dental. Savannah,  Bematein, Hedgei, Gona­ the  sending  of  Brother  Pete  Gill  into­ the  On  hand  when  chartered....«_  8 146.14  Golden­  State  Reduction  plant.  Won  ai*  With  all "Inodesty, I  can say that  the  At­ dian  Gulf­  Cubs  Distilling,  New  England,  Kodlak convention  in 1988­1930 ; the main­te­ On  hand Dec,  31st,  1941.  1399,40  NLRB elecliuu.  ttance  of  an organizer in  Southeaotcm from  {sKiUc  aud Gulf  District  put  Admiral  band  Nontaafest. Ore,. Cabnsr and  BMihi.  American  Sardine  Company,  caitnerye  This  then  iss a  brief  iristory  of  our  Dis­ March,  1940  to July  1949,  in addition to the  RICHMOND:  Fish Cannery  Workers.  and  the  Maritime  Commission  in  their  Won an  NLRB election.  places  as  far  as  labor  rel^cms  were  cea­ trict.  We  have  recently  cnnclwded  our  an­ payment  of  the  wages  of  Frank  Johnson,  On  hand  ­when  chartered  8 140,58  nual  election  of  ofScczs' and  » record  vote  Secty.  of the  Alaska Salmon  Purse  Seiners  leerned.  (in the red)  MARTINEZ: Food  packers organized,  The  following  day  we  received  an  ofiter  returned  again  the  grread  majority  of  the  and Tom  Thompson of  Craig,  Alaska,  for a  On hana Dec,  81st. 19«..;  1410.61;  period  of  some  two  and  a  half  months,  from.  Chaiman  Davis  of  the  National  De­ oSicialB for  ariother term.  The • P   lesident  of  this  Council,  Vi£6  B.  RICHMONDt  during  the  1940  season.  We  also  advanced,  Tins coming  year is. destined to be a diffi­ fense Mediation  Board  to  receive  our  beef  Alioto,  has spent a­ lot of  his time and effort  and­ give  it  immediate  cansideration and  to  cult one  for the  ­Atlantic  and ftulf  District.  the ASPSU and  CW  Auxiliary funds" to pay  in  building the  Fish  Council  and Improving  Tainalpais Fisheries  reduction plant.  'Was  act ws  an  intermediary  in  bringing  us  lace  T'lie sizipawaers. are going to  attempt to use  the  expenses ef  their  delegates ts a ccnfer­ the  lot  of  the  workers  in his field,  and also  a,i. NLRB' electiott.  ence on negotiations  for the 1940  season.  tw face with the shipowners.  the  war  emergency  as  ai.  weapon  to  beat  Red Rock  Canneries, Inc.  Cannery organ*  in  passing  I feel  I am  entitled  to mention  ' This offer  we accepted  and the strike was  down  the  seamen.  The  Atlantic  and  Giilf  izcd.  the unselfish  and devoted  workers who­ have  men  are prepared te meet the  diallenge for  ALASKA  FISH  CAMKEBY  given  their  efforts  as  organizer*  in  this  California  Packing  Corp.  t­lver  plants  i^.  There esn  be no  denying or  glassing over  they  have  behind riicnt  an  efficientry  or­ field.  During  tim  formative  period the In­ Frultvale and  Emerjrville,  organized",  W mi.eSGK  tlw  fad  that  we  did  net  immediately  win  ganized  and  honestly led  trade union.  ternational  was unable  to atTord  more than,  Seattle.  During  this  period  the"  Inter­ a  $80.00  a  week  wage  scale; fbr  these  or­ SAN FRANCISCO:  Lansing Flsheririi.  Ae«­ duction Plant.  Won an  NLRB election*  national  advanced  Die  sum  of  $650.87  to­ ganizers, and  many of  them existed.on; their  wards  the  maintenance  of  this  Union  at  wages  without  a  per  diem  allowance,  and  PORT HUENEHE:  Oxnard Canneries,  Ino*'  Seattle,  and  an  additionl  sum  of  $832.26.  in no  instance  was  the  per  diem  allowance  Cannery  organized.  ,  ,  mors than  $3.60  a day,  from  AFL.  —  ­ill  in  adi,  I  believe  w*  can  ear  wltfa  SAN  DIEGOt.  This  was  fat­payment af  their barest  n»­ .  ceseities.  such  as  hall rent,  telenhene  Wlla,.  anoIoKiea  to  none,  that  tjie  record  ei  tbe  legal  expense  in  conaeetion­ with  their  at­ Seafarers  Intemationsl  in  the  CsUfomi*  Weatgate  Cannery.  Won  an  NLRB  eleo*  tempts  to get  an. election  from  the  NLR8,.  Fish field  is one  to be  proud  of.  And  when  tlon.  and  much  credit  should  go  to<  that  small  we  view  the  snug  little  treasuries­ of  oar  Sunharimr Cannery.  AVon on  NLRB riee*  group  of  Alaska Fish  Cannery  Workers  at  affiUated  unions,  it  is  no  wonder  that, the  tion.  Seattle  who  have  consistently  maintained m  CIO  is  casting  longing  eyes  in  their  direc­ Old Hfssion Cannery.  Organized,  position  of  attempting  t* reorganieo  their  tion,  and  attempting to­  move  in  and take  fcUow­workers  under  the  banner  of  the  A.  over, particnlarly  since  they  here nsw  bled  From  the  standpoint  of  the  benefits  t«  F.  of  L.  after the  1938­1939  debacle  sell­ their  own  unions  dry.  the  workers  themselves,  the figures  shown  ont  ta the  CIO  in their field  end the­ conie­ Tn  1940  it  became  eiddcnt  that the  work,  in  "EXmBIT  A"  attached  herewUh  sp^  T®  e.i(fefld  fa "Temmy"  D«yle  aufhority  fo  go­  up  the  river  qent  lowering ef  their  working eondHionsw  of  the  Fish  Council  had  grown to  the ex­ for  themeeivcs.  I am  indebted  to  Brother  ^  addition  to  the  help  advanced  to­ this  tent.  that  it  would  be  necessary  to^ put  a  Geo:  Issel  for the  compilation  of  these to*  "  and organize Mississippi and Gulf towboat mcit into the SIU.  group at  Seattle,  the International  gave aid  full­time  man  in  charge,  and  L  xequeated:  ures,  ;  !  to a  similar, group  at San  Francisco,  which  the Fish Council to  elect a man for  this  job,  During  the first  year of  our existence,'In  amounted to  $631.86.  This sum was  to have  but  at  various  meetingis  the  Fish  Council  '"r  To  urge  the  Amariean  Federation  of  Labor  to create  a Mari­ been  paid  back  to  the  International  by  went  on  record  that  the  Acting  President,  addition  to  the  Alaska  Unions,  we  had','the  Meyer  L.  Lewis,  Western Organizer  for the  should  appoint  a  man,  and  therefore  last  Seine­Line  Fishermen  at  Terminal  Iriohd  '  time  Trades  Department  which  would  enable all  AFL  unions  to­ A.  F.  of  L.,  but  to  date  he  has  failed  to  summer  1  appointed  Brother  Geo,  Isset' of  and  San  Fodro ^ chartered;  and  the  Sein*»  work  in  closer  cooperation  toward their  common  good".  Line  at Monterey.  Also the  Hock and  do so.  the  Monterey  Cannery  Workers  for  that  Bait Bbat  Fishermen's  Union at  San  Diego^  «  «  «  work.  I am  glad to  report that  he Ihaa  done  the  direct  supervision  of  the  Inter*  COLUMBIA BXVER  FISH FIEL]>  his  work  faithfully  and  well,  and  has  been  under  national.  ,  .  '  To demand­  that  Mantime  War  Emergency ffoard  create  one  of  considerable  assirianco  to  the  workers  The  Fish  Cannery  unions  were  not  char*  At  Seattle ­was  the  Washington  Trollers  tone and one  bonus rate  for all  waters,  in  this field  and  various  officials  of  the  tered  until  October­Novomber,  1939, filter  Asfn.  and  Uds! ocaauization  affiliated ­with  unions,  »  *  #  considerable  Qiganizational  work  had  been  the  Seafarer*  in  1938­1939.  The  status  of  done by organizers  sent into  the field  byjtha  this  organization  will  be  reported  on  by  Condemning  the  Pacific  shipowners  for  their  selfish  and  un­ LEGKLATIVE  HELD  rintematipnal  at  the  request  of  the .C^ifor*  Bcothm­  Ed Coester­  SUP  agont at  Seattle,  patriotic  actions  in  chiseling  on .contracts  and trying  to  scuttle  and  International  Representative  in  that  As  the  seamen's  union  once  again  grew  nia  Fishermen's  JUnions.  As  soon  afi  th*  territory  who  ia  familiac  with  the  general  strong, and  the American  shipowners found  Fish  Cannery  workdrfi  ­unions  werie  mt^*  all collecKve bargaining rights of  the maritime  unions.  ennditions  in  that  territory,  having  given  they, could  not beat  down  the unions  by  the  bers  of  the  Intetnatiohsl,  largely ­throuKli  *  *  *  oonsiderafale  of  Idfr  time  and effort  in  thut  familiar  wconon  nf  iiBln.ij  atrike­bi­safcers,  the  efforts  of  yitb  B,  Alioto  of  tho  Salna­ field.  Pirofesting  the  relaxation  of  any  laws.  State Or  Federal,  wWch  they  resorted to. new  tactics,  tltat  of  intro­ Lliiu Uiilun  at  Moiitore^i^ considerable  effort  On  the  CoTumWa  River,  we have  the  Co­ ,^ucing  legislation  at Washington,  D.  C.,  in  went  into  the. formation  of  the  California  are designed  to protect women  in  industry.  .  lumbia  River Gill  Net  Fishermen's  Union,  the  Senate  and  Congress,  which  if  passed  Fishermen­Fish  Cannery.  Workers  C6uncil«  *  *  • .    This Council  was  formed  in order to  giv*  and ao in  the case of  the Washington  TroU­ wojild  take awny  gnins made  by the  seamen  ers.  Brothers  Coester  and  John  Massey.  through fighting  on  the  picket  line,  and  in  more  eohesinn  to  the  Fishermen  and  Fistt  Dernamding  that  the  Government  extend  the  benefits  of un­ SUP  agents  in  that  territory,  are  more..  this  endeavor  they  were, helped  from  time  Cannery Workers  problems,  due  to; tbe  fact  employment insurance to seamen  and tishprman,  fomiliar "irith  the present  status of  these ur­ to  time  by  reactionary  anti­seamen  buiaau­ .that  they  were  chartered  as  Intividnat  •   •   •   ganlations than  your acting  president.  They  crats in  Wasbl:­;gton,  and G.  P. stooges  who  onions^,  and  not  as  Difitilct  Unions' as  the  will  report, on  that  territory.  from time to time appeared on behalf of  the  seoinen  are,, and through  their Fish  Connoit  To  condemn  the  creation  of  any  governmental  "Czar"  with  meetiiigsi  wer*  able  to  work  to Bother  its  In. the Columbia  River  Fialt field  in addi­ CIO  seamen  at  Washington,  authority  over  maritime  labor.  tion  to  the  monies  advanced  from  the  Sea­ The  SUP  remained' alei­t  on  these  hills  formulating  their  plans  for  Joint effprts.in  farers  Intl.  the  AFL  spent  come  $886.17  in  and  sent  their  Secretary  to  Washington  negotiations  and.  other  matters  affecting  that field  during  the  paet  two  years,  and  from time to time  to defeat passage  of  theac  their  mntnol  interests.  To  urge  the  Federal  Government  to  boost  benefits  paid  Hiring balls.  A vieiuus attenpt was made  at one  time  wo maintained  three organizers  bills,  and  It  mtiBt  be stated  here  that  with­ in the field  for a  period  of  several  months,  out.  the  unqualified  support  which  we­  *1­ in  1989­  to  do  away  ,wlth  tho  u:iion  'hiring  widows of  men kilied in  action.  and  one  organizer  for  a. period  of  nearly  a  waya  received  from  'WilUBm  Green,  Presi­ halls  and  supplfint  them  with  Government*  year.  dent  of  the  American  Federation  of  Labor,­ (Ccntinned to  Page oeveti)"  rdrgm3wor^foffX^rdvri^'"'«  r  <­ !  I  >  Seafarers' Csnteiilieg Went  ON RECORD  il  �, March  ­• ' • ­ • Pa^c­j^eii­ WESt  COAST  SAILORS  FBH  CAHERY WORKERS  MAKING  GAINS  ORDER  S.  I.  0. BANNER  More  About  FIRST INTERNATIONAL S. i.U. CONVENtlON (Con'liaeed from 'Page  One)  It  has  been a  brief  three  years  that  the  California  cannery  workers  have  been  tiie charges filed against  him  and of  the  recent  at­ affiliated  with  the SIU, imt  within  that  period ^eat  progress  has  been  made  in  both  the  t<icks upon the S­LU.  matter of  wages azMi  wozldng ecHulitions.  "We 'wotild be derelict in our duty  toward the  seamen  if  we  failed  In  a  special  report  submitted  to  the  convention,  it  was  revealed  that  the  7  affiliated  to publicize  the  fact that  the Communist  party  and  iheir  spokesmen  branches have boosted  wage scales  to  as high  as $1.15  per hour, have  reduced the  work  day  are  just as  vicious and  detrimental  to the  seamen,  and  workers  as a  to 8 hours and in many  cases have  • wbole, as the employers.  "As  a  matter  of  fact,  we  know  where  the  employers  stand.  We  won a closed  shop and  union hir­ know  we must  always fight  them,  but  it  is  a  little more  difficult  to  ing hall.  Considering the fact that  detect  the  same  enemies  among  the  Communist  Party  stiffs.  fn  1939  the  cannery  workers  la­ "They bave  ruined many  unions and  misled many  green  workers  bored  aveniee • of 12 boas per  not  familiar  'vrito  their  tactks.  But  we  know  them  and  we  know  their tactics and we will fi^t  them to the end."  '  day  withotft  overdme  and re­ Luialberg's full  report  should be read  carefully by every  member  ceived as tew as SS c«hs aa. iumr,  of  the S.LU., for it gives the complete and accurate  story of  the con­ the oacmtude of  tbe  vktesaes  is  ditions leading up to the formaticHi of  the S.LU. and  the accomplish­ evident  ments of  the SJ.U. in the three years ^ce it was founded.  Following Lundebeig's report, a histf^ of the Atlantic Gulf District  Ibere are SIU caamery and re­ of toe  S.LU.  was given  by  Brother  John Hawk.  This history  traced  duotkm  plant  agreemeads  at tbe  WlwMM, during the past t*w> months a  suH has fceen insfiiuied  ssgahist «ur  the devck^mcst of the District from '39  when it started  with a hand­ foltewlng  locals:  Saai­ Acting !r!tj­<T.atkm»i President, Harry Ltmdeberig. chargmg hinj with misuse of  ful  members, up imtil the present time when it is the largest single  cia,. aichmsad,  £tarti£Ua!, ^  MlSikifi  affiliate in toe  International  with over  12,000 members.  This  report  fundbi, stoctage of nationa] defiensa and various  end sundry otter crimes, and  teicy. Fort BMxeDeme.  Saa Bedto,  is printM In full on page five.  Wteeees, this suit was filed on behalf of one Gertrude Houseman, member  One of the most  important  jobs facing  the delegates  was the adop­ San Diegai,  and Swi Fcamsoa.  tion of a Constitution.  The 35,000 members of  the SXU. represented  of  the  Montwey  local  of  the  fish Cannery  worlers,  and  member  of  their  Ibe  Fittsbuis,  Beoiciai,  Mon­ three different, though relsded, industries.  The Constitution, as finally  executive  board, and  one  Leila  Wolando.  claiming  membership  in  the  San  terey.  Barhmnnd  and  San  Fcan­ drafted, was  deigned to. protect toe rights and interests of each group,  fntncisoo bcal of tbe carmery worfcw, end one Hampson of the Sailors Union  ciseo locails  have been aAiie to se­ but at the same time  set up machinery that  would weld them  into a  single  International  and  thus  increase  their  strength  to fi^t  their  plaoe  &e  preferential  birinf  of the  factfic, and  enemies and bargam  wito the  onployers.  clanse  in  Arir  apBBcaaents  with  Wheraas,  the institution of  this  suit  has  Morlced  a grievous  hardship  upon  The Constitatiao,  as adopted,  assures autonomy  to each  affiliated  our orgamzafions and  our  tniemationBl, and  on  oOr  Acting President  Harry  closed tbep and bkang baM provi­ oiganization and tous protects them from interference from the Inter­ lurnddBSsg, ­csising us to s^ssnd thousands of dollars  in unnecessary legal fees  sions.  In, tbe  past year tbe  nattonal.  The  office  cf  the  Ibesideit  and  the  Secretary­Treasurer,  and other eipendttunes  which  should pn^rly be spent  in organizing  woHiers  teiey and San tecab  bawe  which will be  located in San Francisco for  the coming  year,  will ­be  m our field, and  impiitiwBd tbek  riiaiged  wito Fcjiirraszting the interests of  the affiliates in l^gislsdive  haHa^  ­ariH  cxmduct oz^aniratiomil  driv^ and coordinate the  work of  HVWeeS,  this  suit has  DOW  been  ungualttedly  ei^ies^  as a pkt  oh  Ite  all aifiihttes toward the commcoi goal of improved wages and 'working  «£  ibe  best  part of the  ConawHHst Par^ and ^  California CIO to  smear our  organi­ conditions and job security for the maritime and cannery wcH*kers.  the  iiahulij  are  now  jn  sation  throu^ attads on our Pnesideiit, and to create confusion and distrust  This 'was the first Conventkm in which one Int^natkmal «nbraced  SlUleeals.  Most «f&e locate fasve  in our  rante  so  that they  could attempt  to'move  in our  held and  tahe over  aaavirwz^ fishermai  and cannery wtrisers.  The fitoermoi  were r^re­ been aisle to increase Oadk  eC  • our organization, and  sented by tiie Atlantic Fishermoi's Union,  the Sein and Line  Fisher­ ovectiaae  pay,  have serared a  M  Whereas,  the 'SailoK Union of  Ihg Pacific  has  iahen  unanimous  action  in  men's UnioD,  the  Hook,  I .me and Bait  Boat Fishennai's  Union,  the  mianto rest  in eveay  two  enposmg, and eKpeitling  said Hanf»oit  from  their  nnlcs, and branding him a  Washington TroUers Association, tbe Columbia Riv^ Gill  Fisher­ houo^ wen vacations with pay and  traitor te  the erganizad  Idbor  Tnovement,  and has  also ai^hed one  J. H.  men's  Union,  the  Alaska  TroUers  Associatkm,  the  Alaska  Salmon  reomed tbe cwHsatoe «(two aoi  Parse  Seiners  Unxm and tiie  United  Fishermen  of  Alaska,  Kodiak  and fanr  iMMBS pay  far repsstang  "Medne"  Prevost  after  a  trial  Which  hound  him  guilty  of  being  a polioe  Tialand­ mfomwr, a stool pige«» and trarfor te  his organization, now,  therefore be it  to  wok.  Standby  and  waitiac  The cannery  'workers  were represented  by  the  nine locals off  the  time is new  paid.  Hie  mwiilnjii ii  1: That this oonventioa of the Seateneis International goes on record  Fish Cannery  Workers  Union of  the  Pacific.  The remarkable  gains  have been famed to fonodi shew­ as condemnmg said Cedrude Houseman and Leila Moiando  for ^ir actions  made by  the caimery  workers  is told  in a  story on  i>age  seven.  ers^ toitote.  env  and  swniuteg  in consorlmg with, and vwKldng.svith our enemies, and against the intar^fe ^  Solidatity wito tire SXU. was expressed by  tdegrams that  poured  eqmfmest  as gknes, rubber  our organization, and  brand them  as enemies of the  organized labor move­ into , the  oonvQitioh fixan  trade  unions.  William  Green's  message  boots wad xiddier aprans.  metrt, and that a copy of this resolution be sent te every American Federation  headed the list and he exw^ssed confidence toat toe  delegates would  /  Anotfaa­sate was toe  estab^i^­ of Labor Union in  the.'Slate of CeRfornia and elsewhere.  have a friutiul  session.  Captain C. F.  May, w^dent of  the Masters,  nient of  meal periods eveiy tour  Kid PUtds, appeared  before toe  delegate in person  to extend  SiibmrHied fey,  booni ter  woBsen and every  xree  his |p«etings and siqppori.  hours dor saen. ^epKuved senieri^  John  Massay  Visible evkience of tiie  toU  that tiie  second  world  war has  taken  rigids  have  been  wtm  sod sate­ Frank Delano  of oar ranks 'was  always before  the delegates  in toe  form of  a huge  gusnds  have  been  estaMnbed  Martin  Fransone  plaque listing Broto^s lost  at sea.  The plaque  hung in  the froiit  off  agatei^ toe speed  • 1  V. Fioientma  the Convoitkm hall and bore the names of the S.I.U. and S.U.P. ships  The  procrew  «i toe  ca»ery  ...  Msddme t^uandt  tiiat have gone to the bottom, and listed the names of  the crew mem­ wolteis  is  gEapAiteaS^  deaaon­ frank  Ferrante  bos  lest.  The  cimvention  opened  wito  aU  delegates  standing  in  stratod hy  the eooagpaiadive  wage  Frank Murourio  sileiice for  one minute  m memory of  these lost Brothers.  scale  in  '39 and  '41 ei toe  R*b­ '  Lillian NaoetarO  There  wfll  be  many  Conventions­held  by  the  Seafarers toterna­ moad.  Bauria  and  Mactines  lo­ Paul lays  tional In toe  years to con^ and the organization  is destined  to grow  cals. The mmimiiaa scale for atoi  in size and  strength.  But few Conventions  will rank  in  importance  befrae toe  SlU took over was 75c  with the one just concluded and it is hard to imagine future delegates  . per  iiour.  13ie  presost  «iteinunn  more dedicated  to honest  and progressive  trade unionism  than  those  scale, after two yeas of SiU lead­ Moffe  JUioiif  who came to  San Francisco  in Marrii,  1942.  ershte,  is  95c  hour.  In toe  satee period toe hour day was re­ duced  bpom  12  to  8  and  doidde  time is now paid after 12 teuirs.  Today the cannery wrafcezs face  great difficulties due to the reduc­ (Contiaiied  Ama r»ge Bix)  is  infeziar  in  nil  leqiectB  to  what  the  sea­ tion of  the  fishing  filets on  the  aontnoUed  liiring halls  on  iiaes famQisr  to  men now enjoy.  The fight  to do away with  Paci&: Coast. The war emergency  MsxDen  anS  Imawn  as tim  alii  aotoriona  the Jones Act  waa intondfied agaia in 19M  These were 'to be  and  1941' in  Wtehington,  D.  G., and  again  may fmce  furtoi» ­cuitrihnent  of  ahipiiinir  board  £nfc  • we were sucoessfol  is heating tins measure  .under the aupervisioe of the Suuplas Com­ the fishing  industry. Tbe SIU has  misBionerB.  flidr haUs  were xxpened  op on  hadi;.  hiA teere'  Is  no dmdit  that  the  dup­ demonstrated to  the  canneTy  the Atlantic  Coast  in iHew  Tork naA  BatU­ • owners ­will tzy this angle  mganu  Beading  Clerk—Bill  Alioto,  SL  Credentials Committee  —  Johii  woiliierE, however, timt the way to  more,  and  Joe  Corran,  President  of  the  Soard.  In 1941, tec  ddvowsMia and tedr  FU, Monterey.  Massey,  SUP;  M.  D.  Biggs,  SIU,  tried te  hare  «  preserve their gates te  bad tteies  SWCr, wree them  his hteniae and endurwud  steagta  Master  at  Anas—John  Lavoie,  Atlantic ­ Gulf; Bill Alioto, SLFU.  te hire  tnhing srer eontrol af tee res  men's  and to eytond to^i  in good,' is to  ­Otses, mid instraited hte.aBemhea^n  ^ntoey; James Waugh,  FCWl^  ted  Oris  sras  Hsdksd tenrete  jotet  tbroeiii the £nfc halls  SUP.  affiliate with the SeafaiiQCs.  sf  SOP­SIIJ. sad testsad  we  wm mOe te  ­f  Orgauhring and Grievence C«m­ San Pedro.  TSei fiSaP  end tee  aC  aad  MSOWdW,  vet • mten    hreud  «t teste  mrei  who  dmd  Publicity Committee  — Barne:^  wite JHTW  SM  phaaici teia  lodi  imhaii'iiUi  wlte tee  war  l^as  and  'war  xnittae:  Seamm — Charles Bren­ Wtmr  xhiiw were  dUaatifaa to  ner, SUP; Mathew  D. Biggs,  SIU,  Mayas, F. Miller,  N. Perry.  <te  PaeMc  Ceaat  wlA  JOHJ  «ak  eiewa  Atiantk­Gulf;  M.  Polaner,  SIU,  Rules Committee — C. Brenneij,  Vaciaas other  amtteis dealing  'with  eea­ Uk tedh teek  Bnat.  Tfcejr  meai and Steennen on a nathnud  seaie hare  Cheat Lakes; Hugh Murphy,  SIU,  SUP; W.  Armstrong,  SIU,  Atlan­ with  an  gPP­MWWW  pUhet  Mae  in  Thllllinknin  aid  TlintlTi. red  Ate  been fought from  tame to thee in 'Washing­ Canada; BiU Snow, SUP; R. Dick­ tic­Ckilf; D. R.  Campbell,  FCWU,  Monterey; F. Lucido, ST .TO, MonL  teda  were  ehared  oC  and rent  nrettoid te  ton. and  the SDP has  sent ita  Secretary  in  SrtJ,  Atlantic­Guit  theanetOreat. Tkm a tteh hd evened in  to  do  this  'WDih  and  • erezyhedr has faaaw­ terey; L.  Nacatero,  FCWU,  Pitts­ PRABMIMCWr  fitsd  thcrchy,  i Gxievanoe Cam­ burg.  r II  irii. wm .ant  « ten  WMBOM temopi  it.  araianen laiiHirtur 2^ ja  Bony landdbeig.  Work­ Resolutions Committee  — John  te  TaieHwit Creen  v^ rest  wflA Mm  wMh  a  iuxteoF  report  op  IreSslative  and  l^al  m—Bin Alioto, SLFU, Monterey;  vic«­raBam>sa?T  Massey, SUP; O. Banks,  SIU,  At­ tenrer  EaiAlns.  Seetjr.  nt  Ctentenee. red  matters  ­vteich  hare  ttAu  handled  for  ue  Joba  Bawk,  Secreteiy­TMaaur­ «e  «m enoreesld  in oiAifvtec  the  Oeh  hgr  Attemey Charies  Jimigan, nf  tbe  Caii­ Te*  Skinner,  HLBBFtl,  San  Di­ lantic­^ulf; F. Delano, SIU, Great  fioimla State Adezatian of  labor.  ego;  Frank  Mercurio,  FCWU,  Lakes; M.  Franzone,  FCWU,  Safi  hdl vet av. '  «r of  AtlmaOe  dh  CUf  SKU.  Alien  Bill.  In  1939­lMO  in  lyaBhineton' ^ The delegates  can well appreciate  the fact  Pittsburg;  George  Issel,  FCWU,  Pedro; Pauline Furth, FCWU, Safi  8E(3RETARY­TREASURm  we  were  able  to defeat  discriminatory  biiis  that in  our field,  covering as  it does  such  a  Monterey;  Paul  Bays,  FCWU,  Tex Skinner.  aimed  at  alien  seamen  and fishermen  bar­ vast territory,  there are many  incidents and  Richmond;  Bee  Renfro,  FCWU,  Diego; Madeline  Quandt,  FCWU,  EXECUTIVE BOARD  ring them from  saiiing and fisbing  in Amer­ particulars  which  have  not  been  touched  Benicia; Val Fiorentino,  SLFU, L.  upon,  and  this report  as  it  is  is  lengthier  Huerieme;  Helen  Sievers,  FCWU,  A. Hai bor Area.  Vlto  Alioto,  Business  Agent,  ican ShiliB.  UteniM; K^le,  American diins.  Aniirel  'than  I like,  but  it  has  for  its  purpose  the  San Francisco;  Andrea  Gomez,  F  taeine  Ab  IMe  Officers' Reports (Finenoe Cois­ before  various Government  bodies in  Wash­ task  of  trying  to  acquaint  the  ddegates  CWU,  San  Pedro; Pauline  Furth,  mlttee}—^M.  Weisberger,  SUP;  J.  Union  of  Monterey.,  ­with  our  main  problems.  A  tremendous  ington  for higher  manning  scale and  better  amount  of  detail  work  has  been  handled  FCWU, San Diego; L.  Molina,  AF  Mogan,  SIU,  Atlantic  ­  Gulf;  D.  Mrs.  Andrea  Gomez,  Business  quarters to  be built  in American  ships.  through the  Seafarers office,  and those  who'  CWU,  Seattle.  Dwy^, SIU, Great Lakes; L. Mar­ Agent," Terminal  Island  Local,  Tubercuiosia  Hospital.  ­ Successful  in hav­ hare  ­worked  in  the  ofiiae  hare  done  an  Fish  Cannery  Workcra  of  the  ing  a  bill  introduoed  eetaUlaiiing  a  new  faithfully  and'for  small  wages  in  order  to  Cmwtitution  Committee  —~£d  tin,FCWU,  Monterey;  Charles  hospital  on  the  Pacific  Coast  for  seamen,  help  build  this  organization.  'We  ore  ail  Coester,  SUP;  John  Hawk,  SIU,  Waid, SIU,  Atlantic ­ Gulf; James  Pacific.  there  has  been  no  action  to  date  on  indebted  to those  who have  worked  to build  Atlantic  ­ Gulf;  M.  Polaner,  SIU,  Waugh, FCWU, L.A. Harbor Area';  Morris  Weisberger,  New  "Sfbrk  but  this no  doubt due  to the  war.  this organization,  and  no one  has been able  Great Lakes;  B. Guilford,  FCWU,  N. Bellici, SLFU, Monterey.  .  Agent,  Baiters  Union  of toe.  Jones  Act.  'Par  the  past fifteen  yeara,  to  use  this  organization  in  order  bo  build  San  Pedro;  Tex  Skinner,  HLBB  Legislative — Ed. Coester, SUP;  Pacific.  shipowners  have  introduced  bills  in  'Wash­ a  soft spot  for  themselves.  Patrick  McHugh,  Secretary­Treas­ ington,  D.  C.,  trying  to  take  away  the  Each  Union  will  be  banded  a  certified  FU, Monterey; J.  McWalteis,  Ma­ John  Hawk,  SIU,  Atlantic­Gulf;  right  of  a  seaman  and  a fisherman  to, sue  copy  of  the  Auditor's  report,  together  with  rine  Pursers,.  Seattle;  Agnes  Tu­ D.  M.  Biggs,  SIU,  Atlantic­Gulf;  urer  Atlantic  Fishermen's  Un­ for  damages  if  Injured  on  board  a  ship,  a  detailed report on  espenditurea,  oto,  FCWU,  San  Francisco.  M. Polaner, SIU, Great Lakes; Bill  which  right  to  ouo  through  court  actioa  Lofs  hope  we  have  a  constructive  oon­ Arxangemenis  Committee—Bill  Alioto,  SLFU,  Monterey;  ­L  Coester,  Seattle  Agent,  Sajl­ was  given  to the  seamen by  the  Jones  Act,  ventkm,  and  keep  her  "Steady  as  Ehe  passed  in  1920.  There  are  only  two  types  Goes,"  Alioto,  SLFU,  Monterey;  M.  D.  Waugh,  FCWU,  Sah  Pediv);  [ors  Union  of  the  Pacific.  »  worker  In  America  who  has  this  right,  Biggs, SIU, Atlantic ­ Gulf; James  George  Issel,  FCWU,  Monterey;  D.  Miggs,  Gulf  Representa­ of  '  Pmtemcliy suhmitted,  namely  the  seamen  and  railroad  • workers,  Waugh,  FCWU,  San  Pedro;  M.  Patrick McHugh,  Atlantic Fisher­ HARRY LUNDEBERO,  ,  »ive,  Atlantic  &  Gulf  District  and  the shipowners  want the  seamen  under  men's Union.  Acting  President.  Weisberger,  SUP.  •  the SIU.  the  Longshore  A  Harborwrorkcrs  Act,  which  Resolution Blasting Stool Pigeons Passed By Convention Vote nffiEE  YEAR  HIST<ntY  OF  IME  SEAFARERS'  INTERNATiOliAL  MHMfiHHdMem  FwlMR  These Standing Convention Committees Laid the Ground . Work For the International �OE|.EaAtE$  from  the  Cannery  Workers  get  together  on  th«  roof  of  tho  Whitoomb  Hotel.  (stomHng)  Mrs.  Frafik  Foster,  Andrea. Gomex and  Helen  • elvers, (seated)  Rose JortOofifPamcH  Bunt^ and Clllian  Naoatere."  to. . ATLANTIC  AND GULF  REPRESENTATIVES—W­  D.  and  R.; E.­Diokey.  •  ,  ­  ­  HARRY  LUMDEBERG  setUei  a  beef  over  the  telephone  between  Cbnventloii  oesolono.  ^  >4MMY  WAUQH  of  the  Fish  Canney  Workers,  talkJiia  with  Hugh  Muiphy  of  ;  '  .ihb  Britfoh  Columbia  Beamon'o  ifntoh  alsf  VHb  Aikitd  of  the  Seine  and  'Uho  ;#tshermon*s  Upioilof  hidnloroy,V  .  :  : J  ...  ­  A/  vv :.:  :k:'_  GREAT  LAKES  SlO  DELEGATES­rFrank­OilslaiiW/ ^hraidy^^^^  '•  •  iH*'­' A­'V.­­ ••  •  "PART­OF­TKE­SUF' pELEQATIQN­­r($tandlnii) Ed Coestef  and Johhny Lavoie.'  ifsoat^i  John  Sfsssev.  Aforrie  Wslebenior­end  Cfiarlee  BrenheA  li  j  ;l  • i   vyaiawpi  ,  h •  v­it.S'­.  i  'aiw..3 .  SSaS­ifSirtKiidaafc.,:.  I • "wdfes'tf  � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource March 30, 1942 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: LUNDEBERG ELECTED INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT; HEADQUARTERS IN 'FRISCO SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OFFICIALS ELECTED TO SERVE FOR THE COMING YEAR SIU PRESSES WEST COAST ORGANIZING OF TANKERS SEAFARERS CONVENTION SIDELIGHTS SEC.-TREAS. SKINNER TO TAKE OFFICE AT ONCE; 'FRISCO TO BE HEADQUARTERS 3 YEARS HISTORY OF SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL IS REVIEWED ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT MAKES BIG STRIDES SINCE '39 SEAFARERS CONVENTION WEST ON RECORD FISH CANNERY WORKERS MAKING GAINS UNDER SIU BANNER RESOLUTION BLASTING STOOL PIGEONS PASSED BY CONVENTION VOTE THESE STANDING CONVENTION COMMITTEES LAID THE GROUND WORK FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BUSY DELEGATES AT THE FIRST CONVENTION IN 'FRISCO Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. IV, No. 10 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 3/30/1942 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1942 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/9679005fd36fdf932bcc78af0f069a15.PDF 611ba469768a78df4058ffafadb89bc1 PDF Text Text /-• SECURITY IN UNITY Vol. VIK ^ OfTUaAL OaaAN OF THE ATLAHTIO AND GULF DISTRICT, aS&FABEBS' INTERNATIONAL UNI(»T OF NORTH AMERICA NEW YORK. N.Y., FRIDAY. MARCH 30. 1945 No. 13 53 SIU Men Decorated For Heroism Seafarers Is Set For Big Organizing Drive By PAUL HALL This is it, fellows! We're going to open a drive to or­ ganize the unorganized. This is the moment the union has been waiting for over the past few years. Now is the pay-off. All of our early fights to win contracts in 1938 and '39, all of our day-to-day struggles to build the SIU One Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal, 45 Mariner's Medals awarded posthumously, and 7 Mariner's Medals awarded for wounds and suffering as the result; of enemy action, were presented to SIU men in the official award lists released this month by the War Shipping Administration. Not only did SIU men receive a great percentage of the awards made, but the highest award available to seaman, the Merchant Marine Leads Coast Strike into its present dominent place fakers. We can also expect them as the best union on the water­ to follow their usual line when front, all of our sacrifices of men we go to work on them and it to Heep the ships sailing in war begins to hurt, that is, their usual time—all of these struggles were cries of all the way from "Rob­ aimed toward the day when we bers" to "Nazis." The thing that would be big enough and strong will make a success of the Sea­ enough to go out into the field farers' fight is work—^plain, hard and win new contracts. This is work and plugging! It requires the day. the cooperation and support of For liie past 12 months we have the entire membership. The fin­ been carefully preparing so that est officials in the world cannot we would liave the machinery to accomplish anything unless they fight with. Today, we not only ai*e backed up by rank and file have the machinery to go into membership. This does not mean President Herbert Sorrell of the fight with, but that machinery just good wishes and moral sup­ is in good order and capable of port. Jt means 100% backing all the Conference of Studio Unions taking on a tremendous load, and down the line, whether it is in a (AFL) is leader of the strike of pntting^ up a hard fight. fight on the dock or negotiations that had 19,000 Hollywood movie " On the Wegt Coast, the SIU- with the shipowners. SUP has succeeded in organizing We have the thing that is nec­ workers out and threatened clos­ the toughest tanker outfits in the essary—an educated membership. ing of movie houses in a retal­ Industry while getting the best Along with the officials that they iatory move by the International agreements ever known in the have recently elected, this mem­ Alliance of Theatrical Stage Em­ "tanker field.' At the same time bership will lay out programs ployes (AFL). Jufisdictional dis­ they gave the NMU the licking and study them so as to concert of their lives, practically running and direct their efforts to any pute between the two is cause them out of existence on the particular point they so desire. of the strike. West Coast. This is what will accomplish re­ \ Here on the East Coast, even sults. before bur machinery wa« in or­ der, we had made inroads into It is up to all of us to carry to the tanker and 'unorganized the unorganized seamen on all freighter field. Now, with every­ Coasts and all ships the word of thing in battle order, we can ex­ the Seafarers. It is up to all of CLEVELAND — An estimated pect to redlly be going to town us to show these unorganized total of 14,000 officers and seamen men the difference between trade in a short while. It is well to will be needed within the next 30 note'too that we have the same unionism in the Seafarers and days, when the Great Lakes bulk the NMU. tools on this coast as was used cargo fleet begins its 1945 move­ on the West Coast—^bold leader­ So, let us take facts from the ship—militant membership — the record—^let us take them into all ments on April 1. finest basic unionism and trade fields—^let us show all seamen Assurances have been given by union labor policy in the mari­ that the only way to successful the Coast Guard that its facilities conditions is not through follow­ would" be given to open the ship­ time industry. — ing any finky political line, but ping lanes, in spite of heavy ice This will be quite a scrap and we are going to face some pretty that the true way to conditions blockades reported in some areas. "tough opposition. The shipown­ is to fight right at the point of An earlier start is being made ers have millions of bucks to production for "them in the same this year to meet the estimated fight us with and they are willing manner which the Seafarers have requirements of essential prod­ done to get the highest wage to spend plenty of it. ucts, and shipping this year is The Commies, after being driv­ scale and conditions ever known expected to break the all-time en out of the West Coast, are now in the industry. record set in 1944. preparing a drive in this area, All SIU Great Lakes men not only so as to take their mem­ MINE STRIKE VOTE should report now to their union berships' problems out of their mind, but to try to save, a little The nation's coal miners today halls. Following are the ad­ face at the severe fanny-kicking gave John L. Lewis an over­ dresses: that they received at the hands whelming vote of confidence and Buffalo, 10 Exchange St.; of the SIU-SUP on the West the authority to call them out on Cleveland, 24 W. Superior Ave.; strike. The vote, taken under the Detroit, 1038 Third St.; South Costst. We can expect the same usual povisions of the. Smith-Connally Chicago, 9131 S. Houston Ave.; dislpuption and confusion that Act, was more than 6 to 1 in Chicago, 1014 E. St. Clair Ave.; follows any of these so-called or­ favor of strike action if it be­ Milwaukee, 730 S. Second St.; Duluth, 531 W. Michigan St. ganizing campaigns of the NMU came necessary. Great Lakes Season Opens •Distinguished Service Medal, wail* presented to SIU Ordinary Sea­ become exhausted in his attempt to rescue a third shipmate. In man Mike Kuzma. spite of his own injuries, Kuzma Kuzma was aboard the tanker succeeded in towing both men Virginia when she was struck by out of the flaming area and in two enemy torpedoes. She ex­ supporting them until they were ploded and the surrounding picked up by rescue craft. For water became an inferno of this deed, "exemplifying the burning gasoline. Only 14 men creed of the merchant seamen," survived the death trap. Kuzma was severely burned in the blast, he was presented the Distinguish­ but swam through the fiame- ed Service Medal. swept water to assist another Mariner's Medals were awardbadly burned seaman who had (Conthmei on Page 5) Predictions Of Desperate Nazi Submarine Warfare Their sacred Rhineland overrun, their armies routed and confused, the former Nazi supermen are staking their, existence on the "secret weapon" of World War I—an allout submarine offensive to cut the Allied supply lines* Spotlighted by a determined, though unsuccessful, E-boat: attack against a European-bound*;;; Allied convoy last week—a con­ voy that contained many SIU vessels — this unrestricted sub­ marine warfare has been fore­ cast by many military observers, and by the Nazis themselves. Many observers, from Major George Fielding Eliot to the The Glamour Boys of South South Street scuttlebutt sales­ Street were imexpected casualties men, have warned of this one as the Battle of the Curfew raged last fling left to the desperate into a climax in New York City Nazi overlords. The Germans this week. themselves have been boasting Several unidentified wipers of a new midget submarine—the dressed up as admirals, first class, latest of their "secret" weapons were stopped by the SP's as they that wiU win t)ie war. Last week's convoy, protected by an extensive air and sea cov­ er, suffered no losses and reach­ ed its destination safely. The Eboats, attacking in groups from the coast of Holland, made sev­ eral futile and fatal attempts to reach the convoy. Major Eliot, writing in the New York Herald Tribune, warn­ ed of an impending submarine offensive. "The Germans," said Major Eliot, "are known to be collecting considerable numbers of U-boats in Norwegian ports, and at least a score of these submarines are tried to enter a Broadway gini fitted with a new device which mill after midnight enables the submarines to draw "Nix," said the SP's. in air while remaining submerg­ "But we 'ainT sailors. We're ed. Thus, the imderwater cruis­ merchant seamen," said Our He­ ing radius of the submarine is roes. greatly increased, and it is en­ "The orders says no uniforms," abled to avoid detection by air­ said the SP's, "and that's what craft to a much greater extent you got plenty of." Hung by their own gold braid. (Continued on Page 3) Merchant Seamen Obey Curfew —^By Request! o • I',, -'V w;' , �Page Two THE SEAFARERS Friday, March 30, 1945 LOG History Of The Union Lal^l SEAFARERS LOG Published by the SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor HARRY LUNDEBERG ------ President iby Market Street, $an Francisco, Calif, JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station Pi; New York City MATTHEW DUSHANE - - - Washington Rep. 424 Jth Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. H. ^ Directory of Branches BRANCH NEW YORK (4) BOSTON (10) BALTIMORE (2) PHILADELPHIA NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS (16) CHARLESTON (9) SAV,\NNAH TAMPA JACKSONVILLE MOBILE SAN JUAN. 28 P.R. PUERTO RICO GALVESTON HOUSTON ADDRESS PHONE 51 Beaver St.—HAnover 2-2784 330 Atlantic Ave.—Liberty 4057 14 North Gay St.—Calvert 4539 6 North 6th St.—Lombard 7651 25 Commercial PI.—Norfolk 4-1083 339 Chartres St.—Canal 3336 68 Society St.—Charleston 3-2930 220 East Bay St.—Savannah 3-1728 423 East Piatt St.—Tampa MM-1323 920 Main St.—Jacksonville 5-1231 7 St. Michael St.—Dial 2-1392 ^ ^ ^ 45 Ponce de Leon—San Juan 1885 219 20th St.—Galveston 2-8043 6605 Canal Street PUBLICATION OFFICE: 51 BEAVER STREET New York, (4) N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 '267 The Manpower Draft ss —Justice them over," discussing replacing women in industry, and the rest of that talk that sounds like tightened belts rather than three squares a day. And that's where the slave labor bill comes in. Suppose the slave labor bill is passed and really enforced. The first casualty will be the trade union movement.. You'll get yourself a job off the dock. The pay will be prettf low, so you and your shipmates get together and decide to pile off. Well, along comes the government and says-you're "frozen" or else it's off to the brig. Get the idea? It is nothing more or less than an anti-union drive to get us back tothe days dear to the hearts of all operators— the open shop. Under the manpower draft all freedom of movement is gone; militant action to maintain wage and working con­ ditions, raised only through so many years of bloody struggle against the operators and their goon squads, would be impossible. There is orily One answer. In this great fight to once again "make the world safe for democracy" we must not win it abroad to lose it at home. America cannot b<^ free unless Labor is free. It would appear that the wair in Europe is approaching a speedy end. As our armies race over the "sacred soil" of the Third Reich, through the demoralized Nazi armies, the long awaited day of V-E cannot be far away. Victory in Europe dc)es not mean the end of the war, of course; it will mean the intensification of our effort against Japan. But one thirig is certain, and that is that a one frcint war will not take more material than Has the two front war. The United Mine Workers, one of the few unions left And so it is more than curious that as the end of the that hasn't been bamboozled into dropping the fight for Furopean conflict nears; the louder grow the cries for a fair conditions, an,d the coal operators are closing in for a draft of labor. ; showdown on their new contract. It is more than curious that v/hat was not considered Hearing the howl that has been raised over the miners' a "must" legislation back in the dark days of Pearl Harbor demands (they reached clear over to Yalta), you might has assilmed such huge proportions as we near the end of think that John L. Lewis was taking over the country. the long haul in Europe. Actually; the miners who have been notoriously underpaid, Beyond the phony cries of material shortages are the wretchedly housed, arid ill fed, have raised no revolutionary testimonies of the Army higher-ups themselves that there is actually no shortage at all; that the productivity of demands. They are asking for conditibns that long have'been i^erican labor has exceeded expectations. The bottleneck, if any, is certainly not in labor's productivity, but iii the granted in other industries: tools of production paid for by the operators (free explosives and safety equipment), general management of distribution. wage differentials for the second and third shifts, increased American seamen have done more than their share in vacations with pay. Even the most controversial demand, ferrying ^he supplies across. The brass hats theniselves for payment by the operators of fen cents per ton into testified to the piles of goods lying on the docks of the the uniori treasury for "mcklern medical and surgical .French harbors, xmabled to be moved because of military service, hospitalization, irisrirance" etc., is not new in trade transportation "SNAFU." union history; arid at least two unions in this area have Why then all the howling for slave labor? such contractual agreements. From where we sit it seems that the administration The kept press of the operators arid the iridustrialists ' is pointing beyond the present situation. We think it is are, of course, vociferously opposed to these demarids. It Iboking beyon(i the war into the days of global peace. It is might cut into their profits a bit. But the loudest howl looking ahead to the days wheii the boys are back and has come from those intrepid champions of the working looking for the 60 million jobs that everybody's talking class—-meiribefs 6f the Comiriunist Party who called it a about. "strike plot against the nation" and a conspiracy to "shatter Maybe there will be 60 million jobs. But the big boys the decisions of Yalta." act as though they really don't believe it themselves. At Union sabotage by theSe Comunists, is nothing new, any rate, they are making provisions for mass unemploy­ as witness their actions in the Montgomery Ward Strike: ment, talking about 52 weeks of unemployment insurance, The only satisfactiriri from- these fink tactics is that they for servicemen, severance pay for war workers "to tide will "Yalta" themselves right out of the union movement. Miners Are Slandered St;' The Union Label is as rich ill tradition as the emblem of any other organization in all history. From the time of early Rome, when Pompilius organized the . crafts of his day into guilds, down to the formations of the present Alnerican labor unions, there is evidence that various groups Ol organized workers have used some symbol to distinguish theilj products from those of others in the market place. In early Rome, Pompilius or­ ganized guilds of musicians, car­ penters, and other trades whicH proved so successful Julius Cae­ sar later used to further his own plans for social reform. The guilds were later traced to the ancient Saxons in England about the eighth century. They provided the instrument for law ' and order and a sound social structure. The guilds spread to the continent to such an extent that law makers and courts be­ came employed against support­ ers of the labor rtiovement. The Union Label idea may havei been implanted from the Gold­ smith's Company stamp or "hallmark" placed on gold or silvel? articles to attest their jjurity and quality of workmanship, first used in the fifteenth century. Among the other craft guilds, the first to attain a position of strength comparable fo that of modern labor, unions were thei weavers, who were powerfully organized in Flanders and Bra­ bant. Their products having ai world-wide market, rather thani . a local one, gave the weavers unusual advantages. Trade regu­ lation and protecfion were this guild's aims and it spread rapidly. In 1756 the weavers, finding ap­ prenticeship regulations and fixed wage standards flouted by em­ ployers, carried on a strike. This strike proved very successful. Iii 1802 laws were passed in Eng­ land against guilds and trade Unions, but this was combatted by workers combining under , the the cloak of Friendly Societies. Since 1824 Labor Unions in Eng­ land have enjoyed a sort of re­ cognition under law. The strug­ gles of the British guilds paved the way for the American Laboij Union, which in turn has giveh" the world's workers many useful ideas, not the least of which is the Union Label. LOOK FOR THE UNION LABEL! DEMAND UNION-MADE GOODS! —FORD FACTS } �•% THE friday. March 30, 1945 SEAFARERS LOG Page Three Stowage Rules For Liberties LABOR'S RECORD SINCE PfARL HARBOR ONLY ONE TENTH OF 1% OF AVAIUBLE WORKING TIME HAS PFEN LOST THROUGH STRIKES ... JAN. I < h ... OR, ABOUT 1 DAY OUT OF 3 YEARS INCREASE IN PRODUCTION PER WORKER DEC. 1942 Fi 99 9 Fi9999 100% APRIL 1944 130-135% SOURCE; WAR fROpUCTIQN BOARP ^ Nazi Submarine Warfare J (Continued front Page 1) than was formerly the case. "This seems likely to bring about submarine operations at focal points of traffic, notably in the vicinity of British ports where the Coastal Command of the Royal Air Force formerly made U-boat warfare suicidal. The reason the time for the re­ newal of the U-boat effort seems near is that if it is to do Ger­ many any good it must come soon. "It may be presumed," added Major Eliot, "that Allied air and naval forces, having had ample notice of German plans, will be ready to deal with the new Uboats. Hehvy shipping losses in the North Atlantic now would be p serious embarrassment, because of the switch of shipping to the Pacific and the increased de­ mands of the great offensive in the west iand the need for reliisf tonnage to take care of the starv­ ing people of liberated Europe." German broadcasts have been boasting of alleged successes for a new midget submarine. Nazi radio declared that the new ves­ sels penetrated the Thames es­ tuary to attack an Allied convoy and sank one freighter and prob­ ably another one. The new craft is described as just big enough for one man. Be­ fore entering the ship, a man must train several months and "for the last three days live on a light diejt," probably Hitler's promises. The "last gasp" theme is ad­ vanced by the Nazis themselves. "Present U-boat activity," said one German commentator, "is most promising for the develop­ ment of the West front situation. and even indirectly promises re­ lief to our hard-pressed East front. Every ship sunk now car­ rying supplies to the Allies' West front armies is worth two or three sunk during the last U-boat offensive." Nazi submarine warfare has extracted a heavy toll from mer­ chant seamen. Official casualty lists, through January 31, show 5,438 officers and seamen have been reported dead or missing, while 579 are listed as prisoners of war. Since the start of the war, more than 32,000 American merchant seamen have been shipwrecked through enemy action, but be­ cause of improved safety equip­ ment and naval protection only 16 per cent have been lost—an average of seven out of a normal crew of 42. The stepping-up of its undersea attack by the Nazis intensifies the danger for the least publisized of any of the nation's forces—the merchant marine. Do the Congressmen dawdling over the Merchant Marine Bill of Rights read the papers? Good Union Men Found On The SS Mayo Brothers It sure isn't a blue Monday when you can start the week off on a ship like the SS Mayo Brothers of Waterman SS Co. We just had time to set our bags down when the delegates of all departments were ready with their books and crew lists. No beefs and not a man of the crew drunk. Every man of the crew had a good word for the skipper, and most of this crew are staying; WASHINGTON, March 22— The War Shipping Administra­ tion has directed its general agents to make changes in meth­ ods of stowage and preservation of food supplies on all Libertytype ships now under their oper­ ation or hereafter delivered them. The WSA order, issued by G. H. Helmbold, Assistant Deputy Administratoi: for ship operations, sets out instructions with respect to the temperatures at which the various food compartments are to be maintained. These instruc­ tions will be supplemented by the issuance of a detailed stow­ age plan for each of the various refrigerator boxes aboard ship which will provide better ventila­ tion in the boxes and improve sanitation. Specific Instructions Given T' e order, which is the result of surveys and studies made of stowage and preservation of food ab?)ard ships, conveys specific in­ structions on boxes for egg and cheese (formerly dairy box), meat and vegetables. Among other changes in the 'egg and cheese box" shall be not be obtained, a suitable sub­ the installation of two vertical stitute material should be used. battens several inches from the Guard Rail Required cooler pipes. A hasp and padlock 4. A 4-inch metal guard rail must be installed on the door of shall be fitted on shelves and a the "meat box" and changes or­ removable vertical partition dered with respect to the "veg­ (wood or metal) shall be supplied etable box" include the following: for forward end of shelves to 1. If at present the blower is provide secure storage of cornnot located in the forward in­ modities on shelves. board corner with 15-inch min­ The ship's companion-way is imum clearance behind, it shall required to have metal sheeting on the under side of portside be moved to this location. companion ladder directly out­ 2. To improve drainage, a metal side ship's refrigerated boxes to drip plan shall be provided under keep dirt, etc., from falling the blower and connected to a through on to deck below. IV2 inch soil pipe secured to the forward bulkhead and leading Superseding and replacing all previous instructions with refer­ down to the deck. ence to refrigeration tempera­ 3. Two canvas curtains over­ tures, the following temperatures lapping 3-inch at'the center shall shall be maintained in all boxes: be attached with hooks to the Egg and cheese box—30-31 de­ inside of the vegetable box door. These curtains shall be of such grees Fahrenheit; never below length to come with 2 inches of 30. , Vegetable box—32-34 degrees the deck and they will be of such width that the two combined Fahrenheit. Meat and fish boxes shall have will fully cover the entire en­ trance. The curtains shall be temperatures as low as possible, weighted at the bottom with never above 10 degrees Fahren­ pockets of stand. If canvas can­ heit. FIVE YEARS SEA TIME STILL REQUIRED FOR CITIZENSHIP As many foreign born seamen have found out, the bill sponsored by Senator George L. Radcliffe, and now before the U.S. Senate to give citizenship to foreign seamen who have served three years aboard an American owned ship during war time, has not yet been passed. Because of this, the old provision demanding five* ; ; years' sea time before elegibility dence in in the the United United States and six months residence in the state, for citizenship still stands. An inquiry to the Immigrants' but his service on the vessel will Information Bureau, publishers be considered part of such resi­ of the Handbook of American Ci­ dence. His service and his good tizenship. gave the following in­ conduct during such service must formation as far as a foreign be proved by two citizen wit­ nesses or by duly authenticated born seaman is concerned: copies of records of the depart­ "A person who served with ment having custody of the rec­ good conduct for five years on ords of such service, or if he board a ship belonging to the served on a private vessel by a United States Government, but certificate from the master of other than a Navy, Marine or such vessel." Coast Guard vessel or on any American boat of more than 20 Under the Radcliffe Bill the tons, which has its home port in procedure is simplified and the the United States, may apply for requirements are eased. The Bill citizenship without applying for provides citizenship to foreign a first paper and in any court born seamen who have served having naturalization jurisdic­ three years, in war time, on Am­ tion. He must file his petition erican owned vessels. In order to for a second paper either while obtain his papers the seaman in the service or within six must promise to "continue to months after the termination of serve . . . until cessation of hos­ his service. He does not need to tilities in which - the United prove on what date he arrived States is presently engaged un­ nor the manner in which he ar­ less prevented from doing so by rived. If the service ended more illness." than six months prior to the If he voluntarily ends his sea filing of his petition he must service, his papers would be i-eprove five years continuous resi- voked and his citizenship can­ celled. This crew made this ship with No declaration of intention, the help of a good union-minded certificate of arrival or period of Captain, from what we were told residence is required under the by different crew members. She Radcliffe Bill. It is not even was lousy when they shipped on necessary that the applicant in Norfolk two months ago. Good speak English or pass a literacy work fellows, you are real union test. men, not just book carriers. However, the Bill is not yet JOHNNY JOHNSTON. passed. The old law is still in ef­ CLAUDE FISHER. fect, and a foreign seaman must JOE WREED. follow the proceedure shown above. —N. Y. Patrolmen Twice As Good Cheesecake alway makes news and here is some hot off the wires. From time to time the Seafarers Log will bring you the best of this type of art. You don't mind seeing double when you look at "twin-ups" Patty and Barbara McClean. They're the first set of twins ever to appear in a major movie pro­ duction. �m0 Idi! ^ It: '•• t Page Four THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, March 30, 1945 Seamen's Bill Of Rights Now Pending A "Seamen's Bill of Rights" to give to merchant sea­ men the same postwar protection that has been granted to the armed forces "has'been'introduced before Congress hy Representative J. Hardin Peterson (Dem., Florida). .While this bill has the same defects of the GI Bill, it is nonetheless Blasts Labor's Foes ia step in the direction of recog-*; inizing the sacrifices made by the ing what they are, they're going to be more than half sure that •merchant seaman. your home or farm or business Read the provisions of the Bill will' pay. Anybody can get a loan • Familiarize yourself with them. from a bank on a paying propo­ Know your rights and how to get sition, so why this air of nobility? :thein—if the Bill is passed. Or the educational benefits: WHO IS COVERED Paying your tuition for a year is 1. Seamen who have had at something, but who can live on least 90 days of war shipping, and $50 a month? Or on $75 with who continue to ship for six dependents? Book learning feeds months after the end of the war. the mind, aU right, but never yet 2. Seamen who are disabled, or was there a man who got fat on Latin. Jprisoners of the enemy. Both biUs faU to accomplish 3. Seamen who have been re­ what they set out to do, A move­ leased by the WSA, but explicitment is now afoot in Congress to President Frank X. Martel of •ly allowed to keep their rights iron out the defects of the GI the Detroit & Wayne Country :by the WSA. Bill. In the opinion of many, Federation of Labor (AFL), test­ 4. Trainees who have complet- these bills are almost as bad as ifying before a recent Mead com­ •-ed their course of study. no aid at all, for they hold ont mittee hearing, said: "The at­ 5. Dependents of eligible sea­ the illusion of help which will mosphere ... is charged with a suspicion that employers in basic men. not be forthcoming. industries intend to try to de­ WHAT YOU GET stroy organized labor after the Education — All war seamen war." •will be eligible for one year of ^free schooling or training with an allowance of $50 a month if single with no dependents, or $75 a month if there are dependents. The seamen's section of the In­ Those who entered war service ternational Transport Workers before 25 and those over 25 who Federation, to which the SIU is interrupted their education are affiliated, is watching with great eligible for additional schooling interest the contract negotiations, in proportion to length of service. which will be resumed in April, (ITF) The recent ouster of Henri Morin De Linclays, presi­ between the Swedish Seamen's Loans — The government will dent of the French Line Inc., was Union and the Swedish shipown­ ^'guarantee one-half of loans up hailed by the French seamen and to the sum of $4,000 for the pur­ ers. chase of a home, farm or busi­ The proposals of the Swedish the French General Federation of ness. seamen wiU be based on the In­ Trade Unions (C.G.T.) as a big Employment Rights—Civil ser­ ternational Seafarers' Charter, step forward in the purge of vice preference as granted to ser­ adopted by the seamen's section Fascists and Vichyites still hold­ vicemen. Special sections devot­ of the ITF as a basis for contract ing important positions in French industries. ed in the USES to place seamen. negotiations. The charter proposes a world The French Line Inc., was es­ FOR THE DISABLED minimum pay rate for seamen tablished in the U.S. March 1, Hospitalization — Lifetime care which would tend to equalize 1943, as a subsidiary of the •for any wartime disability. wages and working conditions for French Line, greatest of French Rehabilitation — Training and aU seamen, thus abolishing inter­ shipping companies, when former guidance in the vocational re- national competition at the ex­ Secretary of State, Cordell Hull, high-pressured the U.S. Treasury ^habilitation for disabled seamen. pense of seamen. to release nearly a quarter of a Disability Benefits — Same as million dollars in French frozen Ifor servicemen. Based on a perfunds to De Linclays to set him­ FINAL NOTICE '•Centage of disability with $ll5 as self in business here. 'the ceiling, plus additional sums FOR UNCLAIMED The sailors accused De Lin­ ^or loss of each leg, arm or eye. IN N.Y, BAGGAGE clays of "collaborating with <l$265 is your take if you are toVichy, paying different wages to 3tally blind and have lost two or men of the same ratings and ap­ The baggage room in New imore limbs. York is full of unclaimed bag­ pointing himself head of an Am­ FOR DEPENDENTS gage that was moved over from erican operating corporation pur­ Hospitalization—Dependents of the old offices on Stone Street. porting to be the official French '•iiisabled or dead seamen entitled Some of it has been lying shipping agency." All in all, around the hall for over a year. French seamen gathered evidence "40 medical care at a low cost. Death Benefits—$50 a month It is necessary to move it out covering 350 instances where the 5for a widow with $15 for one de- in order to make room for cur­ French Line offices had had deal­ ^ndent child, plus $13 for each rent baggage checked by the ings with the enemy. French seamen described the French ^additional child. A dependent men on the beach. All unidentified baggage thai, Line as "practically a Goebbels •^parent gets $25 a month, and two has been around for 8 months bureau." ^et $45. , The criticism of the Seamen's or more will be disposed of at -BUI is the same as that directed the end of this month. Claim -against the GI BiU. The thing your gear at once if you have 4ooks better ^d smells sweeter any around. Members must claim baggagd •^than it really is. in New York in person and pre­ Take the loan provision: The sent the claim check when doing igovernment wUl guarantee one so. No baggage can be m'ailed to half of a loan of $4,000 to buy home addresses. ;you a home or a farm or a busiiftess. But the loan itself must Keep In Touch With eome from a bank; it is not a j®K>vernment loan. And banks be­ Your Draft Board, Swedish Seamen Open Negotiations French Unions Help Purge Of Fascist Shipowner Notice! Organize For Post War Jobs The shipping is so hot that anybody who knows that water is for washing and not for drink­ ing can get himself a berth. Not only have they scrapped the man­ power barrel but they're using the barrel itself. Today a man can get himself a ship anytime he .wants to, but what's he going to^ do in six months or a year or two years aftqr the war is over? ^ During the last four years the membership of the SIU has grown tremendously, and we have good contracts with many operators. But the end of thg war is approaching, and before long a good number of our merchant ships will be sold to other coun­ tries or scrapped. Then what are you going to do? Instead of ship­ ping as often as you want to, you may have to spend two or three months on the beach. That is unless— Unless you help organize for the SIU, in order to help yourself. The more companies under con­ tract to us, the more jobs will be open to SIU members. Organizing today is not what it was years ago. It is no longer necessary to take a ship or com­ pany by force. Today it's much easier. You do il by shipping on un- .' organized ships.. Thanks to militant unions we have the Labor Relations Act which gives us the right to peti­ tion the government for an elec­ tion among the crews within a company. If we have reasonable proof that we have a majority supporting us by having the crews within the company sign our pledge cards, showing .their preference for th6 SIU as bar­ gaining agent, we can win theright to bargain for agreements. That is where YOU come in! By shipping on an unorganized ship and explaining the advant- 4 ages of an SIU agreement and SIU protection to the crew, you win assure yourself and the rest.# of the union greater security and more jobs when this war comes to an end. Don't be a slacker who is con­ tent to sit back and reap the fruit of the labor of real- union men. Be active, then you will have the satisfaction of knowing that you did your part to secure better conditions for seamen. For information, see the Or­ ganizer in the shipping hall, 2ndfloor, 51 Beaver Street, New York. WHITEY LYKKE. FORE 'N AFT By JBUNKER Now that the port of Antwerp is open again and they are pushing in ships as fast as the docks can take them, a lot of seamen are getting back to a town that used to be a favorite in the days when the Black Diamond Line made it a regular port of call. But they are finding that Antwerp has changed since the good old pre-war days when things were cheap and the American dollar went a long ways. The city is grey and battle-worn. Most of the windows in the cafes are boarded up, for bomb concussions have blown out much of the glass throughout the city. Some of the elaborate cafes around Station Street are only one room affairs now, with the rest.blocked off to save heat. On cold nights the girls sit around the stove, shiver, and., listen for "fly bombs." Prices have gone up, too. Cognac is expensive and beer costs five times what it once did. A man can blow in a couple of nights what used to be a month's pay. Down on Skipper Street the prices are cheaper and the "mamselles" a little less attractive than in the uptown joints, for the best of them have gone to Brussels to help the soldiers spend their money. But there's still plenty of life along the Skipperstrasse, with orchestras in some of the cafes and juke boxes in the rest. The girls down there must not have treated the Jerries so well, for the area is a favorite target for buzz bombs. The hospital at the end of the street is conveniently located. Some time ago this column offered a list of sea going expres­ sions which belong to the vocabulary peculiar to sailor men. Brother Adolph Capote added to the list with some more good ones such as "sea gull" (chicken or duck) and "lowering the boom" (hitting the old man for a draw). Here's a few more for the collection. "skid row ship"—a ship that went to sea with drunks and beach combers; the rag, tag and bob-tail of the waterfront, because she was so bad no one else would take her. "extra' feed"—^milk that was spliced six parts water to one part milk. "field days'—the days you worked for glory. Aftetf your watch you turned to on the homeward trip and chipped, painted, sougeed, cleaned tank tops and etc., so the old rust bucket would look good going into her home port. • . . �Friday, March 30, 1945^ THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Fiva TO THE HEROES OF THE CREW GIVES LIVES SS HENRY BACON REPATRIATES By A CREW MEMBER v.-/ The ship was the SS Henry Bacon The name we remember so well. She was searching for the long lost convoy When down came the Angels of Hell. The planes came quick and were many. The number, I believe, twenty three. But five were shot down by the gunners And went plunging to death in the sea. Walker, who was a Navy gunner Was manning number seven we know. Saw a "Jerry" coming in from the starboard And sent her flaming to the waves below. >• • But the odds were still against them. They were 'waging a losing fight: And knew that without help from the escorts That death would be riding that night. Then came death and destruction She was hit just abaft of the beani. But the Gunners still manned their stations They were out for them all so it seemed. They all ran out of ammunition. And there was nothing else left to do But to make their way to boat stations And abandon the rest of the crew. Now the Chief Engineer was an old fellow. He said, "Boys, I've lived my time. There's no more room in the life boat , So one of you young fellows take mine." That was something we can never forget. He would never survive it he knew. Still he gave his last last chance of life For the sake of the rest of the crew. There were also passengers aboard But they all got safely away; Leaving officers and crew aboard her To go down with their ship that day. That Captain, was a fellow we all admire. He stayed on the bridge to the end; He'd rather rest on the bottom forever Than to go back without all of his men. i- f-i-' *• ,\ f '. J- •• :'>v.. As this issue went to press a compromise draft-labor bill was passed by the House of Representatives by a vote of 167-160. (There were 103 ab­ sentees in the House that day. Why don't the Congressmen do something about their own absenteeism?) The Bill now goes to-the Senate floor, where much more debate and opposi­ tion is expected. Under the new Bill the man­ power control program is put into the hands of Director of War Mobilization James F. Byrnes, and to whatever agen­ cies he chooses. "Essential" war workers are frozen to their jobs, and ceilings placed on plant employment. Both employer and employee £u:e liable to fine or imprisonment, or both, if the law is violated. The Bill, if passed, would be put into effect in those areas or local­ ities that the Brass Hats con­ sider "critical." Another step on the march toward "democracyl" Crew of SS Tristram Dalton Discovers How To Keep Ship Clean ' When the Tristram , Dalton ar­ rived in Norfolk recently the boarding patrolmen were amazed at the cleanliness of the rness room. Before too much search­ ing they discovered the reason for it. The following notice was posted on the bulletin board: RULES TO BE LIVED UP TO IN THE MESSROOM By J. P. S. Nine SIU men and six officers gave their lives that their ship­ mates and refugee women and children might live, when the SS Henry Bacon of the South Atlantic SS Company was tor­ pedoed in the North Sea recently. Of all the sacrifices and heroic deeds of the merchant seamen during this war, one of the most gallant and self sacrificing epi­ sodes is told by the survivors of the SS Henry Bacon. The convoy was far over the horizon. The crew of the SS Henry Bacon were working frantically to get the engines to working so that she might catch up before dark. No one knew better than Capt. Donald Haviland and his crew the dangers that lurked around the coast of Norway for a "Lame Duck." Alfred Carini, Chief Engineer and the black gang had her just about Jeady to give the slow ahead when the alarm went off. Flying straight from the Nor­ wegian coast were 23 bombers and torpedo planes closing in fast for the kill. The gun crew hardly had time to man the guns before bombs were falling. But with the aid of the mer­ chant crew, the gunners were soon in action and proved their mettle by opening up such a'fire that it momentarily baffled and checked the Nazi airmen. As the bombers dived in one after an­ other they were sent blazing down to the waves. It was something like a motion picture scene except there was no screaming or shouting. The gunners were putting all of their attention to knocking off as many of the enemy as possible. The engine department was trying to get set to get under way. Everyone was going about his duties systematically. The Steward had in his care 19 women and children .who were fleeing Nazi Norway for freedom and safety. ' The gunners had shot down five of the planes and it looked as if the lone ship might be vic­ tor, when a torpedo plane caught them midships. The guns were giving them so much hell that the remaining planes left except one which climbed out of reach and circled until positive the ship was sink­ ing. Whether that Nazi pilot knew it or not, he was witnessing one of the most heroic deeds of this war. There was not life boat space for all. One boat was gone. There were 19 women and children aboard. Fifteen men must sacri­ fice their lives. The ship was sinking slowly. No one was in­ jured. They had plenty of time to decide. The master did not call for volunteers. He merely stated, "All of the crew can not go, I don't want to go back with­ out a full crew." The Chief En­ gineer who was already seated in the life boat, said, "I am an old man and have already lived. These youngsters have their lives ahead of them," and calmly got out of the boat. The Bos'n Halcond Lannon had a brother aboard. It was agreed that one should go and one should stay. His brother reluctantly got in the boat and the Bos'n dived in the chilly waters to an icy grave. Only two officers were saved. Among the unlicensed personnel J. Mastracc, C. Krains, Geo. Shipka, Fred Tunken, Robert Cramer, D. Schieshert, J. Martin, sacri­ ficed their lives that their ship­ mates might live. Such men as these can be called radicals, have their bonuses cut, their papers taken and etc. But they can never be robbed of the satisfaction that like other merchant seamen they did their part. For your own sanitary benefit, fines will be put on any member that doesn't live up to these rules. The fines will be turned over to the Seafarers Log at the end of the trip, Then there were others who followed. 1. Feet on table or chairs .15 Not knowing if they would survive; But they knew that they were useless to their country 2. Failure ta take cup back Proctor, Joseph Walter (Continued from Page 1) to sink .10 ed posthumously to the following Reed, Hollo^ay William Unless they made: it back here alive. SIU heroes: Reilly, John J. 3. Ashes and cigarettes not Ross, Richarc in ash trays ' .10 Ashley, Ernest Shreve For hours they stayed in the water. Taylor, Leslie Some died in that cold Arctic Sea: 4. Using cups as ash trays .10 Baggott, Edwin B. Banaag, Nicasio Teagarden, Kenneth But they knew that the lives they were giving 5. Sitting on table .25 Bernard, Adrian Theodore Turner, Lemuel Would keep us all happy and free. 6. Throwing matches or Blome, Cornelius Frederick Vincent, Thomas George butts into alleyway/ .25 Boykin, Bobbie Wayson, John William Some were rescued by English destroyers 7. Coming into messhall Christensen, Soren Axel Westover, Hal Who heard their SOS far away. without shirt or pants .25 Clark, Robert Clinton White, Charles Thomas * And rushed there as quick as possible Corbin, William Henry Wilcox, John Horton . 8. Fighting " in messhall Lest they all should go down that day. Williams, James while in port 10.00 Dixon, Ray Gardner, Eugene John Willis, George Monroe 9. Spitting in messhall or Those brave men we will always remember Gill, Odus H. Woods, Frank Lester alleyway . lO.OO They were shipmates to you and to me. Grech, Paul Wright, Nathaniel Burnett They gave their homes and their loved ones Hall, Elmer Wright, Oswald amuel For an unknown grave in the sea. Howard, Florin Herald Sumpft, Herbert Victor Huebner, Carl Louis The following SIU men receiv­ Perhaps their names will never be heard of. KeUy, Herbert William ed Mariner's Medals for wounds Just sailors in the merchant marine; Lesniak, Joseph or physical injuries received from But they've kept Old Glory waving enemy action: Lynch, John Joseph Though we don't realize how much it means.' Mitchell, Benjamin Carl Barbee, Robert Narvaez, Jose Gonzales Cullison, Zachariah Nobles, Eugene De Duisin, Dusan So gather close around the table. Page, Don Dolphy Dickey, Rexford Let's drink a toast to the Bacon and Crew: Papineau, Victor J. Grauwichkle, Charles . % Lpt's give them a word of thanks. Boys Kurtz, George. Parker, Moses Grant They gave up their lives for you. Joe's the guy who sails as bos'n But was making this trip as A. B. Saw the others away in the lifeboats Then plunged into the icey sea. K • Slave Labor Bill Passes House THAT MAY LIVE SIU Heroes Are Honored I I ••V L �?«SP Sjx THE SEAFARERS WHArS DOING Around the Ports Friday. March 3p, 1945 ' LOG The Membership Says The following recommenda­ tions for improvements to be made in living conditions aboard the BB Bayou Chico have been drawn up by the book members in good standing whose signa­ tures appear at the end of this article. It is earnestly urged upon the officials of the Port of New York that these recommenda­ tions be taken up with proper parties at the Waterman office, to whom a copy of these recom­ mendations is being' forwarded through the master of the vessel. The vessel at present falls far short of standards accepted by sold lo the Russian Government, printed on •the reverse side of but these orders were changed so your assignment card. Keep yourself posted as to we will still be riding them for This ends another week with shipping in New York with the 'a while longer. all beefs being setUed aboard the Log. and drop in and see us. Patrolman Volpian is now ships before payoffs. PAUL and AL, making the hospitals a couple of There was a big Steward De­ days a week. He reports that we New York Dispatchers partment beef on the George have about 60 members in dif­ Pendleton of the Calmar SB Com­ ferent Marine hospitals in this BALTIMORE pany which came to $1160 for the port. crew. It was settled before the Volpian also defended 15 cases There is an old parable in the crew paid off the ship. to the Coast Guard this week and Bible which says (some like) as The Captain of the SB Richard batted 1,000 as none of them lost you soweth, so shall you reap. Bassett of the Bull Line had their papers. These few words have a world of quite a number of hours of the There were 30 ships- paid off Steward Department overtime here in the past week, quite a meaning when applied to the disputed because he said he did number of them being of the trade union movement^ If you not know that painting was over­ C-type ships. They have not be­ want your union to grow, then it time for the Steward Department. gun to crew up yet. The dispatch­ is up to you to get into the field This is very clear in the agree­ ers are having a hard time crew- and help organize the unorgan­ ment but the beef had to be taken ing the ships without calling the ized. The maritime field has not been over the master's head to the WBA. When all these ships start fully exploited by organized la- j company office before it was set­ crewing up they are going to bor. There remain many com­ tled. This was settled before the need a lot of men, so if there are panies which are operating water ship paid off. any men up or down the coast The Richard Alvey and Rufus that want to catch a ship they born traffic but do not have a the BIU as acceptable to union Peckham both had extremely should be able to ship within a contract with any union. seamen. We feel, however, that The BIU has set up an organ­ clear payoffs. week for most any rating from izing campaign to bring union these recommendations are just The Bayou Chico of the Wa­ the port of New York. and reasonable and that improve­ conditions to many of these un­ ments can be easily made before terman SB Company was another J. P. SHULER, Patrolman organized seamen. In the post ship with very few beefs. she sails. And this would make war era our union has a dual re­ the ship more of a credit to the The SB Rafeal Semmes of the Waterman has a captain that is Bhipping in the Port of New sponsibility, one is to see that a BIU and to the Waterman SB still living in the past. On the York has fallen off somewhat, maximum of jobs come into our Company. last trip the Btewards Depart­ with only 1500 men having ship­ hiring halls and to see that there Here are the recommendations: ment had overtime for feeding ped in the last two weeks. But are no men working under sub­ 1. Install adequate hot and liim meals on the bridge or in his things should start booming now, standard conditions and thus po­ cold water showers as provided room. This beef was straighten­ as we paid off seven ships last tential finks on union men. for in the agreement with this It is natural for some people to company. Bhowers should be ed out and the old man was Tuesday, with others due soon. warned not to let this happen We shipped five ABs from Nor­ assume that the, present high larger and better situated. again. Throughout the last voy­ folk this past week, with the wage levels will be maintained 2. Ph-ovide a means for remov­ age he continued to have his WBA paying transportation, and after the war, but this is a great ing stagnant water from the fan meals served on the bridge. He five more from Baltimore. This mistake. The employers have no tail. informed the boarding Patrolman is a good means of cutting the intention of giving up some of 3. Repair port holes. Fit new their profits made so easily in gaskets on ports to insure black­ that he has always had this done "Fink Halls." and will continue to do so. The We have definite word that the war time. As a matter of fact, out. Fit new gl^ss where needed. boarding „ Patrolman and Water- I Gateway City is being converted when these war profits end, they Oil dogs on all ports and fix for man SB Company both agreed to a reefer. It should be ready to will/try to make up for them by easy working. Line up dogs for that this was a captain's right, so sail in five weeks, and anyone reaching into the pockets of the blackout screen. long as 90c an hour was paid^ to ^ having a reefer endorsement seamen and reducing their wages, 4. Install scupper in deck out­ the messman that served him, would be appreciated up this giving them rotten food and side deck department shower and lousy conditions. The union took the stand that 90c way. fix scupper outside engine show­ an hour must be paid and that We have a new organizer, The only way for seamen to ers flush with deck. they don't give a damn who paid Whitey Lykke, who is hitting on protect themselves is to join the it. For once the company agreed all cylinders. Right now he has BIU. Only then will they remain ,with the union but decided that his hands full with a tanker elec- free American workers, and not American-Hawiian Line slaves. the master would pay it as he tion coming up this week. Hits The Jackpot M. McKAY, Agent was getting the service. The Spring is beginning to show it­ money came out of the captain's self here in New York, so all you Shed a tear for the pocket for this beef and possibly fellows that went south with the etecunship companii^, yrhp ue PUERTO RICO he wiU eat in the saloon from birds can come back now that giving their all for thp war ef­ now on. * the birds have returned. A six week strike against the fort—and taking all. The SB Varnada Victory of Paul and I have been talking sugar bosses came to an end this Take the good old American South Atlantic BB Company came each other blue in the face about week with a victory for the Hawaiian Steamship Company. in with a subsistence beef. The victory gardens in our few slow workers. Good old A-H just hit the jack­ stove was out of order for 21 moments. Paul even came in Field hands and cane cutters pot for more than 7 million days and the crew were fed sand­ with a couple of blisters to show were raised 23 cents a day, bring­ bucks, which proves that pa­ wiches and water. They can col­ his good faith. ing the mmimums up to $1.83 for triotism, besides giving you lect full subsistence for these 21 It's a downright pity that some cutters ai|d $1.73 for the field that old glowing feeliiig, also days at the South Atlantic office. of our members refuse to cooper­ workers. Mill workers will now pays well. James Downe, Book No. 3112, ate or are lacking in union edu­ receive a minimum wage of 37 Seems like good old A-H had an old timer, was in to pay up cation. When you're shipped out, cents an hour. ' 11 old tubs lloating around that .his dues last week and he pre­ please read the reverse side of There were about 150,000 sugar had been launched in those sented his original book that sur­ your assigmnent card. Live up to workers out on strike, which was dark years between 1910 and vived through three torpedoings. what it says; if you don't, please called by the General Confedera­ 1921. They were lost through The book looked a little ragged, don't argue with- the dispatcher tion of Workers. enemy action and the WSA has but has come through a lot less about being dropped to the bot­ It was a noble victory, not just ponied up all that dough— shaken than a number of us. tom of the shipping list. only for us, but for the sugar averaging more than $650,000 The repatriated crew of the Bome of the boys take jobs out interests a? well, as the Com.- per boat—and given it to A-H Henry Bacon paid off here last and then refuse them—^but don't modity Credit Corporation in­ to ease its heartache and re­ week. There were only 24 sur­ notify us. And then expect to get creased the subsidy on sugar to move the red ink. vivors and they told a story that their cards back. They won't. cover the raises. In short, every­ Oh, yes, the payment includ­ should make us proud to be If you take a job, but then find body won, except the poor tax­ ed allowances for delay in pay­ union brothers to some of the it's N.G., you have 12 hours in payer who has to pay more taxes ments on boats sunk in 1942 crew that went down with her. A^hich to pile off. But remember to protect profits. and 1943. Waterman has had three ships, if you don't take the job and Anyway, the sugar boats will Incidentally, 34 SUP men the SB Bayou Chico, Gateway don't notify us, you are dropped be running soon. were lost on these ships. City, and Arizpa scheduled to be according to the regulations MANUEL NEW YORK 5. Repair all decks to remove overhead leaks in foc'sles and mess rooms. 6. Check all bunks and renew springs where needed. O: 7. Replace or repair broken deck guard around steering en^ gine to prevent oil and watei from slopping up deck. 8. Provide electric toaster for crew mess room. 9. Secure all engine room hand rails and gratings. Many grat­ ings are loose and on two occa­ sions have fallen through when men were using walks. 10. Repair valves on all boilers for blowing tubes. 11. Install wash room for clean­ ing clothes on starboard side of shelter -deck, with water line, scrubbing table and steam lipr. 12. Provide better quarters for firemen and wipers. On this ship these crew members sleep in a foc'sle that hasn't changed from the standards of 1919, when the ship was built. Quarters are crowded, ill-ventilated and un­ comfortable. It is recommended and urged that another room be provided to accomodate either firemen or wipers. 13. Fumigate vessel against rats. 14. Repair doors on crew lock­ ers where necessary. 15. Provide adequate baking board for galley so that night cook need not inix bread on mesa?: roorti table. 16. Provide better ventilation for galley, including skylight or port hoie fans and black out screens. ' ' It is further suggested that a copy of the list be published in the Seafarers Log so that BIU men may know conditions below standard need not be accepted nor tolerated. ' Fraternally submitted, JOHN BUNKER RAYMOND FREYE JOSEPH GREENBAUM ALPHONSE FLYNN HARRY GLOCK LEWIS MARCHETTE EDWARD ROGERS NILS DAMMER 900 Shipy^d Workers Strike At Kaiser Plant RICHMOND, Calif., Mar. 24Nine hundred members of an AFL shipbuilding union , quit work at Henry J. Kaiser's Rich­ mond BY No. 3 today, protest­ ing what the union described as a violation of agreements by the management. Btan Lore, business agent of the AFL Lofts- , men. Shipwrights, Joiners and Boatbuilders Union, said "This is not a strike. We are holding pro­ test meetings 24 hours a day." Officials of the yard were not available for comment. , • .'r-' - • J "ii.' •- .. • • }r �. r THE \f ( fxiAd^i. March 30. 1945 Texas Votes ProM Of Labor Hating 'Christian-Americans' AUSTIN, Tex.—^Following charges of scandal and high-pressure lobbying, the Texas House of Representatives voted 111 to 14 to investigate the notorious Christian-American Association which is sponsoring anti-labor legislation in Texas and many other States. , , A legislative committee was given broad authority to subpoena 'j all books, records and financial accouHts of the organization which, ^according to charges made in the debate, is "spending thousands of dollars" to enact House Bill No. 12 which would outlaw the unionshop and a State Constitutional amendment with the same objective. One of the significant features of the investigation was the fact ' jthat it was sponsored by Rep. Ennis Favors, who originally spon­ sored the legislative proposal of the Christian-American Association. In a speech before the House he explained: "I want to say th^t I have consistently voted for House Bill No. 12. But I don't propose to vote for it any more until these charges pre investigated. I'm telling you that scandalous charges aire being made on the streets of Austin and in hotel lobbies. There's a bug under the chip somewhere." U. S. Senatot W. Lee (Pass^the Biscuits Pappy) O'DaniCl, a con­ firmed, labor-baiter who has consistently denied any hook-tip with +he Christian-American Association, may figure in the probe. \'9- • At the last minute an ainendment was adopted broadening the investigation to include the activities of Texas unions fighting the uhion-s>op ban. The a^iendrtlent was sponsored by Rep. E; Nichol.son, one of the co-authors of the Christian-American biU. Texas labor leaders said they had no objection to the inquiry and would welcome the opportunity to go before the legislative committee to tell their side of the story. Crew Of Francis Lee Spend Fine Christmas SEAFARERS LOG Pagie Seven FACES SERIOUS CRISIS IN DRAFT BILL Some People Like Tripe ^ WASHINGTON, D. C.—^Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of th? party. Now is the time to talk tripe! No, we aren't practicing on our typewriter. We are inspired by a letter from the New Economic Stabilization Director, Wil­ liam H. Davis, to his successor as Chairman of the National War Labor Board, George Taylor, which winds up as follows: "We need to look ahead with all the foresight we can muster: to estimate as closely as we can and plan for foresee­ able contingencies. But we should not relax controls until we have felt the force of the impending change and had a chance to check our policies in the light of its observed and measured effect upon the economic currents. "Now is no time to relax either the price controls or the wage controls developed imder the Stabilization Act of Oct. 2, 1942. It is rather a time to push ahead with all the seven points of the stabilization policy announced in the President's message to Congress of April 27, 1942." Yes, sir, the date of that policy referred to by Mr. Davis was April 27, 1942. Now is the time, three years later, to do something about it, says Mr. Davis. And that is the tripe which some of America's public officials are trying to feed the nation's workers instead of the wage increases to which they are justly entitled! The only part of the 7-point program mentioned by Mr. Davis which was ever strictly enforced was wage control. Price control has been seriously relaxed while profit control and high income control have been abandoned. WASHINGTON, D. C.—The legislative situation in Congress on forced labor draft proposals has taken a critical and danger­ ous turn. The House of Representatives^ following its recent anti-labor trend, refused to concur with the voluntary manpower biU adopted by the Senate and sent the meas­ ure to conference. The legislation now rests witH the conference committees ap» pointed by the House and the Senate and the membership of these committees appears to be packed with proponents of forcedlabor schemes. During the next week or two the conference committees will try to work out a compromise between the dangerous MayBailey Bill adopted by the House and the more acceptable O'Mahoney-Kilgore Bill pased by the Senate. After their first meeting, con­ ferees predicted eventual agree­ ment on a bill for "limited" na­ tional service which will provide jail penalties for workers who refuse to take war jobs to which they are assigned. This much at least can be said The American Federation of for the recent crew of the Francis Labor has fought bitterly since L. Lee, a Robin Line Liberty ship the beginning of the year against Not,, only was she perfect as far any such compulsory legislation. as Deck, Engine, and Steward's Lined up against labor has been er, $5.94; Chas B. Funderburk a powerful coalition of Adminis­ SS RAWL Departments were concerned, but perfect cooperation between mer­ Anderson, 8 hrs; LaPlant, 4 hrs; $5.94; Virgil L. Frederick, $5.94 tration forces, the War and Navy Huddle, 1 hr. Collect at Bull Line John Medvesky, $5.94; Patrick S, Departments and the old guard chant marine. Navy, and Army Steakin, $5.94; Mike Dikun, $5.94; reactionaries in Congress. Office. was brought to light at ChristClinton McDougal, $5.94; William at 4. a;. nias time. F. Thompson, $5.94; C. B. Max­ While the AFL triumphed in SS DANIEL HUGER well, $5.94; Quendo BOnet, $5.94 the Senate, after an initial set­ This is the story: It was our, lot Voyage No. 7 Collect at Mississippi Line Office. back in the House, it was pointed to be laying at anchor in the out that it is extremely more The following men can collect Azores v<rhen this all important 3t 3t 3t difficult to defeat a conference holiday came along; not only in hearty community singing, and room allowance due therri for No­ report in either branch of Con­ SS LOU GEHRIG the Azores, but confined to the Christmas carols going till the vember 18 to November 20: gress than a bill coming up foi; Charles H. Bush, $5.94; J". J. The following- men have vouch­ original consideration. ship. This meant that we had early hours of morning. Boehm, $5.94; Louis Wendler, ers waiting for them at the little to look forward to; so after A good time was had by all, $5.94; Stefan Kadziola, $5.94; Agent's Office, 51 Beaver Street, That is why legislative experts a short potv-woW it was decided and when the folks back home Lawrence McVey, $5.94; Joseph N. Y.: Charles P. Mitchell, Fred­ consider the present situation that we would have a party of hear of the kind of fellowship D. Caldwell, $5.94; John McPhil- erick C. Arsneau, Arthim L. Kerr, more dangerous to labor than at cur own. Geo; C. Francis, Thomas F. any time since the President first that exists amongst the various ' I With the approval of Captain branches of our armed forces, lips, $5.94; Hugh E. Lee, $5.94; Campbell, Harlan J. Veasey, recommended labor draft legis­ . ixVIarion Pavletich, (plus a nice they are assured that they need Frank Littleton, $5.94; William T. Lynn R. Stahl, Arne W. Jensby, lation to Congress. Connelly, $5.94; Harvey Eaton, contribiitidri), a collectioii was rieVer worry about the Nazis or Nikodem Olewnik, Jesse L. Wad­ taken up amOrigSt the officers to anyone else overrunning the good $5.94; Chas J. Hengtgen, $5.94; dle, Gerard Morin, Douglas W. Even the fact that the armed William Warfel; $5.94; Russell piirchase liquid Christmas cheer. old U.S;A. forces of the United Nations have Swinehard, $5.94; Carl L. Leslie, Brown, Alfred Wismann, Saad A short sales talk by myself with been making such tremendous Aly, Edward Searles, John H. H. W. HAUSE. Chief Steward $5.94; Joseph Pascente, $5.94; •Army officials produced a reffl progress against Germany that Frank Wilson, $5.94; Robert Ush- Healey, Jr., John A. Fay, SS Francis L. Lee honest to God Christmas tree, one collapse of the Nazis by summer 4* 3t 4" that had been flown in for their is being freely predicted, is not SS ARIZI^A oWn use from Canada. The tree likely to halt adoption of some Attack bonus payable at Ant­ form of labor draft. was erected by the Deck Depart­ werp, Belgium, Dec. 1, 1944. Col­ ment, ti'immed by .the gun crew Senator Thomas of Utah, chair­ :who also decorated No. 3 Hold, lect at Waterman SS Co. Office. man of the Military Affairs Coiriwhile the lighting effects were mittee, stated that the Senate taken care of by the black gang. SS IARD HUNT conferees had suggested that the The ship's officers made the tree W. E. Herhingbrough, 12 hrs; Souse managers agree to a pro­ ornaments from magazine covers Morris Janovitz, 12 hrs; James vision under which the WMQ aiid cotton. Right about here the Gaffney, 12 hra; Robert Bromley, would be authorized to investi­ Stfewatd's department took over, 16 hrs; Melvin Buchan, 22 hrs; gate the utilization of labor by arid these boys really turried out >9 feed fit for kings, set on a table Emil A. Gomez, 12 hrs; King, 12 the War and Navy Departments and other agencies of the Govx / that would do credit to the finest hrs; Robert Hodges, 12 hrs; Er- ernment. ^; / hotel. In all, there were 31 dif­ vin Anderson, 12 hrs. Collect at ferent item's including meats, sal­ "In view of the findings in in­ Bull Line Office. ads, pies, cakes, cookies, candy, vestigations by the Byrd Econ­ 4> t and riuts, even good old Ameri­ omy Committee and the Mead can HOT DOGS; nothing was Committee Investigating the War SS JOHN POE overlooked. The gun crew fur­ $125 attack borius payable to Program," Senator Thomas de­ nished an improvised orchestra, clared, "I don't think anyone is all crew members. Chas. O. Bean, and all hands turned to to furnish disposed to disagree to that." Chrisfmas ireb riqg^ up in No. 3 hold of ihe SS Francis Lee. 16 hrs. Collect at Bull Line Of­ He reported the "beginnings 6f their Share of the entertainment. iThe evening was topped off with Liquid cheer is also evident. fice. compromise." •m MONEY DUE �• • : . :Page Eight \ i >••>. Ship Disposal Bill Up Again ^ THE PERSONALS SEAFARERS LOG . . 1 Friday, March 30, 194S^N^ SIU UNCLAIMED WAGES WILLIAM J. SCANLON Mose Morrie .... 3.55 ANSON BURLINGAME 1, American Liberty See attorney Richard M. Can­ VOYAGE 1 Steamship Corp. tor in New York City. N George A. Putney 9.42. As of Feb, 28, 1915 WiUiam Nickel, Sr The ships disposal bill pend 4- i P. Fitzgerald 10.56 E. W. Nitcher (USNR) . 9.75 CREW ing in the House Merchant Mar­ A 29.60 P. Nolan 5.94 Lester Bretton SS GEORGE PENDLETON ine Committee, received another Walter Adamezyk $ .07 During the payoff at the CalANSON BURLINGAME ' -lease on life this week when it James H. Allen 35.55 I fciar office on March 22nd, some VOYAGE 2 was announced that Comrnillee Abram Allie 17.37 Philip N. O'Connor ...... 3.44 hearings would be reopened prior one accidentially took Patrolman Harry A. Anderson 45.3; 6.44 Harold R. O'CuU 59.93 Robert L. Hunt Ecil Carroll to any disposition of the legis­ Johnny Johnston's top coat. It Sven O. Anderson 4.74, 5.89 Thomas Olden i— 93.64 was brown gabardine and had an James H. Black 16.36 lation. John B. Arroyo 4.47 William S. Olsen ... 4.13 English label. Please return it to Leonard Clements 14.58 Chairman Bland of the House the 5th floor of the Nev.^ York M. Gallagher 16.83 B Committee fixed April 19 as-the headquarters. 15.65 Amos Baum .15 W. R. Parry 7,22 WiUiam Temple date for resumption of hearings Edgar W. Blackburn 133.20 Edmund F. Paul 4. i 4. 5.69 Chester Buckmaster ........ 15.65 on the bill. At that time Admiral ANTHONY GRAZIA170 Andrew Bobby 7.11 William Pennings 5.51 Terrence Bradley 14.26 Land is scheduled to reappear Please call at headquarters of­ Daniel Brown 4.45 John P. Piazik 7.57 Gordan E. Brew 17.86 before the Committee, and again fice; you have the wrong Proba­ 24.58 Manuel Primack 112.34 Robert L. Hunt urge its passage. Other repre­ tionary book in your possession. Harold Primmack 17.34 5.51 Opie W. Barrier "... 17.82 sentatives of the shipowners will Your correct book is waiting for Paul S. Cardinal Paul A. Bell14.40 Alfred H. Carter :— .... 8.95 also testify. R you. David W. Akin 85.32 Michael Casorta . 140.00 Tully Robertson ....... 1.48 EcU E. CarroU 143.12 This is the bill which received Elud Castonguay 3.55 Charles Rogers 46.93 Herbert Labeigriga CREW OF^TUG ANACAPA 18.00 condemnation by the SIU-SUP Harry L. Cheatham ......... .... 17.82 Owen S. Rogers 7.11 John Hughes See Attorney Sol. Berenholtz, 24.00 three weeks ago when Vice Pre­ WaUace B. Copeland .... 4.45 Michael Roland 2.97 sidents John Hawk and Morris 1102 Court Square Building, Bal­ Robert O. Coyle ..... ANSON BURLINGAME .... 1.18 Charles Rolkiewiczy .......... 108.78 Weisberger appeared before the timore, concerning your claims James J. Coyne VOYAGE 3 3.44 George Rosenberg 7.42 while salvaging the SS Balls Committee in Washington. Both Emily CroweU .... 2.41 Ansel B. Rossan 3.91 W. Skinner .. 15.34 Bluff. Hawk and Weisberger made it Norman P. CuUars • * • .... 45.86 Victor C. Ryan .. . , 5.92 ANTONIN DVORAK i clear at that time that the AFL W. S. VAN VEEN VOYAGE 2 seamen were opposed to a whole­ S 35 Joseph Saunders 2.84 sale and indiscriminate disposal Your discharge from the SS ames C. Davis 4.45 F. Agniolites 33.06 13.04 Charley Schofield of American tonnage to either John Grier Hibben, dated 9-5-44 W. Devlin 21.79 Clarence Hodge in the New York Agent's James Dick the foreign operators or the junk 4.98 ARTHUR R. LEWIS—VOYAGE 1 61.85 William J. Scott office. 23.82 Thomas N. Brinson 50.83 George Sebastian yard. * * • Thomas F. Shea .. 90.19 CHARLES FORT—VOYAGE 3 . Demanding post war jobs for Raymond Engstrom 10.12 :;'aul Snook FRANK L. WILSON 2.59 H. Rountree 23-13 the members of the SIU, Hawk Some of your papers are being 2.11 C. Hargroves 47.28 William Shore and Weisberger advised the Con­ held in the lost and found de­ James Shutts 2.84 28.08 CHARLES GORDON CURTIS gressmen to delay disposal of partment of the Seamen's Church William Ferguson Vlichael Silva _... 2.51! William J. Fitzgerald 42.12 VOYAGE 1 American ships until such time Institute, 25 South Street, New , 2.84 iigene Flowers 2.75 Sstavo Silvestrin Bernt O. Bloomquist .... „,27.58 that the American operators had York. John W. Singer 7.82 Roy McWherry ... been given an opportunity to 27.58 Otto J. Smith 61.50 Raymond J. O'Brien determine their own post war 'he Skipper Doesn't 27.58 Nicholas Galanos .. 17.82 Philip Snider 9.96 John D. Malafouris. ... 27.56* needs. Dionista P. Garcia .62 Christ Staalsen ..... 7.57 Like Strangers In John H. Phelps 27.58 E. Gardner 4.21 ioy E. Stream 8.26 One of the major drawbacks The Messroom Paul George E. Wilson 27.58 Gazic 77.11 WiUiam SuUivan 7.42 to the bill as drawn .up by the Ival Spoenemein 105 Harry Goden 77.11 Speaking of bucko skippers, we te»- U. S. Maritime Commission, was WiUiam Garrett 105 .02 the fact that foreign operators had one on the last trip If you Arlo Gwilt \ D. L. Thomas — 20.76 were given a chance to purchase don't think so, take a gander at CHARLES M. CONRAD !: H Andrew Thompsen 4.98 American ships under more fav­ the following notice which was Robert Hairston VOYAGE 1 93.64 ;Sdmund Thompsen 8.53 Manny Hollander : 40:66 orable conditions than were the posted on the bulletin board of Paul Hamilton . 8.95 Pernie Thompson : 69.68 O. Jensen ; 8.92 American operators. A French the SS Antinous. Bivins Henderson 13.77 Thomas T. Tooma 15.34 shipowner, for instance, could G. E. Perkins 12.60 H. W. BASCH, William Hicks .71 Benny Troup 2.81 buy a Liberty or C ship on the Engine Delegate Boss Holmes 32.71 dhn Tucker r:..... 8.95 CHARLES M. CONRAD ( basis of pre-war French construc­ CREW NOTICE John Hope 3.04 VOYAGE 3 ' tion costs. The American oper­ 1. Keep Soldiers, Stevedores, William Hough ...... V 1.37 George Lucas 13.16 ators, on the other hand, would and strangers out and away from Joseph F. Howard 72.52 3.44 George R. Vickery be required to pay on the basis your messrooms. CHARLES M. CONRAD | W I of the higher pre-war American 2. If the messroom is found in VOYAGE 4 ' 26.31 4.47 WUUam Walker costs. a condition such as it was this Antonia Iregarry Eugene Carney 4.00 Gaus Wass 1.79 4.00 J . Hawk and Weisberger pointed morning it, or they, will be lock­ George Watt 07 Aubrey Thurman ed up and key placed in care of Stephen J. Johnson Jerzy Piasecki 10.66 .54 Earl "White out that this discriminated ..... 126.68 C. Bono 10.5r. 6.11 Russell T. Wilde against the American operator, the officer on duty so that only J. Jones 4.45 those actually on duty will have G. S. Jordan, Jr 4.21 Joseph R. Wing and therefore meant fewer jobs 77.49 CHARLES PADDOCK \ \ for American seamen in the post access to it for night lunch. The Leo J. Wojck 7.57 VOYAGE 1 messboy is not aboard as yoxu: ty ' war period. Leland Wood 8.23' Raymond E. GreenweU .... 9.95 3.56 W , servant and has enough to do to Jack C. Kayne 4.82 Charles G. Jett 10.06 29.86 Thomas Woods handle meals and wash dishes WiUiam R. Kiges Alonzo Wright 36.97 James L. Crowley 22.12 11.38 and clean up during daytime, Floyd King A. Brice Slaybough 87.54 11.71 without having to walk into a John J. Kubas D. L. Cain ! 2.41 J. Youman pig-sty in the morning. It was Walter Kubi.ski 50.00 Raymond E. GreenweU'.... 6.30 2.11 11 a.m. before he caught up with Edward Kuhar i 7.11 everything this A.M. SEAS SHIPPING CO„ Inc. CHARLES PADDOCK L If you are in a marine hos3. You have a recreation room Agent/General Agent War VOYAGE 2 Joseph LeBlanc 31.82 . pilal in the New York area and aft. I don't know whom it was Fred Lindsey Shipping Adminislraiion WiUiam F. Santry 7.82 30.57 Amos P. Schneider want to be sure that 'the SIU last night that kept singing and Fred Litsch 2.84* 39 Cortlemdt Street 2.59 shouting up until 11:30 P.M., John D. Bray 5.60 , 8.53 hospital delegate visits "^you, keeping everybody awake amid­ Vernon Lough, Jr ALGIC—VOYAGE 15 John P. Murphy 10.66 simply drop him a penny post ships. Stop it voluntarily or I'll G. Cooper $ 8.18 Henry A. Nauta ...... ' 6.40 M card and write your name, stop it by sending you up to the A. M. Mailhes James Hamilton 50.48 Charles C. Gore 9.75 6:40 ward number and hospital on Army Pen. Aubrey C. MuUen Victor Makarawicy 8.26 6.40 ALGIC—VOYAGE 18 4. If as last night, U.S. Govern­ WiUiam P. Malloy ....;. John B. Edwards 63.52 Harold V. Henhtorn it. You will then be visited 6.40 33.60 ment property continues to be 2.84* weekly, receive the Seafarers destroyed, appropriate measures Lawrence B. Mangan .... 6.88 MitcheU Bein 6.34 Roy E. Parker Noel W. Axtell Lester Matthews 8.26 1.42 Log regularly, and get the $2 will be taken to find out who does 6.75 .14 AMY LOWELL—VOYAGE 1 Sidney C. Greer hospital benefits due under the it and the offenders made to pay. Thomas McClees ... Charles F. Thomas ' G. W. MerriU ^ Leroy S. Jobe 15.65 9.75 provisions of the Constitution. T. R. Sorensen, Master F. E. MiUer ^ 29.19 Harry R. Ward 111.63 Edward S. Harris SS Antinous Joaquin Minis J. 10.20 Allen L. Clark If you don't let the union 13.97 Frederick L, Cherry Victor Mlyhek — 8.95 A. Nelson iB'.aa 1.69 Jack A. McDaniel know that you are laid up, the Manuel J. Montero delegate can't be blamed for 4.13 AMY LOWELL—VOYAGE 2 Feep In Touch Wfth L. Moore ..... 18.98 failing to visit you. 3.18 Leroy F. Brooks Alfred MorreU .... 35.30 121.18 Morris H. 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Title A name given to the resource March 30, 1945 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. VII, No. 13 Description An account of the resource 53 SIU MEN DECORATED FOR HEROISM SEAFARERS IS SET FOR BIG ORGANIZING DRIVE PREDICTIONS OF DESPERATE NAZI SUBMARINE WARFARE MERCHANT SEAMEN OBEY CURFEW-BY REQUEST! GREAT LAKES SEASON OPENS HISTORY OF THE UNION LABEL THE MAN POWER DRAFT MINERS ARE SLANDERED NEW FOOD STOWAGE RULES FOR LIBERTIES FIVE YEARS SEA TIME STILL REQUIRED FOR CITIZENSHIP SEAMEN'S BILL OF RIGHTS NOW PENDING ORGANIZE FOR POST WAR JOBS TO THE HEROES OF THE SS HENRY BACON CREW GIVES LIVES THAT REPATRIATES MAY LIVE SLAVE LABOR BILL PASSES HOUSE THE MEMBERSHIP SAYS TEXAS VOTES PROBE OF LABOR HATING 'CHRISTIAN-AMERICANS' LABOR FACES SERIOUS CRISIS IN DRAFT BILL SOME PEOPLE LIKE TRIPE CREW OF FRANCIS LEE SPEND FINE CHRISTMAS SHIP DISPOSAL BILL UP AGAIN PERSONALS SIU UNCLAIMED WAGES Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 03/30/1945 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1945 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/fa8bde1e53aa9f092c689c62d39a5c71.PDF 732a9ca12c2b75b4b0ab8041fb209f87 PDF Text Text LOG SEAFARERS AWARDED FIRST PRIZK • GENERAL EDITORIAL EXCELLENCE m 195S • INTERNATIONAL LABOR PRESS OF : 'iti I •'V-H -31 AMERICA OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFAR-ERS INTERNATIONAL UNION * ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL-CIO '-:ri • Story On Page 3 0^ precisely as if it were . ^ Swedish freighter Nyland is shown after it nearly cut the E. Kirby Smith in two near Norfolk, Va. US Liberty ship was at anchor when Nyland plowed into her in wee hours of morning. No one was injured in the collision. 'Dear Senafors.. •' Seafarer Patrick Foy, FOW, gets set to write Senators from his home state on behalf of "SOSO" cargo act while Robert "Frenchy" Landry, AB, checks list of legislators in LOG. Sup­ porters of "SO-SO" later won smashing victory. (Story on page 3.) Heaatn^ ff Bosun John Ziereis stows his gear pStreanHu in bus as A1 Betz waits his turn, before taking off for Albany to crew the SS Charles Dunaif there. En­ tire crew was shipped from New York hall to take over vessel recently purchased by an SIU company. l| �•« • •r-: «. fs Pice Twe ;» K SEAFAREHS tOG SlU Birth Cash Tops $500^000 On 4th Birthday f vr- .' •:- • • .r'?; « Mireh M, ItM Celebrating its fourth birthday this coming April 1, the SIU maternity benefit has paid out a total of over $500,000 jji benefits to Seafarers, As of last Friday, 2,323 payments of $200 each had been made"* to Seafarers for the birth o to the Seafarers Welfare Plan as one or more of their children required under the Union's con­ tract, Seafarers do not have to pay anything towards the cost of these and other welfare benefits. Unique Provisions The maternity benefit program of the SIU is unique both in the size of the benefit paid and in the payment of multiple benefits for multiple births. Most maternity benefits under insurance company plans are a limited payment and do not make allowance for twins. The SIU plan pays $200 to the Sea­ farer for each child. Two sets of During height of company-fostered "back-to-work" movement in Baltimore area, SIU Secre­ triplets have been bon^under the tary-Treasurer Paul Hall addressed AFL-CIO -'pep" rally in support of striking Westinghouse plan, Robert R, Long becoming electrical workers at the Baltimore SIU hall. SIU sparked aid of several maritime unions to the father of two girls and a boy the striking lUE-AFL-CIO. The joint aid was one of the first instances of cooperation between December 14, 1953, and Lars AFL and CIO unions following completion of the merger agreement last December. Nielsen getting three boys in one package on December 31, 1955. In each case, the fathers received !i600 plus three $25 bonds. Since triplets are supposed to HONOLULU — The projected average out to one set for every $400,000 loan from the Interna­ ,000 births, future Seafarertional Brotherhood of Teamsters to the International Longshoremen's fathers find the odds heavily stackagainst triplets for years to Association has been killed by the Teamsters executive board meet­ come. After 156 days, the longest major strike ba ttle in 20 years ended in a victory last week In the four years since the plan ing here. The loan was originally touted got underway, a large number of for members of the International Union of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO, at Westinghouse by the ILA after it reached a mu­ Seafarers have collected benefits plants across the nation. The 50,000 strikers ended their walkout with their picketlines in­ tual aid pact with the midwest con­ more than once under the plan, tact and a new contract, in ference of the Teamsters designed which has been one of the most to help the Teamsters organize in applauded features of the Union's which key issues were in the right to demand arbitration over discharge for 36 others, with th* standards it thinks are unfair. The suspensions to be subject to arbi­ certain ports. However it was with­ welfare program. The SIU was the first unlicensed union's favor. union maintained from the start tration, The contract calls for wage held by the Teamsters when AFLThe union's success came after that the time and motion studies increases averaging about three union in the maritime industry to CIO President George Meany what was widely regarded as an / warned that the Teamsters risked institute a maternity benefit, a fea- open company attempt to destroy would have involved wage cuts and percent a year. which has since been copied tore downgrading for the 20,000 work­ violation of the AFL-CIO constitu­ by 'Back To Work' Failed it. The company effort was con­ ers involved unless the union had other unions in the field,' tion by lending money to an ex­ The back to work effort by the centrated in back-to-work moves a say." pelled organization. company, -first by any major cor­ in several cities, all of which ended Free To Call Strike While the mutual aid pact still poration since 1941, was centered in failure. Other AFL-CIO unions, For its part, Westinghouse was in a few plants where the company exists on paper, most observers realizing the threat, rallied to salved with a five year contract, thought the union was most sus­ agree that the $400,000 was the lUE's support, with Seafarers be-all and end-all as far as the ILA playing a major role on the picket but in actuality, the lUE .is free ceptible. Two Baltimore ; plants was concerned, in its efforts to lines in Baltimore, scene of some to strike in 1957 over fringe is­ were among those chosen for this sues and in 1958 on lay-off pay. experiment. However, the com­ beat back the challenge of the In­ Local reopenings on wages are pany's efforts were balked as Sea­ ternational Brotherhood of Long­ WASHINGTON — Another bill The SIU congratulates the also free of restrictions on strike farers and other union members shoremen, AFL-CIO. has been dropped Into the ConOriginally the company in Baltimore rallied to the strik-. g.'-essional hopper to reopen the officers and members of the rights. sought a~ blanket five-year con­ ers' cause. The SIU hall became International Union of Elec­ 1946 Ship Sales Act, Senator Alan^ the center of resistance to the Bible (Dem,, Nev.) has introduced trical Workers on the success­ tract. Mar, 30, 195$ Vol. XViii. No. 7 measure which would clear the ful conclusion of the 156-day ' The Union also won reinstate­ company move, and the strike­ PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer sale of 15 ships to Mexico, strike at the Westinghouse ment for 57 men fired during the breaking drive failed there as in strike and suspension instead of other cities. HEHBEBT BRAND, Editor; RAV DENISON, Another bill pending would sell Electric Corp. Managing Editor; BERNARD SEAMAN, Art. US surplus ships to Trieste ship­ Editor; HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPIVACK, The 50,000 strikers and Staff Writers; BILL MOODY, Gulf Area owners, a project which has been hanging fire for some time. Ap­ their families withstood Representative. Final Dispatch ....Page 11 proval of either hill is expected to tremendous pressure through Hospitalized Men Page 12 open the floodgates to a torrent 22 weeks and refused to cave Inquiring Seafarer Page 5 of similar actions. in. Instead they went back Letters Pages 12, 14 The Mexican sale bill contem­ with their ranks unbroken and Recent Arrivals Page 15 plates the transfer of Libertys or a settlement in their favor. Shipping Figures Page 4 C-ls to "contribute to the economic Prices of Liberty ships have reached a new post-Korea The SIU believes that the Your Dollar's Worth Page 6 development of Mexico," and "as­ high in the ship market, with runaway-flag Libertys hard to sist a friendly neighbor to build fight waged by the Westing­ aiao an active merchant marine," find at as much as $iy4 million each. American-flag Libertys At present Mexico has very few house strikers has been cru­ have followed the trend, with" Published biweekly at tna headquarters cial to the entire AFL-CIO, as of the Seafarers international Union, At­ ships, most of them operating on lantic & Gulf District, AFL-CIO, 675 Fourth it has shown that no corpora­ ship brokers reporting few and 1955, with the Maritime Ad­ Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY, Tel HYacinth a Gulf coastwise service. Sale of ministration approving the trans­ tion, no matter how big or owners willing to sell. 9-6600. Entered as second class matter the ships would give the country at the Post Office In Brooklyn, NY, under The boom in Liberty ship prices fers on the grounds that they" status in the offshore trades. powerful, is able to destroy the Act of Aug, 24, 1912, reflects active business for tramp couidn't possibly make money a militant union. ship's fai grain, coal and other bulk under the US flag, cargoes. Bulk space is so tight Beneficiary Cards Lacking... US-Flag No Bargain thai 150,000 tons of ore have piled of the company's heaviest strike­ As an aftermath of the loss of the Salem Maritime, trustees of Boom or not, the ship sale fig­ breaking artillery. up in Stockton, California, be­ the Seafarers Welfare Plan have called on all Seafarers to make Major issues of the strike did cause there are-no ships available. ures show that there is plenty of sure that they have an up-to-date beneficiary card on file. In ex­ not involve wage rates at imy time. There is talk of breaking out re­ return operating under a i-unaway Rather they concerned the com­ serve fleet ships for the ore trade. flag. While foreign Libertys are amining the records, the trustees found that fully half of the men pany's demand for the right to im­ Observers attribute the situation virtually unobtainable at the $1V4 who lost their lives on the ship did not have a card in the files of pose time and motion studies on to the Maritime Administration million figure, US-flag Libertys the Welfare Plan, In at least one instance, the card was not up to 20,000 hourly-rated workers; its policyvof allowing wholesale ship have been sold for about half that date, inasmuch as the Seafarer had since acquired a wife and refusal to arbitrate grievances and transfers with the loss of thou­ price, in the vicinity of $650,000, This is still a good .$150,000 over family. its insistence on tearing up the sands of jobs by US seamen. The cuirent situation points up the price of the same ships lastold contract and y/riting, a new All Seafarers are urged to make sure they have a card on file • the fact that if runaway Libertys year, one to run for five years. designating their beneficiary, so as to protect their families in the . Victory On Study were still under the American flag High prices in excess of a mil­ event of an unforeseen accident. The settlement as propoi;ed. by they would be fully-employed and lion are also being paid for World | The Welfare Plan has already completed, death benefits pay­ group of mediators limits the their, owners would be juaking War II T-2 tankers, with some of; time and motion stitdY,tQ.j]is]t,i,5()^ l»rjoTtp,i tl^sfl, half, of-the y5, these being converted to bulk car- i ments to most of the Salem. Maritime victims' next of kin. • ' ' workers with the union having {he tramp fleet went foreign in 1954 iters, • The Union has chipped In an addi­ tional $25 defense bond for each of the 2,323 children covered by the program. Total benefits oy that date amounted to $464,600 plus $58,075 worth of bonds. All payments under the mater­ nity benefit, like other SIU wel­ fare benefits, are financed com pletely by employer contributions Meany Kills ILA's Hopes For 400 G's Westinghouse Workers Win Demands; End 156-Day Strike Mexico Seeks JS Ship Sale SEAFARERS LOG H- Ship Prices Zoom — Especially Runaways • a- - . • •r ?! �Manh M, IfSf SEAFARERS LOG • t. ;* rag* Tkre* Sitiate Kills Cargo Law Threat • -W-. us Skips Appeal On CC Screening WASHINGTON—The future of the Coast Guard system of screening merchant seamen is uncertain today as a result of 9 Department of Justice decision not to appeal a court rul­ ing against the system. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals and other agencies have consist­ in San Francisco had ruled last ently refused to make their sources October that the use of anonymous witnesses against accused seamen and longshoremen was illegal. The Justice Department let last week's deadline for a Supreme Court ap­ peal pass without taking any ac­ tion. Seamen Denied Rights The original ruling said in sub­ stance that the seaman, being em­ ployed in a private industry, was denied his rights under law if he could not confront witnesses and Informants and cross - examine them. The Coast Guard screening program had included an appeals system, but confrontation of wit­ nesses was ruled out because the Federal Bureau of Investigation of information public. Open To Qlaim In effect then, the court decision means that any seaman or long­ shoreman who was denied vali­ dated papers or a port security pass can now get his papers if he can claim that witnesses against him were hidden from him.. The impact of the ruling on the future of the program is not ciear. Apparently, the Coast Guard can still require seamen to carry vali­ dated papers, but if it seeks to challenge a seaman's right to sail it will have to produce all wit­ nesses and information and give the seaman the full right of crossexamination. May Protest Informants It will then be up to the Coast Guard and the FBI to decide whether it is worth their while to produce a witness or whether to drop the whole thing in the inter­ est of protecting their informant. The screening procedure has been in effect since Korean War days. Most seamen and longshore­ men who were denied clearance by the Coast Guard were members of the now defunct National Union of Marine, Cooks and Stewards or of. the International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union on the West Coast. Only In-Patients Get dO-^Day Cards Here now is- the complete story of the SlU in 19551 The Union's day-by-day victories, the de­ fense of our hardwon rights and the new triumphs in ben­ efits for Seafarers and families—the full story in permanent form for ship or home. Available at the cost price of $7. SEAFARERS LOG 675 Fourth Avenue Brooklyn 32,,NY Bound volumes for years back Jtp 1950 also available at the same price. , Seafarers who have to enter a hospital from a ship are en­ titled to get a shipping card dated the day of entry to the hospital, up to 30 days, provided they report to a Union dispatch­ er within 48 hours of leaving the hospital. However, men who go to the hospital only for out­ patient treatment are not en­ titled to these cards. Seafarers already registered aj SIU halls who have to be hos­ pitalized for over 30 days, can get a new card for 30 days only, from the dispatcher. WASHINGTON—US merchant seamen and the maritime industry complete­ ly overpowered the opposition to the "50-50" cargo preference law as the US Senate voted 57 to 23 for the Magnuson amendment to restore "50-50" to agricultural sur­ plus shipments. The lopsided "yes" vote was reinforced by the announcement of eight absent Senators that they were in favor of "50-50." The result was a crush­ ing defeat for foreign ship­ ping lobbyists and their farm bloc allies who sought to use food surplus as a lever to destroy "50-50" and with it a large part of the US mer­ chant fleet. The last faint hope of the anti "50-50" crowd at this ses­ sion rests with the Case-Anderson bill which again seeks to remove "50-50" from the farm program. However, this bill will come un­ der the jurisdiction of the Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee, taking the matter out of the^ hands of the Agriculture Committee. See '50-50' Safe In light of the overwhelming sentiment of the Senate, the strong report of the House Mer­ chant Marine Committee in favor of "50-50" and the concern of the Commerce Committee for the wellbeing of maritime, it is highly un­ likely that the Case-Anderson bill will make any headway. Contributing to the success of the "50-50" fight was the strong support it received from the SIU and other maritime unions. All 96 Senators received a letter from SIU Secretary-Treasurer Paul Hall outlining the l^nion's position and Seafarers on the ships and ashore wrote to their Senators in response to the Union's request for mass support on this issue. Will Report BiU Senator Warren Magnuson (Dem.Wash.), who led the fight on be­ half of "50-50," is chairman of the committee which will now take up the new bill. He pledged that his committee would bring in a re­ port on the Case-Anderson meas­ ure, but all indications are that the committee will uphold "50-50" with some minor changes. These alterations involve per­ ishable cargoes and other minor items which are expected to have only a slight effect on US-flag shipping, if at all. Indicative of the rout of "50-50" foes was the fact that Senator Allen Ellender (Dem.La.), chair­ man of the Senate Agriculture Committee, voted for the Magnu­ son amendment. Senator Ellender admitted that his committee should not have taken jurisdiction over '50-50" in the first instance and -J Taking time out to let their Senators know how they feel on the 50-50 clause in the farm bill, Sesrfajers at recent Tampa branch meeting write Washington lawmakers to urge pro­ tection of 50-50 law. Pictured (seated, I to r) are Raymond Kaduck, Vincent Yates, Armando Leon. Seafarer in back­ ground was unidentified. that hearings on the subject be­ longed properly in the province of Magnuson's group. Union and maritime spokesmen were jubilant at the turn of events. The feeling in the industry was that the foreign lobbyists had far overplayed their hand by blaming "50-50" for the woes of US farm­ ers. The contrived nature of for­ eign attacks, based on the report­ ed refusal of some foreign mari­ time nations to purchase limited amounts of surplus, backfired when it became obvious that many countries were out to scuttle the entire agricultural surplus dis­ posal program. Hit Surplus Program Many foreign nations have pro­ tested vigorously each time the US Agriculture Department has an­ nounced Intentions to dispose of a portion of US-held farm products. A breakdown of the "50-50" vote shows that opposition was limited almost entirely to Senators from the Middle West corn and wheat WASHINGTON—^New legislation authorizing the Maritime Administration to build two atom-powered ships will be requested in Congress. Bids have already been received from four companies to build the power plant for a proposed $22 million atom-powered tanker to be completed by 1959. Maritime Administrator down for over a year in a dispute Make Checks Clarence Mor^e said he would over the type of ship to be built. The administration has been urg­ ing an "atom peace ship" which would be a floating display of atomic energy progress, while Bon­ ner and others in Congress have in­ sisted on developing a prototype merchant vessel for practical use. There is no longer any question about the feasibility of an atompowered merchant ship. Costs of such a ship are now twice the cost of a conventional ship of the same size, but authorities believe that these costs will come down a great deal before long. *• • .T I MA Asks Okay For 2 Atom Ships, Gets Bids On Tanker ask for legislation after the House Merchant Marine Committee chairman. Rep. Herbert Bonnei(Dem. NO, said Congress had never authorized the vessels. Meanwhile, rapid progress is be­ ing made on nuclear power plants by the US Navy which is working on six more nuclear subs and plan­ ning another eight. The Navy is also designing a nuclear-driven sur­ face ship to be finished by 1959. Seek 'Practical' Ship Construction of an atom-powered merchant ship has been bogged .'5 -••• To 'SiU-A&G' Seafarers mailing in checks or money orders to the Union to cover dues payments are urged to be sure to make all of them payable to the SIU-A&G District. Some Seafarers have sent in checks and money orders in thenames of individual headquar­ ters officials. This makes for a problem in bookkeeping which can be avoided if checks are made out to the Union directly. belts. By contrast. Senators from seaboard states were solid for the bill with two exceptions, Eastland of Mississippi and Holland of Florida. Roiicaii Vote On Amendment To Farm Bill VOTING FOR "50-50" Barkley (Ky) Beall (Del) Bender (Ohio) Bible (Nev) Bridget (NH) Both (Conn) Butler (Md) Cote (NJ), Clementt (Ky) CoHon (NN) Curtit (Neb) Dirkten (III) Duff (Po) Ellender (to) Ervin (NC) Frear (Del) Goldwoter (Ariz) Green (Rl) Hoyden (Ariz) Henningt (Mo) Hill (Ala) Hrutka (Neb) Humphrey (Minn) Ivet (NY) Jackson (Wash) Jenner (Ind) Johnson (Tex) Johnston (SC) Kennedy (Mats) Kerr (Oklo) Knowland (Calif) Kuchel (Calif) Laird (W;Va) Lehman (NY) Magnuson (Wash) Molone (Nev) Martin (Po) McCarthy (Wis) Millikin (Colo) Monroney (Okia) Morse (Ore) Murray (Mont) Neely (W Vo) Neuberger (Ore) Pastore (Rl) Payn.e (Me) Potter (Mich) Purte.ll (Conn) Soltonstall (Mass) ScoH (NC) Smothers (Flo) Smith (Me) Smith (NJ) Sparkmon (Ala) Stennis (Miss) Thurmond (SC) Williams (Del) ANNOUNCED FOR "50-50" Allott (Colo) Bricker (Ohio) Daniel (Tex) George (Go) Long (La) Mansfield (Mont) McNamora (Midi) Symington (Mo) VOTING AGAINST "50-50" Aiken (Vt) Andersen (N Mex) Barrett (Wye) BenneN (Utah) Case (S Dak) Douglas (III) Dwershok (Idaho) Eastland (Miss) Flonders (Vt) Fulbright (Ark) Gere (Tenn) Hickentooper (Iowa) Holland (Fla) Longer (N Dak) Mortin (Iowa) McClellon (Ark) Mundt (S Dak) Schoeppel (Kan) Thye (Minn) Watkins (Utah) Welkor (Idaho) Wiley (Wise) Young (N Dak) • 'hi v>l ll J•a �PMW Fear SEAFARERS March S«, l»St LOG March 7 Through March 20 Port Boston New York . Philadelphia ••••«•••••••••••••••« Baltimore Norfolk Savannah •• Tampa Mobile New Orleans Lake Charles Houston... Wilmington San Francisco .' Seattle TOTALS Recistered Deck Deck Mng. Eng. Stew. B A A B 3 2 5 7 7 46 12 33 87 13 3 6 8 1^ 8 18 23. 31 39 13 8 16 8 12 7 3 3 6 8 8 12 7 1 8 4 18 18 8 13 9 41 34 48 8 6 3 16 12 14 12 12 14 22 13 18 3 9 7 11 4 9 12 12 9 10 7 7 9 7 13 Stew. D^k Deck Eng. Eng. B A • 264 117 203 114 201 stew. B 2 21 3 14 3 2 T^al Total Total B 12 14 136 46 182 37 9 28 48 138 93 26 54 28 10 28 15 38 278 3 43 55 12 2 143 23 9 120 67 38 29 10 78 51 27 2 27 35 8 1 33 58 25 6 23 47 24 4 Stew. Total Total ^tal. .Reg. A B 667 313 82 Deck Deck Deck 4 63 26 22 7 0 1 7 31 16 2 5 1 7 0 4 4 1 2 6 0 1 0 41 8 13 18 1 17 14 2 4 9 1 3 0 18 0 9 14 Deck Deck Deck B C A 44 238 102 ^ Eng. 49 6 17 3 7 5 6 26 13 17 4 7 13 E^. 176 Enf. Eng^ 2 23 16 0 0 10 9 a 4 4 0 4 0 3 0 10 2 1 19 7 13 7 6 0 10 4 11 -En|. 53 123 Shipped stew. Stew. 0 IS 29 6 0 8 13 6 5 2 7 2 6 15 1 36 6 6 7 13 11 7 7 11 2 3 4 stew. Stew. A B 163 70 Crews Keep Baltimore Ships Clean BALTIMORE — Continuing to head the good news here is the fact that SIU crews and Disabled Seafarer Thomas Maynes (with cane) chats with other disability benefit pensioners before SlU headquarters meeting. Men in front row, all recent additions to the benefits list, are (I to r) Robert M. Ellis, Henry S. Bonitto, J. A. Axelsson, Maynes, Morris Schapiro. In rear are Burton Frazer and H. L. Gillot. Jusf 45, He Gets SlU Pension One of the maiijr disabled Seafarers who have not yet reached age 65, Thomas Maynes can appreciate the value of a disability pension. The 45-year-old Seafarer would have no source of income at all were it not for the $35 a week the Seafarers Welfare Plan provides him. ' ' Maynes' major problem is "whatever was up on the board." the blind believe that they will be approaching blindness which He had to call it quits last year able to train me for some occupa­ delegates are still bringing' in clean ships free of all major beefs. Earl Sheppard, SIU port agent, said the ships were not only clean beef-wise, but were in first-rate shape physically as well. He voiced the hope that this would continue to be the case in this port in the months to come. Building Jumping The SIU building here Is also in top condition, with all of its facilities getting full play from the membership. The only sour note is the number of Japanese ' pennies" turning up in place of quarters in the cigarette vending machines, since these coins often jam up the machines in addition to eating up any profits. On the shipping side, meanwhile, storms in and around fhe Atlantic seaboard curtailed all shipping to some extent, as job activity here quieted down a bit. During the p.ast two weeks the port handled 12 payoffs, 11 sign-ons and 14 ships' in transit. The crews on all of them are doing a fine job, Sheppard reiterated. He also offered the congratula­ tions of the local port member­ ship to the lUE-AFL-ClO on its victory at Westinghouse. Seafar­ ers assisted the strikers for many weeks. is a side-effect of a long siege of after he was hospitalized off the tion and maybe I'll be able to diabetes. While he is receiving Robin Sherwood. work something out. But at least "The people at the school for l.have the SIU to count on." the benefit he is also getting train­ ing from a school for the blind which is preparing him for event­ ual complete loss of sight. "The sight in one eye is com­ pletely gone," he reports, "and the other one is going fast. I would really he in rough shape if the Here now is the complete story of the Union hadn't come through for SIU in 19551 me." Maynes, who sailed as cook and The Union's day-by-day victories, the chief steward, first started ship­ defense of our hard-won rights and the ping in 1940 out of the old Stone new triumph^ in benefits for Seafarers and Street hall. "My brothers were in the Army, but I was rejected so I families—the full story in permanent form headed for the merchant marine." for ship or home. His first ship was a Calmar Line vessel and from there on he sailed Available at the cost price of $7. steadily with SIU companies taking I i-''' I Keep Draft Board Posted SJV"' C' • SIU headquarters urges all draft-eligible seamen to be sure they keep their local Se­ lective Service boards posted on all changes of address through the use of the posv cards furnished at all SIU halls and aboard ships. 11'' ^:p • ' ?• - I •)%" •V'^. SEAFARERS LOG 675 Fourth Avenue Brooklyn 32, NY Bound volumes for years back to 1950 also available at the same price. I. - ji /v. Stew. ^2 9 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 4 4 1 2 Stew. 2^9 Total T.^ 12 60 141 7 19 33 61 9 13 10 21 8 15 8 27 24 103 39 34 38 47 17 20 15 33 23 31 Total Tou.^ A 577 295 Tot^ 8 81 252 26 0 19 113 7 29 32 1 24 1 32 0 2 129 78 5 13 98 12 49 1 49 6 60 Total Total Ship. C 126 Snow, ice and storms throughout the East and over the Atlantic seaboard put a crimp in shipping schedules and job activity generally dur­ ing the past two weeks. Despite the effects of the weather, however, shipping in the Atlantic and Gulf District held vir­ tually the same pace as the pre­ vious period, and ran ahead of reg­ istration in the process. Total num­ ber of jobs dispatched was 998; registration lagged at 980. Spring Didn't Help The coming of Spring was ex­ pected to boost shipping somewhat, but with New York under 13Vi inches of snow and Boston buried under two and a half times that amount, shipping slowed to a crawl in some areas. The snoivstorm didn't set any records in New York, but New England suffered its worst blizzard in 40 years. Through it all. New York man­ aged to continue its steady upward climb and Boston, Savannah, "Tampa and Mobile showed some slight improvement. Houston and Lake Charles did very well and should continue to do so. West Coast Busy On the opposite side of the ledger, seven ports declined in varying degrees, although Balti­ more, New Orleans and all three West Coast ports still were busy. In Philadelphia and Norfolk, how­ ever, the decline was more evi­ dent. The two-week period also saw (Class A shipping hold to the status, quo, recording the same 58 per­ cent oL the total jobs it showed last period, while class B dropped to 29Vii percent and class C, which has no seniority in the SIU, rose slightly to 121^ percent. New York dispatched about 40 percent of the class C men, as class A and B men seemecWnclined (or forced) to stay away from the hall because of the heavy snowfall. Class A Job Ratio Holds Even so, class B shipping ran neck and neck with the class B registration for the period, and class A shipped two men to every one dispatched from class B to maintain its usual ratio of jobs. The following is the forecast port by port; BOSTON: Unpredictable; de­ pends on tanker movements . . , NEW YORK: Still climbing . . . PHILADELPHIA: Fair; two Cal­ mar payoffs due . . . BALTIMORE: Fair . . . NORFOLK: Quiet . . . SAVANNAH: Fair; shipp i more than it registered last period . . . TAMPA: Slow . . . MOBILE: Contlnuoa»sIow . . . NEW ORLl^ANSi Fair . . . LAKE CHARLES: Busy; needed men from Houston . . . HOUSTON: Should be okay, but generally unpredictable . . . WIL­ MINGTON: Good . . . SAN FRAN­ CISCO: Good ... SEATTLE: Good. �SEAFARERS March S0, 19M Par* Fir* LOG ::JI Question: What do you find to b* th* biggest beef at SlU shipboard meetings? Do you have any suggestions for a solujtion? A1 Yarbprough, BR; A big beef Clarence L. Cousins, AB: Who Is going to clean the laundry is the at meetings is that the chairman doesn't know his standard bone of -meeting proced­ contention at a ure and the meeting. Some meeting gets all ships make up balled up. Before schedules but nothe crew elects a body ever folchairman they 1 them. The should make sure best way to han­ he has a little dle It is for men knowledge who use the of parliamentary laundry to clean procedure so he knows what he's up when they get done. doing.— t t t t t t Edmund K. W. Eriksen, MM: Vito D'Angelo, DM: My personal The night watch is always com- beef which I've heard at many plai'nin'g that meetings is that there's not it's about time enough night our living quar­ lunch with the ters compared day workers eat­ with topside and ing all the food quarters on for­ and dirtying the eign Shi p s. A cups and silver. man off watch Half a dozen can't 'sleep while cups should be his bunkmates plenty if the men read or make who use them at night would rinse noise. If topside can have indi­ them out when finished. vidual rooms, so can we. 4" it 4" Gus Liakos, OS: There are three Marty Stabile, bosun: A beef or four things you get all the I've heard many times at meetings time, like taking Is from ordinar­ cups out of the ies and messmen messroom; whose who feel they should get more job it is to clean dough. They the laundry; who ate the night often lose week­ lunch and who end overtime in port, especially took , the books out of the li­ on freightbrary. The only ers. The entry way to stop these ratings also com­ beefs is to be considerate of ship­ plain about their OT rates not be­ mates. ing up to par. List Vacation $ On Tax Return Under a US Govemmfent ruling, vacation payments received by Seafarers are treated as income for the purposes of US income tax and must, be reported when filing a Federal Income tax return. Taxes on vacation pay are withheld by the Seafarers Vacation Plan office at the time of payment. Many thousands of W-2 with­ holding tax forms have been mailed out by the Plan. These forms have to be attached to the Seafarer's tax return. Any Seafarer who has not received his W-2 form on his 1955 vacation pay should check with the Vacation Plan office in SIU headquarters. Still conducting business as usual at the old stand, a Sea Chest employee is shown filling a slop chest order for an SlU-contracted ship. Settlement with Government did not affect Sea Chest's right to continue sale of high quality slop chests to ships. SIU Sea Chest Biz Continues As Dealer-Inspired Suit Ends Following agreement l^tween the Seafarers Sea Chest Corporation and the US AntiTrust Division the SIU has removed a clause from its contract which provided for the Sea Chest to bid for steamship company slopchest business on a competitive basis. Meanwhile, the SlU-owned Sea Chest is of America, representing pri­ It succeeded in placing quality slop continuing in business, main­ ers vate ship chandlers. The dealers chests aboard many SIU ships, al­ taining its program of supply­ saw the Union's program of provid­ though many contracted companies ing ships with low-cost, high qual­ ity work gear and other necessities in free and unrestricted competi­ tion with other dealers. On the Government's side, the agreement involves settlement of an anti-trust suit filed August 20, 1954, accusing the Sea Chest of monopolistic practices. Signing of the agreement did not involve any admission by the Sea Chest of any part of the Government's accusa­ tions but represented the Union's agreement to drop the contract clause. Dealer-Inspired The Union believes that the anti­ trust action was undertaken at the initiative of the Slop Chest Deal­ ing high-quality slops at low cost as a threat to their lucrative ex­ ploitation of the slop chest field. The terms of the settlement per­ mit the Sea Chest to continue its services without interference, for a minimum of five years. They also allow the Union-owned corporation to go to court after three years with evidence that its operations in no way conflict with the purposes of the anti-trust law. The Sea Chest began servicing ship's slop chests in December, 1952, in efforts to improve the standards of an industry shot through with shoddy merchandise, high prices and kickback practices. S/op Abuses Led Way To Sea Chest In operation for more than four years, the Seafarers Sea Chest Corporation is one ,of many services established by the SIU to meet a specific need of merchant seamen. It was the outgrowth of long years of beefs by seamen over the kind of gear they were forced to buy in ship's slopchests. ~ —— would be mismatched, shirts, pants ated under a provision in the SIU Slopchests have long been and underwear would be misfits or contract in which the operators one of the seamen's major shrink so badly as to be useless. agreed to purchase from the Sea grievances because the private ship chandlering industry has been riddled through with unscrupulous business practices. Slop chest dealers themselves admit to many abuses. \^th a section of the in­ dustry obtaining preference on purchases by payment of kick­ backs, the wholesale prices of ships' slops ran very high and quality also suffered. The unscrupulous slop chest dealer simply passed on the cost of his under-the-table operations to the seaman and, as is often the case, they set the pace for the rest of the Industry which would not compete with them on equal terms. Price and quality of merchandise offered to purchasing agents was secondary to private arrangements between the agents and the dealers. Seconds And Irregulars The result was' that seamen were stuck with high-priced seconds and irregulars and even reject mer­ chandise. Shoes would come apart after a few weeks wear, socks Unbranded or off-brand merchan­ dise was the rule, rather than the exception. Beefs to the slopchest dealer did no good, since they generally couldn't be made until months later when a ship returned to port. The seaman on the high seas who needed an Item of personal gear had to buy in the slopchest or do without until he came to port. The Union had long been con­ cerned over this situation and came to the conclusion that the only way to deal with it was by the foi'mation of a Unioii-owned cor­ poration which could do what indi­ vidual legitimate dealers were un­ able to do—that Is, supply quality branded merchandise at a fair price and so bring the rest of the industry In line. Competitive Buying The Seafarers S^a Chest Cor­ poration was formed accordingly and began sales' 'slops" tb tffd' ships in December, 1952. It oper­ Qhest on a competitive basis. In other words, where in the opinion of the shipowners a private dealer could compete with the Sea Chest quality-wise and price-wise, the shipowner was free to purchase from him. Goods Now Better Quality One result of the Sea Cjiest's activities was an upgrading in quality of work gear and other merchandise put aboard ship both on vessels where the companies purchased from the Sea Chest and on other ships as well. Equally % • rapid was the formation of the No secondt or rejects here Slop Chest Dealers Association, a grouping of ship chandlers whose as Sea Chest employee ex­ stated objective was to block the aminee newly-arrived stock. operation of the Sea Chest and possibly put it out of business. It Top-quality name brands was on the urging and complaint of are Sea Chest standards. this association that the Justice Department initiated its action decree reached with the Govern­ against the'Sea Chest in August, ment, the Sea Chest will continue to'fhh^tlbh' as •befdfe,' Without the Under, the terms ofJthe consent contractual provision. iiiiiii continued to purch^e from pri­ vate ship chandlers. $$ Left On Ship 'Float' Back Home TAMPA—A Seafarer who left a $50 bill in his locker got his 50 smacks back thanks to some fast teamwork between the New Orle­ ans and Tampa SIU halls. Seafarer Frank Myatt had the misfortune of being fired off the Iberville in New Orleans. To top it off, he left the- $50 note in his locker under some newspapers. He went disconsolately to New Orleans port agent Lindsey Williams with his tale of woe. Williams immediately teletype d the Tampa SIU hall informing them to check for the bill when the ship arrived there. Tampa p.-ttrolman Bennie Gonzalez went aboard, checked the locker, and sure enough, there was the money undisturbed. As Gonzalez describes it, "when I told the crew the story and why I wanted to check the locker they had a good laugh, but just as sure as it was described the minute I lifted the corner of the newspapers on the shelf there was the half C-note." Myatt now has his $50 back, and the Iberville crew is willing to believe anything now. Meeting Night Every 2 WeeRis Regular membership meet­ ings in SIU headquarters and at all branches are held every second Wednesday night at 7 PM. The schedule for the ^next few meeti ngs Is as fpilowsj April 4, April 18, May 2. �7; ;• 7 Wtm* K* . "T-, «•• t. -' '/ t' SEAFARERS Blizzard No Bar to NY Job Upturn YODR DRUM'S WORTH Seafarer's finite Better Buying By Sidney Margoliua Buying Encyclopedias? Look Out! Judging from our mail, encyclopedias are one of the items most wanted by American families, but also one of the most troublesome purchases. You don't have to be a detective to see why many families get into costly scrapes over this widely-wanted item. Encyclopedias upward climb of shipping during are mostly sold on. the Installment plan, and by canvassers (two of the tlie past two months. Spring reasons why they are so expensive). If folks had to pay out $200-$300 arrived in town amid 13Vi inches in one lump sum instead, of regarding this as a $10 a month purchase, of snow. they would undoubtedly do more, shopping among the various ency­ The storm kept many men from clopedias to make sure the investment was worthwhile. Too, if fam­ the hall and barred access to many piers for nearly 48 hours. ilies weren't subject to the high-pressure personal salesmanship and More job activity, it is hoped, emotional appeals about the children and the neighbors that charac­ will arrive with warmer weather. terize the encyclopedia business, they would comparison-shop as care­ Shipping slowed up after Christ­ fully as they generally do in buying a washing-machine. mas and has not fully recovered Buy To Fit Your Needs yet. One reader recently signed up for one of the best encyclopqdias at Meanwhile, Assistant Secretarya price of $300 which he undertook to pay off at the rate of $13 a Treasurer Claude Simmons con­ month. He wanted one to follow quiz programs. R:;!t when it arrived tinued to urge all ships' crews to Members of the deck gang on the Kathryn share a joke be­ he found, after examination, he had bought a far more elaborate and act on the safety questionnaires fore recent payofF in New York after run to Puerto" Rico. detailed set than his purpose required. Naturally he was upset about clr-mailed to all SlU-contracted the heavy investment he had undertaken. He wrote the company about Pictured (I to r) are A. DeLaPax, AB; E. Arroyo, AB; R. vessels in a move to get the Union's his disappointment and asked that they take back the books. After Zaragoza, bosun, and L Hernandez, OS. It must have been recently-won joint medical and several letters' they agreed, although indicating this was against their a good gag. safety program underway. A set policy. To their great credit, and our mutual surprise, they even re­ of ground rules for the safety pro­ turned the payments to date. He got off lucky. Now he's buying one gram will be formulated on the of those supermarket sets at 99 cents a volume and he says it seems basis of responses from the crews. to have a little information about a lot of things, not as thorough as Although many ships have re­ ore of the major encyclopedias, of course, but he thinks it's good turned their questionnaires, action enough for his purpose. For that matter, one can buy one-volume is being withheld until additional encyclopedias for $3 to $6 if the desire is only for occasional casual information comes in to headquar­ and limited use, or if your interest runs in a particular direction, as ters from the remainder of the science and nature. These, of course, do not have the extensive edu­ SlU-contracted fleet. SAN FRANCISCO—A fair amount of activity continues Copies of the safety question­ in store for deck and engine department men, with shipping cational and reference value of the major encyclopedias. Recommendations of Libraries naire have been supplied for each This department asked four libraries in different cities for their department on the ship, and dele­ in the steward department still on the slow bell here. Job calls for galley gang re-" recommendations. Here are their experiences: gates are urged to call special placements, especially chief CHILDREN'S ENCYCLOPEDIAS: Most of the libfaries found World meetings of crewmembers to study Bc'bk and Compton's Pictured Encyclopedias most suitable. Two spe­ the problem and suggest ideas stewards, are limited right cialists in children's books indicated preference for the World Book based on their individual experi­ now, although men registered in as containing more of the things children want to know and possessing ences. Ships which may not have the other two departments are hav­ a livelier format. But one preferred Compton's because it "talks dov/n received any of these forms can ing no difficulty moving out. Future Bright obtain them through any SIU hall. less" and lasts longer as a reference book. But all agreed both are While shipping slipped a bit New Ship Crewed Up good, and arc used interchangeably by the libraries. The increased shipping of the during the past two weeks, the The basic difference is that World Book has short articles at various past two weeks was sparked by the future looks good. Port Agent Leon Fred Howe, general secretai'y- grade levels, and these are written at the level at which the child is crewing of the Liberty ship Charles Johnson pointed out. Quite a few treasurer of the Radio Operators studying the subject (for example, the story of Indians is written in Dunaif, one of five ships brouglit in-transit ships and at least one Union and veteran of trade union fourth grade language), while Compton's has fewer but longer articles. under SIU contract recently payoff are due in, he added. maritime affairs, died on Saturday, The librarians are all generally agreed that both World Book and One payoff, the Anniston (Ace), March 17, in St. Vincent's Hospital, Compton's will serve a child from the fifth grade through jpnior high through a purchase by the Colonial Steamsrfip Company. One of six and seven in-transit vessels pro­ New York, after a lengthy illness. school at least. ships signed on by headquarters vided the activity of the last period. He was 67 years of age. Fewer libraries qarry Britannica Jr. One librarian commented . . . officials during this period. She was The other visitors included the Howe had been active in the "it appeals more to very young children." Nor do many carry the supplied with a full crew which Fairland, John B. Waterman, ROU since the early 1940's. Pre­ Book of Knowledge, because it is found in many homes. The Book of traveled to Albany, NY, to join he*. Maiden Creek, Fairport (Water­ viously he worked as a radio oper­ Knowledge,.according to one major library expert, is arranged more In addition, 18 ships paid off man); Steel Designer (Isthmian); ator on US ships for many years to encourage browsing and general reading than for use as a refer­ and 13 called in transit to the port. Yorkmar (Calmar) and Alice Brown and had been an officer of. the ence tool. All beefs Were easily handled, (Bloomfield). Beefs were at a American Communications Asso­ Don't Pay For Fancy Bindings Simmons reported. minimum on all of them. ciation, Local 2,. until he was Prices of encyclopedias jump alarmingly for costlier bindings. It's ousted because of his bitter oppo­ unwise to pay extra" for a' deluxe set, as with leather binding, since sition to Communist penetration children outgrow encyclopedias and they get out of date anyway, even of that union. though supplements are available. He was one of those who par­ World Book Encyclopedia for Children: Blue fabricoid, $109 ($105 ticipated in the establishment of for cash), up to as much as $169 for deluxe editions, plus transporta­ the Maritime Trades Department tion charges of $2.40. Published by Field Enterprises Inc., Box 3585, and took an active part in MTD Chicago. affairs in the succeeding years. Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia: Blue fabricoid, $124.50, up to Howe was a native of Warner, $139.50 for white deluxe; $5 discount for cash within 30 days. Pub­ New Hampshire. A sister, Mrs. lished by F. E. Compton Company, 1001 N. Dearborn St., Chicago. Sadie Greer of New Britain, Con­ Book of Knowledge: Standard, $124.50; fabricoid, $204.50. Extra necticut, survives him. charge of 75 cents to $1 a month for time payments. Published by Grolier Society, 2 West 45th St., New York. Britannica Jr. Encyclopedia: $200 up depending on associated serv­ ices bought, such as supplementary material, home reading courses, research services, etc. Published by Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 425 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago. The following is the latest ADULT ENCYCLOPEDIAS: The librarians reported Britannica and Americana most frequently used of the adult encyclopedias; Britannica available listing of official ex­ because it is the most complete, or advanced, and Americana because change rates for foreign cur­ 'it is the most recent (1955) edition. Among high school students, one rencies. Listings are as of librarian reported Collier's most used because it is simplified, with March 28, 1956, and are sub­ Americana also popular, but Britannica a little more difficult except ject to'change without notice. for teen-agers with especially-developed interests in science and math­ ematics, and college and older ages. England, New Zealand, South Af­ What'll It Cost Me? rica: $2.80 per pound sterling. Australia: $2.24 per pound sterling, Here are the costs of adult encyclopedias in ascending order: Belgium: 50 francs to tl'.e dollar. Collier's: $189 on time payments. (During March Collier's has a Denmark: 14.45 cents per krone. special offer at $199.50 including a set of children'^ classics or four France; 350 francs to the dollar. additional adult reference books). Published by Crowell-Collier Pub­ Germany: 4.2 marks to the dollar. lishing Co., 640 Fifth Ave., New York. Holland: 3.7-3.8 guilders to the dollar. I Americana: $300 in fabricoid, ranging up to $600 in leather. - Pub­ Italy: 624.8 lire to the dollar. lished by Encyclopedia Americana, 4606 EastrWest Highway, Wash­ Norway: 14 cents per krone; ington, DC. Portugal: 28.75 escudos to the dollar. Britannica: $400 up to $1,200, depending on binding and extra serv­ Sweden: 19.33 cents per krona. Seafarer George Kasprzyk, electrician,, and his bride enjoy a ices bought. J>ublished by Encyclopedia Britannica Inc., 425 N. Mich- , India: 21 cents per ru^ee. ^ coffee break in the SIU headquarters cafeteria on a visit to igan Ave., Chicago. Pakistan: 21 cents per rupee. the hall before heading home to Mobile. Kasprzyk met his Argentina: 18 pesos4o the dollar. Also note that the one-volume Columbia Encyclopedia is available wife, Margaret, a.nurse, while he was hospitalized in Ger. Brazil; 5.4 cents per crpzelro. at $35 in bookstJ)ces, knd sometimes less at a discount. It contains . Uruguay: 52.68. cents per'.paBa'.M'ci jmany^+aftyear, an<;f.jfl^ betfk tfiereYece .2|3JiegpKjllWA flr.s,^len\pn^^an^q .;ifi. y.sabk high ;school -ageis and ' ' Vehdzuiela: .85 'cJJftf pfeP WdHvifr.''* p. Published by Columbia "University Press, 2960 Broadway, NY. 5F Expects Sharp Upturn In Shipping Howe Of ROU Dies, Was 67 Newly weds Alabama Bound Money Exchange Rates Listed I 'i-^,'"--' • • Er? ^ ; jr.;. I Mmh M, 19Sf LOG NEW YORK—near-rec­ ord snowfall here last week failed to cool off the steady -i «: ; •> 7"!^7 �Marck S«, 1»M SEAFARERS Par* i^ea LOG Fish Stories Come True To Life For Seafarers When the crew of the Aflyn heard that attempts were being made to undermine the "50-50" law, ship's delegate Gene Dakin and ship's reporter Guy Walker went to work Immediately. They drafted -a letter on behalf of the crew and saw to It that copies of the letter were mailed to every member of the US Senate, 96 let­ ters In all. No question here about the Senators knowing where the Arlyn gang stood on the Issue. Chief steward W# Young on the Marie Hamlll takes the "to order" cooking system seriously because he asked the crew at a recent shipboard meet­ ing to give him their requests for special dishes of their own liking and his gang would do their Guzzi be§t to fill them. With this- kind of s^ce, there shouldn't be any problem keeping the crew fed to its heart's con­ tent. All- the favorite programs are on tap in the Ines crew messroom, thanks to Louis J. Guzd, chief electrician, and Edgar Yaher. car­ penter. The two mbn Installed a television set In the messhall where It can be watched by all hands at their convenience. Ship's reporter Robert T. Mc­ Neil of the Trojan Trader got a vote of thanks from the gang for keeping headquarters and the SEAFARERS LOG informed of all that Jiappened during the ship's last voyage. Other expressions of appreciation were voted to ship's delegate Newel Merrick on the C a m p Namanu for his handling of the job and to Brazil George Brazil, bosun on the Steel Recorder, for the "excellent" way he handled his chores. : '^lil in fishing keeps 'em on the Massmar run. E. Thompson, chief engi­ neer, and Seafarer James Eichenberg, steward, show off the latest catch. Saigon Curbs Ssp Smokes Authorities In the port city of Saigon, Indo-China, are clamping down once again on the circulation of travelers checks, and US and other for­ eign currency, In an all-out ef­ fort to lick the flourishing black market. All such currency must be declared and secured with the master of the vessel before crewmembers go ashore. Fail­ ure to do so-means seamen not only run the risk of having their money confiscated, but also face possible fines or addi­ tional penalties. The amount of local currency that can be taken ashore at any time is 400 pias­ tres, equivalent to $11.20 In American money. - In addition, the cigarette Issue to crewmem­ bers during the entire stay In Saigon must be limited to one carton (200 cigarettes). Afse /vH/Z-Yfe' ^w&&yisns inHc^. 0)(F&IS& vpiou KltfOW HCFAIO cotm -mt Ger 'WXi COPY cfm AT >lAiy HM'i- Ui A festive fish fry seems to be in the offing for the gang, on the Alcoa Cavalier, as Seafarers John W. Faircloth, oiler (left) an Richie McCall display part of the menu. This catch was made in the British West Indies, where the anglers in the crew always find good luck. .Paul Capo, bellman, sent in the photo. "This is fishermen's luck after 5,000 miles of troll­ ing," says Seafarer Alex Hoag, deck engineer on the Cecil N. Bean. Pete Wolfrum is the fisherman. Son Missing,, Co. Lax In Duty BOSTON—casual reading bf the SEAFA RERS LOG recently brought tragedy into the life of Myles Kane of South Boston, when'it -revealed the first hint of the disappearance of his Seafarer son at sea aboard the Ocean Deborah (Ocean Trans). An abbreviated reference to the incident appeared in the Meanwhile, shipping started the worst blizzard in 40 years, the building up somewhat during the ship eventually got its replace­ meeting minutes of the Debo­ past period, although It continues ments after Sheehan spent quite a rah digested in the Mai-cli 2, 1956, issue of the LOG, and led the elder Kane to inquire at the 'SIU hall here. His worst fears were confirmed when a check with SIU Welfare Services in New York disclosed that the James Kane missing from the Deborah was his son. Although several weeks had passed since the mishap, the company had not yet notified Kane's family of his dis­ appearance from the ship. ALCOA PECASUS (Alcoa), March 1 —Chairman, none; Secretary, L. Philllpa.-'No beefs. Ship's fund, $60. One man missed ship. Motion carried to concur in communications from headquarters. -ALCOA POINTER (Alcoa), February 26—Chairman, J. Flanagan; "Secretary, J. Hannay. Did not receive milk until arrival in San Juan. Repair list to be turned over to delegates., No lAefs.' Motion carried to concur in commimications from headquarters. New ship's library needed. Clarification wanted on overtime rate. ARLYN (Bull Lines), March 11 — Chairman, E. DakIn; Secretary, G. Walter. Dnmediate action taken on communication from headquarters on the 50-50 law. All members signed enrollment cards. Some disputed over­ time. Repairs being made. Motion car­ ried to concur in recent communica­ tions from headquarters. Ship's treas­ urer elected. General discussion held on things needed aboard this vessel.. CHICKASAW (Pan Atlantic), March 10—Chairman, P. Robertson; Secre­ tary, O. Mitchell. Everything is run­ ning okay. No beefs. Motion carried to concur in communication from headquarters. Ship's delegate urged all crewmembers to write their sen­ ators on the 50-50 law. . CITRUS PACKER (Waterman), -March 4—Chairman, H. Thomas; Sec­ retary, J. Mansell. Repair list to be turned in upon arrival. Ship's fund— $1.27. Some disputed overtime. Mo­ tion carried to concur in communica­ tions from headquarters. Ship's re­ porter elected and also sliip's treas­ urer. DE SOTO (Pan Atlantic), March 4— Chairman, G. Haga; Secretary, E. Opplcl. No beefs. Repair list was made up: safety list made up. Ship's delegate elected. Ship's fund—$31.22. Some disputed, overtfme — penalty meal hours. No other beefs. Motion carried to concur in communications from headquarters. Discussion held on fans for foc'sies. unpredictable from week to week. The harsh winter weather of the past two weeks, which shrouded the Boston area with an estimated 30 inches of snow over one week­ end, complicated branch activities far a while, but Port Agent James Sheehan was able to find six re­ placements for the Almena (Pan Atlantic) through it all. Replacements Make Ship Docked at Providence, Rliode Island, during what was considered bit of time on the phone. Due to the weather, the hail was empty at the time and local transporta­ tion was thoroughly snarled. Also In port for the period were the Bents Fort and Bradford Island (Cities Service) and the Chryss Jane (Colonial), all of which paid off and signed on again. The Algonkin (Algonkini; Hilton (Bull); Robin Wentley and Robin Sherwood (Seas Shipping), along with the Almena, were in transit. tion carried to concur in communica­ tions from headquarters. Ship's re­ porter elected. Repair list to be made up. due to next trip destined to tropical zone. Ship's fund—$1.28. No beefs. E-.orything in good order. Motion car­ ried to report to patrolman about tardiness. INE$ (Bull ^Lines), February 29 — Chairman, J. Slayen; Secretary, M. Savoy. Recreation room painted and locked so shore workers cannot use it. Ship's fund—$97.55. No beefs. Sliip's reporter elected. Safety list to be made up. RAPHAEL SEMMES (Waterman), February 2 — Chairman, H. Hutchlns; Secretary, K. Hansen. Ship's fund — $17.45. Discussion held on repair list. Ship's delegate elected. MARGARET BROWN (Bloomfield), March 11—Chairman, W. T. Devrnnry; -Secretary, F. Cain. One man left in Rotterdam due to illness. Ship's fund —$20.60. Balance of ship's fund is $12.56. Everything running okay, no Digest Of SIU Ship Meetings beefs. Some disputed overtime. DisGussiop held on medical bills. Vote of thanks to delegates. Ship's treas­ urer elected. Discussion held on crew's washing machine. New per­ colator to be put aboard. MARIE HAMIL (Bloomflsid), March 6—Chairman, Knapp; Secretary, A. Beken. Ship's delegate elected. Ship's fimd—$3. No beefs, everything run­ ning smooth. AH • crewmembers to keep laundry clean and no garbage to be dumped on deck at anytime. Vote of thanks to steward depart­ ment. FORT HOSKINS (Cities Service), OCEAN NIMET (Maritime Overseas), March 11—ChaKmian, J. Tanner; Sec. Mtary, B. Portpr; All hands have j February 2S—Chairman, W. Kenny; J launch-.wervlaa lehaalnB^'.td them;- Two I; Seera^arW-Fi »awy|ir..N*w ieo hog.and, ' coff« urn needed.'Moye fans needed SAND CAPTAIN (Construction Ag­ gregates), March 11 — Chairman, P. Cemashko; Secretary, C. Gilbert. Ail men to report to mate if they have an accident. Report made on federal income tax. One beef relative to lack of hot water for deck department's foc'sies for seven days. Motion car­ ried to concur in communications from headquarters. No new regardmg siopchest and American cigarettes. Vote of thanks to steward- depart­ ment. WESTPORT (Arthur), February 22 —Chairman, G. Schmidt; Secretary, F. Thommen. Ail repair lists to be turn­ ed in as soon as possible. No beefs. Motion carried to have patrolman see engineer about a relief for fireman on weekends in foreign countries. ARIZPA (Pan Atlantic), March 1 — Chairman, J. Kennedy; Secretary, W. Warmack. Ship running okay. Motion carried to accept communications from headquarters. --Motion carried not to sign on until coffee urn and icebox in pantry are repaired. Galley range to be repaired. Also, not to sign on until patrolman clears beefs and gives okay. First aid kit needed in galley. CHESTER HARDING (Construction Aggregates), March 7 — Chairman, E. TIrelli; Secretary, P. Arthurs. Motion carried that all delegates and re­ cording secretary get together and compose a letter regarding crewmembdr to be sent to headquarters. Dis­ cussion held on siopchest: list of re­ placements to be. taken by depart­ ment head/ TROJAN TRADER (Trolan), Febru­ ary S — Chairman, D. Martin; Secre­ tary, R. McNeil. Ship's delegate, sec­ retary-reporter, treasurer elected. No beefs. Motion carried to concur in jrjjo^muijicAt^ohs from itead4itpTt^rs.i (:leaning schedtile was worked out. �'rXT' " * ' SEAFARERS LOG .• \. "v Blood/ Sweat/ and Tears ^" <» yf - f ^ ^ .• '. V y-•y'y'v y.-'::,:-:fj : . ':C' The Trade Unions 'V..- . . . Fight For Rights '• .ri :U ' :! v^vrtvn;-' In The :Mid-Thirties ^ •• .-V - " The former head of big business' US Chamber of Com­ merce stated recently: "Without unions, current benefits to workers would no doubt have come more slowly, if at all." He could have added that these benefits came despite the year-by-year opposition of bis organization and all that the employers could muster, including paid thugs, strike­ breakers, vigilante committees, controlled police and courts. He could have also cited some of the obstacles, such as the beatings, false arrests, kidnapings and murders that befell many workers who dared to stand up for their rights. The history of trade unionism on a large scale in the United States is relatively short. Less than 20 years have passed since the mid-thirties when the Federal government officially intervened to provide the American workingman with some guarantee of his rights to join a union and be protected by a union contract. In 1935 Congress passed the National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) which re­ quired employers to "bargain in good faith," The law cleared the way for the growth of hundreds of unions and set off bitter fights by the bosses in such industries as coal, steel, rubber, auto, maritime and oil. Gradually over the years many employers have come to accept the principle of unionism and many Americans at­ tribute the tremendous upsurge in our standard of living to the presence of unions. There are, however, still some employers who live in the past, as the recently-ended Westinghouse strike proves One note on the change on unionemployer relations is below: many employers now brag of the benefits wrung from them and the fact that they offer union conditions lo prospective employees. The year 1937 first saw the use of the "staydown" strike. Here miners in Wilscnville, Illinois, pit of the Superior Coa Company listen to guitar mur sic while awaiting action on their demand that work be shared with 800 other miners of the. United Mine Workers Union. medical, lurgical benefit, and group Ihsurancf raW-bour, 5-day week • 7 weeks' vacation . . , R Pleasant working atmosphere^^ , Nat'l manufacturing organ^jJg^^|^^7^^'i^ iBxcell future for man wlthjggp^^oii ^ ifcick leave benefits I 'JT", k t •' t «e • FUbifier hr f-; 11^;: • • PrTou;' I- . S'ariin!? Toinanio"- Responsible, interest me work, Modem, fully au-cond offlceij 5 day. 37'4 hour week •aid-'Vacations and hollto Free Insurance^ P^. : if fiis; -C I 'j\y .r. > .. • . s , -,'r.~A- Well-reRidmbercd by SlU oldtimers it the 1934 Maritime Striki; Here • - poJice ettcmpf to disperse San Francisco' te«men end longthoremed by use «--'of tear gas end elwbs.- Copa were ettempting -tei cieer way fjor-deiivery -ef" - -> •> I i. tyi, t 1 • tI r �Mindi SO, MM SEAFARERS .' "• v LOG >•m• Page NfM '.'I •r • • •J* "i ,g.|l . <]) -iB '•iff--..! ' , V ^ K Textile workers celebrate third week of sitdown strike at Apex Knitting Mills in Philadelphia. The year was 1937 and sitdown strikes won union con­ tracts for workers in steel, rubber, auto, and other industries until court orders forbid this type of strike. Attempti to organize workers were met by company thugs at many plants, such as at Ford .Motor Company. Here in famous "Battle of the Overpass" company goons rough up UAW organizer Richard Frankensteen. He's shown in inset with UAW president Walter Reuther after the battle. i'. "t Employer-sponsored vigilante groups were often used against unions. Here American legionnaires stop union sympathizers near Monroe, Michi­ gan, steel plant. Also in 1937, injured striker at right is led off by Johns­ town, Pa., police. Non-strikers were used as deputies in this strike. iiiiiii One of the bloodiest strikes of '30's was that at the South Chicago plant of In eddition to police, deputies, vigilantes* and company thugs; strikers Republic Steel. Known as the "Memorial Day Massacre" police broke up oftcir faced the National Guard. California National. Guard tanks stand by a inarch of strikers, strikers were, as 4,000 armed guardsman patrol San Francisco streets during the 1934 . strikers by using guns, teer taer gas and clubs. ^ ITe.n en ^striker maritime strihe. Strike victory led te estabUshmeM #f unidn^iring iiails...- ...|4ote f)olice Wttom 4dH^n pheto-. ••'•Mrs. o>:oy< --r A • • .r. �Par* Tea SEAFAKEJtS Mareh M« »5t LOG MDs Move To Set Fee Schedule SAN FRANCISCO—The first step towards standardizing and specifying medical fees has been made here with the Cklifornia Medical Association working out a set of relative charges for medical services. The action was taken as a result of the widespread existence of health insurance plans, such as the-t Seafarers Welfare Plan, which doctor' visits to hospitals which the plan worked out by the Cali­ provide specific payments for v;as designed to be more than am­ fornia Medical Society. While no certain medical services. The Seafarers Welfare Plan, un­ der its dependents' benefits pro­ gram, set up a scale of payments for hospital cos^s, operations and All Is Quiet In Lake Charles LAKE CHARLES — All is well on the labor scene in this area, with all unions reporting their men on the job and no beefs out­ standing. Shipping is also doing very well here, and has recovered from its slight decline of two weeks ago. Things are so good. Port Agent Leroy Clarke reported, that he had to send for some men from Houston, as shipping here out­ paced registration once again. Eight Cities Service tankers call­ ed during the period, in addition to the Val Chem (Valentine), a regular caller, in Port Neches, Texas, and a West Coast tanker, tlie Cowanesque, here in Lake Charles. All the vessels contacted were in good shape, Clarke added. ple in meeting average medical costs. For this purpose the plan surveyed medical costs in major port cities. However, up until now, the gen­ eral public has had no way of judging medical costs and physi­ cians have been reluctant to dis­ close the figures. No Rhyme Or Reason A recent survey by the national magazine "Redbook" disclosed that medical costs were a blind item which varied widely from doctor to doctor and town to town. Most patients never have any idea in ad­ vance what they are going to pay with "charge what the traffic will bear" being the rule. This would be changed under Warn Of Mines Adrift Near Japan And Korea TOKYO—New reports of floating mines between Japan and Korea are causing mariners to keep a sharp lookout in the area between the 40th and 42nd parallels. Several him'*"dred mines have been picked up by US and Japanese naval units in recent months and all LABOR ROUND-UP Now 11 months old, the strike of Miami hotel employees has scored two more successes recently. The Shelborne and Eden Roe hotels have signed with the Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union, bringing to eight the total number of establishments signed. The Union originally struck 22 Miami Beach hotels last April. 4« t effort "is made to fix a standard fee, the society proposes a relative scale of costs. Sliding Scale For example, if a physician charges $200 for an appendectomy, the society figures a tonsillitis op­ eration siiould cost $86. If his ap­ pendectomy pricfr is $150, the ton­ sillectomy should cost $64.20. Sim­ ilar scales of cost are figured for home and office visits, hospital visits and the like. Up until now medical societies have bitterly resisted any attempts to standardize fees, with the result that people covered by health in­ surance plans still had no idea of what medical services would cost them. strike authorization received an overwhelming vote from 95 percent of the membership. Union demands put forth by the Amalgamated Mo­ tor Coach Employees call for a 10 percent wage increase and other benefits. The union said no coun­ ter-proposal has been received from the company. 4> 4 Union organizers were beaten and run out of town in Gaffney, South Carolina, in the course of organiz­ ing attempts at a local mill by four representatives of the United Tex­ tile Workers Union. The union has charged that the local sheriff re­ fused protection to the men and ordered the beaten quartet to leave town or face arrest. The country's Univacs will re­ ceive uninterrupted semce as 1.000 mechanics employed by SperryRand Corporation voted to accept a two year agreement with an immediate $4 wage increase. The mechanics service the electronic brains, one of which attracted na­ tional attention when it wrongly predicted the outcome of the 1954 elections on the basis of darly 4 4 4 returns. The men are members of Government efforts to mediate the International Union of Electri­ the Kohler Company strike, now cal Workers. nearing the end of its second year, 4" 4" ifc ^ ended in failure as the company A strike call has been approved again refused to rehire strikers. by drivers and station agents em­ The United Auto workers have ployed by Pacific Greyhound, been on strike against the company which operates Greyhound bus since April, 1954. The company lines in seven western states. The manufactures bathroom fixtures. of them have been found to be Russian-manufactured. The mines found apparently originate from the coasts of North Korea where Communists sowed heavy minefields during the Ko­ rean War. The minefields were not swept after the war so that the mines break lose in the winter and float southward. Nor do the mines found usually have mechanisms which would sink them if they br(ffce loose. These mechanisms are required under the Geneva con­ vention. Five Varieties • Five different types of mines have been found, the largest carry­ ing 550 pounds of TNT which is enough to sink a freighter. No ships have been sunk by mines in the area since 1993, but Japanese fishing fleets restrict their movements at night, and night ferry service between north­ ern Japanese islands has been sus­ pended because 6f the mines. Unless the North Koreans sweep the minefields, it is believed the danger will persist for many years to come, particularly in the winter months. NEWS OF OUR SlU AFFIIIATES The Quebec Labor Relations Board has upheld the certification - of the SIU Canadian District on tugs of the Davie Shipbuilding Company. Company efforts to can­ cel the certification for four tugs on the grounds that the ships were "public service vessels" were over­ ruled by the Labor Board. Nego­ tiations are expected to begin shortly. 4 4 4 West Coast fish and cannery workers won a partial victory this week when President Eisenhower ordered an increase in tariffs on Japanese tuna if imports amount to 20 percent oX, American tuna production. The SlU-affiliated" fish and cannery unions have been fighting for a quota .on. tuna Ini-, ports which would'cui them back' II below present levels which are still US Treasury Department for its under the 20 percent figure. tax-exempt status and is now ac­ cumulating a reserve toward pay­ 4 4 4 Marine Cooks and Stewards are ment of pensions. 4 4 4 hailing the performance under fire Welfare, vacation and pension of John Scribner, passenger waiter on the Washington Mail, and benefits to members of the Sailors MC&S member, when the ship Union of the Pacific are now past broke in two in the Gulf of Alaska. the $2 million mark since the funds Scribner collected the passengers were started. Welfare and vacation in a stateroom after the ship broke payments are both well over $800,up, made them sandwiches and cof­ 000 each with pension payments fee, joked and told stories to keep amounting to $350,000. 4 4 '4 everybody calm until rescue ar­ Sandboat operators on the Great rived. , Lakes have agreed to wage in­ 4 4 4 creases of $35,67 to - $47.15 per The starting date for payment of month for unlicensed men, mem­ pensions by the Brotherhood of bers of the SIU Great Lakes Dis­ Marine Engineers pension plan has trict. The one year contract pro­ been tentatively set for January 1, vides for a September 15 wage reliftST. ' The plan ,has, jiilre^^y . reto, jjpt necessary approval from^e then. ..... MARITIME TRADES DEPARTMENT ' REWHcron DIIIEia^TIMiHIPS SHIPS' WIRELESS / y—I \ i-' \ ROUND-THE-WORLD EVERY SUNDAY 1915 GMT EVERY MONDAY 0315 GMT (2:15 PM EST Sunday) Europe and North America —WCO-13020 KC (10:15 PM EST Sunday) Australia WMM 25—15607 KC East Coast South America—WqO. 16908.8 KC West Coast South America —WCO.22407 KC Northwest Pacific —WMM 81—11037.5 MI iHE mm MAURICE A. GILLESPIE, ch. cook LOU CIRIGNANO. MM Music's loss proved the SlU's When Seafarer Louis Clrignano gain when Maurice A. Gillespie' graduates from Moptclair State gave up the fiddle and started con­ Teachers College in May it will be cocting- culinary delights instead. a toss-up who learned more — Rated by many Baltimore chow- Clrignano in his courses or his hounds as one of the best cooks classmates and teachers about the ever to sail with the SIU, his origi­ SIU and US seamen. An enthusi­ nal intentions were' as remote as astic SIU booster, can be from the. business side of Cirignano hasn't spared the horses a galley range. He first came to Baltimore back in making the in 1925, enrolling at the famed School SlU-conPeabody Institute to study violin, clous. He's shown harmony and composing. To help SIU movies in pay the tuition he took a part time the classroom job in a local coffee shop. When and has made he found the financial outlook un­ sUre that copies certain for budding musicians, he of the SEAFAR­ stayed in the restaurant business. ERS LOG are available in the Through the years he was pro­ school library where, he reports, moted to restaurant manager and they find many interested read­ learned the business inside and ers. Cirlgnano's SIU background has out, so that he was well:prepared for the Job of ship's cook when he helped considerably in his chosen field—economic geography. He is finally headed for sea. In 1942 when he was 36, Gilles­ already student-teaching in this pie enlisted in the Navy as a cook. subject at a nearby New Jersey He spent the high school, and Intends to go on next three years with his studies and make teaching in the Aleutian a career. ii Islands where it Joined SIU In '45 took a good cook He started sailing with the SIU to lighten the back in World War II, joining the boredom of bleak Union in 1945 and spending the Aleutian service. next five years on SIU ships. In Returning t o 1950 the Army tapped him for Baltimore at the military service. He returned to war's end he sea when the Army discharged him found shoreside life was not for and subsequently started taking him and he started going- to sea. courses at Montclair. Now he is In 1949 he became an SIU mem­ attending school full time to finish ber and has been riding SIU ships up his studies. steadily since then. Cirignano is active in veterans* Loves The Work affairs and divides his spare' time His boosters say the secret of between working for veterans' his success as a cook lies in his organizations and boosting the enthusiasm for the job. Cooking SIU. at sea every day for the same cus­ The versatile Seafarer also plays tomers, he finds, is a challenging the piano and is adept enough at task and one he loves to undertake the keyboard to perform profes­ as a test of his skills. sionally at school dances and other Although he is now crowding his functions. 54th birthday, he has no intention Last Aboard Ines of calling it quits for some time to Cirignano's - last ship was tho come. Union conditions are too at­ Ines on which he served as ship's tractive, he finds, and he wqpld delegate. She had a little un­ miss the friendship and stimula­ scheduled excitement on that par­ tion of sailing. But if he has to ticular trip when she collided with pile off some day he, feels he will a Dutch vessel outside of RotterJW f «rnr. '<?«tn. . iFortuq^t^lyvV id^j^ .WPUrl �Miirali a«. m< The Life Of A Salesman!' Seattle Job Boom SEATTLE—The job rush predicted for the past two weeks failed to materialize here, as only one of five expected pay* offs lumbered into port. However, Jeff Gillette, SIU port agent, said the other four will be in port during this Hot Fishing Peps Tampa TAMPA—Shipping is making its way at a fair pace once again here, although the anglers are still a lot busier than the dispatcher. Good fishing is keeping all hands active, said Port Agent Tom Ban­ ning, with lots of warm weather ii. the offing now. Six in-transit ships and one payoff accounted for the job activi­ ty of the period, with most of them taking-a few replacements off the beach. The Arizpa (Waterman) w.is the lone. payoff, followed by the Ocean Dinny (Ocean Trans); Chick­ asaw, Iberville, DeSoto (Pan At­ lantic): Robin Hood (Seas Shipping) and Chiwawa (C^ies Service) in transit. The deaths of the following Sea farers have been reported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan and the SIU death benefit is being paid to their beneficiaries: Joe Morgan, 41: Brother Morgan died in the ex­ plosion of the SS Salem Maritime on January 17, 1956. Burial took place in the City Cemetery in Wil­ son, NC. Brother Morgan had been a longtime member of the Union, Joining in the Port of Norfolk in 1939 and was sailing in the deck department when the accident occurred. He is survived by a brother, L. B. Morgan of Hol­ land, Virginia. 4" iii Gilbert W. Viner, 57: Uremia caused the death of Seafarer Viner on October 5, 1955 in the US Army Hospital, 8169th Army Unit. Place of burial is not known. He had been sailing with the SIU since 1941. Anything can happen in an election year, concerned about than a dead issue. they say, and the current foolishness pass­ From the looks of things, the Case-Ander­ ing under the name of the Case-Anderson son bill is not going to get very far, some­ bill is a good illustration of a long quoted thing the sponsors are well aware of. The saying. After the US Senate for the ump­ only reason they have for introducing it is to teenth time — and. more convincingly than show the farm organizations that they w"! ever — voted its confidence in "50-50," now do anything to help the farmer. By now comes still another bill to eliminate the "50- though, it should be pretty obvious to the 50" provision from the farm surplus disposal farmer and his organizations that the Caseprogram. It is presented in all seriousness Anderson bill and the other proposals re­ despite the fact that, no less than 57 Senators jected by the Senate shape up as a pretty voted for "50-50" anid another eight Senators rag-tag bag of goods. A more useless cure-all were declared for the riieasure, better than for the farmers' headaches has yet to be proposed. two-thirds of the upper house. The introduction of the Case-Anderson bill Fortunately, a majority of the Senate is at this time has all the elements of a comic taking a more responsible and realistic at­ turn in vaudeville were it not for the fact titude on the subject. They know that the that it is going to waste the time of the in­ farmers' problems cannot possibly be affect­ • 4> t' dustry, the unions and the Senate when all ed by taking cargoes from American ship­ Fred Fall, 58: Brother Fall died of them have more pressing matters to be owners and giving them to foreign operators. in the explosion of the Salem Lobking Back Maritime on January 17, 1956, while working in the deck depart­ ment. Brother Fall joined the Union in 1945 in Philadelphia. A glance through" the pages of this issue organizations for all time. There are still 4 4" 4" of the SEAFARERS LOG discloses a number some companies today, like Westinghouse, Jan Sidor, 4^: Brother Sidor of stories about the various fringe benefits which are willing to war toihe death against died in the explosion of the Salem of tbe Union contract — the maternity bene­ uniops. There are undoubtedly others which Maritime on January 17, 1956. ^ fit to cover the extra costs of new arrivals, dream of doing so but wouldn't try it. But held ratings in the engine depart­ the. hospital plan and death benefit for emer­ by and large major industries which have ment. He is survived by his wife, gency needs, the disability-pensions for men dealings with unions have accepted them as Marie, of Columbus, Ohio. unable to work. By contrast, the centerfold here to stay and are willing to do business 4" 4 4Harry L. Parrott, 57: A heart ail­ of this same issue shows some aspects of the accordingly. back-to-wall struggles unions faced, in their The millions of workers who have come ment was the cause of Brother fight for survival 20 years ago. into unions in the 1940s and 1950s may find Parrott's death on January 29, Parrott had been a Today the SIU and other unions are con­ it difficult to^grasp the mood and circum­ 1956. Brother member of the Union, cerned with expansion of the area of per­ stance under which unions lived during de­ long-time joing in Norfolk in 1939. He had sonal security on or off the job, to build pression days. Their difficulty is the meas­ been sailing in the steward de­ cushions against personal disaster and help ure of the vast change which has taken place partment. the members obtairi the extra comforts and in a relatively brief number of years. 4 4 4 conveniences which. make life miich more That change can best be described this Carl E. Barber, 57: Heart dis­ pleasant. It was a different story in the 1930s way: If anybody had gotten up in 1938 when ease proved fatal to Brother Barber when the unions' one concern was to hang the SIU was founded and read off a docu­ who died in the USPHS Hospital in on by the fingertips and hold together so ment containing the terms of the present San Francisco, California, on Feb­ that some day positive steps could be taken day SIU contract, he would have had a free ruary 22, 1956. Place of burial is not. known. Brother Barber had to ease the lot of the working man. ambulance ride to the nearest marine hos­ been in the black gang since Twenty years ago unions had to struggle pital and probably had his seaman's papers 1955. sailing He joined the Union in the for their very existence against an array of lifted as unfit for duty. What would have Port of San Francisco, California. company thugs, organized vigilante groups,- been preposterous yesterday is accepted to- He is survived py his wife, Agnes hh-ed strikebreakers, ' "detective'' • agencies•' 'fnatTei'-iof-f&et" dfid bid' hat—but it aR':'T. " BatbW,, 'bf Sebaistopol, Qalland other forces bent on ti^ushing workers' ''^mfe'°%b1^ia^d''way. current period, so things should be booming. He listed the latecomers as the Mankato Victory and Coeur d'Alene Victory (Victory Carriers), City of Alma (Waterman) and the Sea Comet II (Ocean Carriers). These plus a batch of - Waterman and Calmar in-transits should stir up quite a few jobs, he noted. Dispatcher Busy In the interim, the arrival of the Longview Victory (Victory Car­ riers) for payoff and sign-on, plus the appeafance of nine in-transit vessels kept the dispatcher busy. Ships on the in-transit roster were the Ocean Ulla (Ocean Trans); Fiomar, Pennmar, Portmar (Cal­ mar), and the Kyska, Afoundria, Citrus Packer, John B. Waterman and Fairland (Waterman). Richard J. Mason, 74: A resident of New York City, Brother Mason died in the USPHS Hospital in Slaten Island, NY, on March 14, 1956, of natural causes. Burial took place in Mount Holiness Cemetery of Butler, NJ.. He has been a mem­ ber of the SIU since 1942, joining in New York.and shipping out in the steward department. He is sur­ vived by his wife, Lillian Mason, of New York City. 4 4 4 Reed Griffith, 34: On October 5, 1955, Brother Griffith died of an abdominal ailment in New York City. He was buried in Baltimore Cemetery. Brother Griffith had been saling in the SIU since 1952 in the deck department. He joined in the Port of Wilmington. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Ursula Griffith, of Baltimore, Md. 4 4 4 Wilmer Clark, 42: Brother Clark died in the explo­ sion of the SS Salem Maritime on January 17, 1956. Place of burial not known. He had been sail­ ing in the deck department since joining the Union in 1955 in New York. Brother Clark is survived by his sister, Mrs. T. A. Schanbeav, of Mobile, Alabama. 4 4 4 Edgar R. Hay, 57: Rheumatic heart disease was the cause of Brother Hay's death on January 20, 1956, in Philadelphia. He joined the Union in 1J951 in New York and had been sailing in the steward de­ partment. He is survived by his sister, Mrs. Lillian Wetzel, of Phila­ delphia, Pa. 4 4 4 William C. Cuthran, 57; Brother Cuthran died in the County Hos­ pital in Mobile, Alabama, on De­ cember 12, 1955 of a liver condi­ tion. Place of burial is not known. 4 4 4 Franklin E. Robbins, 54: A heart attack proved fatal to Brother Rob^ bins who died in Cambridge, Mas­ sachusetts, on February 19, 1956. He was buried in Lubec Cemetery in Lubec, Maine. He had been sail­ ing in the deck department since 1947 ?nd joined tl^c SiC in the Port of Boston. • ' ' : r ; �"AA • Pass Twelv* Auburn Cut-Up SEAFARERS LOG Sees Skin-Diving Rig Useful In Sea Mishap An enthusiastic fan of underwater sports, Seafarer Free Boyne on the Seatrain Savanah has come up with an idea for reducing casualties in shipboard disasters such as the recen explosion of the Salem Mari-^ no more space than one- lifejacket. time. "I came close to passing up "In an emergency like a tanker afire, it would enable a man to go a few feet below the oil and flames and propel him­ self along to safety. It would be a considerable aid to a nonswhnmer as well as any seaman It's corned beef and cab­ forced to stay in bage coming up on the Au­ the water for a Boyne burn, as Boyd Amsberry, long time." Boyne recalled that the first chief cook and steward time he tried the skin diving gear delegate, cuts off portion "it was so easy and comfortable to for crewmember's dinner. handle that I stayed 50 minutes Jake Malenke took fhe in a 30-foot depth . . . Fish under­ photo. water accept you among them. It has been proved that objects on the surface attract fish most." LOG-A-RHYTHM: Devoted to the sport, Boyne says he carries his skin-diving outfit with him right on the ship.-^'With care, I think I would make it By Bud Cousins ashore if I hid to," he asserted. "An hour's supply of air, in use She's now as good as ever. The times were out of joint only when needed, can last a long As we steam from port to port. time." As ire left Sparrows Point, And headed 'cross the Bay To old New Haven The ship rode like lead. She was down by the head; You could hear the Old Man A handy man Just a-ravin'. with a paint Then we hit the Narrows brush. Seafarer And she began to shiver. R i c k i e LouIt u-as all we could do renco, OS, is To keep her in the river. shown with the sailing board he We were called at 7:30 designed on the And Brown took first guide, Sea Comet II, •It took hard wheel both ways one of several To keep from hitting the side. SlU ships for \ Then up loomed Hell Gate, which he's put The Old Man barked an order; this hobby to Brown gave it all he had work. The board —Too little and too late. has the SlU-emblem in the left A week in the drydock corner and the Welding and burning plates. company house Note once more afloat flag at the right. Thanks to the Fates. George Pierre Loaded just as heavy took th^ photo. And strong as a fort. the idea of putting this suggestion forward," Boyne says, "like many guys with apparently good ideas do all the time. But during the war it might have been the means of saving so many lives that I try not to dwell on it. It might have meant an escape from hell for many guys, particularly on tankers that were hit in narrow, mined channels." The device Boyne has in mind, of course, is any one of the many skin diving outfits now on the market. "These take just a few seconds to put on. A tankwvith an hour's supply of oxygen is small I and easily handled and takes up Saga Of The Bethcoaiter Sea Comet II Has New Sailing Board USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. Jlerton Baxter Antoine Landry Carl W. Berg Leo H. Lang Claude F. Blanks Earl McCoUam R. Brown Minzioni Marlonl J. L. Buekelew Robert Mitchell Gaetano Busciglio Alfonso Olaguibe! S. C. Carregal John H. Overton Arthur M. Caruso Michael Papusha Theodore Cleslak Orville Payne Cloise Coats Randolph RatcUff Albert T. Cooper Edwin Ritchie C. F. Dorrough Mitchell Rodriguez Jjime '-"ernandez Edward Samrock J. Fitzpatriek Harold P. Scott J. T. Gehringer West Spencer John C. George Charles SummereU Henry C. Gerdes Lonnie Tickle Clarence Graham Luciano Toribio Kristian Gunderson James E. Ward Charles JelTers James R. Williams Martin Kelly Luther E. Wing E. G. Knapp David A. Wright • USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH BROOKLYN, NY Edmund Abualy William C, Baldwin Manuel Antonana Frank W. Bemrick Eladio Aria Robert L. Booker Fortunato Bacomo Frank T. Campbell Shorthanded? p: MM. If a crewmember quits while a ship is in port, delegates are asked to contact the hall immediately for a replace­ ment, Fast action on their part tvill keep all jobs aboard ship filled at all times and elimi­ nate the chance of , the ship sailing shorthanded. William J. Conner! Albert MartinelU E. T. Cunningham Vic Milazzo Walter L. Davis Joseph B. Murphy Emilio Delgado Eugene T. Nelson Walter W. Denley Joseph Neubauer John J. DriscoU James O'Hare Robert E. Gilbert Ralph J. Palmer Bart E. Guranick George Phifer Taib Hasscn James M. Uulnn Joseph Ifsits F. Regalado Thomas Isaksen D. F. Ruggiano John W. Keenan G. E. Shumaker Ludwlg Kristiansen G. Wlvertsen Frank J. Kubek Henry E. Smith Frederick J.andry Karl Triemann James J. Lawlor Harry S. Tuttle Leonard Leidig Fred West Mike Lubas •• Norman West Archibald McGuigan Virgil E. Wilmoth David Mcllreath Pon P. Wing H. F. MacDonald Chee K. Zai Michael Machiisky USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. John Abrams Gorman T. GlaZe Floyd G. Barnett Albert Hawkins Harry C. Bennett Edward Huizenga William Bruton Albert G. Lee Francisco Bueno Fred Pittman Carl Chandler J. T. Sigmon Jessie A. Clarke Guilford D. Sims Victor B. Cooper Joseph Snyder Rosario Copani Edward Tresnick John C. Drake Vyrl E. Williams Donald Forrest Albert L. WiUis NAT. INST. OF HEALTH BETHESDA MD, Linus E. Twite USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. Daniel D. Backrak Michal Michallk Marcelo B. Helen Finn Ostergaard Charles Dwyer John S. Sweeney Max Felix Wm. F. Vaughan M. M. Hammond Wm. L. Williams USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON, MASS, .Paul R. Albano Donald G. Hbdge Joseph H. Blbeau Harry S. Murray Vito IFAngelo Jererl^h CByfue USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GA. Wm; B. Aycock Jimmie Littleton Maximina Bernes Leslie F. Swegan James Dayton USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS S. S. Harrison Edwin S. Parker John E. Markopolo 6TH DIST. TB HOSP. MOBILE, ALA. David M. BarU USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. Francis J. Boner H. K. Mathews ' Fred M. HarreU Sherwood R. Ryals USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASH. R. K. Barbee Robert M; Douglas L. Bosley John E. Drynan Frank J. Bradley M. A. MacDonald John Der USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS Frank Anderson Rosendo Serrano Benjamin Deibler WilUe A. Young Joseph Fusella VA HOSPITAL KERBVU,LE, TEXAS Billy R. Hill VA HOSPITAL RICHMOND, VA. John P. Wilson USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NY George Carlson Jose Malsonet Estelian Cruz John R. Marshall Horacio DaSilva Alonzo W. Morris Juan DeNopra Leon Reynolds James H. Fisher G. H. Robinson David Furman Jose Rodriguez Idelfonso Gallndez Stanley C. Scott Estell Godfrey Ciro P. Sudana Alfred Kaju D. F. KaziukewicZ John Klepadlo D. Trevisano Joh^ McWilliams j5aii|>ucl Vandal Marcb. 39, l»5f same goes for wipers, oilers, . ordinaries, etc. But a passenger . pantryman or smoke room steward or deck steward, for examTo the Editor: ^ ' ; pie, find that when they change I am writing lo you to Irt you ships the working rules that ap­ know how grateful I am to each ply on one ship may not apply and every one of the men on the on another, and the above is SS Massmar who contributed to only a sample list of ratings the fund that was taken up in whose duties differ from one behalf of my son, Kenneth. S, Delta Line ship to another. Krienke, who was hurt on the A uniform set of working ship. rules is very much needed for I kgow this money was a sacrifice on their part and could the steward departments on only be given in a spirit of these three ships. ^The ships in brotherly love. If we have" love question are of the same build, are on the same schedule and should operate with the same set of working rules, at least that is the opinion of at least one Delta Line homesteader, yours truly. Incidenfally, the present pol­ icy of mailing only three copies of each LOG to a ship with an SIU crew of 100 is hardly ade­ All letters to the editor for quate, and many members nev­ publication in tKe SEAFAR­ er see a LOG for the entire ERS LOG must be signed by trip. the writer. Names will be George H. McFaU withheld upon request. Lauds Nlassifiar For Help To Son Letters To The Editor 4. t 4. A^ks Wandering S To Come Home one for the other God abides In us. ^ Again I want to thank them> May God direct their patlis into To the Editor: I am now in the marine hos­ righteousness, keep them and protect them, and give them pital in San Francisco. In about a safe journey to and from their two more months, my wife and I expect to collect the SIU destination. maternity benefit again. Kenneth is in the hospital at Most of you know how Im­ San Diego with a head Injury. We do not know as yet how portant it is to a woman to have badly he Is hurt. He has no her husband standing by while memory of what we say to him. she Is in the delivery room. I even neglected to report an Mrs. L. Krienke injury, choosing instead to keep ie $• A quiet and ride the ship home with a Jjroken jaw, just to be sure of being here. It wasn't fun, but at last Waterman To the Editor: missed a chance to quibble over It is my wish and desire to transportation money. express my sincere thanks and Now I find that, In spite of appreciation to our officials and everything, unless I get out of to the trustees of the Seafarers this drydock and ship before Welfare Plan for the disability the baby Is born, I will have a benefits I am now receiving. Please convey by best wishes pantry at home that will make 01 d Mother for the future of the SIU Hubbard's Brotherhood of the Sea and to cupboard look my fellow SIU members, God like a super­ bless all of you. market; Morris M. Schapiro Duiing my S. i. nine years at ; I V sailing SIU r- \ * ships. I have I, , loaned out a To the Editor: Backrak s lot of cabbage, I would like to thank the SIU mostly to men for the flowers received on the on the beach when they death of my husband, Harry needed It, Campion. Well, gentlemen, I am now It was very kind of the men forced to depend on my friends in Baltimore to do this. for a little show of appreciation Virginia Campion for past favors. I'm not shaking t, t, a tin cup or asking for a loan, only trying to round up some of my own loose simoleons that have been galloping all over the To the Editor: world, bouncing between barI have just finished reading stools, bangtails and baby sans, the new steward department but not back to Backrak. working rules and wish to use In other words, if I loaned" this medium to say that the new you something to drive the wolf rules are a big step forward in from your door, now would be securing for crewmembers the a nice time to return It so I can best In preparation, serving and use it to pry his teeth loose utilizing of food. from the seat of my pants. That The breakdown of the work­ loot is now needed at home, and ing rules for each steward de­ needed just as much as It was partment member leaves no Ifs, when I shelled It out. ands or buts. However, I be­ While I'm at It, I might as lieve It is about time to have well sound off. This Is my first such a set of rules applying to time in a marine hospital and passenger ships particularly. I couldn't ask for anything bet­ Need Uniform Rules ter. In fact, without this treat­ For instance, the three Delta ment I would be up the proverLine passenger ships, Del Mar, bial tributary without adequate Del Norte and Del Sud, have means of propulsion. had no revision of steward de­ By the way, for Brother D. T. partment rules since the ships Morrison, whom I have been were put into operation almost unable to locate, I've left a nine years ago. Many ratings money order for $55 at the and their duties differ from home of J. B. Collins in Grand ship to ship. ~ Bay, Alabama. My own address An AB can go from ship to is 307 E. 129th St., Los Angeles ship and from company to com- 61,. Calif. I hope I hear from party' ah'd still khd^Sr thdt his isome of the" boys soon. Appreciates SlU Disability Cash Sends Thanks For Floral Tribute Asks Same Rules For Delta Ships 'ailtfK*^iir''lj«f •tK6'¥amfe'r Tlid ' �SEAFARERS March St. 195« CUBORI (Or«V March S—Chalrmaiit R. NIchelton; Sacratary, L. Flax. No beefs. Letter to be mailed, to Balti­ more to clarify overtime en working in tunnel below Boor plater. Little disputed overtime. Vote of thanks to steward department. Motion car­ ried to accept communication from headquarters. ' Routine Rocks Steel Apprentice quarters. More books and magazines to be purchased In Japan. BRNTS FORT (Cities Service), March 4—Chairman, B. Anderson; Secretary, B. Grice. No beefs, everything okay. Dne man hospitalized in the Azores. Communication from headquarters accepted. CHRYSS JANE (Orion), March 4— KYSKA (Waterman), January 3*-r' Chairman, J. Markhsm; Secretary, t: Chairman, W. McKenna; Secretary, H. Newhall. Everything running welL Ryan. This is first voyage unddr SIU, Captain cooperates with crew. No a two-week trip. Good crew and beefs. Repair lists to be turned in. good eooks aboard. Repair list is to Welfare cards to be pased out. Slop- be completed soon and fans are to be chest does not carry ample suppllea ordered. No beefs. -Motion carried to accept communication from head­ and more should be put aboard. February 3«—Chairman, S. Zygerew- quarters. Motion carried to write senators regarding the 50-50 law. New tfcl; Secretary, H. Krehn. No beefs. Everything seems to be running in chaira needed in crew's messroom. good order. New lockers needed. Tanks need cleaning, wash water is ' Some disputed overtime. Motion car­ rusty. Vote ef thanks to steward deried to make out voucher for port ^ partmcnt. DEL ORG (Mississippi), February M—Chairman, W. Parry; Secretary, P. Whitlow. Trip ran okay, everything 'la in good order. Some men were logged. Ship's fund—$51. Recreation gear and magazines to be purchased tor crew. Some disputed overtime. Motion carried to concur in communi­ cations from headquarters. Ship­ board safety program is being dis­ cussed, resiUts will be sent to head­ quarters.' Meeting to be held on re­ turn voyage to check stores. Vote of thanks to steward department espe­ cially for difficult job during West African run. Appreciation regarding the crew expressed as they are keep­ ing the ship clean. payoff and. all future payoffs. Stand­ ard brand food and soap powder re­ quested. Company to° put sufficient slopchest aboard. Water tpnks to be Cleaned. CECIL N. BE.AN (Bry-Trans), Janu. ary 22—Chairman, A. Hay; Secretary, P. Jakubeck. Ship's delegate elected. Some disputed overtime. No beefs. Discussion on repairs. LEWIS EMERY, JR. (Victory Car­ riers), December 28—Chairman, P. VanMllllcon; .Jecretary, W. Mason. Everything is okay. Cut off washing machine when not in use. Help keep pantry clean. MAE (Bull Lines), February 28 — Chairman, J. Heacox; Secretary, T. Schultz. Everything in order. Ship's fund—$14.56. Motion carried to con­ cur in communications from head­ quarters. New radio to be purchased. Repairs are being completed. NEVA WEST (Bloomtleld), February 19—Chairman, E. Keagy; Secretary, D. Jones. Everything running okay. Good weather. Ship's fund—$55. Few hours disputed overtime. Motion car­ ried to take $20 from ship's fund for magazines. It was suggested that new fleck be laid in crew's passageway. SANTORE (Ore), February 9—Chair­ man, F. Jeffonde;' Secretary, P. DeWttte. Repairs being taken care of. Some disputed overtime. Vote of thanks to steward department. It was suggested that the Public Health, Service check these vessels every trip. Ail rooms to be painted. PENNMAR (Calmer), February 24— Chairman, M. Rossi; Secretary, V. Monte. Washing machine was repaiied. Few nibior 'repairs needed. Reniinder.-made that all men leaving vessel to leave their bunks clean. Ship's fund—$10.40. Some disputed time. Motion carried to accept eommunicatlon from headquarters. Let­ ter to be posted concerning gangway watches in such places as Philadel­ phia and Sparrows Point. Vote of thanks to steward department. Messhail to be locked at night so it will keep clean. SEAMAR (Calmar), March I — Chairman, S. Phillips; Secretary, G. Hays. Repair list was turned in. Ship's fund—$15. Some disputed overtime. No beefs. Motion carried to concur in communications from headquarters. Motion carried that headquarters be notified as to the condition of meats aboard this vessel. Discussion held on ship's welfare fund, members agree to donate $1 each. STEEL DIRECTOR (Isthmian), March 1—Chairman, J. Ross; Secretary, J, Levin. Ship's delegate and secretaryreporter elected. Ship's fund—$10. No beefs. Motion carried unanimous­ ly to concur in communication from headquarters. Motion carried that crew is not to sign on until the re­ pair list is completed and okay is given by boarding palroiman. Vols of thanks to steward department. STEEL SEAFARER (Isthmian), Jan­ uary 29 — Chairman, R. DeVlrglllo; Secretary, P. Ryan. Delegate con­ tacted captain regarding painting. Ship's fund—$22.07. Some disputed overtime, no beefs. Menu to be im­ proved. ' Steward to turn copy of requisition over to ship's delegate and patrolman. Motion carried for Union to contact company to furnish movies to ships oh Persian Gulf run. Discussion held on repairs needed. TOPA TOPA (Waterman), February 10—Chairman, F. Otvos; Secretary, W. Barth. Bad water system aboard. Some disputed overtime. No beefs. Motion carried to send letter to head­ quarters about inferior grade of cof­ fee and soap powder. Vote ef thanks to captain for cooperation. Steward requested better variety of menus. Fafe Thfrtcca LOC DEL SUD (Mississippi), February 1$ —Chairman, V. Romolo; Secretary, W. Perkins. Two men were logged. Few hours disputed overtime. More LOGS requested aboard. Ship's fund— $119,07, Picnic Fund — $497.20. No beefs. Motion carried to concur in communications from headquarters. Discussion held regarding 50-50 Law. Money to be taken from ship's fund for magazines. GOVERNMENT CAMP (Cities Serv­ ice), March 7—Chairman, C. Cllllspie; Secretary, W. Hand. Safety meeting held. Ship's fund—$15.39. No beefs. Motion carried that recent communi­ cation from headquarters be accepted as read. Ship's delegate elected. Routine trip? It all depends on your viewpoint. As Seafarer E. N. Mclnis on the Steel Apprentice tells it, "we left Frisco in the usual way— about halfway secured—and then hit one nelluva typhoon about three days from Manila. "However, due to pressing^ priority jobs, such as scaling' rency regulation, which he con­ to be a new addition for the Isthmain fleet—a C-3.2." rust from the' deck, the deck veniently recalled." cargo had gone unattended. Thus, when the typhoon hit, our deck cargo was inclined to aban* don ship . . . Beluctant heroes that we were, .\ve managed to dis­ suade our cargo from this course of action. Mclnis "On arrival in Manila, the usual port roptine went into effect—over the side with the guns. For some reason, the boys took a dim view of working week­ ends in port (over the side, no less), but the captain'was equal to the occasion. "He' explained his disappoint­ ment at the failure of the boys to turn to at this task on a Saturday —^it was the day before Christmas —to the ship's delegate. At the same time, he also regretted not being able to put out a draw he had promised, due to a local cur- All this began, Mclnis. points out, because "having been with various characters in the way of skippers, such as K. O. Bomson, Morgan Hiies, etc., I let my curi­ osity get the better of me and took an AB's Job on this scow, captained by none other than Sig­ urd Bumhard. "Bji rnhard," he recalled, "thought 'big,' so he decreed the construction of a 'monster' float, with appropriate scaffolding. The fact that we already possessed a sizable float was irrelevant, and this thing just grew and gi'cw. "I could only think of another old tyrant, K. O. Bornson, now retired, who finally decided he would have nothing to do with one of those things. "It seems two men once drifted out to sea on one—more than like­ ly in an effort to escape—and the Coast Guard had to rescue them. Sigurd, on the other hand, goes in for them in a big way; the bigger the better. This one may pan out Good Times At Sea 'n Ashore HURRICANE (Waterman), March 4 —Chairman, J. Thomas; Secretary, P. Plasclk. Captain will not open slopchest until Inventory has been taken. Ship's fund—$16. No beefs. Motion carried to concur in communication from headquarters. Ship's delegate and treasurer were elected. Sinks in laundry room in very bad shape. Laun­ dry room to be cleaned alternately by deck and engine departments. Stew­ ard department to keep recreation room in order. Discussion to be held with patrolman regarding additional refrigerator needed in crew's messroom. LAKE GEORGE (US Petroleum Car­ riers), March 5—Chairman, H. Mady; Secretary, J. Garello. Everything go­ ing okay, all delayed sailing disputed. No beefs. Communications from head­ quarters accepted unanimously. Dele­ gates have re-checked their repair list. Vote of thanks to steward de­ partment and to ship's delegate. SIU SERVICE ON POINTER TOP-RATED Proud of the SlU-style serv­ ice provided on the Alcoa Pointer, ship's reporter Leo Bruce has passed on a commenda­ tion received by the crew during a recent voyage to the Islands with a full complement of passengers, including Congressman Isidore Doilinger of New York. The run to Venezuela and the Islands was a festive one, marked by birthday cele­ brations for two of the passengers —everybody has at least one birth­ day on a sea voyage — one of which wound up so far into the wee hours of the morning that Dollinger some over-exhuberant soul hid the call bell so they wouldn't have to be disturbed for breakfast. As it was, the saloon gang was just as glad this happened, since it was spared the ordeal of serving on that "morning after." The trip came to an end in Mo­ bile, where Rep. Dollinger, speak­ ing for his wife, himself and the other paying guests, publicly thanked the steward department for its excellent service. "The Congressman said 'it was a pleasure sailing with this crew from the SIU,'" Bruce reported, " 'because he knows the SIU is one of the best unions and this crew is typical of a fine Union.'" •4 —— ALCOA CORSAIR (Alcoa), M&rch S —Chairman, M. T. Costollo; Secre­ tary, G. Clarke. Ship's gangway to be used at the bauxite dock, instead of makeshift wooden one used in the past. Everything okay. Ship's fund— $183.90. Motion carried to concur in communications from headquarters. It was suggested that silverware be returned to messhall and water to be mopped up around basin in galley after washing silver. CHESTER HARDING (Construction Aggregates), February 28—Chairman, E. TIrelle; Secretary, P. Arthurs. Dis'cussion held about extension of ar­ ticles. No beefs. Motion carried that ship's delegate contact New York /egarding question of articles, trans­ portation and bonus for men staying aboard and also about men who came to the ship less than nine months ago with original crew. Discussion held on menu. Morning launch service was discussed. January 29—Chairman, A. Shrimpton; Secretary, A. Bryant. Every­ thing okay. No beefs. Motion car­ ried that all department heads make a list of men leaving ship on March 16 and give same to master so that teplacements may be down here in time when articles iexpire. DEL ALBA (Mississippi), December 24—Chelrman, E. Vorel; Secretary, W. Gels. No beefs. Most repairs were made in port. Messhalis and galley to be painted this voyage. Ship's delegate elected. Ship's fund—$30.43-. Motion carried to accept recent com­ munication from headquarters. All beefs to be settled at once. March 4—Chairman, E. Vorel; Sec­ retary, W, Gals. This trip has been very good—no beefs to report. All painting has been done. Motion carried that union representative contact captain regarding ice water for long­ shoremen. Wringer needed on wash­ ing machine. GATEWAY CITY (Waterman), Feb­ ruary IS—Chairman, J. Gouge; Sec­ retary, D. Collins. Everything going okay, no beefs. One man missed ship in New Orleans. Motion carried to concur in communication from head­ quarters. Ship's delegate elected. Let­ ter to go to headquarters regardingwater ration beef. Do not leave wash­ ing machine dirty. CAMP NAMANU (US Petroleum I STEEL KINO (Isthmian), March 4— Carriers), February 19—Chairman, D. Chairman, R. Adams; Secretary, W. Hsrtman; Secretary, V. Chavez. Die- Nlckelsen. Repairs being done. No oussion held on draws in US currency. beefs. Engine department foc'slcs Shlp'a fund—$51. Some disputed over­ need painting; Ship's fund—$37.96. time, no beefs. Motion carried to Ship's treasurer elected. Magazines. concur in communications from.l|ead- to be, purchfu^ed ijroin ship's fppdr .. • • i.j.J '^1 ;'l . -J i At top, a happy quartet from the Raphael Semmes smiles for the crew lensman to typify smooth sailing en­ countered on the run to the Far East. The photo (I to r) shows Haik Alexanderian and Brown, AB, from the deck gang, with Fred Costello and "Scotty" repre­ senting the black gang, all enroute to Formosa. Ashore in New Orleans (above), old shipmates get together to swa^p tales over a ~ few -cool ones at Sgt. Hand's. Thay are (I to r) Stanley Ruzyski, Red Carol, Hand, Erie Gronberg, Roy Bell. Bill Murrell, L. Sweum. Granborg and Boil sent in , thd.photS*:-;; V it..1 .utrti .-v:'" .1.! r.iCG'r-jX >:ii> > Editor, SEAFARERS LOG. 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my nome on your mailing list. (Print Information) NAME STREET ADDRESS CITY ZONE ...... STATE Signed TO AVOID DUPLICATION; If you «r$ an old tubscribar and hava a ehanga of addrait, piaaio giva your formar addrats- balow: ADDRESS CJIY y II - ... ZONI aaaamaaaaai ... STATE ••aaaaaaaataaeee �Pac* rmuteca SEAFARERS Clean-Up Time On Royal Oak Mweh S»r 19U LOG as it is not only up to date maritime union-wise, but is alsd full of unbiased reports on the maritime industry. To the Editor: About a year qgp, my father, Luck has been pretty good sent a poem to you which had with the crew here on the SS to do with the sea. Now by some Rion (Actium). good luck he has made a shanty Starting from the time we out of it, with music toe. AH boarded the ship in New York,' he has to do Is get it pub­ there was plenty of overtime to lished. be made by all hands for the It has six verses to it, and the eight days it took to go to New music is similar to the one and Orleans, where we arrived in only "Shanty In Old Shanty time for the Mardi Gras cele­ Town." He has rename(^ it bration. "Kelly's Shanty." Thfs was quite a sight to see. When he has a few drinks down him (or rather a few gills) he kicks off ^singing it* and it doesn't seem too bad, even if he is a bit "high." So if you know anybody who would like to puolish a shanty, just let me know. John Kelly (Ed. note: We will revise our mailing list to make sure that you receive all future copies of All letters to the editor for the LOG.) publication in the SEAFAR­ Si 3) t ERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. Rion Applauded As Good Feeder^ Letters To The Editor Citrus Packer ^ Beefs On Mail To the Editor: At this time I would like to register a-beef in regard to mail on this intercoastal Far East run for Waterman. I have been aboard the Citrus Packer for the past three months and have received just one letter. That was from someone in Yokohama while I was in that port. I could have talked to them in person. What I want Js to hear from someone at home. 1 came aboard in San Fran­ cisco, and was told to have my mail sent to New York, which 1 did. We went as far as Norfolk and, while there, I was told there was no mail. I called San Francisco and my brother said he had sent me two letters to me to New York, but up to now I have not received them. We went to the Gulf and I was told to give 310 Samson St., San Francisco, and C. F. Sharpe Co. in Yokohama as the ad­ dresses to send to my people. To the Editor: I still have not received one Seafarers on the beach in letter as yet. I suppose I will Lake Charles h£.«. j a loyal and get them all at once when we sincere friend in Mrs. Reeder, get to San Francisco. who runs the Lake Hotel here, I don't know whether they in town. A mature and attractive lady, realize the importance of get­ Mrs. Reeder has been the "help­ ting mail from home when you ing hand" to many a Seafarer are so far away, and hope this waiting to ship out and a little matter will get some attention short of rent money. Many sea­ as it has been the same on this men have also enjoyed a free run for the last four years and meal in her kitchen in the rear my shipmates feel the same as of the hotel, all willingly pre­ I do about it. Our ship's delegate, who has pared for them free of charge. done a fine job, made two long Mrs. Reeder distance calls from New Orleans runs a clean, to the company, but they did no orderly and good either. quiet place, Frank B. McCollian vvith a very welcome homelike at­ mosphere and at very rea­ sonable rates. The hotel has To the Editor: Mrs. Reeder very comfort­ Brother Francis L. Grissom is able lounge with a large screeA now in the hospjtal in Rotter­ TV set where, in the evening dam for treatment of a brain while we sit around watching concussion following an accident a show or just shooting the that occurred there while Gris­ breeze, Mrs. Reeder frequently som, a wiper on the Margarett serves delicious hot coffee or Brown, was working on the hot chocolate with some other boilers. deiicacy occasionally added. It seems the inspection door Again, may I add, this is done without any thought of personal on the boiler kept swinging, so it was' being held open by a lihe reward beyond the pleasure of giving service to her guests secured to the catwalk above. who, of course, are primarily Then it became loose from the SIU men. By the way, the Lake hooks holding it to the boiler Hotel is also a good place for and, although the line did not the Seafarer who has his wife part, the door swung and struck visiting him while he's in Lake Brother Grisson on the back Charles, for Mrs. Reeder will part of his head. It gave him a severe concussion. surely make her feel at home. It is suggested that the mem­ ~ In her long dealings with many Seafarers, she has assured bers be informed of this hazard me that she had yet to be dealt and that they should completely with really dishonestly by any remove the boiler inspection seafaring man. And I can per­ doors instead of hanging them sonally assure all seamen, and open when they are working her, that If I should ever , find around the boilers. This small precaution may anyone not giving this wonder­ ful and kind lady a square deal, save someone a severe head­ it will not be hard to know how. ache, if not their life. to deal with hinl. L. Reinchuck Ship's delegate John F. Wunderllch Hotel Aids SIU In Lake Charles CUPID HITS THE MARK Cupid clamped onto Seafar­ er Clyde O. Horten, 28, recent­ ly, and it was all over but the shouting on March 3. Horton and his bride, the former Mrs. Rose Porter Powell df Deep Creek, Va., were married at the Using mops as props, deck gang on Royal Oak makes like a real chorus line. Pictured (standing, I to r) are Tregembo, AB; Lee, OS; Jack Johnson, OS; Preacher Morris, AB; W. A. Palmer, AB; kneeling, Scotty Ram­ sey, AB. Photo by J. W. Henry, oiler. Going Home ? Trader Packs You A Lunch Good food is a specialty aboard the Western Trader. The chow is so good, it seems, Seafarer Clyde Hor.ton and his bride join in cutting the wedding cake. Deep Creek Methodist Church that Saturday at 4 PM, with re­ ception festivities following in the evening. A member of the SIU since 1947, Horton has been sailing in the deck department since that time. On hand for the celebration was his father, Charles V. Horton, who started sailing with the SIU last November out of the port of Norfolk. He is shipping in the en­ gine department. The SIU family announced the nuptials in a letter to the. LOG this week. that some guys can't tear them­ selves away from it, even when they're paying off. This created what has come to^ be known as the "Box Lunch Bri-' gade," in honor of five old Trader hands who packed a man-sized lunch of fried chicken, ham, " ^ cheese and cake before they left the ship. The boys had first-class trans­ portation back to their port of sign - on, includ­ ing meals, of Powers course, but that "commercial" stuff just couldn't hold a candle to the "home cook­ ing" they'd gotten used to while' on the Trader. Leroy Donald, Lester Burnett and Cleo Beasley were among the box lunch boys, and it made the steward and galley gang proud like mother hens to see 'em go, fondly clutching their lunches along with plenty of other gear, said reporter Joe Powers. -4 Burly I' • *• I. especially for the first time, and because of the port payoff we had plenty of cabbage to cele­ brate with. Though the rainy weather put a damper on the . celebration, there were many out to see the Mardl Gras parade. But two days in New Orleans and the porkcrops and gravy of the previous eight were gone for most of the crew. Top Holiday Menus We celebrated Washington's Birthday at sea, and the menu brought back reminiscences of the Christmas and New Year holidays. The chief steward, Enrique R. Rosado, is tops as far as the crew is concerned. Enrique puts out a swell menu every day and the crew swears by God that she's a feeder. -Johnny Reinosa, the"" chief cook, is a well-known old timer who has been delighting crdws for years, you can believe he's still the best in the culinary art. It's a been a cold trip, but the brothers should warm up when we hit Ceuta, Spanish Morocco, our bunkcing port before we arrive in Piraeaus, Greece.' Incidentally, we have a grad­ uate barber from a school in New York in Noel McLaughlin aPd the brothers appreciate his hair-cutting. We also have a cam­ era fiend in Benedikt Smoljan and quite a few fishermen, though their luck has all been bad. According to tliem, all the fish have moved to the Pacific. E. Pappas .Ship's reporter Needs Publisher For Sea Shanty To the Editor: In January I sent you a change of address for the LOG and although I received one soon after telling you about my new address, they have suddenly stopped coming. I miss the news in the LOG, I'oic Can't Please Everybody Has Safety Idea For Boiler Work By Bernard Seaman �SEAFARERS M, itM WmviLLI (Pan Aflantic), Pabruary M—Chalrman> eeff> Sacrafaiy> i. •Intaa. 'N» baala. Shlp'a fund—blS-lT. Uptlon carried to accept communica* tlon from beadquartera unanimoualy. ' JOHN *. WATBRMAN (Wafarman), March 4—Chairman. R. Sandarllni Secretary. J. PIcou. Slopchest to bo ' opened before ahlp reaches Oakland. Ship's fund—SZOJO. Secretary-reporter elected. Milk to be put out once a day. Vote of thanks to steward de­ partment. ROBIN SHERWOOD (Seat Shipping). February Sf—Chairman. W. Schlecht; Stecretary. H. Kammet. Three broth­ ers were hospitalized. Launch service and delayed sailing to.be brought to New York. Ship's fund—S30.79. Few hours disputed overtime. No beefs. Motion carried to concur In com- tion made tp buy a steam Iron. Ironr' Ing board cover from ship's ftind. STEEL RECORDER (Isthmian). March t—Chairman, A. I^rlggsrsr Secretary. E. McDavld. Nr.-beefs. Ship's fund DlscnsStott'held oh DO-SO Law. Diapussion bold regarding steward de­ partment. DEL SOL (MlulsslppI). February M —Chairman. C. Kerrigan; Secretary. C. McLallan. Ship's delegate quit ship at payoff In New Orleans. Ship's fund—$36. No beefs. Ship's delegate elected. ARICKAREE (US Fatrelsum), March 4—Chairman, none; Secretary none. No beefs, everything okay. Motion carried to make a requisition for a OOday stores on arrival In next port. Discussion held on money draws. Sit­ uation was explained by ship's dele­ gate. Suggestion made to order new' coffee cream. CAROLYN (Bull Lines). March 11— Chairman, J. Johns; Secretary. S. Zubovlch. No beefs. Ship's fund—$47. Ail new men coming aboard will be asked for $2 for TV repair fund. . General discussion held regarding steward department and consideration for utensils. DOROTHY (Bull Lines). March 13— Chairman. P. Walker; Secretary. F. Magro. No beefs. One man taken off because of illness. Motion carried to concur in communications from head­ quarters. Discussion held regarding FWT. munlcatlons from headquarters. Stew­ ard requested to avoid repetition in menus. Steward requested to check cereals. SEA GARDEN (Peninsular Naviga­ tion), Ftbrusry SSrr^halrman. C, KtmpclnskI; Secretary. J. Preulx. New cots have been Issued. Messhall, recreation room and pantry to be painted. Anyone making noise com­ ing aboard to be reported to patrol­ man. Wider sheets and fans to be installed. Ship to be fumlgatedi StEEL ADVOCATE (Isthmian). Jan­ uary 22—Chairman. O'Neill; Secretary, Strkhewsky. Two men hospitalized. No beefs. Some disputed overtime. New washing machine needed. Repair Ust Issued. Ship to be fumigated. ALCOA ROAMER (Alcoa). March 4 —Chairman. $. Holdan; Secretary. R. klenast. Discussion held on 90-50. No beefs. Motion carried to concur In communications from bsadquarters. Ship's delegate elected. If anyone wishes to leave ship because of Ill­ ness, be sure to request sick pass. ALMENA (Fan Atlantic). March 4— Chairman, J. Atchison; Secretary. R. Llauger. Some disputed overtime. Ships' fund—$31.25. Motion carried to concur In communications from headquarters. Motion carried to hold a meeting with patrolman regarding poor cooking. Steam and electric Iron to be purchased from ship's fund. Plenty of food aboard but poor­ ly prepared. BEATRICE Bull Lines). February 24—Chairman, R, Rkcl; Secretary. E, Reynelds, Good crew aboard. Few hours disputed overtime. New laun­ dry machine needed. Good officers aboard. No beefs. Motion carried to concur in communications from head­ quarters. ' FRANCES (Bull Lines). February 24 —Chairman. E. O'Reurke; Secretary. S. Carr. New ice box to be put In crew's ^pantry. Sjilp's fund—$21-60. Safety meeting to be held after this meeting.- Motion carried to accept communications from headquarters unanimously. Motion carried that man on gangway remember each time that sailing board is charged. Discus­ sion held regarding garbage being dumped on deck by midship house. MASSMAR (Calmer). March 4 — Chairman, J. Elchenberg; Secretary. G.: Masterson. Ship's fund was paid out to Injured seaman who wag taken off to be hospitalized. Report'on this matter was submitted to headquar­ ters. No beefs. No disputed over­ time. Motion carried to concur in communications from headquarters. Ship's treasurer elected. Enrollment cards were distributed. Each crewmember to donate $1 to ship's fund. ROBIN DONCASTER (Seas Ship­ ping). March 7—Chairman. W. Wab lace; Secretary, H. Morris. No beefs. Motion carried to concur in com­ munications from headquarters. All crewmembers told to complete en­ rollment cards. Messroom to be kept clean at all times. ROBIN KIRK (Seas Shipping). March I—Chairman. J. Hanness; Secretary, K. Skenberg. Everything running smoothly. Ship's fund—S15.70. Some disputed overtime. Roller needed for washing machine. Gangway watch to keep doors locked while In port. AZALEA "CITY (W a t e r m a n). March 4—Chairman. N. Flowers; Sec­ retary. F. Everything running okay, no beefs. Some disputed over­ time. Motion carried to concur In communications from headquarters. Hot wafer heater to, be repaired. Crewmembers returning from ashore are asked not to hardtlme gangway watch. Repair lists to be made out. Discussion held about steward depart­ ment. PORTMAR (Calmar). March S — Chairman. K. Klelber; secretary. J. Straka. While in shipyard In Balti­ more new' washing machine was re­ ceived. Everything okay. No beefs. Motion carried to accept communica­ tions from headquarters as read." Mo­ EVELYN (Bull Lints). Marcn 13— Chairman. Turklngton; Stcrttary. C. A. Yacu. Washing machine to be turned off after use. ShiD> fund— $13. No beefs. * MADAKET (Waterman). E. Bell; Secretary. M. S. MscNell. Captain does not have enough money for draw unto we get in port. One man was logged.' Motion carried to con­ cur In communications from head­ quarters. Motion carried to Increase the rate of'-boiler cleaning overtime to equal that of the deck department for tank cleaning. New washing ma­ chine needed. Lock to be placed on wash room door. Vote of thanks to men operating movie machine at night. Vote of thanks to baker and messman. , SEA CLOUD (Fegor)/ March 4 — Chairman. L. Bcnelt; Secretary. A. Bernard. Messhall to be painted next trip. Ship's fund—S7.50. Motion car­ ried to contact patrolman regarding steward. Lights need new spard parts. It was suggested to buy a timer out of ship's fund for washing machine. YORKMAR (Calmer). February 24— Chairman; S. Drury; Secretary. D. Cefcer, All passageways to be kept free from cargo block-offs at- all times. No beefs. Motion carried to accept communication from head­ quarters. Letter to be written to headquarters regarding longshoremen. Need gangway watchman In port of Philadelphia. YOUNG AMERICA (Waterman). March 4—Chairman. C. Demara; Secrotary. C. Ridge. Motion .carried to concur In communications from head­ quarters. Motion carried to send tele­ gram to senators from .Alabama to retain 90-50 shipping law. Ship's dele-. gate elected. MAIDEN CREEK (Waterman). March 16—Chairman. H. Maacham; Sacratary. J.. WIddle. Clean payoff, no beefs. Steward was able to get fresh but not frozen fruit. No beefs. Mo­ tion carried-to concur In communica- • tions from headquarters. Ship's sec­ retary-reporter elected. OCEAN.STAR (Triton), March Chairman, tj. Gllcki; Secretary. W. Sweet. No beefs. Everything going ivell. Recent communications from headquarters read and accepted unani­ mously. Screen doors were repaired. OREMAR (Ore). March IS—Chair­ man. J. Jones; Secretary. M. Martin. Ship's fund~$19.89. No beefs. Ship's delegate elected. Vote of thanks to steward department. Discussion held on men being quiet In passageways. SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Saatrain). March 17—Chairman. V. Whitney; Secretary. F. NIgre. A large part of crew wrote to their senators regard­ ing 5U-50 law. Ship's treasury con­ tains $5.90. Motion carried to concur In communications from headquar­ ters. Ship to be fumigated. STEEL CHEMIST (Isthmian). March It—Chairman. K. SIvastsen; Secretary. S. Flaga. Repair list timned In. Ship's fund—$4.20. Motion carried to con­ cur In communications from headquar-' ters. The soup meats are not pre­ pared properly. TOPA TOPA (Waterman). March 14 —Chairman, F. Kuttura; Secretary, T. Greaney. Ship's delegate elected. No disputed overtime and no beefs. Mo­ tion carried to concur In communica­ tions from headquarters. Crewmem­ bers were requested to be quiet In recreation room aft. ALCOA PLANTER (Alcoa). March 4 —Chairman. R. Swayne; Secretary. G. Gargo. No beefs. Motion carried to concur In communications from head­ quarters. Vote of thanks to steward department. Motion carried to en­ dorse SIU stand on 50-90 bill. LAKE GEORGE (US Petroleum). March 5—Chairman. H. Mady; Secre­ tary. J. Garello. All delayed sailing disputed. No. beefs. Motion carried to concUr In communications from headquarters. All. delegates to recheck repair list. Vote of thanks to steward. department and ship's dels- . LOG Act Now On Safety Quiz Headquarters urges all ship's crews who have not yet done so to meet on the shipboard safety program and send in their sug­ gestions on the forms provided for that purpose. Early response to the Union request will promote early ac­ tion on the problems of ship­ board safety. Each ship's de­ partment is provided with a separate form dealing with the safety problems involved in their work. Those ships' crews who have not -received the foflns as yet should get in touch with head­ quarters or the nearest SIU port office to get their copies. Where You Con Find The in... Seafarers are urged to. send the LOG the addresses of places throughout the world where SIU .men congregate and copies of the LOG would be welcomed. Belgian Transport Workers Union Seamen's Section 66 Manche Aux Chevaux Antwerp, Belgium Jenny Brabants Kappellestr 311 Hoboken Antwerp, Belgium Elwood Read Contact Newton'Paine, RED No. jZ, Woonsocket, Rhode Island. C. V. Strong Get in touch with Mrs. Calista Christianslund, 3807 Catheruie Ave., New Orleans zO, La., or call VE 5-4835. Mother is very worried about you. James Walters Alexander Kwatoff Get in touch with Joseph Guttman, 359 Deer Park Ave., Baby­ lon, NY. Mason Hall Johnny Suchivits Contact Benjamin F. Bond A/lc, 615th ACWRGN Det No. 10, APO 26, c/o Postmaster, NY, NY. Joseph Anthony DeJessa Father critically ill. Urgent you get in touch with family in Bergen Pines, NJ. Pat. • Darwin Jessup • Contact your wife, Helen. Oscar Kailep Walter Nelson wants you to tele­ phone him in New York at TA 3-9517. William Davey Your gear from the Arizpa has been left at the Mobile hall. Con­ tact Jack Kuberski, 14B Pacific Drive, Winfield Park, Linden, New Jersey. Harry E. Messick.. Contact your wife immediately. Tord Jentoft Waterman Steamship Corp., 19 Rector Street, New York, NY, has check for your wages. Color Transparencies A box of 24 color transparencies showing family groups and views of a city have been forwarded to the LOG office. Slides were lost either at New York or Houston SIU halls. Jack Dempsey Bar Londonstravt 29 Antwerp, Belgium Gaarkeuken 113 Albertdok Antwerp, Belgium Cafe Neptyne Kaai 10-B Antwerp, Belgium Gamleanker Cafe Schipper Straat Antwerp, Belgium Charlie's Bar Norderlaan 1000 Antwerp, Belgium The Flying Angel _13'Plaine Van Schoonbek Antwerp, Belgium V Personals Belgium All of the following SIU families will collect the $200 maternity benefit plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: Pamela Arline Loik, bom No­ George F. Turner, Jr., born January 26, 1956. Parents, Mr. and vember 6, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. George F. TumeV, Tampa, Mi-s. Peter Loik, Baltimore, Md. Fla. Larry Bernard Steven Powell, Shannon Louise Meloon, born born Jai)uai-y 9, 1956. Parents, Mr. January 12, 1956. Parents, Mr. and and Mrs. Robert G. Powell, Pitts­ Mrs. Charles W. Meloon, Somer- burgh, Pa. ville, Mass. John Valentine Pierce, born February 14, 1956. Parents, Mr. James Lawrence Monardo, born February 18, 1956. Parents, Mr. and hli's. John J. {Merce, Drexel HUl, Pa. and Mj-s. Sylvester Monardo, New Douglas Alan Biekford, born Orleans, La. December 25, 1956. Parents, Mr. Etnda Joanne Armstrong, born and Mrs. Willard W. Biekford, January 1, 1956. Pai'ents, Mr. and Costa Mesa, Calif. Mrs. James R. Armstrong, JarvisDean Gonzalez, born February 7. burg, NC. 1956. Parents, ]\fc. and Mrs. Pedro SharoQ Lynn Robinson, born Gonzalez, Brooklyn, NY. Februaiy 20, 1956. Parents, Mr. and Debra Ann Sheldrake, born Feb­ Mrs. Daniel C. Robinson, Galves­ ruary 12, 1956. Parents, Mr. and ton, Texas. JMrs. Peter D. Sheldrake, Houston, Mary Felisita Vlto, born January Tex. 27. 1956. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Loids Schwin, born Feb­ Felix Vito, Shubuta, Miss. ruary 26, 1956. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Schwin, Brooklyn, Amaldo Licler Reyes, born Feb­ Ny. ruary 9, 1956. Parents, Mr. and Toni Hatcher, born February 5, Mrs. Calixto L. Gonzalez, San1956. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil­ turce^PR. liam R. Hatcher, Chinquapin, NC. Robert Daigrepont HI, born Paul Halket Sims, born Februai'y February 13, 1956. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Daigrepont, Jr., 9, 1956. Parents, Jlr. and Mrs. Ernest D, Sims. Savannah, Ga. New Orleans, La. Venus Virginia Ramirez, born Corine Anne Arsenault, born February 20, 1956. Parents, Mr. December 30, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Arsenault, and Mrs. Luis Antonio Ramii-ez, New York, NY. Portland, Ore. DIRECTORY Of SID BRANCHES WILMINGTON. Calif 505 Marine Ave. Reed Humphries. Agent,. Terminal 4-2874 HEAOUUARTERS 675 4th Ave.. Bklyn BALTIMORE 1216 E. BalUmore St SECRETARY-TREASURER Earl Sbcppard. Agent EAstem 7-4900 Paul HaU BOSTON 276 State St. ASST. SECRCTARV-TREASURERS James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0140 J. Algina. Deck C. Simmons, Joint W Hall, Joint HOUSTON 4202 Canal St J. Volpian, Eng. R. Matthews. Joint C Tannehlll, Acting Agent - Capital 7-6558 E. Mooney. Btd, LAKE CHARLES. La .,1419 Rvan «• Leroy Clarke. Agent HEmlock 6-5744 MOBILE 1 South Lawrenw St. BONOLULD 16 Merchant St. Cal Tanner. Agent . HEmlock 2-1754 ^ Phone 5-8777 NEW ORLEANS' ... 523 BlenvUle St PORTLAND 211 SW 9a.v,St. CApital 3-4336 Undsey WlUlams Agent . Magnolia 6112$113 RICHMOND, CALIF. 510 Macdonald Ave. NEW YORK 675 4tb .Aye., Brcoklym BEacon 2-0925 HYacmtb 9-6600 SAN FRAMUSCO 450 Harrison St. Douglas 2-83K' NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. Ben Rees. Agent MAdison 2-9834 SEATTLE ..T...... 2505 1st Ave Main 0290 PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. & CarduUo. Agent Market 7-1635 WILMINGTON ........ 505 Marine Ave Terminal 4-3131 PUERTA de TIERRA PR PelayoSl—Lap <tal CoUs, Agent Phone 2-5996 NEW YORK .. 675 4tb Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6165 SAN FRANCISCO " . 450 Harrison St Leon Johnson, Agent Douglas 2-5475 Marty Breithoff, West Coast Representative SAVANNAH 2 Abercom St HAUFAX N.S. 128'A Hollls St E. B. McAuley. Acting Agent Phone" 3-1728 Phone 3-891) SEATTLE 2505 Ist Ave. MONTREAL ... 634 St Jamqs St. West ; PLateau 8161. XW&iMI.'.'.Vvl {.'130 SihtfjWn St f Ontario Phone; 3-3221 Tom Banning. Agent Phone 2-1323 SIU, A&G District SUP Canadian District PORT COLBORNB Ontario rORONTO, Ontario 103 Durham St. Phone: 5591 ... 272 King St. E. EMpire 4-5719 VICTORIA EC 61714 Cormorant St. Empire 4531 VANCOUVER, BC 298 Main St. Pacific 3468 SYD.NEY NS 304 Chariotle St. Phone 6344 BAGOTVILLE. Quebec .... 20 Elgin St. Phone: 545 rUOROLO Ontario ... 52 St Davids St CAaal 7-3202 QUEBEC 85 St. Pierre St. Quebec Phone: 3-1569 SAINT JOHN 85 Germain St. NB Phonq; 2-5232 Great Lakes District ALPENA 1215 N. Second Ave. Phone: 713-J 180 Main St Phone: Cleveland r391 CLEVELAND 734 Lakeside Ave.. NE Phone:"Main 1-0147 OETKUIT 1038 3rd St. Headquarters Phone: Woodward 1-6857 UULUl'H 531 W. Michigan St. . • , . . ., . .Phone: Randolph 2-4110 SUUfB UUlGAGO' > - > 3961 E 62nd St Phone; Essex 5-2410 BUFr.\LO. NY vA �fe; Vol. XVIII No. 7 SEAFARERS AWARDEB FIRST PRIZE • GENERAL EDITORIAL EXCELLENCE • 1998 • • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • Hard at work rigging new line for ladder is Charles Volk, deck maint. and ship's dele­ gate aboard SS Auburn. Photo by Jacob Malenke, ship's reporter. Seafarer Kenneth Marple, bosun of SS Bien­ ville, pauses in check of winch. William Calefato took shot during Far East trip to 'girlsan' land. V » J ®•rPiiiiifS • • • 1, ^• s "Man, this is living," could well be the exclamation of Seafarer J. R. Thompson, AB aboard the SS Auburn, as he en|oys,a life of wine, women and song. Photo by Jac^ Malenke. The place? In case you're interested, it's Nagoya, Japan, one of many Far East ports which have become a 'must' for Seafarers. LOG INTERNATIONAL LABOR PRESS OF March 30. 1956 AMERICA ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL-CIO • Ocean Star bosun Don Bartlett, left, poses with unidenti­ fied crewmember while ship was loading in Persian Gulf during a recent trip. Photo by Bill Stark. As usual, it was a wee bit sunny and warm. No name were Included, but trio seems to i>e welacauainted with red lead. Deck men were getting davits and boats of SS Fairland in shape during recent trip. Tom Ulisse was the photographer. \k-- •-• fM---: Ife..-" • W>&:, '•' Time out for a cool one. Ship's Delegate Jim Labenz, left, and J. Stanley, both ABs, take a break from chores on Cecil N. Bean. ;J',; !• Fhoto by'S. T. Zetterman. • Heading for another trip to South America, men of the SS Del Norte (Mississippi) line the rail (I to r) in New Orleans: Frank Fraone, Feliks Jarocinski, Dominic Sansone, James J. McClarence, John Blaylock, Louis Giacona, John Benedict, Wallace LaNasa, Bob Brown, Milton Mailho and Harold Crane. It looks like crew ' was anticipating a pieasartt voyage. . i ; � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource March 30, 1956 Description An account of the resource Headlines: 50-50 WINS! SIU BIRTH CASH TOPS $500,000 ON 4TH BIRTHDAY MEANY KILLS ILA’S HOPES FOR 400 G’S MEXICO SEEKS US SHIP SALE WESTINGHOUSE WORKERS WIN DEMANDS; END 156-DAY STRIKE SHIP PRICES ZOOM – ESPECIALLY RUNAWAYS SEANATE KILLS CARGO LAW THREAT US SKIPS ON CG SCREENING MA ASKS OKAY FOR 2 ATOM SHIPS, GETS BIDS ON TANKER JUST 45, HE GETS SIU PENSION SIU SEA CHEST BIZ CONTINUES AS DEALER-INSPIRED SUIT ENDS $S LEFT ON SHIP ‘FLOAT’ BACK HOME BLIZZAES NO BAR TO NY JOB UPTURN HOW OF ROU DIES, WAS 67 SON MISSING, CO. LAX IN DUTY BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS MDS MOVE TO SET FEE SCHEDULE ALL IS QUIET IN LAKE CHARELS WARN OF MINES ADRIFT NEAR JAPAN AND KOREA LATE PAYOFFS STALL SEATTLE JOB BOOM SEES SKIN-DIVING RIG USEFUL IN SEA MISHAP Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 3/30/1956 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVIII, No. 7 1956 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/47da9c1f0dd6396f69d9d926f3ae0c0a.PDF c7dadc6a580825cede1659f974dfdc4e PDF Text Text V SEAFARER&teOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO I N The High Cost of Drugs— A Scandal in The Nation Page 15 �March 31, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG Page Two Addresses MTD Shipbuilding Seminar Hall Blasts Govt's Maritime Policy, Cites Need For Separate Marad Report of International President by Paul Hall The recent series of rallies organized by the AFL-CIO to gain overwhelming public support throughout these United States for a stronger and farther reaching Social Security program illustrates once again the deep concern of the American labor movement for the safety and well being of all citizens. WASHINGTON — SIU President Paul Hall, who is also president of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, said recently that he was optimistic that a concept of an Independent Maritime Administration would pass in the 90th Congress even though some interests are being pressured into position by the spokesman for ® From coast to coast tens of thousands of citizens attended these the new Department of Trans­ year's Congressional fight to keep out that there was good reason to believe that U.S. shipbuilding 14 meetings and many millions more were informed of them via the Maritime Administration inde­ portation. prices, utilizing existing facilities, Speaking at the day long semi­ pendent of the Department of can be reduced by 20 to 30 per­ press and television. Labor leaders and legislative exponents of the nar "Shipbuilding 1967—Year of Transportation, and assured those cent below today's levels with administration's proposed increase in Social Security pensions and in attendance that Congress was benefits gave of their time and urged adoption of the bill now before Decision," Hall said the Adminis­ ready and willing to receive rec­ more sensible procurement proce­ the Congress. Packed union halls and hotel ballrooms resounded with tration's maritime policy is "noth­ dures, multiple production con­ enthusiastic cheers for an expanded Social Security program. ing more than last year's task ommendations on U.S. Maritime tracts, better vessel design and policy. "It needs these recom­ force proposal retrieved from the All of this sounds very impressive and it was impressive. I was in more realistic specifications. mendations," he said. ash can in which Mr. Boyd told New Orleans to hear the reaction of the people there and reports from A "crusade for a bigger and Other speakers at the seminar other cities were no less favorable. Congress the plan had been better Merchant Marine" was included Page Groton, director of dumped." called for by Congressman Wil­ the Boilermakers, Iron Shipbuild­ But now that the applause has died down and the participants have Alan S. Boyd, head of the new liam L. St. Onge (D-Conn.). A returned to their homes, the campaign must continue in earnest. A ers Marine Council, who pointed cabinet-level Department of member of the House Merchant rousing beginning is just that. Unless it is sustained its purpose is out the boost shipbuilding gives Transportation, came under severe criticism from Hall, who accused Marine Committee, Onge noted the U.S. economy; and Andrew wasted and its cause often lost. Boyd of using "hatchet man" tac­ that from the national interest of Pettis, vice-president of the Indus­ Necessary and worthy as this Social Secuirty bill is, it has its oppo­ tics and said that he doubted the United States "it is vital that trial Union of Marine and Ship­ nents in the Congress as well as its supporters and could be defeated we maintain a shipbuilding base" building Workers, who urged a whether Boyd could properly rep­ unless the voters themselves let their wishes be known. Cheering at a with sufficient trained men and continued fight for an independent resent even a good program much rally is fine; but cheers die down and are heard no more. It must shipyards for the construction of MARAD. less the bad one he is now ped­ be done in writing and it must be done by the voter. ships for any eventuality that may dling. The importance of a revitalized arise in the future. Administration tactics in rela­ Senators and Representatives are in Washington because a majority Dismissing ideas of building merchant marine and the estab­ of citizens cast enough votes on election day to put them there. But tion to maritime also came under lishment of an independent Mari­ attack from Congressman William U.S. merchant ships abroad, he time Administration was also the the voter's voice in government doesn't end on election night any S. Mailliard (R-Calif.), who de­ said "the damage done to a vital topic of speakers at the regular more than a successful political campaign ends the responsibilities of scribed the Administration as us­ industry in our country would be MTD Legislative Meetings. the legislator who waged it. ing a "combination of politicking irreparable." "The Administration is duty Write to your Congressman or Senator and let him know that you Shipbuilders Council of Amer­ with the 'carrot and the stick' and support an expanded Social Security program. The letter doesn't have bound to the American people use of the principle of 'divide and ica President Edwin M. Hood at­ tacked the accuracy of estimated to see that appropriations are to be elaborate and the shorter it is the better; a few sentences saying conquer'." He urged the industry to re­ cost savings achieved by building made available to support a strong you favor the Social Security program requested by the administration. main as united as it was in last ships in foreign yards. He pointed Merchant Marine," said Joseph The voice of the people is just as much the foundation of a democracy Keenan. Keenan, who is secretary as it ever was but we must not forget that the men sent to Congress of the International Brotherhood to serve us can function only if we take the trouble to tell them what of Electrical Workers and a yice- we want. president of the AFL-CIO, pointed Although this bill doesn't do all that might be hoped for, the 20% to the vital contribution being average increase in Social Security benefits is a good step forward made by the maritime industry to toward the 50% increase the AFL-CIO would eventually like to see support American troops in Viet­ realized. Under certain circumstances it does provide medicare assist­ nam. ance to those under ^65, disability insurance and extended protection WASHINGTON—^The American Maritime Association has Another speaker who stated ;br survivors. Even under the present proposal, the Social Security voiced its vigorous opposition to a proposal by Transportation De­ strong support for the creation of package is vastly superior to any insurance available privately with partment Secretary Alan S. Boyd which would permit the cmistruc- an independent Maritime Admin­ )remiums that would ordinarily be available only throu^ a high cost istration was Representative Hugh lolicy issued through a private company. tion of American-flag vessels ^ Carey (D-N.Y.) who insisted that abroad and allow such vessels traded Isthmian Lines, the AMA If every person of .voting age that cheered at all of those rallies put an independent MARAD is the to receive operating subsidies, voiced its opposition to the Boyd the cheer on paper and also got someone else to do it, the bill would carry aid and defense cargoes and proposals on a point by point only course to follow in upgrading lave an excellent chance of becoming law. the American merchant fleet. participate in the U. S. domestic basis, and expressed its disagree­ trades—contrary to the provisions ment with two other management associations, the American Mer­ the 1936 Merchant Marine Act. SIU Ship Escapes Staten Island Blaze chant Marine Institute and the In a letter signed by Archibald E. King, president of SlU-con- Committee on American Steam­ ship Lines, which represent sub­ sidized operators and have ex­ v.:,. • pressed a willingness to accept SEAEiARER&^LOC most of Boyd's proposals. The AMA represents 95 com­ March 31. 1967 • Vol. XXIX, No. 7 panies operating 232 unsubsidized Official Publication of the vessels. Seafarers International Union Shipping Group Opiioses Boyd's ^ Han To Buiid Ships Abroad of North America, Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, AFL,-CIO Exeeutive Board PAUL HALL, President CAL TANNER EARL SHBFARO Exoe. Viee-Prei. Vieo-Preiident AL KERR LiNosEt WILLIAMS See.-Treas. Pics-President BOBERT MATTHEWS Vice-President HERBBIT BRAND Direetor of Organitina and Pubtieationo Managing Editor MIKE POLLACK Assistant Editor NATHAN SKYER Staff Writers PETER WEILL Pam WHBs ED RUBENSTKN HARRY WITTSCHEN PiMbM ktattkly at *10 Mads lilasd AWSH I.E.. WaililKtiR. 0. C. 20018 ty tke Seafaran litwaallaaal. Oalaa, Attoatls, «alf, Lakaa sad lalaad WalMs DMriat. AFL-CI8, C75 Fairtt Aaaaaa, iraaUirR, H.V. 11232. Tal. RTaalalli 9-<600. Saaaad alan paitasa said at WoaMaitaa. D. C. PttTIAtTCI'S ATTEHTI88: Fans 3579 aaida aksald ka saat ts Saaiann lalanatlaaai IslaE, AMaatla. lalf, Ukaa aad lalaad Waian Malrtat AFL-CI*. <75 Fasrtk Aaaasa. inatITR. 8.7.1UI8. Instead of the five-year plan suggested by Boyd, the AMA called for a longer range, 10-year program as the "minimum time necessary for restoration of the na­ tion's fleet." 'a J V Boyd's proposal to enlarge and overhaul 100 vessels for return to the reserve fleet and the recondi­ tioning of 150 other old World War II Victory ships was described as "imprudent and wasteful" by the AMA. The AMA urged a program pro­ viding for the construction of at least 50 ships each year and ex­ pansion of the volume of cargo that is made available to Ameri­ can-flag vessels. The Boyd proposal calls for a building program of only 15 ships per year, an increase of just two ships yearly over the totally inadequate current ship­ building program of 13 vessels an­ nually. if Seafarers aboard the SiU-contracted vessel Fcrtaleza got a birds-eye-view of the spectacular fire that destroyed Pier 20 on Staten Island March 23. Photo, above, taken by the LOS photographer from the deck of the Fortaleza, shows how close the ship and her SIU crew were to the blaze. Fireboats and local firemen were unable to extinguish burning bales of rubber which were stored on the dock, and exerted all their efforts to keep the fire from spreading. A Norwegian ship, the Fernglen, unloading a cargo of rubber at Pier 20, was towed from the dock after suffering minor damage. The Fortaleza, docked at the next pier, was prepared to be towed to safety if the fire spread. The blaze was confined to Pier 20. �m March 31, 1967 Total Now Stands at 132 Page Three SEAFARERS LOG Senate Resists Defense Dept. Pressure SIU Engineer School Prodnces Senate Re/etts FDL Ship Proposal, Fonr More Ucensed Officers Opposition BuiUing Up in the House If Engineers licenses have been awarded to four more Seafarers who passed their Coast Guard'examinations after completing the course of study offered by the jointly sponsored SIU-Marine Engi­ neer's Beneficial Association, ^ District 2—School for Marine addition, MEBA District 2 mem­ bers who already possess en­ Engineers. All four men upgraded to 2nd gineer's licenses may upgrade Assistant Engineer's Licenses and themselves to higher ratings. The training school is operated each one had sailed previously under a reciprocal agreement be­ with a FOWT rating. Louis Matthew Hopkins was tween the SIU and District 2 of born in Baltirnore, Md. and makes MEBA. SIU men who enroll in his home in Houston, Tex. Hop­ the program are provided with kins, who is 49 years old, has been meals, hotel lodging and subsist­ a member of the SIU since 1949. ence payments of $110 per week while in training. As a result of the reciprocal agreement between MEBA Dis­ trict' 2 and the SIU, unlicensed SIU men receive full credit and complete protection for all of their accumulated pension and welfare credits. While sailing as engineers, they will also receive pension and welfare credits. As a result, upon reaching retirement eligibility their pension will be paid based on Layko combined time. Robert Layko, 40, has been a MEBA District 2 has waived member of the SIU for 25 years. its $1,000 initiation fee for all men Brother Layko makes his home who begin sailing as licensed engiin Portland, Oregon with his wife needs under the joint program dur­ and five children. He was born in ing the period of the Vietnam Pennsylvania. crisis. Billy J. Walker is a 20-year SIU man who, in addition to sailing as FOWT also shipped out as an electrician. Born and raised in Tennessee, he makes his home in that state with his wife and child. James Terry was born in Flor­ ida, where he makes his home with his wife and three children. Establishment of the engineer training program was spurred by Walker Terry the growing shortage of licensed marine engineers aboard Ameri­ Engine department Seafarers are can-flag ships, particularly as a eligible to apply for any of the result of the demands placed on upgrading programs if they are 19 American shipping by the conflict years of age or older and have 18 in Vietnam. months of Q.M.E.D. watch stand­ The SIU-MFBA District 2 train­ ing time in the engine department, ing program is the first of its plus six months' experience as a kind in maritime history. It as­ wiper or equivalent. sists engine department seafarers SIU engine department men in­ to obtain instruction in prepara­ terested in the program should ap­ tion for their Third Assistant En­ ply immediately, or obtain addi­ gineer's license, Temporary Third tional information at any SIU hall, Assistant Engineer's license, or or directly at SIU headquarters, Original Second Assistant En­ 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn, gineer's license in either steam New York 11232. The telephone or motor vessel classifications. In number is HYacinth 9-6600. WASHINGTON—The Senate has rejected a proposal by the Defense Department calling for the construction during fiscal year 1968 of the first seven Fast Deployment Logistic Ships that were to serve as prototypes for an eventual fleet of at least 30 such vessels. In rejecting the FDL pro- ^ posal, the Senate acted on the sufficient to build three times as number of U.S.-flag ships dwindles recommendation of the Armed many fast, modern cargo vessels each year while we are told by the Services Committee, which had for the commercial merchant fleet Bureau of the Budget that con­ conducted an investigation of the under the present subsidy system. struction funds are not available. It was further feared that such a Hall said: Defense Department proposal. Defense Department Secretary huge expenditure for FDL ships "It is with great surprise, there­ Robert S. McNamara was report­ would have so reduced the money fore, that I note the recommenda­ edly "extremely disappointed" at available for construction of mer­ tion of the Department of De­ the Senate's rejection of the FDL chant ships that the already gross­ fense to spend approximately $800 proposal, which was in many ways ly inadequate ship replacement million to construct twenty Fast program would have been cut back his own concept. Deployment Logistic Ships, an Defense Secretary McNamara still further and the rapid deterio­ amount approximately four times is expected to carry the fight for ration of the nation's merchant greater than the current yearly fed­ approval of the FDL appropria­ fleet would have been accelerated. eral outlay for construction of tion to the House, which has not Outlines Views merchant ships. yet acted on the proposal. How­ ever, various Representatives have "It is most difficult for me to At the request of Senator War­ indicated that they share their ren Magnuson (D-Wash.), SIU understand how the federal gov­ Senate colleagues' doubts about President Hall outlined his views ernment can contemplate such a the feasibility of the FDL concept on the FDL proposal in a recent huge financial commitment for the and House approval of the propo­ letter to the Senator. Noting that constuction of vessels which some sal is doubtful. SIU President Paul Hall has the American Merchant Marine military experts have termed 'im­ called the Fast Deployment Logis­ faces block obsolescence and is practical' and at the same time al­ tic Ship concept a "liability laden" plagued by the absence of an ade­ low our basic vessel construction undertaking "with no apparent quate and up-to-date vessel con­ needs for the merchant marine to benefit or value to our country," struction program, and that the go wanting." and has noted that the FDL ships would represent direct competition by the Department of Defense with the privately-owned merchant fleet, which has the dual function under the law to serve the nation's commercial and national defense Two more Seafarers have been added to the ranks of those who needs. have upgraded themselves to Deck Officers licenses through train­ Flying Dutchmen Solid opposition to FDL has ing received in the SIU's Harry Lundeberg School for Seamanship also been the stand of the many in a program jointly operated by legislators in both the Senate and the SIU and the American Mari­ instructors' satisfaction of his the House. The proposed FDL time Officers Union. A total of readiness to take the examinations. ships have been referred to as six Seafarers have now upgraded The training program was in­ wasteful, useless and unnecessary, themselves to Deck Officers stituted in line with the SIU's ob­ and House Merchant Marine Licenses. jective of encouraging and assist­ Committee Chairman Edward A. ing unlicensed personnel to up­ Garmatz (D-Md.) has referred to grade themselves. them as Flying Dutchmen, which Seafarers can participate in the would cruise the seas endlessly course of instruction at no cost to without ever touching port and themselves. They will be provided never contributing anything to the with meals, hotel lodgings and sub­ nation's commerce. sistence payments of $110 per week while in training. Doubt about the feasibility of the FDL concept was spurred mainly by the extremely high cost Scarpelis Kushner of these vessels—about $40 mil­ lion each. It was noted often that Walter Kushner. who sailed for this amount of money would be a number of years as AB, received has 3rd Mates License. Brother Kushner is 36 years old and was SIU President Hall Addresses Social Security Rally born in Brooklyn, New York, where he makes his home. Thomas Scajpelis has been in WASHINGTON — Full scale the SIU for 18 years and sailed hearings on Federal shipping pol­ for a good deal of that time as an icy proposals and the needs of the AB. He, too has upgraded to his merchant marine have been re­ 3rd Mates License and will enjoy scheduled for April 12 and 13 by the additional pay and responsi­ the Senate Commerce sub-com­ bility of his new position. Brother Scarpelis, who is married and has mittee on Merchant Marine and one child, is 37 years old and Fisheries. Originally scheduled for Feb. makes his home in Clifton, New 27, they had been delayed to al­ Jersey with his family. Both Kushner and Scarpelis low formulation of a national pol­ completed the intensive course of icy by the White House, accord­ study at the joint SIU-AMO ing to a joint announcement by school and passed the required Senator Warren Magnuson (D. Wash.), chairman of the Com­ Coast Guard examinations. The training program, operated merce Committee; and Senator E. under a reciprocal agreement be­ L. Bartlett (D. Alaska), head of the tween SIU and the American Mar­ sub-committee. According to spokesmen, the itime Officers, is the first of its type sub-committee will conduct a in the maritime industry. An enthusiastic crowd was on hand at New Orleans SIU hall on March 12 to hear SIU President Paul Applicants can begin receiving thorough study of the American Hall and other speakers stress the importance of passage of the Administration's social security bill. instruction at any time. The pe­ Merchant fleet's requirements and Rallies were held in 14 major cities as part of the AFL-CIO's drive to coordinate public support for the riod of instruction will be deter­ review in full the adequacy of gov­ proposed legislation. AFL-CIO President George Meany called for the same type of eifort that led mined by each member's individ­ ernment policies and programs to enactment of medicare legislation in order to bring about the long-needed social security reforms. ual ability and knowledge, and the concerning it. S/ff Upgrading School Graduates Two More Licensed Deck Officers Senate Sets Probe Of U.S. Shipping For April 12-13 Wi �Pafi;e Four SEAFARERS March 31, 1967 LOG AFL'CIO Endorses Gov't Program To Aid Hard-Core Unemployed The Atlantic Coast by Earl (Bull) Shepard, Vice-President, Atlantic Coast Area WASHINGTON—Organized labor has called on the federal government to expand the war against I have been watching the labor situation in Puerto Rico closely poverty and honor its commitment to the nation's poor "even as we fulfill our commitments in Viet and note that while the cost of living has hit a record high and Nam." continues to rise, there are many non-union workers on the island The AFL-CIO at the same ^ who are still denied those minimum wages set forth by 1966 time gave its endorsement to a level to determine if they are ful­ A substantial inroad in this amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act. It is imperative that 1966 commission study that filling their intended purpose, he problem could be made, he said, this situation be rectified and I ^ through a federal program that certainly hope that hearings now would establish a federally-sup­ observed. Puerto Rico would attack America's "huge going on will accomplish this and ported effort to put the hard-core Julio Delgado was the bosun Consider Revisions backlog of public service needs" that Puerto Rico workers will ob­ aboard the San Juan when she unemployed to work in muchBiemiller suggested that consid­ in parks, playgrounds, hospitals, tain minimum wage coverage. needed public service programs. made her last run through here In testimony before a Senate eration be given to revisions in the libraries, nursing homes, highways, this period. Also on board were New York labor subcommittee examining the Job Corps program "in terms of public protection activities, conser­ Leoncio Calderon, who will hold Ed Kaznowski was by the hall three-year-old war against poverty, the realities of today's job market." vation and other public and pri­ down the steward's job, and Eric lately in-between visits to the race Sommers, AB. The San Juan is AFL-CIO Legislative Director An­ He urged the utilization of nation­ vate non-profit undertakings. track where he's passing some va­ bound for Okinawa. drew J. Biemiller declared that a ally recognized private groups, This program was first advanced good beginning has been made "including trade unions with years by the National Commission on cation time. Ed last served as Governor Sanchez had talks of experience in manpower train­ Technology, Automation and Eco­ chief steward aboard the Seatrain with Labor Secretary Willard "but much remains to be done." "Even as we fulfill commitments ing for various skills." Such nomic Progress in its report to the San Juan which made a Puerto Wirtz to explore the possibilities in Viet Nam and elsewhere over­ changes, he said, would improve President. The initial program, on Rican run, of course. of gaining more employment for After a shivering stint to North­ Puerto Rican migrant workers on seas;" Biemiller said, the resources the quality of training and the a five-year basis, would be funded allocated at home "are altogether young men would have further as­ at $2 billion and ultimately pro­ ern Europe aboard the John B. the mainland. Waterman, Mauri Karisson, oiler, inadequate in terms of the need surance of more advanced training vide 500,000 jobs. Baltimore is taking a breather on the beach. and of our capabilities." He warned and a greater likelihood of goodEdgar Nelson shipped out as Biemiller declared that the pro­ Shipping here has been only fair that incalculable harm would be paying jobs. AB on the Barre Victoiy for a trip gram would add to total employ­ the last two weeks but looks good done if the "forward thrust" of the He predicted that the ultimate poverty war is lost and "the rea­ success of all anti-poverty pro­ ment and would not displace any to Viet Nam. Back on the beach for the coming period. At present, we have the Alamar, sonable expectations of the poor grams would be the degree by workers. It would provide services for a while, Edgar is taking a vaca­ tion. And Rudolph Kamer, who Losmar, Ohio, Maine, Venore and are frustrated." which they are meshed with other that are badly needed now but for served as pumpman on the MonSeatrain Washington laid up in Biemiller praised the achieve­ federal programs, "particularly which most state and local gov­ ticello Victory, is enjoying some port. The Venore should be ready ment of the Neighborhood Youth those which seek to provide jobs at ernments lack funds. vacation time after his run to to crew up next week but there is Corps, the Job Corps and the decent pay for the millions of The AFL-CIO spokesman ex­ Japan. no report on the others. Community Action Programs and working poor." pressed confidence that the com­ Philadelphia During the last period we had urged their expansion as "the high­ He noted that most of the antiShipping out of the port of the three ships paid off, three signed road out of poverty for millions of poverty programs are aimed pri­ mittee's ex'.nination and evalua­ on and six in transit. Americans." marily at education, counseling tion of the anti-poverty program City of Brotherly Love has been Clarence Houchins is ready to fair lately. The outlook, however, would show that it can be expand­ He urged that the present 90* and job training while more than ship on the first job that comes percent funding by the federal half of the poor families have a ed intelligently and effectively. "It is for brighter prospects. along. Clarence, who has been Bennie Crawford was by to scan is our judgment that the funds government be continued because member who has a job. sailing in the deck department for the boards. Bennie, registered and of the inability of areas where the "These are the working poor," committed for programs to date ready to roll again, last shipped as about 22 years, last paid off the poor are most highly concentrated he declared, "and their impover­ are inadequate, and are far less to increase their level of participa­ ishment is due mainly to low than the American people are will­ chief cook aboard the Cape San Alcoa Trader to take a brief vaca­ tion. tion. He also asked an immediate wages, underemployment or un­ ing to invest in achieving victory Diego. B. S. Wilamoski would have Chief steward aboard the Pro­ supplemental appropriation to re­ employment." in this war." made another trip on the Duval ducer, James Winters, is back in store vital programs that have been but she went in for repairs and port after a good trip. Jim will be cut back. left him on the beach. Brother ready to go again in just a few By way of a report, Biemiller Wilamoski has been sailing for weeks. told the committee that the AFLsome 18 years in the Engine de­ William Millison, who last CIO is "deeply committed" to partment. shipped aboard the Potomac with making the anti-poverty program Boston a deck department spot is regis­ a success. The federation has en­ Shipping out of Beantown has SAN FRANCISCO — Deep-Sea SIU members are aiding tered once more and is resting up couraged affiliates to enter into been fair lately but we expect it SIUNA-affiliated International Union of Petroleum Workers mem­ on the beach before riding the state and local programs, he said, to be even better in the up-andand highly successful labor-initi­ bers in their accelerated picketing campaign against both Standard waves again. coming period. ated programs are under way in and Chevron service stations ^ And Alex Tuum has also been Oldtimef Thomas Fleming, who West Virginia, Maine, California, and the company's main offices on the Union hinges on an all-out by, chatting with his SIU buddies has proudly carried his SIU mem­ Wisconsin and the 10-state Appa­ in downtown San Francisco. effort to enlarge company prerog­ and eyeing the boards for the first bership card for 25 years, was by lachian region. He also noted that The picketing that started on a atives in determining the job secu­ deck department job. Alex last the hall lately to see some sea­ more than 3,000 union officials are small scale by the lUPW-SIUNA rity of employees. Standard wants shipped out aboard the Henry. faring buddies. Tom's last jaunt active in Community Action Pro­ in the Bakersfield and Los Angeles the right to establish new jobs, Deck hand B. L. Winbome is was aboard the Helen D as an grams. areas shortly after contract termi­ eliminate, change, expand, trans­ back around the hall fit for duty AB. One of labor's functions has nation last month, has now spread fer, reduce or combine jobs with­ and waiting to ship out. The 20Pete Choplinski is tired of walk­ been to monitor programs at every over an area from San Diego to out the Union having the right to year veteran was in drydock for ing around in this winter's snow grievance or arbitration proce­ a while after signing off the Chl- so he's waiting about for a sun­ the San Francisco Bay area. dures. lore. shine run to get him away from it Response Excellent all. Peter Jomides, a 25-year SIU man, last shipped as oiler on the In addition to picketing service Platte. Pete is waiting for a coast­ stations, SIUNA-IUPW is making wise run that won't take him too "do not patronize" materials avail­ All SIU men, regardless of far from home. able to other labor unions for open their ratings, who are sailing display in union halls and for mail Norfolk actively and whose draft sta­ out appeals to members of orga­ Bullard Jackson is taking a short tus is in question should com­ nized labor to help in the cam­ rest before shipping out again. municate immediately with paign. The response from other Bullard's last billet was aboard the Union, giving full par­ labor unions has been excellent. the CS Baltimore as an FWT for ticulars. Direct all letters and In San Francisco, deep-sea Sea­ eight months. Bill Price, an 18communications pertaining to farers are picketing the main head­ year SIU member, got off the draft board matters to Earl quarters of Standard Oil on a sixPenn Challenger in California to Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers day a week basis. fly home and be with his family. Appeals Board, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11232. While strike action against ei­ ther company is highly probable, The SIU. and the Maritime Trades Department have been the lUPW is determined to make seeking to have seafaring de­ every effort to reach a satisfactory settlement before calling its mem­ clared an essential industry because of the vital support­ bers off the job. Bargaining ses­ ing role it is performing in sions are scheduled with Standard the Viet Nam conflict. This and Chevron under auspices of the ezMiies-iviPiHe effort has not yet been suc­ Federal Mediation conciliation Seafarers are lending an assist to SIUNA-affiliated Petroleum Work­ stAnAHtKfiae service. cessful but the Union mean­ ers on the West Coast in picketing Standard Oil and Chevron MMO'iHMIAl... while has been endeavoring The fight^ with Standard Oil service stations. Above, pickets patrol before Standard Oil Co. tTS^ourmAVi to obtain deferments. company amounts to a "fight for headquarters in San Francisco. lUPW beef centers around company mat survival." The Company's attack attempt to reduce job security in contract talks now underway. Seafarer Pickets Lend Solid Support In SlUNA Oil Workers' Beef on Coast Contact Union On Draft Status �March 31, 1967 Page Five SEAFARERS LOG House Maritime Unit Holds Hearings The Gulf Coast by Lindsey Williams, Vice-President, Gulf Area The SlU-Inland Boatmen's Union contracted Crescent Towing and Salvaging Co. has commissioned what is reputed to be the most powerful tug in the American fleet, the William S. Smith, in New Orleans, along with her sistership, the new Jason Smith. The William S. Smith had been part of the Crescent tug fleet for over seventeen years. Among the new innovations is a totally have. His last job was on the Del new superstructure, revamped Santos. bulwarks, a fantail specially wid­ Mobile ened to accommodate twin screw Shipping out of Mobile has installation providing four times been a bit slow lately and pros­ the original power. pects for the coming period re­ The William S. Smith will he main not much brighter. within range of most major world Around the hall lately have ports with her enlarged bunkering been a number of oldtimers. facilities that will allow sustained Among them are Raymond runs in excess of 50 days. "Blackout" Ferriera. Blackout's Crew comfort has not been last ship was the De Valle as overlooked: She has been air- bosun, a spot he held down on her for the last 28 months. Black­ conditioned throughout. out, who has carried his SlU card The SlU-manned Del Sud ran for 25 proud years, has shipped aground in 19 feet of water at in all deck ratings mostly from the the mouth of the Mississippi. She Gulf area. He makes his home in stayed stuck for almost four days. Mobile with his wife. WASHINGTON — Annual Congressional authorization of appropriations for the Maritime Administration is of vital and major importance to the American merchant marine, Representative Edward A. Garmatz (D-Md.) told the Subcommittee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries of the House Merchant Marine Com­ mittee recently. Garmatz is who can save it." a process of continuous review by Strong support for the enact­ the responsible Legislative Com­ chairman of the full committee. The subcommittee is holding ment of maritime funds authoriz­ mittees. The pending, bills would hearings on a bill (H.R. 158) and ing legislation was also voiced by accomplish this objective." similar measures, which would John N. Thurman, vice-president FOREIGN PAYOFF? amend the 1936 Merchant Marine of the Pacific American Steamship Act to require authorization in the Association. Thurman called for LEAVE CLEAN SHIP future for certain Maritime Ad­ a vastly increased shipbuilding Seafarers are reminded that program to offset the present state ministration programs. when they leave a ship after The subcommittee heard testi­ of deterioration of the U.S. mer­ articles expire in a foreign port, mony from representatives of la­ chant marine, the almost universal the obligation to leave a clean bor, management and government lack of optimism for the future ship for the next crew is the —all of whom voiced support for of maritime if present policies are same as in any Stateside port. continued, and Russia's massive the proposed legislation. Attention to details of house­ efforts with respect to her own In pointing out the vital im­ merchant marine. keeping and efforts to leave portance of the proposed legisla­ quarters, messrooms and other "Clearly," Thurman said, "it tion witnesses emphasized the de­ will be in order for the Congress working spaces clean will be terioration of the merchant marine to exercise control on this expan­ appreciated by the new crew which has been brought about by sion of our maritime effort through when it comes aboard. years and years of neglect on the part of government agencies. Shipbuilding Workers Union vice-president Andrew A. Pettis told the subcommittee "it is im­ perative that this bill be passed as a first step in the build-up of the maritime industry. The next im­ WASHINGTON—Toll charges on the St. Lawrence Seaway portant step is the establishment will not be raised at least for the next four years, the State of an independent Maritime Agen­ Department announced here recently. cy," he continued. To support his "In view of the rapid growth NEW ORLEANS —The SIU- call for passage of the authoriza­ contracted Delta Steamship Lines tion legislation, Pettis pointed to of traffic on the seaway," the that, excepting iron ore, tolls vessel Del Sud was refloated with­ the steep decline of the maritime department said, the govern­ could be raised up to 50 per cent out damage or any injuries to pas­ industry in recent years and the ments of the United States and with little diversion of traffic. sengers or crew after spending five inadequate maritime budgets Canada have agreed that there is days aground in the Mississippi which have speeded this decline. no necessity for a toll increase at River-Gulf Outlet, about 50 miles "The Maritime Administration's this time. After four years the from New Orleans. fiscal year 1968 budget strikes an­ toll structure may be reviewed at The vessel was returning from a other fatal blow to the drive to the request of either country, the South American cruise with 58 modernize our merchant fleet," he announcement added. passengers and 120 crewmembers The waterway handled a record added. aboard when she went aground. total of 49,249,000 tons of cargo Down The Drain Until the combination passengerduring 1966—up 13.5 per cent cargo ship was refloated with the Representative Alton Lennon over the previous year. Last year aid of four tugboats, passengers (D.-N.C.), a member of the full was also the first in which volume PASCAGOULA, MISS. — The made the best of their unexpec­ Merchant Marine Committee who exceeded the estimate of the Tolls SIU Pacific District contracted tedly extended cruise and most appeared as a witness before the Committee, whose projected vol­ American President Lines enjoyed their extra days "at sea." Subcommittee, stated his opinion ume for 1966 had been 48 million launched its 572-foot cargo liner At no time was the ship in any that the authorization legislation tons. President Grant here on March 4. danger. proposals are among the most im­ Present tolls on the Montreal- The vessel is the second of five The person most anxious for the portant that have come before the Lake Ontario segment of the Sea­ being built by the company in its vessel to be refloated and finally Committee "in the 10 years I have way are 4 cents per gross register $68 million replacement program. dock at New Orleans was prob­ been a member of the Committee." ton; 40 cents per tons of bulk The President Grant and her ably Seafarer Robbie Maas, whose "Lennon warned that the American cargo and 90 cents per short ton sister ships—the Presidents Van wife had been waiting ashore for merchant marine is "going down of general cargo. Buren, Taft, Johnson and Fillmore the ship to dock with Maas' infant the drain," and declared that the New Toll Split —have been designated the Season, whom the Seafarer had never House Merchant Marine Commit­ The State Department also said master class and will be assigned seen. tee members "are the only people that U.S. and Canadian represent­ to round-the-world and Pacific atives have agreed to a new divi­ services. Upgrading on the Lakes sion of toll revenues. Under the The President Van Buren was new agreement, which the depart­ launched previously. The three ment says reflects cost incurred other ships are in various stages in recent years, the Canadian of construction at the Ingalls Ship­ share will be increased from 71 to building Division of Litton Indus­ 73 per cent and the U.S. share will tries at Pascagoula. be decreased from 29 to 27 cents At maximum draft of 30 feet, on each toll dollar. These latest developments ren­ the new vessel displaces 21,000 der void last year's agreement by tons and has a cruising radius of joint seaway authorities which 11,600 miles at a service speed of called for a 10 per cent increase 23 knots. in tolls and a 72-28 split with The ship has a total cargo ca­ 72 cents going to Canada. pacity of 845,000 cubic feet and The toll hike turndown is a is propelled by a 24,000-horsetemporary defeat for the St. Lawr­ power steam geared turbine which ence Seaway Development Corpo­ drives a single propeller. ration, the American agency Gas turbine generators, the first charged with administering the in maritime history, will be able U.S. share of the waterway. This to handle the full load of cargo agency released earlier this year operations in port and also provide a report based on two economic emergency propulsion at sea if studies which supported an in­ needed. Great Lakes Seafarer Ted Hansen (right), now a second cook, gets crease in tolls. One found that his diploma from SlU Agent Don Bensman in Alpena, after success­ moderate hikes would have little The new ships will each accom­ fully completing course of studies at the SlU upgrading school. influence on the seaway's projected modate a crew of 45 officers and men plus 12 passengers. Hansen sailed in the steward department on the A, E. Cornelius. traffic volume; the other concluded Del Sud Freed After Ffve-Day Crounding in Guff Ferriera Hazard It took the tugs Humrick and Port Allen of the Crescent Towing and Salvage Co. to ease her off after some cargo was unloaded. » » • Seafarer Robbie Maas was one of 120 members stranded on the Del Sud. Robbie was impatiently waiting to see his recently arrived son, Darin, born just a week after he left the States. Maas was hap­ pily united with the newest mem­ ber of his family following four frustrating days. New Orleans Fireman Ernest Torres recently piled off the Seatrain Delaware, which has been sailing between New York and Puerto Rico. He is now looking forward to making a, billet on the Del Rio when she touches port. He makes his home in San Juan. Seafarer Aden Ezell, Jr. finished a deck department tour aboard the Alcoa Ranger. Sailing regularly as bosun or AB, Ezell prefers a coastwise run when it's available. He lives in Mobile, but occasionally comes over to the Crescent City to scan the ship­ ping board. AB Paul Mayeux ended a tour to the Far West aboard the Overseas Joyce. Paul is resting on the beach, watching for another vessel going to the Western Pacific. He makes his home in New Orleans. Paul Turner is relaxing after a trip aboard the Del Sud as bosun. Turner missed the trip when the Del went aground at the Mississippi's mouth, but he doesn't seem to regret it. Now, he's looking for anything, going anywhere. Paul makes his home in New Orleans with his wife and two boys. AB Frank P. Russo told us re­ cently that he would advise all young men to get a good educa­ tion. He remember the days when educations were harder to come by and says kids today are foolish to pass up the opportunities they Congress' Voice In MARAD Funds Held Essential By Rep. Garmatz Seaway Tolls to Remain Unchanged, US-Canadian Authorities Agree New APL Liner President Grant Launched in Gall �Page Six March 31, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG The Great Lakes Iqr Fred Farnen,Secretary>Treasurer,Greet Lakes Although a decision was made to allow the St. Lawrence Sea­ way toli to remain at its present level for the next four seasons, a charge of $20 per lock will be made against vessels transiting the eight-lock Welland Canal that connects Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. The fee will increase $20 a year until it reaches a charge of $100 per lock, or $800 for full transit, by 1971. out of a paint gang dispatched for the Kinsman Marine Transit Fleet. Chicago However, heavy ice and recordFit out for this area is getting breaking cold indicate that it won't into swing with the crews called be before the first part of April back for ships in Chicago, Mani­ that crews will be called. Erie towoc, Milwaukee and Sturgeon Sand and Gravel has indicated Bay. Despite a winter that set their first vessel—the Scobell— all records for inclemency, we will begin its fit-out around April predict an early fit-out for the 8th. area. However, some of the old We're glad to see back those faces are going to be missed at Great Lakes men who are return­ fit-out this year. Oldtimers who ing from winter trips off the coast retired over the winter months in­ to various parts of the world. clude Brother Hartlaub of the John Galster and Olie Olofsson off Cleveland the Milwaukee Clipper. Registration is going slowly but Seafarers and their families will steadily, assuring enough men to have the opportunity this spring to crew up ships laid up in this area use facilities at the spanking new as soon as they're ready for crew clinic which takes up the eptire calls. A look at the lake in this third floor of the new SIU build­ port though is not too encourag­ ing at 1306 S. Michigan Ave. ing, with ice blanketing the water for as far as the eye can roam. Buffalo Tentative dates for self-unloaders This port is coming out of hiber­ to begin operating is the first week nation now. Marking the first ac­ in April and for straight deckers, tivity of the season was the fitting the 3rd or 4th week. THE INQUmiNC;^ SEiimBER Question: What do you think ahout today's youth and their clothes, music, hair styles? (Asked at the New Orleans hall.) James MaineUa: Youth always reflects the society that parents create for their children. Parents are always the foundation for young people's actions. The chil­ dren of today will have children re­ flecting their atti­ tudes also. Of course, there is always a certain amount of revolt against the older generation, but I think it is over­ played. C. W. Garrison: I don't think much of today's youth. I particu­ larly do not like their styles of dancing or their hairdos. Youth today seems to be wilder than when I was a young man. Perhaps the changing times ""v. and the speed with which times are changing has something to do with it. People are living faster. I don't think things could get any worse. <1> Horace Curry: I think they're crazy. Most of it is fad: as the world goes so do the kids. It'll probably die out, the fad that is, not youth. Kids basically want to be noticed, that's why they act and dress crazy. Mod­ ern kids are more machine minded. And there is more money to go around so that they can afford to be machine minded nowadays. I have two grown children and they think that I am old-fashioned. Vincent Fitzgerald: I think that today's youth are way out of line. Their dress is sloppy and dirty. Some don't wear shoes; some don't bathe. Of course, you have to put the blame where it belongs: on the parents. Disci­ pline, and good examples, begin at home. . Charles Dowling: The hairdo and dress of today's youth is sim­ ply wild. But I think that it is a trend of the times. However, I don't think that today's kids are any bet­ ter or worse than kids when I was young. We got in­ to just as much devilment in the old days. But it's different when you're doing the devilment and trying to correct it —your approach is different. I think that today's youth are by far much more educated. <1> Nets Lomsen: Youth is alright. I'm 77 years old and can't see anything wrong in being young. Sure, there have been plenty of changes since I was young. The youth of today are better than in my day, for many reasons. They're better educated; better behaved; and they have a better opportu­ nity for advancement and I think that most of them take advantage of the opportunities offered them. March 11 to March 24, 1967 DECK DEPARTMENT TOTAL REGISTERED TOTAL SHIPPED Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle All Groups Class A Class B 6 1 76 36 13 6 40 13 6 ' 9 6 2 6 3 33 9 49 35 47 35 20 5 47 18 23 13 372 185 All Groups Class A Class B Class C 0 1 2 25 43 8 2 2 5 3 11 3 10 3 5 1 2 1 2 2 2 0 3 4 26 34 6 32 2 41 5 22 11 32 23 40 19 8 18 108 136 215 MGINE DEPARTMENT TOTAL SHIPPED TOTAL REGISTERED Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco .... Seattle All Groups Class A Class B 3 1 56 33 6 6 17 11 10 5 5 2 7 1 16 8 39 24 28 35 8 7 20 37 10 11 169 237 All Groups Class A Class B ClassC 2 2 1 22 • 41 32 2 4 9 1 9 12 4 7 2 0 2 1 2 2 2 8 12 15 27 12 24 10 34 24 7 15 6 21 54 25 8 7 8 166 145 165 STEWARD DB>ARTMENT TOTAL SHIPPED TOTAL REGISTERED Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle totals Class A dkuB 1 1 18 70 10 8 8 12 7 13 2 4 0 1 13 5 42 44 42 13 7 2 17 7 10 7 126 238 All Groups Class A Class B Class C 2 0 1 46 7 19 3 2 5 16 8 2 2 6 12 2 11 5 0 2 5 2 0 34 38 5 26 4 6 5 3 13 24 10 45 14 3 18 184 84 129 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 19 2 97 215 11 26 105 49 13 14 9 17 15 7 94 25 137 74 91 156 43 3 43 2 30 2 914 385 REGISTERED on BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 1 4 91 160 19 11 59 48 19 12 9 1 15 2 44 11 105 54 72 84 29 8 20 4 9 18 336 607 REGISTERED on BEACH AH Groups Class A Class B 2 1 155 36 25 6 65 40 8 20 7 1 7 0 66 15 96 75 105 59 20 9 44 3 14 3 614 288 Seventeen Unions Form New Council New AFL-CIO Unit Seeks to Spur Organizing of Professional Workers WASHINGTON—Seventeen AFL-CIO unions, including the SIU, joined in setting up a new council designed to stimulate union activity among men and women in the professions, sciences and the arts—and to encourage cooperation among unions in these fields. Delegates representing 400,000 union members pledged "to communities—^we're going to have sicians, engineers, artists and ac­ tors and others who have long bring the fruits of collective bar­ to bring out a more attractive, since embraced and remained gaining" to workers in these fields. thoroughly modern union." faithful to unionism." They promised to "exchange infor­ Friendly Hand A growing number of profes­ mation and investigate means and Delegates voted to extend a sionals, Kircher said, "are dis­ methods for improving salaries, friendly hand to legitimate pro­ covering that professionalism plus hours and working conditions." fessional associations "with the $1.09 will get a pound of sirloin Stressing the changes the space aim in mind that .we may even­ at the supermarket on a sale day. age has made in the pattern of tually bring them into the main­ A Ph.D. isn't worth an extra five the work force, delegates chose a stream of the labor movement." TV stamps at the cashier's stand name whose initials spell SPACE Another resolution cited the —and I think they are getting a —the council of AFL-CIO unions exclusion of many professionals little tired of seeing union laborers for Scientific, Professional and from collective bargaining legisla­ buy the steak while they buy the Cultural Employes. Ofhcers were tion and urged state and federal hamburger." to be elected at the final session. legislation to extend to them "full Participating in the founding Establishment of the council as bargaining rights." convention were Actors Equity, part of the AFL-CIO structure Delegates also expressed con­ the American Guild of Musical was hailed by Communications cern at the inadequate coverage Artists, the Barbers, Broadcast Workers President Joseph A. of labor's role and the history of Employes, Communications Work­ Beirne in an address at the open­ the labor movement fn schools ers, Electrical, Radio & Machine ing of the two-day convention. and colleges. Workers, Intl. Brotherhood of He termed it "a tribute to the AFL-CIO Organizing Director Electrical Workers, Insurance flexibility of outlook and form of William L. Kircher challenged the Workers, Musicians, Office & Pro­ the American trade union move­ delegates to take advantage of the fessional Employes, Operating En­ ment." "extreme flexibility" of the collec­ Retail Clerks, the SIU, gineers, By 1975, Beirne said, half of all tive bargaining process to deal Stage Employes, State, County & workers will be in white collar oc­ cupations. "For this new group with the special problems of pro­ Municipal Employes, Teachers and of workers—for these so-called fessionals. Technical Engineers. A number middle class people from the pro­ Many of the answers, he sug­ of other unions were represented fessional,* scientific and cultural gested, came from "teachers, mu­ by observers. �March 31, 1967 Chavez Urges U.S. Labor Law Coverage For Farm Workers "We need help, but we expect to do the job ourselves," Cesar Chavez, director of the AFL-CIO United Farm Workers Organizing Committee told 450 persons attending the John A. Ryan.Forum here. The job, Chavez explained, is organizing farm workers, especially migrant farm laborers, and shaping a solid union. He called the victories in the Delano, Calif., grape strike "spadework" for the task ahead. Chavez said the migrant farm labor movement needs help from the general public to win two things that can turn the tide for a segment of society that received an old deal while the rest of the nation enjoyed the New Deal of Franklin Roosevelt: • Protection of the National Labor Relations Act with the right to petition for Labor Board representation elections. • Strict enforcement of the federal law limiting the amount of free public water that can be used for private profit. The limit is 160 acres irrigated for a farmer and an extra 160 acres for his wife. Chavez said the big growers in California have made a mockery of the law. The John A. Ryan Forum is a lecture and discussion series spon­ sored by the Catholic Council on Working Life and the Catholic Adult Education Center. A number of unions cooperate in pro­ moting the program, which is a memorial to the late Msgr. John A Ryan, a labor supporter and a leader in the fight for social justice. After his "Report on the Migrant Labor Movement," Chavez was questioned by a panel that included Dr. Deton J. Brooks, chairman of the Chicago Committee on Urban Opportunity; Don Bruckner, cor-'' respondent for the Los Angeles Times; and the Rev. Robert A. Reicher, chaplain of thfe Catholic Council on Working Life and treasurer of the Illinois Migrant Council. The moderator was Msgr. William J. Quinn, assistant executive secretary of the Bishop's Committee for the Spanish Speaking. Chavez reviewed the history of organizing farm workers and cited the long list of failures. He said the job must be done by farm workers themselves. "We started out," he said, "by working on problems of the migrant worker at the community level. We forined an insurance company because that was the only way we could get insurance. "We started a credit union and then built a community service cen­ ter to hold the people together. We decided the best way to organize the whole community and then build the union." The organization, he said, is leaning on the AFL-CIO for help with research and educational programs and winning the legislation needed to bring farm workers under the protection of federal labor laws. "The rest we will do," he declared. "We need money and we could use volunteers in Delano, but we must do most of what has to be done by ourselves. Everyone in labor can help by supporting our boycotts." When questioned about the threat of automation in the fields, Chavez said, "We are not against automation. In many cases we have welcomed automation because it has eliminated some work that was not fit for human beings. When new machines are brought in, we want the growers to take some responsibility for the people. "We are happy to help improve production. There are many people around the world going hungry. If more production here can help feed them, we would be proud to help." Julius F. Rothman, coordinator of the AFL-CIO Community Serv­ ices liaison staff of the United Community Funds and Councils of America, has joined the staff of the AFL-CIO Department of So­ cial Security. A graduate of Syra­ cuse University, Rothman is a member of the Textile Workers Union of America and has been active in the labor movement since 1946. He is a member of the Na­ tional Association of Social Work­ ers and the Labor Department's Advisory Committee on Sheltered Workshops; a director of the Na­ tional S^ial Welfare Assembly and a trustee of the National In­ stitutes on Rehabilitation and Health Services. <I> Paul Fournier, Canadian direc­ tor of the Distillery Workers since 1940 and a DWU vice president since 1946, died here March 9 after a short illness. He was 56. Fournier joined the DWU after serving seven years as chief Cana­ dian organizer for the Hatters. The DWU credited a joint cam­ paign by Fournier and union Pres. Mort Brandenburg, then DWU di­ rector of organization, with bring­ ing 5000 distillery workers into the union. Page Seven SEAFARERS LOG Edward C. Adams has been named COPE director of the Al­ lied Industrial Workers and assist­ ant editor of the union's monthly newspajjer. He replaces Gordon W. Brehm, now a mediator for the Wisconsin Employment Relations Board. Adams formerly was on the staffs of the Fire Fighters, the State, County and Municipal Em­ ployees and the unaffiliated Mine Workers. <1> Press coverage of the recent AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting at Bal Harbour, Fla., al­ most doubled that from the mid­ winter council meeting in 1966, according to a compilation by the Western Union office in Miami. A total of 75,994 words moved over Western Union wires during the Feb. 20-28 period this year. The total filed by Western Union in 1966 was 41,270 words. — — Jack Weinberger, who served the Hotel and Restaurant Em­ ployes for 50 years as a member of Waiters Local 30 and in recent years as secretary-treasurer of the international union, died here at 83 after a week's illness. He had retired in 1963. 'Go/ Friday? A Changing of the Guard Big business, with its unrelenting bom­ bardment, has finally brought about the re­ moval of Esther Peterson as Consumer As­ sistant to the President and her replacement in the post by television's voice of Westinghouse, Betty Furness. Mrs. Peterson has fought hard for con­ sumer-protecting legislation and to enlighten the American consumer on the subtleties employed by manufacturers and packagers to fool him. Her labor background made her the natural enemy of the business lobby­ ists and they never passed up an opportunity to attack her. In the case of Miss Furness, we fail to see that her qualifications as a consumer coordi­ nator go beyond opening and closing refrig­ erator doors or expounding on the merits of a Westinghouse deep freeze before the tele­ vision cameras. Big business will no doubt feel somewhat more secure when she assumes her White House post in May. Mrs. Peterson has done a splendid job of holding the big corporations, ad agencies, the National Association of Manufacturers and other business giants at bay. She could fight them on their own ground and, while not always victorious, she was more harassed than defeated. The emasculation of the truth-in-packag­ ing law was a severe setback, but in the temporary absense of strong consumer-pro­ tecting laws, Mrs. Peterson was achieving marked success from two other directions: education of the buyers and some harass­ ment of her own directed at the sellers. Business lobbies blamed the recent rash of housewives' boycotts against soayng food prices last year on Mrs. Peterson. She had nothing to do with them but in their wake she did launch a compaign to teach all women to shop more wisely and get the most for their money and endorsed consumer in­ formation programs by high schools. She received thousands of buyer's complaints on credit frauds, repair gouging and price in­ creases hidden by larger packages or lesser content in existing packages and set out to warn consumers to be wary of such practices in lieu of laws preventing them. Mrs. Peterson had, at the time she was relieved of her administration post, actually convinced some retail and textile industries to develop means of solving some guarantee and service problems and to make the label­ ing of wearing apparel more informative. She had even persuaded some super market chains to give housewives some degree of constructive guidance in their shopping. All in all, a record of tireless and con­ tinuing effort on the part of the public servant whose voice was, as President John­ son said when he first appointed her, a vigor­ ous one on behalf of consumers. We don't presume to prejudge Miss Fur­ ness but we are skeptical about what might happen when Mrs. Peterson goes back to her full time job in the Federal Labor Depart­ ment and the former actress moves in as Consumer Assistant to the President. It re­ mains to be seen whether .she will actively dedicate herself to bringing about greater safeguards on behalf of the consumer, or whether she will serve simply as public rela­ tions aide for the administration. i' �SEAFARERS LOG Page Eight "...fV- a •• ri^HE HAUNTING STRAINS of sea shanties I JL were a familiar sound on the decks of ships the pif world over for many hundreds of years, perhaps from as long ago as when the first waterborne vessels i put out to sea with working men to propel them— whether by oar or sail. On today's modem ships, the shanty may be re­ garded by most Seafarers as merely, a musical link with the past; pleasing to hear but somehow remotely quaint. It is also pleasant to reflect on the beginnings of these early work chants which were so much a part of the everyday lives of our ancestors whose liveli­ hood was the sea. Some musical historians believe that the shanty, which was in evidence whenever men had hard labor to perform with nothing but their bare hands and mutual co-operation, was the primary source of all song.. The. first man to chronicle shantying, a Venetian Friar named Francisco Fabri, wrote in the fifteenth century of those "who sing when work is going on, because work at sea is very heavy, and is only carried on by a concert between one who sings out orders and the laborers who sing in response .. ." In the days of sailing vessels, the shanty was more than just a form of entertainment; it was a necessity. Indeed, a sailing ship could not properly run without shanties and a good singing voice could be as much of an asset to a sailor as the fundamentals of seaman­ ship. Herman Melville, creator of the classic Moby Dick, illustrated this fact graphically in his recollec­ tions of his own earliest days at sea when he sailed aboard the whaler Acudmet on her maiden voyage to the Pacific in search of sperm whales. He wrote; "I soon got used to this singing; for the sailors never touched a rope without it. Sometimes, when no one happened to strike up, and the pulling, whatever it might be, did not seem to be getting forward very well, the mate would always say^ 'Come men, can't any of you sing? Sing now, and. raise the dead.' It is a great thing in a sailor to know how to sing well, for he gets a great name by it from the officers, and a good deal of popularity among his shipmates. Some sea captains, before shipping a man, always ask him J whether he can sing out at a rope." ^ The crews of all sailing ships, merchantmen md whalers alike, had their robust and often profane work shanties. Set in leader-chorus patterns, th^ would both ease and facilitate the backbfeaking tasks to be performed. There were special ones for each job. Halyard shanties were devised and employed for. the more prolonged jobs such as hoisting and lowering the sails or yards, swaying heavy objects aloft and the like. For hauling jobs that required .only a comparatively few good, hefty pulls, there J were the short drag shanties. And to accompany the - sometimes joyous, sometimes melancholy function of weighing or lowering anchor, puinping the boat or \ivarping ship, was the capstan shanty. These last, the icapstah shanties, were generally more elaborate and Voften quite sentimentalin content. It was often said in the days of the clipper ships ||that a skipper could predict his arrival date as much ^hy the gusto the deck hands put into their singing ' as he could by the weather. Regardless of weather— or in spite of it—these vessels were driven by the sheer brute force of the crew,and the manner in which they directed that force toward hemp rope and canvas Mil was the major factor in determining the number J of knots traveled each day. Whether they were based on hate or love, motivated by despair or happiness, the rhythm of words, combined with the rhythm of movement thht only the shanties could provide, got the work done. ; And when work was done, the leisure time spent in the foc'sle between watches had to have its com­ munal aspect even for the most ardent of the model isship builders, mat makers and coconut carvers. This' i need was filled by the ballads—or "forebitter" songs —eagerly collected and exchanged by seafarers from fthe New England coast and the Gulf of Mexico to the West African coast and the wool ports of Aus' tralia; from Liverpool and London's Blackwall Docks to the Orient and the Arctic. A song fit any mood: bawdy, ironical, nostalgic, sad or comical. Some were Ihistorically accurate and others related the current fievents of the period, based on details not always p:omplete as sailing time approached, and therelore learned and passed on to succeeding generations i^ith certain inaccuracies remaining unaltered. A few V f were filled with teahnical jargon and judged only by ®^-fr|their degree of nautical perfection, but these did not gain the affection nor enjoy the lasting popularity that othersdid. All of the songs-—shanties and ballads—reflect the everyday thoughts and experiences of sailors (real and imaginary) both at sea and ashore. Despised by the majority of officeirs and worked without mercy . mi March 3h 1967 , :• to a point almost beyond endurance, these old time sailors who manned the frigates and the clippers and the packets quite naturally chose the ship's officers as the chief enemies of their songs, followed by foul weather and the thieving girls they couldn't force themselves to stay clear of. The friends depicted are all too few: here and there a fair and respected skip­ per or a sweetheart they desperately hope is being faithful. A favorite topic apparent from all sources was that of the landlubter getting the worst of it from a sailor in any encounter, be it in matters of love, money or cleverness. No matter what the theme, the large majority of the shanties and ballads seem to have three things in common. First, a deep and natural feeling for beauty. Second, an unrelenting insistence on the overcoming toughness of the com­ mon sailor and his ability to withstand any odds, ^ anywhere. And thirdly—^underlying the toughness— a deep, aching uneasiness and a fond longing for something a little bit better. There are hundreds of these anonymous songs of the sea but it is possible here to take a look at some of the more familiar ones and their backgrounds insofar as they are known. C^stan Shanties Shenandoah is perhaps one of the best loved of all shanties. Not really a song of the sea at all, it probably was originated by Canadian or American ^voyagers and tells the tale of the trader who fell in , love with the Indian chief Shenandoah's daughter. The Sea Chanty frt Link With The Past "Shenandoah, I love your daughter," he said, arid when the chief protested, fed him fitre-water and car­ ried the girl "Across the wide Missouri." Used as a work song but equally at home in the foc'sle; The Maid of Amsterdam (A-Roving), is con­ sidered by some historians to be the oldest of the. capstan shanties. There are several versions of this favorite; the girl makes advances to the sailor in some and in others it's the other way around. Either way, when the sailor returns to his ship with his money missing it is reason enough why he'll go no more a-roving with this fair maid. Santy Anna is gn example of both the historical and the current events-inspired shanty. Relating the victorious exploits of General Santa Anna in the Mexican War, it fails to make mention of the fact that General Taylor forced the wily Mexican into final retreat in February of 1847. The song appears to have developed from first reports of the fighting when Santa Anna had the upper hand and did, indeed, seem temporarily to have won that decisive battle. • Row Bullies Row, the singing stoiy of a Liverpool sailor who sailed to San Francisco with the idea of settling there and got himself shanghied back again to Liverpool, was more of a forebitter but was used at the capstan when the spokes were spinning easy. The refrain of this one: "The girls have got hold of the tow-rope today" iridicated that the ship was sailing along at a good clip. An outstanding favorite as a song of farewell was South Australia, originally sung on the wool clippers when they lifted anchor for their trips between Aus­ tralian ports and London. There is a record of at least one man who, on his death bed, asked his ship­ mates to bid him his final farewell: "I think I'm Sfip|iiti* my Mb^ lads. Strike up South Australia and let me go happy." For homeward bound seaman, there was the roar­ ing and exuberant Whup Jamboree which follows the progress of the ship past the Isle of Wight through the English Channel and into the London River iri^ eager anticipation of the girls waiting at the Blackwall Dock. From its reference to Blackwall, it is reason­ ably safe to assume that this capstan shanty origi­ nated among sailors on the Far !^st run. Sally Brown, about the Creole lady who wouldn't marry but kept the sailors coming happily back to spend their money on her, was a favorite for heaving up anchor. It dates back to at least the 1830s; was sung at the capstan of the Western Ocean packet ship that brought Captain James Marryat to America from England in 1837, according to his own vmtings. A shanty that captures the feeling a sailor has for great seamen is Old Stormaloi^ which tells of the death and sings the praises of a respected skipper. Halyard and Short-Drag Shanties Paddy Doyle is a short-drag shanty, unusual in that it is usually sung by only two men instead of a gang. It accompanies the bunting of a sail during which the men stand aloft on foot-ropes and, leaning over the yard, grab the bunched-up sail and try to heave the canvas onto the yard before lashing it in a furled position. Paddy Doyle was a famous boarding house keeper in Liverpool and the shanty draws on the superstition that leaving unpaid bills when leaving' port is bad luck. Old Billy Riley, about a dancing master with a pretty daughter who is unavailable, is so fast arid fierce that the sail would have to be really light or the occassiori desperate for men to pull at the halyards to such rhythm. It is said that this shanty probably originated on 17th century Dutch droghers in the West Indies sugar trade.„ Whidcey Jolmny was a halyard shanty usually used when the crew was working aft near the captain's quarters. Telling of the bad effects of whiskey and the need for more, norietheless, the verse alludes to a skipper who treats his crew right and gives them whiskey twice a day. It was probably as much a hint to the skipper concerned as it was a work song. Haul on the Bowline is said by many to date from the time of King Henry VIII. Although this has not been proven, it is quite certain that this short-drag shanty is older than most. The song remained a favor­ ite until the last days of sailing ships but it had even then been a very long time since bowlines needed much hauling on. Boney, a short-drag shanty, was a fairly accurate, though brief, account of Napolean's career through his exile to St. Helena and his death. Seaman con­ tinued to find Bonaparte worthy of song for seventy years after his death. , Foc'sle Ballads The infamous exploits of the bloodthirsty Captain Kidd, one of the most cherished foc'sle ballads of them all, came into being soon after the notorious pirate was hanged in 1701 and can still be heard on.the New England coast today. A curious error in the. sorig that has never been explained is Kidd's first name which is sung Robert instead of the correct William. One of the oldest of the sea songs still popular today is The Mermaid which links mermaids with bad weather and other evil happenings. It dates from at least the time of Melville because he quotes it in "White Jacket." The Handsome Cabin Boy is a fantasy, quite funny, which illustrates the deck hand's common dream that there is a girl among the crew dressed as a boy. This is the tale of a cabin "boy" who became pregnant with ho one to be found to answer for the girl's plight but the skipper himself. In one version, the skipper's wife is also aboard which adds considerably to the humor of the situation. While Cruising Round Yarmouth probably origi­ nated among the men who traveled to the Far East in the Blackwall frigates, but the sailors of Western Ocean packets adopted it as the well-known Blow the Man Etown—a shanty as popular below decks as above. A spicy and ribald song that remains a favorite to this day is Do Me Ama. It's appeal perhaps lies in the tale it tells of a wealthy lecher being outwitted and a grand lady being humbled by a sailor.These then, and many, many more, were the songs if --v| of work and relaxation for the sailing men of yore. They are happily no longer needed today in order to get the job done, but they still represent a common • i bond with, the past—a special heritage for all men who devote their lives to toe sea. 11 �Special Art The carvers of ship figureheads were practitioners of a very special art and had to follow rigid rules. For instance, figureheads had to be highly functional. They had to be quite strong and compact and were designed to fit the available space on the ship. Although they were often highly ornate and heavily carved, the work had to be done so that there were no depressions, such as the folds of a garment, that would hold water—lest the figure rot. This was espe­ cially true on those made in America which were usually soft pine, as opposed to the more durable oak and elm used in Britain. After the carving was completed, it was usually soaked in oil to prevent decay from salt water and then painted. The carvers were often paid for their work according to a schedule based on the number of guns the ship carried, in the case of carvings done for warships, or according to the tonnage of merchant vessels. Far from being hacks or mere craftsmen, the better known carvers of ship figureheads were true artists with ^11 the skill and knowledge of the finest sculptors. Others, it must be admitted, were very poorly skilled and turned out some pretty awful figures. One of the best American figurehead carvers was William Rush of Philadelphia who was well known in his time. His skill as a carver was so great that during slack periods he often carved anatomical models for use by college classes in medicine. Other carvers turned their hand to ornamental furniture, carved doorways, mantels and religious figures during slack periods. QHIP'Q FIGUREHEADS Lions, Maidens and Dragons T HE FIGUREHEADS that adorned the prows of sailing vessels during the days of the famous Yankee Clippers were most often delicately carved female figures. Had such carvings been in vogue when ornamental figureheads first began being used on ships however, the ladies would have had to have hard heads indeed, ...-y'-'v for the first carved figureheads were probably the battering rams on Roman war galleys—used to ram and crush the sides of enemy vessels. Primitive man often painted the bows of his fragile vessels in accordance with his religious beliefs to insure safety on voyages. The ancient Chinese painted %•• ii huge eyes on the prows of their ships to guard them from evil spirits and enable them to "see" where Ihey were going and reach port safely. V Latter day Roman merchant ships often replaced their ornamental figureheads with human figures, and this may have been the first such use of human figures P li for this purpose. But the practice did hot become universal. Viking ships, which wreaked havoc up and down many coasts, normally carried a carved dragon that held its head high above the bows. In heavy seas, when the vessel itself with its scant freeboard was invisible, the carved dragon head must have looked like a giant sea serpent cruising through the waves. Animal figureheads were popular with many mari­ ners for a great while. The British, for example, often made use of their national emblem, the lion, as figure­ heads. On the other hand, Spanish vessels at this time often carried figureheads representing various saints or even the holy family. On American merchant ships the figurehead was often a representation of one of the shipowners' family—a wife or daughter—often the same individ­ ual the ship was named for. The warships of many nations however, often carried figureheads represent­ ing famous admirals or national heroes. JSecond cook Joseph Vogelhien (L) discusses the day's menu with Ifbis colleague in the steward department, Messman Mothanna It. Ahmed. From the looks of it, a pretty good menu is planned, Enjoying themselves at mess are (rear, standing) All Haddad and the seated crewmembers are Seafarers Glenn Ayres, James Linart, and Edw. Stinnett. ON THE LAKES Setting up table in messroom of U.S.S. Gypsum is Messniah Joseph S. Novak. It won t be long before Brother Novak and shipmates once again ply Lakes. Every year at Hie end of March, Great Lakes pwls awaken from their state of KI hibernation. Fit-out time spells the advent of spring, the thawing out of tiiick ice, and flie preparation of vessels for a season's activity. The first ship to fit out in tte Port of Toledo %Wais, tiie U.S.S. Gypsum, 1 a vessel manned by the SUFS Great Lakes District Wiper Homer Nagle looks up from engine room duties only briefly as he gives U.S.S. Gypsum engine room gear a going over,. Also checking out status of engine machinery are Seafarers (left to right) Mohsen Ahmad, wiper: Yakia Mawari, fireman; and Leo Furman, wiper. ^ """"""" . 3 C V 'i.-U ^ ^ V! ... / %• \Ti: i-lv'f" • ^ t"' J ... 3, ' s s Tie' < . ,7 , . 5 ^ I �Page Ten March 31, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG Elderly Urge Congress Support Increases Inadequate Social Security Benefits Leave Many Elderly in Severe Need YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH By Sidney Margolius The living is easier this April. Some foods temporarily are cheaper. The post-Easter clothing clearances offer money-saving buying oppor­ tunities in women's, children's and men's clothing. Mortgage interest rates have come down slightly from last Fall's "near-panic" peaks, and are likely to fall further. WASHINGTON—America's elderly—organized 2 million strong in the National Council of Senior Citizens—urged the House Ways and Means Committee to support social security improvements to ease "the desperate plight ... of older Americans forced to exist on inadequate incomes." We're even getting a little price competition in the auto business at President John W. Edelman, ow for 28 years and I have worked Appearing with Edelman, a for­ the manufacturer level. In recent years the dealers have had to do recuperating from a serious ill­ for 46 years. mer legislative representative of most of the competing, while the makers held their prices up except ness, led off the testimony on be­ "Two and a half years ago, I fell the Textile Workers Union of for some "merchandising allowances" to move leftover models at sea­ half of the President's social secu­ and broke my right shoulder and America, were his assistant, James rity proposals. He was followed elbow. That left me crippled in Cuff O'Brien; William R. Hutton, son's end. by other officers and staff mem­ my arm. But this year, sales of new cars have been running 15 to 25 per cent executive director of the council, bers of the national council, which "I get $83.70 a month in social and Walter Newburgher, East behind last year. The result has been a price drop on both new and has more than 2,000 affiliated security but I have to pay $50 a Coast vice president and president used models. One help in this respect has been a recent reduction in clubs of retirees. month in rent and for gas and of the Congress of Senior Citizens interest rates dealers pay to banks and finance companies on loans to The men and women receiving light. It's mighty hard to exist of Greater New York. finance their inventories. social security benefits "have after paying rent and gas and The council said the President's Perhaps the most interesting news to moderate-income families is the worked all their lives to build a light." social security proposals have its manufacturer price cut of $200 on a U.S.-made compact model (the prosperous America but, now in Yet, Edelman pointed out, she "solid backing" although they their old age, are shut out from is better off than the one in four don't meet all they need for im­ Rambler American). This cut puts the U.S. compacts more directly in competition on price with the imported compacts, while providing the prosperity they helped create," women on the social security rolls provement in the program. more passenger and trunk capacity and power, and more widelythe council spokesman told the who receive only the minimum Seeks Better Future available service and parts. committee. benefit of $44 a month. In the future, the witnesses said, Cites Letters The price cut also arouses new interest in the use of compacts, which Poverty Level social security taxes will have to be The senior citizen witnesses Nearly 2 million social security supplemented by general revenue save on operating costs as well as purchase price. The U.S. compacts cited statistics from government beneficiaries "have had to surren­ funds "as a matter of justice and usually can be counted on for average gas consumption of 20 or so miles per gallon and the small imports, about 25-30. reports and documents. But they der their pride and dignity to keep equity." cited statistics from government body and soul together" by going The council called for strength­ The six-cylinder U.S. compacts now are within $200-300 of the .reports and documents. But they on relief, the council witnesses ening of medicare and a method four-cylinder imports. The dealers' own margin on compact and cited also letters coming into their noted. Many more "are too proud of billing for doctors' services to intermediate cars usually is about 18-21 per cent of the list price headquarters from people like the to ask for help . . . and often hide relieve the elderly of the burden compared to the more typical 25 per cent on standard-size cars. Cleveland woman who last month from their friends and neighbors of paying bills and waiting for wrote Edelman: because they are so bitterly medicare reimbursement. Another significant aspect of the announcement by the U.S. company "I am 72, an American, a wid­ ashamed of their poverty." (Rambler) that cut the price of its compact, is that from now on it will not change its model each year except for actual safety and per­ formance improvements. If other manufacturers pick up this idea, cars in general will be cheaper. The imported cars hold down their costs by avoiding annual changes. These usually are only surface or appear­ ance changes. More-important basic changes usually are made only every two or three years. .S. Leails World In Ship Scrapping, Lloyd's Reveals The Pacific Coast by Frank Drozak, West Coast Representative Many Seafarers have volunteered to picket Standard Oil-Chevron service stations in San Francisco-Oakland and Contra Costa Coun­ ties. They are aiding members of the SIUNA-affiliated Interna­ tional Union of Petroleum Workers and Machinists Local 824 in their beef with the company. Members of all AFL-CIO un- ^ ions and the public at large, are ton, Yorkmar, Penn Challanger, being asked to send their credit Oakland and the Calmar. cards into the company with a note W. Koflowitch just came off the explaining why they are doing so: Longline in Honolulu. He had because the company fails to deal sailed as engine utility. Brother fairly with those unions involved. Koflowitch, known as "Flatop" around the SIU, will be shipping on the Platte next. Levy Evans Both the economic boycott and picket lines have spread to 19 com­ pany-owned service stations in San Francisco alone. The information­ al leaflet being handed to the pub­ lic exclaims: "Help! Standard Oil Company of California is unfair. Eton't Buy Standard Oil or Chev­ ron Products." San Francisco Shipping in the bay area has been very active this period and is likely to remain so, especially for Electricians, Oilers and FWT's. Paying off and signing on this period were the following: Del Alba, Los Angeles, De Pauw Victoiy, Jeiferson City Victory,' Bay­ lor Victory, Lynn Victory, Amer­ igo, Oceanic Tide, Steel Travier, Santa Emila, Steel Flyer, Steel Vendor, Halyctm Panthw and the Eilzabetbport. Ships in transit are the Cities Service Norfolk, Mayaguez, Tren­ Wilmington In the past couple of weeks we had the Young America and Mankato Victory pay off and sign on. Eight ships were through in transit and shipping has been very, very active. The outlook is for more of the same. For FOWT's the ship­ ping outlook is especially good. Seattle Shipping is booming in this area. Since the last report the fol­ lowing ships were paid off: Merid­ ian Victory, Trans Erie, Sagamore Hill, and the Platte. Signing on were the Yaka, Me­ ridian Victory, and Trans Erie. In transit were the Walter Rice and the Marymar. Oldtimer F. P. McErlane, a real SIU oldtimer, is warming up for a run to Viet Nam after spending some time on the beach. His last ship was the Rice Victory as FWT. Marcus Evans, off the Platte, will take a vacation before shipping out on a Viet Nam run. Marcus is a 20-year SIU man. Isadore Levy is just off the Walter Rice, itching for a run to the Far East. Isadore has been in the SIU for more than a quarter of a century. LONDON—^The United States continues to lead the nations of the world in the scrapping of its flagships, according to the most recent report by Lloyd's Register of Shipping. Fourteen American ships of 92,584 tons were junked com­ pared with 28 of 198,330 tons in the previous three months. Britain was again in second place with 22 of 55,845 tons scrapped as against the earlier 27 of 107,072 tons. Following in or­ der were Panama, Italy, Canada, Greece, Russia, Hong Kong, India and Liberia. The overall total of ships scrapped in the quarter was 103 of 405,658 gross tons, a substan­ tial drop of just over 140,000 tons from the 121 vessels of 546,682 tons that went to the breakers dur­ ing the preceding three-month pe­ riod. World-wide losses of merchant ships through Ynishap, the report showed, were down for the fourth quarter in a row and at their low­ est level in the past two years. Figures for the third quarter of 1966 show a loss of 48 ships of 163,566 gross tons compared with 49 of 176,601 tons during the second quarter of last year. The previous low was 51 ships of 140,142 tons for the third quarter of 1965. The losses involved eight ves­ sels of 61,439 tons burned, 21 (62,399 tons) wrecked, 13 (24,504 tons) foundered and six (15,224) through collision. None were American. No ships were posted as "miss­ ing" for the second straight quar­ ter. .t Seafarer's Guide to Better Buying| ^f "11 I |i -t i - f. GASOLINE PRICES: The oil companies have raised gasoline prices again on top of last year's increases. They also have ben avoiding price wars. People in the Midwest get ch^ged most for gasoline for no reason except the apparent lack of competition. Car owners in the Far West and Southeast also pay more than average. Those in the Northeast and Texas pay least. The oil companies did not need the latest price increase since their "earnings" (profits) have risen in the past two years. They argue that the service stations do need the additional margin, and that half the increase is going to them. (One group of gas stations in California actually announced that it was raising its prices "to meet competition.") * - I Here are facts that can help you keep down gasoline bills: • Most cars, unless they have very high compression ratios, do not need premium grade. The regular grade of most brands has been in­ creased steadily over the years so that present "regular" now is the equivalent in anti-knock quality of the "premium" of a few years ago. J • Unadvertised brands of gas selling for 2 or 3 cents less usually are the same quality as advertised brands. In fact, the unadvertised brands usually are bought from the same suppliers and are the same gasoline, a major oil company admitted in testifying to the Federal Trade Commission several years ago. , FOOD BUYING CALENDAR: Eggs are the buy of the month—in fact, the year. April is the month of heaviest supply and in any case egg production is heavier than a year ago. Two large eggs or three medium are the protein equivalent of an average serving of meat at half or less the cost. In red meats, beef is more abundant than last year, with pork also still in good supply, although supplies will be lower and prices higher when warm weather arrives. Fish filets and steaks also are in heavy supply. Canned salmon also is good value this year. Orange juice concentrate is in heavy supply and priced low. COMPARATIVE PRICES, SPECS OF COMPACT CARS Rambler Amer. Valiant 100 Falcon Corvalr 500 Chevy II100 Volkswagen Simca 1000 Opel Kadett Ford Cortina Price* Length (Inches) Width (Inches) Wheelbase Weight (Lbs.) Horse­ power (Cyl.) $1839 2117 2118 2128 2152 1639 1639 1695 1815 181 188.4 184.3 183.3 183 160.6 149.5 161.6 168 70.8 71.1 73.2 69.7 71.3 60.6 58.5 61.9 64.9 106 108 111 108 110 94.5 87.3 95.1 98 2669 2780 2638 2525 2765, 1764 1609 1614 1923 128/6 115/6 105/6 95/6 120/6 53/4 52/4 54/4 65/4 * Manufacturer's suggested list price, lowest-price model, FOB fac­ tory or port of entry. Excise tax included but not state and local taxes. • T .V . f . /( . 1 -I V �March 31, 1967 SEAFARERS Page Eleven LOG Thanks Union For Health Benefits Wallace P.'Auduson, Ship's Delegate of the Manhattan (Hudson Waterways), reported that the Captain praised the crew for a smooth running ship, and especially the Stewards Department for the excellent preparation of the food. He remarked, writes Meeting Secretary Clyde Kent, that "this is the best Steward Department that I have ever sailed with." Agent Frank Drozak about men Del Sol (Delta), during a meeting During a meeting presided over being reimbursed for transporta­ presided over by by Meeting Chair­ tion to and from signing on. Dur­ Meeting Chair­ man William Pad­ ing the good and welfare portion man E. J. Riviere. gett, the crew en­ of the meeting, the crew decided One man was dorsed the Cap­ that each department would take sick, the Ship's turns keeping the recreation room tain's word hy ex­ Delegate said, but tending a vote of clean. his illness was thanks to the brief and he was Stewards for a Milton Trotman was elected Mameito soon back at good job. A dona­ new Ship's Treasurer of the Saga­ tion was collected more Hill (Vic­ work. Another crew member had Kent and presented to tory Carriers). an accident. Meeting Secretary Brother Fred Wilson, Movie Man­ The new ship's Frank Mameito wrote, "but was ager, for a job well done. treasurer asked lucky and not hurt badly." The that money be Steward Department, during the Ship's Delegate S. D. Richarddonated for ship's good and welfare portion of the •son's report was accepted with a business at the shipboard meeting, asked all crew vote of thanks, next draw. He members to bring their soiled suggested a levy linen, to the Stewards when new writes J. E. Rob­ of one dollar per linen is issued, so it can be sent erts, Meeting Sec­ Trotman man. During the ashore. retary aboard the Yellowstone (Rio good and welfare portion of the Grande Trans­ meeting recorded by Meeting Sec­ Movie lovers on the Del Sud port). Brother retary Francis Napoli it was (Delta) have agreed to raise the agreed that the crew could use a Richardson re­ movie fund conported that he new washing machine. The Stew­ tribqtions to $4 ard will see the Port Steward about posted a list of Or­ Roberts per man, Michael dinaries, Wipers new linen. Tbe crew was request­ Dunn, meeting and Bedroom Stewards to alternate ed to be a little more quiet at chairman report­ weeks of cleaning the recreation night so those about to go on ed. The movie room and the laundry. One man watch can sleep. Members of the fund totals $524.was injured and taken off the ship crew were advised that proper 32, the ship's fund clothing was required in the messin Cueta. The Yellowstone is en is up to $368, route to Columbo, Ceylon. Broth­ room at all times. Dunn writes. Bob er Richardson, during the meeting Hand Hand, meeting presided over by Meeting Chair­ Jerome Hacker, Ship's Delegate secretary, reports that there is man J. M. Davis, asked the crew on the Halaula Victory (Isthmian), some disputed overtime but no to cooperate in keeping the messgave a vote of major beefs. Hand writes that one room clean. He also told the men thanks to Brother man was hospitalized in Rio, an­ that if they have a beef, to see him C. Arnold for other in Santos and the ship's lirst. During the new business por­ doing a good job tion of the meeting, it was report­ as Acting Ship's stewardess left because of illness in ed that the ship needs two new Delegate. During San Juan. washing machines and an ice ma­ the good and wel­ chine. A vote of thanks went to fare portion of the Steward Department for its the meeting pre­ A vote of thanks was extended good food and service. sided over by to the Steward department for an Tolentino Meeting Chair­ "excellent job well ^ done, especially A beef about beef was the main man Ted Tolentino, it was an­ holiday meals, item in Ship Delegate T. H. Holt's nounced that a TV set would be they were su­ report during a installed in the recreation room. perb," according shipboard meet­ The ship's Electrician was asked to Meeting Chair­ ing on the Coeur to cooperate in taking care of the man Arthur D'AIene Victory ship's fans, writes Meeting Secre­ Fricks aboard the (Victory Carriers). tary V. Tarallo. The Electrician Our Lady of He reported that replied that this was a difficult Peace (Liberty). it was brought to task as the company did not sup­ Fricks Department dele­ his attention that ply new fans or parts for existing a considerable ones. A vote of thanks went to gates were also praised for their amount of the the Steward Department for a job fine work. Meeting Secretary H. Givens Carmichael reports that the new food in the meat w-'l done. men on board, some making their box had gone bad. However, "it first trip, have done their jobs very "All went well this trip," re­ was taken care of by the Steward well. ported the Ship's Delegate of the and Chief Cook by throwing the bad stuff over the side," he re­ ported. Meeting Secretary Johnny Gl's Chow Down on Oceanic Cloud W. Givens writes that a number of crew members complained that the messhall wasn't being cleaned up at night. All promised to co­ operate. The Steward Department agreed to leave out enough cups for night time use. <1> i ^ Delmar Craig was re-elected as Ship's Delegate representing the crew members of the Los Angeles (Sea-Land), re­ ports Meeting Secretary Thomas Thompson. Dur­ ing the new busi­ ness portion of the meeting, presided over by Meeting Craig Chairman Ralph H. Smith, the crew asked Brother Craig to write San Francisco Port Angelo Turro (extreme left), Chief Cook aboard the Oceanic Cloud, and Confessor Axila, Third Cook, serve up chow to hungry Gl's, who are taking a meal break while guarding military cargo in Saigon. To The Editor; Would you please print this in your next paper going to press. First, I want to thank the Seafarers Welfare Plan for the wonderful way it paid my sec­ ond hospital bill. I had two major operations in a space of nine months. My husband and I are so grateful to the SIU Welfare Plan because without it we would have been in a desperate situa­ tion. Also, I'm writing to urge all interested relatives and friends of Merchant Seamen to please write to their Congressmen and plead with them to fight for an independent Maritime Adminis­ tration. I've already written my Con­ gressman. Mrs. Joseph Schaell ^ Oldtimer Recalls Dodging Icebergs To The Editor; The iceberg I saw in the Log, and the article, "Icebergs, A Major Sea Peril," recalled the time in 1909 that we went through, holding our breath all the way. It was in the full rigged ship Glenlui, in ballast on the voyage from England to Can­ ada to load lumber for Buenos Aires. It was midnight and blowing hard and with the ship close hauled under lower topsails. And there was the iceberg, a tnile Ipng it seemed, and so near On ouT lee and gating nearer." To wear ship to keep clear? We would have to square the yards and run a mile before the gale to bring the ship on the other tack. The iceberg was dangerously near for that. To stay on the same tack and set the main upper topsail? It was taking the chance that the sail would stand the gale. The old skipper gave the order: "Set the main upper topsail! Hurry! Be ready men, and haul!" We, the youne, ran aloft and loosened the sail. Violently the sail was beating. The yard jerked with the roll. And we, on the swaying fOotrope, went swinging aloft ^tween the dark sky and dark sea. ' TTie men on deck tailed on the halliard, and pulling hard, hoisted the yard, singing with a gusto the chanty "Blow the Man Down." Capt. R. J. Peterson Medical Problems Need Appraisal To The Editor; Your two-page article, "The Nation's Health Crisis," was a lucid presentation of what ails the American health care "in­ dustry" today. I think you got to'the crux of the problem by the use of the word "industry" in the article. You did point out that health care in America, unlike in many other industrialized nations, is seen as business, subject to the laws of supply and demand, where the well-to-do can afford , adequate medical care, while the poor and the not so well-m^ do cannot, "Free enterprise" is sacrosanct to most ihfldehtial Americans. Because of this ingrained, al­ most obsessive compulsion to protect "free enterprise" from all enemies, imagined and real, America has lagged behind other industrialized nations in passing much needed social leg­ islation. I believe there is a direction in which we can move to solve the nation's health problems, even given the set of circum­ stances that exist. We must clearly see that medicine is in­ deed an industry, like any other, and that it is a vital industry. What is more vital than health, to the American nation and to its citizens? Like other vital industries, medicine is clearly in need of government subsidy. Looking at the problem in this light, I don't think many would object if Federal funds were pumped into hospitals, if the govern­ ment set up scholarships for medical schools or subsidized the schools themselves, if Medi­ care were expanded to cover citizens other than the aged, and If other needed steps were taken to insure the blessing of good health to every American. Ralph Kehimian —— Right to Strike Is a Basic Liberty To The Editon I believe that the working man's right to strike is essential LETTERS To The Eldltor in maintaining the freedom that we have enjoyed in America since the framing of the Con­ stitution, essential to the preser­ vation of "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." The American Bar Associa­ tion—the group that is the offi­ cial voice of the nation's law­ yers—should have better sense than to try to promulgate a doctrine that would be the be­ ginning of the epd of freedom in this country. I am referring to the Bar's heavily-stacked study of na­ tional strikes in the transporta­ tion industries. As your article pointed out, the Railroad indus­ try's workers, in the event of a national strike, are already forced to the arbitration table by existing legislation. Are mari­ time and airlines workers next? The excuse for passing such legislation is "national interest." However, it is not in the na­ tional interest at all to limit the right of any worker to go on strike and to stay out on strike as long as he and his elected union officials see fit. Whose interest is it in, thenj to limit the power of the strike? The management's and inves­ tors', of course. As I see it from here, the whole movement to introduce compulsory arbin| tration legislation that would! bind the shipping industry is| merely the beginning of an at-| tempt to solidify the ever-1 increasing power of the large corporations over life in Amer-> -ica.. • • • If the right of the shipping| industry's workers to strike is| limited, whose rights will be; faken away next? And next? Manny KoppCTsmillL �Page Twelve SEAFARERS Seafarer's SOO-fiHHe Walkathon Aids Fight On Crippling Disease Seafarer Abe Handleman has been spending his time in an unaccustomed way in recent weeks— taking it easy. His idleness is not by choice, however, but rather enforced by doctors following an operation performed in the USPHS hospital in New York. Brother Handleman was never a stranger to hard work CITY HALL COMMENT JERRY ADLER even on his own time. Before pFi^iu joining the SIU and going to sea /V. in 1960, he mixed concrete and drove a truck for the city in his native Baltimore. With a large fam­ What's his angle, you may was $25 from Wallee Motora. WK ALL Rive to charity. ily to support, this 'Towards the end. I began But how many of us really wonder ? According to him: All my to feel a little tired." the 39work to help the sick and might have been life I've wanted to do some­ year-old man told me. needy? thing good. A certificate of apprecia­ considered work One such Also: In 1945 X was in a tion is being readied for selfless Indi' enough for most hospital for six months with presentation to Handleman vidual Is a a spot on my lung and saw by the March of Dimes. city employe men, but another, 15 patient.s. old and young, named Abe longer stay in hos­ die of polio. r THINK he deserves K Handlcm.sn. My estimate: he simply en­ and more. His job: pital more than joys doing good. Here's a guy with a city mixinR con­ job who uses his only vaca­ crete in the Handleman 20 years ago con­ THE GOOD he did the tion to help others. aewcr depart­ ADLER vinced Handlepolio campaign amounted to Why do I harp on his boment. $1.48144. ing a municipal employe? man that he could and would do Between Nov. 14. 1959, and He had each donor sign a Because I keep getting let­ Jan. 28 of this year, thi& scroll and had 76 sheets with more. While there he watched rough - looking individual 32 names on each at the end ters from people who want me to "expose" all the "po­ walked all over E.i.st BAltl- of his one-man trek. more than a dozen patients die of litical appointees on the city .•nore ringing doorbeii-s to col­ Although he has a wife and payroll who eat at the public polio and determined to do what lect money for the March of five children. Handleman trough." Dimes. chipped in $9 himself. he could to help combat the dread In actuality there are so Not only did he walk—500 He solicited not only homes few of these -and so over­ disease. miles according to New but stores, too. receiving any­ whelming a majority of tha March of Dimes estimate — where from five cents to $1 Handleman kind that I felt And so he did. When the March but he did so during his from most. it important to tell about a yearly 2-week vacation.* The largest contribution typical employe. of Dimes campaign got under way in 1946, Handleman immediately volunteered to raise contributions A Baltimore newspaper columnist and the March of Dimes both paid in his spare time. After work he tribute to Seafarer Abe Handleman, who worked continuously through pounded the pavements collecting his vacation time to aid the March of Dimes fund to research and whatever people would contribute combat the crippling effect of polio. Brother Handleman has been on the street, in bars, bowling by the Headquarters hall lately following some time in drydock. alleys, stores; wherever pennies or dollars could be found. Seafarer Handleman's efforts for the March of Dimes, which netted an average of more than $1,000 each year over a period of some 12 years, is even more note­ worthy when it is realized that An act of extrordinary courage bow of the small craft into the every cent of the money was col­ and outstanding seamanship by wind. lected on his own shoe leather. "Vincent Frisinga left his sta­ Brother Vincent Louis Frisinga re­ Back in 1960, the March of tion as Night Gangway Watchman sulted in a letter of commendation Dimes presented Handleman with after observing the dangerous posi­ a certificate of appreciation for his by the Master of the Vantage tion of the Larc and boarded the years of tireless effort and he was Progress (Pioneer Maritime). The Floating Crane and, without the subject of several write-ups in letter of commendation from the thought to his personal safety, the Baltimore News and other ship's Master, G. H. Catlender, jumped aboard the small craft and journals in that city. But praise which follows, describes the dra­ attached a line to the bow, then for himself was not what he matic incident: worked his way on board the S.S. sought. Handleman's only com­ "On January 2, 1967, on or Sebec and secured a line for­ ment was: "Thank the PEOPLE about 0200 hours (2:00 a.m.), U.S. warded on the bow. He lowered for what they gave." Army Larc No. 56 was trapped himself hand over hand on the Brother Handleman, who ships on a tide pocket broadside of the bow line down to the Larc, and as a Bedroom Steward, seems bow of a Heavy Lift Floating then managed to bring the bow never to be far from the action Crane, and with strong winds and of the small craft into the wind for long. For ten years of his life a heavy tide running, was in dan­ where steerage way was recovered he sought it out himself as an ama­ ger of foundering with one man and removed the Larc from its teur boxer. aboard attempting to move the hazardous position into safe wa­ ters. "For this single act of outstand­ Lifeboat Class No. 172 Sets Sail ing seamanship, this Letter of Commendation is presented with pride and praise to Vincent Louis Frisinga." 500 Fo^l^ore Miles In City So That Others Might Walk Seafarer's Act of Courage Lauded by Ship's Officers Claim Gear Held by Customs These graduates of the Union's Lifeboat School have received their endorsements as Lifeboatmen from the Coast Guard after completing the school's intensive course. Seated (l-r) are: Freddie Brown, Louis Eggleston, Pat McNulty and George B. Graczyk. Standing (l-r) are: Paul MacLean, K. C. McGregor, Bruce J. Smith, Samuel A. Sotomayor, John R, Marcimo and the school instructor Ami Bjornsson. March 31, 1967 LOG The personal gear of the Seafarers listed below who sailed aboard the Monticello Victory, is being held at the U.S. Customs Warehouse at Mobile. Customs informed the LOG that the belongings will be put up for auction within a year if not claimed. Chester Gilbert Brown, John C. Kershner, Richard A. Sproul, Vicki Langford, Joe O. Donnell, Phil Choi, Thom­ as P. Anderson, Lius Guadamud, Howard C. Albertson, Earl Smith, Rolin Manual, Bernard Schwartz, Mike Broadus, Keith Faulkner, Neil D. Matthey, Emilio Sierra, Calvin J. Wilson. FINAL DEPARTURES Lawrence Earl Owens, 46: Brother Owens died suddenly of a heart attack while at the New­ ark (N.J.) Air­ port. Brother Owens joined the SIU in 1952, in Baltimore. He sailed in the black gang, as an FWT and Oiler, He was a WW II veteran of the Navy. Brother Owens resided in St. Petersburg, Fla. He is survived by his former wife, Lillian, two children, and a sister, Betty Jean Strickland. Carlos Bayes, 24: Brother Bayes died an accidental death while at work as a tugboat Deck Hand. He had been em­ ployed by the Pennsylvania Rail­ road Marine De­ partment since 1963. Married, he was a resident of Jersey City, N.J. He is survived by his wife, Steph­ anie, and two young sons, John and Steven. a Louis Prince, 55; Brother Prince died of a lung hemorrhage, Nov. 24, in St. Mary's Hospital, Port Arthur, Tex­ as. Born in Avery Island, La., Prince lived in Port Ar­ thur and joined the IBU in that port. He sailed as a cook and was employed by the Sabine Towing Co.. Joseph A. Laiity Please contact your daughter, Linda, at R. R. #1, Hiser Station Rd., Milton, Ind. ^ Robert N. Bibbo Contact your brother, John, at your first opportunity. His ad­ dress is 56 Philips Drive, Billingham, Mass. ^ Orlando Rosales Hoppe Contact your sister, Elia Mulleniux, 1115 Rose Ave., Oakland, Calif. Anthony P. Rogers You are a grandfather. Your wife asked the Log to inform you that your doaughter-in-law, Mrs. Paul E. Rogers, gaves birth to a healthy girl on Dec. 29. Mike Gladis Please contact Harry Wally at 550 West 54th St., New York, N. Y. 10019. John Murray Please contact your family as soon as possible in regard to a very important matter. —— Roy Poole, 52: Brother Poole died of heart failure after an illness of two days. He died in the Nor­ folk USPHS hos­ pital. A resident of New York City, he usually sailed from that port. Originally from South Caro­ lina, Brother Poole joined the Union in the port of Baltimore in 1945. He sailed in the Steward Department as a Messman. He is survived by his wife, Fannie. Sam Robinson, 56: Seafarer Robinson died Dec. 14, following an illness, in US­ PHS Hospital, New Orleans. Born in Alabama, he lived in Mo­ bile. A member of the IBU, Rob­ inson joined the union in the port of Mobile. Robin­ son is survived by his wife, Ellarene of Mobile. Burial was in the Oaklawn Cemetery, Mobile. —— Thomas T. Willis, 37: Brother Willis died Jan. 16, while at sea aboard the Marore. Born in Texas, he resided in Winnsboro, Texas. Willis shipped in all de­ partments. He served in the Navy from 1952 to 1954. Brother Willis joined the union in the port of New York. He is survived by his wife, Maria. Burial was in Wood County, Texas. George Bunting Little Please contact your daughter, Magaly Bunting y Fernandez, now Magaly Soto, at 3626 N.W. 103 St., Miami, Fla., or telephone 681-8062. <|> Lincoln Brigade Veterans Cameron Stewart would like to hear from seamen who were in the Lincoln Brigade during the Span­ ish Civil War. He asks that they write him at 10622-H Tibbs Cir­ cle, Garden Grove, Calif. 92640. Lisa Esquerre, born February 19, 1967, to the William Esqueres. Mobile, Ala. ^ Carolyn Franklin, born August 3, 1966, to the Franklin Benja­ mins, Kenner, La. ^ Amanda Lundy, born February 22, 1967, to the Thomas J. Lundys, Wilmer, Ala. Jorge Nelson Gonzalez, Jr., born July 15, 1966, to the Jorge N. Gonzalezs, Brooklyn, New York. • �March 31, 1967 SEAFARERS Dishing It Out Scheduled Grudge Match No Contest When Cohra Falls To Answer Bell Chief Cook Nick Gaylord, on the Halaula Victory (Bloomfield) is serving up a delectable main course tor Crew Messman Jay Lester " (left) to carry to a hungry crew member. The photo was sent to the . LOG by Seafarer Ange Panogopoulos, who sailed as chief steward. Seafarer Sets Porthole View Of fmpentiing Ship's Coiiision Seafarer John A. Denais had the terrifying experience of looking out of a porthole and seeing a ship bearing down upon him. The time was last October, and Utility Messman Denais was sittting in the messhall of the Steel Designer (Isthmian) with block, keeping the Isthmian ship the Ship's Delegate. It was six from listing any further and from o'clock in the morning. The sun taking much more water. Captain Kelly told the officers had ri.sen an hour earlier on a fine, and crew that it would not be clear day in Manila Harbor. When Brother Denais looked necessary to abandon ship, as al­ out of the porthole he saw the most all of the damage was con­ S.S. Brooicfield, a reactivated Vic­ tained in the number two hold, tory Ship, headed and the ship was not taking much straight for the more water. All cargo was taken out of the messhall. The number two hold, as well as from Steel Designer the number four hold, to balance was at anchor the vessel. and, of course, The ship stayed in Manila for could not ma­ 28 more days, undergoing tempo­ neuver. The Brookfield rary repairs and awaiting orders ripped into the to proceed to Saigon. "We lamed Denais Steel Designer, into Saigon with • our cargo," tearing a 27-foot-deep, three-foot- Brother Denais reported. Then wide gash in her hull. The ship's the Steel Designer sailed to Hong delegate sounded the general Kong, for permanent repairs at alarm, and soon the entire ship's the Kowloon Shipyard. The ship complement, inciuding the 34-man was in dry dock for five days. unlicensed crew, was assembled by While the ship was undergoing re­ the gangway with lifejackets on. pairs, her crew enjoyed the fabled Most of the gash was under the port of many pleasures. water line, and at first the Steel Though both ships were badly Designer took on water at a rapid damaged, there were no casualties rate. She began to list, but then aboard either vessel. The Steel stopped. The Brookfield, whose Designer was carrying mostly gen­ bow was buried in the Steel De­ eral cargo, as well as some mili­ signer's side, was acting like a tary cargo. I I I I I I I I Tditor,-' SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. 11232 I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list, (Prinf Mormafion) m NAAAE I STREET ADDRESS ...... i .* STATE. J CITY I TO AVOID DUPtlCATIOisi: If ypo aire ah old subscriber an<jTiave a change | j tof address,, pieaw your former address below: g 5 ADDRE^ STATE •,...... 21IP. fHeClTY.;.,.k. ee •• ereit^-aet «• eeina-iei a* *raai ae-eii-'ee • Page Thirteen LOG ! ei-a* a* A grudge match between two notorious enemies—a mongoose and a cobra—that never took place provided the material for an elaborate take-off by Seafarer Roy Guild, 45, whose hobby is writing stories about animals. Brother Guild, who sails in 5bonus of prolonged freedom from sent a story to a publisher, and the Deck Department as a his sack. added, "I have no pretentions Bosun was a spectator at the "The fakir backhanded the about being a great writer." match that never quite came off snake in frustration, since it was One of his recent stories is about in Karachi, Pakistan, in 1948. obvious that it had no further two sea gulls who met on the rim He was sailing as an AB at the plans for coming out of its basket. of a garbage can in San Francisco. time (he received his Bosun's en­ We were all grudgingly given a It was love at first sight, and they dorsement in 1951) on the Steel refund, and the fakir slammed the got married in great haste. Mari­ Seafarer (Isthmian), which was lid on the basket, stuffed the mon­ tal difficulties followed, but were unloading general goose back in his sack and stalked eventually resolved. cargo at that port off down the street." Many of Guild's stories take on the Arabian Brother Roy Guild, who nar­ place on farms, quite naturally, Sea near the rated the yarn so eloquently, is since he is originally from Kansas. mouth of the In­ married and lives in The Bronx, On one of these farms there was a dus River. in New York City. His wife is a cat who was suspected of subver­ Together with nurse, and manages a local nurs­ sive activity. Specifically, it was seven of his ship­ ing home. He joined the SIU in believed that he was using his tail mates from the 1946. as an antenna to secretly broad­ Guild Steel Seafarer, he He began writing stories about cast data on the butterfat content ran across the animals because he thought his of the COW.S' milk. Gradually, the promoter of the fight, a native wife was getting tired of receiving menace of internal subversion sub­ fakir, while roaming the streets letters "about the same old stuff" sided. of the exotic port. The fakir was —ships, their cargo, the sea and There is one theme that runs standing on the sidewalk, trying details of each trip. Mrs. Guild throughout all of Brother Guild's to take up a collection. On one circulates his stories among their stories, reflecting an outlook that side of him lay a burlap sack, on friends. Asked if he had any of is perhaps common to all of us. the other, a basket covered with his works published. Brother He explains, "my animals get in a lid. Guild replied that he had never and out of trouble." He was exhorting passers-by on the hot and humid street to stop DEI. SOI. (Delt.T), January 22—Chair­ TRANS HARTSFORD (Hudson Water­ ways!. February 12—Chairman. T. L. K- J. Riviere: Secretary, Frank and see the impending exhibition. man. Moss; Secretary. S. A. Soloman. Sr. Mameito. $22.30 in ship's fund. Few Some disputed OT in engine department. The eight Seafarers stopped and hours disputed OT in deck department. Ship's delegate to be elected. No beefs contributed a couple of rupees reported by department delegates. TRANSHATTERAS (Hudson Water­ February 12—Chairman, J. Presteach. The fakir thought that this ways!. FLORIDIAN (South Atlantic!. Febru­ wood : Secretary. Jimmy Seal. Few hours 26—Chairman. Anthony C. Aronica : made up a sufficient gate "to jus­ disputed OT in deck and engine depart­ ary Secretary S. RosofT. Ship's delegate re­ Motion made that headquarters tify the exhibition," and dumped ments. ported that there were no beefs and get in touch with companies and arrange everything is running smoothly. Brother to have a doctor on board to give shots a mongoose out of the burlap sack before Mason R. Scott resigned as ship's going foreign. delegate. Entire crew appreciates the onto the sidewalk. The mongoose good job that Brother Scott did in the ELIZABETH (Albatross Tank­ is native to India and Pakistan. A er!.ERNA last two months. Brother Nick Sabin was February 8—Chairman, A. W. Lima; elected new ship's delegate for the next J. R. Thompson. Brother B. member of the cat family, it is Secretary. two months. Chief Steward is very co­ J. Brewer was elected to serve as new Plenty of boiled eggs, tuna famous for fearlessly attacking ship's delegate. No beefs reported by operative. fish, salmon etc. are available at night. department delegates. and killing the most poisonous Vote of thanks to the chief steward and to the entire steward department. snakes. EAGLE VOYAGER (Sea Transport). The native entrepreneur then February 19—Chairman. T. D. Ballard; Secretary. William Morris. Some dis­ took off the lid of his basket and puted OT in deck department. began to play a flute. Inside the DEL NORTE (Delta). February 19— basket was a cobra, "a muddyChairman. Robert Callahan; Secretary. Bill Kaiser. Ship's delegate thanked colored, evil-looking son-of-acrew for making his job an easy one. Baker in galley thanked for doing a real gun," according to Brother Guild. good job. $23.00 in movie fund and Cobras are very venomous snakes $16.00 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department delegates. and cause many deaths in Paki­ DEL AIRES (Delta). February 5— stan and India. Chairman. Nils Eric Grinberg ; Secretary. Alf Tolentino. Brother Nil E. Grinberg The rest of the story follows ex­ was elected to serve as new ship's dele­ HALAULA VICTORY (Bloomfield). actly as Brother Guild told it to gate. $21.60 in ship's fund. No beefs. February 12—Chairman. Ted Tolentino: Everything is running smoothly. the Log. Secretary. V. Tarallo. Some beefs were straightened out in San Francisco, but ALCOA MARINER (Alcoa). February "Apparently, this particular some left unsettled due to the fact that 26—Chairman. Thomas E. Frazier ; Sec­ there was no patrolman at ship during retary. Howard Webber. Brother Frank snake and mongoose had fought sign-on. Vote of thanks to Brother C. Rakas was elected to serve as ship's dele­ Arnold for doing a good job as acting gate. No beefs reported by department many times before, and because ship's delegate. Vote of thanks extended of these previous encounters had to the steward department for a job well delegates. CORNELL VICTORY (Waterman). reached a point of acute boredom done. February 19—Chairman. Jesse J. M. SAGAMORE HILL (Victory Carriers). Krause; Secretary. Charles Stambul. and futility and now had a healthy February 23—Chairman. Milton Trotman ; Brother Stambul was elected to serve as indifference to each other. Secretary. Francis Napoli. Some disputed new ship's delegate. No beefs were re­ OT reported in engine department. Men ported by department delegates. Ship's "However, the mongoose as­ were requested to wear proper clothing delegate to take up matter of stale in messroom at all times. cigarettes in slop chest, with the Captain. sumed his fighting stance as a mat­ ter of habit. The only remaining problem the fakir had was to get Seafarer Hits the Beach the snake out of the basket so the show could go on. "He frantically played his flute and through curiosity the snake raised his head out of the basket. Recognizing the same old tune, he promptly went back into the basket. "The fakir, sensing a refund of all his collected money was im­ minent, promptly went into a ren­ dition of a livelier song. The snake came up to investigate, sensing the change of pace, but remained in the basket, unmoved. "In the meantime the crowd be­ came impatient, but not discour­ Brother Fernando Vargas, 61 (center), receives his first Seafarers aged, because it appeared that the pension check from New York Port Representative E. 8. "Mac" fakir and not the snake was the one in a trance at this point. The McAuley. Vargas's wife, Isaura, looks on. Brother Vargas, born mongoose merely swished his tail in Puerto Rico, lives in The Bronx, New York City. He joined the from side to side, enjoying the SIU in that port in 1939. He sailed in the Engine Department. DIGEST of SIU SHIP MEETINGS £1 �Page Fourteen ANTINOUS (Waterman). March 5— Chairman. F. Paskowski; Secretary, A. J. Kuberaki. Two men missed ship, one in Saigon and one in Manila. Some dis­ puted OT concerning delayed sailing in Manila. Discussion on shortage of water. Vote of thanks to the steward depart­ ment for a job well done. SIU-AGLIWD Meetings New Orleans Apr. 11—2:30 p.m. Mobile Apr. 12—^2:30 p.m. Wilmington .Apr. 17—2:00p.m. San Francisco Apr. 19—2:00 p.m. Seattle Apr. 21—2:00 p.m. New York .. Apr. 3—2:30 p.m. Philadelphia .Apr. 4—2:30 p.m. Baltimore .. . Apr. 5—2:30 p.m. Detroit Apr. 14—2:30 p.m. Houston ... .Apr. 10—2:30 p.m. Great Lakes SIU Meetings Detroit Apr. 17—2:00 p.m. Alpena Apr. 17—7:00 p.m. Buffalo Apr. 17—7:00 p.m. Chicago Apr. 17—7:00 p.m. Cleveland .. .Apr. 17—7:00 p.m. Duluth Apr. 17—7:00 p.m. Frankford .. Apr. 17—7:00 p.m. Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region Chicago ....Apr. 11—7:30p.m. tSault Ste. Marie Apr. Buffalo Apr. Duluth Apr. Cleveland .. .Apr. Toledo Apr. Detroit Apr. Milwaukee .. Apr. 13—7:30 p.m. 12—7:30 p.m. 14—7:30 p.m. 14—7:30 p.m. 14—7:30 p.m. 10—7:30 p.m. 10—7:30 p.m. SIU Inland Boatmen's Union New Orleans Apr. 11—5:00 p.m. Mobile Apr. 12—5:00 p.m. Philadelphia .Apr. Baltimore Qicensed unlicensed) Apr. Norfolk .... Apr. March 31, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG 4—5:00p.m. and 5—5:00 p.m. 6—5:00 p.m. Railway Marine Region Houston .... Apr. 10—5:00 p.m. Philadelphia Apr. 11—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Baltimore Apr. 12—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. •Norfolk Apr. 13—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Jersey City Apr. 10—10 a.m. & 8 p.m. United Industrial Workers New Orleans Apr. 11—7:00 p.m. Mobile .... .Apr. 12—7:00 p.m. New York .. Apr. 3—7:00 p.m. Philadelphia .Apr. 4—7:00p.m, Baltimore . . .Apr. 5—7:00 p.m. ^Houston . . . Apr. 10—7:00 p.m. t Meetine held at Labor Temple, Sanlt Ste. Marie. Mich. * Meeting held at Labor Temple, New­ port News. ^ Meeting held at Galreeton wharvea. DIRECTORYof UNION HALLS SIU A+ian+ic, Gulf, Lakes & InlancI Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers PRESIDENT Paul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Lindsay Williams Robert Matthews SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Karr HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave.. Bklyn. HY 9-4600 ALPENA, Mich 127 River St. EL 4-3614 BALTIMORE, MD 1216 E. Baltimore St. EA 7-4900 BOSTON, Mass 177 State St. Rl 2-0140 BUFFALO, N.Y 735 Washington St. TL 3-9259 CHICAGO, III 93B3 Ewing Ave. SA 1-0733 CLEVELAND, Ohio 1420 W. 25th St. MA 1-5450 DETROIT, Mich. .. 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. Earl Shapard VI 3-4741 DULUTH, Minn 312 W. 2nd St. RA 2-4110 FRANKFORT, Mich P.O. Box 287 415 Main St. EL 7-2441 HOUSTON, Tex 5804 Canal St. WA 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE, Fla 2608 Pearl St. EL 3-0987 JERSEY CITY, N.J 99 Montgomery St. HE 3-0104 MOBILE, Ala I South Lawrence St. HE 2-I7S4 NEW ORLEANS. La 630 Jackson Ave. Tel. 529 7546 NORFOLK, Va 115 3rd St. Tel. 622-1892 PHILADELPHIA, Pa 2604 S. 4th St. DE 6-3818 PORT ARTHUR, Tex 1348 Seventh St. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. 350 Freemont St. DO 2-4401 SANTURCE. P.R. ...1313 Fernandez Juncos Stop 20 Tel. 723-8594 SEATTLE, Wash 2505 First Avenue MA 3-4334 ST. LOUIS. Mo 805 Del Mar CE-l-1434 TAMPA, Fla 312 Harrison Sit. Tel. 229-2788 WILMINGTON, Calif. ...505 N. Marine Ave. 834-2528 YOKOHAMA, Japan..Iseya BIdg., Room So 1-2 Kaigan-Dori-Nakaku 204971 Ext. 281 STEEL APPRENTICE (Isthmian), February 26—Chairman. Pablo P. Lopez ; Secretary, Augusto T>opez. $25.00 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. Vote of thanks was ex­ tended to the cooks and messmen for the fine job they performed. DIGEST of SIU MEETIKGS PENN CHALLENGER (Penn Tank­ ers), March 8—Chairman. W. S. Rudd; Secretary, R. Principe. $9.25 in ship's fund. No beefs and no disputed OT re­ ported. Everything is running smoothly. DEL SUD (Delta), March 5—Chair­ man, Michael Dunn; Secretary, Robert J. Hand. $368.60 in ship's fund and $524.32 in movie fund. Few hours dis­ puted OT in each department, other­ wise no beefs aboard. STEEL VOYAGER (Isthmian), Feb­ ruary 13—Chairman, R. Whitney ; Sec­ retary, Tony Caspar. $8.50 in ship's fund. Motion made to give more time on pay­ ing off and signing on in Port of New York. Brother D. Keith was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. Vote of thanks was extended to the out-going ship's delegate for a job well done. STEEL ADMIRAL (Isthmian) Feb­ ruary 26—Chairman. T. D. Blades ; Sec­ retary, B. G. Crouch. No beefs reported by department delegates. Request made that ship be fumigated when ship is in New York. STEEL CHEMIST (Isthmian), March 5—Chairman, E. Finnerty ; Secretary, J. Tucker. Few beefs aboard to be taken up with boarding patrolman. $1.00 in ship's fund. STEEL SCIENTIST (Isthmian), March 8— Chairman, E. Hernandez; Secretary, P. S. Omega. $17.39 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in engine department. BEAUREGARD (Sea-Land), February 8—Chairman, Tom Lundy; Secretary, Michael Smith. No beefs and no dis­ puted OT reported by department dele­ gates. Motion made that the Union open negotiation for tanker contract, due to lack of port time. AZALEA CITY (Sea-Land), March 6 —Chairman, Pate; Secretary, Beattie. Repair list has been submitted. One man missed ship in New York. There are no beefs and no disputed OT was reported. Everything is running smoothly. Motion made that the crew of this vessel be informed as to the progress of the cur­ rent plan for the pension fund. BEAUREGARD (Sea-Land), March 2 Chairman, James Gill; Secretary, Mi­ chael Smith. No beefs and no disputed OT was reported. Matter of delayed sailing in Mayaquez to be clarified. Motion made to increase penalty for delayed sailing, which is getting out of hand. STEEL FLYER (Isthmian), February 26—Chairman, None; Secretary, None. $1.00 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in deck and steward departments. Motion made to give draws in cash in­ stead of checks. Wash water tanks are in bad shape ruining clothes. Vote of thanks to the steward department and the ship's delegate for a job well done. CITADEL VICTORY (Waterman), February 19—Chairman, N. Bryant; Sec­ retary, Jack Dolan. A few minor beefs to be taken up with boarding patrolman. Discussions about having air-conditioners installed in messhalls. OCEAN EVELYN (Maritime Overseas), February 18—Chairman, R, Nich­ olson : Secretary, T. E. Markham. Ship is laying up for repairs for ten days. Some disputed OT in engine department. Vote of thanks extended to the steward department for a job well done. STEEL VENDOR (Isthmian). Feb­ ruary 26—Chairman, Fred Shaia : Sec­ retary, Elliott Gorum. $21.90 in ship's fund. Disputed OT in deck and engine departments to he taken up with patrol­ man. Vote of thanks was extended to the steward department for a job well done. Discussion about poor grade of mattresses. LONGVIEW VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers), No date—Chairman, Don Bartlett; Secretary, John Spenc. $19.38 in ship's fund. No beefs and no disputed OT reported by department delegates. If was suggested that SIU food plan repre­ sentative check the quality of present and new stores. E.XPRESS VIRGINIA (Marine Car­ riers), February 20—Chairman, Louis Cartwright; Secretarj-, G. Van Etten. One man missed ship in Manila. No beefs and no disputed OT in the departments. Ice machine is out of order again. WHITEHALL (Whitehall), February 19—Chairman, G. G. Parker: Secretary, W. Quisenberry. No beefs and no dis­ puted OT reported by department dele­ gates. All Union mail to ship is opened before ship receives it. YAKA (Waterman), February 19— Chairman, W. Veleqiez; Secretary, J. Petruxsewicz. No beefs and no disputed OT reported by department delegates. ENID VICTORY (Columbia), January 22—Chairman, Mel Shawvner; Secretary, Sam W. McDonald. Motion made to have another wiper on this trip. Motion made to replace man in topside pantry as all officers are constantly beefing about lack of service. Discussion about service in messroom. AMES VICTORY (Victory Carriers), January 22—Chairman, Roy J. Jones: Secretary, Jesse J. M. Krause. Left San Francisco short 1 A.B., 1 oiler, 3rd cook promoted to chief cook and chief cook demoted to pantryman. No beefs and no disputed OT reported by department delegates. Discussion about starting ship's fund. Vote of thanks to the steward for a job well done with the men he had to work with. OUR LADY OP PEACE (Liberty Na­ vigation), January 29—Chairman, Ar­ thur Pricks: Secretary, H. Carmichael. Few hours disputed OT in deck depart­ ment to be taken up with boarding pa­ trolman, Vote of thanks to the steward department for the excellent holidaj meals. Also a vote of thanks to the de­ partment delegates for a job well done. Suggestion was made that immunization shots be given at sign-on. It is very in­ convenient trying to get them in foreign ports. Ship has some young men on board for first trip at sea. Crew appreci­ ates the fine job they have done and hope they will keep it up. STEEL RECORDER (Isthmian), March 3—Chairman, J. Bourgeois; Sec­ retary, L. C. Clark. Ship's delegate re­ ported that everything is running smoothly with no beefs. Some disputed OT in the engine department. $2.50 in ship's fund. Motion made that A.B. maintenance be put back on board as the O.S. as he is not qualified to work aloft and do the required work on deck. Ship's delegate is doing a fine job. Vote of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. DEL RIO (Delta), March 4—Chair­ man, Samuel Papas; Secretary, Robert Merritt. $30.10 in ship's fund. No beefs and no disputed OT reported. Everything is running smoothly. Motion made that the entire crew of the Del Rio are in favor of a twenty-year retirement plan. Vote of thanks to the cooks for the very good food. COSMOS MARINER (Admanthos), February 12—Chairman, C. E. Miller; Secretary, G. P. Thlu. Ship's delegate and chief electrician took care of all repairs. Brother C. E. Miller was elected to serve as ship's delegate. The steward requested the crew to cooperate with his department and to keep the ship clean. FREE AMERICA (A. L. Burbank), March 9—Chairman, R. Garay; Secre­ tary, A. Hirsch. No beefs and no dis­ puted OT reported. Vote of thanks was extended to the galley staff. KNOWYOUB] FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the meml^rship's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. All Union records are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in cl^rge of these funds shall equally consist of union and management representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust fun^ are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt request^. The proper address for this Is: Earl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battenr Place, Suite 1930, New York 4, N. Y. Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are available in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboaril ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman, or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights prop­ erly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has traditionally refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any Individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deemed harmful to the Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membezahip action at the SeptemMr, 1960, meetings in all constitu­ tional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, ftom among its ranks, one individual to carry out this reaponsibility. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to he paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU* unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstances should any member pay any money for any reason unless he Is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU publishes every six, months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its cimstitution. In addition, copies are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obli­ gation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as well as all other details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension bene­ fits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, including attend­ ance at membership meetings. And like all other SIU members at these Union meet­ ings, they are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functions, in­ cluding service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtlmers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union pol­ icy of allowing them to retain their g(^ standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Conse­ quently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he Is denied the eqiul rights to which he is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic rights of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve the best interests of themselves, their fanailies and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was established. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute the funds through which legislative and liolitical activities are conducted for the benefit of the membership and the Union. If St any time a Seafarer feeb that any of the above righU have been violated, or that he hss been ddnied his constitntionsl right of access to Union records or in­ formation, he shonld immediately notify SIU President Panl HaU at headqnartere by certUied mail, retnm receipt requested. • UNFAIR TO LABOR DO NOT BUY Seafarers and their families are urged to support a consumer boy­ cott by trade unionists against various companies whose products are produced under non-union conditions, or which are "unfair to labor." (This listing carries the name of the AFL-CIO unions in­ volved, and will be amended from time to time.) Sears, Roebuck Company Retail stores & products (Retail Clerks) Stitzel-Weller Distilleries "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" "Cabin Still," W. L, Weller Bourbon whiskeys (Distillery Workers) ^ Kingsport Press "World Book," "Childcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) ^ Jamestown Sterling Corp. (United Furniture Workers) White Furniture Co. (United Furniture Workers of America) ^ Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co. Work Shoes . . . Sentry, Cedar Chest, Statler Men's Shoes . . . Jarman, Johnson & Murphy, CrestwOrth, (Boot and Shoe Workers' Union) Di Giorgio Fniit Corp. S and W Fine Foods Treeswcet (National Farm Workers Association) Baltimore Luggage Co. Lady Baltimore, Amelia Earhart Starlite luggage Starflite luggage (International Leather Goods, Plastics and Novelty Workers Union) <I> "HIS" brand men's clothes Kaynee Boyswear, Judy Bond hlouses, Hanes Knitwear, Randa Ties, Boss Gloves, Richman Brothers and Sewell Suits, Wing Shirts (Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America) R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. Camels, Winston, Tempo, Brandon, Cavalier and Salem cigarettes (Tobacco Workers International Union) i Peavy Paper Mill Products (United Papermakers and Paperworkers Union) Comet Rice Mills Co. products (International Union of United Brewery, Flour, Cereal, Soft Drinks and Distillery Workers) Antonio Perelli MInetti & Sons Ambassador, Eleven Cellars Red Rooster, Greystone, Guasti, Calwa, F. I., Tribuno Vermouth, Aristocrat, Victor Hugo, A. R. Morrow Wines and Brandies. (National Farm Workers Association) �March 31, 1967 SEAFARERS LOG Page Fifteen The High CO$T OF DRUG$ "CAL, give if a' newliW? - "ticular ^'nd name. It has been estimated that U.S. name, then resell it for a 1,330 percent profit or pharmaceutical companies employ 1 high powered a 799 percent profit or a 749 percent profit. These salesman for every 10 doctors in the nation—so that . each doctor can be flooded with their literature—^if astounding markups are typical of the increased cost not with them in person! to the consumer when a common drug is given a The doctor faces the same problem when reading brand name by a pharmaceutical company and resold. his medical journals. Although a drug has only one Today's medicinal compounds are often called generic name, it may have 20 or more brand names. wonder drugs, but one of the biggest wonders about In addition, the pharmaceutical companies are nat­ some of these drug products is their high prices, and urally big advertisers in medical journals, constantly how the big pharmaceutical companies manage to displaying their brand name products in bold-type keep drug prices up in the clouds. advertisements. It is easy to see how the generic For example: Amphetamine sulphate is the generic name can be completely submerged and forgotten. name (the official name for a compound as estab­ In addition to this situation, many investigators lished by the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act) have raised the possibility of cooperation or even of a well-'known drug. Under its generic name it sells outright collusion between the drag industry and cer­ for $1.58 for a specific dosage. The same compound, tain sectors of the medical profession. It has been under the brand name of one of the nation's leading noted that for organized medicine, drug advertise­ pharmaceutical companies is called Benzedrine sul­ ments in their official journals and publications are phate, and sells for $22.60 for the same dosage—a a lucrative source of revenue. Furthermore, the drag 1,330 percent increase. industry regularly gives out lucrative" "research" con­ The disgraceful profiteering that results when drug tracts. It is therefore quite possible that in this matter companies disguise drug compounds behind their own the average doctor may be nothing but a pawn caught brand names was brought out clearly during the nowbetween the drug industry and organized medicine. famous hearings before the Senate Subcommittee on Called to account for the high cost of drags, the Antitrust and Monopoly, under the chairmanship of pharmaceutical industry never mentions the high cost the late Senator Estes Kefauver. of the thousands upon thousands of salesmen it Examples of such profiteering were practically employs, the millions spent on high^owered adver­ endless. Sold under its generic name Prednisolone, tising campaigns in medical journals and consumer a certain compound cost $1.99 for a specific dosage. publications, or other "expenses" designed to boost Sold under a dnig company's brand name, Meticortesales. Instead, the drag industry invariably and selflone, the same dosage cost $17.90—a 799 percent righteously points to the money it spends on research iaci;ease....Reseipine.(generic name) sold for. 53.ff, but - -—to develop, as it says, wonderful and, miraculous Serpasil (the same drug under a brand name) sold for new drags to aid mankind.' $4.50—a 749 percent boost. Rauwolfia serpentina In reality, the largest single expense of the 20 big­ (generic name) cost 65^, but as Raudinin (brand gest drag companies goes to pay high-pressure sales­ name) the same compound cost $5.00—up 669 men to push products on doctors. Ten percent of percent. the gross income of these companies is used to pay salesmen. Another huge chunk goes for advertising. It must be kept in mind also that these are whole­ The research budgets of the largest drag firms ac­ sale prices, to which the final distributor must also counts for only 6.3 percent of their sales dollars. add his profit—making the cost to the consumer still Impartial investigatc«« of the drug industry have higher. rejected the industry's claim that high prices are nec­ How do the drug companies manage to perpetrate essary to support research. They point to an investi­ this swindle against the American people? To (Jo this gation of 3,583 new drug products introduced over the. drug industry takes advantage of the U.S. patent the period 1950-1959. Of these only 29 were totally laws. new drags, of which 13 were developed in Europe. Any unpatented generic drug may be prepared and sold by any number of different drug companies. Noddng New Cbmpetition between the various companies keeps the Virtually all original and creative drag develop­ price down. ment is the result of university and foundation re­ But under U.S. patent laws, each company may search. .The drag industry has contributed almost select a trade name of its own, different from the nothing reklly new. A critic of the drag industry generic name, under which to promote the sale of , recently described industry research in the following the drug, and receive a patent. The patent holder manner: "old established drag-j-advertising hooey= may then set his price, without regard to the cost new drug." of manufacture or distribution of the drug. This is The truth is that this breakneck scramble for profits how a drug that should cost less than a dollar can has actually reduced drug research standards so dras­ be sold for nearly $20. tically that the public is being placed in grave danger . It must be kept in mind that we are dealing here —both from the poor quality of research and the with prescription drugs, prescribed by your doctor— purposively misleading information given to doctors not over-the-counter drugs that need no prescriptions. on the basis of this testing. In that case, it is fair to ask why the doctor does not Many doctors have charged that sloppy, inade­ simply prescribe the drug by its generic name so that quate or hiisleading research is leading to the employ­ you could purchase it for a reasonable price? There ment of useless and even dangerous treatments. The are many reasons for this. Food and Ehug Administration has been sharply First of all, the American drug industry has gone critical of the work of independent investigators who to a great deal of effort and spent vast amounts of test new drugs for the industry. money to make sure that even the most honest and "The hand of the amateur is evident too often for dedicated of doctors would find it difficult to pre­ my comfort," FDA head James Goddard said re­ scribe drugs generically. cently. Dr. Goddard has also expressed "shock" at Sales Squad the poor quality of many proposed studies of new drags submitted to the FDA for review. It is well known that there are not nearly enough As a result, the FDA has begun to pull drugs off PfiSisgdoclors in the United States to adequately meet the the market—drags which were actively promoted ihealth needs of the American people. As a result of; and sold by the nation's largest drag companies, but ,,^^ fthis, doctors are usually exceedingly busy. To keep which have been found either worthless or down­ 7 up with the latest advances in the field of drugs they right daiigerous. irely on medical journals and the information supplied In an attempt to get closer tp the heart of the i to them by drug detail men (salesmen) employed by a problem, the FDA has ,,alsO been eliminating the ^the major drug companies. It is a certainty that: the drug company salesmen:^ 1: names of researchers from its "approved" list after ffinding outrigiht fraud or gross inadequacies in their Inever mention the generic name of a drag when theyf |j^ their pitch, but refer to it <mly under their piyti • - J . Last year a noted research doctor and his research ^ .... associates were removed from the list. Among other • j things, the FDA charged that some patients who had allegedly been given test drugs during the research- ' were actually dead at the time. The Justice Depart­ ment is presently studying the case for possible legal action. Another researcher was removed from the ap­ proved list after gross inadequacies were discovered in his methods. It was found that of 20 men who were supposed to received a test drug for 26 weeks, some of the men received it for only 16 weeks and others dropped out of the study even earUer. In addi­ tion, the researcher failed to mention the fact that one patient developed giant hives on his skin as a result of taking-the drug. Describing the techniques of some researchers who •test drugs for the pharmaceutical industry, a profes­ sor of medical statistics has botedf that "one can develop an excellent test for heart diseaswby counting a patient's ears. Everyone who has two ears has heart disease." He insists that blunders almost as incredible as this have been found in some medical articles he reviewed. Lack of Ethks If the findings of the researchers are often danger- • ously misleading, the manner in which the drag companies present this information to the public and even to the medical profession itself is even worse. One example uncovered by the Kefauver Committee should demonstrate the total lack of ethics within the drag industry. ; =^1, A powerful antibiotic effective against typhoid fever. Rocky Mountain spotted fever and other seri­ ous diseases was found to also have many serious side effects—often causing fatal blood diseases. The FDA reviewed the evidence and cleared the drag for use, but indicated the labeling and the cir­ cular accompanying the drug should include the warning that blood disorders have been associated with its use. Both label and circular were ordered to carry the following framing: "It is essential that adequate blood studies be made when prolonged or intermittent administration of this drug is required." The circular was also to say, ". .. should not be used indiscriminately or for minor infections." To make its meaning even clearer, the FDA voiced the following warning at the time it resumed certifi­ cation of the drug: "The administration has weighed the value of the drug against its capabilities for caus­ ing harm and has dMided that it should continue to be available for careful use by the medical profession in those serious and sometimes fatal diseases in which its use is necessary." However, what the drug company told its salesmen, and the salesmen passed on to doctors was that; ". . . has been officially cleared by the FDA and the National Research Council with no restrictions on the number or the range of diseases for which . . . may be administered." Eyeing fat profits, however, the drug maker set out to mislead everyone in sight—no matter ho^ many people might suffer or die as a' result. It is no wonder that hospitals feport an increasing number of hospitalizations caused by faulty use of drugs. In summary, it is clear that there are two basic dangers facing the American people today in regards to pharmaceutical drugs. One is an economic prob­ lem, the other is a medical problem—although the two areas overlap. Unnecessarily-high drug prices keep many of America's poor from receiving the medication they need for their health. These high prices also take from the pockets of more fortunate people money which may be desperately needed for other things. At the same time, the race for ever-greater profits , has contributed greatly toward lowering the standards i of research and of ethical practices within the drag industry, and has put every American in grave danger every time he must take medication—-even for the most minor illness. �SEAFARERS*LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION > ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT > AFL-CIQ The 'RIGHT-TO-WORKI MYTH li :•) . ^1 • -1 " enough of this destructive legislation and repealed its • FLORIDA enacted a RTW law in 1944V In HE ECONOMIC HISTORIES of states that have RTW law in 1965. It is significant that since repeal­ 1948-it was $250 below the national average. By . adopted right-to-work laws shows, beyond any ing RTW, Indiana's per capita income has jumped 1965 it was $323 below—a loss of $73. doubt, that they must be doing something wrong. nearly ten percent—much higher than the national In relation to the rest of the nation these states • GEORGIA in 1948 was $462 behind the na­ average of 6.5 percent. stand today far below the position they held in the tional average. In 1965 it was $587 below—a loss Wyoming is a good case study in what right-tonational economy before adopting rieht-to-work leg­ of $125. work legislation can do to a state in terms of de­ islation. This is true without exception and by almost • IOWA in 1948 was $159 above the national pressing its entire economy and even reducing its every generally-accepted economic measurement. average. In 1965 it was $70 below. It has lost $229 population. With the exception of only one very special situa­ in relation to the national average in per capita in­ Since adoption of ri^t-to-work legislation in 1963, tion, these right-to-work states stand far below the come. Wyoming has dropped from a position where it was national average in per-capita income and stand far $18 per person almve the national average in per • KANSAS passed a RTW law in 1958. It was lower in per capita income than they did before capita income to $188 below that figure. During the at that time $5 above the national average. By 1965, adopting right-to-work. same period, personal bankruptcies have risen by 30 after 7 years with a RTW law, it had fallen $107 These states did not benefit from the general eco­ percent. Private employment has dropped 2.9 per­ below the average—a loss of $ 112. nomic expansion which the rest of the nation has cent in Wyoming during a period when it increased enjoyed in recent years. Along with a drastic drop • MISSISSIPPI passed the law in 1954, and was by 6.7 percent in the rest of the nation. The state in per capita income, repressive anti-labor right-to$877 below 'the national average at that time. In has the highest move-out rate in the nation. It has work legislation has brought these states increased 1965 it was $1,138 below—a loss of $261. lost citizens at the rate of 8.2 percent in the last five personal and business bankruptcies, reduced employ­ • NEBRASKA.in 1948 was $79 above the na­ years and its population which stood at 335,000 in ment, an increase in home foreclosures, a drop in tional average. It had adopted a RTW law in 1947. 1963, when it adopted RTW, was down to 330,000 new car ownership, a drastic decline in new construc­ By 1965 it was $117 below—a loss of $196. in 1965. tion and a loss of population to other states. Home foreclosures have quadrupled in Wyoming • NORTH CAROLINA passed a RTW law in Right-to-work legislation invariably brings about to where they are now twice the rate for the nation March, 1957. In 1948 it was $457 below the national these results because it is an attempt to bring back as a whole. New construction has dropped by 17 average. In 1965 it was $705 below—a loss of $248. the laissez-faire industrial capitalism of the 19th cen­ percent in Wyoming, contrasted against an 8 percent tury. This is the 20th century however, and the • NORTH DAKOTA passed a RTW law in 1947, increase in the entire U.S. for the same period. United States' economy has progressed far beyond when it was $130 above the national average per An ironic example of how the depressing effects those dark days. Right-to-work cannot and will not capita income. In 1965 it was $467 below—a loss of of right-to-work legislation affect everyone in a state, function in the United States today, and this has been $597. worker and employer alike, is exemplified in the case best proven by the plight of those states that have • SOUTH CAROLINA in 1954 when it passed of a Wyoming contractor who was one of the prime tried it out. the law, was $666 below the national average per movers in the original campaign to get the Wyoming Whatever facades, excuses or outright lies the pro­ capita income. In 1965 it was $900 below—a loss legislature to adopt RTW, With construction down ponents of right-to-work use to disguise their real of $234. 17 percent since 19$3, this contractor recently sold objectives, the purpose of right-to-work is simple, and all of his equipment in Wyoming and announced that • TENNESSEE in 1948 was $486 below the na­ always the same. Its purpose is union-busting—to he would henceforth concentrate his efforts in other tional average. In 1965 it was $733 below—a loss outlaw the closed shop, destroy the labor unions, cut states. Right-to-work had completely ruined his of $247. wages and increase profit^. business. • TEXAS—This state was $231 below the na­ Downward Spiral The Myth tional average in 1948, after having passed a RTW But there's something wrong with the formula. Proponents of right-to-work continually claim that law in 1947. After eighteen years of this law, in Instead of going up, profits'^have gone down in these they seek such legislation to stimulate business and 1965, it was $408 below—a loss of $177. states. Business, went down, employment went down, improve the, economies of the states. It is clear, how­ • UTAH passed the RTW law in 1955. At that construction went down, arid eventually population ever, that RTW does just the opposite. time it was $251 below the national average. In 1965 went down. The drastic cuts in workers' wages that The truth is that proponents of right-to-work are it was $391 below—a loss of $140. came about so reduced buying power that stores simply seeking a legal weapon to aid in their tradi­ began to close. With store outlets closed, manufac­ • VIRGINIA in 1948 was $300 below the na­ tional union-busting by assuring an open shop in turing began to decline. Unemployment increased. tional average. In 1965 it was $327 below—a loss of which their specially hired finks and discriminatory With low wages and unemployment on the increase, $27. hiring practices are aimed at destroying established there was little money available to invest in new unions and make it impossible for further organiza­ • WYOMING in 1962, the year before the law homes and the construction industry skidded badly. tion to take place. was passed, was $18 above the national average. In This further increased unemployment. With still 1965 it was $188 below—a loss of $206. Worst of all, their anti-labor hatreds are so great less money available more stores closed. As job that they would destroy the economic security of an • SOUTH DAKOTA in 1948 was $67 above the availability fell and unemployment rose, young famientire state and its whole population to achieve their national average. By 1965 it was $533 below—-a loss ® lies began moving away to states without right-toends. of $600. work, where business was booming and jobs were It might be said that any state foolish enough td available. This further reduced general business in NEVADA is the only exception to the rule that swallow the bait of the right-to-work proponents de­ the right-to-work states and the downward spiral con­ right-to-work states stand below the national average serves what it gets. Such an argument is not really tinued faster and faster. in per capita income. Nevada passed a RTW law in valid because df the tactics used by these men in Just how far have the economies of these right-to1951. At that time it was $598 above that national their right-to-work campaigns. Vast amounts of work states declined since adopting this legislation average. In 1965 it was still above in per capita in­ money are spent. Old animosities are re-kindled. Sta­ . • . . j-'vA'S under the authority of Section 14(b) of the Taftcome, but only $565, or a drop of $33. But Nwada's tistics are juggled. Almost before the people of a Hartley Act? The following is based on figures com­ prosperity has been based almost entirely on income state know what is happening, right-to-work legislapiled by the U.S. Department of Commerce in the derived by the .state's huge gambling casinos. It is is passed—and then it is too late. The downward August, 1966 Survey of Current Business: this heavy infiux Of out-of-state money that keeps economic spiral has begun. Nevada afloat. Histories The cure for the dangers of right-to-work must be Dismal Failare • ALABAMA—When Alabama pawed its rightmade at the source of the disease—^by repeal of Sec­ The dismal failure of right-to-work legislation and to-work law in 1953, it was $680 below the national tion 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act, which makes it the economic disaster which adoption of such legis­ average in per capita income. By 1965, it was $836 possible for the state to adopt such legislation. lation has brought upon every state that has given in below—a loss of $156 in relation to the national The American labor movement has been waging a to the fast-talking piroponents of right-to-work has '• raverage per capita income. vigorous campaign for repeal of Section 14(b), and been well documented. Although RTW proponents • ARIZONA passed the law before 1948. The have never ceased their propagandizing and have I • has pledged itself to continue fighting against this figures go back only to 1948, but since that date even stepped up their campaigning in state legisla- Ji: repressive, anti-labor measure until repeal is achieved. I £ Arizona has fallen farther behind the national aver­ . tures and within the United States Congress, they 14(b) repeal is of the utmost importance to the entire age in per capita income. It was $156 below in l?4ffe nation, workers and employers alike, because while ..have met with no success during recent years. s and $376 in 1965—-a loss of $220. 14(b) exists the specter of right-to-work legislation Since 1958, only one state has adopted right-toand its disastrous effects continue to hang over the work legislation. That was Wyoming, which put its • ARKANSAS in 1948 was $555 telow the naf 1 head of every man, woman and child in every state law on the books in 1963. During that period Inditional average. It passed a RTW law in 1947. Ii| of the union. ana, which was a right-to-work state decided it had 1965 it was $901 below—a loss of $346. i" � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1960-1969 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXII-XXXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource March 31, 1967 Description An account of the resource Headlines: HALL BLASTS GOVT’S MARITIME POLICY, CITES NEED FOR SEPARATE MARAD SENATE REJECTS FDL SHIP PROPOSAL, OPPOSITION BUILDING UP IN THE HOUSE AFL-CIO ENDORSES GOV’T PROGRAM TO AID HARD-CORE UNEMPLOYED CONGRESS’ VOICE IN MARAD FUNDS HELD ESSENTIAL BY REP. GARMATZ NEW AFL-CIO UNIT SEEKS TO SPUR ORGANIZING OF PROFESSIONAL WORKERS CHAVEZ URGES U.S. LABOR LAW COVERAGE FOR FARM WORKERS THE SEA CHANTY – A LINK WITH THE PAST SHIP’S FIGUREHEADS – LIONS, MAIDENS, AND DRAGONS INADEQUATE SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS LEAVE MANY ELDERLY IN SEVERE NEEDS SEAFARER’S 500-MILE WALKATHON AIDS FIGHT ON CRIPPLING DISEASE SCHEDULED GRUDGE MATCH NO CONTEST WHEN COBRA FAILS TO ANSWER BELL THE HIGH COST OF DRUGS THE ‘RIGHT-TO-WORK’ MYTH Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 03/31/1967 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXIX, No. 7 1967 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/34314ce8b318dbf54fec763cd8edd1c2.PDF 9cba492b33fbd9f6e92eb1f08afb0cd7 PDF Text Text '/ir­  •   P^iRERSjOc}  <1  omoiAL oBaAir OF THE ATLAirna  AND GOLF  DISTBICT,  BEAFASESS' ZNTEBNATXONAL ONION OF NORTH AMERICA  4  VOL. m IV NEW YORK, N. Y« WEDNESDAY. MARCH 4, 1942 >214  No. 8 THREE  S.I.U.  SHIPS  LOST  IN  3  DAYS; RARITAN, CASSIMIR  MARORE  ARE  CASUALTIES  RARITAN  CREW  SAFE  The S. S. Raritan was the third SIU ship lost this week ^nd the second to go down as the result of an accident rather than by enemy action. The Raritan was steaming ' past the difficult Frying Pan Shoals at about 1 A. M. last Wednesday morning. It was extremely soupy weather with practically no v i s a b i 1 i t y. A strong off shore wind was blowing and the Raritan, never easy to stear in even calm weather, was slewing around in the heavy seas. Suddenly there was a grinding sound and the ship lurched sharply to port. The alarm was sounded and the crew clammefed up on deck to find their ship 'aground on the shoals. The order to abandon ship was given, but it was not so easy to carry out. No. 1 boat was swung out with one man' in it, and then" by order of an excited mate was lowered away. This meant that the rest of the crew had to jump into the boat, one at a time, when she was on the crest of a swell and level with the Raritan's deck. Two more crew members succeeded in making the perilous jump at the split second when the lifeboat was up level with the deck. The danger of missing the boat on the one hand, and of the boat being smashed against the side of the Raritan on the other hand, led the skipper to abandon this method. A man rope was thrown over the stern of the ship and the lest of the crew went down that and into the waiting lifeboat. By this time a Coast Guard Cutter had arrived from the Oak Island Station and was ig by. Three times the standing life boat loaded .up with ntcn coming down the man rope and rowed them through towering seas to the cutter. The entire cr«w left the ship without accident and within 5 hours the Raritan Ijroke up and sank. All the SIU Brothers have high praise for the Coast crew that rescued them. They received the best possible care and attention. Many of the Coast Guard men gave up their own clothes so that the crew woiild be warm and dry. The crew was landed at Island and then given transport tation back to New York. CAN'T  KEEP  AN  S.I.U.  MAN  DOWN  Brother Chcorles Trolson (left) is indicating with his fingers that he survived three sinkings in the last war. Brother Harvey L. Baublitz (right) indicates he has lived through six. The men are shown at Norfolk after being rescued from the sinking Morore last Thursday. The Skipper, Charles E. Na^ is shown in center. Boston  Union  Wins  Insurance  Beef  SUB  PACK  AHACKS  MANURE  SIX  LOST  ON  CASSIMIR  Three enemy submarines closed in at midnight last Thursday on the ore carrier Marore oti the middle Atlantic coast and sank her with torpedoes and shell fire. The entire SIU crew escaped in life boats. Attacking the Marore like a wolf pack, the subs took positions in a rough triangle about her—one to tne starboard, one to the port, and one dead ahead —and poured over 100 shells into her before she finally sank. The Marore, owned by the Ore Steamship Company, was north bound with a load of ore and was running without lights when the atuck came without warning. The torpedo struck the Marore amidships and she began to settle immediately. The skipper gave the order to abandon ship and the crew was in life boats and pulling away within 10 minutes. There was perfect discipline and no sign of panic among the crew and officers. As the life boats pulled away from the sinking ship, the three subs came to the surface and began shelling with their deck guns. "The subs interspersed tracers with shells and they "lit up the scene of projectiles bouncing like tennis balls," according to the crew. The shells flew over the heads of the {Continued  on  Page  Four)  At 5:30 Thursday morning, Februapr 26th, the SIU manned freighter Cassimir was rammed by the S. S. Lara off the coast of North Carolina, and went to the bottom taking with her 6 SIU seamen, antl one officer. The Brothers who died in this tragedjr are: Thomas Patrick Ryan, AB; A. Bosch, steward; W. Barton, OS; R. J. D'Artois, messman; T. Lindberg, chief cook; and H. Roberts, first pumpman. The First Mate, whose body was picked up by the crew of the Lara, was E. Heyliger. The real causes of the accident are yet to be determined and few survivors seem to have a dear picture of just what happened. All the men know is that suddenly the Lara appeared on the starboard side and before either ship could change course, plowed into the Cassimir amidship. The crew began to abandon ship but experienced difficulty in launching the No. 2 boat. Both Brother Ryan and Brother Bosch lost their lives when the No. 2 boat tangled in the falls. Brother Boylston was also in No. 2 boat and gives a graphic account of what happened in a signed story on page four. No. 3 and No. 4 boats were {Continued  on  Page  Four)  Owners of the major Boston fishing fleets have finally bowed to the militant unionism of the fishermen and called off the lock-out which has kept the men payless for weeks. The fishermen's beef was on insurance—^the operators refusing to give them $S,(X)0 protection from enemy submarines. Even the National War Labor Board castigated the employers as "defiant and adamant" in their refusal to bargain with the men and their rejection of the Board's recommendation for arbitration. The boat operators were bent upon successful, as was the second smashing the Union (AFL) at That revolutionary new freighter known as the "Sea Otter" full size model. The Navy deany cost. This they failed to do, has been scraped and all plans for mass production of the ship partment released glowing reeven after sacrificing profits in have gone out the window. This was the decision of the Navy ports of the preliminary sea order to lock out the men and Department'which was released this week by Secretary Knox. tests the "Sea Otter" had unkeep the ships idle. Knox said that sea tests given the "Sea Otter" had revealed dergone. Then, suddenly, silence! No word for months Having failed to starve the men into submission, and faced it to be "cranky' 'and hard to "Sea Otter" construction con- from the Navy. with a Government ultimatum handle. That may be so—^but tracts. In the meantime the original to arbitrate, this week the op- th^re is a possibility that much designer of the ship, W. Starerators granted the $5,000 in- more lies behind the Navy's It would be difficult to prove ling Burgess, was eased out and surance protection for a period decision to scrap the ship. At such sabotage since it would a Navy brass hat took over. The have been accomplished in the country had been led to believe of three months during which least Nathan Robertson, Washmost round-about and secretive that the freighter was in full arbitration will be undertaken. manner in the most swank bars There may be times when ington correspondent for the and hotels. Still, there are a production, but actually nothing arbitration is unavoidable, but newspaper PM. hints that the number of questions left hang- was being done. as far as we're concerned, we shipbuilders v/ho make huge ing in the air that would seem "... preliminary investigaare damned if we can see two profits on the construction of to lend weight to the sabotage tion by a, sub-commi;tee of the sides to the question of life in- :onventional ships may h,pve theory advanced by Robertson. Senate Naval Committee has surance for men who risk their disclosed tha.t none has been _ lives at sea, so that the boat- 'abotaged the entire project be- To bepn with,, the first workowners can make a nice profit. cause of the absence of gravy in ing model was d^lared highly {Continued  on  Page  Two)  /• fi  .1 1  I he Strange Story of  the ''Sea Otter';  Yesterday a Hero f  Today a Poor fish  |i  pi  •  v­­.  I­",­.I,  �Pag®  Two  THE SEAFARERS' LOG Puiliahed  by  the  SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliatea toith the  American Federation of  Labor  HARRY  LUNDEBERG,  Acting  Internotioncd  President  110  Market  Street,  Room  402,  San  Francisco,  Calif.  ADDRESS  ALL  00BRE8P0NDENCE  CONOERNIND  THIS  PVBLIOATION  TO:  "THE SEAFARERS' LOG P. O. 25, Station P, New York, N. Y. Phone: BOwling Green S-8348 Shipyard Workers Blast  Operators for Failing  lo Arm Merchant  Ships  The failure to arm American merchant ships has cost many seamen their lives. The SIU alone lost 65 Brothers. There has been much buck passing in regard to this criminal negligence—the latest alibi of the shipownefs and government officials being that the poor quality of shipyard work is responsible for the delay. This smear against labor was cation, and we wish to make immediately nailed by the Ma- the unqualified assertion that rine and Shipbuilding Workers whatever the deficiency in this of America. National President ship arming program is, it is John Green of that Union sent not a deficiency of labor in any a letter to Edward Macauley, respect. We believe the record chairman of the Maritime War will show that there is ample Emergency Board, ii^ which he high quality labor available in denied that the failure to arm ship repair yards which has not ships was "attributable to poor been put to full use since the quality of labor in ship repair ship arming bill was passed in yards" and placed the blame November., In fact, delegations upon the shipowners and ship- of representatives of this yard owners. He pointed out Union from the repair yards in that it was their insistence on New York and Baltimore vis"business . as usual" (high ited Washington in December profits regardless of defense and protested to the Maritime needs) that was responsible for Commission and OPM representatives the slackness of the delays. Greens' letter, which was work in these repair yards. printed in the February 22 is- Likewise, with the cooperation sue of the Shipyard Worker, of our Union and employers in the industry, very considerable read in part: training of mechanics has been "In your letter you relate that Admiral A. P. Fairchild, Coor- under way for many months. dinator of Ship Defense Instal- Finally, this is the first time, lations, recommends that other to our knowledge, that anyone unions speed up training of has questioned the quality of mechanics and efnploy all labor in the ship repair yards means in their power to in- or the speed and efficiency crease the quality of labor in with which ships are being reship repair yards. The clear paired or converted for the implication here is that the Navy or the Maritime Comfailure to arm American mer- mission. "It is our considered judgchant ships is attributabk to poor quality of labor in ship ment that the failure to arm repair yards and an inade- merchant ships in adequate numbers is the sole responsiquate training program. "On behalf of the shipyard bility of the Navy Department workers, whom this Union rep- and the suppliers of ordnance resents, we resent this imp 1­ and materials." MORE  ABOUT  STRANGE  STORY  OF  THE  "SEA  OTTER"  m:  {Continued  from  Page  One)  produced . . . (since the trial runs)," wrote Robertson in the Feb, 21st issue of PM, "The Committee is investigating reports that interference from the companies making so much money from conventional ships is responsible." It was the pressure from this Senate Committee that forced Knox to reveal the shelving of all plans for construction of the -ship. Last September the Navy said of the "Sea Otter"— .  A  Cov.  Report  Shows  Poverty  ot  Workers  Wedaeedoy,  March  A,  1942  A WORD WITH S^Ajtc/L  (DUUon.  Millions of American families are subsisting on "starvation wages." This is occurring in the richest country in the world and during a period of so-called "war prosperity." These facts were released this week by the U. S. Departments of Labor and Treasury. Hello fellows. I'm soriy to These reports should be made compulsory reading for Leon have missed last week's issue, Henderson and e m p 1 o y e r^ but you had plenty of news to groups who are trying to freeze up to date, as of December 15, fill in my space—all the elecwages while letting profits soar 1941. tion returns. Now you know It provides for just enough who your new officials and pahigher and higher. Henderson is the smart boy that recently food to keep soul and body to- rolmen are for the coming year told the War Labor Board that gether; for a minimum of and they look like a good lot to any wage increases would clothing and shelter, and such me. bring inflation, He gave the "luxuries" as a trip to the mo- Of course, we'll miss some of Board to understand that vies once a week, but no auto- the old ones, too. I tried to purAmerican labor is well paid mobile. It makes no provision suade Brother Bill Lee to go on and any wage increases would for savings other than a bit of the last ballot, but Bill had the be "profiteering at the expense life insurance. Meager as this budget is, old urge to go back to sea. Arof the war effort." millions of workers are far be- thur Thompson, last year's New Far from rolling in wealth, low that standard, a tabulation York Agent shipped out this over half the nation's work- prepared by Secretary of the week. Although most of us men are not even receiving a Treasury Henry Morgenthau, tliink of him as a Black Gang man, he. is also an AB and bare living wage which would Jr., showed. shipped on deck this time. We take care of the standards the Over 3,320,000 workers, all wish "Tommy" the best of government says are necessary Morgenthau's table revealed, luck. for those on relief, the report earn only $5 to $10 a week; discloses. 4,975,000, from $10 to $15; Brother Frank Williams took 5,470,000, from $15 to $20, and office today. When I left for Figures released by the Lalunch Don Ronan was going 10,747,000, from $20 to $30. bor Department, following a In other words a total of through all the office routine study in 33 cities, placed the with him~kinda breaking him minimum "maintenance bud- 24,500,000 persons get paid less in for the long months to come. et' of a worker's family of than the amount declared by And believe me it is no easy bur at approximately $1,500 the WPA and Department of job. Much more detail and more Labor to be necessary for bare a year, or about $29 a week. headaches than most people subsistence. That budget, it said, is That's more than half the think. stripped to essentials and il 48,167,000 workers in this I was at Staten Island Friday not a recommended standard country who are reported to and found all the Brothers feelof living. It is based, the de- be earning from $5 a week up, ing pretty good. Brother Mack partment explained, on a bud- Morgenthau's figures dis- is walking around and looks as get formulated by the WPA in closed. Many don't even get he will soon be discharged. Not 1935, but with prices brought the $5. many survive after falling into a sixty foot empty hold. I visted Ellis Island Tuesday TRADE UNION NEWS and found Jim Daly prettj' sick but coming along gradually. A couple of our colored Brothers, James. Saunders and Redge Waid are doing swell. At Roosevelt Hospital I found Harry Bridges' INTERNATIONAL LONGSHORE- one of our brothers who had MEN'S AND WAREHOUSEMEN'S UNION received a fa- been in a swap around 48th vorable arbitration decision from Wayne L. Morse, Federal street. Someone had swung on arbitrator. The dockmen now receive $1.10 straight time and him and left him with a broken $1.65 for overtime. ... A majority of 125 service workers em- jaw.. He is in pretty good shape ployed by Princeton University have joined the BUILDING and moaning about having to SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION and stay in the hospital. are bargaining with the University over wages and hours. . . . A lot of Brothers will be glad 4,400 Seabrook Farm employees who work on the largest me- to hear that George Ellis has chanized farm in the country at Bridgeton, N. J., last week won been discharged from the hostheir second closed shop contract through the AMALGA- pital. MATED MEAT CUTTERS OF AMERICA. ... BARTEND- Bill Watts is still waiting to ERS UNION Local No. 15, with jurisdiction over all Manhattan with the exeception of the Times Square area, has set $35 see any of his old pals. per week as the minimum scale. . . . The fight between the All the boys in the hospital Prudential Life Insurance Company and the INDUSTRIAL send congratulations and best INSURANCE AGENTS UNION has gone to the War Labor wishes to the hew officers. And Board for settlement. . . . Stage hands are demanding 15 per that also goes for yours truly. cent pay boosts from the theatre owners. ... A pledge by the management to accept a War Labor Board settlement ended threat of a strike by 6,000 transport workers in the Public NOTICE Service Transportation System's line throughout New Jersey ... A new three-year contract covering 435 Manhattan Harry  "Blacld®"  Pravott  eoop­ Buildings and calling for a 10 per cent wage increase was signed this week between the Penn Zone Realty Association eroied  with  the  enamies  of  &a  and the BUILDING SERVICE EMPLOYEES UNION, Lo- SIU  in  the  Iramamp  chargM  cal 32-B.... Wage increases ranging between $2 and $9 a week for the 1,000 drivers and helpers of R. H. Macy & Co. were won brought  againat  Harry  Lunda­ this week by the UNITED RETAIL, WHOLESALE and berg  last  month  by  Slaliniat  aioogea  within  our  Union.  Pao­ DEPARTMENT STORE EMPLOYEES UNION. IN BRIEF "Conceived by daring minds and carried to completion with the active, insistent help of President Roosevelt, the new MONEY DUE  ship . . . will challenge the submarine and provide a new bridge of ships from this coun- PANAMA  CITY  (collect  in MohUe):  ALCOA PILGRIM, SCOUT emd BANNER (coUect in New York): S.  A.  Kolacs  try to the free nations of the Thomas Hayes N.  A.  iiay  world." A. Garcia O.  E.  Simmons  This  February  the  Navy  Sydney Turner W. S. Musi  says—  G. Masterson GroAon  T.  "... we can get more for James Moadls B.  Lawrence  our money in a standard^ship." Jehu GlhhouS F.  Cameron  The qu^tloii^ is, what diangFVanidin W.  MoUer  ed the Navy's mind? vest,  .while  assistant  ooiaotmf­ treoaurer  of  the  SUP, aerrod aa  a  atool  pigeon for  thoae  who urould  wreck  the Union.  Prevoat  ahould  not  be  ahipped  on any  SIU  vesael, ahould  not  bo  oUowed  within  any  SIU  hall  a^d  should  be  treated  by  all  $IU  men  the  way  they  treat  all  fink  sad  etool  pigaOBS.  •   II  �Wednesday' March 4,1942  Page Tbmi  TITE  3BAFABEB3­  LOG  • yi I  e  (I  • J  WHAT'S  DOING  Around  the  Ports  • 1^  SEAFARERS'  INTERNATIONAL  UNION  OF  NORTH  AFRICA  • I".  ATUmnC and GULF DISIBICT  Secretcny­Treosurer's Office  Boom 213  — 2 Stono  Stroot Now  York  Citr  P.  b. Box 2Sr  StaOeu P  Phono:  BOwBng Giroon  9­8949  in touch with him immediately. NEW ORLEANS  DIRECrORY  OF BRANCHES  We finally got rid of brother By  By  BRANCH  ADDRESS  PHONE  Casey Jones, we shipped him on NEW  YORK  r.  ...2  Stone St  BOwling.  Green  9­8346  "ARMY"  H. I.  COLLINS  the Catahoula and his departing Dispatcher's  Office  BOwling  Green  9­3430  words were that if anybody BOSTON ....330 Atlantic Ave Liberty 4057 PROVIDENCE .465 South Main St Manning 3572 H^e we go again doing busi- should inquire as to his where- Still holding ' down the fort BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St Calvert 4539 ness at the same old place. I abouts we were to inform them here, although we- were about FHILADnj^HIA „„6 North 6th St Lombard 7651 see Flanagan sitting in the that he was on his mid-winter snowed under for a while last NORFOLK 25 Commercial PI Norfolk 4-1083 week. 'We have had a chance Agent's chair in the Branch and cruise in the West Indies. NEW ORLEANS 309 Chortres St MAgnolia 3962 SAVANNAH 218 East Bay St Sovanncdi 3-1728 Lynch hitting the Waterfront so Brother James Earle went to come up for air over the long JACKSONVILLE 136 East Boy St. Jacksonville 5-1791 it looks like the old port of down to .the Steamship Inspect- week end. Is my face red or is TAMPA .206 So. Franklin St Tampa MM-1323 it red, after all the howling that Philly is well represented. or for his fireing rating and MOBILE 55 So, Conception St Dexter 1449 I've done about writing into the TEXAS CITY 105 — 4th St, No Texas City 722 "Do-the-best-you-can-Hillman" was turned down due to the Log weekly then to have Ye MIAMI 1348 N.E. First Ave Miami 2-2950 fact that he lacked five days of was here the other day and acPUERTO RICO 45 Ponce de Leon Puerto de Tierra Old Bid slap down on us like he cording to his statements re- having the time required by law did in the Feb. 16th issue. Hi garding Brother Lynch, the best to obtain same. Seems funi^ to Ya Collins and Waid. and the Port Captain who was make one or two workaway the writer. According to the man won. Maritime Commission, we are The prize for awhile was the so impatient to get the scow trips to the West coast to get a Regarding these new pass- so short of Seamen and they good ship from the Calmarline, out, refused th^ with the re- paying job aboard. Don't forget ports that the Seamen are sup- are turning them out of the 2688 hoijrs disputed overtime sult that it took at least another the same thing can happen again posed to get, I understand that Maritime Schools with three for the oilers, not bad my two or three hours to get the if we don't stand together. it is going to be compulsory af- month firing certificates, and chicks, paging John Hawk. packet away. Just one of those I want to call your attention ter the 15th of March, the U. here is a man with five months With the Seatrains suspend- things but they are sure getting to something that is happening S. Customs are going, to handle and twenty-five days and he is ing Coastwise for the duration, regular. around this part of the country. these said Passports. Yours 'till Alcoa pays off one I thought that the days of the we are seriously tliinking of turned down. The West Kiska came into I guess that I have been opening a hall in Belle Chasse,' ship without a squawk. shipping crimp was over. But this port Saturday the 21st, and bendmg your ear long enough for the Seatrain Unioneers, paghere in Galveston we have the as she was in dry-dock for six so I guess that I will rack up ing Wallace Royal. AAA Travel Bureau, 305 BOSTON  weeks it was hard to believe the batts until next time. 22nd St., shipping men to ships Bro. Schriener is once more By your eyes. All the lavatories and just the other day tliia woin circulation, due to make an JOHN MOGAN were plugged up solid, gravity man shipped a full crew to Corappearance before the grand SAVANNAH  tanks amidships were frozen up, jury this week. Lawyer states Boston has been very busy pus Christi. Some of the bar By  no water aft, all bath rooms he believes that this will be a he past two weeks. Not much rooms are doing the same. This CHARLES  WAID  woman that runs the AAA has with from one to four inches of mere formality. income but a lot of work crew- a personal in the Log of dirty slimy water on the decks The new Personnel manaeer 2-16-42 inquiring for some one. due to tlie drains being stopped Things seem to have straigh- for the Mississippi Company ing up. Shipped 41 men. up, no water aft for the men to tened out somewhat around the seems to be finding more to this I made a trip down east to I went aboard the Aztec, an unt^e a bath, sink drain-pipe- in Savannah port this last week. job then signing his initials. It contact one of our vessels and organized tanker and was told the crew's messroom amidship's Had the S. S. City of Birming- ooks like we will have to go to found that this vessel was away that Mrs. Marie Hall furnished disconnected, all the outlets for ham of the Ocean Steamship bat a few times then possibly from the States ten months and the crews replacements. What in the connecting of electric fans Company in port this week and we will have things again lined was very much surprised to hell will t^y get into next. amidship's were taken out tliere= sailed her with onfy 2 replace- up to where the boys can get earn that there were no com- Travel bureau and crimp joint jlaints about overtime or any combined. fore no fan connections, water ments on'deck. The S. S. City what is coming to them. other beef of importance. This Shipping has been good, in of Savannah is now in port and in the crew's quarters aft, and Coast Guard passes are be- must be a record. am hoping to be able to find so many other beefs that are coming increasingly important. At this time I see no reason fact red good, and I cannot rereally to numerous to mention replacements as easy for her. 3ave you got yours yet? If not why the bonus is not equalized place them. Would like to ask the boys letter check on it. here. coastwise comparable to offWe contacted the Company from Savannah who stay away NEW YORK  Our fair city is becoming shore areas as the hazards on and they promised to remedy from the home port for any very, very much the spot in the this coast are just as great and By  the above immediately. Well, length of time to keep in touch Sunny South. The suburb of in recent weeks were far gjreatDON  RONAN  there the crew was from Satur- with their families so that they Mobile seems to need several er than in any other, area outday the 21st, Sunday being a will have a way of knowing if men a day to man the palatial ined by the gentlemen that con- With the new officials havholiday, Monday 23rd a holi- they are OK. There is hardly rust buckets that sail from trol this matter. ng been sworn in at the last day, Tuesday the 24th they fi- a ddy that passes that someone there. The majority of them Once again I'd like-to ask all regular meetings at all branches nally got action. Of course, you does not call to ask about some -seem to be Alcoa. Mention of ships delegates to phone tlie we should, as members of an might have overlooked the fact member who has been gone this outfit bring once more to SIU hall at the port in which organization that has forght of the above not being remedied from Savannah 2 or 3 months mind the question—what is the they arrive when they arrive so tooth and nail for everything, in whole or part due to the three and sometimes longfer and as deep dire plot behind the pres- we can give them the service that we have gained, coholidays, but they worked cargo you realize we have no way of ent system of antagonizing the which they deserve. operate to the fullest with them all during that time, so you can knowing where they could pos- crews. Maybe this company just and those of us that have been sibly be or what ship they sailed readily see that the cargo came wants to prove that pay-triotism in office and are now leaving TEXAS CITY  first and the welfare and the on from any port other than to the country while tnaking the should bear in mind that all By health of the crew last. Of Savannah. The only solution to unheard of profits they enjoy. possible help should be given course, when the Port captain this is for the boys to write Remember when they sailed jdl E. R. WALLACE the new officers of the Union was confronted w i t h t h i s, he home more often. After all their ships under foreign flags, when we come in off ships that stated that it was a mistake (Ya these are trjnng times and fam- paying about half the wages The membership has spoken have been at sea a little while. ilies would like to know if their they would have to pay to Am- and elected into office the men Man some mistake). These newly elected represensailors are safe. erican Seamen. Remember also of their choice to run the union tatives of the membership are Received a letter from Parker Re-Bayou Chico, about the To get back to shipping, it that this is the outfit whose or another year. By the looks destined to guide the organizacondition of the overhead in the looks as if I may finally get Port Captains all use the same of the ballots cast there was tion through what may prove crew's quarters aft. The com- the Savannah Line straightened standard line of chatter. "Do some that did not have the time the most ttying period that we pany decided that they were go- out and sailing somewhat on you know that there is a war :o go up to the hall and cast have experienced in our limited ing to put ventilators with blow- schedule again. These ships on, we must sail these ships." their ballot. But these same ones period of existancs. These new er attachments on the poop deck usually keep me busy the better Then in the next breath they will be the first ones tg. start offilials and the re-elected ones so as to try and draw out the part of each week, but we man- will do everything possible to complaining. that have served before are defAnd for the members that initely deserving our unanimous damp air from the steering en- age to keep them sailing and get the crew to walk off. For instance, last Sunday are working ashore, this war support and help throughout gine room so as to eliminate the that is what really counts. vapor on the overhead that is Have been busy most of the morning bright and early cannot last forever and just like the present emergency. To man seepii^ into the crew's quarters. week signing applications for (around six A.M.) I was called the last war, when things start ships and to bring vessels in They asked us if this was satis- the boys to get their identifica- at home and told that the Al- to get tough you will be run- with as few unnecessary beefs factory. Brother Lynch stated tion port passes. Might as well coa Shipper was short a couple ning back to ship out. Yes, the as possible should be the aim of that it was O.K. if it worked. go ahead and get these port of men that they had piled off union is a pretty good standby those seamen manning ships at passes as every m^n sailing will at the last minute. This, as we in hard times and keeps up the the present time. otherwise NO. be required to have one. all know, is bad, so I promised wages, but in the times that the The above paragraph is defWe had a few ships here in Philly this week, namely the Am still shipping ABs and to see what we could do, also union needs you to protect the initely related to a beef that Barbara, Catahoula, West Kis- Oilers here in the Savannah told the Gent that the hall airing hall and conditions that c?irae in while I was spending ka, Bayou Chico, Yorkmar, so Port. Hardly a day passes that would be open at eight or nine we have gained and want to my last week in office. This things look rather bright for the we don't have opening^ for and that he would most likely protect and better, you have for- man not only missed the ship these ratings but things look have to wait until then to get fotten all about the rotten con- in Miami but took a step farfuture. better than they did; for a while, the men. After the hall was itions and wages that came af- ther and JUMPED OFF the Received a letter from the atin regards to filling these open- opened, Tedd talked the two :er' the last. war. When on the (Continued  on  Page  Four)  torney of Brother McAndrews men into going back to the scow iUckenbach ships' you had to A.B., and he would like to get ings. PHILADELPHIA  • v.­  ' .­J­..­/, .f.v  r  i  ­1  k  •  �Pag* ilTbur MORE ABOUT THE  SEAFARERS'  LOG  W*4a«Klciy.  Mardi  4 1942  ^ Cassimir  Survivor  CAS^MIR  Tells of  Difficulties in  Launching  Life Boat  (Continued  from  Page  One)  Out  of  the FoesU  by  — 3.. X. launched successfully, as was one life raft, and the survivors pulled away from the sinkinj[ iP  The ghost of Andrew Furuseth will have to rise and disturb [  t­P  ship. By Edward Boylston, No. 50013 the sleep of some Senators in Washington who some two deThe crew of the Lara imme.if  diately cades ago pledged to protect the rights of seamen. They passed launched boats to pick I was in my bunk at the time up and saw that the No. 4 boa the Jones Act to better the living conditions for seamen aboard up the survivors. Those that of the collision and I woke up was beiftg lowered directly on ships. ji­ were in boats were found with- to the sound of the ship's top of us. 1 jscreamed at Bosch The late Senator "Fighting Bob" LaFollette played an'imout much difficulty and taken whistle. Immediately on risit^ I but before he could move the portant part in the enactment of the seamen acts. Good old aboard the Lara and given 'elt the ship lurch again and I No. 4 boat crashed on top o I!  ^  /?'"  Andy sold him a bill of goods and the Senator never forgot him. warm clothing and a shot of was thrown off my feet There him and hurled him into the I'i  Yoimg Bob, now a Senator, tells of hearing his father talk of rum. Brother Spike Lee, how- were no lights on and I had co sea. The 2nd Assistant then ever, was in the water ior 5 jrope around to find the light tried to clear the fall. Just as Andy who would sit in the visitors' gallery keeping his lonely hours before he was located by witch. We had black-out lights he about had it clear he was vigil and not leaving Washington until the measures he wanted were past. the rescuers. blue bulbs) which gave us just carried away by the sea. While the decks of the Cas- sufficient light to see the quar- Our life boat was plenty ful Peter B. Kyne remembers him when he first met Andy aboard his ship. He was impressed with Furuseth's sincerety and simir were awash almost imme- ters. of water by now. It was awash diately after the collision, she With me in the room were and the forward fall was dang- detennination of purpose. When Kyne became a successful did not sink until almost 5 ;wo wipers and one fireman. ling and swaying. I made writer, he imortalized the character of Andy in the Cappy Ricks hours later. The Lara was able One fireman was on watch. We lunge for it and tried to climb series. He more recently revered his memory with an article in to proceed under her own pow- Tabbed our life jackets and up the line b^ause I could see the Readers Digest called "Saint Andrew, The Sailor." The er and landed the survivors at went on deck. that the boat was doomed. But Sailors Union of the Pacific (of which Andy was founder) urther immortalized him by dedicating a monument and burial Charleston. couldn't make the climb, I was consigned to the forThe Cassimir was built at ward fall on No. 2 boat, along weigh 250 pounds and with )lot for seamen in San Francisco. Over 1500 seamen took part Hog- Island in 1920 and was with Tommy Ryan, an AB. life jacket and wet coat on in the ceremonies. owned by the Cuba Distilling There was little or no efficient just had to drop back in the No. Today attacks are being launched against our Unions^ and Company. direction from the officers. We boat. lings are being said about seamen that would have made old Brothers who survived the got the boat started down and Finally I was able to make it Andy's blood boil. But Andy's spirit still lives. The coming SIU accident are: F. Crowell, AB; when it was even with the boat to the Jacobs ladder and the convention in San Francisco will carry on his tradition and with G. Prudencio, AB; Johansen, deck another seaman came and saloon messman helped me up- irmness throw into the teeth of our enemies their threats. As AB; H. Crawford, AB; F. relieved us at. the fall and told on the ship. We went to the Andy always said, "Tomorrow is also a day." Lindstrom, AB; A. Gordon. us to get in the boat and he starboard side of the ship and *  *  *  *  OS; V. Scrufutis, OS; J. Price, would lower away. The Stew- went into the No. 3 boat which Fred Hart's suit has been getting pretty shiny in the rear, watertender; A. Voisin, Oiler; ard Bosch, myself and Tommy got away safely. now that he has been re-elected, he says he's going to buy a F. McGee, Oiler; C. J. Hast- Ryan got into the boat in the We were adrift about 3 hours new one. ings, Watertender; J. Willard, order named and the boat be- when the S. S. Lara picked us *  *  *  *  Watertender; P. Bufkin, Fire- gan to lower away. Everything up. We were treated with great Harry Collins is now stationed in New York. Big Red is all man ; Edward Boylston, F i r e - was OK until we hit the water. kindness and courtesy by the let-up over the behavior of gas-hounds aboard ship. Brothers , man; J. Bolger, Fireman;- D. The after fall was released crew and officers. They gave us lould read his reports printed in the Log and take them to heart, Whittemore, Wiper; E. B. without anyone making certain dry clothes and hot food and a fo sense have the Navy turn the hfeat on us just because of a Rhoads, Second Cook; C. Lega- if anyone was on the forward shot of nun. I would like to ko. Utility; A. Mont, Messman; end to release tlie hook causing say a few words about the Ne- ew "onnery" ones. •   • •   »  J. McClenaghan, Messman; C. the boat to upend and take seas. gro deck gang. Scotto tells us that the Commie crews are not allowed shore L. Vose. Sefcond Pumpman; J. All the time the hight seas These colored sailors really eave in Russia, but SIU men are granted the priviledge. Quite Carlson, wiper; and J. Morris, were throwing the lifeboat knew their jobs and performed blow to the Stalinists. Boatswain. against the side of the Cassimir their duties in true seamanship •  *  *  *  and threatening to smash it any fashion. They obeyed every orBig Chief (better known as Major) has finally quit the Arminute. Bosch and myself tried der and made every move count cadia after ill these years. NOTICE  to fend the ship off so the boat when it was needed. The mate •  »  •  »  wouldn't break up—^but the seas on the Lara should also be TO  CALMAR  MEN  were too heavy. Tommy Ryan given great credit for a great George Cowles of Mobile is looking for' his friend Frank is trying to locate Zebrowski. tried to get forward to lend a crew. I'm sure he need have no Keaveney. And Fred Carretson *  *  »  »  The Calmar line has compil- hand to clear the fall from the worries in any emergency with Red Philips says he saw two subs on his trip from Mobile ed the money earned during life boat. I turned to help liim that bunch. 1941 by the following Brothers just as a huge wave caught him The Navy gunners also are to aboard the Alcoa Trader. Also heard that the Yankee Sword had in order to aid them in figuring and carried out of the boat and be congratulated f o"r standing 7 shots fired at her from about 800 yards off and not one found their infome tax; hurled him against the side of by without sleep for a period of its mark. The boys don't have too much respect for the marksL. Marsh, T. McMahon, R. the Cassimir. He was then suck- 36 hours. The 2nd mate of our manship of these raiders. ^ L. Bradford, P. Foster, W. A, ed under and we never saw him ship who was named Johansen, All of which reminds me that Pete Larson (formerly of the Page, K. F. Perry, C. L. Park- again. was a real officer. I have no er, F. Ruiz, F. C. Peterson, L. Bosch and I were still in the doubt that most of the crew Texmar) used to tell us that there was no such place as a Heayen C. Whitlock, A. Cosention, C. boat, trying to free it from the would be dead by now if it or a Hell for seamen. They were God's special children and went Nangle, A. M. Anderson, H. painter and the falls. I looked hadn't been for him. to a place all their own. (no doubt complete with gin mills). ' Booth, J. P. Buckman, G. Walters, E. Poblodor, H. Nungezer, MORE ABOUT J. W. Prescott, J. Player, J. E. Peterson, T. B. Baldwin, E. Kendlin, H. Dunblane, N. Banaag, R. Garcia, J. Remo, W. (Continued  from  Page  Three)  far outweigh the amicable set- short visit , we are always glad Common, E. Leahy, W. H. ship,_after the hawsers were all tlements between the seamen to see him. He took two men Parker, J. F. Wood, C. H. An- on board. After presenting the and the operators that the more over to Mobile with him as he (Continued from Page Oni) I  vil, L. Nicholson, G. Mason, F. beef to the membership they we do to keep all beefs and ar- claims that it is very hard to crew in the lifeboats and soundMurphy, C. Mathews, A. A. feel that action taken by the guments stable to the satisfac- secure replacements for the Al- ed like gigantic freight trains Scott, E. Degen, J. Craig, L. Navy Department and the U.S. tion of all concerned will co and other ships out of Mo- roaring through the night. Crew, C. Myhrs, J. R. Coleman, Steamboat Inspection Service amount to so much insurance bile and New Orleans. This shelling went on for alW. Dubuision, E. Hernandez, J. should be awaited before the for the Seafarers International Well, here we are at the be- most an hour before the shat= C. Kirby. J. J. Shaw. J. K. membership takes steps to pre- Union in which we have so ginning of a new year for the tered Marore finally sled beGlass, T. Parker, J. L. Williams sent charges against the mem- much faith. officials of the S.IU. I am neath the water. Then, one by and W. Brook. sure that we will have a bigger one, the subs submerged leavber involved, "rhis brings back and better year than we had in ing the surviving crew alone in ' to mind the items that have been TAMPA  the past, although we can't com- the dark. The men were in three previously stressed by all offiBy PERSONALS  plain about the advantages that life boats. One of the boats succials of the Union, and those we gained in the past year, in ceeded in rigging a sail and D. L. PARK^ are that all Government bodies MOBTIMEB W. lACOX securing higher wages, condi- made port at Cape Hatteras. are keeping a sharp eye on all The other two boats, containing Your mother is worried about you. Labor Unions and the steps . This past week has been a tions, etc. 25 men, were sighted by a Navy Please write her at the next port. taken by the so called MILI- very busy one due to the fact What we need now is for all plane which directed a ship; to that we have had quite a few FRANK PALMER the ships to be armed, and a TANT MEMBERS and may their rescue. You have not filled out your Se- be classified as so-called DE- ships in, and a shortage of key higher bonus. iec|ive Service question blank. Take TRIMENTAL ACTS men for replacements. Now, Our lives are just as valuable All SIU Brothers are safe and care of it the next time you hit port. AGAINST THE UNITED since the P & O ships have as the Ship' Owners and as we ready to return to sea. CHARLIE KINDRDC STATES GOVERNMENT. been taken off the Havanna- are created equal I don't see Your lister is trying to locate you. Every black eye that the Union Miami run, we are getting lots why we shouldn't have all the Give the seamen^  Write to Mrs. Bessie Fancher, 3101 receives through phoney strikes of men on the beach. protection that is possible for GUNS and  RAtm  Washington Blvd., Chicago, III. and stoppages of work will so Bro. Biggs was over for a any one to have. m  MORE PORT  NEWS  MARORE  h  !  \ '«(.  4  J,  \  '  1  A  � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource March 4, 1942 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: THREE SIU SHIPS LOST IN 3 DAYS; RARITAN, CASSIMIR AND MARORE ARE CASUALTIES BOSTON UNION WINS INSURANCE BEEF THE STRANGE STORY OF THE "SEA OTTER"; YESTERDAY A HERO, TODAY A POOR FISH SHIPYARD WORKERS BLAST OPERATORS FOR FAILING TO ARM MERCHANT SHIPS GOV. REPORT SHOWS POVERTY OF WORKERS CASSIMIR SURVIVOR TELLS OF DIFFICULTIES IN LAUNCHING LIFE BOAT Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. IV, No. 8 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 3/4/1942 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1942 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/8df202bdd742d274ae6cd864fe2edfc1.PDF 457cb76ce762dcb00e6d58dbc5c07ca1 PDF Text Text ALL BUT ONE CS CREW POLLED; TRANSPORTATION VOTE BEOINS Seafarers To Choose From 2 Proposals Gov't Camp Will Vote By Mall Ballot Voting on the transportation rule got under way in all ports on Tuesday, March 1, as Sea­ farers lined up to express their choice of two proposals. Transportation for several months has been one of the hot­ test issues ever to engage the membership's interest. At coast­ wise membership meetings on February 9, it was decided that the entire matter ' could be re­ duced to two projpositions which could be placed on a referendum ballot, and such a ballot was authorized. Seafarers would then choose between them in demo­ cratic style. Voting will continue , through April 30. Headquarters has urged that everybody cast a ballot, so that the final result will clear­ ly express the membership's will. NEW YORK, March 4 —One more ship to go, and the Cities Service bargaining election will be over! Official Organ, Atlantic & Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of NA VOL. XI NEW YORK, N. Y., FRIDAY. MARCH 4, 1949 No. 9 Use Counting of the ballots and an­ nouncement of the results will await the arrival of the ballots from the Government Camp and the outcome of a court hearing being held in New York today. The hearing has been called to consider the temporary injunc­ tion granted Cities Service to im­ pound the ballots, pending dis­ position of the company's claim Former CS Men NO. 1 AND NO. 2 Proposed Transportation Rule No. 1 corresponds to the rule now in effect. It reads as follows; "Whenever transportation is due a crew under the terms of the contract, all hands must accept" that transportation and get off the ship, whereupon new replacements will be ship­ ped from the Union Hiring Hall." Proposed Transportation Rule No. 2 reads: "Whenever transport^ion is due a crew under the terms of the contract, those men who desire to stay on board the ship can do so, providing they do not collect transportation. Those men desiring transpor­ tation can collect same and, upon receipt of the money, shall get off the ship and re­ placements for those vacancies shall be shipped from the Union Hiring Hall." - The present transportation rule was adopted after negotiations last summer on the I'ecommendation of the Negotiating Commit­ tee, who presented a strong case in its favor. After the rule was adopted, many Seafarers ques­ tioned its wisdom and raised ob jections to it at ship and shoreside meetings and in letters to the LOG. Many others wrote or spoke to express warm support The House Committee on Mer­ chant Marine was .expected to for the rule. report the Bland Bill to the PRO AND CON floor of the House this,week in a revised form, it was learned Members asked that a referen­ from an authoritative Washing­ dum ballot on the transportation question be held. Headquarters, ton source. acting" in accord with normal, In addition to guaranteeing ab­ democratic SIU policy, recom­ solutely that 50 percent of all mended that the subject be giv­ foreign aid cargoes be carried in American ships regardless of en a thorough airing. point of origin, the bill is now Additional discussions were expected to include a provision held in all Branches and on the barring the inclusion of any for­ ships. For several weeks, a full eign aid cargoes carried by US page of the LOG was devoted, to military services in computing letters, pro and con. the 50-50 division. So that Seafarers can have a Significance of this clause de­ last chance to study the ques­ pends upon the number of car­ tion before voting, a sample bal­ goes carried by the Army. lot is reproduced on page 12 However, Seafarers should not of this issue of the LOG. rel^x their campaign for enact- Eight ships having already voted, final preparations were under way today to vote the ninth and final ship, the SS Gov­ ernment Camp, by mail in Mon­ tevideo, Uruguay. Men discharged from Cities Service ships since January I for any reason whatsoever are urged to get in touch with Lindsey Wil­ liams, SIU Director of Or­ ganization, immediately. Those who are unable to come to SIU Headquarters are urged to write giving all details of their employment and discharge.- SIU Headquajters is at 51 Beaver St., New York 4, N. Y. that it had not received sufficleht notice of the election to dele­ gate observers. Originally, the injunction had halted voting of the ships, but was modified upon protest of counsel for the National Labor Relations Board. MAIL VOTE Expectations are that, should the injunction be set aside, counting of the ballots will still not take place for several weeks because of the time involved in returning the ballots of the Gov{Continued on Page 3) Revised Bland Bill To Go Before House •'ii; v.<.,. ment of this bill. Headquarters officials warned. Even if it is reported to the House in this fairly desirable _ form, the bill must still pass the House and the Senate, they said, adding that the enemies of the bill would still do their utmost to block it. The House Committee on Mer­ chant Marine received the bill late in January after it had been drafted by Representative Schuy­ ler Otis Bland of Virginia. Sen­ ator Warren G. Magnuson of Washington introduced an iden­ tical bill into the Senate which has been refexTed to the Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee. The Bland-Magnuson Bill is the answer to ECA Administrator Paul G. Hoffman's attempt to re­ duce the participation of Amer­ ican ships and American seamen in Marshall Plan shipping. Early in December, Hoffman said that after the first of the year he would send no more Marshall Plan bulk cargoes un­ der the American flag. He said that American ship­ ping cost too much, and that there was a loophole in the pres­ ent 50 percent provision which allowed him to shift the bulk cargoes to foreign ships. Bulk cargoes loom large in the Marshall Plan, and the Hoffman proposal would have meant that 10,000 American seamen would be thrown out of work. Spearheaded by the A&G Dis­ trict, protests poured into Wash­ ington. Hundreds of labor unions, CIO as well as AFL, small locals as well as huge internationals, joined the Seafarers in the ^battle to save 10,000 jobs. As one voice they said that the high purpose of the Marshall Plan could not be achieved if American seamen were to be sacrificed along the way. The SIU and the unions who rallied to the battle made known their stand to Senatoi-s and Rep­ resentatives in Washington, many of whom were already aware of the threat to the mer­ chant marine. Paul Hoffman postponed the effective date of his order from January to February 1. Then as the protests mounted, he post­ poned it until April 1. (Continned on Page 11) �Page Two THE SEAFARERS LOC Friday, March 4, ld49 SEAFARERS LOG. Vublhhei Weekly by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 Entered as second class matter June 15, 1945, at the Post Office in New York, N. Y., under' the Act of August 24, 1912. 267 T-H Act In Action ' A situation which developed in New York early this week clinches the argument that the Taft-Hartley act must be consigned to the bottom of the deep blue—anc quick. On Monday morning, after contract negotiations between the giant Continental Baking Company and the AFL Teamsters, who deliver the company's products failed to produce an agreement, the 200 drivers involvec ;walked out. Immediately, the five other of the city's largest bakeries, who were not at all involved, locked out their employees. Close to 8,000 employees, most of them bakers, were thrown out of work. And the city of seven million people were shut off from 70 percent of their daily supply of bread. Schools as well as homes were affected. "The - people was shut off from 70 percent of its daily supply Purely and simply, the action of the big bread com­ panies is a secondary boycott. The five companies, who along with Continental, maintain a "union" representing management, took economic action against their employees by locking them out, although neither the companies nor their workers are involved in Continental's dispute. The Taft-Hartley law expressly forbids labor unions from using this weapon. By carefully allowing eipployers immunity from the secondary boycott' prohibition, the Taft-Hartley law says to management, in effect, "Go ahead boys, use anything in the books to put the boots to your workers. If the Hospital Patients When entering the hospital public happens to get kicked in the breadbasket in the notify the dtiegates by post­ process, that's their tough luck." card, giving your name and Organized labor long ago learned not to expect any­ the number of your ward. thing from the nation's press. None of the so-called public guardians has yet uttered a' single word in condemnation R. SCHERFFINS of the big dough boys' rank abuse of the 8,000 employees P. SADARUSKI yST. GARDNER who had been locked out. Nor have they pleaded a syllable H. STILLMAN in behalf of the city's seven million men, women and J. DENNIS children. The big baking combines are heavy advertisers, LIPARIA you see. E. PRITCHARD These axe the Union Brothers currently in the marine hospitals,, In fact, on the very morning that its news columns announced that the company combine "threw 7,700 per­ as reported by the Port Agents. These Brothers find time hanging STATEN ISLAND^ HOSPITAL heavity^on their hands. Do what you can to cheer them up by N. DORPMANS sons out of work," the New York Times cautioned Con­ writing'them. M. J. LUCAS gress not to be too hasty about getting rid of the Taft' MOBILE HOSPITAL J. MASONSGONG M. MENDELL Hartley law. "The public," said the Times, "has a vital J. L. BUCKELEW J. HOPKINS R. MOACK stake in the outcome..." POP HOBIN A. J. CAMERA C. SIMMONS And for once, the New York Times said a mouthful, LOUIS HOWARD J. RODRIGUEZ G. FOLEY O. O. MILLAN P. M. VANDEREIK F. KUMIUGA even if it didn't mean to. For the public always has a vital J. C. SHELDON EUGENE LEQRY C. BRESNAN , stake in issues between management and organized labor, F.STOKES WILLIAM J. SULLIVAN R. WILT especially when labor is on the short end of tlhe stick. NICK BOSANYI J. P. WETZLER R. COOTE Because, no matter how hard the Times and the rest of G. STEPANCHUK M. C. CARTER F. CHRISTY the "go-easy-on-management-crowd" tries to conceal the TIM BURKE J. REYES E. LAWSON ' J. GRANGAARD J. KIDD fact, the public and labor in this country are one and J. B. BERRIER K. JENSEN LESTER LORD si i the same. P. HUSEBY NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL t> t. X Let Senator Taft and his backers understand that in A. REIBUS BALTIMORE MARINE HOSP. J. LAFFIN. z democracy, management rates no special privileges and O. HARDEN C. AMELINK J. PUGH immunities aimed at hurting the nation's working men H. GJERDE E. MATTSSEN t. X . SSAVANNAH HOSPITAL iand women—the public, that is. W. WALKER A. DUNTON , L. E. HODGES W. MAUTERSTOCK (NEWS ITEM—^Bread prices have gone up despite a JOHNSTON A. C. McALPIN C. MOATS W. CURRIER decreases'in the prices of wheat and flour, results of a US S. KASMIRSKI C. REFUSE R. SHEDD Department of Agriculture survey reveal. A. C. PARKER J. PALMER C. CARROLL (The government agency found that between January W. ROSS C. BROWN ' t F. CHIAUETTA BOSTON MARINE HOSIPTAL and October 1948, farmers were getting 30 percent less T. LANEY J. E. GALLANT L. CALBURN for their wheat and the retail price of flour was down 15 J. CHASSEREAU VIC MILLAZZE R. HENDERSON ' W. HUGHES percent. During the period the retail price of bread rose F. A.LASAVICH S. CAPE P. WALSH • 0.7 percent to an all time high of 14.5 cents a pound. K. FERDINAND Gus CALLAHAN W. WISLCOTT Out of the 14.5 cents the consumer pays, 9.4 cents goes E. TORRES W. GIRADEAU V. SALLIN to the baker and retailer. A. WARD R. EVANS L. GORDAN (City Hospital) R. GRESWALD Si t * (The Securities and Exchange Commission announced L. TICKLE A. RAMAS R. SOUZA GALVESTON HOSPITAL that during the thitd quarter,of 1948 the six big baking E. RHAEDS G. BROWN J. MAESTRA companies showed profits of $103,606,000 compared with W. VAUGHAN I. SUCHEUITS L. WILLIAMSON • ^;$95,430,000 for the same period in the previous year.) W. LAMBERT ' P. DORSEY ; J. O'NEILL Men Now In The Nlwhe HospHnk �Friday, March 4, 1949 Mobile Outfit Expects To Have Six-Ship Fleet THE SEAFARERS LOG CS Gives Vacations — Permanent Ones CITIES SEiVICE OIL COMPANY Page Three Gov't Camp Mail Vote To End Election By CAL TANNER PNOOUCKNO • MPmntS • MAIIICBTmS MOBILE — All payoffs in this . NIW YOIK 9, N. Y (Continued from Page 1) port during the past week went •SVCMtV P|M* sratcT CASkt AOD«C«* MARINK DIVISION ernment Camp crew to New smoothly. Only a couple of CITflANCO York. minor beefs required attention NSW VONK on each of the ships paying off, The last of the ships to be '21 Dec 1948 and all were settled- to the satis­ voted in the United States was S/S Fort Hosklns faction of . all hands. the Salem Maritime, which voted at sea The payoffs took place aboard in Corpus JZ;hristi on March 1. the De Soto, Wild Ranger and Collin & GlsseX Previously the ship had been Claiborne, all Waterman ships, Houston ox* Lake Charles scheduled to vote in Bayonne, and the Cavalier, Alcoa's crack New Jersey, on February 22, but passenger .wagon. was halted by the injunction. Gentlemen: * On the sign-on side" for the The ship sailed before the in­ The bearer, Gil A* Vila,Z 816 879, has served aboard this vessel week were the Yaka, which junction was modified. as Messman and Ordinary Seaman from 11 July 1948 to the present date headed out for Hamburg with a The other post-injunction ship with the excefJtlon of one trip off 10/26 to ll/lO. cargo of nitrate; the Irenestar, to be voted was the Lone Jack, » During above time he has been sober,reliable and attentive to destined for ports in Greece; the which voted in Philadelphia on duty. ClaibcMrne, on continuous articles February 24. He expects .to take a vacation In the near fut\u*e and visit for runs to Puerto Rican ports; relatives in Oklahoma, ^ SHIPBOARD VOTING the Cavalier, which resumed her After his vacation,he' expects to report to the Gulf area for 17-day passenger trip to the Unlike the procedure forced re-employment• islands, and -the De Soto, which upon the NLRB in voting the I herewith recommend him for your consideration for re-employis on a coastwise run. first six ships, where the crews ment. In addition, the Alcoa Roamer were forced to leave the confines was in from New Orleans on in of the company property, the transit status. I V voting of the Salem Maritime The job situation was aided by Wi :en,llA8teF and Lone Jack was conducted calls for relief jobs on tugboats aboard' ship in the manner pre­ in the area. scribed by the NLRB and follow­ On Dec. 21, 1948, Gil Vila received the above glowing recommendation from the Skipper The Waterman Steamship Cor­ ed in all past elections in the of the Cities Service tanker, SS Fort Hoskins. On Feb. 19, he was fired from the same ship, poration turned the SS Governor maritime industry. commanded by the same Skipper, after the company learned he had received a telegram from Miller over to the Maine Steam­ In the early voting company the SIU notifying him of the collective bargaining election in the fleet. Vila is one of many ship Company this week, but it non-cooperation forced the crew wasn't a loss for the Union as crewmembers fired by Cities Service in whose behalf the Union has filed charges of unfair and of one ship to cast their ballots we managed to get a 100 percent outside the company gates in a discriminatory labor practices against the company. SlU crew on her for this trip. drenching rain. This crew is working under a The crew of another ship told Stf..dard SlU contract, which is of being pressured by the ship's to be signed in New Yoi-k. (Edi­ officers who, to discourage the tor's Note: The contract has al­ crew from voting, offered lliem ready been signed. Brothers.) overtime to stay aboard ship The Maine company hopes to loading supplies. have at least a half-dozen ships operating in the near future. In addition to the Salem Mari­ A few of the Liberties coming He had also warned me, after 1 time and Lone Jack, the other By RICHARD GRANT into this port are scheduled to had been turned down three ships whose crews have balloted be sold later on and the Maine For putting out clean sheets times, not to order milk again. are: the Fort Hoskins, which outfit is bidding on them. We once a week and feeding the Every item of food was kept voted on February 20 at Staten will keep the membership in­ crew to the best of my ability, to a minimum and seconds were Island. New York; the Winter formed of developments through 1 was fired from the Ai'chers not allowed. All this on a ship Hill and Bents Fort, both voted the medium of the SEAFARERS that was supposedly feeding on February 21 in the Boston Hope when the ship stopped off LOG. twice as well as the rest of the area; the Royal pak, which voted To those who are wondering in Braintree, Mass., on Febru­ fleet. 1 can't imagine how the February 21 at Pettys Island, where some of their Union ary 15. other crews stay alive. They New^Jersey; the Bradford Island, Brothers are at the moment, we When the ship tied^ up in the must bring their own food with which voted *on February 22 at Lake Charles, Louisiana. can say the following oldtimers Massachusetts port, the company them. are on the Mobile beach: H. G. Harris, O. Dedeaux, G. L. Quinn, Port Steward was there waiting G. Forwood, C. Morse, S. B. for me. He told me 1 was $900 Sikes, C. L. Harvey, C. Browers, over in my laundry bills for M. Ackerman, R. Tucker, P. B. ten months, and had been feed­ ing thfe crew twice as much as Gladden and C. Spencer. any other CS ship. He told me By JOHN SULLIVAN 1 would be given the chance to quit, but 1 noticed h^ had the 1 was fired from the Royal new Steward with him. Oak the morning after she was On the night of March 1, RICHARD GRANT •When 1 asked him what the voted in the Port of Philadel­ the SIU's stand on the crews wei'e eating on the other phia. 1 was a Messman on the B 1 a n d-Magnuson Bill was ships, he didn't answer, but said they actually ran in the neigh­ ship. aired over radio station the food would have to be cut borhood of $65. WEVD in New York by Bill down. He said that having the laun­ It was like this: Henderson and A1 Bernstein. dry done in Lake Charles had Stores came on at midnight, The two Seafarers appeared < I replied that 1 couldn't face cost too much money and 1 while 1 was ashore. 1 was fired the men after feeding them the should have had the work done for not standing by to receive on the program "Labor lousy food. The Port Steward in New York. Actually there is stores. Yet nobody had told me Front," a forum conducted by told me that anyone who practically no difference in the to stand by, and it was common Joseph Tuvim, an official of squawked about the quality or rates. practice for us to go ashore un­ the International Ladies Gar­ quantity of the food would be der the circumstances. ment Workers Union. He also said the food bills fired. He wasn't talking to me were too high; meat bills were Funny thing was that 1 was Tracing the background of . the Bland-Magnuson Bill, anymore. I was finished. He twice as high as on other ships ashore with three other men waved the new Steward aboard and he implied that 1" should from the Stewai-ds Department. Bernstein and Henderson to take over.^ have cut costs fifty percent all .They were three other Messmen told of the winter-long fight Although 1 was finished, 1 and the • Second Cook. If 1 to defeat the "Hoffman Plan" along the line. wanted to find out what 1 had He a.lsQ told me that the com­ missed the stores they missed to scuttle the American mer­ done that was so terrible. 1 had pany didn't like me eating with them, too. But 1 was the only chant marine. They also JOHN SULLIVAN showed why the Bland-Mag­ been aboard thr®e Cities Serv­ the crew. 1 didn't bother to tell one to be canned. nuson Bill minus the Mari­ ice ships, where I spent over a him that I didn't enjoy hearing The Captain said he wanted other kind of black mark on my time Commission's crippling year doing my job: The Can- the officers rake the crew across to make'an example of me." tigny iov three months and the the coals for three solid hours 1 don't see how it could have record. amendments, should be en­ However, the Assistant Port Bents Fort for one trip. I had daily. been anything else but Union ac­ acted now. Stewai-d for Cities Service in been Steward of the Archers I also didn't bother to tell him tivity that got me fired. Henderson and Bernstein New York had been Steward on Hope for ten months, before ^e I had been sailing on Cities how miserable his slashing of took advantage of the occa­ the Abiqua when I was on her. Port Steward decided that I was Service for just over four years, requisitions had made life aboard sion to thank publicly the He and the Cook on the Abiqua coddling the crew. ever since the end of 1944. There the ship. hundreds of unions which knew I was interested in the never had been a complaint He had stopped me on a pre­ The Port Steward told me that have rallied to the SIU's side SIU. about my work. There wasn't a vious trip from requisitioning my laundry bills were running in the struggle. So it seems fairly obvious. over a $100 a trip, although fresh fruit, juices and vegetables. single log against me, or any J CS Steward Fired Per Giving Men Ciean Linen And Decent Chew Messman Fired For Union Artivitf After Four Years With CS Fleet SIU On The Air �t • '•••••I't ;•; ••t:-^f,<'^i.-,ivtrK{ftSji'S'ftr^' v^f,;> ' >'• Vs •' ,.., •• . -r • "• • • : , , ' THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Four Frisco Calling All Seafarers: West Coast Busting With Jobs SEAFARERS ON ITU PICKETLINES By FRENCHY MICHELET ' SAN FRANCISCO—A shipping boom is in full swing here on the West Coast. There is a des­ perate need for manpower on vessels sailing from.ports in this area. Tripcarders having a little dif­ ficulty getting out in other -ports have found the Pacific Coast the answer to their problem. The more than 200 permitmen who came out here recently in search of jobs have all been shipped out. So, all hands—especially tripcarders—who are anxious to Sfiip out pronto should hot foot it out here in a hurry—and don't stop to tie your shoelaces. Ship­ ping here is nothing short of terrific. - We haven't time to go into -the reasons for this happy state of affairs. At the moment we're only concerned with the fact that the ships are here and man­ power is needed to sail them. ally impossible for us to come in and take each man by the hand and lead him out here, otherwise we'd probably be do­ ing just that. NEW ROUTINE Up to this time, everything has been going out and nothing Ijas been coming here. But that's all over foj; awhile because ship's are now beginning to roll in here for payoffs. That means more sign-ons, and additional crewing up problems. We've tried to be as blunt as possible in this report in tipping off the permitmen on the job possibilities that exist out here. But seeing is believing. So we'll tell you what we're gonna do! Just step up a little closer Brothers and see if you don't wind up on a ship—but fast.' This photo, taken on Washington's Birthday, shows some of the 49 SIU A&G District men who marched alongside fel­ low-unionists of the AFL International Typographical Union in front of Griscom Publications plant. Glen Cove. Long Island. It was the second time in two weeks the AFL seamen aided the printers, who have been locked out by the company. Griscom publishes a chain of weekly community newspapers. Smooth Payoffs, Shipping Please Baltimore By WILLIAM (Curly) RENTZ tion: the men's quarters were in any of the gains we have fought so hard for lost as a result of very good shape. This is the second time we BALTIMORE — Fair shipping Some of the vessels may look an irresponsible man's actions. have issued an urgent appeal. marked the final week in Feb­ as though- they need painting That Skipper sure knows what As was pointed out in last week's ruary in the Port of Baltimore, from the outside, but that's I he is talking about. And it was report, the last call for aid which with 16 ships paying off in first- something the Skippers have to a pleasure to hear him talk the we sent to other ports was an­ class style. decide. way he did. swered by more than 200 per­ The payoff ships were the Rob­ He was mainly concerned with UNION-MINDED SKIPPER mitmen, among others. Every­ in Kirk, Robin Wentley, Robin one character who had charges one of these men has found a Doncaster and Robin Mowbray; One of the ships paying off placed against him for carrying berth and again we're faced Penmar, Massmar and Oremar, had a bit of trouble concerning a gun in his belt and for trying with the problem of where to Calmar Line; Marore, Chilore, loggings, but everything was to intimidate the Mates. For this get crews in a hurry. and Feltofe, Ore Line; Marina, straightened out. The difficulties and other reasons, drunkenness In view of this decidedly Edith and Mae, Bull Line; John were caused principally by foul- among them, he had to be placed healthy shipping situation, per­ B. Waterman, Robert Ingersoll, ups. in irons for four days. mitmen, at .least, should shove Waterman; and St. Augustine The Skipper dropped some of To show you what kind ,of off for the area where the econ­ Victory, Isthmian. the logs although he felt that a guy he was, at the payoff he omic climate seems to be the With the exception of one the equivalent of the sums in­ told the Patrolman to fake his most agreeable. payoff, everything went smooth­ volved should have gone into book and keep it, that he wasn't going to sail any more. Although we wish we could ly from start to finish. All hands the Union's strike fund. do more than just urge job- on each ship were present when He said he believed in what The Patrolman got a big kick seekers to start making tracks payoff time rolled around. The Unions stand for and he didn't out of that. He said it was one for the West Coast, it is physic- ships were left in clean condi­ want to stand around and see book he was very happy to reSECOND CALL Friday. March 4, 1949 Two CS Tankers Vote InPhilly BY JAMES SHEEHAN PHILADELPHIA — Shipping slowed down again in this port after a period of brisk activity. There just weren't any ships paying off. Howeyer, we .did vote a couple of Cities Service tankers. One, was the SS Royal Oak. Let's say right here that the boys on her were mighty glad to have the chance to cast their ballots. , How did they vote? "Well, down here we have our guess. "What's .yours? One thing is certain: The boys sure know what they were vot­ ing for. The other Cities Service ship we voted was the SS Lone Jack. That was the ship that was sup­ posed to be voted in the first election a year ago, but didn't get back in time. Needless to say, things aboard the Jack were pretty much the same as things aboard the Oak. We think we know how things went on her. That was that for Philadelphia. However, when you come to think of it, voting two Cities Service ships here in a week is an indication of how things will be when the company comes un­ der contract. A couple of ships a week are a couple of ships a week in any, port. Meanwhile, let's keep going on the Bland-Magnuson Bill. The Union, the industry and the country need that bill if we are going to have any merchant marine at all. Too many people just don't know what a merchant marine is or why we need it. That's all for-this week. Let's hope we get some ships to report the next week we check in. Sugar Season Brings PR Sweet Shipping By SAL COLLS SAN JUAN — Puerto Rico's 1949 sugar season is officially under way and as a result the shipping picture" is favorable. PY JOE ALGINA that a ship will be waiting. Per­ We've got a beef. This Union mitmen here might find . their has felt the full effects of the ceive. This character is one foul Ships are now leaving the island NEW YORK — Shipping here wait for a ship indefinite during T-H Law in action and we dpn't ball the Union doesn't need. His ports carrying sweet cargoes to has come to a near standstill. We this period of slow shipping. It's the north. First to leave port like it. Congress was supposed kind doesn't deserve a book. can't blame it on the weather, an idea anyway. with a load of sugar was our to have a mandate to throw the it's just that the ships aren't SIGN-ONS SMOOTH own 88 Suzanne, Bull Lines. law in the ashcan when it re­ NOTHING YET coming in. Lads on the beach here will turned to Washington two The sign-ons were all run Every once in awhile we give months ago, but the more they have ample opportunity to catch We handled a few ships and through in good style. Among up on their reading now that we also sent a few men to Philadel­ Arnold Bernstein Steamship piddle around "the more it looks thd ships" shoving off were a few phia and Baltimore in response Company a buzz to learn if any­ like the same" old law. have built a library in the Hall. Robin Line ships, the first time Already there are some 250 to manpower calls. Outside of thing has developed on their re­ in a long while any of this ACTS AGAINST SIU books, which have been donated this and the handful of ships that quest to operate two passenger Under the T-H Act this Union company's vessels have signed by the membership from time arrived, the port was cold and ships in the European trade. on in Baltimore. to time. barren for Seafarers. This week we called again, but was sued by ' a steamship com­ The ships are going on the pany was hamstrung at every There has been a crying need The few ships we did handle we didn't get any good news. European run, carrying grain. turn in the Cit,ie.s Sei-vice cam­ for such a library for a long were the Steel Voyager, Kathryn, According to the company, the Eventually they are expected to paign, and suffered harm in­ time. We are happy to announce, Maritime Commission has post­ Carruth, Seatrains Texas and resume their original schedules, directly as a result of the West therefore, that any member hit­ poned their appeal again, and the New York, the Daniel H. Lownscompany has no idea when a Coast strike. All this because of but for the time being they will ting this beach can now invest dale. be going out of this port—and his time profitably by browsing the Taft-Hartley Act. Sign-ons we took care of were final ruling will be made. We can't say we don't like hav­ around our new "" library. We _ the Steel Traveler and Robin The issue is still a live one, Fortunately, we got aroimd the ing them. hope to see the number of Wentley. In-transit ships, usually however, and the company is ban on the Hiring Hall, but that volumes increase as time goes on. optimistic. was not through any help of the It was with deep regret that a steady source of replacement The fact that Headquarters is Other maneuvers in Washing­ law writers. They wanted to we learned of the death of the calls, were also few this week. interested in a welfare plan has Chief Engineer of the Bull Line's Maybe, this will break the ton that are of great concern to end that too. caused some comment among the We've managed to keep out of 88 Mae. He was one swell guy. gloom in these parts. We've the SIU, and are being given just members. From what has been heard that the West Coast is a as much a run-around as the the line of fire of some of the He lived up to the union rules said on the subject, it appears Bernstein appeal, are the tactics more deadlier blows of the law, and he understood the aims and permitman's paradise. More jobs that the boys are highly in favor being employed in the Senate but not through any help from a problems of unions. than men, says Frenchy Michelet, of the project undertaken, at Labor Committee to rewrite the supposedly pro-labor Congress." the San Francisco Agent. He was buried at sea, which Headquarters. All hands are new labor bill into a close re­ Just because a guy has man­ Well, it's a long and expensive semblance to the old Taft-Hart­ aged to avoid being killed by a is the way he wanted it. All mighty curious about the possi­ trip, but maybe it wouldn't be ley Act. run-away horse is no reason why hands on the Mae have always bilities the Union's survey may a bad bet for a permitman to Every Senator has his own pet the animal shouldn't be roped hgd a good word for the Chief. reveal. grab a bus to the West Coast. amendment, warmed over from and tied. And I guess, it goes without After all, the cost of a bus trip the T-H Act, which he feels It looks like the politicians There are very few guys of his saying that another item of in­ is no more than the expense of should be carried over to the who were sent in to do a corral- caliber around these days. 'The terest to men on the 8an Juan living here for a couple of new law. While they haggle and ing job have forgotten their boys here in Baltimore and those beach is the shoregang available weeks. hamstring, \4e Taft-Hartley Act duty. Like all politicians they're on the Mae know that a good here. These jobs always help out. Out there assurances are good goes on its merry way. guy has crossed the -bar. looking out for themselves. New York Echoes Frisco Pleas—Go West �Friday. March 4, 1949 YOUR MOVE, BROTHER THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Fire Welfare. Funds Must Satisfy Many Laws, Be Carefully Planned ministered by a three-man board The Conference Board points on which sit representatives of out that a pension plan should the United Mine Workers, the be checked with the Treasury employers and the general pub­ Department's Commissioner of lic. Internal Revenue, but this is a The board has authority to warning to employers rather determine the best Way to in­ than unions. vest surplus funds within the MORE TO COME limits of the law governing "ir­ How much the Seafarers In­ revocable trusts." ternational Union has - to con­ The. new plan covering the cern itself with these questions members of the International and others like it in planning a Longshoremen's Association is welfare program depends on administered by three represen­ what benefits the Union demands tatives of the union and three and upon the laws of the state of the employers, with provision in which the SIU's plan is for a seventh man to serve as a drafted. neutral member if it becomes de­ In a subsequent article the Checker enthusiasts in the New York Hall got a'Chance to sirable. laws governing union welfare perform some slick maneuvers recently in a tournament held To create and maintain the plans will be explored at great­ in the recreation' room. Photo above was taken shortly after welfare fund, the employers pay er length. Also to be explored contests got under way. 2V2 cents per man-hour worked. are the kinds of securities in The board has the right to re­ which welfare trusts can invest. duce the benefit payments if the In general, welfare plans have fund becomes insufficient t^ war­ been found to have a stabilizing rant paying the full amounts. effect on both unions and com­ panies. Most of the arguments COMMON PRACTICE A more common way to build which employers have voiced up a welfare fund is to have against them have proved base­ Laughlin readily admitted the the employer contribute—but not less. There is no reason to be­ When permitman Frank X. Mc­ deed. His new papers were taken deduct from employees' pay—a lieve that things would be any Laughlin went before the Coast away from him forthwith, and percentage of his payroll, per­ different in the maritime in­ Guard last December 17th, he he was ordered to report four haps two percent or three per­ dustry. 'was a guilty man. He admitted Employers have maintained days later for a preliminary cent. it. Guilty of misconduct—guilty that such plans were too ex­ hearing. The practice of having both of having altered a medical re­ pensive for success, but this has At that time his original Wip­ employer and union represented port eight months before in New not proved correct. er's certificate was returned, but on the administrative board is Orleans. In finding him guilty. They have insisted that wel­ he was told that sometime in the quite common, and in large in­ Examiner Charles E. Wythe was fare plans would make the em­ future he would be brought to dustries public representatives only carrying out the technical ployees lazy and inefficient, be­ trial. are often called in. Welfare dut^' of a minor government of­ cause life would become too Subsequently he shipped on plans have reached a stage where ficial. easy. Things have not turned out the SS Howard A. Kelley and they follow one or another of But one wonders if Mr. Wythe then on the SS Sf. Augustine several fairly well-defined forms. that way. did exceed his full duty when Victory—and it was on this ship Once an administrative board A member in good standing he filed veteran McLaughlin's in San Pedro, on December 16, and the mechanics of collecting of a union with a welfare plan appeal, took his seamen's papers 1948, that the Coast Guard came contributions from the employer knows that his union has in­ indefinitely, and left him—dis­ aboard and ordered him to ap-- have been set up, there comes creased his economic security abled—without a means of livilipear the next day for trial. the question of what to do with and, if anything,' he becomes a hood, or a way to support his more effective worker in his own The Chief Engineer of the the money. dependent mother? and his union's interest. ship promptly wrote out the In the plan won by the ILA Did the punishment fit the following recommendation on on the East Coast last autumn, crime? In China "breaking a FRANK X. MCLAUGHLIN company stationery; it is believed that the money man's rice bowl" is considered paid in this year will just about the most serious of punishments. complaint—McLaughlin knew his "To Whom It May Concern: "This is to certify that Frank balance the claims against it. When Mr. Wythe broke Bro­ job. The only chance for a sui'plus ther McLaughlin's rice bowl, he Twice he . applied for indorse­ X. McLaughlin has worked for not only meted out a terrible and ments covering the jobs he was me in the.capacity of Wiper to develop would be through lasting punishment for him and successfully holding, and-Was re­ on the above named ship dur­ refunds on life insurance poli­ By WILLIAM McKAY his mother, but he undid a long fused only because his eyes were ing the period from Septem­ cies. Accordingly, there is* no ber 4, 1948 to October 5, 1948, necessity at present for the ILA TACOMA — Except for han­ process of successful rehabilita­ not perfect. tion for a disabled veteran—and Then on the 23rd of April, and from November 30, 1948 to worry about the problem of dling the crew of the' Winthrop investing the money safely to Mai-vin and the payoff of the one in which the Union had last year, he took the written ex­ to present date. "During this time I have obtain additional income. That Governor Dixon, which has been played no small part. aminations for Electrician, Deck problem may come later when sold to another company, this found him punctual, willing Engineer, Oiler,- and FiremanSIU HELPS and of sober deportment, also , the surplus accumulates. port has been veiy quiet. In line with its policy of giv­ Watertender .in IVew Orleans, his work has been satisfactory, The payoff of the Dixon was a TAX FREE ing preference to ex-service men, and passed them all satisfactor­ in every respect. simple task to handle as only However, many union welfare the Union issued permit number ily. "Respectfulljr, eight men of the crew were SIU. funds do accumulate surpluses, Certificates for these ratings 5797 to McLaughlin, February "(signed) Roland W. Kohse The ship was one of those and it is necessary to decide were written out on the spot 25, 1947, and he shipped out as "Chief Engineer crewed up in b hurry after the what to do with the extra money and handed to him. Then he was Wiper. "SS St. Augustine Victory" West Coast strike, and all sorts which eventually can be used to told to take his physical exam­ It was a long step back on the This is the stoi-y- Now what? finance additional benefits. Fre­ of characters were signed on road to independence and use­ ination— the bugaboo that had How is this man to make a quently this money is invested when we didn't have enough fulness for this man who had stalked him so long. men to go around. •been discharged from the Army After the usual examination, living? Because of his disability, in Government bonds. in October, 1945, with 30 per­ the doctor circled the word "in­ it will be very difficult for him There are state and federal During the Dixon's trip the cent disability—a man who had competent" with a lead-pencil, to enter another line of work. laws governing trusts to be com­ crew tried to put- some union been wounded twice, and had and told him to take the report The Union had done what it plied with, and tax require­ spirit into the rest of the crew, could to help a determined vet­ ments to be met or properly but they tell me that it was a gone through five campaigns in back to the issuing official. complete waste of time. Some of eran who refused to remain a avoided. Europe, including the Normandy McLaughlin was desperate. His the crewmembers were from On taxes, the employer ac­ burden to the Government, and goal was so near. Advancement, Invasion. other unions and some did not tually get quite a break. Any­ wanted to make his own way. steady employment, and more Taking this job also meant know what a union was. thing he contributes to health, TERRISLE JUDGMENT take-home money for himself that McLaughlin had forfeited Every morning I scan the har­ accident or similar benefits is Now the Coast Guard has ren­ and his mother, whom he had his right to his disability pension bor for the sight of an SIU ship deductible as an ordinary busi­ dered a judgment. His original been supporting since joining of forty-one dollars a month. If he could support himself, he the Army—a well and "compe­ Wiper's license (which is not de­ ness expense, the National In­ that might have become lost in wanted no payment for having tent" man—in 1942 were almost pendent upon physical examina­ dustrial Conference Board points the fog and wandered into Ta­ coma harbor, but what do I see: done his duty during wartime. in his grasp. He walked out. tion) is being taken from him. out. ships flying the flags of every ' Conscientious and ambitious, On a quick impulse, he erased If the man were a performer, A welfare fund that is selfcountry except this one. When a insured must be set up, so that McLaughlin worked for advance­ the circle around the word "in­ weed-hound or pilferer, whose U.S. flag ship does come into it is not taxed as an insurance ment. He studied for higher rat­ competent" and circled the word depredations had threatened the this port the longshoremen wqrk company. In general, any one welfare of others, the Union ings. Soon he was shipping as "competent." like dbmons loading or unload­ starting a pension or profit-shar­ would support strong corrective He presented the altered med­ Fireman or as Oiler. ing her Jn hope that they may ing plan is up against federal measures. The Commissioners were glad ical report at the desk. The offi­ see her again soon. tax laws at every step, but in But it is hard to understand cial frowned. He had already to sign him on in these ratings with only a Wiper's certificate, gotten another report from the how a single mistake, committed the end the employer can dodge According to the regulars when men were short. Commis­ doctor's office. He accused Mc­ on the spur of the moment, as being taxed on his- contributions. around this port, the presence of sioners thus accepted him in Laughlin of. having falsified the was McLaughlin's, can be deem­ However, a retired worker re­ three American ships in port at ed sufficient cause for such dras­ ceiving a pension has to pay a one time is almost occasion New York, New Orleans and report. enough to declare a holiday. tax on his retirement pay. Baltimore. And there was no Crestfallen and penitent, Mc­ tic punishment. One of the basic factors of all welfare plans is financing. Fin­ ancing must come before a sin­ gle benefit is paid, regardless of the kind of benefit or benefits desired. Naturally the amount of money required is determined by ac­ tuarial expectahcy of the num­ ber of claims to be made and the actual amount per^claim. But, Once these problems are solved, come the problems of how to collect the money and how to administer it. In previous articles we have seen how some other unions have solved these problems. In the bituminous coal fields, the employers pay 20 cents a ton into the fund which is ad- A Question To The Coast Guard: Did The Punishment Fit The Crime? US Ships A Rare Sight In Tacoma �Psge Six THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, March 4, 1949 SHIPS' MINUTES ilMD NEWS Edward Buckley, Pastry Architect, Builds Sweets And Goodwill On Ship The Rules Don't Mean Nuthin'' To Old Blackie Seafarer Edward R. (Buck) Buckley is convinced that the way to a ^Submitted by a crewmemseaman's heart is through his stomach. In his 21 years in the Stewards De­ ber of the SS Nathaniel partment, Buck asserts he's never been called a bellyrobber. Buck doesn't Palmer.) consider this phenomenon We. were attending a Union' "*'1 Broiheri Buckley posee with meeting at the Savannah Hall. It any accident, either. o' file products of his cul- : When it comes to feeding his shipmates, Brother Buckley feels it's that little bit of extra effort that makes the difference be­ tween a well-fed,' happy crew and a disgruntled one. SWEET STUFF Since joining the SIU in 1939, Ed Buckley has put in most of his time as a Baker-Pastry Chef on the passenger ships. That's the job at which he gets the chance to do the most good. It is said his confections would soothe the sweet-tooth of any seaman. Just ask any lad with a passion for pastry who has sailed with Buck. Like most first-class bakers, Ed has a bit of the artist in him and it's on big passenger ships like the Del Norte on which he gets the opportunity to prove his talent for design. From luscious­ ly frosted Valentines to massive skyscrapers of cake, it's all in the day's work for Brother Buck­ ley. LEATHER PUSHER ' ^ . inary efforts. Crewmembers of Norte, his ship at the time, claim that Brother Buckley was being modest here, he can produce skyscrapers in pastry, if put to the task. Apropos of St. Valentine's day he settles for a festooned h^art-shaped cake. ^inai . We now have to get him a per­ mit. He'll makfe a good SIU map. Blackie has plenty of members who will sign for him. P. S. We caught the Captain talking to Blackie .from the was warm that night, so the front door was ajar. Blackie bridge yesterday. Blackie is a came to the door, pushed it open very popular dog. and walked in. The man at the door asked him for his book Blackie looked at him, but did not stop. He went over to a chair, jumped up in it and sat down. He stayed for the meet­ ing. After the meeting Blackie followe4 some of the Brothers to a ginmill for a bottle of beer. Seafarers aboard Robin Line When the boys left for the ship they called a cab. Blackie piled vessels touching South African in and went to the ship, where ports are being urged to forego fresh milk because lack of pas­ he made himself at home. We sailed the next day. The teurization plus the prevalence Captain found Blackie on board. of tuberculosis among the dairy He said Blackie would have to herds supplying milk to the port leave the ship at the next port. cities. A clipping from the Capetown The deck delegate stood up for Blackie. Blackie-has done noth­ Argus, forwarded to the LOG by ing to be fired for, and the Cap­ the Steward of a Robin Line tain refused to pay him off, so it ship, reported the unhealthy looks like Blackie will have to state of the South African dairy lerds. stay. The newspaper account re­ ported that dairy men do not want to go to the trouble or the expense of installing the pasleurizing equipment necessary to render milk fit to drink. The clipping also reported that "there s not one herd of cattle supplyng milk for Capetown dairies were in Penang. Brother Aqua- that is entirely free of tuber­ tania joined the SIU in August, culosis." 1947, and held permit No. 9388. The Steward who supplied the He is survived by a sister, G. clipping noted that conditions Aquitania of Manila, Philippine were worse on the East Coast Islands. of Afi'ica. South African Milk Impure, Men Warned 2^iApatcLeA Buck's start in life was any­ thing but delicate. In 1925 he Austin H. Jackson, covery of Brother Meyers body took a crack at amateur fisticuffs 20,Seafarer disappeared overboard from was reported to the LOG by in his native New Orleans. Ed the SS Trinity on January 29 Ship's Delegate Olin Bourne. stayed right in there and flailed while the ship was in the Arab­ away with the best of the Ninth ian^ Sea enroute to Ras Tanura. Meyers held Boo*k No. 28206 and had been a member of the ward's simon pures. His peepers His body was not recovered. weren't too strong, however, and When. Jackson's disappearance SIU since 1943. He sailed in the he hung up the gloves rather was discovered, a search was engine department. According to than run the risk of a perman­ made of the area traveled by the Union records his next of kin CIRCLING THE CIRCLE CLUB BAR is his father Jacob Meyers. ent eye injury. ship, but without reward. Following his dip in the pugi­ On the return from Ras Tan­ listic pool, Buckley took to the ura the ship was halted at the Word has been received of the road in conventional "king of spot where Jackson was believed death of , William Soule, 45, in the road" style — he rode the lost and a memorial service held. the San Francisco Marine Hos­ rails as a hobo. An ankle in- In tribute a cross and wreath pital on February 16. Brother Soule held Permit No. 7401 and jury put the skids to his travels. were cast upon the sea. As a contribution to Jackson's sailed in the Stewards depart­ SAW CHANGES next of kin, his sister, Mrs. Mar- ment. He had been a member of In 1928, Buck went to sea.' S^ret Dorsey of Tampa, Florida, the SIU since 1947. Union rec­ Eleven years later he made what collected from the offi- ords list his next of kin as his father, George Soule of Plymphe ^regards as the one of the unlicensed crew. "smartest moves of my life," — Jackson was Oiler on the ton, Mass. Brother' Soule was he joined the SIU. He can't for- Trinity at the time of his death, buried by the Union. get the old days when he sailed had been a member of the S" 4> 4" for $35 per month. Buck thinks since August, 1948, when he Seafarer George Davis, 55, died it's the duty of Union oldtimers transferred from the SUP. He in San Francisco on February 16, according to a report received to impress the newer men with held Book No. 34771. from the San Francisco Agent. the changes Unionism has 4 4 ft wrought in seafaring. The body of 58-year-old Sea- Davis had been a member of m,- . u-Tx .11. ^^rer Charles D. Meyers was the SIU since 1947 and sailed There's a possibility that ^ as AB. Surviving him is his mo­ Gathered at the Club with their host William Bright well Buck's young SOP may follow his P»rt Elisabeth, Union of ther, Mary Davis of New York (extreme right) are. left to right—Edna, barkeep; Johnny to the sea. Not as a Baker, j « City. He held Book No. -102295. Hayes and his wife; Bobbie, barmaid; Malcolm Cross, SIU however R'Sht now the lad is disappeared ovi the He was buried by the Union. member, and Mrs. Brightwell. tinkering with Diesel engines. side of the Robin Sherwood on it t Brother Buckley was married 'January 16, while the ship was Jose Aquatania, 2nd Cook on Enterprising Seafarers Walter at the Grill. The Club and Grill, on Sept. 1, 1931, after a court- [ anchored at the roadstead in that the Steel Maker succumbed to Brightwell and Jack Kelly are both popular places for Sea­ ship that began while he was port. a heart attack in Penang, Mal­ farers in the area; are located doing a shoreside stint in a New Burial was in Port Elizabeth aya, on February 12. Brother satisfying customers with food at 2327 Church Street. Brother Orleans bakery. He v^s all at and was handled by the Sea- Aquatania was ashore when and drink at the Circle Club and Brightwell has served as an of­ sea over a gal who was working men's Mission in that port, stricken and died while enroute Circle Grill in Galveston, Texas. ficial of the SIU and sails as in the same shop. It's rumored j Crewmembers of the Sherwood to the General Hospital. He was Brother Brightwell operates the Bosun; Kelly, in putting up the that until they were married donated $100 to the Mission to 49 years old at the time of his Club, where fine liquors fiow, dinners, draws heavily on his Buck was putting apples in all purchase a wreath and a grave death. and next door Brother Kelly experience as a Steward aboard. stone. The report on the re- Funeral services and burial sets up the beer and dinners SIU ships. the peach pies. • �as Fnday, March 4. 1949 THE SEAFARERS EOG Page Seven >- • Digested Minutes Of SiU Ship Meetings cepted unanimously. Deck dele­ SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY. gate Scott, engine delegate Welch Feb. 16—R. Aram|, Chairman; and stewards delegate Lowry re­ Mclntyre, Secretary. Minutes "of ported on status of their respec­ - previous, meeting read and ac­ tive departments. .Ship's dele­ cepted. Delegates gave .their re­ gate stressed that 'no gasports. Motion carried that black hounds were allowed aboard gang iron out their time off ship. Those who want to get • among themselves. Deck and ste­ gassed up land not turn to were wards departments are satisfied warned to stay off the Noonday. with this method. Messman re^ -• Motion by Dickenson that last quested all hands to return cups standby clean up pantry and and glasses to messroom. All messhall was carried. Discussion men urged to exercise care in on purchase of washing machine handling of washing machine for crew's use. One minute of after it has been repaired. Crew­ men were asked to donate money meeting. One minute of silence silence in memory of all Brothers in any amount to help defray for Brothers lost at sea. Account­ lost at sea. icost of movies shown aboard for ing of money in ship's fund was XXX WILIAM CARRUTH. Feb. 13 crew. It was -pointed out that made at meeting. —^Tex Berry. Chairman; A1 Defilms cost about $40 a trip; bills TE<e /^ONThlS OF "DlSCiJS&lON AT SHIP X Forest, Secretary. Two crewand receipts for money spent SANFORD%B. t, "vXMD 6HO/5ESIPE MEETINGS.AAIDTHRU DOLE. Dec. 12— for this purpose are posted on K. Foster. Chairman; J. MegilL membei's, delegated the task, ex­ -THE LOS, \/0Tit4(90NlH£. the bulletin board for all hands Secretary. Previous meeting's plained why they had not been -n^AHSpORTATlOAr KE1%REN1>UM BBSAN to inspect at any^ time. Sug­ minutes accepted. Check to be able to exchange the ship's li­ -THIS WEEK - AMP WILLQCMTIMUE "THRU gested that all men turn books made to to see what repairs have brary. Delegates reported no /APPIL 30, NOW IS THE TIME TO SfATt WR over to department delegates up­ been made. Lyons elected Ship's beefs in their departments. Dele­ POSITION POSITIVELY. WHAT you SAY/N on arrival in New York for pay­ Delegate by acclamation. Captain gate Gene Hallaway thanked THE VOTIHG BOOTHS WILL THE RULE OF crewmembers for the gift of off; asked for copy of minutes of THE UNION SO flowers and candy sent to his its; meetings held on last trip. Mo­ MEREDITH VICTORY. Feb. 2 tion carried that no copies of wife who is hospitalized. He L. O. Sipe. Chairman; James meetings are to be given to any­ also i-eported that effort is being Miller. Secretary. Delegates re­ one without orders from the made to straighten out the Mate, ported the number of books and crew. Steward is to see what who has made unusual interpre­ permits in their departments. can be done about getting milk tations of the overtime section of Motion by Electrician that ship's here (Aruba). It appears that the agreement. Suggestion made delegate see Captain to have there is a man in the crew who that educational literature be dis­ fresh water tank repaired. Sug­ is cai'rying stories to the Captain. tributed to men and read. One By HANK gestion made that Steward stock Discussion was held on -what minute of silence for Brothers more lemons. Motion carried to measures would be adopted if lost at sea. One of the rarest hats we've ever seen on any Brother splicing have a new chairman at each this man is caught. One minute his time on the New York beach is the western fedora on Rocky meeting so as to give everyone of silence for Brothers lost at Milton's head. Say, Rocky, is that an eight-gallon or ten-gallon experience in conducting a meet­ sea. hat? ... Brother Spurgeon Woodruff, with his mustache, dropped ing. One minute of silence ob­ into the Hall off the Twin Falls Victory out of the West Coast— % % X served for Brothers lost at sea. EMILIA. Jan. 16 — H. Y. to pick up some LOGS and literature. Brother Woodruff, who Swarijus. Chairman; Jesus Hern­ homesteads on the Pacific side of SIU shipping, says the Brothers andez. Secretary. Department should turn to for some of that good shipping from our SIU West delegates made reports. All full Coast halls... Charles Watson, the Electrician, has an airplane books in deck gang. Motion by SEATRAir? NEW ORLEANS. pilot's license. Ask him his story about flying a plane down in Brother Young to have new Feb. 12—William Lamb. Chair­ South Africa ... John Jellette, who has practically an old-fashioned refrigerator installed in crew's man; Edward Kuhar. Secretary. mustache (in our opinion) says that oldtimer Steward Joe Miller mess. Under Education, Brother Delegates reports accepted. Mo­ sailed down to Baltimore to ship. Castro explained certain provi­ tion carried to see that all X X % screens and fans are qttended to XXX ROBIN SHERWOOD. Feb. 3— sions of the Union agreement Ind he^urged allhan'ds'to IWe up Woodrow Woodill just came in from a trip on the Robin Fred Miller. Chairman;' Gerald tion carried to have clean water Sinkes. Secretary. Letters to ] to the terms of the contract. He aboard for bathing. Motion .car­ Mowbray. It was a small world in Port Elizabeth. South Africa, Headquarters read concerning also explained what men are en­ ried to have Agent come aboard when he suddenly bumped into his brother. Warren, on the titled to when there death of one of the shipmates.iT. xi. is «a delay to inspect the living quarters, the Robin Locksley... Is Bosun Tommy Tucker still aboard the crew to make a list of requested Delegates reported an average |^tld thf SLh^s to^oopSSe Alcoa Mooring Hitch? ... Frank Ryan just grabbed a ship... 35 hours in disputed overtime in ?f _ „ repairs in the meantime. Qobbs in keeping sanitary facilities as While Joseph Roger Lafrance is collecting his mail, his ship­ each department. Motion carclean as possible. ' One minute resigned as* ship's delegate and ried to draw up report for Head-1 .. . , . , Procell elected in his place. One mate, Francis Murray grabbed a tanker last week. Those , of silence quarters on *1, three men ,„v,.v who „ , m-memory of departed minute of silence for Brothers tankers sure come in handy... Brother John Crowley admits missed ship in Durban. Good lost at sea. that it sure lopks like he'll be around for another month... and Welfare: Discussion on per­ XXX Seafarer W. B. Chandler writes he was on the SS Caleb forming and bad conduct of JAMES JACKSON. Feb. 6— Strong and then had to be hospitalized. With a few other crewmembers. F. Buhl. Chairman; J. Gillis. Sec­ SIU Brothers he's now drydocked for a few weeks at the XXX retary. Delegates reported num­ GOVERNOR HOUSTON. Jan. ber of bookmembers and permits Veterans Hospital down in Coral Gables. Florida. Smooth 31—R. C. Morriiselte. Chairman; in their departments. Motion by recovery to you. Brother Chandler. D. R. Leary. Secretary. Dele­ Burnsline. canned, that future gates to see Captain about neces­ meetings be held on Sundays at sity of bond for Butch, the dog 6 PM so that engine delegate Other Seafarers in town right now are: Stephen Paris, Timothy mascot brought aboard in Nor­ will be able to attend. Request McCarthy, Albert Buck, Charles Oglesby, Anthony Maselek, Arthur folk. Suggestion made that made that' water be conserved to Logan, Kenneth Hogan, Jesse Sweet, Clyde Mackey, John Adams, * crewmembers wear at least a T prevent rationing. Several mem­ Louis Alaimo, J. P. Thrasher, Milton Cox, Benjamin Woznicki and shirt in the messroom. Vote of nTPFrxon Foh R bers expressed appreciation for his shipmate, Samuel Hudgins (with his mustache) . . . Harry thanks for fine job done by Ste- „ the excellent food provided _ by "Happy" Harper writes from Maracaibo, .South America that he's wai-ds Department. One minute Chairman; Jack the Chief Cook. One minute of of silence for Brothers lost at Martin. Secretary. Delegates re- silence observed for Brothers lost aboard the Alcoa Polaris on the bauxite run .., The weekly LOG ggg ' ported no beefs. New Business: will be sailing free of cost to the homes of the following Brothers: Delegates instructed to make up at sea. John Gribble of Alabama, James Rowan of New York, E. L. repair lists. Motion carried to Pritchard of California, Charley Oyler of West Virginia, James catch a few big rats as evidence Fuller of California, Julius •Parks of Tennessee, W. B. Kavitt of that ship is in need of fumiga­ Louisiana, R. Peel of Louisiana. tion. Good and Welfare: Sug­ gestion made that coffee for the XXX NEW LONDON. Jan. 23—R. J. watch should not be touched by „ Thanks to Dennis Saunders, the Brooklyn Kid. anchored XXX Murphy. Chairman; A. G. Es- anyone but the men on watch. If STEEL DIRECTOR. Nov. 19— down in Ihe Mardi Gras porl of New Orleans, who told us peneda. Secretary. Motion car­ anyone takes coffee, that person F. Goarin. Chairman: J. Martin. that the Alcoa Knot ships are laid up. However we still want ried to straighten out repair list. is to make a new batch. Sug­ Secretary. .Engine delegate re­ to know if these Alcoa ships—the Ranger, Snakehead, Hawser Reports of department delegates gestion made that at payoff dele­ ported on painting beef in engine Eye and the Pegasus—are still hitting Port of Spain, Trinidad accepted. Motions carried: That gates should meet with Patrol­ room. Engineer reported as not and are picking up those bundles of LOGS mailed weekly crew's quarters and galleys be man in one i-oom apart from allowing Wipers to use spraygun painted; that more fresh milk be crew to settle beefs and avoid despite fact men have experience for these ships in care of the Alcoa office down there?... If any of you sailors have a few loose coins, then see that salty ordered for the trip. With, re­ confusion of messhall, where with the tool. Motion carried movie "Down to the Sea In Ships." This movie about those everyone tries to talk at once. gard to deck department's southat a man from each depart­ blubber sailors, the whalers, is supposed to be so good that it One minute of silence for Broth­ geeing of engine and stewards ment contact representative in may make you guys feel at sea again... Brothers, keep your passageways, it was moved ^and ers lost at sea. Honolulu and straighten beef. If ships clean and happy. Hold those meetings often. Every man carried that each department put no satisfaction received there a XXX NOONDAY. Dec. 26—CoUiday. wire is to be sent to Headquar­ protects himself and the SIU by doing his job according to down overtime until the matter the agreement. There's only on® way in having a good tripis settled. Motion carried to ex­ Chairman: R. Lowry. Secretary. ters asking for clarification on cuse man on look out watch from Reading of previous minutes; ac­ painting, in all three, departments. it's the 3IU way. Okay, fellas, coffee-time. 86 SORE YOU Verm I CUT and RUN �Page Eight THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. March 4. 1949 THE MEMBERSHIP SPEAKS Member Presents Points For Study German Newswriter Learns Of SIU From Arizpa Crew In Formulating Union Welfare Plan To the\Editor: September here in Hamburg when the Arizpa docked with quiring all contracted shipowners tration. Insurance companies As a reader of the SEA­ three British survivors. To the Editor: to earmark money for the pur­ might make too many rulings FARERS LOG, which I receive At that time I was working It being open season on health pose. The money could be held in favor of the shipowners, since from your Union every week, I for the United Press. I was able and welfare funds, I got me a in escrow by each employer un­ there is an identity of interest would like to wish all members to^ get in contact with Luis hunting license and am set to til called for, or it could be between them. of your Union a successful 1949. Ramirez, a member of your shoot. turned over to persons, desig­ I hope these remarks have As a German and one who was Union who was aboard the To begin with, the woods are nated to administer the plan some-merit and will help in for­ completely uninformed about Arizpa. Luis and I became full of smart salesmen trying to when the machinery is set in warding the Union's cause. union matters up until Septem­ great pals and it was he who sell insurance to unions, espe­ motion. However, one genera John Cole ber 1948, it has long been my made it possible for me to re­ cially types that cost the most fund rather than several smaller (Ed. note: Brother Cole's wish to write to you and tell ceive your pdper. and provide the least. Accord­ ones would best answer the needs remarks constitute a real con­ you that I got my first glimpse ingly, our first move should be of Seafarers, in the opinion of GOOl^'EXAMPLE tribution to the SIU's re­ of American union work from to ask a union with a tested the -writer. Considering the state of Ger­ your organization. welfare plan to recommend an Inasmuch as a seaman can be search into welfare fimds. The As a German journalist, and man unions and the'fact that no actuarial surveys he suggests actuarial expert familiar with signed on by several different one of the youngest, I had my real German sailors' union exists, union welfare funds and, if pos­ companies in the course of a were in progress before his first experience with the SIU last I can say that the democratic letter was received.) sible, with the problems peculiar single year, his benefits should way your union is handled to seamen. be allowed to continue uninter­ makes it a good example of the Detailed tax and actuarial re­ ruptedly and at an unvarying -AND WITHOUT OVERTIME, TOO framework on which a German quirements must be met and in­ rate despite his frequent changes union could be established. tegration with provisions of of employer. The pity is that German trade state and federal social security union bosses' want a hand in INDUSTRY-WIDE laws must be considered. Other everything, forgetting that their factors include age distribution, Once the kind of plan to be first responsibility is to work in mortality rates, average income used has been decided upon, a behalf of their memberships' of seamen, and the cost of ad­ date should be scheduled for welfare in regard to working ministering a plan should be claims against the fund to be conditions. come collectable. This would be considered. I know that the present situa­ to allow the fund to grow to a tion in Germany makes it very NEED ACTUARY point where it could meet all hard for the union people, and Research, for example, on the forseeable circumstances. really wish some of our big incidence rate of certain diseases I cannot stress too strongly the shots would look into your or­ among seamen would be neces­ importance of having the plan ganization and get the idea of sary. I am told that, for instance, uniform on an industry-wide what it means to handle a union tuberculosis is highly prevalent. basis. When all share equally, based on democratic principles. The insurance companies may all work- in harmony toward a I am not going to bother you have these figures already. If common end. The SIU structur­ with the troubles of German not, they will have to be com- ally and economically is pre­ unions, but as an eager reader t)iled. Only a crack man should pared for an industry-wide arof your paper, I have long had be hired to do this job, because rangerhent. Moreover, the SIU it in mk'id to write to you. large sums of money inevitably is a well-knit organization gear­ If any of your Union members will be involved. ed to move smoothly into any dock in Hamburg and do not A health and welfare clause program whether one of bed­ SIU member Tom Connors demonstrates the work tech­ know what to do, or want a good certainly should be written into rock thinking or streamlined ac­ nique that brings a rosy glow to the stony heuts of Cities look through Hamburg, tell thern all future SIU agreements re- tion. Service officials. The "loyal employee" act was photographed to look me up and when my I doubt that any plan can by, Gene Ceccato aboard the Logans Fort^ a Cities Service ship. ^time permits I will only be too start to function before the glad to help them out. rniddle of 1950, since I do not CLUB IDEA believe the minimum monetary requirements could be amassed On the other hand, I have sev­ doings of the Union and my eral friends with whom I have before then, or- perhaps later. To the Editor: Brothers. I have been experimenting talked about your Union. They with some figures calculating I am writing this letter from are willing to help me out in Thank you very much for at­ To the Editor: the possible < yield from three an Army camp. I was a full tending to this for me. establishing a small club for your members so they could always While waiting for the shipping percent of the payroll, and the jook member of the SIU when Robert Rusnak find a swell place to go while in season to open out here on the possible yield from five cents a [ retired my book after the war Fort Knox. Ky. Hamburg. Lakes, I am managing a book­ man hour worked. An alternative to go back home. I thought I As I am able to furnish a club store. I can».^still go to sea in might be so much a ton of cargo would not have to serve in the Beira Baseballers room and ^he facilities of a real the bookstore, if you know what carried. No matter how we do Army after sailing through the home for the days of their stay I mean. I can dream, can't I? it, however, we would have to war. in Hafnburg, it would mean I picked up an old copy of agree on a minimum amount to But after I was home for about much for several of your Union Salute magazine and found the be collected before claims of any a year, the Army decided that I — the same as hundreds of members and would not just enclosed cartoons. Perhaps some kind cdh be allowed. be a stop in the harbor area, of them can be used in the com­ There is even the possibility other seamen — hadn't done which is generally the case for ing issues of . the LOG." Also a that in the beginning Seafarers enough during the war and might make a small monthly should spend 21 months in train­ so many Seafarers. reprint of the article, too. In regard to Brother Ramirez contribution of their own to get ing as a soldier. When I mentioned this idea to. several of your members they all and his article on tattoos, and the program under way. But get­ LAUGHED AT DISCHARGE said they liked it, so I thought to any more of the Brothers who ting off the hook of this kind of I can see now that we weren't I would tell you this and ask may also be interested in the "joint" plan would be difficult given any privilege or special your advice on the ifiatter. subject, I can supply them with once a precedent had been set. consideration by the draft boards Please tell Luis Ramirez and . the latest bibliography on tattoo­ The only kind of "joint" partici­ for our yrartime service. My Walter Pestridge, and all the ing. I have often tried to find pation to which I think we draft board just laughed when other members, that I wish them books on the history of tattooing should consent is in administra­ they were shown the continuous a very good year. and have now run across the tion. service discharge we received Hans HUl latest one that I know of. It is from the Maritime Commission. CAN EXPANDHamburg, Germany Tattoo by Perry, .published in It might be wise to'limit the Now all of us have to train in 1933. It is poorly written, but fund at first simply to death and tfncle Sam's army for 21 months. has the facts and that is what disability benefits. Then as the The SEAFARERS LOG is still counts when facts are wanted. fund grows we can expand its being sent to my home but I I agree with Brother Ramirez coverage. Later on we might would like to have it sent to me If you don't find linep that the pirates only were in­ add pensions, hospital allow­ addressed as follows: when you go aboard your steward Pat Murphy, behind terested on the financial out­ ances for seamen's families and Ret. Robert Rusnak, U. S. ship, notify the Hall at once. the bat. and Ed Albinski come involved in being tattooed so on. 52033105, Co. B., 36 Arm'd Inf. A telegram from Le Havre or handle a few warm up pitches arid not the art end of it. At any rate, the fund should B'n., CCB 3rd Arm. Div., Fort Singapore won't do you any before the honor of the Robin John A. Bruno be self-insured by the Union, Knox, Ky. good. It's your bed and you (Ed. Note: Thanks for the as far as possible, I feel, so that I would like very much to con­ Trent cr6w goes to test. The have to lie in it. pictures. We'll try to re-print it can be subject to a proper tinue receiving the Union paper SIU crew engaged local teams one in a forthcoming issue.) ^ grievance procedure and arbi­ so that I can keep up with the at the Beira Sports Club. Praises Tattoo Article In Log, Recommends Book War Record Just Passport To Army ATTENTIOM! �Friday. Mcurch 4, 1949 Finds SS Cr^ap Offers Lesson In Ship Harmony To Ihe Editor: To those fellows who don't mind a warm trip this summer, the' best ship I can recommend for this purpose is the SS Thomas Cresap, She is fortunate to Have one of the finest and most coopera­ tive Captains that Isthmian has. He proved to be a true sailor and a very good man on and off the ship. Any man who sails under him will be treated well if they treat him the same. The Chief Mate is also tops with the deck force, a square shooter in every sense of the word. So you deck men who come on board remember the names of these two men. Captain Ian R. Scott and Chief Mate Sherman Hailes. SAME HERE In the engine department, the same thing holds true. The Chief Engineer William Hundertmark and First Assistant Johnny Skamarkas, run the black gang with the ease and friendliness you'd find in your own home. All in all, as the present trip of the Cresap -draws to a close, we find that as far as the offi­ cers and crew are concerned, this has been one of the finest voy­ ages any of us has made in a long time. It has run off in true SIU fashion. I am sure that if all bur trips could go as smoothly as this one, we could all sit back with a feel­ ing of satisfaction that a job has been wcH done. Blackie Wagner THE SEAFARERS LOG COASTWISB!'ON THE CARRVTH Page Nine End Tax Deduction From Fay Of Seamen, Davie Crew Asks To the Editor: During a regular meeting held recently aboard this ship, the full crew ,discussed at length the practice put in effect in 1943 of deducting a substantial por­ tion of each seaman's pay, un­ der what is known as the "Withholding Tax Law."'• In 1943 we were informed that the said withholding tax was an emergency war measure design­ ed to permit seamen-citizens to aid financially, as well as physi­ cally, in what was a tremendous war effort, and most seamen wel­ comed the opportunity. HAD STEADY JOBS Formal portrait of the seafaring gentlemen of the SIU who manned the William Carruth, Fuel Transportation Com­ pany vessel, taken by "Pickles. Fireman. Seated in front: Blackie Connors. Ship's Delegate; Gil Hollaway. Second row. seated—Ed Brinson. Jack Greener. Ben Benjamin. Third row. standing—Schmidt. Daponte and 2nd Pumpman. Top row —J. Napolie. Marty and Berraro. During the war years, those merchant seamen that were for­ tunate enough to survive, found themselves with relatively sub­ stantial take-home pay, due to the various bonuses and unlimit­ ed opportunities for overtime work, and because they were employed steadily. Now, however, and for some time past, the merchant sea­ man's take-home pay has dwin- Clean-up time. Under the supervision of Bosim Jack Gre­ ener. left, crewmembers pre­ pare to throw a bit of white paint on the bulkheads. Left to right—Gill Hollaway. deck delegate; Blackie Connors, ship's delegate, and Ed Brin­ son, OS. died, despite many raises in base pay, due to may factors. The withholding tax served the purpose for which it was in­ tended during the war years but, while the reasons for its enact­ ment are no longer in existence, the tax is still in effect and has become very cumbersome. DIFFERENT TODAY Due to the very poor shipping conditions today, very few mer­ chant seamen are able to get more than nine months of ac­ tual paid work annually. 'This is proven by the fact that thous­ ands of merchant seamen receive rebates from the Rev.enue Bur­ eau every year. If the withhold­ ing tax is annulled, the tax loss to the government will be veryslight, and the red tape through which a seaman has to go to get his rebate will be eliminated. We, the crew of the SS Wil­ liam Davie, go on record as re­ questing all members of the Sea­ farers International Union to join in an active and persistent cam­ paign to have this withholding tax, as it applies to merchant seamen, cancelled forthwith. Crew of the SS William Davie Ex-Member Active In Seamen Group At State College t To the Editor: Shipping Qui • I . By W. L. HOWARD . So you're going to take a ship, me lads? Yes, going to take a ship. Where salt air gets in your nostrils, Where you'll sleep in a bunk that tips. Then away, me lads, tis time for going. Hold onto your gear, your duffle bag. Say goodbye to "Rosie, the blonde," We're quite a crew, and that ain't brag. Then away you go, me hearty lads. Let's make this a bully trip. • . We'll rush the galley on our way For this is a bonny ship. Maybe the stew will have onions,. Maybe there'll be good strong soup. We'll sample a little of this and that From the deck to the blpomin' poop. Perhaps we'll make the same port, boys. And visit the same islands, too. And know again the South Sea way, Where the natives have nothing to do. We'll buy a bottle of stinkin' rum, And maybe dance with a prize. Make love to the waterfront ladies. And watch the whites of their eyes. Aye, lads, we'll wait for the payoff. And spend it with a will. Go broke along with Shorty and Slim, And talk it over with Bill. We'll listen to all the scuttlebutt. And hang around the hall. But the sights we'll see, the fun we'll have Will be worth it after all. Ex-Mate, SIU Admirer, Asks Log To the Editor: I am a member of the MM&P and am still active although my seagoing days are apparently over. I never belonged to an un­ licensed seamen's union, having gotten that experience on the Lakes. For this reason I appre­ ciate a union such as the SIU. I always sailed SIU ships and gained the feeling of belonging tO' it as much as the men with whom I worked. McCann Family Thanks Baltimore Seafarers For Sympathy Messages To the Editor: On behalf of my family and myself, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the mem­ bership and officials of the Bal­ timore Branch for the generous donations and cards of condol­ ence that were received by me following the recent death of my wife, Helen McCann. P. J. McCann Baltimore. Md. Since shipping has become tighter, I have wanted to write the LOG suggesting a few" angles Hoffman and Harriman might possibly have overlooked. A few dollars may be saved from one hand by shipping in foreign ships, but how about the dollars taken out of the other for unem­ ployment and relief benefits, not to mention the income and cor­ poration taxes lost the govern­ ment by parceling the US ship­ ping out to others? , Now for the favor that really prompted this letter: Previously I secured the LOG weekly at the MM&P Hall, but now that I am working days and going to school at night, I have been unable to do this. As I wish > to keep in contact with shipping I know of no better way than through the pages of the LOG. Therefore, I'm wondering if you could see your way clear to include me on the mailing list. H. W. Wescott (Ed. Note: Your name has been added to the LOG mail­ ing list.) Since retiring my book two years ago I have been attending Michigan State College. Recent­ ly, 30 former merchant seamen met to discuss the possibilities of organizing a Michigan State Mar-' iners Club on the campus. We plan to affiliate with a national group called the Merchant Ma­ rine Veterans of America, Inc. The organization, so far estab­ lished on the Yale, Cornell, and Columbia university campuses, is pressing for the creation of an organized reserve of inactive sea­ men, benefits for sick and in­ jured seamen - veterans of the war, and exemption from the draft of youthful members who served more than 18 months dur­ ing the war emergency period. Our organization is composed of a variety of former merchant searnen, from captain to messmen, all having different union affiliations. I always enjoy reading the in­ teresting stories and the valuable articles contained in the SEA­ FARERS LOG. Up to date the LOG has contained articles and information concerning the pres­ ent draft situation of former merchant seamen. If you are able to supply any additional in­ formation on this subject, J would greatly appreciate it. William Throop Royal Oak. Mich. (Ed. Note: As new develop­ ments come to light on the draft situation, they are im­ mediately published in the LOG. At present legislation to exempt seamen from the draft, is in congressional committed) �I) THE SE4P4REH5 lOG Page Ten Fzidar. March 4. 1948 Minutes Of A&G Branch Meetings In Brief BOSTON—Chairman, H. Cashman. 40363; Recording Secrelary. J. Sweeney, 1530; Reading Clerh F. B. TUley, 75. Minutes of meetings held in other ports read, accepted and filed. Report of credentials compiittee accepted as read. Agent reported on voting of Cities Ser­ vice ships in the Boston area. He pointed out the difficulties the Union and the NLRB encount­ ered in handling the balloting. Agent urged men to try to get jobs on Cities Service ships to AStC Shipping From Feb. 9 To Feb. 23 f PORT Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Savatmah Tampa. Mobile. New Orleans Galveston San Francisco San Juan. GRAND TOTAL REG. DECK REG. ENG. 93 49 127 . 27 16 34 57 i ,97 21 46 17 85 38 82 20 7 23 40 87 29 35 15 584 461 accepted. Reports of committees read and accepted. Motions car­ ried to concur in various routine communications. Agent reported on conditions and happenings in port. New Business: Motion car­ ried that men shipping as Deck Engineer show three years of discharges. Good and' Welfare: Members spoke on the Union's organizational structure and the job of organizing the unor­ ganized. Meeting adjourned with 150 members present. to get an $7.50 per penter's journed present. REG. STWDS. . TOTAL REG. SHIPPED DECK SHIPPED SHIPPED TOTAL STWDS. SHIPPEI ENG. , NO FIGURES AVAILABLE 93 271 83 59 43 130 37 29 78287 80 55 13 60 35 19 18 41 16 6 11 68 14 14 30 127 23 35 129 31^ 91 21 71 22 • 27 24 - 105 • 57 44 18 50 23 14 53 24 7S 26 12 10 28 137 6 43 8 195 90 208 80 34 38 86 309 55 144 45 478 425 1,284 1,523 increase on the present month allowed for car­ tools. Meetings ad­ with 82 members 481 383 1 New Business of other ports read and accepted, except Puerto Rico New Business, which was re­ ferred to Headquarters. Agent reported on progress of Cities Service election. Agent also re­ ported 10 sign-ons and 7 payoffs, with 16 ships in-transit since last meeting. Heavier activity was expected, but 11 ships were held up in the river because of fog. Charges against various Brothers read and i-eferred to a trial conjmittee. Meeting stood one min­ ute in silence for Brothers lost at sea. Good and Welfare: Discus­ sion held on cleaning of Hall after meeting. Meeting ad­ journed with ' 240 members present. cently signed^ by the SIU: the Maine Steamship Company. Agent urged members to write up their overtime correctly as there have been beefs from Patrolmen and companies. Res­ olution on Stewards Delpartment accepted. New Business: Motion carried that the Hall be open on Tuesday, Carnival Day, for two shipping calls. One minute of silence observed in memory of lost Brothers. Meeting adjoutned with 389 members present. 4 4 4 NEW YORK—Chairman, Lindsey Williams, 21550; Recording Secrelary, Freddie Slewarl, 4935; Reading Clerk, Roberl Mallhews, 164. Minutes of previous meetings in other Branches read and ac­ cepted. Following reading of charges, a trial committee was elected from the floor. A resolu­ tion calling for the opening of a help finish the organizing job. Patrolman's report accepted. One minute of silence observed for Brothers lost at sea. Good and Welfare: General membership 4 4 4 discussion on job to be done in TAMPA—Chairman, Abie El­ the. Cities Service fieet. Meeting lis, 3677; Reading Clerk, J. T. adjourned with 65 bookmen Kern, 50323; Recording Secre­ present. tary, V. C. Smith, 10370. i. Minutes of meetings held in PHILADELPHIA — Chairman other ports read and accepted. and Reading Clerk, Don Hall, Agent's report accepted and filed. 43372; Recording Secretary, M. Bi-anch Hall in Hawaii was intro­ Communication from SecretarySursa, 38217. duced. It was moved and car­ Treasurer concerning delegates to New Business of meetings held SAVANNAH-ilhairman, E. M. the SIU convention accepted. ried that resolution be referred by other branches- read and ac­ Bryant, 25806; Recording Secre­ Meeting adjourned with 67 mem­ to Headquarters for study and cepted. Agent reported that vot­ tary, A. Fricks, 60; Reading bers present. consideration. Resolution offered ing will begin on March 1 on the Clerk, J. Babson, 31845. in Mobile was tabled pending 4 4 4 transportation rule and will con­ Various committees' reports ac­ SAN FRANCISCO—Chairman, further contract negotiations and tinue for two months. All men cepted and filed. Agent Drawdy A. Michelet, 21184; Recording investigations by Headquarters. 4 4 4 urged to register their votes. reported on payoffs "in Savannah Secretary, W. Zarkas, 40263; MOBILE—Chairman, J. Parker, Port Agent discussed status of Agent reported that shipping and Jacksonville. He also re­ Reading Clerk, R. W. Pohle, 160; Recording Secrelary, E. D. shipping. Secretary-Treasurer's conditions have been good and ported that with the arrival of 46826. report dealt with problem posed Moyd, 10829; Reading Clerk, H. the outlook for the coming week the new flag and SIU banner the by ECA Administrator Hoffman's J. Fischer, 59. is fair. Agent also i-eported that appearance of the Hall has New Business of other Branch proposal and what the Union is vote on Royal Oak, Cities Serv­ greatly improved. Agent also re­ meetings read and accepted. Motion carried to read only doing to defeat it. He also ice ship, is expected to be over­ Agent reported that port was en­ New Business from minutes of touched on several aspects of whelmingly in favor of SIU. joying excellent shipping and all other meetings. Minutes of all the Cities Service organizing Charges against one Brother read available manpower had been ex­ ports accepted. Agent reported drive, and stressed the implica­ and referred to a trial commit­ hausted. Motion carried to ac­ on shipping of last two weeks tions of a Union victory. Director tee. No New Business or Good cept report of credentials com­ and gave the names of ships of Organization brought the and Welfare. Meeting adjourned mittee. F. Davis jtook the Oath expected to arrive in port within membership up to date on de­ ported that steady arrival of of Obligation. One minute of the next two weeks. He also re­ velopments in the Cities Service with 135 members present. ships has kept turnover of men silence in memory of lost Broth­ ported on a new company re­ drive. 4" 4^ BALTIMORE—Chairman, Ben- at a fair pace and he expected ers. Meeting adjourned with 38 nie Gonzalez, 125; Recording tempo to remain good. Minutes members present. Secretary, G. A. Masterson, of meetings held in outports ac­ 4 4 4 20297; Reading Clerk, Leon cepted and filed. One minute of GALVESTON — Chairman, L. silence observed for lost Broth­ Johnson, 108. ers. James Brazaell took the McDonald, 343; Recording Secre­ J. O'Neill, T. Ashe and J. M. Oath oi Obligation. Good and tary, Jeff Morrison, 34213; Read­ Fernandes took the Union Oath Welfare: Considerable discussion ing Clerk, Keith Alsop, 7311 By JIM DRAWDY of Obligation. Trial committee on re-registering after 90 days. Minutes of meeting held in SAVANNAH—Things are tak­ We also handled the Thomas elected from floor to hear charg^ Meeting adjouimed with 90 mem­ other branches read and accepted. ing definite shape in the A&G Cresap, an Isthmian ship here against members. Minutes of bers present. Agent reported the support of District Hall in this port. This in transit. She took a few re­ other branch meetings held ac­ 4 4. 4 cepted. Motion to forward ships' SAN JUAN — Chairman, T. local unions in SIU's" fight against week we proudly unfurled our placements and headed for the minutes to SEAFARERS LOG Banning, 3038; Recording Secre­ Hoffman move to cut American new SIU banner. We also have Gulf to pay off. Incidentally for publication. Officials' re­ lary, H. Spurlock, 11101; Reading shipping under ERP. He also re­ a new flag to replace the tattered these ships have been sailing ported fair shipping. Agent an­ old one. - Both of these additions short handed in cases like these ports accepted. Motion by H. T. Clerk, W. Lea, 37523. nounced that balloting would sort of top off the improvements because the Skippers have re­ Nungzer, 55, that agent be in­ commence on March 1 on the ma(^e in the Hall during the past fused to order the men. 1 don't structed to buy new chairs and New Business of minutes of transportation rule. Trial com­ month or so. know whether they did this un­ have the Hall and lavatories Branch meetings read and ac­ mittee elected from floor to hear Some vei-y unexpected, open­ der company orders or not, but cepted. Agent reported that port was enjoying exceptionally good charges against Brothers. B. O. ings on vessels in this area made the negotiating committee met shipping for a port of call. The Parsley and F. Kopf took the fair shipping this week. Usually with the company and the prac­ sugar season has brought a good Oath of Obligation. One minute we have only the South Atlantic tice has stopped. It's our job to number of ships into Puerto of silence observed in memory vessels to • fall back on for keep it this way. A call to the of lost Brothers. Good and Wei- activity, but being on steady Agent in the port of call will painted. Motion carried unani­ Ricdn ports. Agent Colls also repoi'ted that new Agent has not runs the numl}er of replacements mean re'placements aboard and mously. Motion by J. Hatig to is not enough to provide us with jobs for men on the beach. go on record to accept group arrived yet' to assume his duties, a stronger turnover. shipping rules. Motion carried but believed that he would ar­ DOROTHY, TOO rive within two weeks. Agent We had a payoff' and a sign-on 175 to 40. Motion carried that during the- past week. The ves­ Another ship to drop in unex­ no one be allowed in Dispatcher's also reported strong rumors that C-2 type ships running out of sel was the SS Cape Race, South pectedly was the SS Dorothy. wffiee. One minute of silence fare: Lively discussion on the New York would undergo con­ Atlantic Steamship Company. She called for a good bimch of iobserved for Brothers lost at sea. Cities Service election. Meeting version to carry 50 passengers in­ She'" payed off in good shape, men. The Palmer and Dorothy Good and Welfare: General dis­ adjourned with 63 members stead of the usual 12. Motion then signed on again. A new are expected to hit this port cussion on shipping rules. Meet­ present. carried that committee activities crew was shipped from the Hall, regularly for the next half dozen ing adjourned with 225 members 4 4 4 in all ports be reported in the of course. trips, so it looks like we'll have present. NEW ORLEANS — Chairman, LOG, so as to acquaint the mem­ •Off the beaten track we took fair shipping. Jack Parker, 27673; Recording » t t ^ NORFOLK — Chairman, R«es, bership with what is going on in Secrelary, Henry Gerdee, 23362; ckre of a handful of other ves­ Also due in this port are the 95; Recording Secretary, Mechan, the -Union. Motion by Dunphy, Reading Clerk, 'Buck Stephens, sels, so the final score wasn't too Southport and Southland. We bad for this port. Over in hope they materialize and dpn't 50462; Reading Clerk, Luplon, 46214, that Headquarters be 76. urged to continue working on Jacksonville we paid off the •nzB. disappear in the fog like so the welfare fund. Motion by Previous New Orleans minutes, Nathaniel Palmer and put 11 New Business section of min­ Cotty, 22559, that the next ne­ Secretary-Treasurer's report and men aboard- She was clean and many other expected arrivals.utes of Branch meetings read and gotiating committee do its utmost financial reports reed and filed. had few beefs. have done in the past. Unexpected Arrivals Brighten Week's Shipping For Savannah �-T- Friday. March k, 1949 "V Page EleveB THE SEAFARERS LOG Galveston Shipping Fails A Bit By KEITH ALSOP GALVESTON — Although this Texas City against the Carbide week has not been particularly and Chemical works. The SIU, to good, the two weeks previously date, has not taken any part in were -above average and allow­ the beef. ed us to put a good sized dent Last week one of the nine Legislation that would tighten men. Oilers, Watertenders and Japan's merchant fleet now to­ in the bunch on the beach. Cities Service ships involved in irestrictions on stowaways and Wipers has opened a new $300,- tals nearly 1,700,000 tons and is We aren't in a difficult posi­ the present NLRB election, the increase penalties 'has been in­ 000 hiring haU in San Francisco. being boosted by the addition tion yet, as the number of men Bradford Island, balloted in Cor­ troduced^ in Congress. One sec­ The hall 6nd office building of about 20,000 additional tons waiting for jobs is not too great. pus Christi. Indications are that tion of the legislation would ap­ stands at Broadway, and Battery monthly. Success in a move to The payoffs were the LaSalle the SIU scored heavily. ply a fine of $1,000 against the Streets, and was dedicated to permit Japan to charter 91 Lib­ and Topa Topa, with the latter The Logans Fort, a ship voted shipping line if a Master should the memory of MFOWW mem­ erty ships and engage in mod­ signing on again. In-transit we in a previous Cities Service elec­ fail to report an alien stowaway. bers killed in World War II. erate foreign shipping would handled the Bull Run, Mostank, tion, stopped in Aransas port the The fine would also be applied The building fund was created give Japan a strong position Seatrain Havana, Seatrain New next night. She was contacted for failure to deport a stowaway by a $10 assessment, plus 50 among maritime nations. York and Mobilian. All the ships by the organizers. on orders of the immigration cents a week. 4 4 4 came in clean and were easy to This week we have only three service. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Cor­ handle. Brothers in the marine hospital: 4 4 4 The House of Representatives poration, a subsidiary of Water­ One loss to the men in this G. Brown, L. Williamson and P. The National Council of the has approved a bill designed' to man, will begin a six-day ex­ area was the laying up of the Dorsey. Marine Cooks and Stewards, end the "overtime on overtime" press cargo service between Moran tug, Watch Hill. The CIO, has urged recognition of disputes in the longshore and New Ydrk and New Orleans on crewmembers, who had been the Chinese' communists as an construction industries. Instead March 11. The company is put­ homesteading her for a long established government. The un­ of figuring premium pay received ting its speedy Victory ships in time, were very unhappy to give Personal effects and papers ion, winding up a seven-day within a 40 hour stretch with the run to cut four days off the up their berths. belonging to the men named meeting, holds that recognition the regular'rate of pay to deter­ previous time. The ships will LOCAL STRIKE below are being held in the Gal­ of the communists would serve mine an overtime scale, the bill call at Miami and Tampa south­ veston Branch Hall. These items On the local labor front, the as a means of restoring Pacific provides that the overtime rate may be claimed at the Hall, or bound. building trades are on strike in shipping. will be determined by the regu­ by a letter giving the address lar rate of pay. 4. 4. 4. to which they can be sent. The The Seamen's Union of Aus­ Galveston Branch asks that the 4 4 4 tralia has signed a contract with items be claimed as soon as pos­ its operators. which calls for a On or about March 8 Water­ sible. • man's Arrow Line will begin di­ wage boost of $14 a month and Elmer Van Deusen, Hugh Gal­ a seagoing allowance of $25 a rect intercoastal service from lagher, Roy Davis Brown, Hillard Jacksonville, Florida, to west month to replace the war bonus. Trahan, Edgar Marquardt, Welcoast ports. The first ship will Under the new agreement an don Bailey Guthrie, B. Wetherbe the Monroe .Victory. ^ Australian AB will draw $77.64 spoon, Clyburn Marvin Wood, W. per rnonth. 4 4 4 L. Whitney, Roy Wegenhoft, R. An inquiry into why the US 4 4 4 Youtzy, Donald Augustine Rud­ The Union of Marine Fire- merchant marine is threatened dy, Wayne G. Rogers, Alexander with the decay that character­ Duncan, P. Harland. ized it between the world wars SS JEAN LAFITTE NEW YORK F. J. Knight, John J. Doyle, will be asked by Representative P. P. Mutuza, $1.00; J. W. Drost, SS JOHNSON Girard E. Doty, Lonneil L. En­ Schuyler Bland, head of the R. Trippe. $1.06; C. H. Trippe. $1.00; $2.00; E. Gherman, $1.00; R. G. Grigg, glish Jr., L. Hubbell, Wm. C. $1.00; E. ^aher, $1.00; A. Fase, $1.00; Committee on Merchant R. Eichorn. $3.00; C. Hall, $2.00; E. B. Kennedy, Harold E. Long, Joe G. E. Walton, $1.00; A. F. Smith, $3.00. SIU, A&G District House Marine and Fisheries. A similar Hayes, $1.00; P. R. Arteaga, $2.00; A. SS W. R. DAVIE O'Connor, Lonnie Oxendine, A. Henderson, $2.00; V. S. Coursey, BALTIMORE 14 North Cay St. request has already been made D. Aguila, $1.00; E. J. Oppel, $1.00; William Rentz, Agent Mulberry 4540 by Senator Warren G. Magnuson $2.00; F. E. Neally, $2.00; J. E. Baker, P. P. Santana, $10.00; T. A, Benson, John Stewart, John G. Brady, $2.00; D. O. Tibbetts, $2.00; N. BorA; Newton, Jesse J. BOSTON 276 State St $3.0ff; A. Mooneur, $1.00; R. J. Wells, Robert One aspect of the proposed in girson, $2.00. £. B. Tilley, Agent Richmond 2-0140 Sturm, C. E. Stout. $2.00; E E.. Waits, $1.00; E. A. Bishop, SS STEEL DESIGNER Dispatcher Richmond 2-0141 quiry would be aimed at Panama $3.00; M. Jensen, $2.00; O. H. Headley, A, Pickur, E. O'Connell, Her­ V. Szymanski, $2.00. GALVESTON 306%—23rd St flag shipping. $3.00; G. G. McNeice, $3.00; C, L. man Gus Schoenfeldt, Gene Keith Alsop, Agent Phone 2-S44a SS W. JACKSON aouse, $3.00; R. Smith, $1.00; P. W. 4 4 4 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St F. J. Bradley, $2.00; J. F. Allen, Strickland, $2.00; F. C. Holmes, $3.00; Douglas Chilton, Robert John Cal Tanner, ^gent Phone 2-1754 Restrictions on German ship $2.00. A. David, $1.00; J. F. Morzynske, $1.00. Sullivan, Clinton W. Benoit Jr., NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St ping have been relaxed. The SS ANNISTON CITY SS J. JACKSON Ira D. Kuykendall, Archie N. E. Sheppard, Agent Magnolia 6112-6113 D. C. Gay, $4.00; W. Anderson, L. Rossi, $3.00; C. Thurmond, $3.00; German Economic Administration Wright, C. L. Bromsmell, Steve 51 Beaver St NEW YORK A. Gutlrez, $1.00; A. Montemarano, $10.00; P. L. Goodman, $4.00; H. J. HAnover 2-2784 has announced that the Allied Joe Alinga, Agent $2.00; D. C. Foster, $2.00; J. R. Gon­ Piwetz, $2.00; B. Mundido, $3.00; C. Felicks, William E. Crabb, Glenn .127-129 Brank St Control Commission, which had NORFOLK zalez, $2.00; C. H. Foster, $2.00; R. Muscarella, $3.00; C. Bellarosa, $4.00; W. Gallatin, Avery W. McKenzie, Phone 4-1083 set a certain mile limit at the Ben Rees, Agent Wilson, $3.00; R. McCannon, $2.00: L. M. Oavilis, Jr., $3.00; H. Bumpass, Douglas Hags Wall, J. C. Foster. ^PHILADELPHIA. . .614-16 No. 13th St. Rondario, $2.00: J. Escalante. $1.00; W. $2.00; J. Forest, $3.00; ^ L. Sominin, end of the war for German ship­ J. Sheehan, Agent Poplar 5-1217 J. B. Full, Richard Benedict Hantusch, $1.00; F. Serrano, $1.00; H. $4.00; J. M. Rogers, $4.00'; F. Soriano, ping, has given permission for SAN FRANCISCO 85 Third St. $2.00; D. A. Fontemla, $2.00; W. GuilKaluza, E. A. Hathaway, AnThomsen, $1.00. Frenchy Michelet, Agent Douglas 2-5475 two freighters to sail to Italy to SS TOPA TOPA •> l^ry, $2.00; R. Orgales, $3.00; J. Gar­ thoney Debelic, Harold Andrew SAN JUAN, P.R 252 Ponce de Leon load oranges and lemons for Ger­ J. A. A. Acquarone, $1.00; R.^ S," cia, $2.00; T. Griner, $3.00. Barnes, Iring Sherwood Jacobs, L. Craddock, Agent San Juan 2-5996 SS SOUTHSTAR Cantor, $1.00; P. A. Vanderendo, $|T00. many. Hugh Gallagher, R. M. Norley, SAVANNAH 2 Abercorn St. C. E. Mosley, $2.00; 1. Galarce, $2.00; SS JEAN Jim Drawdy, Agent Phone 3-1728 George C. Perkins, Ervin Ever­ J. D. Brown, $1.00; J. J. Btoland, $2.00; H. Gibson, $2.00; S. Hernandez, TACOMA >1519 Pacific St. $1.00; J. V. Murphy, $1.00; M. Santi­ E. J. Kelly, $1.00; E. R. Fitzgerald, Jr., ett Wagner, Clarence Allen Gard-~ Broadway 0484 $2.00; M. J. Akins, $1.00; R. R. Wil­ ago, $2.00. ner, Walter John Olivera, True TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. liams, $1.00; M. D. Agnas, $1.00; W. SS STEEL DIRECTOR Gustave Beutner, Andrew Pick­ Ray White, Agent Phone M-1323 B;; Blankenship, $1.00; A. James, $2.00; J. Antoniaves, $1.00; C. Horvath, WILMINGTON, Calif., 227'A Avalon Blvd. ur, George Lafayette Brownell. $2.00; L. F. Quinones, $2.00; E. Kas-' J, Neveraskus, $3.00; J. Ross, $1.00. V NOTICE! SIU HALLS Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS. . 51 Beaver St., N.Y.C. SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul Hall DIRECTOR OF ORGANIZATION Lindsey Williams ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURER Robert Matthews J. P. Shuler Joseph Volpian SUP HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. Phone 5-8777 PORTLAND Ill W, Burnside St. Beacon 4336 RICHMOND, Calif ...257 6th St. ' Phone 2599 SAN FRANCISCO 59 Clay St. Douglas 2-8363 SEATTLE .86 Seneca St. Main 0290 WILMINGTON." 440 Avalon Blvd. Terminal 4-3131 Canadian District MONTREAL 1227 Phflips Square Plateau 6700—Marquette 5909 PORT ARTHUR. 63 Cumberland St. Phone North 1229 PORT COLBORNE 103 Durham St. Phone: 5591 TORONTO ...MllA Jarvis St. Elgin 5719 VICTORIA, B.C. ....602 Boughton St. Empirfr 4531 VANCOUVER....-....565 Hamilton St. Pacific 7824 Representatives Get Biand Bill tango, $2.00; H.'w. McClure, $1,00; J. Blomgren, $3.00; M. Fernandez, $2.00; (Continued from Page 1) R. J. Ackerman, $2.00; A. M. AtkieTo Hoffman's claim that he wicz, $1.00; N. Martinez. $2.00; J. $1.00; R. Fernandez, $3.00; would save money by increased Callisto, Antonio Lorez, $23.00; F. Cardoza, use of foreign flag ships,*the SIU $23.00; A. Caspar, $2.00. SS STEEL FLYER entered a sharp denial. A. F. Cairns, $3.00; N. DeSantis, On January 7, the LOG carried $3.00; F. Bell, $2.00; T. Concepcion, an editorial claiming that the $3.00; F. Maldonado, $3.00; P-3 14976, saving would be less than half $3.00; A. Maciel, $4.00; 1. Cordova, what Hoffman said it would, and $3.00; T. Lacson, $3.00; C. Sy, $3.00; H. Hilliort, $2.00; H. Guymon, $2.00; might not exist at all when the W. Jennings, $2.00; E. Jackson, $2.00; government's losses in federal L. Keneker, $2.00; M. Theall, $2.00; V. taxes and charter hire on Mari­ J. Boyd, $2.00; J. Mailing, $2.00; W. time Commission ships was fig­ Elms, $5.00; B. Edmondson, $2.00; R. ured in. * This editorial was re­ Heilig, $2.00; F. Lane, $5.00; T. L. Brenman, $4.00; J. M. I,yle8, $2.00; H. printed twice in the Congres­ Palmquist, $2.00; E. Steip, $5.00. sional Record.' SS ALCOA PATRIOT At no time has it been any E. Torres, $1.00; F, Oliver, $1.00; W. Blanco, $1.00; L. Perciballi, $1.00; secret in Washington or on the J. W. C. Chancey, $1.00; WrTlllick, $5.00; wa'terfrorit that foreign ship op-, iE. R. Crowell, $1.00; B. E. Ktfras, $1.00; erators were plugging to get the E. W. Tompkins, $1.00; M^ Vs.-Ekman, floffman Plan. in operation by $1.00; E. A. Lukowski, $1.00;" M. Trehem, $2.00; J. Hall, $1.00; J. H. Bethea, look or crook. ,$1.00. SS EVANGEUNE They have been trying to have " Representative Bland's Bill crip­ JwA. Morris, $1.00; A. BusheHrSLOO; pled and presumably will keep J. E. Klausen,SS$3.00. AMELIA _ ti*ying. WiVW. Yant, $1.00; A. Moulier, $1.00; This is why Headquarters^offi- Wm. Bfc^b, $2.00, SS J. B. WATERMAN cials urge all Seafarers to keep H."Kbhli,' $2.00; E. Jones, $l.00:-,f. writing their Senators and Con­ Richter, $I;00; W. C, Patterson, $1.00; gressmen. J. SBnlonzan8,"'$"2.50: W, R. Mills, $3.00. Notice To All SIU Mombors The SEAFARERS LOG as the official publication of the Sea­ farers International Union is available to all members who wish to have it sent to their home free of charge for the enjoyment of their families and themselves when ashore. If you desire to have* the LOG sent to you each week address cards are on hand at every SIU branch for this purpose. However, for those who are at sea or at a distance from a SIU hall, the LOG reproduces below the form used to request the LOG, which you can fill out, detach and send to: SEAFARERS LOG, 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. PLEASE PRINT INFORMATION To the Editor: J would like the SEAFARERS LCXJ mailed to the address below: Name Street Address Zone City Signed Book No. State �•, ' - • Page Twelve • • • J'.;'"'.'''-'-• . ..flL.: ' Tti E S E A F^ R^R S hO C :. / ...... -• $ Friday, March 4, 1949 'WTW . X:.: «. t/r~XiiX,;,,..ij;,;,„. . fX^. ; .t- - in War «• . if" !?i' ' • W s??'' utdSl AprSl'iO -J . ; � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1939-1949 Description An account of the resource Volumes I-XI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource March 4, 1949 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XI, No. 9 Description An account of the resource HEADLINES ALL BUT ONE CS CREW POLLED;TRANSPORATION VOTE BEGINS SEAFARERS TO CHOOSE FROM 2 PROPOSALS GOV'T CAMP WILL VOTE BY MAIL BALLOT REVISED BLAND BILL TO GO BEFORE HOUSE MOBILE OUTFITS EXPECTS TO HAVE SIX-SHIP FLEET GOV'T CAMP MAIL VOTE TO END ELECTIO CS STEWARD FIRED FOR GIVING MEN CLEAN LINEN AND DECENT CHOW MESSMAN FIRED FOR UNION ACTIVITY AFTER FOUR YEARS WITH CS FLEET TWO CS TANKERS VOTE IN PHILLY FRISCO CALLING ALL SEAFARERS:WEST COAST BUSTING WITH JOBS SMOOTH PAYOFFS,SHIPPING PLEASE BALTIMORE NEW YORK ECHOES FRISCO PLEAS-GO WEST WELFARE FUNDS MUST SATISTFY MANY LAWS,BE CAREFULLY PLANNED A QUESTION TO THE COAST GUARD: DID THE PUNISHMENT FIT THE CRIME? US SHIPS A RARE SIGHT IN TACOMA EDWARD BUCKKEY,PASTRY ARCHITECT, BUILDS SWEETS AND GOODWILL ON SHIP SOUTH AFRICAN MILK IMPURE MEN WARNED GALVESTON SHIPPING FALLS A BIT Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 03/04/1949 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1949 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/c245f3bb61d037c6c024912bcf977f84.PDF 987e5d73cfb2f4a90d7f2e6f6e8e8e22 PDF Text Text story On Page 2 SEAFARlBRS LOG ,• OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • HOOVER REPORT SEEKS PHS DOOM -Story On Page 3 Sojfa Of Two Stowaways...As The Robin Tuxford (Outbound) Met The Robin Mowbray (Inbound) I Seafarers on lifeboat from the Robin Tuxford take up the sea painter of ,* the Robin Mowbray to prepare transferring two stowaways discovered soon after the Tuxford left Capetown, South Africa. O Short ocean trip for the stowaways nears an end as * they start up the ladder to board the Robin Mowbray, which was enroute to Capetown at the time. Q Aboard the Mowbray, Seafarers at rail look on as one of the stowaways (wearing suit Jacket) waits for his partner. Their sea adventure was cut short after only 800 miles at sea. Despite choppy seas, the transfer of both men was soon over, and they were on their way home again. All photos by Seafarer Oscar Raynor. . �. Page Tw« 11'.. *" SEAFARERS hOG House Body Raps Foul-Ups Over '50-50' And Transfers ^: March 4.195S Launch New SIU Passenger Run WASHINGTON—Confirming eveiy charge made by the SIU, the House Mer­ chant Marine Commitee has severely criticized US tramp shipowners, the Mari­ time Administration and other responsible Government agencies for their mishan­ dling of foreign aid cargoes and for maladministration of the "50-50" law. ^ The committee found that the Maritime Administrator had transferred tramp ships in the face of an ob­ How has the transfer of 69 Libertys afTected the US tramp fleet? vious upsurge in US-flag Here are a few examples. business; the tramp ship­ * Pacific Coast shippel-s reported that there was an "acute short­ age" of lumber space. owners had played hide-and* With no lay-up ships coming out, inquiries are out for British, seek hy means of the transfer Australian, South African and other foreign flag vessels to carry gimmick, forcing up charter lumber. prices, and the various Gov­ * Business in grain, coal and other commodities was such that ernment agencies had messed shipowners had "little incentive" to bring ships into the West up foreign aid shipments. Coast area, even though present rates are "rather high." Further the committtee strongly * The Department of Agriculture has not been able to locate defended the "50-50" law as in no enough US-flag tonnage to handle Yugoslavian wheat shipments way responsible for any foul-up in and has authorized carriage of 80,000 tons on foreign bottoms. aid shipments. It was highly criti­ cal of US and foreign interests who attempted to undermine it and charged that the incompetence of tremely favorable terms under the cumstances, the committee conadministrative agencies and the 1946 ship sales act. This act was cluded, the foreign nations have excessive greed of tramp ship­ designed, in the committee's words, no kick coming. owners was playing into the hands to promote "an efficient and ade­ quate merchant marine." of the foreign interests. Congress, the committee added, While nothing can be done about then passed the "50-50" law with­ Members of the deck department on the newest SIU passenger the transfers short of drastic new out lyhich "the American tramp run pausp for a picture aboard the SS Cuba during loading of legislation governing foreign-flag stores before her maiden voyage last month. Pictured (1-r) arei registrations, the committee de­ fleet could not continue to exist." The committee further noted 'Skinny' Wells, AB; Rudy Cancella, AB; Pat Robertson, Bosun, anjl manded that one central agency, Jack Thayer, AB. Ship runs between Tampa and Havana. the General Services Administra­ that 27 of the 69 Liberty ships tion, take charge of all foreign aid which transferred foreign were WASHINGTON — Former shipments. It urged, further, that purchased in December 1950 and Maritime Administrator Louis the Stale Department should January 1951, after the Chinese B. Rothschild was sworn in "maintain the national policy of Communists entered the Korean this week as Under Secretary of the United States" with respect to fighting. "Now only four years Commerce for Transportation. later, the owners have transferred Earlier his appointment to the "50-50". The report implied that the one half the US tramp fleet to post was unanimously approved by State Department's attitude was foreign-tlag registry . . ." a Senate committee, although his Plenty of Cargo encouraging the enemies of "50policies as MA chief came under 50" both at home and abroad by "It was said that at the outset fire from at least one committee doing nothing while foreign na­ of the recent transfer program the member. tions raised all sorts of difficulties tramp shipowners indicated a de­ At a hearing of the Senate Inter­ in the handling of foreign aid ship­ sire to remain under the Amei'ican state and Foreign Commerce Com­ ments. flag but that lack of cargoes . . . mittee, Senator Magnuson, the left no alternative to transfer . . . committee c'haii-man from Wash­ Mortgage-Duckers The SEAFARERS LOG had Yet despite a steadily strengthen­ ington, disagreed ..with Rothschild's charged that tramp shipowners had ing charter market . . . the enact­ foreign transfer policy of last Au­ gone into business at the start of ment of legislation . . . (50-50 and gust under which 69 Americanthe Korean War, had reaped the the coal and food surplus pro­ flag Liberty ships were transferred profits of war cargoes without even grams) there is no indication that to foreign registry. paying a cent, in many instances, any operator withdrew his trans­ Rothschild, who was nominated on their ship mortgages to the US fer application . . by President Eisenhower to suc­ , Each transfer meant the ceed Robert B. Murray, Jr., as the government, and then turned around and switched their regis­ loss of job opportunities for some commerce undersecretary. Is ex­ tries to runaway flags with the ap­ 40 American seSmen. Owners . . . pected to move still Jiigher In the proval of the same Maritime Ad­ should bear in mind that ... the Eisenhower administration. ministration which held the mort­ 1936 and 1946 acts were designed Indications now are that Roths­ to protect American seamen as child will be succeeded as both gages. The House Committee pointed well . . . the tramp ship operators Maritime Administrator and chair­ Ready for a rushing business in the ship's bar, Seafarers M. man of the Federal Maritime out that the tramp fleet was ac­ have not been loyal .. ." Yglesias, bartender, and Ray Gonzalez, bar waiter, practice a dry Elsewhere in its report, the Board by Clarence G. Morse, who quired by shipowners under exrun with a few set-ups. The Quba joins the popular SS Florida committee pointed out that 32 of is now general counsel for both which has been on the Miami-Havana run for many years. Both 69 tramp ships were transferred maritime bodies. vessels are operated by the P&O Steamship Co. after November 1, 1954, when it was clear that cargo would be Mor. 4, 1955 Vol. XVII, No. 5 available "in a matter of weeks..." Inadequate Fleet As I See It Page 4 "The result is that we now have Burly Page 15 Crossword Puzzle .... Page 8 an American tramp fleet which is The largest group of applicants in the three-year history of the SIU Scholarship Plan, 18 Editorial Cartoon .......Page 9 or mby soon prove to be wholly in all, are vying for the four 1955 awards worth $6,000 each. Eight Seafarers and 10 chil* Editorials Page 9 inadequate even to carry the mip- dren of Seafarers have met qualifications thus far and either have taken the college en* Final Dispatch r Page 19 imum of 50 percent of Govern­ trance examinations or will-* Inquiring Seafarer Page 8 ment cargoes provided for in the take them soon. to take the next test on Saturday, call for the applicant, if a Seafarer, Labor Round-Up Page 8 law." The 18 applicants don't March 12. to have three years seatime oa Letter of The Week Page 9 The committee went over the necessarily reflect the final totals The growing interest in the SIU SIU ships. If the child of a Sea­ Letters Page 15 handling of foreign aid shipments Maritime Page 8 in a similar vein. It spoke of a re­ since there is still time for addi­ Plan reflects its generous cash farer, the father's seatime is tha~ Meet The Seafarer Page 8 grettable lack of coordination in tional candidates to qualify and provisions, its imlimited range of qualifying factor. All applicants must be in thf Notices, Personals Page 17 handling shipments uuder "50-50" take the college entrance test. The study and the fact that both Sea­ last examination for this year will farers and their children can upper third of their high school Off Watch Page 14 with the result that shipments Port Reports Pages 12, 13 have been delayed because there be given on May 21 and the com­ qualify. In addition, four of the graduating class and must submit mittee of university administrators candidates for this year's awards transcripts of their high school Quiz Page 14 wqs no uniform procedure. who select the winners will meet had competed unsuccessfully last records plus tliree letters of ref­ Recent Arrivals Page 18 Finally, it scorned the argu­ at the end of June. year. The terms of the Scholarship erence, one from their high school SIU History Cartoon .._... Page 6 ments of foreign nations and for­ Actually, a total of 43 inquiries Plan permit them to come back principal. Vote of Thanks Page 9 eign shipping associations, point­ were reported by the SIU Welfare again for another try if they take Winners of the previous years* Welfare. Benefits ....Pages 18, 19 ing out that foreign shipowners another college entrance examina­ Plan Office but a number of those awards were: 1953, Robert Good­ Welfare Report Page 18 were getting half of the shipments win,'' Alma Jimenez, Charlena Your Dollar's Worth Page 4 and toeing paid in American dol­ inquiring were not qualified under tion. In its first year, 1953, the four Holden and Elizabeth Lomas, all the terms of the plan and others PubllshMl biweekly et fhe headquarfert lars to boot, while the freight rates failed to complete their applica­ awards were won by children of children of Seafarers; 1954, Sea­ of the Seafarers International Union, At­ are paid for by the local govern­ tions. Seafarers, but last year three of farers Ed Larkin, Wallace Simp­ lantic A Gulf District AFL, *75 Fourth Five of the 18 remaining hav? the four awards were, taken by son and Seymour Wallace, and Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYacinth ments to the United States at the 9-660*. Entered as second class matter official rate in their own depre- already taken the college entrance Seafarers themselves. Jack Game, son of Seafarer Eddia •t th« Port Offlco In Brooklyn, NY, undo* _ i. • Hiq Art of Ausurt 24, wx ciated currency. Under such cir- tests and five more.^ari^.,^^]^eduIed . The SIU Plan's jrequlrenMnts S. Game. • MA Chief Gets New Gov't Job a;^ r L-> %:k'• K- :l 1;^ SEAFARERS LOG 18 Seek SIU Seholarships. Ilfir- |i u. I r\<-,•''''••' �March 4,1955 skAFAttBRS LOG Thres La. Seatrain Hoover Report Proposes Dock Blaze Delays Ship End To All U5PHS Hosps : NEW ORLEANS—Fire that • broke out an hour and a half after the Seatrain Louisiana . departed from this port bound for , Savannah and New York destroyed a 400-fopt section of the Seatrain Lines docks near Belle Chasse on the west bank of the Mississippi. , Damage from the February 19th blaze was estimated at about $250,. 000. ! Origin of the fire was undeter­ mined, but company officials theo^rized it may have been touched off by a cigarette smoldering among the creosoted pilings. A draft of air created when the Seatrain Louis­ iana pulled away from the dock could have fanned it into flame, according to this theory. Arrival of the Seatrain Georgia a week later was delayed one day until temporary repairs could be made. Meeting Night Everg 2 Weeks Regular membership meet­ ings in SIU headquarters and at all branches are held ;every second Wednesday night at 7 PM. The schedule for the next few meetings is as follows: Mar. 9, Mar. 23, April 16. All Seafarers registered on the shipping list are required to attend the meetings. WASHINGTON—Dusting oflf the slightly motheaten program that was put forth last year by Mrs. Oveta Gulp Hobby, the Hoover Commission on Government Reorganization has proposed the closing of the Public Health Service hospitals. The new proposal is an exact duplicate of the one that former Budget Director Joseph Dodge and Mrs. Hobby, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, put before Congress in mid-1953 only to have it voted down last year after a wave of protest from Seafarers and others in the maritime industry. The Hoover Commissionf of all medical services in the "economizers" taken into ac­ on much if not all of this cost to recommendations came as deprived count the fact that thousands of the Government itself. one blow. part of package document Nowhere in its lengthy report seamen and other patients would The net result would be a less -on Government health serv­ ices including the Veterans Administration and Defense Department hospital facili­ ties. As far as Seafarers are cohcerned, the proposals call for an end to all med cal services for seamen and the closing of all of the Public Health Service hos­ pitals with the exception of four —the Bethesda research center, the Lexington narcotics center, the Carville leprosarium and the Fort Worth hospital for mental cases. Others Curtailed Other Governmental medical services to men and women in the Armed Forces, and to veterans, to various civiL servants and to dependents of men in uniform would be curtailed but not discon­ tinued. This would be accomplish­ ed by closing some of the hospitals and limiting free treatment in some instances according to ability to pay. But it is only the seamen who are singled out as a target to be does the commission make any reference to the cost of free medi­ cal care lavishly given to members of Congress and other high Gov­ ernment officials at both the Wal­ ter Reed hospital and at Bethesda. With Congressmen having raised their wages to $22,500, and other officials in a similar income brac­ ket, the free hospital services to them would normally come under attack, according to the arguments used in the commission's report. If the Hoover Commission pro­ posals were to be adopted by Con­ gress it would mean the closing of 13 hospitals and the end-of a pro­ gram of service to seamen that has been functioning for 157 years. The Public Health Service Hos­ pitals have long been the targets of self-styled "economizers." Since World War II they have succeeded in curtailing services to seamen by closing ten of the 26 hospitals that were originally functioning and cutting down on appropriations for other hdspitals. In none of these proposals have McLean Signs SIU Pact; Plans Trailer-ship Fleet MOBILE—The SIU signed the McLean Securities Corp. to a regular SIU freightship agreement last week, thereby assuring that Seafarers will continue to man the seven ships bought by McLean in January when it purchased the Pan - Atlan,tic Steamship Corp., Waterman's coastwise subsid--*iary. McLean is the company of the new company. The negotia­ The seven ships involved in the maritime observers feel will tions were handled by Port Agent Pan-Atlantic transaction, all C-2s, revitalize the almost-dead coast­ Cal Tanner, SIU representative in are the Antinous. Arizpa, Beaure­ wise trade. A further result of the signing is the likelihood that Seafarers will man a projected fleet of specially-designed trailer-ships for coastwise operations long planned by Malcolm P. McLean, president Laid-Up Tanker Turns Turtle Company officials are still awaiting the results of a pre­ liminary survey by divers of the damage to the tanker Camas Meadows, which capsized during a violent storm last month at Genoa, Italy. No SIU crewmembers were aboard. Laid up for some time, the foriSer SlU-manned ship was one of several vessels in the harbor which took a beating from the big blow. No other SlU-contracted ships were reported affected, however. Destructive Winds The storm, described as one of the worst to hit ^ the area in 50 years, featured winds which hacked 100-foot holes in a breakwater 40 feet high. Divers have not yet completed their survey of the ship, since the storm lasted several days. US Petroleum Carriers, Inc., operators of the vessel, also have two other iships under SIU contract, the tank­ ers Fort Bridger and Lake George. All of them are laid up right now. this port. Pan-Atlantic's home office will remain here, at least for the time being. Opening Wedge The purchase of PM-Atlantic Is expected to provide McLean with the opening wedge in his fight to get a trailer-ship service underway. He has stepped down as head of the McLean Trucking Co. of Winston-Salem, NC, to get the new enterprise off the ground. PanAtlantic already has the authority to call at the East Coast ports which could be serviced by a trailer-ship operation. Construction of at least four special vessels capable of carrying 286 35-foot loaded truck-trailers in a "roll on-roll off" service is plan­ ned by McLean. The new vessels would supplement rather than re­ place present Pan-Atlantic opera­ tions and would reportedly involve an outlay of $43.5 million for con­ struction.* Charters Expected It is believed they would be built .^for Pan-Atlantic and then chartered to the McLean Trucking Co., which has already asked the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to buy another firm, S. C. Loveland, Inc., a barge oper­ ator, and to start its trailer-ship service. Although Waterman has how apparently abandoned all hope of reviving its own coastwise trade, it will continue operating its-re­ maining ships in the intercoastal trade and in runs to the Far East, Europe'and-Puerto Rico. gard, Chickasaw, DeSoto, Iberville and Warrior. Under the new agree­ ment, they will continue to be manned by SIU crews as before. be thrown upon the overburdened resources of local hospitals which are already over-crowded with pa­ tients. Nor have they considered the fact that the SIU would im­ mediately take steps to transfer the responsibility for care of in­ jured seamen to the shipping com­ panies, who in turn, would pass efficient and probably more cost­ ly system than now exists. Closing of the hospitals would also be a distinct setback to medi­ cal progress since they have pi­ oneered many medical develop­ ments including sanitation, indus­ trial hygiene and new forms of (Continued On Page 17) TV Eye Again Focused SIU Baltimore Hall / A second major television program devoted nearly a halfhour to a "live" pick-up from the SIU's new Baltimore branch hall. Station WMAR-TV in Baltimore did the show on Sun­ day, February 27, from 4:00 to^ 4:30 PM, devoting itself to an |in the Baltimore Union hall itself; explanation of maritime union ' ' The bulk of the program was functions in the port. The pro­ devoted to an SIU job call out of gram is a regular local TV feature the new hiring hall, and to a called "The Port That Built A ship's payoff scene as shown on City." the spot with a US shipping com­ Previously, WAAM-TV in that missioner, a Waterman company city had featured film clips and representative and a ship's cap­ still shots of the new hall on a tain present. Other activities in program that deals with indus- the hall, principally the cafeteria trial and commercial develop- and Baltimore Port C Call, were ments in Baltimore. And just also covered by the TV cameras. three weeks ago, WMAR-TV in­ There was just one interview terviewed Seafarers on board the on the program, that being with a Steelore, dealing with their suc­ veteran MM&P skipper The cess in saving the ship from dis­ MM&P, along with several other aster in an Atlantic storm. unions, has its Baltimore offices in the SIU hall. Direct From Hall Last Sunday's show was done "The Port That Built A City" is directly out of the SIU hall with conducted by Miss Helen Dellch, the^ exception of a few film clips. marine editor of the "Baltimore Some of these were from the SIU- Sun." As the name indicates, the produced film, "The Seafarers," show is a presentation of features showing Seafarers on the ships. dealing with maritime activities Welfare Services Representatives in the port of Baltimore. It is visiting seamen's homes and other designed to keep the importance shots that could not be duplicated of shipping in the public's eye. Baltimore SIU port agent. Earl Sheppard, explains how ship is paid off to WMAR-TV televiewers as US shipping commissioner, company rep and Seafarers go through simulated payoff procedure. Miss Helen Delieh, who conducts program, "Fort That Built A City" is holding mike. Payoff scene and others) in which Seafarers took part were televised di^ct from SIU Baltimore hail on Sunday -February-U7.'„''""" •:KT. �MaMki/iiM BiAFAttBKS toe Pace T«V MarkFuruseth'sBirth r:-.. Andrew Furuseth starts on his second century this month. The "Abraham Lincoln of the* sea," who helped free seamen all over the world from the dictatorship of oldtime desertion and mutiny laws, would be 101 years old this coming March 12 if he were still alive. Although Furuseth's repu-"^ from the desertion laws. The 1915 tation was established way SEVERAL OF EUROPE'S MOST IMPORTANT MARITIME act also contained a wide variety of nations, led by the British, are balking vigorously against application back in the 19th century and specifications on the treatment of of the "50-50" law on US surplus products. In at least one instance, capped by the 1915 Seaman's Act, seamen, minimum safety provi­ some of these surplus cargoes were rejected by a leading maritime na> there ai'e men going to sea today sions, adequate foc'sle space and tion on the grounds that they could not dictate the carriage of these who knew him personally. There other regulations. It is the base on cargoes on ships of their own flag. are Seafarers active In the SIU which subsequent acts were built who were present at Furuseth's Many shoreside people may toe indifferent or unsympathetic to the here and abroad and from which funeral ceremonies aboard the seamen's unions proceeded in im­ importance that is attached to "50-50" by people in US maritime, Schoharie, which took place in 1938 simply because they are unfamiliar with the operations qf interna­ proving shipboard conditions. out of Savannah, shortly after his tional trade. But a few imaginary examples will serve to bring the First-CIass Citizenship 84th birthday. issue home directly. Unfortunately, Furuseth never In all this, Furuseth's basic idea Coal is one of the big items which Uncle Sam is moving overseas in lived to see the formation of the was to win for seamen the rights of great quantity. Millions of tons are being donated to other nations SIU of North America and the first-class citizenship and the full with no strings attached because there is more soft coal available in gains won for seamen in the years respect of the community. As he this country than is needed while many European countries suffer from that followed. But from 1887, when put it in a iflessage to the 1929 "9 chronic shortage of this commodity. Suppose one of the countfies he was elected secretary of the SUP convention: that was on the receiving end was to demand that its coal companies Coast Seamen's Union, until the "There Is no reason why we 1930's, he was the acknovvledged should not receive wages equal to and coal miners be allowed to go into Pennsylvania and West Virginia leader of all American seamen. In those of the average mechanic. The and dig the coal. Suppose, further, they insisted on sending rail­ Andrew Furuseth, from a and roiling stock to transport it to dockside to be put on*their those years he almost single-hand­ very nature of our calling demands roaders painting. ships. edly pushed through the White of us seamen a willingness to die Obviously such a demand would be considered fantastically unrea­ Act and the Seamen's Act of 1915, ships where conditions were not to that others may live. The world at sonable. Yet the same demand is considered acceptable once it ap­ the American seaman's magna their liking and marked the begin­ large demands this . . . while . . . charta, which was expanded and ning of a successful fight on the it insists upon treating us as the plies to transporting the commodity—coal, grain, butter or anything Improved in the Jones Act of 1928. infamous combine of crimp oper­ stepchildren of human society . . . else-—past the arbitrary three-mile limit of coastal waters. In the current surplus cargo situation these foreign nations are claim­ Furuseth was unusual in that he ators and shipowner. When the nation needs men to de­ ing the right to carry Government-owned cargoes in any quantity be­ accomplished exactly what he set fend its seacoasts, and we fail, the Fought For Freedom cause they are paying the freight cost. Actually though, in many In­ out to do. A Norwegian who sailed nation suffers, and yet under ordi­ Then for 18 years Furuseth under European flags for many fought tirelessly for freedom for nary conditions when there is no stances the freight cost is being paid into the foreign shipowners years, he decided that the only way all merchant seamen and legisla­ danger either to the nation or to pocket in good US dollars while the US is getting foreign cur/ency of to free seamen from bondage was tion setting minimum conditions on the lives of passengers, we are gen­ dubious value in return. The foreign shipowner wouldn't have it any to form a union in the United board ships. The climax was the erally. looked upon and treated other way—it's the dollars he wants. No one in the middle of this "50-50" argument should lose sight States and use it as a lever to win 1915 Seamen's Act, sponsored by like roughnecks . . . There are yet human rights for seamen all over Robert LaFollelte, Sr., which abol­ many who think anybody is good of the fact that US-owned cargoes and "50-50" have been as great a the world. With that in mind he ished the desertion law on all enough for the sea and that most boon to the foreign shipowner as to the American. For "50-50," of settled in California and devoted ships, foreign or American, while men are too good for the sea, but course, works both ways. Just as it is a guarantee that 50 percent of himself to the cause. in US ports. The long-range effect their number is gradually dimin­ Government cargoes go on US bottoms, the reverse is equally true. It virtually guarantees 50 percent to foreign bottoms as well. The way Brutality Was Rule was to free seamen everywhere ishing ..." all the "50-50" provisions have been administered in past years is At the time, the 1880's, seamen ample proof of that fact. under all flags were subject to the These surplus and foreign aid programs have also had the effect of iron rule of captains and mates. raising freight rates all around for both domestic and foreign carriers. Because there was no legal way of Consequently, your Union believes that "50-50" and US aid has been paying off a ship before the end a tremendous factor in the prosperity of the foreign shipowner. He of a voyage, conditions were un­ would weep"bitter tears if the day should come that there were no Gov­ believably bad and brutality was ernment-owned cargoes for him to carry. the rule. Most sign-ons were for Actually while the foreigii-flag shipowner cries "freedom of the seas" extremely long periods of time. BOSTON—Seafarers and representatives of unions from and "discrimination," what ha is really looking for Is 100 percent con­ The only way a seaman could escape beatings, floggings, bad food all over Massachusetts teamed up this week to help bury a trol of these cargoes and the bankruptcy of the US merchant marine. In your Union's opinion, the law should require 100 percent of and overwork was to jump ship proposed state "right to work" bill. The measure is opposed Government cargoes to go under the American flag. Your Union is without pay and leave all his pos­ by leaders of both parties in-*^ quite certain that this 100 percent practice is thd way foreign govern­ sessions behind. This branded "him So-called "right to.work" laws ments handle their own cargoes. When the British, for instance, were as a deserter. If he banded to­ the legislature, the governor gether with his shipmates to at­ and the State Commissioner have been adopted in 18 states jn sending aid to Greece in 1946, or to Malaya or any other part of the recent years. They restrict most world where they have an interest, you can be sure that everything, tempt to improve conditions he of Labor. forms of union security, such as without exception, moved on a British ship. Only One Backer could be charged with mutiny. the closed shop. A similar bill is During a jammed hearing at the Furuseth started first to improve SEVERAL WEEKS AGO THE SEAFARERS LOG INVITED conditions for coastwise seamen, State House Feb. 28, no one spoke now pending before the Maryland because they were excluded from up for the bill except its sponsor. legislature, sponsored by the readers to send in for copies of a booklet on "Your Dollar's Worth,'' certain of the harsher provisions of State Representative Charles S. Chamber of Commerce and others. the column which deals with buying problems likely to be faced by the law. A combined campaign of Marston III of Haverhill, a Repub­ Lawmakers in Idaho rejected one Seafarers and their families. The response to this offer has been a surprisingly heavy one with the result that hundreds of booklets hanging up individual ships and lican. Massachusetts law requires earlier this year. Marston, whose family owns a containing a selection of these columns have been mailed out to Sea­ activity in Washington gradually that every bill must have a public brought about abolition of deser­ hearing. Accordingly, a legislative shoe factory, was hissed as he left farers and other interested readers. Your Union is gratifled to know that there is such keen interest tion laws in the coastwise trade committee went through the mo­ the room. One of the legislators and later in the offshore trade. It tions of hearing the pro and cons called his proposal "a bastard son shown in the material that appears in these columns, which, by the way, are written exclusively with Seafarers in mind. of the Taft-Hartley Act." meant that seamen could pay off on the proposed law. UnionsTeamllpToBury Mass. Anti-Labor Bill • WORTH SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Shopping Refrigerators Refi'igerators are a little less expensive this year than last—^from $10 to $30 less—and more of them have the good design features that most families want, such as the full-width freezer chest. A Seafarer and his family out shopping for a refrig­ erator should be aware that the same manufacturer's de­ luxe and standard or "stripped" models are basically the same steel box, the same three inches of insulation, the same mechanism and baked-enamel exterior. The price difference results from added features. The trick is to select the box with the features you really want and which are really valuable, and avoid those boxes that ask a high price for mere gadgets. Automatic defrosting, for example, may be a valuable feature but not such recently introduced devices as drink dispensers, or special icemaking equipment. Automatic Defrosting: Many refrigerators now have automatic defrosters. These are advertised under all kinds of pseudo-scientiflc names that confuse buyers more than they explain. Basically there are two types of automaticdefrost systems. One type is a timer. At a set time each day it turns on a heating element that does the defrosting —generally in less than 20 minutes. The other .type ls.« push-button. It turns on the heating element to start defrosting after the refrigerator door has been opened and closed a certain number of times. (Frost accumulates each time a refrigeratoi-'door is opened.) The push-button type of automatic defroster thus defrosts several times a day, depending on how much you use the refrigerator. Undoubtedly automatic defrost is a valuable feature. Defrosting is a chore, and neglecting it reduces a refrig­ erator's efficiency and makes it use more current. But the manufacturers demand a high price for boxes with automatic defrost—often a hundred dollars more for the same size box without it. Full-Width Freezer Chests: These generally can store 40-60 pounds of frozen foods, and are a definite advantage in saving shopping trips and also taking advantage of spe­ cial buys in meats and frozen produce. The full-width compartments are also more efficient than the smaller U-shape compartments. Fortunately, it is not necessary to pay a high price for a refrigerator with this feature. Some brands offer full-width freezer jM)mpartments in moderateprice models as well as expensive ones. However, note that there are two types of freezer com­ partments; the ordinary kind which generally holds frozen foods at 15 degrees, and the so-called "true" freezer comvpartments which-geL.the temperatuie down'to zero. For Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying most families, the ordinary kind is sufficient and saves the extra expense of the colder compartments, which are necessary only if you quick-freeze some of yc^ur own pro­ duce or store frozen foods for more than a week. Special Features: Adjustable butter conditioners and "bacon and cheese keepers" are widely-promoted features of the more expensive refrigerator but it is hardly woFth buying a costly model for these gadgets. Drink dispensers,^ automatic ice-makers, and special egg baskets are other widely-advertised gadgets which should not be decisive factors in making your choice. The Size: A large-enough refrigerator pays for itself by enabling you to buy foods in larger quantities and con­ serve leftovers. In fact, the price per chbic foot of capacity is lower as refrigerators get larger. But don't get too large a box since there is an increase in operating costs too. A simple rule is that a family of three should have a sevenfoot box, with each additional person requiring two more cubic feet. Shop for Discount: The nationally-advertised makes have very high list prices, so it pays to shop for the best discount. Many independept dealers these days'give dis­ counts of 20-25 percent on refrigerators, thus trimmihiE $10C! ot-ihore off the price of the larger boxes. �•••'••''^vv March 4.19SS SEAFAREKS Par* Plr* toe Seafarers Brave Raging Sea To Aid Fishing Boat Seafarers aboard the Antinous (Pan-Atlantic) were participants in the latest in a series of rescue missions in which SIU crews have been involved recently in stormy Gulf Waters. The successful effort helped save the lives of three men on a disabled fishing boat. Details supplied by Sea--* ^ farer Maurice "Duke" Duet, sick man with his head in the en­ the trick, however. The captain DM, helped fill in the gaps of gine box with the gas fumes," decided to lead out the lyle gun Enjoying Mardi Gras in New Orleans French Quarter is this group of Seafarers and lady friends. Hiding behind mask at left is the "smiling bosun" Mike Rossi, while C. "Red" Carolan sports topper. In rear are Jesse Williams (left) and John Chopstick. Girls are Vera Storien and Lee Hume. Seafarers Help Fete Cay NO Mardi Cras NEW ORLEANS—chilling rain that prevailed through­ out most of the day kept many Mardi Gras celebrants indoors on Carnival Day, celebrated here February 22, but did not serve to dampen the enthusi--*asm of Seafarers who partici­ and most New Orleans men aboard pated in the festivities in the Mississippi, Alcoa and Waterman famed French Quarter surround­ ing the SIU hall in New Orleans. Despite the severe weather, the streets wei-e crowded with gay celebrants and widely-renowned Canal Street was jammed from curb to curb by those who gathered to join in the revelry and to watch parades that passed by throughout much of the day and far into the Jiight. Few Quit Ships Missing from the annual festivi­ ties this year were many New Or­ leans Seafarers who traditionally come ashore for vacations at this season to join with family and friends in the revelry. iShipping has been off here in recent weeks NY Alcoa Runs Gain 3 Ships The SlU-manned Alcoa Steamship Company is in­ creasing its services out of New York to the Cai'ibbean. Three ships normally running out of the Gulf are in the process of being added to the New York runs. The Alcoa Pegasus, Alcoa Planffer and Alcoa Pilgrim will join their sister ships, the Puritan, Pointer, Partner and the three Alcoa C-2's in regular service out of New Y'ork. In addition, the Alcoa Pioneer, which was on charter to States Marine Lines, will make one trip out of New York before going into regular service in the Gulf area. ships running into New Orleans chose to stay aboard their ships. Those who did come ashore, however, and others on the beach here celebrated the gay holiday in typical New Orleans fashion. SUP Marks 70th Year, Many Gains The granddaddy of all maritime unions, the Sailors Union of the Pacific, reaches a story published in the St. Peters­ burg (Fla.) Times on February 5. The incident took place about 75 miles west of there the day be­ fore. The Antinous was bound from Tampa to New Orleans at the time. Apparently the only ship in the area, the Antinous first learned of the mishap when it received a dis­ tress call from the Coast Guard telling that a fishing boat with three men aboard had motor trou­ ble and was sinking. Off To Rescue Meanwhile, Captain Ryan on the Antinous bad sounded a general alarm and within a few minutes. Duet said. Chief Mate Evans and seven men were over the side on their way to the rescue in one of the ship's boats. Five minutes later, however, the motor conked out, so the boat crew took to the oars while Phillips, the first ^assist­ ant engineer, worked on the motor. But the wind and seas proved too strong for this and the boat had to return to be picked up. Efforts to fix up the motor worked this time, so a^ain a vol­ unteer crew of some of the first gang and new volunteers set out. "At times we couldn't see it," Duet recalled, "and the fishing boat was still about three miles off. Everyone in the boat was cold and wet as they hadn't even con­ sidered the condition of the seas when we started out." Then, after running for three hours so that the boat finally got to within 100 feet of the South Seas, the motor gave up again. The first assistant went to work on it again and "must have been some a historic milestone this Sunday. On that date, March 6, it will cele­ brate its 70th anniverasry of con­ tinuous existence as a seamen's union. March 6, 1885, was the dale of ^ the open air meeting of a few hun­ TAMPA—One of the latest dred seamen at Folsom Street wharf, San Francisco, that gave SIU men to qualify for SIU birth to the Coast Seamen's Union disability benefits, Seafarer as it was then called. Seamen Nick Giosue has been receiving his on the coastwise schooners were payments of $25 weekly like clock­ aroused by the action of shipown­ work for the past three months and ers in ordering a reduction of still finds it hard to believe. their wages. Although previous "It's wonderful," he admits. maritime unions had all failed, "After 53 years of sailing my time 222 men present signed up in .the is my own and I new organization and collected $34 can count on the in a tarpaulin muster so that they SIU Welfare Plan could rent the Irish-American for benefits I hall for a , more formal meeting never dreamed the following night. about," Giosue added. The vet­ Historio Site eran seaman first The site of the historic Folsom Street meeting is now marked with started shipping a monument of Andrew Furuseth from his native who was chosen leader of the new Italy at the age Giosue union two years later and led the of 16 and finally fight to free both American and had to call it quits last year af­ foreign seamen from virtual serf­ ter -he wound up a long stint on dom. the SS Florida (P&O) in Septem­ Under Furuseth's leadership the ber. He'll be 70 next month. SUP successfully fought through Lives In Tampa major strikes against the ship­ Able to relax now for the first owners and the Californyi Em­ ployers Association. It also pro­ time in years, Giosue lives with his moted the McGuire Act, the White wife, Carmelina, and their two Act, the 1915 Seamen's Act, the children, at their home in this city. Jones Act and other Federal"legis­ He came here soon after arriving in lation which was designed to give the lis as a passenger on an Ital­ seamen full rights. ian ship in 1906. For many years the SUP was ^ After getting to the US, he went affiliated with the old Interna­ to work in a Tampa fishhouse, tional Seamen's Union but when sailed fishing smacks for about ten that organization died, the,SUP years and then during World War took the lead in formation of the I, shipped on Government trans­ Seafarers International Union of ports. He later went back to fish­ North America. ing, shifted to a local ,tugbqat .tor ; Duct commented," but we didn't give up." Finally, Captain Ryan saw that the boat was in trouble and came to the rescue. But although Phil­ lips got the motor working again, it gave way once more right by the stern of the ship. "We were all pretty lucky ourselves then," said Duet. "What with the heavy seas' and the propellor of the ship so close to the lifeboat, we broke three oars and one boat hook try­ ing to keep away from the blade." The third attempt finally turned . '':i - line and tow it around the fishing boat until someone caught it. One of the men did, and the occasion provided the first relief they'd had from bailing the boat by hand since midnight of the night before. Good Day's Work "All in all, it was a good day's work," Duet commented. Sea­ farers who took part were Duet; Scott, the bosun; Herman, Geraci and Bill Sherry, ABs; Merlesema, Cheramie and "Slugger,^ ordinary seamen, and Halim Hambouz, wiper. BOUND LOGS READY Seafarers can now obtain cloth-bound volumes containing all issues of the SEAFARERS LOG in 1954. These volumes are for sale at the cost price of $5.50, and can be picked up at headquarters or ordered by mail. separate volumes were issued for The handsome, bound 1954 each six-month period of 1947 volume is suitable for addition to a ship's library or home bookshelf, and carries all the news and fea­ tures highlighting the events of 1954, both in the SIU and in the maritime industry generally. . The volume contains nearly 600 pages, including all 26 regular is­ sues of the LOG plus all special supplements issued during the year, such as reprints of the Union constitution. Back Volumes, Too In a companion offer, copies of all bound volumes dating back to 1947, up through and including 1954, may be obtained for the package price of $30. This set in­ cludes 10 volumes in all, since and 1948. The latest volume, the 1954 is­ sue, carries, in addition to the reg­ ular news and feature stories, the texts of many official Union re­ ports issued during the year, as well as news of changing develop­ ments- and innovations in the in­ dustry. There are also many per­ sonal articles about Seafarers, their families and their jobs. Either the separate 1954 bound volume or the complete set of 1947-54 'volumes can be^ ordered by mail by using the coupon printed on the back page of this issue. Stocks of bound volumes issued prior to 1947 have already been depleted. six years and eventually, in 1935, began sailing for P&O. Coming out of the old ISU, he joined the SIU here in 1940 when the Union organized P&O. Since then, Giosue has shipped-on a va­ riety of SlU ships out of Tampa and elsewhere, but the P&O Flori­ da run to*Havana has always been a favorite. Even so, he's a frequent visitor to the Tampa SIU hall, where he can always find some of his former shipmates and talk over "the old days." Times have changed a lot, but they always help you. to ap­ preciate what you have today. The oldest son in a family of 13, he was the only one to turn from the family's farm to the sea. Conditions Poor Starting out on the local fish­ ing boats hunting for cod. he later switched to the small coasters that plied betwen the tiny port settle­ ments carrying both passengers and freight. Wages were around $20 a month for a bosun and about $13 for ABs. "They had condi­ tions on ships then that they wouldn't let a dog live under to­ day," he recalls. Hansen didn't get to the US un­ til 1925, but once he tried Ameri­ can ships he stayed with them. He joined with other Norwegian sea­ men in forming the Norwegian Seamen's Union in 1906, threw in with the old ISU when he reached the States and eventually with the SIU when it was founded in 1938. Still hearty," he often makes the trek from his nearby Brooklyn home to SIU headquarters to spend pleasant hours with old friends and reflect on the changes he's seen in the seaman's way of life since he began his sailing career in 1887 at the age of 14. The veteran Seafarer is still amazed at most of them. "I never expected seamen would ever get the kind of benefits we have to­ day in the SIU" is his constant reminder to those who think that "miracles" only happen in fairy tales, •v:;r $> $1 i* With more years of sailing be­ hind him than the estimated life expectancy of most j^eople born 20 years after he was,' Seafarer Ed­ ward K. Hansen reluctantly retired from the sea two years ago but still finds the pull of his lifetime's work an irresistible one. Now 81, Hansen has been receiv­ ing SIU disability benefits since March, <.1 953, when he closed out a record of 65 years as a sea­ man on Scandanavian and Amer­ ican ships. A few months earlier, he had made his last trip as a car­ penter on the Hansen Robin Mowbray (Robin .Line) .:to South African ^•1 ^1 i �Far* Six SEAFARERS Mweh 4. 195S LOG Coast Guard Inspectors Blew This One TRADES BILL PASSES HOUSE—Democrats in the House of Rep­ resentatives delivered the votes to pass President Eisenhower's request for a three-year extension of the Reciprocal Trades Act. The final vote on the bill was by a comfortable margin, but a key preliminary vote was 193 to 192, and a hard fight in the Senate was seen by both sides. 4. PLAN SHORTER PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS—Both Democrats and Republicans are scheduling their 1956 presidential nominating conventions at later dates than usual. With television available, can­ didates no longer need as much time to stomp the country. The Demo­ crats will meet late in July or early in August in Chicago While Re­ publicans plan a four-day convention in San Francisco on August 20. The GOP plans are based on the assumption that Eisenhower will run again. t Seafarer on board Bi-adford Island, Cities Service tanker, puts hand through hole crew found in No. 3 lifeboat after Coast Guard's annual inspection had okayed the ship. Hole was found right under the Coast Guard inspection plate. Discovery of holes in this and No. 4 lifeboat followed decision of skipper and mate to scrape down too-thick paint and take close look at condition of lifeboats. Hole was then patched as shown. Sea Chest Opens In Baltimore BALTIMORE—The official opening of an SIU Sea Chest retail store here two weeks ago means that all facilities at the new SIU branch hall in this port are no win operation. A steady flow of Seafarer-shoppers has kept the place hopping since then. The retail outlet here is one"*" Sea Chest branch alpng with dles the distribution of slopchests of three outport stores that the other facilities. The Sea Chest on a competitive basis to ships in have been set up by the Sea warehouse in Mobile is now doub­ the area and has representatives Chest since the original one was opened at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn three years ago. Other stores are currently operating at the SIU hall in New Orleans and In Mobile, where construction is continuing on a building next to the present hall which will house It- Visa Cutoff Date Dropped Is-: I?'. • m I Non-immigrant alien seamen who were faced by the problem of obtaining individual visas to the US by June 30 no longer have to worry. The State De­ partment has found this re­ quirement "impractical" at present and has knocked it out of its rules. For the present, the Department will visa crew lists of all non-immigrant aliens who do not have indi­ vidual visas. r*? r:-' • \T I '- t [ tA" .- m Ik' ling as a retail store, also. Spacious Set-Up Much larger and modernistic than the Sea Chest at headquar­ ters, the Baltimore store is located on the second deck of the building, and provides easy access from the street for use by the general pub­ lic. Seafarers , and members of local unions occupying offices in the SIU building can enter either that way or from elSewhei-e in the hall itself. Items carried by the Sea Chest cover a wide range of union-made and brand-name dress clothes and work gear, including suits, coats and shoes, plus jewelry, luggage, radios, phonographs and a variety of other gift selections. The store also carries toiletries, cigarettes and other tobacco products, all sold at prices generally below those at comparable establishments and with a money-back guarantee behind them. In addition to the store sales, the Baltimore Sea Chest also han­ covering the ships with an array of clothing and gift items which are not included in the slopchest itself. Orders for many items can also be filled from a Sea Chest catalogue, in which case delivery is made to the ship along with the regular slopchest order for' the vessel. Union-Sponsored The Sea Chest, as a Union-spon­ sored enterprise, was launched originally to provide Seafarers with a place where they could be sure of obtaining first-quality mer­ chandise at low prices. It was established as a means of enab­ ling Seafarers to bypass other waterfront ship chandlers and slopchest dealers who for years victimized seamen with shoddy, poorly-made merchandise at high prices. Seafarer Pat Murphy, as port manager, is in charge of the Bal­ timore Sea Chest operation. He emphasizes that the general public as well as Seafarers can enjoy sub­ stantial savings by shopping there. Cartoon History Of The SIU 4> 4" ~ H-BOMB DESTRUCTIVE POWER REVEALED-The Atomic Energy Commission has released information on 1954 H-bomb tests showing that 7,000 square miles can be affected by deadly radiation of an Hbomb. This is an area almost as large as the state of New Jersey. Meanwhile the British announced they would build an H-bomb and also are converting electric power plants to atomic energy. 4« 4" 4" FIELD REPORTS ON IMPRISONMENT—Hermann Field, brother of Noel Field, who was imprisoned by Polish Communists, arrived in London and reported on his ordeal. He told of being held in the cel­ lar of a house for five years in solitary without ever getting out in the open. His brother Noel, who was imprisoned in Hungary, has also been released but has elected to stay in that country. 4. 4. ^ CONGRESS ACTS ON WAGE INCREASE—Congress has voted to laise its own salary to $22,500 yearly and give similar increa.ses to Federal judges and the vice-president. There was general agree­ ment on the need for the increase, but criticism of Congress' failure to act on increases for other Government employees. 4- 4> NY POLICE ARREST WIRETAPPERS—Three New York telephone company employees were arrested and $10,000 worth of electronic equipment was seized in a police raid on a wiretap center. The equip­ ment, which need not be connected directly to a phone line, was enough to tap thousands of phones. Some moves are being made to legislate against such indiscriminate wiretapping. .t 4» MORE WITNESSES ADMIT PERJURY IN RED HEARINGS—Two more anti-Communist witnesses for the Government have admitted making false accusations of Communist sympathies. Ttie two, Lowell Watson and Mrs. Marie Natvig, had both testified at a Federal Com­ munications Commission hearing linking Edward O. Lamb, a Toledo publisher, with the Communist Party. Lamb's hearing dealt with his application for renewal of a television station operating license. Sub­ sequently the two witnesses repudiated their testimony, claiming they had been coached by a commission official. Harvey Matusow, first witness to confess false accusations, has amplified his list of misdeeds, including peddling of a blacklist of radio and tv performers. 4^ » US MAY OFFER GRAIN TO RUSSIA—Reports of recurring food shortages in the Soviet Union have prompted a study by the US Gov­ ernment of the possibility of an offer of grain surplus to relieve emer­ gency suffering. Some Administration people fear that the offer would be misunderstood and would only have the effect of strengthening the Soviet government at a critical time. t 4> 4i WEST GERMANS RATIFY REARMAMENT—The West German par­ liament approved the rearming of the country under the North Atlan­ tic treaty by large majorities. Also approved was an agreement on the status of the coal-rich Saar Valley. Spwiliyhi on MSTS • Xo. 84 mmmm. ' is •. 'mm In November. 1950, after a year in operation, the Navy's Military Sea Transportation Service became the subject of a Congressional inquiry. Urging sharp cuts tor MSTS, the SIU pointed to the agency's direct competition with private industry and its cut-rat# j>«y poliQy a^ the oxp^jajs^vf. irition jcamen. ..... • ssj^sEssasaicsa.'s:..' Meanwhile, the US called on the nation's sea unions to draft a program for the industry's mobilization in wartime. The SIU and other sea unions responded with a firm guarantee to supply all the men that were needed through their hiring halls, if experi­ enced men weren't drained off the ships ^y the draft. The unions also noted the two-headed situation caused by appeals for skilled crews to man the ships, when at the same time MSTS was taking over pri­ vate vessels and replacing professional seamen with temporary civil service crews at lower pay. The . prpUem remained .to. plague the Industry, however. �SEAFARERS Marcli 4. 195S SIU NEWSLETTER from WASHINOTON I ' " . I The Eisenhower Administratioil ship transfer policy has plagrued the Maritime Administration in more than one way. With the declining number of American flag Liberty type vessels, the question of replace­ ment or added tonnage has undergone radical changes in the last few months. For example, the question of altering the law is being considered to permit sale from the reserve fleet of Liberty ships for domestic opera- tion should privately owned vessels be unavailable at reasonable prices. i 4" 4" Transcontinental rails and trucks still are causing considerable trouble to the efforts of steamship lines to regain their prewar position in the coastwise and intercoastal trades. The proposition is being advanced that only the offshore carrier can continue in the domestic trade, this as a leg of his foreign trade opera­ tion. However, many domestic lines believe that this is not so, and are convinced that the procedure, if permitted, will not only destroy the existing coastwise vessels, but will drive what remains of the trade into the hands of the rails and trucks. 3^ 4* P«ff« jSerea LOC Fntnre Grim, Saigon On Feverish Bender A city where shopkeepers and office girls play dice on streetcomers, where a police chief boasts of his ownership of a "house of entertainment" with 600 girls, where a $125 camera sells for $600—that's Saigon, the frontier city of the cold war, as seen through the eyes of ••-Seafarers these days. Like Hanoi and Haiphong before it, this Indo-Chinese city may be 4 While some American lines sit back nursing their wounds over being defeated on the St. Lawrence Seaway project, foreign flag carriers are losing no time in becoming entrenched in this trade. While it's true that the US companies lost their battle to defeat completion of the seaway, they are not planning on tbe possibilities of the new waterway. On the other hand, foreign flag carriers are moving in quickly. Sev­ eral foreign lines are forming joint services, such as the Ellerman Fabre Joint Service, in the trade between ports on the Great Lakes (Canadian and US), St. Lawrence River, Eastern Canada, and ports in Europe. 4" 4 4* British flag ships continue to trade freely with Communist nations. As a resuit, the Chinese Nationalist government will bar numerous foreign flag vessels, principally British, from calling at Formosa. Belief is that these ships have sailed into Communist ports on the mainland. In addition to the British ships, those accused include vessels belonging to the Dutch, Swedes and Finns. 4 4 4 Canadian steamship lines will launch a strong effort to receive gov­ ernment subsidy to help them operate again under the Canadian flag and provide a nucleus of maritime personnel. However, this is not the fii-st time they have put up such a campaign. The last time they were defeated. 4 4 4 In recent years the total seaborne trade has been increasing at the rate of about 3 percent per annum, while total world tonnage has been Increasing at the rate of about 4 percent. This, along with other factdrs. Is causing serious problems in the maritime industry throughout the world. A couple of things adding to these difficulties are the increase of flag discrimination and competition resulting from registration of ships under "flags of convenience." 4 4 4 As of December 15, 1954, Greek-owned shipping (both Greek and foreign registry) included 1,234 vessels of 8,333,661 tons afloat, plus 73 vessels of 969,660 tons under construction, making a total of 1,309 ships of 9,305,321 tons. This makes Greek-owned merchant shipping the third largest in the world (after US and United Kingdom), but only 14.9 percent is regis­ tered under the Greek flag. 4 4 4 About 80 percent of ship construction in East German yards is des­ tined for export, with the principal customer being Russia. In addition to Russia, those that will receive the ships include Poland, China, Czeciioslovakia and Bulgaria, all in the Communist bloc. 4 4 4 4 4 4 The US Government maritime agencies are sitting on a very explosive issue at tlie moment—concerning the possibility of rate wars in numer­ ous trade routes. The issue concerns steamship conferences, but some of the conference lines, primarily foreign flag carriers, are undercutting rates and granting rebates to customers. If the US Government throws the foreign flag lines out of the con­ ference, this may mean that the American flag carriers also will have to get out in order to meet rate competition, resulting in the possible dissolution of a number of steamship conferences and an overall rate war between US and foreign lines. Several of the trades affected at the moment include the trade from the US Gulf to the Mediterranean, from the US North Atlantic to the Mediterranean, and several US transpacific trades. A "confidential" report just finished by the US Government reaches the conclusion that the deadweight tonnage of cargo ships now. in operation is adequate for^ replacement programs. This report, which may not be released for some time, takes the view that cargo carriers which will form the US fleet for the next 20 years must be faster than those now in operation. Another suggestion in the report is a trend toward higher stowage factor. 4 4 4 For the past few years there has been a substantial volume decline in exports to most areas, with the entire European region; Caribbean; East Coast of South America; and India, Persian Gulf and Red Sea showing the sharpest drop. Percentage-wise, US vessel participation in our export trade has been sharply reduced since 1951 in all areas except Portugal and- Span­ ish Atlantic and the West Coast of Africa. By contrast our import volume has Increased from almost all major trade areas except the East Coast ^of South America and the entii'e European area. However, our competitive position in the ocean' movement of this traffic has grown weaker in all trades since 1951 with the exception of Central America, Mexico, Portugal and Spanish Atlantic areas. When Indo-China truce was signed last summer. Seafarers on ships in Saigon held a special meeting at tlie city's Continental Palace to discuss the Communist threat hanging heavily over the city. Conditions today appear more tense, according to Seafarer Luis Ramirez, who was In Saigon recently on the Steel Navigator. Photo shows Seafarer Ray Queen, meeting chairman (center), addressing last year's gathering of SIU crewmembers from the Steel Admiral, Alcoa Pioneer, Seacomet and Beauregard. 'Magna Charta' Of Sea 40 Years Old Today Forty years ago on March 4, 1915, President Woodrow Wilson signed into law the Seamen's Act of 1915, known as the magna charta of seamen. Although it has since been amended and improved many times the 1915 Act stands on foreign ship?, at the time, was raise wages all around and im­ out because it freed seamen to prove the competitive position of once and for all from the serfdom of the desertion laws and set up the first real safety and manning pro­ visions the industry had known. Although it was designed to benefit the American shipowner as much as seamen of all nations by enabling foreign seamen to im­ prove their standards, it was bit­ terly fought by shipowners of all nationalities. They feared, rightly so, lliat the law was the upeniug wedge through which seamen could force further improvements of their conditions and obtain more freedom of action. The Seamen's Act, sponsored by Senator Robert M. LaFollette, Sr., was signed into law only after a long and bitter struggle led by Andrew Furuseth. Historical Steps The basic provisions of the act are as follows: • Arrest and imprisonment for desertion of American ships was abolished. The only penalty could be forfeiture of gear and wages. • Foreign seamen in American ports as well as American seamen in US and foi-eign ports could de­ mand half of wages earned and un­ paid. The two provisions, taken to­ gether, meant that seamen were no longer bound to the ship. If the officers were tyrannical, conditions unbearable, food and sleeping quarters inadequate, the seaman was able to leave the ship with­ out being treated like a runaway slave. fa ' , " US ships. Safety Laws Also But the desertion provisions were only one aspect of the 1915 Act. Of equal importance were the safety provisions of the law whicii are the basis for all the interna­ tional safety regulations that have been put in force since then. These regulations called for 65 percent of the deck crew to be able seamen, sufficient numbers of lifeboats, division of crews into watches of equal strength, provi­ sion for minimum foc'sle space and a" variety of other clauses that for the first time made a serious effort to set both professional and safety standards. CG Boosts Cost Of Duplicates The Coast Guard has an­ nounced a new schedule of fees for copying, certifying or searching records of merchant seamen. Beginning April 1, seamen will have to pay $1.50 both for original and duplicate copies of validated papers. The current charge is 75 cents. After the April 1 date, sea­ men will also have to pay 35 cents foi^ duplicate discharges . .and 10 cents for each addi­ tional duplicate. ' engulfed by the Communist tide within a few months. There are few who would be willing to bet on Saigon's future •without a long pull in the odds because the outlook for survival is not considered good. If Saigon does go Communist, it will mean another port and area that will be denied to US ships and seamen. Recently in Saigon aboard the Steel Navigator, Seafarer Luis Ramirez took a look around the city and reports that what he saw was not attractive. In fact, he said, "If there are people who say they like to live in Saigon, even if thej' have a choice to live some­ where else, something must be wrong with he or she somehow. A tense atmosphere is observed there all around and sky-high prices for everything is the order of the day." The newest business enterprise in town, Ramirez says, is "an en­ tertainment house that most of us call the 'stockade,' but its real name is Palais de Glace (Palace of Mirrors). It boasts that it has 600 gii-ls under that one roof only for the purpose of personal en­ tertainment." Chief Has Monopoly This establishment is owned by South Vietnam's police chief. Gen­ eral Le Van Vien who, according to responsible accounts, has an open monopoly of the "entertain­ ment" business in that country. When the Navigator got to Saigon, the local government had "outlawed" gambling and ordered the closing of gambling houses owned by the same General Vien. Nevertheless, Ramirez reports, "gambling is done here almost any place in town, even under a pai-ked trailer using its protecting shade. The fishermen, the barge­ men, rickshaw drivers, even "office girls get together at any corner and then indulge in some dice shooting." As examples of the kind of prices that have to be paid in the inflation-ridden city, Ramirez says that a roll of 35 millimeter Kodachrome goes for $10 (it's about $3.00 in the States, includ­ ing processing) and "a well-used Leica 3F will cost over $600." The going rate for such cameras in the US is $125 and up depending on condition. Pilferage High With prices sky-high and goods scarce, and with 500,000 refugees from Communism in North Viet­ nam flooding the area, pilferage rates as a major occupation. "While unloading a load of old clothes that was sent there by a US charitable organization for use by Vietnam refugees . . . watch­ men were posted to watch the stevedores so that none was stolen. I believe that even then they stole it by the dozens of pieces. "One of the watchmen took off his own pants in order to work in shorts, for the heat there was terrible. At the end when all the stevedores were gone he noticed that somebody stole his own pants, contents and all. He had to stay around until one of the crewmen gave him a pair of pants that could be uied." Ramirez concludes, "Compared to Saigon, Bangkok, to me, is like the brightness of a well-polished diaamnd.",. - �,•V .r. ;'^:i)\': r-r. Pace Eif M SEAFARERS LOG MEET THE mm MARITIME l!-' I Ir: Ife* I^;.,•,•.•• Ir^' March 4. 1955 A A VA VSWA SEAFAR£K More ihlps were launched last year from the world's shipyards than In any year since 1900, according to Lloyd's Register of Shipping. Yards in Great Britain and Northern Ireland combined to account for 26.8 percent of the world total of 1,233 vessels of 5.2 million gross CHARLES A. WELCH, deck engineer tons. West Germany, Sweden, the US and Japan followed in that order, although figures for both the US and Japan showed a drop from 1953 It was literally because of the picked up a paper ashore and About half the American production of 478,984 tons was for foreign fortunes of war that Seafarer found out that all through the trip Question: What mistaken ideas owners ... The Utah Construction Co. has placed an order for a second six deadly Indian cobras were loose large ore carrier to be built by a Japanese shipbuilder. The Japan Steel have you found among shoreside Charles A. Welch started sailing somewhere on the vessel. people concerning merchant sca< with the SIU back in 1943. But Tube Co. is involved in the contract for a 31,400-ton ore-ship. "The ship had taken some cobras once having gone aboard an SIU from India on order for a reptile men? • ship fresh out of a Government farm down in Florida," he said, Storms mixed with fires on two ships endangered the port of Genoa, Ed Martin, MM: I've found that training school, he learned fast and "and six of them got away. After Italy, last week, until the threat of explosions subsided. Fire in a hold near a cargo of chemicals, matches and alcohol had caused the 7,647- most people know about the mer­ never sailed with any other outfit. the payoff they found the snakes chant marine ton Dutch freighter Grootekerk to be towed two miles offshore, while in various parts of the ship. Ona Shortly after his first trip with of them was behind a winch, an­ these days maybe in the harbor itself the 4,147-ton Swedish motorship Nordanland still because of the the SIU, Welch got his Union mem­ other was near the galley and a smouldered following a series of blasts. She was carrying 600 tons of publicity WO got bership book, which makes him an third was up on the captain's deck.". carbide ... Cunard liners carried a quarter of a million passengers last during the war. old-timer with a dozen years of Nobody in the crew had any inkling year, more than the ships of any other company. A total of 939,000 The public today membership behind him. passengers were carried by trans-Atlantic ships in 1954. during the voyage of the presence recognizes the of dangerous traveling companions. 3^ i« 3» Welch was a newly-graduated merchant seaman The Holland-America luxury liner Nieuw Amsterdam will soon lose Out In Orient mai-itime trainee from Hoffman * as a hard-working Its pre-eminence as the largest vessel in the Netherlands merchant Subsequently Welch took part in Island when he was put aboard the guy who's got a marine when the giant whale factory ship Willem Barendsz II puts to organizing some of the tranipship William McClay, a Bull Line Lib­ job to do like sea. The new whaler will have a gross displacement of 44,000 tons com­ erty. He had four months' school­ operators for the SIU. In the everybody else. They really envy pared with 36,235 for the liner, and will be able to double as a regular ing behind him and a shiny, new process, he spent a great deal of tanker during the off season ... A British Admiralty committee testing the life at sea,-though. FOW certificate to show for it. As time out on Far East runs, with the 4 4 4 the seaworthiness of welded ships built in the US, has reported that he put it, "They put me between result that he has spent about five Tom Harrell, OS: Lots of people the boilers and told me I was a years out in the Orient. He doesn't the American vessels compare favorably with riveted ships built in are confused about what we do, fireman." Today though, after 12 care much where a ship goes, by Britain^ because their 3^ 4" 3» ^ years' experience he can handle all and large, but if he could have it American President Lines has agreed to buy four Mariner-class minds are back his way, he'd prefer being on the the engine depax'tment ratings. dry cargo ships from the Government as replacements Tor existing in World War II. old Waterman run to Northern In those early wartime days freighters on its global and Pacific runs. The company made the sole When you ex­ European ports. when ships were busting out all bid in response to a Government offer to sell the ships. Its bid met plain to them "You go to good cities that way over, professional seamen were few the minimum prices set by the Government, a total of $17.8 million. what the mer­ like Bremerhaven, Rotterdam and and far between. Thousands of new Three other Mariners of the 35 originally built have been bought by chant marine is others, and the run was just a men like Welch learned on the job Pacific Far East Lines . . . The 1,088-ton German freighter Hoheweg they automatical­ little over a month which meant under hazardous wartime condi­ sank off the English coast this month after a collision with the 5,375- ly say it's part getting back to the States pretty tions. of the Navy or ton Sunny Prince of Oslo. All 14 crewmen of the German vessel were regularly." Trained At Hoffman Idand Coast Guard. taken aboard the Sunny Prince. "The 34-year-old Seafarer is mar­ They also still believe that old A native of Flushing, Long 4 4" 3[' stuff about seamen with a wife Island, Welsh had gone through ried to an English girl and has one The Giacomo Costa Navigation Co. has ordered a 20,000-ton turbinehigh school and worked a variety child, a daughter. He met his wife powered passenger liner to be built at a Genoa shipyai-d for the South in every port. of shoreside jobs before going to while in England on a Bull Line 4 4 4 American run. Due to be ready in two and a half years, the ship will Marvin White, cook: Most of the the old Hoffman Island training ship, but the marriage was all in be able to carry 1,200 passengers in the flourishing Latin-American time I find people have the notion school off Staten Island. This unit the family, he explained, as his trade . . . For 15 years the flagship of the Greek Line, the Nea Hellas , that being in the was subsequently replaced when wife's brother married one of will return to New York on March 21 as the SS New York. The 17,000merchant marine the Mai-itinie Commission took over Welch's cousins. Just last year, he ton liner is being converted from a three-class liner into a two-class is similar to being the training facilities and opened brought his family over from Eng­ passenger vessel offering 71 first-class and 1,370 tourist-class berths, in the service. the huge Sheepshead Bay training land and settled them in the She will also shift from the Mediterranean to the North Atlantic trade States. They think we base. at the time, as the newer Olympia, present flagship of the line, switches "They ai'e back home now, visit­ have the same After his first run on the McClay to the southern route. ing my wife's family in Newcastle," kind of restric­ to North Africa, Welch sailed a 3* 4 4 tions and have to variety of ships to various war he said. A report of the Delaware River Port Authority says that for the first salute officers zones. Some of them came under Although he holds all the engine time in 100 years, the Delaware River ports now occupy first-place just like in the department ratings for dry cargo enemy bombing attacks but fortu­ among the nation's ports in the handling of import cargoes. The Navy. They're nately, none of them was lost. ships, Welch prefers working deck challenge to the longtime supremacy of NY is based on figures showing Nothing that happened during engineer. Working day work all the NY lagging behind the Delaware River port area by 1.2 million short amazed at our conditions. the war, he says, quite compares time has advantages, he finds, and 4 4 4 tons of imports for the first nine months of 1954. The ports involved Stephen Cohilas, cook: There with the jolt he got as a member of the job offers more interest and are Philadelphia and Chester, Pa.; Camden and Trenton, NJ, and Wilmington, Del. . . . The Boston Metal Co. of Baltimore has bought doesn't seem to be quite as much the Nicaragua Victory crew. This variety than any other in the en­ was one of the Isthmian ships that gine department. The main thing the formerly-SIU-manncd liner Acadia, presumably for scrapping, from misunderthe SIU was organizing in 1946, thnugh, isibat the job is on an SIU Eastern Steamship Lines. Idle for years, the 22-year-old vessel is the standing about The trip itself was uneventful and ship with the wages and conditions merchant seamen last of a once large group of coastal liners operated by the company. it was after the payoff that he that go with it. anymore, al­ though some peo­ ple think it's a - I "tX • 1 f « t "romantic" life and you don't do anything but ACItOSS DOWN 17. Face: Slang 37. This records 19. Pause your tour A three-year contract at the vator Company plant in Yonkers. 1. The briny 1. Turf travel around all 20. Entertain 2. Earlier 4. A member ot 40. Fishing device Farmingdale, New York, plant of The company had threatened to over the world. 21. One of the the crew 3. The "A" In Gras canonical hours 41. Most of the time they know that Republic Aviation has been ap­ close its plant unless economy ». Eiid-of-voyage A&G District 23. It guides a 43. Voyage event 4. Pay proved by plant employees. The could be achieved. it's a job like any other. tourist 45. The albatross 12. Worthless scrap 3. Naples, 24. Rouge is one contract with the International Salerno, etc. 13. Make up for 4 4 4 4 4 4 25. Your sea chest 46. Symbol for 6. Illegally dis­ 14. Fruit drink Jose Aguiar, AB: People are Association of Machinists (AFL) is a good ruthenium tilled whiskey 15. He heips you Pittsburgh's on-again, o.ff-again 27. Toward 47. Part of a race very interested in what we do, calls for five to seven cents in 7. Compass out 28. Attack department store strike is still on 48. A number bearing 17. The SIU Wethourly increases. Approximately because they stiU .30, Where th* 49. Ask for a 8. Musical not* fare but settlement prospects look Plaza Hotel I* think we do 5,000 workers are affected. 9. White hand-out 18. Girl's name brighter with the signing of an 32. Sack SO. Tai»-room brew 10. Girl's nam* 19. New Guinea something like 34. Comparativ* 51. Nothing 11. Money in port agreement between Building Serv­ 4 4 4 ending the Navy or Coast 53. Virginia: Abbr. Tokyo . in 20. Cape ice Employees Local 29 and two 16. Pitcher Lopat Mass. (Puzzle Answer On Page 17) Guard and have "Right to work" laws are under 22. Part of Arabian the same type of attack from another quarter. The major stores. Previously, the sigh­ peninsula 24. Bin of sale: regulations 1 n American Civil- Liberties Union ing of a Teamsters agreement sev­ Abbr. eral weeks ago was believed to wartime. They published an analysis by its board herald 26. "Semper the end of the strike,^ but FiUelis" is ona are surprised of directors which questions the King Cola 29. no agreement was reached with about ^ihe con­ laws as interfering with the civil other unions. Still SO. Make lace on strike are They protect 31. ditions we have liberties of labor organizations. clerks, office employees and res­ us and that we can pick our own job. The ACLU said that the laws were Rico 33. 35. Dry, as wine being used "to obstruct the exer­ taurant workers. 36. Indian tribe 38. Before 39. Plural ending 40. Block up again 42. Compass bearing 43. Drink ot liciuor _ 44. South Sea islander 47. A bar in Liverpool 49. A man from Hamilton 62. Macaw 53. Cape Islands 54. Khan 5S< A lot of ginger 50. Another lima 5T-:.c>i,—l-'iNiX-te 1 f.i I. (Mislsj 1,; 4 4' 4 J. Behar, cook: They think the merchant marine is strictly s Navy-type opera­ tion where every­ body has to wear a uniform and salute officers. Many people have the idea the ships are set up on a military basis and are surprised to learn that we have a strong'dnion: end- ini^y ^pendi^gji^i;ll^asliore don't ii^ave. cise of basic organizing rights," 4 4 4 Two unions in the New York area have agreed to take steps to assist the employers' competitive position. The Hat, Cap and Mil­ linery Workers Union (AFL) has agreed to sidetrack increased pen­ sion fund contributions in favor of a $1 million promotion fund to help the Sale of women's hats. The CIO United Electrical Workers Union has voted to accept changes in ;|)roductioii pi-aaict'S, at the Otis Kle- 4 4 4 The possibility of a strike at eight major New York newspapers was seen In the request by Typo­ graphical Union, Local 6 to the international union for authoriza­ tion to take a strike vote. One of several issues at dispute is /the question of automatic typesetting machinery now being installed in some composing rooms. Efforts to settle another New York news­ paper strike, that of the CIO News­ paper Guild against >4he Brooklyn " Ejigle, have .felled fflr.j uy �mm^^: March 4; 195S SEAFAStERS Pac« Nine LOG SEAFARERS^ LOG * Gimme! He's Still Hanging On!' \ AV • • W / Vol. XVii, No. S March 4. 1955 Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFL, 67S Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 82, NY. TeL HYacij^th 9-6600, Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer Editor. HERBERT BRAND; Managing Editor. RAY DENISON; Art Editor. BERNARD SEAMAN; Photo Editor. DANIEL NILVA; Staff Writer*, HERMAN ^IHUR. IRWIN SnvACK AL MASKIN; Gull Area Reporter. BILL MOODY. lao . The Whipping Boy Those people in Washington who find kicking somebody around a favorite form of recreation have discovered a new whipping boy in recent months. He is the American seaman who has been the^target of a bewildering variety of proposals attacking his job, his wages, his union, his benefits under law and his very right to earn, a living in his chosen profes­ sion. There's been the Government-approved program of trans­ fers to runaway flags taking thousands of jobs away and providing cutthroat competition for US-flag ships; the con­ tinuing hostility of certain Government officials to "50-50", even though it is the law of the land; the attempt by the Secretary of Health and Welfare to scuttle the seamen's health and welfare; last but not least, the Coast Guard's pro­ filing system that would deprive them of their jobs in some instances for the sins of their fathers. Now the Hoover Commission on Government Reorganiza­ tion has revived the thoroughly-discredited Hobby-Dodge plan to close down the Public Health Service hospitals and discontinue all their medical services to seamen. This is part of a so-called economy program that would also make some slight curtailment in the .Veterans Administration and the Defense Department medical service. Of course, the opera­ tions of USPHS hospitals are a drop in the bucket compared to the.VA and the Defense Department. If economy were the true reason, for indiscriminate ax-slashing there's much more money to be saved elsewhere. Actually the USPHS was singled out simply because the Hoover Commission believes that it is the most vulnerable politically. It would not dare recommend the closing of the VA program for non-service disabilities anymore than it would dare recommend discontinuance of free medical care for Congressmen and Government officials. To buttress a shabby argument, the Commission has used reasoning which smacks of outright dishonesty. The PHS hospitals (and Armed Service hospitals as well) are accused of "inefficiency" and instances cited where they keep patients for longer periods than private hospitals. What the Commission fails to point out, for reasons of its own, is that the patients in private hospitals have homes and families to go to where they can convalesce; while the Seafarer, like the man in the Army, is often a long way from home. He can't convalesce in a YMCA or an Army barracks so he stays in ^ the hospital that much longer. When Mr. Hoover was president during the years of the great depression, the Government was really strapped for revenue. Yet no move was ever made at the time to close the hospitals. It seems odd then, that in these years which Government orators are so fond of describing as a golden era, that the same Mr. Hoover should suddenly find it neces­ sary to trim these services. Those who think that they can get away with closing the hospitals are counting oh the indifference of the unions, the seamen and the maritime industry. It's up to^all parties con­ cerned to prove this thought is a miscalculation. 4" 4" 4" Anniversary Alonth March is a big month for important seafaring anniversa­ ries. This March brings us the 70th anniversary of the Sailors Union of the Pacific, the 101st birthday of Andrew furuseth and the 40th anniversary of the 1915 Seamen's Act. All of them come in the same month within a few days of each other, which is a coincidence. What is no coincidence is the fact that all three are closely inter-related. It was the few himdred poverty-stricken sailors of 1885 who got together and formed the SUP who made it possible for seamen to celebrate these other anniversaries. At the same time, without Andrew Furuseth and without the Sea­ men's Act he fathered, seafafing unions would never have gotten off the ground in the first place. The work these early pioneers and Furuseth did was the basis. Seamen later pick^ themselves off the floor and fin­ ished the job that Was begun in 1885. But everything good that happened to seamen can be dated back to the day that sailing men in San Francisco discovered they could defy the shipowner and win improvements by working together. That's one-fa-jt .that should never be forgotten if seamen are to prosppi' ' - 0ifet*S JLdvicC 5 ..v-nl To Speed Mail To the Editor: I was extremely interested to read the article, in the SEAFAR­ ERS LOG of January 21, about the action the SIU is taking to improve the mail service to the men on the ships, particularly those running foreign. As you kno}v, mail is generally, as important to a seaman as it is to a soldier. It's a great pepperupper, especially when you're far from home. And so I was gratified to read about the SIU's proposals for getting mail to the men faster and more regularly. However, therd^ is a . point I would like to make, and that is the reason' I am writing this letter. According to the LOG article, the SIU is asking all ship operators to It's normal, for a steward and his cooperate in getting mail to the department to get a vote of thanks men by providing accurate lists of their agents in all the ports at for the food and service. Steward which a ship is scheduled to call. A. Higham on the Robin Gray was These lists, as I understand it, given the mark of approval accord­ would be furnished by the com­ ingly but that wasn't all. The crew panies at the time of sign-on. also thanked him for his consid­ Agent Is Culprit eration and care for a dead ship­ Now this is fine, as far as it mate. goes. The trouble is, it only goes It seems that the day junior as lar as the company agents. And my many years of sailing have engineer died on board last Janu­ taught me that It is generally the ary 28 and Steward Higham took company agent who is at the root charge in preparing for the burial of the trouble, when a seaman at sea. All hands agreed that he fails to get mail that should be showed great care and dignity in behalf of the deceased crewmemcoming to him. I think that most of the com­ ber. Higham is an oldtimer who panies I have sailed with have been pretty good about forwarding joined the SIU in its early days in mail abroad. Some of the smaller 1938 down in Mobile. He's from outfits seem to get kind of lazy New York originally but now lives and negligent sometimes. But the in the azalea city. larger outfits, generally, are pretty 4 4 t good about forwarding mail—if It Since the SEAFARERS LOG is is sent to their home office first, always happy to receive photos and that is. stories from the The trouble, as-1 say, generally ships, a sugges­ arises with the company agent, and tion by Seafarer most cases of <ielayed mail deliv­ L. S. Johnston of ery that I have seen have been due the Ocean De­ to agents sitting on the letters and borah deserves a packages instead of delivering mention. Since them as they should. the vessel is new Serves Good Pur^se to the .SIU, John­ ston proposed Having the companies supply that pictures be lists of the agents-would serve a Johnston taken of the ship good purpose because the men's families could then send the letters and the gang aboard her and sent directly to the agents and they in to the LOG. wouldn't have to go a round-about Johnston, known to his shipmates way through the companies' home as Johnny, sails in the deck depart­ offices. ment with the SIU and rates as However, this still wouldn't give one of its original members, join­ the agents any hotfoot or make ing up in New Orleans in Decem­ them get the mail to the men on ber, 1938. He was born in Indiana the ships any better than they do but now makes his home in Goshen Springs, Mississippi. now. I think that, in addition to get­ 4 4 4 ting the companies to supply lists Two other Seafarers^ who rated of their agents, we must get after mention for their all around per­ the companies to get after their formance were G. Grey, 2nd cook agents and see that they get on the on the Alcoa Roamer, and James ball and get the mail to the men G. Rodder, AB and ship's delegate as soon as the ship arrives in port. on the Portmar. Both of these I think It Is also, important to brothers were mentioned in their remind the brothers that they must respective ships' minutes as doing let their families and friends, know a fine job, with the Portmar crew where they are going. I know more noting that it had been a pleasant than one man who shipped out and harmonious trip all around. without telling anybody his destlRodder has been an SIU member nation,-_and then .wondered why sjnpe 1942. jo(3^g ii^ tlm Port pf. thei»iwas no mail ^ iNefv Iforkj Hq|^ New zealpnder -•m ry'd -•|l m\ ^Vote ^ Thanks British West Indies, got his SIU book back in September, 1943 and has been sailing with the SIU steadily since then. 4 4 4 We don't know if the SIU's new steward department procedures have been adopted yet aboard the Alcoa Planter, but in any case, the crew is certainly happy with the feeding system as is. The vote of thanks motion to the department was certainly phrased in enthusias­ tic terms, with the department praised for a "wonderful job." "Everyone," they added, "agrees the food is excellent." Unfortu­ nately, the names of the deserving department members .were not mentioned in the minutes. ^ 4 4 4 It's a little late to be talking about Christmas Dinner menus, but one that came into the SEA­ FARERS LOG office from the Steel Traveler is too unusual to be passed up without mention. Instead of serving what has become the convention al Christmas Dinner — roast turkey — Seafarer Aussie Shrimpton came up with a truly different ship­ board menu. Among other Shrimpton items it offered turtle soup, fillet of pompano, roast gosling with mushrooms, water chestnuts and wild rice, and as a topper, crepe suzettes aflame with brandy. For those who have more conventional food tastes there was also jumbo shrimp cocktail, baked Virginia ham, mince pies, plum pudding and ice cream. The whole meal was finished off by a fruit buffet, cold beer and Swedish punch. Putting out this kind of a meal for the holiday and setting high standards of quality for the voyage earned Shrimpton and his depart­ ment a hearty vote of Ahanks from all hands. Shrimpton, as the name indi­ cates, is a native of Australia, but now has his. home in the bluegrass country, Lexington, Ken­ tucky. He got his SIU book in Bosin.J94S .and whqn not sailing ~ lief stewai^ is-ii 'h«n<^ man - �I.:-...-..-..,:: rv^v^^'f"'"- Page Ten SEAFARERS "••• ••• : •v.-, •'. •-' '.T.Vt?:- March 4, 1955 LOG • "y.h- The Revolution in Coc A flashy comeback by what appeared to be a doA\ and-out industry is shaping up these days. J The seriousness of the effort is evidenced by the fej that shipowners, truck fleet operators and railroad d ficials are talking to each other again, overlooking tl feuding and sniping of the past. What is happening ? that the near-defunct coastwise shipping industry h\ come to the realization that an alliance with the ra| roads and truckers offers the quickest solution to its o^ problems. The others, in turn, foresee sufficient add revenue to justify the get-together. Generally, the decline of coastal shipping came the start of World War II, when the Government tc { over many of the ships as an emergency measure a enemy subs played tag with the rest.~ The railro^ and truckers profited, easily absoi-bing most of 1, traffic. When the war ended in 1945, coastal ship (, erators were unable to recoup what they had lost, addition, post-war Government aid programs_ complete changed the character of US merchant shipping a spurred the growth of foreign trade. The end-product of all this is the current empha on ''roll on-roll off" dry cargo operations and the use Plexiglass model of a prototype "roll on-roll off' ship for the MSTS shows how military vehicles could he loaded and discharged from the ship in a mat­ ter of a few hours. The design features ports at the stern and sides for moving vehicles aboard under their own power and ramps at key poiiUs to move traffic continuously to the various hold decks. A special complement of drivers would be carried to handle actual movement of the vehicles. elevators would be provided in each vehicle hold to bring the drivers up from the various hold levels to the second deck where traffic comes aboard. The ship would have all machinery amidships and wopld have conventional cargprhsiidlilif for.irahsporting general cargo also.; . �March 4, 1955 ®[?[? SEAFARERS ZZ7 stwise Shipping LOG Face Eleveii I I I I I I I I I -J ships to move rolling stock between coastal ports. Neither of these ideas for ship operations are new, however. A pioneer in the field, SlU-contracted Seatrain Lines has been in the business of moving loaded freight cars by ship for a quarter of a century. Its service, started in 1929, now offers six specialized vessels, each capable of carrying 100 fully-loaded railroad freight cars between its New York terminal at Edgewater, NJ, and Southern and Gulf ports. . , Principally a post-war innovation, trailer-ship op­ erations, up until now have not been carried out on spe­ cially-constructed vessels. Modified Liberty-type ships and converted LSTs have been put to use to carry loaded truck trailers on these runs linking coastal ports, some inland ports and Puerto Rico and the mainland. The advantage claimed for both trailer-ships and trainships is that once cargo is stored, it never has to be handled again until it reaches its destination. The net effect it to cut shipping costs and time. Costs run high and continue to climb. Time is a valuable consideration for most shippers. ' Among SlU-contracted companies, McLean is the first SIU operator in this field. Seafarers, therefore, will play a big part in the coming "revolution" and the campaign to put coastwise shipping back on its feet. Meanwhile, the Government is also showing an active interest in the field. It has already come up With a de­ sign for a new "Turnpike" class vessel for carrying truck-trailers commercially. Furthermore, the Navy's Military Sea Transporta­ tion Sej'vice has the blueprints of a prototype defense vessel which is said to be almost ready for the builder. This ship would carry both wheeled and tracked vehicles and would be designed to provide for their rapid loading and discharge under" their own power. It would have the added feature of conventional cargo-handling gear for transporting general cargo as well. MSTS would Ibe able to move its vehicle cargo on and off the ship by means of side and/or stern ports. Trailers Not Self-Propelled Similar principles would be applied to most of the proposed "roll on-roll off" trailer-ships, except that in these, the truck-trailers would be not self-propelled. In­ stead, the design of the ships would fix a traffic pattern enabling truck cabs-to come aboard along with the trailer while loading, and independently when discharging. One of the basic criticisms of the entire trailer-ship operation, however, is what happens when 200 or more Dowerless trailers are put ashore. The system requires a:rge loading terminals in prime waterfront areas which are already crowded and heavily trafficked. The answer,, its supporters say, is in public financing by local port authorities, which would be repaid by rental payments. Seatrain experienced the same kind of difficulty in setting up its own operation. The problem of getting fully-loaded 65-foot railroad freight cars aboard a ship is not easily overcome. But the special design of the ships and terminals in key ports provided the answer. Now there is a design for a two-decked train-ship which can load and unload simultaneously through bow and stern doors right at regular car float terminals which many harbors already have. The innovation elimi­ nates the need for special terminals and boasts the added feature of easy conversion for carrying truck-trailers. ' At top, a view of the special Seatrain terminal at Edgewater,*^NJ, with the SIUmanned Seatrains Texas and Havana alongside. Elaborate hoist apparatus lifts loaded railroad freight cars aboard and deposits them on inlaid track aboard the ships. Below, one of the Seatrains shown in the role of an aircraft and vehicle carrier during World War II. Unique construction of the ships enabled them to play vital war role. Breakdown sketch of a Seatrain showing how the cars are loaded on nearly a mile of standard railroad track spread over four decks. The insets illustrate how cars are locked into place (top) and the elaborate loading and unloading apparatus (bottom). Seatrain operates six ships between New York (terrninal at Edgewater, NJ), Sa^ ?^'''>^^•'vahnah, New Orleains aind Tex^s City. Each can carry 100 fully-ldaded freight cars. .-,-V - 3-; ,••1; •SI I 11 0 • -.mI V - •'ml �'•••> .1- ". ' - VA- PMX6 Twelve SEAFARERS Mareli 4,1981 LOG PORTREPORXS Mass., and the Union sent a floral Lake Charles: says that it's by all odds the best Miami: wreath. in the business. Recently he quali­ In closing, we would like to re­ fied himself for the special disabil­ port that quick work by the crew ity benefit of $25 a week and is and offiqers of the Coast Guard very happy about the prompt and cutter East Wind prevented ex­ efficient service he got, since he Shipping held Its own in this plosion of a magazine of live am­ Shipping here just about held Its Shipping in this port was fair applied for the benefit only a short during the past two weeks. We time ago. Incidentally, Brother port during the past two weeks and munition when a spectacular fire own during the past two weeks. had 91 men registered in all three Stoll comes by the nickname we were able to ship quite a few swept the ship's engine room at During this period we had 40 men departments and were able to ship "Preacher" because he can take off ABs on offshore ships and put her berth at Castle Island on Feb­ only 37, but we also obtained on almost any subject and talk some replacements on the Ponce ruary 20. The fire was brought registered and shipped 26, so that we still have plenty of men, in all and Florida. We had 22 men 'under control after 2Vi hours. standby jobs for 35 men, so this about it for hours. James Sheehan Among the other oldtimers now registered in all departments and. ratings, to meet any foresee^able brought to 72 the number of men Boston Port Agent on the beach are Harry Galphin shipped 20. put to work during this period. future calls. During these two weeks we paid 3) t t The outlook for the next two Clyde Laseter, Vince San Juan, A. Calling in here during these past weeks is just fair as we have only (Jukey) Cohen, A. (Jack) Bullard off the Compass (Compass), Ponce two weeks were the Council Grove, Jose Rosa, E. M. (Bud) Bryant and (Ponce) and Florida (P & O). The Philadelphia: one payoif sched­ ? Cantigny, Brad­ Claude R. West. Florida signed on while the Com­ uled. This is the ford Island, Chi­ In the'USPHS hospital here are pass transferred to a foreign flag. Longview Vic­ wawa,. Salem J. (Tommy) Moore, better known In transit were the Ponce tory (Victory Maritime, Govr as "the Scoco kid"; Jimmie (Ponce), Fairport, Chickasaw and Carriers), due in eminent Camp (Georgia Boy) Littleton, Rufus L. De Soto (Waterman) and Bradford here from the and Bents Fort, This port has just experienced Fields, Ernest Webb, Angelo Mar­ Island (Cities Service). Far East. all of Cities Serv­ a couple of weeks of prosperity, tins, John Henry Morris, A. D Eddie Parr At this writing ice. Over in Port with considerably more men Edenfield, Louis C. Miller, Alex­ Miami Por.t Agent we have not Arthur, Tex., we shipped than were registered. ander C. Copa, Robert Myc = and signed on any 3) 3) 4 had the Winter And, from all indications, this sit­ Carl F. Kumrow, that well-known, ships for the Wanka Hill (Cities Serv­ Boston: uation should continue well into Swafford colbrful pearl diver. Formosa area ice), Republic next week. E. B. McAuIey and we will just have to wait and During the past two weeks we (Trafalgar) and Michael (Carras), Hq. Representative see what the future brings. paid off three ships here, signed and in Orange, Tex., we had the During the past two weeks we Val Chem (Valentine Tankers). t 3) on five and had six in transit. paid off the Alawai (Waterman), The payoffs were the Maiden At our last meeting. Brother Coeur d'Alene Victory (Victory Houston: Shipping here in Beantown was Creek (Waterman), Trojan Trader R. M. Thompson, who sails in the Carriers) and Ocean Lotte (Ocean fair during the past two weeks (Trojan) and Portmar (Calmar). engine department, was chairman. Transportation). In transit were and" the outlook for the future These three ships signed on and Brother S. C. Slaid, who sails in the Massmar (Calmar) and Raphael is about the same. also the Carolyn and Ines (Bull). the deck department, was record­ Semmes and John B. Waterman During the past two weeks we In transit were the French Creek ing secretary. Both men did a fine (Waterman). Phenomenal is the word for paid off the Salem Maritime, Can­ and Winter Hill (Cities Service), job. Ocean Lotte In Shipyard (Waterman), Robin Satis On Deck shipping in this port and we have tigny and Bradford Island (Cities Chickasaw The Ocean Lotte ran aground cleaned the beach of men and are Service) and the , Queenston Clray and Robin Kirk (Seas Ship­ For our Seafarer of the Week we several times during February and now scraping the bottom of the Heights (Seatrade). These four ping) and Arlyn (Bull). have selected Brother J. Swafford, ships signed on again and in Is now in the shipyard. She is barrel. I would like to say, how­ All the payoffs and sign-ons a deck department man. Brother expected to come out ^ound ever, that by the time this report transit were the Michael (Carras), were in good shape. Swafford i has been in the Union March 7. A . S. Cardullo appears in the SEAFARERS LOG, Bents Fort (Cities Service), Seafor quite some time, and is now tiger (Colonial), Antinous and De Oldtimers on the beach here in­ things may be back to normal. We Philadelphia Port Agent waiting for a coastwise tanker run. clude H. Murphy, W. Kramer, J. have been telling the members Soto (Pan-Atlan.), Ann Marie He says he is mighty pleased with t. (Bull), Steel King Sampson, W. Cressman and J. that the good shipping this port the new tanker agreement and fig­ (Isthmian) and Wilmington: Hunt. In the hospital are S. Jo- has been enjoying has been a ures on buying himself another Robin Kirk (Seas hannessen, K. Wanka, O. Rosen­ seasonal thing and could return at cow or two just as soon as he gets Shipping). berg, W. Johnston and V. Ming. any time to the Bloomfield-Seahis back pay. Brother Swafford We had no Jeff Gillette train in-transit-replacement situa­ comes from Georgia but says he beefs of any kind Seattle Port Agent tion that normally prevails here. likes Louisiana very well. on any of these But the good shipping has con­ t 3> t We have no brothers in the hos­ ships. Shipping in this port has been tinued right along and from all Savannah: Our selection on the slow bell during the past pital here that we know of, and indications the half dozen Libertys for a typical SIU two, weeks, with no payoffs or everything else Is pretty quiet, bound for this port to load grain man this week sign-ons, and none are due during both on the local labor front and MacQueen will keep the pot boiling for some as far as the weather is concerned. is Charles Mac- the coming two weeks. time yet. Queen, who is known to his friends The danger of another flood, that Despite this, shipping is holding Four Ships Pay Off and shipmates as "Scotty." Mac- its own, due to the in-transits, and we wrote about the last time, has Here in Savannah the Retail During the last two weeks we Queen, who. coihes from Arling­ now passed, and although it has Clerks International Association, paid off the Alcoa Planter (Alcoa), ton, Mass., sails In the steward de­ we do not have many men on the been raining and cold for some beach at this time. Local 1604, is involved in a boycott Robin Goodfellow (Seas Shipping), partment and specializes in being The in-transits during the last time, it now looks as if the weather action against the Yachum and Liberty Flag (Gulf Cargo) and topnotch saloon messman. He report period were the Massmar, man has decided to give us some Yachum Dry Goods Co., and some Gulfwater (Metro). has been an SIU member for Alamar and Calmar (Calmar); fishing days and quite a few of the SIU men are assisting them in These four ships signed on again about a dozen years and is a good Madaket, Yaka, JoHn B. Waterman boys are casting their eyes in the their picketing of this firm. The while in transit were the Alex­ Union man. and Raphael Semmes (Waterman); direction of the lake. RCIA has had a contract with this andra (Carras), Alcoa Pegasus Leroy Clarke Oldtimers now on the beach in­ Alice Brown (Bloomfield); Alcoa firm for about four years, but the (Alcoa), Steel Fabricator and Sleel clude J. Connolly, R. Murphy, V. Lake Charles Port Agent Pioneer (Alcoa); Ocean Deborah boss suddenly decided that he Maker (Isthmian), Fairland (Water­ 3) 3>. 3> would have nothing more to do man), Seatrains Texas, Savannah Tocco and P. Norton. F. Alasavich (Ocean Transportation), and Stony with organized labor and has re­ and New Jersey (Seatrain), Archers and A. Hancock are patients in Creek (American Tramp). Norfolk: I would like to say that I am fused to sit down and talk over Hope and Cantigny (Cities Service) the Brighton Marine Hospital. Brother Brown Buried glad to be back on the job after the situation with the union em­ and Edith (Bull). Funeral services for Brother my trip to the drydock. ployees in his store. With our as­ A. (Frenchy) Michelet Allan G. Brown were held Thurs­ Ernest B. Tilley sistance, the picketline is causing Houston Port Agent day, February 17, in Hyannis, Wilmington Port Agent a drop of about 55 percent in the firm's business. There has been a definite pick­ As for shipping, we had only one up in shipping in this port and payoff and sign-on here during the the shipping picture here jiow past two weeks, looks better than it has for more but we had eight than a year. ships In transit During the past two weeks we and we feel ship­ paid off five ships, signed on four ping can be con­ and had eight in transit. Shipping Figures February 9 to February 22 sidered fair. The The payoffs were the Logans outlook for the REG. REG. REG. TOTAL SHIP. SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL Fort (Cities Service), Greece Vic­ next two weeks is PORT DECK ENGINE S'U'EW. REG. ENG. STEW. SHIPPED tory (South Atlantic), Shinnecock DECK about the same. Boston 14 6 25 5 9 7 18 2 Bay (Veritas), Gateway City (Wa­ The Bents Fort New York terman) and Transatlantic (Pacific 88 75 100 263 69 69 79 217 (Cities Service) Cohen Waterways). Philadelphia 28 18 34 38 32 16 62 104 paid off and The Logans Fort, Greece Vic­ Baltimore signed on here and in transit were 79 56 71 209 72 63 59 191 tory, Shinnecock Bay and Trans­ the Southland and Southstar Norfolk 12 10 12 17 16 45 9 31 atlantic signed on again. (South Atlantic), Angelina (Bull), Savannah 14 10 5 3 18 8 3 3 In transit were the Steel De­ Azalea City (Waterman), Chiwawa Tampa ^.... 18 11 48 19 48 16 12 20 signer, Steel Artisan and Steel and Logans Fort (Cities Service) Mobile 41 Voyager (Isthmian), Alcoa Runner 48 and Seatrains Georgia and Louis­ 49 138 27 34 34 95 and Alcoa Pointer (Alcoa), Coe iana (Seatrain). New Orleans 57 156 60 74 191 51 45 60 Victory (Victory Carriers) and 'Preacher' Gives Praise Houston 46 28 41 28 39 108 82 106 Southland (South Atlantic). The For our Seafarer of the Week 17 ) Seattle 40 37 10 31 10 20 91 Steel Voyager called twice. we have selected Brother Walter San Francisco 52 20 22 18 58 15 15 20 Stoll, who is much better known All of these ships were in good 17 as "Preacher.", A real oldtimer. 'Wilmington 7 6 5 6 shape. 8 18 8 Brother. :Stoll has higb» praise for ! o;(l <iBVn'Aeee':"Plan and : 409 9'i Seattle: Shipping Holds Own; Flood Throat Passos Replacements Taken By Pence And Flerida Standby Jobs Boost Employment Total Here Conlinuance is Seen in Port's Prosperity Shipping Galled Fair, Oullcck Seen The Same 'PhenomenaT Shipping Cleans Off The Beach In-Transit Galls Make Shipping Bold Its Own Retail Clerks' Beef is Aided By Seafarers 'Definite Pick-Up' Is Neted In Shipping �SEAFARERS March 4, 1955 LOG Pare Thirteea ••Qes PORTMUSPORTS Baltimore: New Sea Chest OuHel Opened In Hall Here This week our Sea Chest retail outlet was opened in this port and we know that the members who visit this beautifully laid out store will be very pleased with the merchandise which it stocks. Our new cafeteria, likewise, is doing a bang-up job with clean, wholesome food tastefully pre­ pared, and prices such that all members can eat at a minimum cost to themselves. As some ^of you fellows know, we are applying for a change of license for the Port O' Call, and we believe the need for this is ap­ parent. We would again like to emphasize that we rely on the members' cooperation to maintain the high standards of service of the Port O' Call, which is some­ thing we may all well be proud of, and which is fast becoming the talk of the town. Shipping Picks Up Shipping during the past two weeks picked up a little bit but not enough to pull us out of the doldrums. However, we are hop­ ing to have a ship lhat has been in for repairs crew up in the very near future. And, with spring on the way, we are looking for a bang-up shipping season. During the past two weeks we paid off 20 ships, signed on 13 and had 13 ships call in transit. The payoffs were as follows: Suzanne, Evelyn and Mae (Bull); French Creek and Archers Hope (Cities Service): Seatiger (Colo­ nial); Seamonitor (E X c e 1 8 i 0 r)f Robin Gi-ay (Seas Shipping); Steel Voyager (Isth­ mian); Fairport (W a t • r man); Mankato Victory I (Victory Car­ Sawyer riers); Oremar, Yorkmar and Bethcoaster (Calmar), and Santore, Marore, Baltore, Feltore and Chilore (Ore). ,The Oremar paid off twice. Signing on were the French Creek (Cities Service); Seatiger (Colonial); Steel Voyager (Isth­ mian); Seamonitor (Excelsior); Oremar, Yorkmar and Bethcoaster (Calmar), and Santore, Marore, Baltore, Feltore and Chilore (Ore). The Oremar signed on twice. In transit were the Alcoa Puri­ tan and Alcoa Runner (Alcoa); Iberville and Chickasaw (Water­ man); Carolyn, Ines and Suzanne (Bull); Steel Maker, Steel Advo­ cate and Steel Executive (Isth­ mian); Winter Hill (Cities Service); Bethcoaster (Calmar), and Trojan Trader (Trojan). Beefs Generally Minor The beefs on these ships genci-ally were minor and the only things pending at the moment are a couple of clarifications with the quartermaster section of the Ore Line vessels. We are confident these will be straightened out very shortly. All of our crews did fine jobs in bringing their ships iii for the payoffs; all sign-ons, too, were smooth. The in-transit ships were also in fine shape. This week we intend to be a lit­ tle different and present our "Man " of the Month"—Chai'les R. Sawyer, who has beeq a member of our or­ ganization since December, 1945, and who recently became a full bookmember. He has this to say about the the years with the Seafarers I have always tried to do a bang-up job and I consider the SIU tops in the maritime field. I urge'all of the men coming into our organization to always attend the meeting so that they will be fully Informed on all the behefits that they may derive from the various activities at these meet­ ings." We wish Charles years of good sailing. With spring upon us, let's not forget the boys who are on the in­ side looking out. Perhaps a cheery note or word from you will give them the urge to perk up and be among you again. The address is USPHS Hospital, Wyman Park Drive, Baltimore 18, and the brothers now confined to it are as follows:— W. Simmons, E. Plahn, E. Joyner, A. Willis, J. Hannay, B. Buzbee, G. Williams, L. Dwyer, R. Kirkwood, E. DeLaCruz, R. Hawes, J. Alstatt, R. Scales, O. Jones, J. Bokus, B. Balcer, G. Goodwin, T. Mungo, F. Forte, C. Leggett, L. Firlie, D. Robinson, R. Solheim, E. Marsh, G. Little, R. Littleton, J. Schultz, N. Jackson, R. McKnew, G. Oliver, S. Musco and G. Glaze. Earl Sheppard Baltimore Port Agent 4« 4" 4" San Francisco: Waterman's Choctaw, YoungAmericaSignOn Shipping was slow in this port during the past two weeks and the outlook for the future is the same. We had no payoffs during the past two weeks and none are in sight for the next two weeks. During the last two weeks we signed on the Young America and Choctaw (Water­ man). In transit were the Raph­ ael S e m m e s, M a d a k e t and John B. Water­ man (Waterman), Massmar (Cal­ mar) and Ocean Deborah (Ocean Transportation). Dunn Among the men on the beach now are J. Dunn, C. N. McKee, F. Hills, C. Demers, C. Shirley, J. Jacobson, B. Tolbert, C. Nangle and R. Shaynick. In the hospital are M. Meigussoglou, O. Gustavsen, R. Lam­ bert, C. I^eumaier, J. Perreira, P. S. Yuzon, E. L. Brown, G. J. Fletcher, F. S. Raylor, C. McBrien and Max Byers, Tom Banning San Francisco Port Agent New Orleans: Port's Hospital List Is Lowest In Months We don't know whether it is the climate or the general Mardi Gras atmosphere that prevailed here during the last few days, but the Npw Orleans hospital list contains fewer names than it has in months. We hope this condition is Indicative of a permanent trend. Four brothers were admitted to the USPHS hospital here since our last report. They were Sam Cope, Hal Ellis, Glen Curl and John P. Doyle. They have our best wishes for a speedy and complete recov­ ery. Charles Brady, Daniel Rucker, Billy Ward and Thomas Maynes are still confined to . the hospital, but are reported 4o be convalesc­ Curl ing in good fashion. Joachin Saik, Jack Oosse, Al­ fredo Garcia and Lionel Miller have been discharged from the hospital and hope to be ready to ship soon. Shipping has been fair here. During the last two weeks we had 7 payoffs, 2 sign-ons and 18 ships in transit. Payoflfs were aboard the Del Mar, Del Sol and Del Aires (Mis­ sissippi), the De Soto and Ibervillp (Waterman), the Steel Executive (Isthmian) and Seanan (Stratford). The Del Mar and the Seanan signed on. Ships that called in transit were the Cavalier, Pennant, Planter, Clipper, Pegasus and Pilgrim (Alcoa), the Seatrains Georgia and Louisiana (Seatrain Lines), the Hurricane, Fairland, Monarch of the Seas, Warrior and Claiborne (Waterman), the Steel Executive, Steel Fabricator and Steel Maker (Isthmian), the Arlyn (Bull) and the Neva West (Bloorafield). Lindsey J. Williams New Orleans Port Agent t> New York: SIU, Go's To Clarify Tankor Pact Wording I would like to inform the mem­ bers that since all of the tanker companies have now signed the SIU's standard tanker agreement, we expect to get together with them in the next couple of days and clarify those sections of the agreement where there have been disputes due to misinterpretations of the contract. This is the same thing that has been done in the past on the freighter agreement, and as soon as these clarifications have been agreed on by both sides, they will then be printed and made a part of the tanker agree­ ment. I would like to make it clear that we do not intend to change the wording of the agreement in any way, but merely to clarify the intent and meaning of the word­ ing. We believe that by doing this it wili make for much smoother sailing for the crews riding these tankers, and also aid the patrol­ men in paying them off. Shipping Is Good Shipping has been good for all ratings in all three departments during the past two weeks. And, according to the schedule of ships due in, it should remain good dur­ ing the coming two weeks. We paid off 15 ships during the past two weeks, signed 2 on for­ eign articles and serviced 19 intransits. All of these shijis were in good shape with only minor beefs which were squared away aboard ship. We also had two ships come out of lay-up and take on full crews last week, so that gave shipping an added and welcome boost. These ships were the Jean and Dorothy, both Bull Line ships on the Is­ lands run. Ships Paying Off The following were the ships which paid off: Paoli, Council Grove and Royal Oak (Cities Serv­ ice); Steel Maker and Steel Advo­ cate (Isthmian); Edith and Emelia (Bull); Val Chem (Valentine Tank­ ers); Seatrains New York, Georgia and Texas (Seatrain); Topa Topa (Waterman); Robin Tuxford and Robin Kirk (Sens Shipping), and Ocean Dinny (Ocean Transporta­ tion). The Robin Hood (Seas -Shipping) and Coe Victory (Victory Carriers) signed on, while in transit were the Chickasaw, Hurricane and Antinous (Waterman); Frances and Elizabeth (Bull); Alexandra (Carras); Seatrains Savannah, Louisi­ ana, New York and New Jersey (Seatrain); Val Chem (Valentine Tankers); Steel Designer and Steel Voyager (Isthmian); Alcoa Puritan (Alcoa); Seatiger (Colonial); Greece Victory (South Atlantic), and Yorkmar, Portmar and Beth­ coaster (Calmar). Claude Simmons Asst. Sec.-Treasurer sru MAij. ommxoxm. SIU, A&6 District BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimor* St. Earl Sheppard, Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State, St. James Sheehan, Agent Richmond 2-0146 HOUSTON 4202 Canal St. A. (Frenchy) Michelet, Agent.. Freston 6558 LAKE CHARLES. La 1419 Ryan St. Leroy Clarke. Agent HEmlock 6-5744 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Cnl Tanner. Agent HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 523 BienviUe St. Lindsey WUUama. Agent -Magnolia 6112-6113 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYacinth 8-6600 NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. Ben Rees. gent MAdison 2-8834 PHILADELPHIA 337 Market St. S. CarduUo. Agent . Market 7-1635 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St Tom Banning, agent Douglas 2-5479 Marty Breithoff. West Coast Representative PUERTA de TIERRA. PR Pelayo 51—La 9 Sal CoUs. Agent Phone 2-5996 SAVANNAH g Abercorn St Jeff Morrison. Agent Phone 3-1728 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Jeff GlUatte. Agent-. « EUrott 4334 WILMINGTON. CaUl lf05 Marine Ave. Ernest Tiliey, Agent Terminal 4-2874 HEADQUARTERS .. .675 4th Ave.. Bklyn. SECRETARY-TREASURER Paul HaU ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS Robert Matthews Jee Algina Claude Simmons Joe Vulpian WUIia'm HaU SUP HONOLULU FORT WILLiAM....118Vk Syndicate Ave. Ontario Phone: 3-3221 PORT COLBORNK 103 Durham St. Ontario Phone: 5591 TORONTO. Ontario 272 King St. E. EMpire ^-5719 VICTORIA, BC ei7V* Cormorant St. Enipire 4.531 VANCOUVER. BC 298 Main St. Pacific 7824 SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St. Phone 6346 BAGOTVILLE. Quebec 20 Elgirf St. Phone: 545 THOROLD. Ontario 52 St. Davids St. CAnal 7-.3202 QUEBEC 113 Cote De La Montague Quebec Phone; 2-7078 SAINT JOHN 177 Prince William St. NB Phone: 2-5232 16 Merchant St. Phone 5-8777 PORTLAND .022 N. W. Everett St. Beacon 4330 RICHMOND. CALIF 257 5th St Phone 2590 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. ^ Douglas 2-8363 <7reat Lakes District SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Main 0290 ALPENA 133 W Fletcher WILRUNGTON 505 Marine Ave. Phone: 12:i8W Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO. NY 180 Main St. 734 Lakeside Ave.. NE NEW YORK 675 4tb Ave., Brooklyn CLEVELAND Phone: Main 1-0147 HYacinth 6-6600 Phone; Cleveland 7391 DETROIT 1038 3rd St. Canadian District Headquarters Phone: Woodward 1-6857 531 W. Michigan St. MONTREAL 634 St. James St. West DULUTH Phone; Melrose 2-4110 PLateau 8161 SOUTH CHICAGO. 3261 K.,.92nd St. Phone: Esses 5-2416 Mobile: Sea Chest-Bee Room Opening Draws Hear By our next meeting we hope to have a definite date for the open­ ing of our new combined recrea­ tion room and Sea Chest. In the meantime, the members' sugges­ tions for improving the recreation­ al facilities are being given careful consideration and will bfe followed wherever practicable. As for shipping, it can be consid­ ered good during the past couple of weeks and we wqre able to send 95 men to regular jobs and 116 to various relief jobs in and around the harbor. During this period we bad 11 payoffs, 6 sign-ons and 6 ships in transit. The payoffs were as fol­ lows: Beauregard, Warrior, Wild Ranger, Monarch of the Seas and Claiborne (Waterman) and Alcoa Clipper, Alcoa Pilgrim, Alcoa Pointer, Alcoa Corsair and Alcoa Roamer (Alcoa). The Wild Ranger, Beauregard, Alcoa Pilgrim, Alcoa Pointer and Alcoa Roamer signed^ on again and in transit were the Del Valle (Mississip­ pi), Ocean Nimet (Ocean Transpor­ tation), DeSoto and Iberville (Waterman), SeaJames (Stratford) and Alcoa Planter (Alcoa). Prospects for the coming two weeks also look fairly good, with the following ships due to hit the port either for payoff or in transit: Monarch of the Seas, Claiborne, Golden City, Arizpa, Antinous and Chickasaw (Waterman) and Alcoa Patriot, Alcoa Partner, Alcoa Clip­ per, Alcoa Pennant, Alcoa Polaris and Alcoa Cavalier (Alcoa). One of the Seafarers on the beach is Roy James, who joined the Union in 1947 in New York and has been sailing steadily since then. Roy, who has been shipping out of Gulf ports for the past four years, makes his home in Galves­ ton. He Is single and his favorite sport is fi.shing, but he says he also got a big bang out of the Mardi Gras, which started right after he hit the beach. After considering all the various benefits which the Welfare Plan offers, Roy says it is hard to pick an outstanding one since they are all so good. How­ ever, he says that personally he likes the vacation pay, which cer­ tainly comes in mighty handy when shipping slows up. A few of the other oldtimers on the beach now are H. Dunn, A. Lynn, R. Cooper, D. Stokes, P. Simmons, J. Wilkerson, B. Overstreet, C. Smith, H, Curry, R. Matthews and R. Thomas. Cal Tanner Mobile Port Agent 4" 4" i Tampa: Shipping Figures Top Port's Regislrallons The business of this port is in good shape. Shipping has been holding its own and during the last report period we had 26 men registered and shipped 28. We had no payoffs or sign-ons during this period but in transit were the Warrior, Iberville and De Soto (Waterman), Cuba (P&O), Chiwawa (Cities Service) and Marie. Hamil (Bloomfield). 5 • Bennie Gonzales ^ ^ .... ...» Hq.-RCpreseiitatDre'^':' .. - -i'. • y I " • i' �4I2®®L r.rW'«»i"?^r?«« MEERS tO°' day^Tlrt^....""! RrOOKlU'* If it's not, ®"JgJJer "5^^ the uortion, then you'U Tthat half the fun m part finding out that n covered white P^J^^^hite light is photography question, that know that too darkroom worklures are taken, the qu ^eeping into happens, the located invariably pops P anyhow? ing area or, as o must « ^[J^°irnportant thing is foS -hhe ^ away from the working areas. .vhether the j, If you re J" purpose on the s»Io o«"v area you re "smg up is dark of printing paper. half a test strip o P^^^^ Q. stos »« favTlndlealed Interest tween jobs have as S ^nd^hen d^veloP^i^;"^ ^ in what has ^his watery sport electrician Tony "skin-divingactivity either consists of treasure-hunting. "pV^BenaJdez, OS , still be white. — for spear-fishing.^tm^^^^^^^^ r XVllcaai*. „:rtV,fr fli»e 0 AB Watson. At Qgnt " — Q-Hee'vrSmJrhV- i- SrtrSre test ^a" • Business a wVialina IS r activity may he mterwhlle 'ontli-publlshed manested in a r"®"«y^P,"for Photograual called Una Handbook phy and Techniques" ' of Equipment mc. (New Yoik. Exp ^ Cross, •petroleum Makes £ VsA seamen lir ISlnfg°Sles who _ think 'mttenrfJdh^or^P'- . The fact is tha __j/> EjrVialing a lot ^ .'expedition u every month. has made whah^^ load ot Jjnnker y,ase and more P ^^ew of the The south G«^M, „i to can take it _ tanker French Cities ®®7h recently delivered while frankly adm g^^ pictures about ^®:®^°inl^ng^$328 a ton, this some time to c ^ experimental, r^:rwiS relVrhS-'-e'''.t SreSf tsra 1^ the Aht- Ev, ..a i<; a floating "factory 19 ships which carry consisting of ...ith which _the the heavy gear processed, whales f ® "h "P .^g steam These W"^^^®5'gngines and genera- 14»»v» —- r„S='.r.arsMP> UP-"' g^jp of fuel oil each^^g. washes rags in In addit-on, .-12 catchers, W tose^e. ™ .nother SVi or tooro •' "" * Northwest to Eusan, SnL^rme-eetahliehedprac. annually. «. ftn Venczueia Job tESSsfsaSiHi I ' liiiRiliiSi When in Roj;'?® V:K; _. nlfl saving that when y i the Romans do. weu, ^ — „„ writes, writes "the Aragues the •'Anyway, Aragu Louis LOG, Ara-' "^nvway," Aragu ' stuck Tn a letter to tne &iooa opera started a the was to be ®«^«fJembershiP gues-whoj^snoww 8"^7"Jl?eUs"o??ho Incident two fingers m his ^ ^ 4 to show headquarters m e m meetings musUnrtude J their Soccurred to him iu «h»^,S tied. I ef s^^^/gppreciated the istratlon numb ^gggage. ^n^t%nstead tSe was only ?1dSer oul'oo "aeudh shipping oard number music. But ins ^f whom he identmes .fffng in a From now on, 1 Atagues « >'t™ „„ a dead silence. l'°°Vl°'l!!?^^t'ed by the disthe girls in Italy a „ fear^md': t" a.gualut.uce .1 'Don't yon ws tn whistle IS like ffiat aoggeated ^at_^th« u A„g« ^ Ay«S"!^irn?cSvey the same same eP0°'',.'.7.„™ mifgWiuee Araguea Sa<tf;somrSgi«iug.Aragues|aj;h^^^^^^^ and his pal agreed. "-^^.rouSfpietur. The use of stub as and "nment is widely specialized oquiP 00^ and there is discussed in me fke even something ^uh "skin diver who g ^ a spear m one bandj^^^^ Baby ® !lter photography other, underwater Pp^,^p„rtions has '^f^'^^^tal^uipment manuthese days brought out a facturers ^grwater housing simple „n that is said to for such a could desire, be as saje as anyo ^jonOther 8"^^f®^Ltographic dilem- s struction Aggr | boat has full bi^ pn "ir?. ¥jrra.a.'1hihU^^^^^^^^ "rurTeUUiSmS.? Sf, i.oL hU la hot "" fdunking however. "^STh'^ulVrcaident who ^ Z a word meaning mla.d worh ol g.aaa "" ® Rearrange camma tn snen •" t,"The eemhlned same day, is 12. u "' ' K'rhe state ,a) Colorado, lb) BUI. How »ld !» -0 elevation Is. Kansas. Id) "o™ ^rh' vassar as and TV have »g'e„ts have been ,„^.jsrS|r^«t»^r,tSar*'Sii™'"xs It ih- "> W'-- admitted (^^What counp did Napoleon i-.-tr-rc; ''. "a nation of shopkeepeis 1 how much marked tpects �March 4.19SS SE/IFARERS Page Fiftees LOG Fish 'n'Clips-(Hair 'n' Shrubs)-On Voyager Run Bv Spike Marlin SIU crewmen aboard the Steel Voyager (Isthmian) were hot in the Persian Gulf—hot with fishing lines, that is. Left, (1-r) utility McKnew, wiper Markonis and steward Qunitayo show off the groupers they hooked. Right, Markonis gets shark, caught by BR Gus Dixon, ready for photographer. Left, ch. cook Holden, doubling as barber, gives "haircut ala Persian Gulf" to 3rd cook Doyle as (1-r) oiler Whitehead and wiper Carames look on. Right, shrubbery at Hanging Gardens, Bombay, is admired by OS Bill Neef (right) and "Doc" Watson, who took all other photos here. Hedges are trimmed-to represent gorilla and elephant. LOG-A-RHYTHM: The World Champion By Roy Fleischer All his secret desires For power and conquest Were proclaimed openly After the fifth driJiA. He could lick anyone In the'place! —And would, too! Fists doubled, He leaped forward To defeat a sleeping bum. He could lick the cops, too! Every man on the force! He was the pugilistic champion. More powerful Than any man in the world! He threatened The man who restrained him. The wide-eyed bartender. The row of sipping men At the bar. But before he could strike The first blow To rule the world. He passed out, dne drink too many. And fell, unconscious. On the floor. Too drunk to move. The man who toould conquer The world. Seafarer Sam Says fAoLo ONTO Tanker Afire, Crew Of Ines Goes To Ai(J Fire at sea aboard a Norwe­ gian tanker provided some ex­ citement for the SIU crew­ men of the Ines (Bull) during one of the vessel's recent runs to Puerto Rico, according to ship's delegate Tony Calderira. "During our last trip south," Tony reports to the LOG, "our radio operator received a distress signal from the Norwegian tanker Fensal, which had caught fire. "The Ines changed course and sped full steam ahead to the strick­ en vessel. When we reached it we found a Grace Line ship standing by. We also stood by for several hours, and assembled a lifeboat crew and made a trip to the Fensal. "On boarding the Fensal," Tony reports, "we found that the fire, although It caused considerable damage, was under control." Take a heavyweight fighter who forget that Ezzard Charles mad« has been badly beaten by two light him go through the hoop. Marciano's string-pullers have heaviei^ and what do you have? made him look ridiculous by run­ A challenger for the heavyweight ning out on a profitable evening title. If the logic of this procedure with Moore to pick on a stiff like doesn't strike you, don't blame us. Cockell. As it is, Moore himself Don Cockell is the heavyweight could probably finish the English­ man without breathing hard. and he has a contraict, to fight MarLeaving comic opera for the ciano to prove it. moment, the light heavyweight The only excuse for this contest. division holds promise of more inand it's a shabby one at best, is i teiesting action. Floyd Patterson, that very few in the States have ' the wonder boy, has really arrived at the age of 20, and Harold John­ seen Cockell fight. They have seen son is looking as sharp and crisp all the other heavyweights often as ever. Johnson, who is a strange enough to have the "sense not to case, nearly took the title from buy tickets if they fight Marciano. Moore, but then sat down in one Cockell is an unknown quantity. round to Boardwalk Billy Smith. The promoters reason that there Just when everybody had him are enough people around who will marked for the skids he showed come out to see him just out of more flash and style his last time sheer curiosity. out than any other big fighter in Cockell has done the bulk of his the past year. campaigning in English cities. It That was when he completely was over there that Jimmy Slade, outfought and outmaneuvered a fattened-up light heavy, dumped Paul Andrews, toying with him for him. Randy Turpin, who is really a few rounds and then putting him a middleweight mind you, also took on the deck for good with just him over the hurdles. Nobody one pretty right cross. Andrews here would dream of putting Slade admittedly is green and a little or Turpin in the same ring with slow, but still, Johnson's perform­ Marciano. Most boxing commis­ ance was impressive. Johnson and Patterson would sions would consider it cruel and make a very attractive set-to—lots inhuman. better looking than MarcianoNobody In Sight Cockell. Patterson, of course is Unfortunately, the heavyweight just about ready for a title fight division is shy of a logical chal­ with Moore right now, but we don't lenger. The only semblance of think Moore is anxious. If old competition in sight for Marciano Archie must get his block knocked is old man Archie Moore. Archie off, he'd prefer Marciano to do is undoubtedly five times as skill­ the knocking. It would be more ful as Marciano, but he is still only profitable, and he would still have a light-heavyweight and an aging his light heavyweight title after one at that. Those who figure Marciano got through stomping on Moore as a real challenger tend to him. The LOG conducts this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, bakers and others who'd like to share favored recipes; little-known cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and the like suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's Seafarer George Dackn's recipe for "Nut-filled Turnovers." There are those who say that the master of a ship is one who seeks perfection in others because he cannot measure up to his own high standards. In such cases, the best is never good enough, and woe unto-^the cook or baker who fails to Turnovers" and many ship cap­ tains. In any event, Dackn de­ please him. Be that as it may, Seafarer George Dackn, steward, has a solution to the dilemma which— some might say—obviously results from the similarity between the principal ingredient in "Nut-filled California Sunshine Makes 'Em Beam THAT RooKj OF -THE MOST VALUASLB POSSESSIONS IN THE MARitiAtE INDUSTW \S AN SlO BOOK. KCEf> IT IH A SAFE PLACE ALWAYS . GETTIHS A I>OPL»' CATE IS AN EAPENSIMB ANT> TIME - CoAlSUAdlN^ JOB AAJD CAM CJAUSE A MEMBER AJEEDtESS^ lMCC3Ah/EAllEAlCE • J iJt. u ri! I )it)i Snapped as their ship came into Wilmington, Calif., for bunkers are some of the crewmen of the National Liberty (American Water­ ways). Ship, carrying coal, was on her way to Japan. Man in center, wi^ beards is CharlCA Hoss of Savannah. scribes his turn­ overs as "a real captain pleaser." For the record, any project which enjoys success like that — and with the crew as well — can't be hidden, under a bushel. Dacka Here's what you need: take 2 pounds chopped wal­ nuts, 1 cup sugar, 1 teaspoon van­ illa and teaspoon cinnamon, and mix them together for the filling. Then, combine 12 cups flour, Vi cup sugar, 6 tablespoons baking powder and 1 teaspoon baking soda. Dissolve 2 small yeast cakes (2-ounce size) in a half cup of warm water and add to the flour mixture. Next, mix and add enough warm water to make a medium batter. Let this stand for ten minutes, and then spread the batter on a grid­ dle like pancakes. Bake them on one side only and then while they are still warm, place some of the nut filling on the unbaked side, turn them over half way and seal the edges. When ready to serve, fry the turnovers in butter on both sides and pour sugar syrup over them. The sugar syrup can be made by boiling 2 cups sugar and 1 cup water until thick. �SEAFARERS Pare Sixteen Warns Against Phong Insurance 1.1 :• Maroli 4. 1955 LOG L E T TEE S To the Editor: I would like to warn the mem­ bership about the practices of some of these fly-by-night insurance companies. When my brother was To the Editor: in the Army, he and a bunch of I thought you might like to know other men in his company were that the following resolution, high-pressured by their own lieu­ which I introduced, was passed by tenant into buying some insurance the crewmembers. of the Alcoa from the salesman of a certain in­ Pennant (Alcoa) at the shipboard surance company in Texas. All meeting of February 6: my brother did was sign a white "Whereas the Welfare Plan is card without even seeing a policy, now paying maternity benefits and getting a physical or anything like is always willing that. to help all Union members, Sent Him Policy "Be it resolved The next thing he knew the that full family company had sent him a photostat hospital coverage of an insurance policy with his sig­ be installed for nature on it. He never signed any the benefit of all such policy but they must have pho­ members and tographed or copied his signature their families. off the card and stuck it on. They \ "We, the crewnever did give him any kind of Stewart At Ward Line Bar in Havana, Seafarer Tiney Phillipa, crewman on members of the physical examination. Alcoa Pegasus, relaxes with a friend. Miss Hilda Gonzales. Later on he found out that the Alcoa Pennant, do heartily endorse $10 a month he was paying for the Union efforts to secure a hospitali­ policy was far too much for that sation plan for members and their kind of insurance. When he com­ families." plained to the Veterans Adminis­ James C. Stewart To the Editor: tration they told him there wasn't 4* 4* 4' I thought you would like to anything they could do about it. know that on my arrival in Gal­ The result was that he was stuck veston aboard the Alcoa Pegasus, for $230. I ran into Brother Walter BrightSo if any of these insurance well, who Is now back in the tav­ salesmen try to high pressure you ern business. into signing any cards, better make To the Editor: I am writing this from the Man­ Brother Brightwell, who, used to sui'e first what kind of a deal they are getting j'ou into. hattan Beach USPHS hospital to operate the Circle Club in Galves­ Edgar Anderson let you know that this hospital is ton, now runs, Brightwell's Tavern at 408 20th Street. 43^ one of the best. Brother Brightwell keeps the The other night I wanted to LOG on tap, and he has a nice watch the Olson-Jones fight on TV, place for seamen to meet, so I but the nurse told me I had to hope some of the brothers will stop To the Editor: have someone push me into the TV in if they're in Galveston. I spent over four months as room in a wheelchair, so I got Another good place is the Ward bosun on the Robin Kirk, and I Paddy McCann. When it comes to Line Bar in Havana where all the think that the skipper. Captain pushing wheelchairs, he's tops. Alcoa Pegasus crewmen had a Herbert, is a good man to sail I certainly would appreciate with. When I went on board the having visits from any of you boys good time during our stay there. I am sending you a photo of this ship I heard from some people who care to come out here. place and-1 hope you will use it that he was a quick man.with the Jack Denley in the LOG. log book so I was prepared for Mrs. Robert Cole L. L. (Tiney) Phillips (The Baltimore Kid) the worst. But I was pleasantly Seafarer Robert Lee Cole and surprised. Miss Marjorie Hede were married We had a good crew aboard, in Folkston, Ga., on February 6, without pei'formers. Because we 1955, it "has been announced. gave the skipper a fair deal and The bride is the daughter of Carl didn't foul up, we got all the co­ E. Hede, while Cole is the son of operation in the world from him. Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Cole. He showed consideration for the After a wedding trip, the couple crew and met us halfway every will live in Jacksonville, Fla. time. II some of the brothers on a 4" 4" 4" trip foul up too much, they can't blame the skipper for cracking down on them. Marcelino Santiago To the Editor: 4i 4" 4" I am writing this from the Sungei Gerong hospital in Sumatra, where I am laid up in bed with a pretty bad fracture of the right To the Editor: leg. I will have to have traction I am writing this to thank the on it for a while to get it in place SIU for getting my husband, so the doctors can put a cast on it. Matti Ruusukallio, the wheelchair I was on the Steel Vendor when which he so badly needed. I and the ship's carpenter went to It is wonderful to know that look over the refinery here; The when J'OU need help of any kind, accident happened while we were all you have to do is to call on riding bicycles back to the ship. the SIU and the Union is always Former shipmates meet again at SIU headquarters as Seafarer Allen I would appreciate it if you ready to lend assistance. Friend, MM (left) greets Cpl. Roy Johnson, stationed at Governor's would send me the last three or We sincerely appreciate all the Island, NY, after year of service in Korea. Both men were on liner four issujss of the LOG as there good things that the Union has Puerto Rico in 1953 before she was sold by Bull to foreign-flag is not much reading material hex-e. done, not only for us but for all interests. Johnson, an AB who sailed SIU for seven years, came John F. French Its members. to hall to check on reactivating his book. He hopes to continue (Ed. note: Copies of the LOG (Mrs.) Mildred Ruusukallio sailing after his discharge from Army. are being sent to you airmail.) Famiig Hospital Plan Is Sought ?•;: rX r- SIU Brother Buns Galveston Tavern Seafarer Weds Georgia Girl Baltimore Ki#r Wants Visitors Finds Robin Kirk Captain is Okag illiiiii Ex-Shipmates Get Together At Hq Steel Vendor Man Hurt In Sumatra Sags ^Thank Foit^ For Wheelchair I' 1^5 " r-'.- I •. Burly WRLi; Back to Beaiiig ASflllDlmkJM //^(wW'Cg/ To the Editor: I have just arrived in Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela, aboard Seatrade's tanker Queenston Heights, and I would like you to know that we made this run without a beef of any kind. We signed on in Philadelphia and went up to Portland, Me., where we had a very clean payoff, and then 23 hours later we signed on for this Venezuela run. I think that the fact that we had such a good run is due to two things. First, the crew gets along very well with the officers on this ship, especially our skipper. Cap­ tain Costello, who never interferes in our affairs as long as we do our jobs properly. Good Chief Cook rSecond, we have a fine chief cobk on hei-e. His name is Hanrik Hansen and there are never any complaints about anything he puts out. I have worked with many other cooks, but to me Hansen is the best chief cook I have ever sailed with. On a ship like this the men get along together very well, just like brothers, and this gives a real meaning to the term "Brother­ hood of the Sea."' In closing, I would like to say that making a run like this, on a ship like this, and with a crew and officers like this, again make me i-ealize the value of membership in the SIU. It is no idle boast to say that SIU men I'eally have "the best in maritime." Alexander Chemey 4 4 4' Seamar Crewmen Are Eating Well To the Editor: One of the most important i-equisites towai'd making a happy ship has always been food—and it al­ ways will be. Aboard the Seamar (Calmar), I am happy to say, the food situation is being taken cai'e of very vvell. I'm not going to insult anyone's intelligence by saying that Calmar is going hog wild V and putting prime cuts of meat and A-1 brands of other foods on here. But I do say that the menus and the preparation of food are vei-y, very good.*^ Cummings The credit for this must go to John Marshall, steward; Frank Rankin, chief cook; Sam Merkerson, second cook, and Dick Johnson, thii'd cook. The other members of the steward de­ partment ai-e also on the ball. Incidentally, our chief cook, Frank Rankin, was formei-ly a chef for the Pennsylvania Railroad. I want you to know that in mak­ ing the above statements I am speaking for the whole ship's com­ plement, who i-ealize that they really "hit the jackpot" on this trip. Dick Cummings Ship's delegate By 'Bernard Seaman COOLV PERHAPS flhlD AMmEATT -TD-— ^0,MiZ.CLAEi< ^ GABLIJlVOMr LIKE ro imUDE. BUTl >7 \fiOU— Seatrade Tanker. Has A Good Bun Icl JN • % fimmsJoBj �Pve SereBteea iskAFARER^S iio March 4.1M8 ... DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS ... data—Chairman, Jahn Winn; Sacratary, L. Hall, |r. Ona man missed ibip and a few brothera were caught on the abort and by making loans to him before de­ parture of ship. New book aent tq ahlp by Union for the library, and crawmembera were asked to return same when finished. New mattresses were distributed equally among the three departments. Any minor repairs should be listed and MARORE (Ore), December I—Chair­ turned in to boatswain. man, Charles A. Moss; Secretary, E. Har­ LIBERTY BELL (Dover), Dacambar li rison. Motion made and carried to have delegates check books and permits. The —Chairman, R. VIckarman; Sacratary, M. Pappadakli. Action wUl be taken in the steward department was thanked for a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner. Dele- near future on any one performing, the :ate will see the patrolman about put- ship's delegate said. Motion made that a ship's fund be estabfished by each ing up a siopchest list. January 9—Chairman, C. Moss; Secre­ crewmember donating the aum of SI. tary, E. Harrison. Beefs about mate be­ The ship's delegate reported the case of ing on deck. Discussion on keeping a crewmember who was detained by the laundry clean. The crewmember who has police in San Pedro. been taking the cocoa at night was asked STEEL TRAVELER (Isthmian), Dacam­ to leave same as others enjoy it too. OIL AIRES (Mli*lulppl)> D«c*mb«r u1l _ Chairman, C. Frayi Sacratary, D. FIfchar. Suggeation made that carpenter buUd bookcase for library, and all mem­ bers were asked to return books when inished with them. All longshoremen and other persons who are not crewmembers should ha kept out of the pas­ sageway. Discussion on penalty cargo. ? for their convenience. Crewmembera sug­ gested that there be more variety in meats. A vote of thanks was given to the steward department for a fine Christmai dinner. Repair lists should be made up each trip until all the repairs are taken care of. that It la interfering with his regular duties. Motion made and carried that a letter be sent to headquarters about the oiler who left ship without a relief. The master will be contacted about needed repairs I and also about some extra fans. CHICKASAW (Waterman), Dacambar 21 —Chairman, M. Ellis; Sacratary, O. Buiclglio. Repairs lists should be turned in by department delegatea to ship's dele­ gate for voyage ending. Crew gave the captain k vote of ^anks for arranging to have the ship decorated, which lent tha proper Christmas atmosphere aboard. The steward department was given a vote of thanks for their extra service in preparing a variety of foodi during the Christmas holidays. COE VICTORY (Victory Carriers), no STEEL FLYER (Isthmian), January S— Chairman, C. Bush; Sacratary, S. Nialsan. Failure of the Swift Laundry to return crew's laundry will be investigated upon asked to leave the keys to their rooms when leaving ship. Discussed having crew's washing machine repaired out of ship's fund. Steward expressed thanks for "splendid cooperation received from crew during the trip. tPERSONAtS: John Westley Prescott Your mother wishes you to contflct her. Eugene Ciccato Get in touch with Joseph Pilutis at his home. i t t Harvey C. Hill You are asked to contact Ted Steuka, 399 Ahport Blvd., South San Francisco, Calif. t> S> NcUl Abemathy Bed Braunsteln wishes you to contact him at the Wilmington hall. J* 4" Herbert Pollock Your seaman's papers and other papers have been found and are being held for you by Mrs. Alice Knowlton, 3706 OVi Ave., Galves­ ton, Tex. t 4" Charles Lee Contact Lionel B. Miller, 2729 Bay St., New Orleans, La. 4" 4- 4 4 4 4 4 4 Larry Briggs John Allega wishes you to eontact him at the NV Cafe, North Oxbridge, Mass. Troy Thomas Theresa wishes you happiness on your birthday, March 20. Thomas E. Collins Call Michael Clifford at TUlip 2-1810 or write him at 353 Mosholii Pkwy., Bronx, NY. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Orville Francis Christian T. M. Kususky says it is im­ portant for you to contact him at 722 Carman St., Camden, NJ. Edward Rydon Abe Weistock wishes you to get in touch with him about the dis­ position of your sextant. His ad­ dress is 5430 Nelson Ave., Balti­ more, Md. 4 4 4 Nesbett Legion Morrison Urgent you contact your mother at 513 £. Brought St., Savannah, Ga. 4 4 4 Edgar (Red) Starns Ronald (John) Barnes asks you to contact him at Virginian Ap't. No. 1, 2014 4th St., Seattle, Wash. 4 4 4 Nicholas Fedyk Urgent you contact your sister, Mrs. Anne Tetor, at 7351 Theo­ dore St., Philadelphia. BElgrade 6-3092. 4 4 Patrick John M. Havas portant news for reached at the 4 Mozier says he has im­ you. He can be Jersey- Journal, ANTINOUS (Waterman), January 2— Chairman, M. Duet; Secretary, K. Cola. Treasurer reported $35 in the ship's fund out of which was taken money for parts for converter for TV set and various Christmas decorations for crew messroom.. A letter from Brother Hall con­ cerning Coast Guard power grab was read to the membership and all brothers, were urged to write their Congressmen concerning this unfair issue. Ail brothers thanked steward department for a won­ derful Christmas dinner. A. Shrimpton. Ship's delegate explained the reason why there could only be one draw in the Port of Calcutta. Vote, of thanks given to the steward and his de­ partment for the Thanksgiving dinner and for the all around good meals served aboard the ship. Suggestion made that the siopchest be opened at afternoon coffee time as well as evening. Chief IBERVILLE (Waterman), Dacambar 1* mate appeared before the meeting and —Chairman, Roy Guild; Secretary, V. C. talked about safety precautions In pre­ Smith. Suggestion made to shade lights venting shlifboard accidents. for TV, and to buy Christmas tree with needed decorations. This was approved ANN MARIE (lull), January 2—Chair­ by the membership and V. C. Smith vol­ man, H. Martin; SaCrstsry, E. Dakln. unteered to do the buying and to post Discussing on men using ship's gear in receipts for same; such expenses to be a proper manner. All hands were asked paid from the ship's fund. to shut oft washing machina after using January 3—Chairman, V. C. Smith; Sec­ same. Crewmembera were reminded -to retary, W. A. Wada. Ways and means pay dues this trip. discussed for increasing ship's fund. Crewmembers voted to donate $1 each. OCEAN LOTTE (Marlllm* Ovtrteas), The steward thanked crew for coopera­ January 1—Chairman, A. Carpantar; Sac­ tion in keeping messhall clean. Wiper ratary, Kainowtky. Motion made and and OS will take turns cleaning ladder carried to have delegate* mak;e a list of to crew's quarters aft. Crewmembers re­ all the neglected repairs turned in from minded to clean laundry room after using the previous meeting, and refer them to same. our port agent, prior to signing articles. DEL VALLE (Mississippi), November 23 -There was quite a discussion in reference to the improvement made In painting —Chairman, Joe Wise; Secretary, R. crew's quarters. Salby. Ship's delegate will contact the 'chief engineer about having fans installed in foc'sles as per agreement. A sugges­ tion was made that crewmembers read the agreement and at tha next shipboard meeting a discussion should be held on Irazarry. Treasurer reported that there changes in conditions and working rules. is $103.10 in }he ship's fund. From this money 50 eases of coca cola was pur­ YORKMAR (Caimar), Dacambar 25— chased. All members agreed to pay $2.40 for a case and when empties are returned Chairman, E. Hogga; Sacratary, T. Kannedy. The steward department will take one dollar will be refunded. A new ship's care of the recreation room in the fu­ delegate was elected. ture and the engine and deck depart­ ments will take care of the washroom. ROBIN MOWBRAY (Seas Shipping), De­ Any one who uses tha washing machine cember 5—Chairman, N. Remlcy; Secre­ was asked to make sura they leave it in tary N. Wroton. Motion made and car­ good condition. Crew will And out what ried that an attempt be made to get med­ has happened to ship's fund that was icine lockers installed in each foc'sle so left on ship. the men would have some place to keep their shaving gear, etc. Discussion en the ALCOA ROAMER (Alcoa), January 2— literature coming aboard ship, and it was Chairman, C. Back; Sacratary, R. Palmar. decided to keep same and turn it over Motion made to elect committee to study to the patrolman. problems of Installing a TV let for the crew. Bepalr list made up and will be GOVERNMENT CAMP (ultics Service), posted in messroom. Crewmembers were Nevambcr 25—Chairman, L. Pakrer; Sec­ asked to return cups and glasses to mess- retary, J. Block. Steward department was room and to keep the ship clean. complimented for the "very nice Thanks­ giving dinner they prepared and served. MICHAEL (Carras), January S—Chair­ Ship's delegate will obtain all available man, P. Jakubcsak; Sacratary, S. Dant. information in relation to resolutions pre­ Ship's delegate resigned due to the fact sented for further discussion. Quiz Answers Puzzle Answer SSQ [IZ1DQSI2 saa [ESHaaHBa aaaGa QSHHS aaa Q[§[z;][iao aa rasQH® GOQa fflcansras aaaaijis SHS QQuaa sa saaara Gasaa DSD Hsaa aaamfflBMCJ rasBEa oan [3[3r:q Bgljl SEATRAIN NEW YORK (Seatrain), Jan­ uary 15—Chairman, S. See; Secretary, C. E. Mosley. Steward department was thanked for the improvement of menus and service. $64.80 reported in the ship's Shortage of stores brought up and dis­ fund. The polio fund was discussed and cussed. Steward feels he isn't at fault it was agreed that the men make their since he came on board after requisi­ donations at home. tions were turned in. Some items on the repair list will be held over until next EMILIA (Bull), January 15—Chairman, trip as ship is scheduled for the ship­ L. Gucllnitz; Secrataj-y, C. Kavanaugh. yard. Ship's delegate informed crewmembers that they are to work from bell to bell EUGENIE (Orel), December 25—Chilr- with no time off. Mate pointed out that man, V. Meahan; Secretary, M. Culp. the bosun was not to do any work ex­ Ship is in need of ail new mattresses cept supervise. Three men were fired. and the new pillows smell like dead Motion made and carried that meetings chickens. Ship's delegate will see the be held at 6:30 PM instead of 3 PM and patrolman about a better grade of meat, that new delegates be elected at every eggs and general stores. The laundry payoff. A vote of thanks was given to soap powder is a poor quality. Captain the steward department for the service will not put out overtime for betterment and preparation of food. Extra fans are needed. Repair list made up. of crew's quarters. SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Seatrain), De­ cember 10—Chairman, M. Shapman; Sec­ retary, S. Johnson. A collection was taken up for a few additional Christmas ornaments as some of the ornaments from last year got broken. Motion made and carried that all brothers write their Congressmen concerning the new pro­ posals made by the Coast Guard. There was a lengtlily discussion on the food ^ served aboard this vessel and its prepara­ tion. The chief cook and galley force promised to do better in the future. STEEL ADMIRAL (Isthmian), January 2—Chairman, C. Liverman; Sacratary, J. (1) (c) Claustrophobia. (2) (b) James Buchanan. He was the only President to remain a bachelor throughout his term in the White House. (3) Mosaic. (4) Bob is 101/4 years old and Bill is m. (5) (b) Delaware, with an aver­ age elevation of 60 feet. (6) (d) New York. It'i in Poughkeepsie. (7) England. (8) Guy Lombardo. (9) $24. A bushel costs $3. (10) A cockroach. STEEL NAVIGATOR (Isthmian), Decamber 12—Chairman, J. Kramer; Sec­ retary, A. Parlsaau. Attention brought to the fact that the men logged on last trip had to appear before the Coast Guard. Mate agreed to all repairs and same wUl be taken care of while ship is underway. A new ship's delegate was elected. AMES VICTORY (Victory Carriers), January •—Chairman, O. Frank; Sacra­ tary, A. Barnard. Ship's delegate re­ ported that two men were logged for missing watches and performing at sea and in port. A motion was made and carried that these two men be brought BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Service), up on charges for conduct unbecoming union members. A letter from SIU con­ January 14—Chairman, G. Jargo; Secre­ cerning the Coast Guard matter was read tary, G. Java. Jr. Chief engineer okayed repairs and will get to them as soon as by the ship's delegate and posted. possible. Crewmembers were asked to DEL VIENTO (Mississippi), January 9 clean washing machine after each using. officers —Chairman, H. Cornell; Secretary, J. Crew commented on the fine Atchison. Discussion on the galley util­ aboard this ship. ity: the crew decided to leave this matter ARCHERS HOPE (Cities Service), Janup to the discretion of the patrolman. uary 15—Chairman, C. Kaust; Secretary, B. Padgett. Engine delegate asked crew not to hang laundry in the engine room. Steward is not issuing enough laundry powder. Crewmembers getting off ship were asked to bring linen midship. bar IS—Chairman, J. Cravan; Sacratary, arrival in New York. Crewmembers were OCEAN ULLA (Ocean Transportation), no data—Chairman, L. Clllls; Secretary, D. PIcccrall. A vote of thanks was given to the steward department for a job . well done in preparing and serving the Christmas dinner. Deck delegate re­ ported that he has spoken to the captain and he promised to take care of all re­ pairs. Ship's delegate will see the chief engineer about removing rubber hose from the washing machine - and put a piece of pipe In Its place. the shlp'a fund be turned over to the next ahip's delegate for next voyage. Several members spoke on the welfare of aU crewmembers. IBERVILLE (Waterman), January Chairman, V. Rosata; Secretary, V. Smith. Coca Cola is being sold aboard ship with the profit going into the ship's fund so it will be self-supporting in the future. Suggestion made that a repair list be submitted in time so that repairs may be taken care of in Mobile. ALCOA PARTNER (Alcoa), January 15 —Chairman, Powell; Secretary, F. McGuagge, Suggestion made to get rid of some of the old books in the library. Discussion on the water in the pantry. STEEL APPRENTICE (Isthmian), Jan­ uary 9—Chairman, M. Machel; Secretary, C. Hartman. Motion made and carried for messman to dispose of garbage on main deck below the main house as crew lives on this deck. Suggestion made that Arabs be fed in the PO mess as not to conflict with the crew during mealhoiirs. Departments will rotate in clean­ ing laundry and library. SANTORE (Ore), January 4—Chairman, R. King; Sacratary, T. Hansen. On sev­ eral occasions shower water has been too hot. January 10—Chairman, R. King; Secre­ tary, J. Grlttith. One man missed ship. Cash on hand 544.20. The ship's dele­ gate will buy a new radio for the crew, ROBIN TUXFORD (Scat Shipping), no and it will be purchased from the Sea data—Chairman, A. Cairns; Secretary, F. Chest. Gardner. Carpenter bought some new FENNMAR (Caimar), January 15 — records and the crew agree to pay for same. All hands were asked to return Chairman, Walsh; Secretary, Strange. cups to sink, and to refrain from putting Bosun made a motion that all showers cigarettes or ashes in same. Laundry be painted and repaired. The steward room will be kept clean by departments department was complimented, with spe­ cial thanks going to the steward and rotating. chief cook for their fine work. VAL CHEM (Valentine), December 1— Chairman, J. Karl; Secretary, R. Galling. LIBERTY BELL (Dover), January 21— The steward was asked to get new mat­ Chairman, VIckarman; Secretary, M. Paptresses for the crew. The crew voted not padakis. Motion made and carried that to bring to the attention of the patrol­ man the matter of the second mate, but rather give him more rope to hang him­ self. A vote of thanks was given to the steward department for a wonderful Thanksgiving Day dinner. CHICKASAW (Waterman), November 30—Chairmen, Ralph Secklngar; Secre­ tary, J. Murphy. Ship's delegate asked aU delegates to turn In their repair lists. He explained our system of electing new delegates every trip to the new members of the crew. The chief steward thanked aU hands for their cooperation. Bosun requested that all garbage be dumped aft. BARBARA FRITCHIE (Liberty), Novehibcr 4—Chairman, E. Tesko; Secre­ tary, A. Thorns. Vote of than'KS extended to the ateward department for an exceUent Thanksgiving Day dinner. Stew­ ard will see about getting a bigger toaster for the crew mess. FAOLI (Cities Service), January 2-:Chalrman, D. Collins; Secretary, J. Fischer. RAPHAEL SEMMES (Waterman), No­ vember 22—Chairman, J. Slogaitis; Sec­ retary, H. Pierce. Crewmembers were asked to keep the messhall alid pantry clean at all times for the next watch. A new sliip's delegate was elected. Report Asks End Of PHS For Seamen (Continued from page 3) ti'eatment for tuberculosis and other diseases. These hospitals have also been of gieat value in training thousands of physicians and nurses—professions in criticaiiy short supply. Actually, while the hospitals are Government-supported today, sea­ men have an equity in the proper­ ties since for many years, the pro­ ceeds from shipboard loggings went for the support of the marine hospitals. This fact raises a legal question as to the authority of Congress to shut them down. While the Hoover report has al­ ready'been criticized both in and out of Congress, it will undoubted­ ly be used in a fresh attack on medical services for seamen. As in the past, the SIU will make every effort to save the hospitals and ui'ges individual Seafarers to do likewise by writing Congress­ men from their home states. Edifor, SEAFARERS LOG. 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—pleose put my name on your mailing list. (Print Information) NAME STREET ADDRESS CITY ZONE STATE Motion made and carried that American money Issued in foreign ports be put in the contract. Master said logs will stick but men are not fired. Crewmembers TO AVOID DUPLICATION: If you are en old subscriber end have e ching* will see about baving the ship fumigated. of eddreas, please give your former address below: Signed CHILORE (Ore), January 1—Chairman, John Giancola; Sacratary, H. Leiby. PO mess wiU be kept open while ship is in ADDRESS port: members were told that if they >K(IV>tsi9~sA)>tain anything from- the- Sea Chest Ihe night telephone will be posted CITY -..I ZONE .. STATI • it �• SEAFARERS Pase EisJiteeB o To speed up its many services to Seafarers and their families, the headquarters office of th® SIU Wel­ fare Services Department has shifted to new quarters on the sec­ ond deck. Welfare Services formerly oper­ ated out of desk space in the front of the headquarters hiring hall. The office has now b^en moved to the large room at the right rear of the shipping hall providing ample seating space for Seafarers or family members who come in to see a Welfare Services represen­ tative. The new and more spacious facilities mean that Welfare Serv­ ices will be able to handle a larger volume of applicants than before In comfort. Another representa­ tive has been added to the staff of the department which will also mean faster service l!?K p I h\ - ht- • -, 'fe'' Couldn't Sign Off When he got back to the States, the Union found that Byrne was too ill to sign off articles. He had about $500 in earned an unearned wages coming to him at the time. With the approval of the member­ ship, arrangements were made with the company to pay the money due directly to Mrs. Byrne. This step was taken by the com­ pany after the Union agreed to stand good for the money In the 3 REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID T...«?.r.«?..Cr...Jf:sr. Proia No. Seafarera Receiving Benefits chis Period I Ayerage Benefitt Paid Each Seafarer Total Benefita Paid thia Period /Co 4 ba\aS Coj VrjlRo WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD HosDilsl Benefits Desth Benefits Dissbilltv Benefits 00 4 nU.lL Mrs. Isaac Hancock poses with* baby Betty Ann in front of the family buggy and home in Henderson, North Carolina. Betty Ann arrived in this world on February 8, 1955, and was welcomed by a $200 SIU Welfare Plan payment. Welfare Services also made ar­ rangements for" payment of the Welfare Plan hospital benefits to Mrs. Byrne, giving her an addi­ tional source of Income which her husband had no use for because of his condition. A few weeks after his repatria­ tion Byrne passed away suddenly in the hospital. Having no one else to turn to, Mrs Byrne came once again to Welfare Services for help In the emergency. At her request. Welfare Services assisted In making funei'al ar­ rangements. This is often done by the Union office to protect bene­ ficiaries of Seafarers from the ex­ orbitant prices which are occa­ sionally Imposed by unscrupulous undertakers on the families of de­ ceased breadwinners. Linda Lee Lowman, born Janu­ ary 23, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. George N. Lowman, Brooklyn, Maryland. 4" t .i" Joseph Wayne Vogel, bom Janu­ ary 11, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Vogel, 304 East Randall Street, Baltimore, Maryland, t it " Brenda Annette Padgett, born December 31, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Padgett, New Or­ leans, La. 4' it 4" Marilyn, Cruz, born January 6, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Juan Cruz, Jr., New York, New York. 4" 4 4" Margaret Renee Pierre, horn No­ vember 24, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Pleme, Chunchula, Alabama. 4 4 4 4 4 Hosbital Benefits Paid Since lulv L 1950 • Death Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950* Disability Benefits Paid Since May 1. 1952 * Matctaitv Benefits Paid Since Anril I. 1952* Vacation Benefita Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 * Total • Date B«n.rits Betss 9b Un no AA f (oo.iae 71 VacatioD Cash 00 Hand fSfST" Vftcacion Estimatedi Accounts Rcceivnblo ygifnyg— US Governmeot Bonds (Veifaie) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Assets — Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS iimmm II (XSH OA I innwwrn ivTRmm eSDERBEni SOiniBNTSi During th« past year the Welfare Plan paid out DSiiTH BBNE- . FITS in the anount of $333,200.00. HOSPITAL BENEFITS in the anount of $170,600.(X) were paid to eligibles under the Plan. The Plan also paid six hundred fowteen (6lU) NATERNITT BBI^ITS for a total of $122,800,00 for the year 1951|. DISABILin BENEFITS in the amount o'f $1x3,200.00 were paid by the Plan dxiring the year as well as $10,000.00 in SCHOLARSHIP BENEFITS. The above represents only e portion of the benefits paid, as the Plan paid out well over a million dollars in benefits. /de /wf Smimituj M K#rr, Assisteal Adminiattetor TOPk • Y<X//? CLAM fOR MAmeNANCe AND CuRB. .. 4 Osborne Marshall William Brooke, Jr., born January 22, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Osborne M. Brooke, Mobile, Alabama. 4 4 4 4 4 4 Lamont Wayne Lewis, born No­ vember 13, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leonai'd Lewis, Washington, DC. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Thomas William Beatty, Jr., born January 12, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Beatty, Houston, Texas. David Wayne Barnett, born De­ cember 6, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Barnett, Gulfport, Mississippi. 4 X UdLai Vn (ffi" WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS if \feiAf imporfayii'hclamm " maiirhsnance and cune-M-'^M if]sis/-a Ghlpboand yiepont be mde of your-atXflAenf'sfd-fhifyou aye lea\/]m -fhe niedical yeaeons. /ave a shiprrtah, keep a v/lhse&^-Hte apY' medical slip ipfBvA, 14? you hav - 'anycjue^ions, cord^-fhe % Patricia Jean Beresford, born January 10, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Beresford, East Boston, Massachusetts. Mrs. Helena Byrne (left) is assisted in filing claim for the SIU death benefit at the,; headquarters l^elfare Services office. Fa -4 Vernon Victor Jaks, born Janu­ ary 12, 1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jaks, El Campo, Texas. P.' 1- Lo WELFARE. VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY Lanora Marvel! Cantrell, born January 25,1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Cantrell, Jx-., Mobile, Alabama. 4 po ^0 Vd, 4* Kathryn Nannette Miller, born .January 21,1955. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Miller, Mobile, Ala­ bama. ?n ^ Sis' VacMion Benefits Totrf The assistance Welfare Services gives to Seafarers and their families is typified by the^ experience of Mrs. Helena Byrne of Brooklyn. From the 'time her husband, Seafarer James Byrne, became ill on^ board a ship through his re­ unlikely event that Byrne should cent death and burial, the claim it at a later date. Union office aided her every step of the way. Mrs. Byrne's husband first be­ came ill on the Warrior, (Water­ man) several months ago, and was put ashore in a Turkish hospital. Welfare Services aiTanged initial­ ly for his repatriation to the US, SEAFARERS SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS Welfare Follows Through On Aid To Seafarer's Wife 'if Misrcii 4,1958 5 All of the foUoioing SIU families and Mrs. William S. Sharp, Cincin­ will collect the $200 maternity nati, Ohio. it 4" benefit plus a $25 bond from the Agustin Tellez Manzanet, born Union in the baby's name: December 24, 1954. Parents, Mr. William Stewart Sharp, Jr., born and Mrs. Agustin Tellez Bosado, January 26, 1955. Parents, Mr. Playa, Ponce, Puerto Rico. r:- •" '"•r;.';'-'^:;<-.'r» • • • EOG House, Car And Baby Bigger Office Provided For HQ Welfare ' 4 4 Jean Valmon Dupre, Jr., born January 22,1955. -Parents, Mx'. and Mrs. Jean Valmon Dupre, Mamou, HI eiu ' SID WELFAHE SERVICES iipumiir JUUJI11 • .'1-: �Mareli 4,1958 SEAIARERS LOG Pace Nineteen -••JSSI — And The Bride Caught Her Ship SE^* THE SEAFARERS The cpurse of true love seldom runs smooth as a familiar saying goes, so its nice to have Welfare Services haindy to take care of some of the roadblocks. Right now Welfare Services is clearing the way for Seafarer William "Tiny" MacDonald's recAtly-acquired bride to be-^l admitted to the United States as a resident of the country. Seafarer Dusan Deduisin is keeping his fingers crossed as are all of his friends that the Staten Island hospital can restore his eyesight. De But that wasn't all. dulsin dkpects. to be operated on shortly for a cataract on his left eye and a separated retina on tHe other eye. Brother Deduisin spent quite a- bit of his own cash and had an opera­ tion performed by an outside specialist in Philadelphia last summer. Since he hasn't been able to sail since then and has spent his own dough for treatment, your Union was able to get him admitted to Staten Island ,on the grounds that his was a continuing case. If any of his friends have a little trouble recogniz­ ing Seafarer Tim Holt froip now on in it will be with good reason. Tim is in the liospital now for an operation on his nose because of an old injury, and the doctors are going to straighten it out for him. Brother Jimmie Golder is up and around again after a double hernia operation. He was aboard the Coe Bowman Victory his last trip out. The brothers will remember Jimmie who was working as dispatcher at headquarters for a time. . Brother Jose Roddguez, who had an operation on his neck some time back, went back into the hospital on February 16, to have the scar tissue removed. Another brother due to be operated on is Antonio Schiavone, who was steward on the Beatrice. The doctors are going to fix up his bad thumb. Seafarer Virgil Bowman, who was oiler on the Steel Architect, has been having some trouble with varicose veins and had to take time off for, treatment. Recovering from injuries after a fall on the Hurricane is Seafarer Matthew Eurlsa. He got cut up and suffered a possible back injury when he fell off a turbine. Seafarer David Kaim had to go back in for more treatment because of a skin condition, and Seafarer Joseph Puglisi is in for the same reason. Brother John McKarek got a shock wheif he went in the hospital for a minor operation and doc­ tors found he had a touch of diabetes as well. Also getting treatmenii for diabetes is Antonio Martin, who was wiper on the National Freedom. Brother Gerald Fitzjames who was FWT on the Sanddaptain is coming along nowi He had a stomach ailment and had lost quite a bit of weight. Anthony Seaturro, messman off the Steel Surveyor also is get-, ting treatment for stomach trouble. Other brothers in the hospital include Cornelius Holt Filkins, who was on the Southern States the last time out; Sylvester Walsh, AB off the Pennmar; and Joe Felton, AB off the Sandcaptain. i The men in the hospital and your Welfare Services representatives 'want to thank Dr. John Wilson and the staff of the Staten Island hospi­ tal for the fine job they've been doing and the cooperation they have been giving your Union's representatives. It's made matters more pleasant for our people all around.- Seafarers In Hospitals USPHS HOSPITAL USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NY NEW ORLEANS, LA. Samuel Bailey Oscar Adams Joseph Malone Raymond Mormino P. B. Bommaritos Alfonso Olaguibel Hussen Ahmed Abdul G. Mohamed Charles Brady C. H. Allardice Joseph Neubauer Jack Oosse Lyles Brunsoii Archibald Andersen George Robinson Herman Ostberg Enoch Collins B. Calliorina Juan Ruiz Aurelio Patingo Carl A. Carlson Mattl Ruusukallio Warren W. Currier Darrell Riley George Cutrer John J. Doherty Leon Ryzop J. E. Rousavall Thomas Dugan Angelo P. Ferrie Victor, Shavroff David Ruckner J. Engeihardt George W. Flood Henrich Sterling ' Joachim Saik Estell Godfrey Henry L. Falgout Carl Sundquist Benjamin Seal Lonnie HaU Leo Fontenot, Samuel Vandal Antonio Soils Miles Foster Fred Hauser Christian' Voss Henry Sosa Alfredo Garcia George Herman James Waldron Token Spiers William Grimes Pedro Ibardohisa K. G. Wetterhorn Gleason St. Germain Clifford Womack SeraHn G. Lopez Kristian Gunderson Goon Poy Thlu E. T. Hardeman Juliu^ Thrasher USPHS HOSPITAL Konstant Kain Lonnie R. Tickle MANHATTAN BEACH. NY E. G. Knapp Marion Vester Fortunato Bacomo James R. Lewis Leo H. Lang Billie Ward Frank W. Bemrick Arthur Lomas Earl P. Larson James Ward Claude Blanks Francis F. Lynch Harry Lewis Edward Woods Robert Booker ' loseph D. McGraw Thomas Maynes Clyde Wright Joseph Carr Thomas McCaffrey Lionel Miller David Wright Ho Yee Choe Archibald McGuigan Jar Chong Vic Milazzo USPHS HOSPITAL Walter Denley Melvin O. Moore SEATTLE, WASH. Eugene T. Nelson John Driscoll Yue Kung Fah George J. Wanka Bart Guaranick Daniel Ruggiano Sverre Johannessen M. H. Whitehead Taib Hassen W. A. Johnston Wade H. Sexton Thomas Isaksen USPHS HOSPITAL George Shumaker John W. Keeiiaii Ernest Smallwood FORT WORTH. TEXAS John R. Klemowicz Henry Smith Leonard Cradttock Harry Schuler Ludwig Kristiansen Ranato Viliata USPHS HOSPITAL Frederick Landry Virgil E. Wilmoth SAN FRANCISCO. CALIF. Edwin Brown James J. Lawlor Chee K. Zai M. Meguissoglu Max Byers Kaarel Leetmaa Charles Neumaier G. Fletcher Frank Paylor USPrtS HOSPITAL Olav Gustavsen Joseph Perriera LEXINGTON. KY. Robert Lambert P. S. Yuzon George Chaudion Christian McBrien JACKSON-MEMORIAL HOSP. USPHS HOSPITAL kUAMI. FLA. SAVANNAH. GA. Sverro Leknes Alexander P. Copa Louis C- Miller USPHS HOSPITAL Allen D. Edenfield James T7 Moore • BOSTON. MASS. Rufus L. Fields - John H. Morris Frank Alasavlch Clarence Storey Jimmie LitUeton Ernest H. Webb Alfred Hancock Angelo J. Martins SEASIDE MEMORIAL HOSP. USPHS HOSPITAL LONG BEACH. CALIF. BALTIMORE, MD. Bjom A. Granberg John Altstatt Robert M. Kirkwood USPHS HOSPITAL John Anton Clyde Leggett NORFOLK. VA. .Benjamin Balcer Timothy l.ess Francis Boner Joseph MuUer John Bokus George Little Walter Butterton Charles Phelps" Charles BouskUa Robert Littleton William Mason Robert Renfrou Delvini Brodeur . Robert McKnewJesse R. Matthews Jesse Voliva Byrd Buzbee Edmund MarshOTARITY HOSPITAL E. Delacrus Thomas Mungo NEW ORLEANS. LA. Leo Dwyer Stephen Musco ^ George Books Louis Firlie George Olive ! USPHS HOSPITAL Ferdinand Forte Eugene Plahn GALVESTON. TEXAS Gorman Glaze D. G. Robinson Roy E. Curtis Andrew Noronha. George Godwin Robert W. Scales Fred FaU Irvin Ranew John Hannay John R. Schultz L. I. Floyd William Trice ' Roy M. HaWes William Simmons Benjamin Grice John T. Watt Norman Jackson R. H. Solheim George Litchfield James A. Winget Okol Jones G. A. W^lams •. •«»-Jefen- •Slhert wniis MacDonald's "hands across the sea" romance with Miss Margit Heikkila of Helsinki, Finland, be-> gan when he met his wife-to-be in New York in between trips. The future Mrs. MacDonald was in be­ tween trips,-too.. She's a steward­ ess on the Patricia, a Swedish pas­ senger ship. That made it a sea­ faring romance on both sides. 24-Hbur Wait Before long, MacDonald was headed for the altar on Saturday, February 18 to be exact. But there were some difficulties to overcome first. New York has a 24-hour wait for marriage licenses and the bride-to-be was set to sail aboard the I^tricia on Sunday the 19th. Under some circumstances it's possible to get a waiver of the waiting period. .Welfare Services went to work and got the waiver. The delay on the waiver though, carried matters past the normal Miss Margit Heikkila signs the book In Brooklyn Marriage License closing time for the Marriage Li­ Bureau before being wed to Seafarer William MacDonald. Look­ cense Bureau in Brooklyn. After ing on (left) is Seafarer Maurice "Duke" Duet, who served as a some more phone calls, Deputy witness to the marriage ceremony. City Clerk Joseph D. Comite gen­ erously agreed to keep the office Gould, and another Seafarer to to make her ship. The wedding open after hours. Always obliging. serve as the necessary witnesses. over, she went aboard the Patricia Welfare Services then sent along The couple was able to get mar­ the next day for its Caribbean one of its representatives, Tom ried and Mrs. MacDonald was able cruise. (The ship rides between New York and the Caribbean in the winter, and Sweden and Eng­ land in the summer months.) Mac­ Donald went back to the SIU head­ quarters hall to find a good one on the board. The most important problem Evi(3ently deciciing to test the Union's follow-through on a that arose, of course, was the maintenance beef, the Alcoa Steamship Company attempted question of getting his new bride to hard-time Seafarer Edison Brown on a maintenance and permission to enter the US as a permanent resident. Welfare cure claim. The only result Services quickly got the necessary was to sock itself with a bill to the Baltimore SIU hall and the legal documents drafted and sent for back maintenance, court Union contacted the hospital re­ off to Immigration here in th'e costs and legal fees, because the questing the clinical abstract, which Stales. Meanwliile, Mrs. MacDon­ Union went to bat immediately to was forwarded, and another week's ald will be making application for assure Brown all the maintenance maintenance paid. a visa in her native city. he was entitled to. The next week though, on Christ­ If all goes well, the visa should Brown suffered a fractured ver­ mas Eve, the company agent came come through in six weeks to three tebra in his spine as the result of up with a new demand. This time months and the Macdonaid family an injury aboard the Alcoa Pointer. he wanted a narrative summary will settle down to married life He was put in a body cast and then which in effect represents a com­ Stateside. treated on outpatient status at the plete report on the case. Other­ Baltimore Public Health hospital. wise, he said, the company would For several weeks Brown had been not pay maintenance any more.' The hospital, in turn, said that collecting maintenance from the Alcoa agent in Baltimore with it could not provide such reports the presentation of the usual "unfit on every patient because it would mean too much of a burden on its for duty" slip. staff. On December 15, the hospital The deaths of the following Sea­ 'Go Ahead And Sue' took the cast off, took some X-rays farers have been reported to the and then put Brown In a new cast. Since Brown was still in a cast Seafarers Welfare Plan and the Brown went up to the Alcoa office and had no other source of income, in his cast to collect ano'ther week's he brought his beef to the Union. $2,500 death benefits are being maintenance. To his astonishment, The SIU called the company's paid to their beneficiaries: the agent turned him down saying headquarters in New York and was James R. Cassady, 22: Brother that he would have to get a clinical informed that the company would Cassady died of leukemia in the abstract. not pay without the narrative sum­ USPHS hospital In New Orleans, The Injured Seafarer went back mary. The Seafarer, a company La., on December 26, 1954. Place representative said, could "go of burial Is not known. The Alcoa ahead and sue" if he wanted to. Cavalier was the last ship Brother Immediately, the office of Sey­ Cassady sailed aboard. mour W. Miller, the Union's gen­ i. eral counsel, went to work on the Henry N. Grant, 64: Brother case. Suit was filed through asso­ Under the rules of the Va­ ciate counsel Sol Berenholtz in the Grant died on January 4, 1955, in cation Plan as set forth by the port of Baltimore. Just before the Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. Joining trustees, a Seafarer must ap­ case came up, the company threw the Union In 1942, in New York, ply within one year "of the in the sponge. It agreed to pay Brother Grant had been sailing in payoff date of his oldest dis­ $440 worth of maintenance due, the steward department. He is charge in order to collect his and all expenses including court survived by his sister, Adina Grant full vacation benefits. If he costs and, of course, legal fees to of New York City. ^ 4) 4" presents any discharge v/hose its own counsel. The case was han­ payoff date is more than a John M. Pinkus, 67: On January dled at no charge to the Seafarer year before the date of his va­ since it represented Union enforce­ 14, 1955 Brother Pinkus died in cation application, he will lose ment of a contract provision. - • Boston, Mass. Place of burial is out on the sea time covered Brown is still collecting his St. Joseph Cemetery in Boston, by that particular discharge. maintenanco and will continue tp Mass. Brother Pinkus joined the Don't sit on those .discharges. do so until he is certified fit for Union in 1939 in Boston and had Bring them in and collect the duty. Nothing more has been been sailing in the deck departmoney that is due to you. heard from the company about nar­ meqt. His beneficiary is Miss Ger­ trude Carey of Boston,, Mass. rative summaries. -C I • ••.J- Co. Finds Playing Scrooge Expensive Hobby After All BonH Wait, Get Vaeatian Pay •I'M �w'i ^'^•y:^'''i':(-i' ','\''i' £•. f;\- SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULP DISTRICT • AFL • S,- 115:';i? '£- -•. BOUND VOLUMES OF ALL 1954 ISSUES OF THE SEAFARERS LOG kk'' IS^: I; ^ : t Handsome, bound volumes of the SEAFARERS LOG for the entire year of 1954 are now available to LOG read­ ers for addition to ship's libraries and home bookshelves. The sturdy, cloth-bound volumes contain all 26 issues of the LOG published last year—nearly 600 pages of news, photo­ graphs and specialized features dealing with SIU activities and maritime happenings generally. Priced at $5.50 each, the 1954 bound volumes of the LOG serve as a handy reference source not^only for Union and maritime news, but also for many personal items about Seafarers, their families, the ships and the ports that they visit. New developments in the industry, innovations in ship design and on-the-job aids, as well as historical ma­ terial on the folklore of the sea, help round out these issues. Ji i'fr; Ifi-- I;:- ||:..' ; •&?-«•;.'•'. -5 f •: 4" 4" _ For the benefit of those who have missed out on pre­ vious years' volumes, a complete set of bound volumes of 'the LOG for 1947 through 1954 is also available, at a cost of $30. This includes all LOGs published from 1947 through the end of 1954, a total of 10 volumes, since sepa­ rate volumes were issued for each six-month period dur­ ing 1947 and 1948. Both the individual 1954 volumes and the complete set of 1947-54 volumes can be obtained directly at SIU head­ quarters or by mail, iVith the coupon provided on this page. t ^. r Editor, SEAFARERS LOG 675 Fourth Avenue Brooklyn 32, New York ^ Please send me the following: (a) ..bound volumes of the 1954 SEAFARERS LOG @ $5.50 each. (b) .complete sets of bound volumes of the SEAFARERS LOG for 1947 through 1954 @ $30 each. Enclosed is a total of $ ^ H ^ NAME m- ADDRESS 5 ii � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource March 4, 1955 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XVII, No. 5 Description An account of the resource Headlines: HOUSE BODY RAPS FOUL-UPS OVER '50-50' AND TRANSFERS MA CHIEF GETS NEW GO'VT JOB 18 SEEK SIU SCHOLARSHIP LA. SEATRAIN DOCK BLAZE DELAYS SHIP HOOVER REPORT PROPOSES END TO ALL USPHS HOSPS TV EYE AGAIN FOCUSED SIU BALTIMORE HALL MCLEAN SIGNS SIU PACT; PLANS TRAILER-SHIP FLEET LAID-UP TANKER TURNS TURTLE MARK FURUSETH'S BIRTH UNIONS TEAM UP TO BURY MASS. ANTI-LABOR BILL SEAFARERS BRAVE RAGING SEA TO AID FHISHING BOAT SEAFARERS HELP FETE GAY NO MARDI GRAS BOUND LOGS READY SUP MARKS 70TH YEAR, MANY GAINS NY ALCOA RUNS GAIN 3 SHIPS SEA CHEST OPENS IN BALTIMORE FUTURE GRIM, SAIGON ON FEVERISH BENDER 'MAGNA CHARTA' OF SEA 40 YEARS OLD TODAY THE WHIPPING BOY ROLL-ON, ROLL-OFF WHALING IS BIG BUSINESS - PETROLEUM MAKES IT SO WHEN IN ROME TANKER AFIRE, CREW OF INES GOES TO AID BIGGER OFFICE PROVIDED FOR HQ WELFARE WELFARE FOLLOWS THROUGH ON AID TO SEAFARER'S WIFE - AND THE BRIDE CAUGHT HER SHIP CO. FINDS PLAYING SCROOGE EXPENSIVE HOBBY AFTER ALL Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 3/4/1955 1955 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/a6acb93dc8d6a4af291e1748b1a858c7.PDF 7bac05addbf1558dab5dbeea9575efd1 PDF Text Text EB CT• AFL-CIO DE �March 4, 1966 Pqe.Two by Paul Hall The recent minority-bloc success in the Senate by which the filibuster was used to prevent the majority from voting on repeal of 14(b) of the .or Plaque for Meritorious Service in the Cause Port Council. MTO, at ceremonies held flt the Buono, Local 25, Operating Engineer.s~ J c and Vice-President of Port Council; urray .-...mr.o.. _ mond Williams, ILA Local 1248: L M. Jones_, llA 1Dai1 ILA Local 1458. Back row are (1-r}, J H. .unmmmn,... +ary-Treasurer and SIU Norfolk port agen+, MMoser, SIU Inland Boatmen's Union. JGarmatz OHers l'J Aa:IDIL Roads row). Peter llA local I 19 •dent; ti!Cllldlla ~pie11rcer, Ray- M.H. Boone. '-01JJ1CJ-I Secreand A. c. With an eye toward dispelling ''the atmosphere nf rlespajr in~:JS - om maritime program," Representative Edward A Garmatz (Dem..., House Merchant Marine & Fisheries Committee, has laid down tbe five and expanded maritime program. He laid down ~·-----------------------=--his formula for reviving the U. S. merchant marine at a meeting of the Propeller Club in Washington last week. Remarking that he was "tired of reading" the endless analysis of the lnteragency Maritime Task Force and the Maritime Advisory Committee, Representative Garmatz expressed confidence that President Johnson would take action to bolster the U. S. merchant marine. ''The picture is not entirely bleak," he said. Garmatz said he considered the following points to be essential for a new maritime program: 1. More vessels "must" be built for operation un<;Jer the U. S. flag. 2. A "realistic program" is needed for helping U. S.-flag bulk carriers and tankers. 3. "Government interference" with shipping should be minimized to give management the widest possible freedom to exercise its prerogatives. 4. Subsidies should be direct rather than indfrect. Jorda ./ Taft-Hartley Act was but one element in the battle waged by anti-labor forces which would keep American workers in the 19 so-called "rightto-work" states under the thumbs of the sweat-shoppers, union-busters and wage chiselers. All across the land the fight to keep 14(b) on the books was supported by a massive, heavily-financed propaganda barrage directed by professional promoters acting for those who are intent on preserving low wages. weak unions and the very least of social benefits. It was a smoothly coordinated campaign of union-busting empioyers and the right-wing hate-dispensers of every stripe. Their agents invaded communities throughout the nation and poured their "right-to-work" propaganda, including phony letters to the editor and canned editorials, to local newspapers and radio and television stations. And these media of information and opinion more often than not passed it on to the public without so much as a twinge of their consciences. As the AFL-CIO Executive Council declared last week, ''The propaganda barrage against 14(b) repeal, based on the most outrageous and infiammatory falsehoods, has misled thousands of well-meaning citizens. There was literally no place where most citizens outside the labor. movement could find an objective statement of the 14(b) issue or of the trade union position. The wells of information . . . were for the most part poisoned by . . . deliberate dishonesty." The determination of the American labor movement to carry on the fight against the "right-to-workers" and what they stand for was made crystal clear when it sounded the call for intensified political action and "an even greater united effort by the labor movement." • - ~ • • Actions of considerable importance to everyone in our nation as well as to the workers represented were taken at the recent meeting of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department Executive Committee. The press and other information media devoted considerable attention to the MTIYs support for the boycott plans announced earlier by the ILA, SIU and NMU against ships trading with North Viet Nam. It is hard to believe that vessels who trade with the North Vietnamese and Vietcong, who are locked in combat with Americ~n forces and their allies, are permitted to come and go into U. S. ports bringing and hauling away commercial cargoes. lbe Departmenes Executive Board acted on a number of matters of importance to the American merchant marine. Included among these was a call for the creation of an independent federal maritime admin~tor. The . Department holds that an independent agency to ad1DJD1ster this country's maritime laws could focus greater attention on . ~e American merchant marine with the objective of revitalizing the mdustry.. ~ndeterre~ _by c~nfticts that exist under the present setup,. The Manbme Admimstration is but one of several branches of the Department of Commerce and consequently does not receive the atten. tion and consideration which this vital industry merits. The Maritime Trades Department is consequently going to press for the passage of legislation which would give maritime an independent agency whic~ is_ so essential to its improvement and effective operation. Another significant step taken by the MTD Board was the decision to set up a legislative committee. This will enable affiliates with an interest in maritime matters to coordinate their activities on the legislative front. This committee would also work in cooperation with the legislative department of the AFL-CIO and with COPE. It was the thinking of the ~d .~at greater impetus would be given to the legislative needs of ~e md1v~d~al organiza~ions within the MTD that would provide a vehicle_ for JOmt efforts with other AFL-CIO groups in seeking implementation of the AFL-CIO's American merchant marine policy. Of I ~ I ' ,_! ·- I �March 4, 1966 SE .4 F ..4 EK S L 0 G / Page Three ;;> MTD Bae s Boycott of Ships Trad·ng ith North Viet Nam BAL HARBO~ FL A..p~ent voted unanimously Tbe executive bo-ard of the 30-union AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Deoo F eb. 18 to support a boycott against ships of nations permitting trade with North Viet Nam. Plans for the boycott bad been announced earlier in the week by SIU President PaulHall,who head.s eldTD: ~-~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ILA President Thomas _Gka- ,-essefs. the MID resolution point- makers and Iron Shipbuilders, said son, and NMU Pres~ Joseph ed out. ""but the State Department that the budget reduction by $51 Curran in a joint to President Johnson criticizine the Adm.inistration·s "'pUSS'Yf~_- in curbing trade with N "\Nam by ships of '"·gqiposedh" friend1y nations."' At a news conference followine: an AFL-CIO Executi\·e Cou:ncii session, Federation P residen George Meany to!d news ft"W1IRT'I"'""' that the hoycott .of- · ·_ dear with North Viet Nam as roposed by three AFl..-CIO maritime unions "makes a lot f ~expressed himself as in aJ1JJ sympathy with their app "in general agreement with attitude." In their wire, 1!be SIU, ILA NMU presidents declared t the three unions wouJd stage protest demonstrations in U S. ports against vesse'ls of nati m permitting trade with the en emy "puts blood money in the pockets of shipowners and ether :fiteas in so-caUed allied nations.... 1Dev said th'at "American seam and longshoremen are derennioed m take action to disoollra!!e the How of supplies" to North -Vi Nam and the V1et Cong. The Maritime Trades Department boycott resolurion said that "while America is engaged in military effort in Viet N:am . _ . foreign-flag sbips- mciudio:. rrnmy from the NATO conncries which the Defense Depanment has claimed we can rely-- kn-e been profiting from a rying American cargoes while a same time trading with mies of democracy.~· A number·of lbitts ha e been introduced in tbe Congress c.allin"° for positive action against ese bas steadfastly refused to lend its port to any of these bills." At a pres.s conference on Feb. ::!3. G leason, Hall and Curran said t strategy for the boycott was being developed but that it could begin at any moment. (Longmen refused to work the British flag Cunard liner Queen • fary when he arrived in New Yo · last week, but turned to after ompany officials assured them that none of Cunard s ships w-ould carry cargoes to North Viet Nam.) After the press conference Secretary of Labor Willard Wirtz met 1rith G leason. Hall and Curran to • cuss the boycott plan. The AFL-CIO sea unions boycott plans came after the State Department revealed on Feb. 13 that ships carrying materials to . ·orth Viet Nam would be prohi ited from picking up American ai cargoes in U. S. ports which unions held ' was a slap on the wrist- that will not deter shipowners or their go emments from supplying the North Vietnamese. Blacklist Weak The first blacklist contained the names of five ships. three British, ne Cypriot and one Greek. Although barred from picking up L S. aid cargoes, the blacklisted "\CS5els were unrestricted in every odler respect which pointed up the mlio · contention that the ban was ineffective and weak. In another action taken at its IO-day me et in g the Maritime Tra es Department executive board called for prompt action by Presi ent Johnson and Congress m step up U. S. ship construction. Page G roton administrative direct of the Brotherhood of Boiler- million to $85 million for ship construction in 1967 will provide for only 13 ships, at a time when the nation's ship replacement program is already over 90 vessels I behind schedule. Groton said the advocates of ship construction abroad were "still working hard." MID President Hall pointed om that less than half of the approximately 1.000 deep sea reserve ships would be usable if the Viet Nam situation worsened He also questioned U . S. dependence on ships of nations in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, especially since some of them are currently trading with North Viet Nam. Other Board Actions The MTD Executive Board also took the following actions: · • Called for Federal legislation to impose "the same safety standards on foreign-flag cruise ships required of U . S.-fl.ag vessels." • Denounced Interior Department plans to build a fishing trawler in communist Poland. • Created a legislative committee to deal with pending legislation of concern to member unions. • Condemned the Interagency Maritime Task Force report and urged its rejection by the Administration and the Congress. The Board endorsed the Maritime Advisory Committee report and urged its implementation by the government. • Rejected all suggestions for building of U . S. ships abroad and urged a requirement that any Federal program for the Merchant Marine specify that all ships be built in American yards. - . I· r. L .I I. ( - 1,. -- - - - - -- - - - - - - AFL-CIO .Sets Goals for '66-- BAL llARBO~ FLA..-lnrensified and stFengtbened poti6cal to increase the number of liberals in House and Senate of the AFL-CIO emerged as a major ..,, for 1966. The stepped-up drive in the otf-year elections took shape against background of the failure to over; GOP-Dixiecrat filibuster blocking repeal f Section I ~ of the Taft-H.artJey Act, differences on the content of a minimum W3!~ bill,, opposition to "oneway" guidelines esigned to hold dow-n w-~ incr.eases, and economic and political problems. SIU Pries.. Hall attended the council meeting. The AFL-CIO E.xec:utire Council at its winter meeting in the Americana Hotel, spelled out the roach in i1s statement dealing with the I ~ repeal fihOu:ster. declaring: •'The liberals in the Home and Senate must be r.e-e1ected in the I %6 and their ranks · increased. This means an even greater united effort by the oxn1!1Dellt."" Pres. George Meany put the 1%6 effort in a framework of independent - n, telling reporters that the labor movement will make its own way politically and that it doesn't have to ~oady along behind"" any politicaJ party. Stressing that the labor men-anent is nonpartisan politically, Meany said. ""I don't buy tlhe idea that we have no place to go. Labor h:as Jlived through many administrations, he noted, where lhe Presiden1 did agree with blbor's °'!jectives but the unions tept fighting - - - . - - for their point of view. Assessing the filibuster against 14(b) repeal led by Senate GOP Leader Everett McKinley Dirksen, the AFL-CIO president saio labor would give close scrutiny to the role of the Republican Party. Its record of liberalism is not good. he said, and while the GOP generally has an affirmative attitude on anything that big business wants, it takes a negative approach on anything that organized labor proposes. The Council also: • Urged prompt congressional action on minimum wage legislation as a "down-payment for America's working poor." • Spelled out labor's determination to continue the battle to win repeal of 14(b), certain that the repeal measure has the necessary support for passage if the Senate filibuster can be overcome. • Called for greater utilization of the 1964-65 Civil Rights Acts, more efficient enforcement and a greater degree of compliance by local communities. • Urged a "top priority" in Congress to "revitalize" the unemployment compensation system at the current session. • Supported a National Urban Leaguelabor program to enhance job and promotion opportunities for Negroes. Meany later described the program as a "very positive" approach and pledged full AFL-CIO cooperation. -- �SE.4F.4RERS LOG ex- I ::::: You can use a simpler return (Form 1040A), printed on a p h card, if: l. Your income was less than ro.ooo AND 2. It consisted of wages reported on withholding statements (Forms W-2) and not more than S200 total of other wages, interest. and dividends, AND 3. Instead of itemizing deductm you wish to use the tax table or to take the standard deduction which is generally the higher of: (a the I 0-percent standard dedw:tion-about IO percent of your income or the minimum standard deduction-and amount equal to S200 ($100 if married and filing separate return) plus SlOO for each exemption claimed on item 15 on the back of your Form 1040A. If your income is ~ than $5,you can choose to have the Imet:nal Revenue Service figure Yi tax for you. A hu.sband and wife may file a joint return Form 1 1 iA if their combined incomes not exceed these limits. DO~ USE FORM 1040A IF( l ) You wish to take any dedoct:ions for specific items,., such as unreimbursed employee expenses_ dl::!ti1ine _ You wish to claim a retirement income credit. (3) Yoo wish to compute your tax under the head-of-household rates or to claim "surviving spouse" benefits. . (4) Yoo wish to claim any exclusion for wages or salary you received for a period while you were sick and this amount is shown on your Form W-2. (5) Yoo wish to claim credit for payments of estimated tax for the taxable year or for an overpayment from 1964. (6) Your wife (or husband) is - g a separate return on Form 1040 and itemizes her (or his) deductions. (7) You have a nonresident I alien mltus. HOW TO PAY The balance of tax shown to be due on your return must be paid in full with your return if it anrounts to SI o more. Make chects or money order payable to "'Internal Revenue Service." ROUNDING OFF TO WHOLE DOILARS The money items on your return and schedules may be shown · whole dollars. This means that you eliminate any amount less than SO cents, and increase amount from SO cents through 99 cads to the next higher dollar. still count as a deiiien<ileill ADVANTAGFS OF A JOINT RETURN. Generally it is advantageous for a married couple to file a joint return. There are benefits in figuring the tax on a joint return which often result in a Long-Trip Tax PnMlllDIS A major beef of seamen iaxes - are not withheld on earnings in the year: money, but in the year the pay ook For example, a seaman signed trip in September, 1965. payinj alf • Jammy have all the five months earnings appear slip and all the taxes Withheld in 1966. incmme his taxes in 1965. ew:n though ings might be Jess than thme in 1965. "1bere are ways to mwnimin: the • m For example, -While on the Jlbip in 1965~ doubtedly took, draws and may have EUt ancm.:nts - These can be reported as 1965 inc>eHe Unfortunately~ this raises -anodw:r coaq>&::atioa man who n;por11- these earninp in 1965 (withholding .saatement) aJVaing thml... Be WI all aDotments, draws and slops on the tu ~ and CSl'lllill why be doesn t have a W-2 for diem.. Fm--~ ..sim:e no ~ WI11 have been withheld on 1hcse earnings • will have to pay the .tun tax oo dim1 • his - - - . pen:ent·or upwards, drpeMing on his 1u hial:d.. The eamin~ will show up on 1lis 1966 W-2. then, on his 1966 :rdDm, wuul'1 ~ 10 aplain dial ICpOI1ed some of the eamiap ia 1965- and pBl ma ma them. Be would get a tax nfuod wwwdiagiy_ In essence, the ••nmo wau1d pay 1Da twice income and st a 1efaod a J1mr lala:. . tbe seaman some tax Jlli1DeY ill die . . . nm. · is- out«~ on some --be gm Munded. his hDMv far a This procedure_ would :ahiO ............. aty came I 2 wwwl to examine his nfu•us, Jilll:e die iln DijiUiitd would not jibe with the tola1s . . his W-2 :rm:-. - That raile 1he qt""'im, ii tis ••• eilae ii J ff • ...,... iM ---~ ... ft67 e Odwaai&. 1-· samg • minor and probablJ' 1llOl ~ue a II ...WQ.. .. lower tax than would result from separate returns. CHANGES IN MARJTAL STA TUS. If you are married at the end of 1965, you are considered married for the entire year. If you are divorced or legally separated on or before the end of 1964, you are considered single for the entire year. If your wife or husband died during 1965, you are considered married for the entire year. Generaily, a joint return may be filed for 1965 provided you have not remarried before the end of 1965. EXEMPTIONS. Each taxpayer is entitled to a personal exemption of $600 for himself., $600 for his wife, and additional $600 if he is over 65 and another $600 if he is blind. The exemptions for age and blindness apply also to a taxpayer's wife, and can also be claimed by both of them. • . In cases where a man's wife lives in -a foreign country, he can still claim the $600 exemption for her. In addition, a taxpayer can claim $600 for each child, parent, grandparent, brother, brother-inlaw, sister, sister-in-law, and each uncle, aunt, neph~ or niece dependent on him, if he provides more than one-half of 1'heir support during the calendar ydlr. 'The dependent must have less than $600 income and live in the u_s.. Canada, Panama or the Canal Zone. A cbild under 19, or a student over 19 can earn av~ $<iOO and • . . . of the SIJEPC>rl if a dependent to claim an exemption for that indMdual, provided 1he contributors file a declaration 1hat they will not claim the dependent that year. �O/tlti•ers easion Roster Gllildden. Sr., - _ ~­ 68., and Lee joined .the Union in Sm'imnah in 1939. He still mes ibf:r:e with his wife, Mary Frances.. their three children. lli .sa1Jea with the SIU in 1he deCk depanmenL Lee last sailed nn -fhe Sreel Age (Isthmian Lines). Afrer 5nlJr MIBdD!D are I ping Ont for 26 years, Lee :ls .gnm~ along to spend his rime at llmne There Savannah with his familv_ ~ W erldand joined the _daring New York and When ]re P...Iire it climaxed a lik of ov.er 2 }'eaI5 at sea_ He shipperl m 1he JlecK I deparnnent. WeillaruI's last vessel was the Tmm (Mobile T~ Co.). He was born :in _-~ and now lives wi1.h ills -wife.. c.arrie. in Sprin.gbill _,-\lab.ama. He will spend his :r=.iiremem :yeaE in Springhill. Barton was r etired on FciJnran· 1. 1966. He was bm:n :in -~ Orleans. La., and now Jives 1 Brooklyn. - y _ .Ilurron jaim:d I the Union in ew Orleans r 1?39 . . He shipr...d ol11in1he Bn1 gme aepartmem 2S AD airer. last ship ·w as the Atlas (Buibarik Brother .Bmton now Ji1ans spend-his retirement -vears 1n :a warm climate. ~ Jo Saiad has been shipping since 194 J_ He now lives in _ Tew York with his wife Con- and er daughter Ramona Bo in e Phili ine Islands in I _ I 8'93. his last ship was the Steel er <Isthmian). He was placed pension on February L 1966. He sailed with the deck departHis reti:remen time will be spen in _1ew York. Union - I I ·mmum Wage Economic Need !i::e::i~ :::i:r::c::L:I~ a:c~:::::!2· _ mmmmm ~oe, with "eved without ovastrai:niog ro a report y the Conference on 1 U. S. Foreign v Tracle Up, U. S._ Share Down Erickson was born :in 5ontb New Jersey: an k Amboy, was .:retired F.ebruary 1. 1 .after 43~nf in .CO:n1:m service in fha1 position 'ilDfi1 Ila:.. 31, 1965. Erickson lives in Xev.lD-~rr- ....,-~ JS ~ port, ew J ersey_ Be .and liis 1 -wife Sarah have ~ dmmhter: ~ Oaire Laugh1in. .Bmiher Bl:'idson will make hisreriremem ~ with his wife :in Keypm:t. fedairal law. It cires the unem_ · compensation program as example of sta e laws resulting from federal legislation. W ASHIXGTON - America's foreign trade increased in both ~and tODm:<>e during the first three quarters of 1965 according to the Maritime Administration. the amounts carried by Amerca:IH!a.2 '\'"essels ntinued to deshalply. There was a drop of almast SI I in the V3lue of cargoes carc:n:IDiimn riaL from - .500.000 in 1964 to S4.700Jl00 in 1965. and a tonh:s:i::::eil!' _ decline from 19.- 00.000 tons to I _ 00.000 t ns.. In the nation·s toral foreign ~B:Wf:ef=i:::;.g _ tra hovteTI7. tonnage showed • be an 11 million ron - increase over co11 esponding 1964 period, d its value increased by mil- I I 1965 reached I 32.400,000 tons. S9.600.000.000. The increased foreign trade was sed largely on imports. the reshows... In this category ton- increased J _ percent over I 964 and value rose 8 percent. &ports decreased sligbdy, by ~ than ooe-balf percent in value 1q>1ucnting a drop of about 3 pdt'Cllt in export wlume. �j SE.4.F.4.RERS LOG Page Six Two 'Missing Link' Channels Urged For U. S. Waterways A proposal that the Federal government ~ppropriate ~1.2 ?illion dollars to dredge two "missing link" channels m the American mland waterway sytem may be very close to happening. The two links that are needed ~·--------------­ to complete the waterway system waterway and that the combined are a 120-mile channel to connect traffic on the two channels should Cleveland with the Ohio River run over 9~milli on tons annually. and a link with the Tennessee and Wilkins pointed out, however, Tombigbee · rivers. The two con- that the Corps is traditionally necting channels would complete "ultra-conservative" in their estima 1,745-mile through waterway ates and that by the year 2000 from Cleveland to Mobile. the waterways should be carrying Under present conditions water- over 240 million tons. borne cargo must first move 740 Wilkins also pointed out that miles across Lakes Erie, Huron the Federal government should be and Michigan and then down the able to find the money to finance Illinois and Mississippi Rivers and the billion-dollar I 0-year project. then along the Gulf Intercoastal He said that the 123 billion per Waterway to get from Cleveland year that would be needed for the to Mobile. The new waterway project represented less than 5. would reduce the trip by about per cent of the total Federal out700 miles. lays on water resource developThe new optimism, according ment in 1965. to Glover Wilkins, administrator "The total I ~year outlay of of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Wa- $1.2 billion should be set in the terway Development Authority, is context of the $2 billion economy caused by the fact that the new the waterways will serve. The new channels account for only 20 per waterways need not increase Fedcent of the project and that if era) water resource expenditures. the government would appropri- Former projects will be coming ate the money the projects could to completion and outlays on be completed. h Wilkins stated that the Army them will taper off as t e new Corps of Engineers has given a ones get underway," Wilkins confavorable report on the proposed eluded. Question: Do you prefer long deepsea ·trips or short coastwise ones, and why? Ivan Buckley: I'm a deepsea man. I've tried them all and the only way to ship is across the ocean. I think the one thing I really like about the foreign trips is the chance a fellow has to see other lands. It gives you a chance to understand and appreciate other cultures besides the one you are familiar with. Yep, I've tried them all and for my money you can't beat a deepsea run. Arthur Sequeira: Give me the deep sea·. I never had a coaster and never want one. I was born in Singapore and every time I get a chance to go to that end of the world I always take advantage of it. The last time I was out I really had a good time and I really like getting out and seeing the world. On a deepsea trip you also have time to do a great deal of thinking. Robert J. Feeney: I'll take a coastwise trip every time. You have no language problem and in American ports you always know what to expect. On a coaster you have a bunch of guys who are pretty much alike and most of them are stable fellows. On coasters you also can get fresh milk and this is important to me because I sail in the steward department. I have taken a number of foreign March 4, 1966 February 12 to February 25, DECK DEPARTMENT Port Boston .......... New York ....... Philadelphia ..... Baltimore ........ Norfolk .. . ....... Jacksonville ...... Tampa ........... Mobile ........... New Orleans ..... Houston .......... Wilmington . ..... San Francisco ... . Seattle . . ........ . Totals . .. ........ TOT AL REGISTERED All Groups C1ass A Class B 3 58 13 13 23 7 2 20 25 47 21 26 14 272 TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class<.; 1 63 6 27 5 1 3 1 21 68 4 25 18 243 0 20 7 8 5 0 2 7 22 29 10 12 12 134 0 21 3 3 8 1 0 3 7 35 8 19 0 19 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 13 12 10 23 11 120 81 NOW ON THE BEACH All G roubs Class A Class B 11 2 190 33 97 18 18 7 75 151 136 23 50 40 849 I I 53 15 44 13 .l J 10 8 .1 23 86 76 0 17 8 355 ... ENGINE DEPARTMENT Port Boston .. ...... .. New York ... .... Philadelphia Baltimore .. ..... . Norfolk .. . .... .. . Jacksonville .... .. Tampa .... .. .. . . Mobile ..... . . . ... New Orleans . . . . . H ouston .. . ...... Wilmington ...... San Francisco .. . . Seattle .......... Totals . ......... - ..... TOTAL REGISTERED All GrouPS Class A Class B 1 45 6 10 4 6 2 12 32 26 7 12 1 50 8 6 2 26 8 8 3 6 0 3 6 32 35 7 21 18 193 3 0 10 20 31 11 4 8 10 17( 133 TOTAL SHIPPED Al I Groups Class A Class B Class C 1 19 0 14 4 3 0 2 16 33 3 16 12 123 2 17 0 1 0 1 3 1 2 10 10 17 21 85 NOW ON THE BEACH All Groups Class A Class B 10 149 22 43 11 10 6 42 99 90 9 39 17 547 3 55 20 32 15 13 3 17 76 99 1 10 3 3 ~7 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Port Boston . ... ..... . N ew York ........ Philadelp hia ... .. Baltimor e .. . . . .. . N orfolk .. . .. . .. · · J acksonville .. . . . . Tampa . .... ..... Mobile ........... N ew Orlean s .. .. . Houston ... .. ... . W ilmington ... . .. San Francisco . .. . Seattle ..... . ... . Tot als . . . . . . . ... . . TOT-AL R E GISTERED All Groups Class A Cla ss B 1 33 3 11 1 0 4 16 29 29 5 21 0 5 5 5 3 0 0 7 19 18 4 1 9 76 TOTAL SHIPPED All Groups Class A Class B Class C 0 38 2 13 5 0 0 4 31 1 7 0 15 7 0 1 1 0 7 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 8 15 30 8 NOW ON THE REACH All G rOUPS Class A Class B 7 128 24 51 10 4 11 .!. \ 2 17 10 26 14 7 5 21 95 41 0 9 6 253 54 jobs but I prefer coasters and have ·16 137 no difficulity in getting a coast22 15 73 wise job. 6 1 9 17 26 5 Earl Javins: I like deepsea runs 12 4 12 11 because you can really get away 150 72 73 546 164 from everything. Along with getting away from every t hing you can have a better time in the foreign ports and you make more money. When I get a ship I usually try to get one for Germany T he AFL-CIO Maritime T rades Department, at its quarterly executive board meeting February because you can really spend your 17 and 18, again' called on Federal Agencies-particularly th~ Sta_te and. Defe~ s.e departments-.to money there and it seems just renounce the theory of 'effective control," by which they rat1onahze their pos1t1on that American like the good old U.S.A. Erman Parodi Rienosa: I really owned and controlled ships reg- • Panama, Liberia, and Honduras American runaway operations exlike the long trips so I would istered under r una w a y fl ags and owned by U.S. citizens are naturally like for- would be available to the United supposed to be committed to the isted in the 1930's when one of the major oil companies moved a eign runs. The States in time of emergency. use of the U.S. Government in group of tankers to the German co a stwise trips The MTD, the SIU and other time of emergency. Runaway flag and later transferred them mean you have maritime groups have long con- ships flying the flags of other na- to Panamian registry prior to to get off every tested the validity of the so-called tions, which include Lebanon, World War II. The practice detwo or three days effective control theory. Haiti and Costa Rica, are not asveloped on a large scale after and you won't The question of just how "cf- sumed to be under U.S. effective the war's end and by 1965 the have a chance to fective" is the United States' well U.S. "effective control fleet" consave any money. advertised "effective control over control, however. of 267 tankers totalling sisted On the deepsea runaway-flag ships was also raised Owned By Oil Companies 9,200,000 deadweight tons, and trips you also get a chance to recently in hearings before the The majority of tankers in the 79 dry bulk carriers, totalling 2,visit such wonderful countries as House Committee on Merchant U.S. "effective control fleet" are 408,000 deadweight tons, not inIndia. I like that country because Marine and Fisheries. owned by the large American oil the people are poor and friendly. Representative Rogers of Flor- companies, while most American- cluding U.S. runaways over which the U.S. realizes that we You also get a chance to do a lot ida asked Maritime Adminisowned bulk carriers in this fleet of thinking on the offshore runs. have no control whatsoever. Most trator Nicholas Johnson, called to are held by successful commerof the vessels in this "fleet" are Thomas "Kid Candle" Dan- testify before the Committee, if cial ship operators. In both inmuch more modern and much beck: I'll take a deepsea run anyany thought had been given to stances, ships are registered unfaster than their U.S.-registered time because it bringing runaway ships "back" to der foreign flags so that they may but their availabilcounterparts, means more carry military cargoes to Viet- avoid U.S. taxes and exploit the money, more fu n nam. Johnson parried the ques- low standards of living of foreign ity to the U.S. under any circumand more and tion, but left little doubt that seamen. Runaway flags do not stances, including national emerbetter compan- MarAd and the Department of necessarily use crews from the na- gency, is questionable. ionship in foreign Defense have not discarded such tion whose flag they fly, but seek The SIU has long pointed out ports. On the last a possibility. out crewmembers of any nation- that in time of conflict a ship ship I was on we The question is: How much ality who will submit to poor owner cannot serve two masters hit all the really "control" does the U.S. have over working conditions and low -he is bound by the rules and good ports in the! runaway flags and is it really ..ef- wages. regulations under which Jiis ves. world: Yokohama, Hong Kong fective"? sel is registered. A recent ex.perRunaway shipping is not a new and Spain. If it were not for the Under the theory of "effective idea-it was practiced in both ience with the Mexican freighter Union and the chance they have control," which has long been the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. El Mexicano brought this point given me I would never have the supported by the State Depart- However, it is only- in modern home. The EI Mexicano had chance to see and do the things ment and the Defense Depart- times that U.S. runaways have been chartered to carry supplies I have in the past years. ment, ships flying the flags of reached significant proportions. (Continued on page JO) ·''- ~!' -1 - . ~ .. - ·l.... - - �Marda 4, 1966 1- -I ' / SE.4F .4RERS LOG O•Man, Takes ./ "You-Are Page Se.ea Too Fat!" The one man. one vote principle, digging in at the congressional and state legislative levels despite Sen. Everett Dirksen s detemiined diort to uproot it. also is taking bold dramatically at the county and municipaj Jeve1s. A lready, citizens in nearly 20 states. claiming to be under-represented in city or county governments.. have filed suits in comt to strike a ba1ance under the one many. one vote ruling. The consequence of these efforts could be widespread and significant,. affecting the balance of power in important local government units like city and county councils. school boards and even in special districts dealing with matters like sewage, snow removal and garbage collections. In cities especially, a change to one ~ one vote l'epresentation could have vital impact, bringing more political influence to minority and working class groups. And in counties, the voice of suburbanite would gain strength while the ·oice of ro:ral interests decline. Such changes could lead to be~ter city-nm welfare programs. better schools for youngsters in central city , be _ for urban dwellers, better parks and play areas, better transportation.. The Wall Street J ou I, in a lengthy article on !he ~ quotes one expert on local reapportionment as saying. ~e pressures of reapportionment are more likely to be in the direction of a higher level of local service and spending~ than in the direction of skinflint economy at the expense of needed services. As yet, the Supreme Court has not required o e man one vote application beyond the state and federal levels, though it is expected to do so eventua1ly. However, the Jomnal r eports, lower federal and state courts in N ew York. California, Michigan and WISCOBSin have ordered reapportionment of county or city voting districts. In California and Wisconsin, the state legislatures responded by pasisng laws requiring all county boards to redistrict. WISCOnsin has set an April deadline. ~, _, M eanwhile, Senator Everett Dirksen has shifted gears in his drive to knock down the Supreme Court one man. one vote ruling. The wheels are now turning for a massive, well-1inanced nationwide p ublic relations campaign to get p ublic sentiment behind Dirlrsen s proposed constitutional amendment to wreck the one man, one vote rule. The money is expected to come from powerful business and agricultural interests. D irksen's amendment fell short in a vote in the Senate last A~ but he is expected to bring it up again this year after the PR campaign has had a chance to build support. ILABOR BOUND-UP I Organized labor scored a major breakthrough in Simpson County, Mkmsippi, whe n the county's ~ industrial employer ~ the al'ea's first union contract after two year., of bitter opposition. The three-year agreement gives about 950 members of the International Brotherhood of E lectrical Workers, employed by the Universal Manufacturing Corp.. a total of 46 cents an hour in wage increases, three additional holidays. a vacation schedule and insurance protection. In addition fom discharged members of the local. ineluding President James Bird. were reinstated. - 4'lbe Building Senice Employcs of New Yodc have ndi&ed a new tlfte..year coldnld ~ 25,000 wOlkers in 2,480 otlice 8llc1 loft buildings an $11 wage increase. The agreement also provides pins in pension benefits. sic k p a y, health and welfare coverage, job definition, vacations and termination pay. The contract, ending three m onths of negotiations ~ tween BSEIU Local 32B and employers, went into diect on ratification by the union executive board. its n egotiating committee and employer-members of the Realty Advisory Board on Labor Relations, Inc. Under the renewal pact, building senrice workers will get wage boosts of $4 a week retroactive to Jan. I; an additional $3 one year later and another $4 on Jan. 1, 1968. It was agreed that . the union-industry welfare fund will provide additional hos- pitaliz.ation and surgical benefits. and will fiD in the gaps in the M edicare program by refunding the deductible portion of the hospitalization plan and by paying the $3 a month fee for supplementary medical benefits. - 4' - A special ~of die al&6atN Na6omd PosDI 1Jllioa ~ eWftsed a to wqe with die AFLCIO U • Federation of Postal Oerts. The rolk:aII vote for approval of the merger, climaxing a three-day convention in Washington. D. C., was 45,.901 to 3,4-86. The p~ posa1 must now be submitted to a mail membenhip referendum for final ratification.. NPU President Sidney A. Gildman said the referendum should be complete by mid-iMan:b.. B e predicted strong support for the meaga which would heal an eight-year division in postal clert ~ -~AliLCIO ••i as iacreased ..... daft al...,. . . .its. 1965, • Nm mi Lallor . . . . 6tms . . . . npodeL A&ates won S8.6 pen:ent of lhe e1ections in which they participated in the first half of 1965, and 57_s · percent in the sranl ~ Their pcn::entage of wins -was SS.7 in 1964"s latter half, SU in the first half, according to the NLRB n:conls. A report for the last half of l96S ~ that for electiom participated in by AFL-CIO unions, there lftre 109 681 eligi"ble members in units won by aftiliates.. -· ~~ (5~ LOG ' workers in the retail trades, restaurants, laundries, hotels and motels, hospitals and farm laborers. These are often among the most poorly paid in the nation and are entitled to the same protection In this climate, the organized American labor as other American workers who are covered under movement is pushing for a broad program of the Fair Labor Standards Act. In our presently expanding economy it is also social and economic legislation that will insure American workers of a fair share of the prosperity important not to forget our elderly citizens-who that they contributed to by such a large margin have no means of keeping up with the continually rising cost of living. Extended social security benthrough their unparalleled productivity. . While management is forced to let out its efits are needed if our elderly citizens are to be belt to accommodate another year of record prof- ensured of a secure, dignified retirement free from its--it reacts to labor's call for the adoption of poverty· These goals and much other sorely needed legnew minimum wage legislation, the extension of the unemployment compensation system and ex- islation is receiving the full support of the orpanded social security benefits-with the cry that ganized American labor movement. labor has enough already-labor is too fat. If the country and its workers are to enjoy the The need for pursuing these goals is clear. bounties brought about by the productivity of its Despite our booming economy, A War on Pov- workers, it will, as it has in the past, result from _ erty has been declared in this country in attempt the efforts of the organized labor movement. to aid the millions of Americans living in abject poverty. Never before in the nation's history has the business community enjoyed such record prosperity. Profits are booming and are abetted by rising prices. High on the priority list of the AFL-CIO is the elimination of poverty in the United States through the enactment of realistic and up-to-date minimum wage legislation. The present minimum wage of $1.25 an hour still leaves the. worker far below the administration's official "poverty level" income. While profits have zoomed astronomically, those workers without the benefit of union protection are still forced to labor for a wage that in no way reflects their skills and productivity. Another important AFL-CIO goal is the establishment of a modem up-to-date unemployment compensation system geared to the present day cost and standard of living. Vast inequities exist today in the administration of the unemployment compensation system and federal standards are needed to create a unified system incorporating increased and extended benefits. Minimum wage legislation must also be extended to cover more than 7 .5 million American workers not presently covered. These include S'IU Blood Bank When we're walking around feeling fit and enjoying each breath of fresh air, it's easy to forget that there may be rough weather ahead, as far as our health is concerned. If such rough weather ever does hit us, it's good to know there are resources available to aid recovery. A case in point is contained in the letter to the editor from Seafarer Manuel Rivas appearing on another page in this issue. Faced with the need for blood transfusions so that a badly-needed operation would not be delayed, Brother Rivas was able to draw the lifesaving fluid immediately from the SIU Blood Bank, which is sustained by contributions of SID men. The SIU Blood Bank is one of the most precious life-saving facilities available to Seafarers and their families. This might be a good time to remember the value of contributing to the bank. �SE.41'.4RERS LOG TO A he United States' victory in the War of 1812 against Great Britain signaled the beginning of a period of vast industrial growth for the n'ation, and of unimagined hardships for American worke~'S. Economic boons and busts followed one another rythmically. Each economic cycle, as it rolled across the land, ground the vast majority of American workers further down into poverty and despair. T ~ 2 of a fearure The Knights of St. Crispin was one of the e_arly national unions. A union of skilled shoemaken, it fought against encroachment of machines. Shown here are factory conditions against which it ·fought. It was a time when almost every attempt by desperate workers to better their condition was met and suppressed by force and violence. It was a time when giant corporations, vastly wea/Jhy and inhumanly callous, would hire thousands of armed thugs to break a strike. If these hired goons did not succeed in breaking fhe strikers' will, they often found themselves . faced with armed militia - dispatched to break the. strike by a government which had ears only for the demands of rich corporations. If even that failed the courts were 'lllways willing to issue injunctions making the walkouts iUegaJwhich then justified the jailing of the strike leaders and the eventual collapse of the strike. And all the while the press poured out a constant stream of invectjve against the workers and their legitimate aims. These years saw the "Long Strike" in the Pennsylvania coal fields and the "Great Strike" by railroad workers. the Homestead Strike and the Pul.lman. Strike -llll fJf which were viciously broken by an anti-labor combination of the corporations, the couits and the government. It was the heyday of the ''Pinkerton Fin/cs." It was the time of the "Baltimore Massacre" and the "Haymarket Square Massacre" of the workers. But it ·was also the period in which the infant American labor movement drew strength and grew-learned hard lessons and fought back against ~nse odds to carve out a place for American workers in the nation's future. T In winter of 1874 New Yorlc workers assembled in Tompkins Square to protest unemployment and starvation. As shown in picture, mounted police rode into crowd, breaking heads and trampling the workers. One of the most infamous of early union busten was James McParlan, • e.,.t of Pinkerton agency. Picture shows McParlan (kneeling) as he IWNll loyalty to Molly Maguires, wliich he was soon to betray. he growth of factories began with a vengeance in the United States when War of 1812 cut off our supplies of manufactured goods from Great Britain. As a direct result of the new factory system, on~ of the worst abuses of labor that ever existed took root o a large sca1e in the United States--cbild labor. By 1820 more than half the factory workers in the United States were between nine and ten years old. They worked an average 13-hour-day for as little as 33 cents a week. Economic exploitation of children, and later of young women, was a direct result ofi growth of factories. Skills was not necessary, cheap labOr meant bigger profits, and children or young women could be hired for much Jess than a worker, even unskilled, with a family to support. These working children received no education at all and remained totally illiterate. They toiled long, exhausting hours in dark, . dirty, unhealthy factories without rewanl 0r hope. And as more.and more children became ''Productive" by entering the labor market, more and more skilled aduh workers, with f~es and responsi"bilities, became unemployed. In additi~n to the competition of child labor, American workers suffered another serious blow in 1819 when the first of what was to prove a cycle of economic and financial depressions struck the nation. Unemployment, already widespread, became mass unemployment as bankruptcies shut factories, shops and stores ·· all over the ~tion. Hunger stalked the American worker. Those mills and factories that remained open sliced wages and increased working hours, kn.owing that their workers had to accept whatever was offered. r ~ T he depression, which did not end unitI 1822, wiped out. many trade unions. But as business picked up and · workers again found employment, labor unions were again formed with new :zeal In 1827 labor took a significant step. In that year the carpenters in Philadelphia. launched a strike for a 10-bour day. Facing bitter employer opposition and receiving no aid from other Philadelphia unions, the carpenters were d~ feated. B1;1t they recogni7.ed the ft.aw in organization which bad defeated them, and that same year the first central union council, the Mechanics Union of Trade Associations, was formed by the Philadelphia unions. It was the first city-wide labor organi:zation in the world and no longer would a striking union in Philadelphia stand alone against the bosses. At the same time another· "first step" was taken by Pliiladelpliia workets, wlien they formed the world's first political labor party-the Worldngmen's Party. The idea caught on and by 1834 spread to many cities, working politically for free public education for their children, the abolition of imprisonment for debt, the outlawing of child labor, the universal 10-bour day and other reforms. Attac\ed by the p~ as "anti-religious," ''unwashed rabble" and "dirty shirts," their rallies invaded and disrupted by goons hired by local politicians, their adherents fired from their jobs for supporting their platform, the various Workingmens' Parties r.emained active only a few years. In that short time however t,lteir success was astonishing. As a resuft of their efforts, imprisonment for debt was abolished and in 1834 the nation's first free public school system was set up in Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, the nation grew, opening new markets. Roads and waterway traffic pushed westward, and to these traditional modes of transportation wer.e added the new railroads. Gold strikes in the far west opened - new markets and demand for products grew faster and faster. To feed these demands for manUfactured items simple factories grew into huge industries. The Machine Age dawned with a ft.ood of · immigration which swelled the labor force and spelled new trouble for American workers. As industry grew more complex, with operations in many states, . the need for unions to organize on a nationwide, instead of a citywide basis, grew as well. The first of these was the National Typo,graphical Union, the first permanent national union, founded in 1852. Following the lead of the NTU, about 10 national unions Came into being between 1850 and 1860. · · ~ ._ - ,, ~ r _ - .- �SE.4.F.4.RERS LOG Pap Nine 1- , . ~~ In the mid-eighties, the entire community worked in the factories. Children accompanied their mothers and fathers to the plants where they worked from dawn to dusk. No special consideration was shown for the very old-men or women-or the very young worker. Overwhelming maiority of workers who came from the old world to America in quest of a better life traveled a road of endless poverty. Brought over by the boatload they soon confronted exploitation and disillusionment. F heavily-armed army called the Coal and Iron Police who did not hesitate to use whip, gun or club on any worker who complained about wages, hours or working conditions. rom 1861 to 1965 the nation was tom by the Civil War, which in more ways than one was brought about by the rapid industrialization going on in the United States. It was basically a conJlict of national interests between the industrial North and the Agararian South. _The primary issue of slavery, over which -, the war was fought, was itself produced by the introduction o( a machine, the · Cotton Gin, which made cotton a profita,ble crop and ·led to the southern Plantation System, with its dependence on vast number of enslaved .negro laborers. Until the -inventio,i of the Cot~on Gin in 1793 .. there were few negro slaves .in the U.S. _ ::- By, 1860 hpwever)· there ·were over 4 . miµion negro salves in the south, where "~otton was king." After the Civil War, cotton was dep~d and industriy was king. As industry _ .: was Jtjng the captains of industry who "controlled great wealth in concentrated : capital,, ruJed like feudal lords over a labor force swollen with immigrants from foreigii lands· and newly-freed negroes. La:bor was considered a commodity to be . bought as cheaply as possible ai:id discarded at will. As hugely wealthy indus. trialists became ever more powerful ' American workers were threatened with the loss of eyen those gains they had already made. Labor needed an organization through which action could be taken on a major national scale. For this purpose the National Labor Union was formed in 1866, the first nationwide federation of ·labor unions. The NLU did not last lonlt, mainly because it pinned its hopes for improving working conditions on political action instead of on militant trade unionism. By 1873 ·the NLU h~d disintegrated, but not before it had achieved two major goals-repeal of the Contract Labor Act of 1864 and the establishment of the 8-hour day for Federal employees. The Contract Labor Act was nothing but a return to the indenture systeni of colonial times, under which European workers were brought to the ,P.S. by American employers, pledging their. first ~ear's wag~s to repay transportation costs and fUrth~r _year's wages to repay their maintenance costs for the first year. This gave employers virtually free labor which they used to depress American workers' wages. T be 1870's began with the promise of -unparalleled prosperity for the United States. Big Business was booming, speculation was plunging wildly ahead, money ft.owed freely, fortunes were made overnight. The frenzied business activity had no real foundations however, and in 1873 the bubble burst, plunging the nation into another long depression, far worse than the depression of 1819. The "Panic of '73" left 4 million American workers jobless out of a total work force of only 38 million and brought on conditions which could only be described as chaos . . Men, women and children in industrial cities starved for lack of the few pennies to buy bread. The depression of 1873, which was to last for seven horhible years also signaled the beginning of ·- ·two• ·decades of ·an-out war waged by American capital against American labor. In city after city, gatherings of unemployed ·workers seeking jobs through which to earn money to buy food for their families were brutally broken up by clubswinging mounted police and militiamen. Men, women and children were trampled and beaten. Newspapers again jumped into the fray verbally, calling the unemployed workers "anarchists" and "foreign agitators." With so many unemployed, wealthy industrialists cut wages to the bone, and prepared to meet strikes by desperate workers with club-swinging goons, armed scabs, state militia, Federal troops, court injunctions and . a callous disregard for human suffering. · In 1874-75 the "Long Strike" paralyzed the Pennsylvania coal fields. To break the strike the mineowners brought in the most infamous of the union-busters -Allan Pinkerton. Pinkerton sent his own a~ent, James McPaFlan, as a labor spy to .ioin the strikers' union-the Workingmen's Benevolent Association-and destroy it from within. Violence flared frequently during the long, hitter strike, and when several mine foremen were shot. Although the union had nothing to do with the violence in spite of much · provocation, a secret organization of embittered miners, known as the "Molly Ma~es," waged a long war of terror. Pinkerton's spy managed to round up lying "witnesses" and hearsay evidence for a willing court to indict many of the "Mollies" and striking union's leaders. Convicted by the boss-oriented court, 10 men died on the gallows and 14 ·were sentenced to long jail terms. The "Long Striie" was broken and the names Pinkerton and McParlan became infamous. To ilisure future labor "peace," the mineowners pr~JDptly recruited a private, - n even larger strike was soon to break out in the railroad industry however. When the depression of 1873 hit the nation, railroad companies had seized the opportunity to .slash wages by 25 perce_nt although they continued te earn record profits. Then, in 1877, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad announced another wage cut of 10 percent. Faced with starvation wage~, -a B&O train ~w walked off th~ job. others followed tffiougbOOi the Whole system and soon the line was paralyzed. The so-called "Great Strike" was on. The railroad magnates reacted quickly. Although the walkout was completely peaceful, they demanded protection f« railroad property from the state capitals. State politicians, indebted to the hugely wealthy· railroad magnates for many things, responded quickly with 3.911ed militia. Instead of "protecting property," these armed militiamen were used to break up strike meetings-firing first into a meeting of strikers in Martinsburg, W. Va., leaving several dead strikers in their wake. Enraged non-striking townspeople attacked the militia in tum, destroyed rolling stock and telegraph wires and even ripped up tracks in their anger. Unjustified violence gave the strike momentum, and the strike spread from coast to coast. State militia flied on strikers again and again and the death toll climbed. Fmally many militiamen, disgusted by what they were called upon to do. deserted and ioined the workers' picketlines rather than fire on their fellow townsmen. The enraged railroad millionair~ screamed for Federal troops and the big businessoriented government of the time was quick to comply. Federal troops soon ·~arrived, enraging townspeople even more. In the infamous "Baltimore Massacre" troops shot down 10 strikers in cold blood. In one month over 100 American workers were shot dead and over 300 wounded by American soldiers. Confronted by the entire U.S. Army, the strikers were beaten and the "Great Strike" was broken. To prevent strikes in the future, state government built armories crammed with heavy weapons and militiamen in many towns. The railroads themselves hired armed hoodlums as "special police." A - The public school system as it is known today owes its brigins largely to the vigorous agitation of America's first labor movement, whose goal was free education for everyone. . .. - , �Pase Ten / Mareh 4, 1966 SE .4 F .4 RE RS L 0 G J U.1 Mertbant Fleet Detline Stirs lntreasing Congressional Contern W ASIDNGTON-Congressmen in both the House and the Senate have hit the deck recently to deplore Al Tanner, Vice-President and Fred Farnen, Secretary-Treasurer,Great Lakes Great Lakes members and their dependents have been taking full the continuing deterioration of the American-flag merchant fleet in the face of the accelerated growth of advantage of the free physical exams given at the new Toledo clinic. the merchant marine of the Soviet Union. Over fifty members and their dependents have received physical exams Senator Harrison Williams, Jr., (D-N. J.), who serves on the La- can ships are carrying only nine chartered by a United States Gov- to date. All members are reminded to take advantage of this additional ernment agency or private com- welfare benefit. Appointments and general information on the physical bor and Public Welfare Commit- percent of our exports." While Senator Williams was pany it means that gold must be exams can be obtained through • tee, and Representative Jack. Edwards (R-Ala.), a member of the pointing out the immense strategic paid out, adding to our payments all SIU halls. ward Garmatz of the House MerHouse Merchant Marine and and political advantage of a dom- deficit." chant Marine and Fisheries CQmDetroit During Edward's remarks, RepFisheries Committee, went on rec- inant merchant marine, Repremitiee, Pat Sullivan, Vice-PresiThe Peter Reiss was named the ord criticizing the current U. S. sentative Edwards was voicing his resentative Downing of Virginia winter run vessel in the Reiss fleet dent of the Buffalo Longshoremen, maritime policy which bas per- disapproval of our country's be- congratulated his colleague on and has been operating on the coal stated that: "any change in marimitted Soviet Russia to gain on ing forced to rely on foreign bot- pointing out how Russia is trying run between Toledo and Detroit time policy should include priority toms to transport vital supplies to to be the No. 1 maritime nation the United States. since December 20. It has been for the Great Lakes, especially in "The cold fact," said Repre- ·Viet Nam. "Aside from the ob- of the world "and will be in 1975 held up because of ice conditions the area of government subsidies." sentative Edwards, "is that we vious disadvantages," he said, if she continues at the present but should resume the run on Mr. Sullivan also pointed out the are allowing our once-proud Mer- "every time a foreign ship is pace." March 1 if ice conditions permit. fact that many foreign vessels chant Marine to sink in a sea of The crews for the steamers carrying grain to India employ confusion, neglect, lack of leaderIglehart and Crapo have been no- Chinese crews hired out of Hong ship and bureaucratic twaddle. tified to report to these vessels on Kong that could very well be sail"And what is worse," he conFebruary 21 in the steward and ing on vessels hitting Communist tinued, "we don't even have a. (Continued from page 6) cargo was shipped on a U.S.-flag engine departments. No notices Chinese ports. government policy to deal with have been sent out for the deck Chicago the problem. Our Merchant Ma- to Vietnam in August of 1965. vessel manned by American seadepartment as yet. men. Chicago reports that remodelrine is drifting aimlessly without The Mexican Government, using The after end and galley crews ing of the new building is progresThe experience with the Greek a Mexican law forbidding ships a compass, and without a rudfor the steamer John J. Boland sing nicely. The new facility will freighter pointed up another Iongder." under Mexican registry from enhave been notified to report on house all SIU affiliates in the Chiheld SIU contention: that fortering a war zone, ordered the El Simultaneously, New Jersey March 1 and March 9th. cago area and will also house a Mexicano not to carry the mili- eign seamen cannot be depended Senator Williams pointed out that Buffalo clinic for all members and their tary cargo to Vietnam where it upon to act in the interest of the in less than ten years the Russians United States. All runaw:iy ships A report from the port of Buf- families. have moved from 12th to 7th was sorely needed. "effective consupposedly under place among maritime nations. All members are reminded to In order to protect its regis- trol" are manned by foreign sea- falo indicates that continued pressure by waterfront unions in Buf- ' register at any of the seven SIU "They are adding merchant tonEI Mexicano complied try, the . . ' \ nage at the rate of a million tons men, and so long as this situawith the Mexican Government's tion persists, the U.S. cannot falo is being put on Washington halls located in the Great Lakes due fo the shrinking American District for employment during a year," he said. "The Russian demand, and the cargo was refleet is already larger than the scheduled to go aboard a Greek count .on any control of runaway Flag fleet on the Great Lakes. Re- the 1966 season. Registration vessels at all. The SIU has also active American fleet. freighter, Stamatios E. Embiri- pointed to instances when foreign cently, in/ wire to Chairman Ed- starts March 1. "In startling contrast," the New cos. Despite the promise of a crew member.s have seized comJersey Democrat went on to say, $10,000 bonus, the crew of the mand of ships, which were then "our merchant fleet has declined Greek-flag freighter refused to effectively controlled by no nasharply in size. Today the Rus- sail with the Vietnam-bound tion. In time of emergency, the sian fleet carries the greatest part cargo. Finally, after much expen• U.S. can only depend· on crews of its foreign trade, while Ameri- sive loading and unloading, the consisting wholly of American citizens to meet national needs, LONDON-Faced with a storm of protest by American ship as American merchant seamen owners at a meeting here, British marine insurance underwriters did in World War II and Korea. have backed down from a proposal to apply new penalty insurance Another objection which the rates on all ships 20 years old• SIU has maintained against the or more. Had the new penalty cent of the normal insurance costs theory ·of "effective control" is rates gone through, 83 per cent for U. S.-flag ships. Had the prothat it depends upon the good of American-flag ships would test failed, it would have left only by Lindsey Williams, Vice-President, Gulf Area will of the runaway-flag nations. have been under the new schedule, 150 American merchant vessels, In 1963 the Honduran govern- which would have raised the opThe cr~w of_the _Del Mar ran into some real good luck this trip, built since World War II, still as the ship arrived m New Orleans, February 17 and didn't have to ment was overthrown by its erational cost of these vessels so eligible for the current lower armed forces and the U.S. immesail until February 28. The crew was thus able to enjoy the carnival high that in some cases it would rates. The remainder of the nadiately suspended diplomatic reseason and was in port for Mardi Gras Day. no longer have been profitable to tion's aging ships, consisting of lations, and, in 1964, Panama operate them. The Louisiana State AFL-CIO and the Greater New Orleans. AFL350 dry cargo vessels engaged in CIO joined the Maritime Trades <.:•> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - broke off U. S. diplomatic relaliner trades and 400 tramp ships In a rush trip to London, tions with the support of Premier Council of New Orleans and viHouston and tankers, would have been Khrushchev. Obviously, the U.S. United States' maritime industry cinity in making known to the forced to pay the penalty rates. Charles Thomson Big is just Louisiana Congressional Delega- off the Henry and after a trip to has little control over vessels reg- representatives filed a strong proExperts in the maritime indusistered with foreign nations under test against the penalty rate, which tion their views towards the resIndia is on the beach celebrating such circumstances. try called the new penalty rates "a would have amounted to 100 per olution No. 217 passed unanai- . and getting ready for another critical threat to the American mously by the AFL-CIO conven- long one. Merchant Marine," speculating tion that calls for a strong exlifeboat Class No. 145 Graduates J. Moncrief has been idle for that at least one-third of the pected merchant marine. a few weeks and is waiting for United States' 900-ship merchant the right one to come along. He fleet would have been forced out New Orleans says he is not particular but wants of business by the new rates, if the Milton Beasley, whose last ship a long run to Brazil to sport his proposal by the British marine was the Olga, is new auto. underwriters had not been headed Mobile now on the beach off. looking for anFrank E. Parson, who was last The spokesmen for the U. S. other run. His on the Coe Victory, is currently maritime industry argued that a last trip lasted on the beach and looking for ' tremendous volume of business six months and another good run. He has been would have been diverted from had plenty of· shipping out of the Gulf Coast American-flag vessels had the new 1 overtime. Area for the last fifteen years. penalty rates been put into effect. Robert (Bobby) George M. One shipping man has already Foster, who made :Weldy and James noted that his company has lost Beasley his first trip in 14 B. Harrison who an important cargo consignment, months on the Ocean Anna is both make their because the insurance penalty now ready to go any place on home in Mobile would have increased the shipper's any ship as an AB. are currently bill by eight per cent. Thus, most looking for trips Im Brown is just got off the of the foreign merchant ·ships, in the engine Oceanic Wave where he was the which have kept abreast of the .; , dept. Steward for two and one-half times with their ship building proHudson Robert A. San- SIµ Lifeboat Class No. 145 . assembled for graduation picture after[I grams, would have stood to preyears. He is now ready to go any chez and Louie empt our nation's cargoes and place on any ship, as Steward, but successfully completing lifeboat training course at the Harry Lunde- profit E. Hudson who both make their by the new 'insurance .schedwould prefer a ship going to Viet berg School of Seamanship. Latest group of lifeboat ticket holders l ules .. homes in Mobile, have been memNam. bers of the SIU for a number of are (1-r, bottoro row): Henry Reed and Theodor Augustus. Middle American ship comp·anies are Frank West is now ready to go years . are looking for Steward 1 row: Antonie Trevino, T~rrance Kibler, Otho Babb and Harry Abr:·J' already losing many cargoes to to any place on any ship as Chief Department jobs shipping out of hamian. Back · rc:w: Archie Finney, Frank Haviland, Peter Mallozzi, newer ships sailed by foreign comCook. . the Gulf Coast, 9hatlts }~h~~~r.i,.!_aul._~ar_!y ~~ d instructor Arni e·ornsson, . · . petitors.• .. Myth of 'Effective Control' lns~rers Discard Rate HikeThreat To U. S. Cargo Fleet - . -- -- ........ --- -·~·---· • I~· �March 4, )JJ66 SE.4F.4RERS LOG Page Eleven -- \./ Community Level Program Proposed Aggressive Anti-Poverty Campaign Stressed for Organized Labor WASHINGTON-Organized labor has been urged to set up its community level anti-poverty activities lest the fruits of legislation be lost. Miles C. Stanley assistant to AFL-CIO President George Meany, made the appeal at a three-day Conference on Civil Rights for All ( ! ) • - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - People through Community Ac- people who opposed the bills while their consequent lack of qualification, held by the Electrical, Radio the AFL-CIO and its affiliates tions to fill increasingly complex & Machine Workers (JUE). Aim were working to get them through jobs in a world of steadily adof the program is to develop "com- Congress-"the chambers of com- vancing technology. munity stewards" to represent the merce, the boards of trade"-will "Opening the door doesn't mean poor, the unemployed, the unedu- take over. much," he said, "if a young Necated and the victims of discrim"The labor movement can make gro man or woman doesn't know ination, thus complementing the a take-over by special interests ex- where the door is or is distrustful work of shop stewards in the tremely difficult without becoming of going through it because of his plants. overly aggressive itself," he said. past experience." Stanley and other speakers "But my experience indicates the To implement properly the laws stressed the tie-in between civil labor movement has not been ag- that offer a future of hope to the rights and the war on poverty. gressive enough.'' poverty-stricken, Slaiman said, laEmphasizing that it is at the comAFL-CIO Civil Rights Director bor must not "leave the field to munity level that "this war must Donald Slaiman, who presided at businessmen, lawyers, politicians be fought and where it will be a forum on How Can Labor Fight or welfare workers," but must won," Stanley warned strongly Discrimination and Poverty in the learn how to make the programs against a let-down following la- Community, pointed to the "very work in city slums and "rural bor's successful fight for legisla- direct" relationship of poverty and Appalachias." tion. "And it's going to be pretty civil rights. rough to live up to what we have "AH our work will be forfeited," In spite of gains on the legisto do," Q.e added. he declared, "if we do not rise to lative front, Slaiman said, the inthe challenge of seeing that the come gap between minority groups IUE Pres. Paul Jennings told a laws we helped bring into being and the total population has start- conference dinner that the job of are implemented properly." Un- ed to widen after years of narrow- the active union leader is not only less organized labor acts "to make ing. This is due at least in part, to represent his members in the its greatest contribution" in the he went on, to educational defi- shop, but "to act as a steward for follow-up, he warned, the very ciencies of minority groups and the community." (Continued ·from page 4) wages. DEATH BENEFIT EXCLTJ. SION. If you receive pension payments as a beneficiary of a deceased employee, and the employee had received no retirement pension payment, you may be entitled to a death benefit exclusion of up to $5,000. GAMBLING GAINS. All net gains from gambling must be reported as income. However, if more was lost than gained during the year, the losses are not deductible, but simply cancel out the gains. INVESTMENT CREDIT. Form 3468 is to be used by a Seafarer claiming the investment credit. The credit is allowed for investment in tangible depreciable personal property used ·in business. The credit is an amount equal to 7 % of such investment and ap~ p:ied against your income tax. INCOME AVERAGING. A Seafarer who has an unusually large amount of taxable income for 1965 may be able to reduce the total amount of his tax by using the income averaging method. This method permits · a part of the usually large amount of taxable income to be taxed in lower brackets, resulting in a reduction of the over-an amount of tax due. The following items can be used as deductions against income (IF YOU DO NOT TAKE THE STANDARD DEDUCTION): CONTRIBUTIONS. A taxpayer can deduct up to 20 percent of gross income for contributions to charitable institutions, and an additional ten percent in con- tributrons to churches, hospitals and educational institutions. INTEREST. Interest paid to banks and individuals on loans, mortgages, etc., is deductible. TAXES. In general, you can deduct: personal property taxes, real estate taxes, state or local retail sales taxes, state gasoline taxes and state income taxes actually paid within the year. You cannot deduct: Federal excise taxes, Federal Social Security taxes, hunting and dog licenses, auto inspection fees, tags, drivers licenses, alcoholic beverage, cigarette and tobacco taxes, water taxes and taxes paid by you for another person. MEDICAL AND DENTAL EXPENSES. All expenses over three percent of adjusted gross income for doctor and dental bills, hospital bills, medical and hospital insurance, nurse care and similar costs can be deducted. Other such costs include such items· as eyeglasses, ambulance service, transportation to doctors' offices, rental of wheelchairs and similar equipment, hearing aids, artifical limbs and corrective devices. However, if the Seafarer is re- imbursed by the Seafarers Welfare Plan for any of these costs, such as family, hospital and surgical expenses, he cannot deduct the whole bill, only that part in excess of the benefits paid by the Plan. All expenses over one percent of adjusted gross income for drugs and medicine can be deducted. The deductible portion is then combined, with other medical and dental expenses which are subject to the normal three percent rule. Special Rule for Certain Persons 65 or over: The unreimbursed portion of the medical and dental expenses including medicine and drugs are deductible in full for the following persons: (a) The taxpayer and his wife if EITHER is 65 years of age or over; (b) A dependent who is 65 or over and who is the mother or father of the taxpayer or his wife. CARE OF CHILDREN AND OTHER DEPENDENTS. If deductions are itemized, a woman or a widower (including men who are divorced or legally separated under a decree and who have not remarried) or a husband whose wife is incapacitated or is institutionalized for at least 90 consecutive days or a shorter period if she dies, may deduct expenses paid, not to exceed a total of $600, for one dependent, or not to ex.ceed a total of $900 for two or more dependents for the care of: (a) dependent children under 13 years of age; Ol" (b) dependent persons (excluding husband or wife) physically by Frank Drozak, West Coast Representative The maritime trades department at its last meeting reelected its officers. Morris Weisberger was elected president, Al Clem was named vice president and Stan Lore, secretary-treasurer. The San Diego port council meeting will be held on March 3 for the purpose of adopting a constitution. Peter McGavin, secretarytreasurer of the AFL-CIO Mari- ,••,_ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ time Trades Department, will be manpower and came in from the east on hand at the inauguration of officers for the new port council. coast to ship out. At present, Lester Balinger, is actHe was right ing as chairman until permanent about us needing officers are elected. help and we shipped him as a San Francisco bos'n on the Shipping continues to be very Robin Trent. A. good in all departments and all O. Roy came in ratings. Several ships were in for from New Or Little sign ons during the past week. leans and shipped Ships in for pay off this period as deck maintenance on the Transwere the Coe Victory, the Trans- hudson heading for India. He said hudson, the Rice Victory, the Cour he heard shipping was good but D'Alene and the Robin Trent. d-idn't know it was this good. Signing on for the period were the Pat Fox just paid off the NoCoe Victory, the Rice Victory, the berto Capay a few weeks ago and Oceanic Spray and the Cour is spending a leisurely vacation D'Alene. on the beach. After a few more Ed E. Luzier is just off the days on the beach he will be ready Cuba Victory as AB. Ed has been to grab the first oiler slot that in the union for comes along. He won't have any 19 years and plans trouble shipping as jobs are plento take it easy for tiful. a week or so and Paul Whitlow, ship's delegate then catch the first on the Transyork, dropped by the AB job that hits hall to say hello and picked up the board. F. some overtime sheets and logs for Miller was last on the Eagle Voyager the crew. fn transit were the San Franas AB. Miller has been on the beach cisco, the Summit, the Montpelier for awhile and now is ready to Victory and the Calmar. take the ,first ,Viet Nam run that Ships due in for the next period comes along. are the Whitehall, the Choctau, Vincente Lawsin was last on the the De Soto, the Fairport, the Norberto Capay. Vince spent 14 Wild Ranger and the Express Balmonths on this ship and plans to timore. get married and take it easy for On the beach we have F. LaRosa awhile before shipping out again . who was just paid off the Rice He thinks the vacation is one of Victory and says he had a nice the finest benefits the Union has .. trip. Seattle Wilmington Shipping continues to be exShipping activity has been booming here and the outlook for cellent on all ratings and all dethe coming two weeks is very partments. Most of the ships are good. We are short all ratings in going to Japan, Korea and Viet all departments. During the past Nam, although we still have the two week period we had three grain run to India which is movpay-offs, two sign-ons and six ing out of this area. Any member can choose his run from the Seships were in transit. M. T. Little said he heard we attle area. or mentally incapable of caring for themselves; if such care is to enable the taxpayer to be gainfully employed or to actively seek gainful employment. ALIMONY. Periodic payment of alimony to a wife in accord with a written agreement between them can be deducted. CASUALTY LOSSES. The reasonable value of all clothing and gear lost at sea due to storm, vessel damage, etc., for which the taxpayer is not otherwise compensated, can be deducted .as an expense. The same applies to fire loss or losses in auto accidents which are not compensated by insurance. These losses are limited to the amount in excess of $1 00 for each loss. WORK CLOTHES, TOOLS. The cost and cleaning of uniforms and work clothes which ordinarily cannot be used as dress wear can be deducted. This includes protective work shoes, gloves, caps, foul weather gear, clothing ruined by grease or paint, - plus tools bought for use on the job, or books and periodicals used in direct connection with work. UNION DUES. Dues and initiation fees paid to labor organizations and most union assessments can be deducted. PURCHASE OF U.S. SAVINGS BONDS. If you are entitled to a refund, you may apply it to the purchase of Series E. U.S. Savings Bonds. If you check the appropriate box you will be issued as many bonds as your refund will buy in multiples of $18.75 for each $25 face value bond. DECLARATION OF ESTIMATED TAX. The purpose of this declaration is to provide for current payment of taxes not collected through wit~holding, where a taxpayer may have a considerable amount of outs\de income. In such cases, a Seafarer should check the instructions on his tax return carefully, as the .. Declaration of Estimated Tax" also must be filed on or before April 15, 1966, --, ' ._,..... �- - -- - Two Seafarers Settle $LSD Debt At Surprise Meeting In Viet Nam When Seafarers get together around the Union Hall or at a strange table in some foreign port of call, they exchange stories and get to know each other, knowing all the while that paths are very unlikely to ever cross again. Most likely, they are shipping out on different vessels and will go their own • way. With Seafarers Eric Chit- ~ - - March 4, 1966 SI Member Raps 14(bJ a,epeal ..Defeat LETTERS To the Editor: To The Edi tox- . '• Union get to "ride free" on the benefits that we io the labor movement have fought so bard for. You don't find any of them turning back the salary increases the Union got for them ~ithet. Most of the time they are just hoping ro stay on good teJDl$ with the boss so they can get spe.cial favors. There's always a few with thick sku1Js that don't realize . only way for the working man to get the rights he deserves is 1o unioni~ and bargain collectively. · Myself and many oth~r Americans .are still pulliqg .for, the re~al of 14(b), al~ng with the · defeat of those senators who «:either don't think the :wQrking the -· Recalls Da Nang Chittenden, himself, recalls the Da Nang harbor, a horseshoeshaped affair which he describes as "lit up at night almost as if it were day." There, he went on to say, "is where the munitions, the ..... .· ammunition and the gasoline, is shipped in to the soldiers, and the flares and the tracer shells light up the sky all night Jong. One can · feel the rumble of the artillery that seem to fire all night long." "But this is the city," Weatherly puts in, "that was once called the 'Paris of the Orient,' when the French were there. N ow the piace just stinks. Garbage is allowed to sit in the streets and draw flies , and artillery is continuously being dragged up and down the oncebeautiful tree-lined avenues. Bars have been placed across the doors · and windows of the bars and restaurants to keep grenades from ~-- SEAFARER S LOG Page Twelve tenden of the deck department and Electrician Frank Weatherly it was _a different story. They got together in the hall in New York about four years ago, and Eric borrowed a dollar and a half from his fellow SIU member, and such was their last meeting for quite a while. Then, only last month, Brother Weatherly was at the Olympia Bar in Viet Nam, a place where Seafarers are accustomed to gather. It was quite a while before they'd be shipping out again, due to the backlog of ships yet . to be unloaded. Weatherly was sitting quietly at the bar, relaxing over beer and awaiting the time when his ship was due to weigh anchor and start home again. Meanwhile, Brother Chittenden walked in the front door, but ducked back long enough to reach in his pocket and pull out a dollar - ' and a half. When the old buddies met, Chittenden pulled out the money, as if he'd had it ready all the time and handed it over to his friend. All Weatherly could say was, "Good God, · Eric, you remembered that after four years!" ~ ~ -~, Seafarers Eric Chittenden and Frank Weatherly meet again by accident in front of the SIU Hall in Brooklyn after running across each other in Saigon some few months before. They met at the hall about four years ago, and their paths finally crossed again in Viet Nam. coming in." Between the times he is shipping out, Chittenden busies himself with many and varied activities. After paying off the Steel Traveler a while back, he took up flying and is now the proud owner of a private pilot's license. During his stay on the beach in Viet Nam , Chittenden took the opportunity to fly about the country on commercial airlines-from Saigon to Qui Nhon to Pleiku to Trang and back to Saigon. During his excursion around the country, Chittenden managed to talk to American Armed Forces men, who were serving their nation in varied capacities. One of his most moving experiences was a conversation with a GI who was recuperating from his wounds in an army hospital. ''The boy was shot in the side, his leg was tom up, and his face burnt, but never once did he cry or complain." Both Seafarers were noticeably distressed at the lack of facilities for seaman, not only in Saigon, but in pretty near an the ports they had been touching for the past several years. Too, both agreed that going ashore in the war-torn country was moderately safe-if one obeyed the rules of common sense. As Weatherly put it, "A man has to stay sober, keep his wits about him and know where he's going. In Saigon, money flows like lava, and there are plenty of people available who will help a man get rid of his wallet. I find this to be typical of any country where confusion has been created by war. With supplies and soldiers and freighters .. ~ coming in and out constantly, it's impossib.Ie to run a port city cJeanly and efficiently, and confusion is a very excellent cover for thieves and other illicit activities." Now there is a large backlog of ship!) waiting to be unloaded outside the Viet Nam harbor facilities, and although the two Seafarers were much in favor of the 100 % bonus they received while waiting, there's still the problem of passing the time. According to Brother Chittenden, there's a good bit of story-telling, some fishing, and he and another Seafarer actually took time for SCUBA diving off a small island in the bay. They went in a sma11 fishing boat with a two-cycle engine and didn't find out until the next day that the place was rumored to be teeming with Viet Cong. I· - r- ~ ' I - ;- Luckily, Chittenden and his friend just had a close call, for in one case while they were in Saigon a seaman reportedly disappeared and has never been heard from again, On iiDOther occasion, an SIU man was hit by snipers who were firing at U. S. soldiers in the boat just ahead of them. So now, with all this adventures behind him, Chittenden has re-ceived his passport and is planning a little vacation in England and Spain before shipping out again. c ' , 1 ~ - WELL, ~l(IPPER­ ITfs ER-E.R-ER- ,. ~ .. I ' "#< .. '~ Pe pe wi Se Sn wa �1 March 4, 1966 SEAFARERS LOG Seafarer Finis Sunny Puerto Rita lantl 01 Warmth Anti Hospitality "Though I often get a few days' freedom in the port of San Juan," said Seafarer Joe Sarnicola, during a recent visit to the Log office. "I don't spend any time hanging around the city if I can help it. I rent a car and drive out to the nearby islands, away from the flashy attractions and the typical tourist traps. Since we're usu- • ally on the beach for two or about Puerto Rico, as if I were made the rounds of taking in the three days there, there's ample not a visitor, but just a part of historical sights of the city, such as EI Moro Castle. "It's like sometime to wander around and see the people." what the real Puerto Rico is like." Brother Sarnicola noted the dif- thing out of a Spanish storybook," Brother Sarncola, who ships out ferences between the way of life in he said. "There are gun slits, in the engine depaFtment, is strict- Puerto Rico as compared with dungeons and an old jail, which ly a coast-wise man, and for good the American style of living. He is open to the public to inspect. reasorl'. His two girls, Stacy, aged found that most of the natives get Then, of course, there are a num13 months, and Wendy, aged 4 by on a lot less of the material ber of ancient Catholic churches weeks, along with his wife Kath- things, sometimes the barest es- which I would consider worthleen, just make it nice to be able sentials, devoid of luxury, because while for anybody to see. Some to spend a little time around the of the lower income scale. "Peo- are still in good condition, and house whenever possible. pie living a good simple life," he most of those that are not are So Sarnicola is usually found said, "but every bit as happy as now being patched up. shipping out on Sea-land or Sea- people who live in the continental "On the whole," Sarnicola concluded, "I enjoy my visits to train Lines. He was last off the United States. "The majority of the people I Puerto Rico. Any Seafarer who Seatrain Texas, and has turned out to be an avid admirer of the came in contact with," Sarnicola takes care to avoid the waterfront scenery on Puerto Rican beaches. went on to say, "worked on shore joints where a man can get rolled, "The last time I was there," gangs, as stevedores and long- can have a good time there." . he said, "I trav- shoremen. Their diet is rather Although Sarnicola u s u a I 1 y eled around with much on the light side, because of found his way to the beaches when a shipmate 0 f the warm weather down there. there were a few days to spare mine, Juan Feli- Fish , rice, beans and chicken are in Puerto, he didn't ignore the ciano, who has a few of items usually found on sights and advantages in the city quite a few rela- their table. of San Juan. Occasionally, he tives on the is- · "All in all," Brother Sarnicola ,gets around to taking in a bullland. We wan- concluded, "I found the people fight , although they don't kill the dered around, en- very helpful, warm and friendly. bull in Puerto Rico like they do joying the sights My shipmate's friends and rela- in Spain and Mexico, and a lot of Sarnicola and swimming in tives acted as if they had known the fighters are imported from the the coastal areas, and went to visit me all my life. They opened their outside. "Too," he observed, "I find it kind of artificial, when they his relatives. It really made me home to me." Also, the young Seafarer has file down the bull's horns. feel that I was learning something FINAL DEPARTURES Arthur Cash, 57: Brother Cash died of a prolonged heart aliment in Los Angeles. He joined the Union in 1961 in the port of Wilmington, California and was a seaman his life. He was buried in the Wilmington cemetery. Brothr ~ er Cash is survived by a brother, Wilbur L. Cash of Ikmulgee, Oklahoma. all Roscoe Milton, 63: Brother Milton died in November of last " year of heart trouble. He was • born in Thomasville, Georgia and lived his later life in Mobile, Alabama. He joined the Union over 20 years ago in Norfolk, Virginia. Brother Milton is survived by his wife who also lives in Mobile, Alabama. Organizing Drives Recalled by SIU Pensioner Edward Rydon, 47: Brother Rydon died of a liver ailment in New Orleans last year. A member of the deck department, he joined the Union over 20 years ago in the port of New York. He was a resident of Hitchcock, Texas and was buried in that town. He was a native of Boston and sailed with the SIU as bosun. He is survived by his wife who lives in Hitchcock, Texas. Vito Comerico, 60: Brother Comerico succumbed to pneumonia in Norfolk, Virginia. He was a member of the SIU for the last 9 years and sailed in the steward department. He joined the Union " in his native Norfolk. He was buried in Norfolk and named his son and daughter as his beneficiarys. Pensioned old-timer Daniel J. Gorman (right) recounts his union experiences, including past organizing drives in which he was active, with He~dquarters Representative . Leon Hall (left) and Welfare Services Director Al Bernstein. Brother Gorman, who now lives at Snug Harbor, L9n9 Island, was on the first ship to pass through the waterlocks of the 'Panama Canal. · William Oswinkle, 52: Brother Oswinkle died in Galveston rec;_ently of a respiratory disorder that had kept him down for an extended time. His last ship was the Cabins, on which he sailed in the steward depart- ment. He joined the Union in 1943 in the port of New York. He is survived by his son William Oswinkle, Jr., and was buried in Essex, ·Maryland. Page Thirteen PERSONALS John A. Dunne Please contact your brother by mail at 4866 Camelia St., New Orleans, La. Evit Ardoin and Pablo Pacheco Checks are being held for you in the Baltimore SIU office. Paul Aubain Please contact Mrs. E. T. Barnett at 12002 Anchick, Houston, Texas as soon as you can. William E. Odum Please contact Mrs. Tessie Odum at 7119 Avenue 0, Houston 11, Texas. Friends of Manuel Vegas Brother Vegas would like to keep in touch with all of his old buddies in the engine department now that he is retired at 18 Woodrow Drive, St. Augustine; Florida. He wants his friends to simply drop him a card to let him know how they're getting along. J. T. Hagan Please contact Mrs. J. T . Hagan at 21 Kitchell Ave., Wharton, New Jersey. -w- -w- -w- John Rudolph Important! Your wife would like you to write her immediately. -w- Murray Davis Please phone your wife immediately. -w- Joe Kirk The luggage you left accidentally in your hotel room in Seattle is being held by A. L. Smith at his residence at 4456 Winthrop Street, Spokane, Washington. --w-- Lenwood E. Wilson Please contact Mrs. Lenwood E. Wilson, 640 E. Union Street, Jacksonville, Florida. --w- --w---w --w-- Income tax refund checks are being held at the SUP Building, 450 Harrison St., San Francisco 5, California for the fol.lowing Seafarers: Andre W. Deriger, Potenciano Paculba and Hans J. L. Pederson. -w- Kenneth B. Emery Please contact George J. Garzotte, I 040 Maison Blanche Building, New Orleans, Louisiana. --w-- Rafael Evans Please contact Julio Evans at Puerto Real Box 447, Fajardo, Puerto Rico. --w Luigi Antonio Gaudino Please contact your family immediately. Also contact Angelo G . Faraci at 25 Main St. , East Rochester, New York. --w-- James H. Achord Please contact Mrs. Henry Achord, Route 1 Box 221, Varnado, Louisiana. John Godwin Please contact your mother at 224 McRae St. , Atmore, Ala. James Dhein Please contact Mrs. Hugo Dhein, 132 Stewart St., Clintonville, Wisconsin. Miguel Louis Medina Please· contact M . Medina, Jr., at 56 William St., East Orange, N. J. John R. Blow Has been under the weather lately and would like to hear from all his old SIU buddies who know his address in Jacksonville, Florida. Gear Being Held Isthmian Lines is holding gear at company offices at Erie Basin for the following Seafarers: J. Masakianm, Steel Flyer; Gilbert Wilson, Steel Director; P. Konis, Steel Artisan; P. Martinovich, Steel Fabricator; Wm. T. Farrell, Steel Rover; Wm. Fitzpatrick, Steel Advocate; J . Martakos, Steel Advocate; Harrin Macip, Steel Seafarer; Ray Mcnally, Steel Age; Antonia Lipari, Steel Age; Bagio Di Mento, Steel Age; George Hall, Steel Surveyor. Seafarers Silva, L.areen, Sawyer and Cavan also have . gear at the Isthmian Lines Brooklyn warehouse. --w- -ww-- .Henry S. Cavanaugh Please contact Ggorge J. Garzotto at once. --w-- Checks are being held for the following members at the dispatcher's counter of "the SIU hall in New York: Eugene R. Hall, Frederick Merinerth, Jose Montalvo, J. Ross and Hugh Wells. --w-- --w-- �. Brother Uses Time Spent In Drytlotk For Interesting Hobby anti Business . March 4, 1966 SEAFARE RS LOG Page Fourteen "'" What happens when an injury puts a Seafarer in the hospital for an extended period of time? Some people would just lull away their time and have nothing to show for the· period. For · seafarer George Flood, however, the six months spent in the USPHS Staten Island Hospital were well spent because he found a way to keep busy and • make money at the same time. While in the hospital with a back injury he sustained aboard ship, Brother Flood found he had a great deal of time with nothing to do. To solve this problem he decided to take up one .of the crafts taught to patients in USPHS hospitals. "I was really in a fit over what I could do with myself while in the hospital. I have always worked, especially with my hands, and the idea of just sitting around not doing anything was really frightening to me," Brother F lood stated. In the hospital's craftshop Brother Flood came across the old craft of fancy needle work. Under the guidance of Mrs. Webber, the director of the craft shop, Brother Seafarer George Flood proudly displays examples of his handiwork Flood learned how to work with which he brough•t along to the SIU Hall in Brooklyn to show to his the needle and thread and create fellow Seafarers. Brother Flood learned to work with the needle and pictures on black felt. thread while he was laid up in the hospital. "I really think that working with needle and thread is good for When he first started to do the er Flood for the pictures are wool, an old Seafarer like myself. In needle work it took him about a yarn, black velvet and plenty of the old days when we were un- week to finish a picture. Now it time. Another ingredient that is der sail the seafarer was probably takes less than two days. He uses indispenable in fancy needle work the best sewer around. Even today his own colors and bis pictures is patience. Without it, according to Brother Flood, you just you can find some oldtimers who range from flags to kittens Brother Flood plans to continue cannot do the work. can sew as good as any seam"When I first started to make stress." his avocation and help suppliThe pictures sell for 12 dollars ment his retirement money and the pictures I had someone sell them for me because I thought and, according to Brother Flood, keep busy at the same time. sell quite well. He usually brings Brother Flood sews the pictures they would be hard to sell, but two or three pictures with him to around designs he buys and then since then I have discovered that they really sell themselves and I the hall just in case some Seafarer puts frames around the finished is interested in purchasing art. pictures. Materials used by Broth- have no problem." Julie Ann Welch, born November l 7, 1965, to the Leroy Welchs, Groves, Texas. --4-- Esther ·Mae Cooley, born November 2, 1965, to the Benjamin F. Cooleys, Citronelle, A1a. Anne Marie Amora, born December 20, 1965, to the Felix P. Amoras, San Francisco, California. --4-David Evans, born December 15, 1965, to the George Evans, Newark, New Jersey. --4-- --4-- Robin Hornberger, born October 20, 1965, to the Robert Hornbergers, Elysberg, Pa. --4-- Kevin Maskell, born December 10, 1965, to the Elmer Meskells, Alpena, Mich . Samantha D' Amico, born January 2, 1966, to the Charles D'Amicos, Jr. , Houston, Texas. . Lisa Ann Gray, born November 15, 1965, to the Jack W. Grays, Seattle, Washington. --Ji-- Joseph Michael Grasso, born November 18, 1965, to the Basil Grassos, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. --4-Kevin Joseph Anderson, born December 27, 1965, to the Donald V. Andersons, Manistique, Mich. --4-- --w-- --w-- --w---w-- --w-- Indian Summer -4- . . • J 4 .- . • J ' --4-- Gwen Susan Lopez, born December 18, 1965, to the Manuel Lopezs, Chicago, III. JAMES L. TUCKER reports from the Del Sud that everything is going along well on the trip and that all beefs from the voyage have been settled. Edward A vrard was ·elected to serve as ship's delegate for the voyage, which will include San l••;~--------------------------Julie Marie Howard, born NoJuan, Barbados and Rio. The ship thanks from the crew for doing ship's delegate at the beginning of is scheduled to be back in New Or- such a good job. According to voyage 161, reports meeting secre- vember 17, 1965, to the Danny leans by April. the crew they never failed to come tary J.P. Fitzgerald. According to Howards, Jeffersonville, Indiana. through with a sumptuous meal. the crew, it was one of the Good food goes a long way in smoothest trips they had been on Che Chan Ho, born October L. S. Johnny Johnston, ship's keeping all hands happy. in a long time, and are looking 11, 1965, to the Yung KongHos, delegate abroad the Del Sud, reforward to a good voyage on 162. San Francisco, Calif. ports that the Smooth sailing from Philadelcrew hated to Joseph Bernard Lovett, born phia and Pittsburgh has resulted in leave New OrNovember 10, 1965, to the Wil1 no beefs from the ._,. leans the day beliam Lovetts, New York, N. Y. men of G eneva fl fore Chri s tmas (U.S. Steel) Secrebut that the old tary Clyde L. Van saying "Ships and Lola Ann Trail, born NovemEpps says the ship Tides Wait For ber 22, 1965, to the Junior B. bas been ~etting No Man" applied Trails, Cleveland, Ohfo. its mail regtilarly in their case. The Johnston and everything is crew at the first O.K. According meeting, the day after Christmas, LOG-A-RHYTHM to meeting chairvoted to extend a vote of thanks, Van Epps man Richard and a job well done, to the stewHemey the ship will end its to the steward department. voyage with a payoff and sign on By Roy Lee Hinson in Baltimore. Good news has arrived from Now, 'tis season's end. Indian Summer is here, E.W. Cox aboard the Cities ServThe Great Spirit has come to erase all fear; ice ship Bradford. From Kazmin Lynch, meeting Nature's beautiful world is read, golden and brown, -. . .... \ An amplifier for chairman, aboard the Iberville Dead leaves are fa/line from trees to the ground. the T.V. set has (Waterman) The red and brown faces are painted so neat, arrived and the comes word there They choose the chieftain, then honor his seat. crew can now get has · been no disA I/ people will gather from far and near plenty of teleputed overtime. To come hear their chief, both prophet and seer. . ... , vision watching After leaving YoWise council is given to the children of men, time. A. Johns, " kohama the men A . villain is dispersed for mistreating his kin. meeting chair,.,. are happy about The chiefs are cited for their wisdom and duty, man, reports that t drawing overtime The squaws are chosen "for their charm and beauty. Cox no one has any pay with 14 days Work is now finished, nature must rest, beefs and that the trip is running Fitzgerald in Cam Rahn Bay The sun withdraws from the beautiful West. quite well. The steward departand 31 days in There is nothing on earth that has fear of death, ,,._ .. ment was given a big round of Ohinon. A. R. Guidry was elected For all things are kissed by nature's breath. -4- --w-- Lisa Pickett, born November 5, 1965, to the Robert Picketts, Houston, Texas. -- 4 -- Tracy Lee Barton, born December 13, 1965, to the Rodney Bartons, Houston, Texas. ) Ii- --w-- Stephanie Faye Santos, born September 24, 1965, to the Robert Santos, Galveston, Texas. Donna Fahriou, born January 2, 1966, to the Vincent Fahrious, Bayonne, New Jersey. ... ~ --4-- Cynthia Kilby, born December 2, 1965, to the Burl Kilbys, Baltimore, Maryland. -4- --w-- Jacky Ann Pierce, born October 4, 1965, to the George L. Pierces, Manitowoc, Wisc. N. Y. -4- Leslie Rachael Childr~ born October 17, 1965, to the Fuller Childress, Fairhope, Alabama. Anna Mae Workman, born October 25, 1965, to the Homer Workmans, New Orleans, Louisiana. Shawn Kevin Clifford, born November 17, 1965, to the Michael J. Cliffords, Buffalo, .. ,. --w-- --w-- --4-- P..BNN V.&.NGUABD -('Pean Sblppiq), F@riF,r ~lrman l . . S. llellae; Seetetan; . meiUii Nel9911. Bblp ~ 9hori t'hrte aie11. , No beef• ~ 117 ~nt •c!elepta, Bl'other Echr&rcl1 DavtdlOn waa 'elected to aerve a Dew" ilhlp1a deleP,te.: Vof.e of ~ ~ded to B~her ;s. ' 8. l(eRae, .lonlll!l' iblp'1 del~Wl ,... · .... ':·· Ym ·(W~~i:nu.r,. ~ll,af'.r­ m,_n, •Donalo A.ltt ~~. Donilo ,Alt No aNN!fi 'l'!IVO~ bJ' d~t deleJ wu. ptes. · Brothel' .. F. ,·C. Ta~ J"r. elec~ w, Mr.ve u ~"'° ~fp~~J!p_;;.. :Vote of ~nice to~be ~~--~~ . aaADJ'OR.D"lS°L,AND (Oftt• Sirvloe), Febi-~· lh-Chairnlan, A. Johll•· aeet"etai.!:Y. E. ·w. Oox. Brother J. W, ir11m. wait eleeui!l to serve aa abtp'a~ delesatci. ·s.12.$8 bl shlp'~_!u!1d after' bui!Dlr ampltfter (Qr TV. aoiue · dfaJl\ltAl.d O'J' ln deck d~e.at. Dfaeuatona reirarclblS heat on ahlp l0naahoiemen'a holYat i i ~ pa, .a;;f , U11ion takln1r aome acttoa oD :re~t plap. . ' . I' I DEL CAMPO (MllalaSJPpl); ' :J~b~ 21J..:.:!6bairman, .Juan .ll·' c. Oiui&~: • . taey, 'lUebal'il G. 'Jlal'tl~ez. Some mfllO bee/If .to be ·taken , up with bOardJns. lbolmari . . Motton made to eltaft · tbe l'etlreml!llt plan tcio 20 7ean bl .the 1Jlll0n. Shi.J>. . •bOuld · be fumlPt.ed tor -rats. an t oUheii. "Vo~of tbanlra atencled. 'tc> the tew&l'd depal'~ent fur ~ job .eU do,ne. DIGEST of SIU SHIP MEETINGS ·1·''" . ,. �March 4, 1966 t- SEA.FA.HERS LOO. PIN ANClAL REPORTS. 'nle con•tltution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf Lakes and Inland Waters Diltrfct makes •peclflc provlBlon fur B&feiruardlnir the iiiembenblp'a money and Union flnanCeB. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and flle audltlnir committee elected by the membership. All Union record• are available at SIU headquarters In Brooklyn. · TRUST FUNDS. All trust fund• of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lake. and Inland ,Watera District are admlnlBtered In accordance with the provlalona of varloUB truat iund agreements. All these airreementa specify 'that th(: tru•tees In charire of these fundB shall equally consist of union and manairement repreaent::.t.lvea and their alternates. All expenditure. and disbursements of trust funds art: m.'d~ Ollly upon approval by a majority of the trUBteea. All trust fund financial recor. .;!- al'l? available at the he:i.dquarters of the various trUBt funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shlpplnir riirhts and seniority are iJrotected exclusively by the contracts between the Union. and the sblpownens. Get to know your sbipplnir rlgbta. Coples of theee contracts are posted and available In all Union balls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rlirhta aa contained In the contl')lcta between the Union and the •hipowners, notify the Seaf:1rers Appeals Board by certified mall, return receipt requeeted. ~""he proper addreee for this la: Earl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Batt.ery Place, Suite 1980, New York 4, N. Y. Full copies of contracts aa referred to are available to you at all times, either by writinir directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Coples of all SIU contracts are available In all SIU halls. The.e contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the proper sheets and In the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union oftlclal, In your opinion, falls to protect your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port airent. . EDITORIAL POLICY-SEAFAKERS LOG. The LOG baa traditionally refrained from publlahlnir any article aervlnir the political purJ>0114!11 of any Individual In the Union, officer or member. It bu also refrained from publlahlnir articles deemed harmful to the Union or Its collective membership. Thia established policy has been reaffirmed by membenblp action at the_ September, 1960, meetlnp in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy la vested in an editorial board which conslats of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from· amonir Its ranks, one individual to carry out tbla responsibility. PAYMENT OF MONU:S. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity In the SIU unleu ••· official Union receipt la irfven for aame. Under no clrcumetancea 1hould· &DJ' member pay any mane,. for any reason unless he la irfven such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such paym.ent be made without aupplylnir a receipt, or If a member I• required to make s payment and la given an official receipt, but teele that he should not have been required to make such payment, thil should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. ·The· SIU pub.llahes every six months In the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of . Its constitution. In addition, copies are available in all Union hsU.. All membera ahoold obtain copies of thie c0natltution eo u to familiarize themselves with Its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer ii attemptinir to deprive you of any constitutional rlirht or obligation b'Y any methodB such u dealing with charges, trlale, etc., u well as sll other detaile, then the member eo affected should Immediately notify beadquartera. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU memben drawlnir dlaablllty-penslon benefits have_,,}wa:ra been encouraired to contb1•1e their union activities, lncludlnir sttendance at membenhip meetlnira. And like all other SIU memben at these Union meetinp, they are encouraired to take an active role In all rank-and-flle functions, including servl::e on rank-and-ftle commltt.eea. Because these oldtlmen cannot take shipboard employment, the membenhlp baa reaffirmed the long-standing Union policy of allowlnir them to retain their irood standing throuirh the waivlnir of tbefr dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are iruaranteed equal rights In employment and u members ot the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth In the SIU constitution and In the contracta which the Union baa neirotlated with the employers. Consequently, no Seafarer may be· dlacriminated airal1111t because of race, creed, color, national or geoirrapblc ortirin. If any member feela that he la denied the equal rtirhts to which .be la .entitled, he .ahl>Uld notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the .basic riirhts of Sl!llfaren.1_. ~ the rtirht to pursue leirfalative and political objectives which will serve the I>e.t bilerat8"'oCthemiielvee: their families and their Union. To achieve these objectives-; the Seafarers Political Activity Donation wu established. Donations to SPAD are entirely volltntary and constitute the funda tbrouirh which legislative and ·political activities are conducted for the benefit of the membership and the Union. It at •111' time a Seafarer feell that &DJ' of the 11boTe rlchta han been Tlolated, or that he hu bHn denied hla -8tltatlonal rhrht of to Union records or information, he ahoald lmmedtate!J' notlfJ' SIU President Paal Hall at headqaarteu b,. certlled aall, retam reeefpt reciuested. .... SIU-AGLIWD Meetings New York .Mar. 7-2:30 p.m. Philadelphia Mar. 8-2:30 p.m. Baltimore .. Mar. 9-2:30 p.m. Detroit .... Mar. 11-2:30 p.m. U:ouston ... Mar. 14-2:30 p.m. New Orleans Mar. 15-2:30 p.m. Mobile . ... Mar. 16-2:30 p.m. p.m. Wilmington Mar. 21-2 San Francisco Mar. 23-2 p.m. p.m. Seattle ..... Mar. 25-2 Great Lakes SIU Meetings Detroit ....... Mar. Alpena ....... Mar. Buffalo ....... Mar. Chicago ...... Mar. Cleveland .... Mar. Duluth ....... Mar. Frankfurt ..... Mar. 7-2 p.m. 7-7 p.m. 7-7 p.m. 7-7 p.m. 7-7 p.m. 7-7 p.m. 7-7 p.m. * held at Labor Temple, Newheld at Labor Temple Sault Mich. ' held at Galveston whanes. DIRECTORY of UNIONSLLS SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers PRESIDENT Paul Hall EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT Cal Tanner Detroit .... Mar.14-7:30 p.m. Milwaukee .Mar.14-7:30 p.m. Chicago .... Mar.15-7:30 p.m. Buffalo .... Mar. 16-7:30 p.m. tSault Ste. Marie Mar. 15-7:30 p.m. Duluth .... Mar.18-7:30 p.m. Oeveland .. Mar.18-7:30 p.m. Toledo .... Mar.18-7:30 p.m. SECRETARY-TREASURER Al Kerr SIU Inland Boatmen's Union Philadelphia .. Mar. 8-5 p.m. Baltimore (licensed and unlicensed) .. Mar. 9-5 p.m. Houston ...... Mar. 14-5 p.m. Norfolk ...... Mar.10-5 p.m. New Orleans .. Mar.15-5 p.m. Mobile ....... Mar.16-5 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. 8 p.m. United Industrial Workers New York .... Mar. 7-7 p.m. Baltimore ..... Mar. 9-7 p.m. Philadelphia .·.Mar. 8-7 p.m. I • Mfftinir port News. t Meetinir Ste. Marie, Meetinir Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region Jersey City Mar. 14-10 a.m. & Philadelphia Mar.15-10 a.m. & Baltimore Mar. 16-10 a.m. & *Norfolk Mar. 17-10 a.m. & SHI :f:Houston ..... Mar. 14-7 p.m. Mobile ... .... Mar.16-7 p.m. New Orleans .. Mar.15-7 p.m. VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shepard Lindsey Williams Al Tanner Robert Matthews Railway Marine Region of SIU PqeFUteen HEADQUARTERS ..... 675 4th Ave., Bklyn . HY 9-6600 ALPENA, Mich. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 River St. EL 4-3616 BALTIMORE, MD •. ... 1216 E. Baltimore Sit. EA 7-4900 BOSTON, Mass. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1n State St. RI 2-0140 BUFFALO, N.Y. . ... . . 735 Washingtton St. TL 3-9259 CHICAGO, Ill. 9383 Ewing Ave. SA 1-0733 CLEVELAND, Ohio 1420 W. 25th St. MA 1-5450 DETROIT, Mich •. . 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. VI 3-4741 DULUTH, Minn . . . ..... .. . 312 W. 2nd St. RA 2-4110 FRANKFORT, Mich. . . . . . . . . P.O. Box 287 415 Main St. EL 7·2441 HOUSTON, Tex. . . . . . . . . . . 5804 Canal St. WA 8·3207 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. . ..... 2608 Pearl St. EL 3-0987 JERSEY CITY, N.J • .... 99 Montgomery St. HE 3-0104 MOBILE, Ala. . ..... I South Lawrence St. HE2-1754 NEW ORLEANS, _La .... . 630 Jackson Ave . Tel. 529-7546 NORFOLK, Va • ... . .. . . ... ...... 115 3rd St. Tel. 622-1892 PHILADELPHIA, Pa ... . ...... 2604 S. 4th St. DE 6-3818 PORT ARTHUR, Tex . ...... 1348 Seventh St. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. 350 Freemont St. DO 2-4401 SANTURCE, P.R •... 1313 Fernandez Juncos Stop 20 Tel. 723.9594 SEATTLE, Wash • ........ . 2505 First Avenue MA 3-4334 ST. LOUIS, Mo •.... . ... .. .... 805 Del Mar CE-1-1434 TAMPA, Fla . ..... .... ..... 312 Harrison Sit. Tel. 229-2788 WILMINGTON, Calif.. .. 505 N. Marine Ave . TE 4-2523 Seafarers and their families are urged to support a consumer boycott by trade unionists against various companies whose products are produced under non-union conditions, or which are "unfair to labor." (This listing carries the name of the AFL-CIO unions involved, and will be amended from time to time.) ''Lee" brand tires (United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum & Plastic Workers) -JJEastern Air Lines (Flight Engineers) -JJH. I. Siegel "IDS" brand men's clothes (Amalgamated Clothing Workers) -JJSears, Roebuck Company Retail stores & products (Retail Clerks) -JJStitzel-Weller Distilleries "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" "Cabin Still," W. L Weller Bourbon whiskeys (Distillery Workers) -JJJ. R. Simplot Potato Co. Frozen potato products (Grain Millers) -JJKingsport Pr~ "World Book," "Childcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) -JJJamestown Sterling Corp. Southern Furniture Mfg. Co. Furniture and Bedding (United Furniture Workers) -JJEmpire State Bedding Co. "Sealy Mattresses" (Textile Workers) -JJWhite Furniture Co. United Furniture Workers of America) -w- Genesco Shoe Mfg. Co. Work Shoes Sentry, Cedar Chest, Statler Men's Shoes • • • Jannan, Johnson & Murphy, Crestworth, W. L. Douglas, Flagg Brothers, Kingston, Davidson. (Boot and Shoe Workers' Union) ~· - -JJTyson's Poultry, Inc. Rock Cornish Tyson's Pride Manor House-Safeway Wishbone-Kroger Comish Game-Armour and A & P's SuperRight Comish Game Hen (Food Handlers Local 425 of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen of N. America) _,.J �·.' Vol. XXVlll No. 5 SEAl'AR Rs. :11~ .LOG #O'tNI ~.:_ _ I ~~T'~ .. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- · --------------------------------------- OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERN.ATIQNAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO \NI E . I· March 31, 1966 is a most important date for all persons 65 years of age or older. March 31, 1966 is the deadline for registration for the benefits under the Medicare program. Everyone who wiU be 65 or over on next JuJy l wiJI have paid-up hospital insurance under Medicare-but to get coverage of their doctor bills and other medical expenses when the program starts in JuJy they must sign up by March 31 for these suppJementary benefits which cost onJy $3.00 a month. Here Are the Simple Details: All i}ersons 65 or over whether they are working or on pension retirement-and whether or not they were covered under the Social Security or railroad retirement program-are eligible for coverage. - . ... . - I - 1•- What Happens If They Don't: Those who don't sign up by March 31 will have to wait at least two years to get this protection. The next enrollment period isn't until the end of 1967 and coverage won't become effective unti1 July 1968. What To Do: - l:. j-· Anyone over 65 who has not received a Medicare enrollment application in the mail or who has mislaid his application should get in touch with the nearest Social Security office at once. Younger people with wives, husbands, parents and other relations, union brothers or sisters, 65 or over, should remind these older persons to sign up! I • t· .. r , . . . .'.f . IF YOUjP .. ""' I , AFL-CIO President George Meany has urged. the entire labor movement to do everything in its power to make sure that a1I union members 65 or over and their fam- · ilies enroll for medical benefits ·Under Social Security ~fore Mar. 31. "It would he a 1ngedy · H _die Medicare program for which the · ~O fought so long and hard should faD short of hs o~es because ifs intended .he.ilelaHes , are unaware of the fads," Meany ~ ..... . I. S OR OVER REGISTER NOVV I 0 s p E NTARY BE f.1, • Fl S U DER MEDICARE � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1960-1969 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXII-XXXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource March 4, 1966 Description An account of the resource Headlines: STOP TRADE WITH NORTH VIETNAM – THE MARITIME UNIONS BOYCOTT GARMATZ OFFERS PLAN TO EXPAND FLEET JORDAN REELECTED PRESIDENT OF MARINE FIREMEN’S UNION MTD BACKS BOYCOTT OF SHIPS TRADING WITH NORTH VIETNAM INCOME TAX GUIDE FOR SEAFARERS $2-AN-HOUR MINIMUM WAGE CALLED MORAL, ECONOMIC NEED TWO ‘MISSING LINK’ CHANNELS URGED FOR U.S. WATERWAYS ONE MAN, ONE VOTE RULE TAKES ROOT NATIONWIDE THE STORY OF AMERICAN LABOR – ALL THIS HAPPENED: PART 2 U.S. MERCHANT FLEET DECLINE STIRS INCREASING CONGRESSIONAL CONCERN AGGRESSIVE ANTI-POVERTY CAMPAIGN STRESSED FOR ORGANIZED LABOR TWO SEAFARERS SETTLE $1.50 DEBT AT SURPRISE MEETING IN VIETNAM SEAFARER FINDS SUNNY PUERTO RICO LAND OF WARMTH AND HOSPITALITY REGISTER NOW FOR MEDICARE Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 03/04/1966 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXVIII, No. 5  1966 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/5de6215d5412c63e1c6f07ffa2cc0850.PDF 3641a5ca1ab91823a78e0369c56788aa PDF Text Text The N.M.U. Leaders Are Blind To Finks ft «»ssmssss&:^ ^ The leadership of the National Martime Union has not Uttered a single peep of protest over the draft weapon given the-WSA by "Hoosier Hitler" McNutt. Not only did the NMU sit quietly on thft side lines when the rest of martime labor was battling to keep the draft power out of the hands of the labor-hating shipowners and brass hats in the WSA, but now that the WSA seems to have won— the NMU glosses over this very serious defeat, ^nd with friminal irresponsibility fails to inform its members of the developing threat to the martime labor movement. • The Feb, 26 issue of The^Pilot headlines the draft -story as follows, "Active Seamen Needn't Report At Draft Board." The implication is, of course, that some victory has been won for John Sailor and that he isn't going to get kicked around any longer. The headline is completely dishonest. While it is true that the seamen don't have to report to the draft boards, they are now in the clutches of the Recruitment and Manning Organization of the WSA. They are now being forced to register with a super-fink Outfit which will have full authority to slap them into the army if they act like union men. OFFICIAL OEGAN OF THE ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT, ^ VOL. v. SEAFAEEBS' INTEENATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA 280 NEW YORK, N. Y., FRIDAY, MAR.CH 5, 1943 MWEB Flouts Unions In New Bonus Chisel ~ ^ ^ ^ ^ —torpedoes launched in Washington and aimed at organ­ ized labor. Of these Curran has nothing to say. The War Manpower Commision order, giving the Re­ cruitment and Manning Organization power to draft or Curran has a political line which demands the utmost defer seamen, is now in effect. In spite of the protests of aid for the Soviet Union^—and that's OK. But does he the SIU-SUP, this. finky government bureau has won think that servile appeasement of labor's enemies at home authority to line up the seamen and count out those who really aids the Soviet Union? •* 'stand firm in defense of their union If he does, he's nuts. The American industrialists will send just as much or as little aid to the Soviet Union as they think serves their purposes, and no screaming by Curran, no surrenders and retreats, no double crossing of his rank and file followers, will alter this picture. ' Actually, Curran does a great disservice to the cause of Democracy which'he claims to champion. No democ­ racy can exist without a strong an.d independent labor movement, and his refusal to fight the WSA fink campaign certainly aids the foes of unionism. Curran is long on wind, but in the final analysis he serves as a labor cover for those who hope to see the open shop return to the waterfront. li'' #- 'm-fi The MWEB is again violating the Statement of Principles under which labor agreed to its establishment. Reflecting the growing anti-labor atmosphere which prevades the various Washington martime bureaus, the Martime War Emergency Board has arrogently handed down decisions which eliminate area bonlises without even consulting with the Advisory Committee which includes representatives of the trade unions. RMO Extends Grip On Seamen; Labor Fears But no mentoin of that by Curran and his coterie. Ham Head is full of "Keep 'em Sailing" and "Damn Fink Hall After War the Torpedoes". But there are torpedoes here at home too Does he believe that the American industrialists would send one additional tank or gun to the Soviet Union if he scuttled his entire union and sent the men to fink halls? No. J BULLETIN! SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25 —This morning Judge Edmund F. Murphy of, ihe Superior Court, threw out of court the ill-smelling "Hampson-Prevost Suit" against Harry Lundeberg, President of the SlU. This suit was inspired' by Stalinist agents in the National Maritime Union and charged Lundeberg misappropriating with ^ISUkOOO in union funds. This action wrote finis to the notorious frame-up against Lundeberg which first was at­ tempted in January 1942. rights. How the RMO will use this new authority remains to be seen. It will be watched carefully, and any attempt to take advan­ tage of the new power and black ball militant union men, will be fought. In the meantime the union is not giving up the battle against rhis directive. Matthew Dushane, Washington Representative of the SIU-SUP, is continuing to meet with WMC odicials in an effort to get the order changed and to re­ move this club from over the sea­ men's heads. While the SIU-SUP battles the draft set-up, the RMO began to move in on other fronts and set itself up as dictator of ^all phases of maritime labor. In a speech de­ livered on Feb. 27, Marshall Dimock, director of the RMO, said that the RMO had "opened rest homes at Oyster Bay, New. York;^ Bay Ridge, Maryland; Gladstone, New Jersey; Pass Christian, Miss{Conthnied on Page 4) Ui Not only has the MWEB followed a provocatory proceedure, but it has performed functions outside of the limited jurisdiction laid down by labor at the time of its formation. Last month the MWEB handed down Amendment 10 and 11 to Decision 7 Revised. These amend­ ments eliminated long established area bonuses and susbstituted a new system of port and attack bonuses. The net result, sea­ men's wages would be cut. This procedure was immediately de­ nounced by the SIU-SUP and it was pointed out that it was the identical move which the MWEB attempted to pull last January and was knocked down. -f I Tlie SIU-SUP reminded the Board that it was. established to mediate disputes between operators and tmions and that no dispute on this matter existed. However, the Board preceded with its directives and the unions sent representatives to Washington in an effort to head off the wage cut. Secretary-Treasurer John Hawk went to Washington and with SIU-SUP Representative Matthew Dushane, attended the first meet­ ing of the Advisory Committee. The meeting was a farce. To begin with, two MWEB members. Frank Graham and John Steelman, were not even present. The third Board member, Captain Edwafd Macauley, opened the meeting but immediately turned it over to a subordinate and left the room. {Continued on Page A) New England Men Get Raw Deal From Phoney Referee These SlU men have had ships shot from under them one to three times in all parts of the world, and while they survived, 602 of their union's brothers did not, 60 SlU contracted ships have been lost since Pearl Harbor. But In spite of enemy subs an^^ bombers, SlU men continue to deliver the goods to all war fronts. (Standing left to rightFR- .C. Ricketts, Steward; Harry Clock, Oiler; J. L, Michaelas, Fireman; E. Aguirros, Watertender; .Gus Aim, Carpenter; Robert B. Graham, Ordinary arid Reginald Goodin, Cook. (Seated) AnUioiiy McMunn, Oiler; Andrew Lavazoli, Ordinary; Charles Allen, Able Seaman; Phole = man Mitthys, Fireman and Carville Councilman, Watertender. 1 P-- '.Ti li-" y •; "y,"., • Reasoning that "it Js not the, policy of the War Labor Board to upset long established wage differentials," and furthermore that shorcside common labor in the New Bedford area was only receiving 43 cents an hour, a WLB referee ruled last week that seamen on the New England Steamship Line were not entitled to jjie wage increases demanded by the SIU. The referee was a gentleman by the name of Robert S. Coit, and he handed down one of the phoniest decisions ever to come out of the WLB. His crack about the wage scales of shoreside commond la­ bor reveals his complete lack of understanding of the duties and re­ sponsibilities of seamen, and that his qualification as a labor referee arc sadly lacking. Coit's decision is full of shipowner figures and reasoning and winds up by denying the seamen every point asked by the union. His complete disregard of the facts presented by the union, afid his hand­ ing down of a decision that is full of concern over the employer profit rates but indifferent to the living standards of the men, in{Continued on Page 3) V • -t'l I •M' i 't.- la i I* .1; . �K 7• THE SEAFARERSVLOG Page Two PuMUM Dv th0 SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAI. UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlcmtic and Gulf IHidirict Unions Ask More Protection Prom Submarine War jw-> ^ Friday, Mircfc T, _ REPORT FROM Washington IffRlaMI wttH (A» Amtrioan PtOrnvtion 4f Laf>or HAHRY LUNDEBERQ, Int^matlonoa Pl«aid«nt 110 Morkat StrMt, Room 402, Sao Fraodaco, Uedif. 'ADDRMBB ALL OOBREBPONDENOa OONCBRNINO TSIB PVBUOAS'ION TO: "THE SWABEBS' LOG P. O. 25, Station P, New York, N. Y. Phone: BOwling Green 9-8346 rr THE HOBBS BILL Greater protection of merchant Vessels against the Axis submariuc peril, an all-out construction pro­ gram of high-speed cargo ships, and grcately stepped-up attacks on German submarine bases and con­ tinental shipyards were the high­ lights of an international maritime conference which was held recent­ ly in London, England, under the auspices of the International Trans­ port Wofkers' Federation, it was announced here yesterday. Bju Matiketo Dmhane Martirhe War Emergency Board: • We set up an Advisory Committee in compliance with the Stst^ ment of Frinciples, and the first meeting of this Committee with th4 MWEB Was held on Feb. 24, 1943. Captain Edward Macauley, chairman of the Board called the mce^ ing to order and then turned the chair over to Mr. Eric Nidsen, retary to the Board, and then lef^^the meeting. Frank P. Graham and John R. Steelman, other members, were also missing from the meeting. The meeting had to carry on without any Board members being present All the representatives of the Unions felt that this meeting was! not what they anticipated and felt that the members of the Boardi should be present to hear some of the problems that the unions are cortfronted with. They moved that in the future all members of the Board should be present at the meetings. i The only questions that can be aired out at the Advisory Commltttf meeting is what will be on the agenda. It will be necessary for th«j unions to submit their questions ten days ahead of the regularly schcd-> uled meetings, which are the last Wednesday of the month. I advise all branches to write their respective headquarters with any questions! they want discussed. In this way the headquarters can then pass thenaj along to the Board in tirrie. Opening wedge for the threatened anti=labor drive in Representatives of the seafarers the present CPngress is the so-called "anti-racketeering" of twelve Allied nations partici­ bill of Congr^sman Hobbs. ' - pated in the conference which ex­ ' It has evidently been picked for first consideration as pressed dissatisfaction over the in­ adequacy of protection of Allied bne of the more comouflaged anti-union bills and because convoys by escort vessels and air­ all true labor unionists hate racketeering like poison^ craft, and the apparent inability of But the fact of the matter is that federal and state the Allied governments to deal with anti-racketeering laws are already on the books, and all the maritime shipping and supply prob­ Hobbs bill does is to eliminate present language protecting lems in a more aggressive spirit. legitimate labor activities and to insert language that may The conferees tmanimously ap­ be used by anti-labor courts to destroy union organization. proved an action program outlin­ ing five principal points and de­ Manpower Commission: ^ This uiiloh-busting bill has been rushed through the manding that the Allies take im­ WarI have been trying all week to get the WMC to change the direci House Judiciary Committee without any hearings. Urge mediate steps to put the proposals tive whereby the RMO is to act. as agents for the Commission in thq your Congressman to insist on hearings and to see that the of maritime unions into practice. matter of seamen's deferments and time allowed ashore in between bill is defeated. ^^ The five points are; Greater pro­ ships. As we are the only unions protesting this directive, it makes it veiTi^ tection for convoys; organization difficult for us to get certain people in the WMC to change this direc­ of special convoys composed of fast cargo vessels, now sailing tive. However, I am of the opinion that if the other unions knew of either alone or with slow-moving this directive and studied its angles, they would also protest it. The ships; immediate building of high­ number of the directive is XVIII and. the memorandum of Selective speed vessels for the above pur­ Service is number 182. It may be obtained at any local Selective Serv­ i poses; strict vigilance of sliips in ice board. port and control of the persons al­ I have another meeting scheduled for Monday with the WMC oif lowed to enter docks and harbor this directive and we may be able to get some action then. ^ areas; offensive measures against The old grey marc of the SIU merchant fleet has finally come to submarine bases and shipyards on Office Of Defense Transportation: rest in Davey Jones' locker. Many of the brothers remember her when There are plans for construction of new barges and tow-boats foi" the European continent. she battled 3 submarines off Norfolk sinking one of them, damaging the transportation of petroleum products from the Texas fields to the Charles Jarman, secretary of the another—the third submarine beat it. That was the time when the east coast. Also, there is serious manpower shortages in the inland crew got together and donated $330 to the Navy men for their marks­ British National Union of Seamen waterways, Rivers, harbors and Great Lakes. manship. There is a shell in Headquarters with both tfie licensed and and a member of the management The ODT feels that there may be a need for Federal recruitment! committee of the I. T. F., was par­ vn-licensed personnel's names attached to it. ticularly outspoken in his criticism and training program and they have requested the opinions of the uruOn her next voyage she was a little way off Boston when a torpedo of the lack of convoy protection. ons. I have advised the ODT that I will attend this meeting. I wOuld knocked off her propcllor. Her guns started to pop in every direction "Our men are by no means getting therefore, like suggestions from our members who are acquainted with and the Coast Guard came out and towed her to Boston. After being a fair deal," he declared. Jarman the manpower problems in these areas. repaired, she made the trip to Russia with 2400 tons of TNT in her reported that the British Admiralty iioids, and she got thru to Murmansk in spite of torpedoes and dive had assured him "that the safety bombers. Three days out of Murmansk on her way home, a torpedo p£ Britain's merchant ships and the gallant men serving in them is re­ finally got her. None of the, crew was lost. garded^ as a duty of supreme im­ The official balloting committee of the Sailors Union of the Pa­ portance," but pointed out that cific made its report on Feb. 8, and announced the re-election of Harry A A A such assurances were hardly Lundeberg as Secretary-Treasurer. The great majority of the incum­ Albert Bernard (Tiny Tim) Moses has shipped out. His shipmate enough. "I continue to insist that bent officers were returned with Brother Lundeberg, most of them Ernest Tenkanen informed us of the fact, while drinking in a barroom protection by aircraft and escort in Hoboken. Kris Hurst and his shadow T. Miller arc anxious to see vessels ds far from adequate," he without opposition. Following are the SUP officers for 1943: ' their shipmates get home so they can settle their beef. John King wrote concluded. SECRETARY-TREASURER SAN PEDRO AGENT us from New Orleans that he intends to get his ticket soon. Lucas Harry Lundeberg Harlan Snow . Gurimbalaen, who is Steward aboard a tanker, wants to be remembered OFFICE UNION RUNS ASSISTANT SECRETARY PATROLMAN to his friends. He has been away over a year at sea. What a payoff SEAMEN'S CANTEEN John De Rocco Loui Cochran FIRST S. F. PATROLMAN HONOLULU AGENT he'll have when he returns. I Max Weisbarth Carl Christiansen • A Saturday night schedule from A A A NEW YORK AGENT 7:30 to dawn and entertainment SECOND PATROLMAN Lee Barlow . Morris Weisberger Don Ronan and Arthur Thompson have returned from a six by various celebrities of stage, DISPATCHER PATROLMAN months voyage. Don expects to be married soon. He will be following screen and radio will feature the John Palazio r Jack Dwyer in the footsteps bf Jean Peterson, who was married two weeks ago. SEATTLE AGENT : TRUSTEES: operation of Canteen 19, for mer­ Baltimore and Norfolk are busy these days, with plenty of ships in port. Ed Coester Lee Barlow The F.B.I, is going to crack down on all seamen who notify their Draft chant seamen and all members of PATROLMAN John De Rocco Harry Johnson John Lavoie iBoards that they're aboard a ship, and then quit on sailing day. So get the armed forces, at 160 5 th Ave­ PORTLAND AGENT Harry Lundeberg, nue, under auspices of Local 19, / Wise, or you'll regret it. John Massey Max Weisbarth Social Service Employes Union. The union, an affiliate of the Sailors Union of llio Facific UOPWA, opened the canteen this Constitutional Ohangres: ATLANTIC AND GULF SEIPPING FOR 1. The initiation fee shall be $25, and shall accompany the applica­ week. tion of ftiembership, and the dues shall be $2 per month, payable in ad­ FEB. 8 TO 20 INCLUSIVE In addition to regular entertain­ vance. In unorganized fields the Initiation Fee shall be determined from ^ DECK ENGINE STEWARD TOTAL ment, Canteen 19 will also provide time to time by the membership. 2. Upon joining the Union members shall receive a probationary SHIPPED 370 258 300 928 recreational facilities, dancing and membership certificate which they shall hold for 12 months. reading and library room. AIL REGISTERED ^6 285 215 796 3. Providing increase in officials wages, and $5 assessment for Gen­ members of the armed forces and eral Fund to cover such increases and Increased taxes and supplies ON HAND 474 &31 217 1252 the merchant marine are welcome. for SUP. Out of the Focs^l by S- ^ SUP '43 Election Returns --iS. ^ Is?'/ . j. • �Aroundi the Ports PORT EVERGLADES ./ they return home after the war is w«m, they want employment where they can work under American conditions and earn a decent liv­ ing for themselves and their fam­ ilies. That is one of the tilings for which we are fighting. So, M'r. Pegler and Mr. Kalten­ born, when you are blasting labor and the working man to the pub­ lic, remember that the laboring man IS the public, and that a large" part of our armed forces came from the ranks of labor. ' Yours truly, J. K. Shaunghnessy, Agent Attention; Mr. Westbrook Pcgler and Mr. H. V. Kaltenborn: I have noticed in your com­ ments on the world news that you often, directly or in^rectly, ac­ cuse brganizcd labor of holding up the production of essential war materials. Perhaps you are not fa­ miliar with the production of these materials. If you are, surely you know that ordanance, muni­ tions, clothing, medical supplies food stuffs are being produced faster and in larger quantities than the brass hats and bureaucrats can devise ways and means to trans­ port them to the areas in which they are needed. In analyzing your analysis of the news and the manner in which you publish it, it seems that you are quick to exaggerate the mistakes of Labor, yet you are slow to rec­ ognize the good accomplishments of Labor. In several cases you have I)foclaimed to the world that the men in our armed forces were ashamed of the manner in which the people at home were prosecut­ ing the war effort. Recently I talked to several Marines who have teturned from Guadalcanal to re­ cover from wounds received in battle. In every case their stories were the same. The news broad­ casts and the newspaper columnists have painted such a black picture of strikes, walkouts and food hoarding, that they believed the country to be on the verge of a revolution. Usually when talking with men just returned from the battle zones, I ask them for their opinion of organized labor, and if they be­ lieve labor is supporting them as it should. In almost every case each man has said that he not only believes in organized labor, but that the men in the armed forces aie depending on organized labor to protect and maintain the wage and work standards that are part of the American way of life. When SAVANNAH Shipping has been damn good here in the last couple of weeks. One ship out of Wilmington and one out of Savannah. Am expect­ ing another one out of Wilmington on the 22 nd of March and one out of Savannah about the same time. For the last year it has been brought to the attention of the War Shipping Administration and the Maritime Commission that cer­ tain changes on these ships were absolutely necessary due to the fact of the increase of armed guards, they put on these ships the less space there is available for seamen and everytime you bring this mat­ ter to their attention they holler there is a war going on. If the sail­ ors don't know there is a war go­ ing on who does? If the War Shipping Admirastration and Maritime Commission should just forget about this war business for a little while and change the forecastle so that they won't have to pack the sailors into these cubby holes that are called rooms and cause the Company who operate these ships to spend a lot of money and time trying to im­ prove conditions. Some . £ these mud-scows that they are building now are worse than thosj wooden schooners that used to run in the 19th century. These same bureaucrats had better wake up to the fact that this is a BOSTON A very hectic two weeks! Paid off three ships and creWed up five ships including 3 new Libertys, And the weather these last two weeks! Twenty-two below zero along the docks and a thirty mile wind to boot. For a couple of days I thought I was a polar ex­ plorer. Everything finally squared except a few beefs which must be settled down South. Sam Bayne, former Boston pa­ trolman was in town, a victim of a sub, but looking just as chipper as ever and sporting a great big bearskin coat, a gift from Russia. He's going out again as Steward. Good luck Sam! Well, there's been a bit of pub­ licity about the heroic men of the U. S. Merchant Marine but evi­ dently Mr. Morgenthau believes they are an exception as they are being taxed 5 per cent more than any other class for earnings made in 1942. As a gesture of real re­ spect this money should be return­ ed to these men who certainly earn it the hard way. Mr. Eddie Rickenbacker spoke over the radio last week and sounded like a very illiterate reac­ tionary. He squawked like hell about the workers working only 40 hours a week at straight time and squawked still louder about getting time and one-half for overtiniie work, but boy did he squawk about the President's suggestion that a ceiling be put on earnings of twenty-five thousands a year. Poor Mr. Rickenbacker may have to take a cut to bring his earnings down to 25 grand a year. JOHN MOGAN, Agent MERCHANT SAILORS JOBS PROTECTED Seafarers' Log- HONOR ROLL ——————— • —^ CREW S. S. JAMES CAULDWELL $34.91 CREW S. 8. COLABEE 29.07 CREW S. S. iBENJ. WILLIAMS 20.00 CREW S. S. DELMAR 19.50 CREW S. 8. FRANCIS MARION 19.00 CREW 8. 8. LAFAYETTE ....14.50 CREW 8. 8. RAFAEL 8EMM8 14.00 CREVy S. 8. BENJ. CHEW 14.00 CREW 8. 8. T. ROBERTSON 12.75 CREW 8. 8. J08IAH BARTLETT 8.70 CREW 8. 8, ALCOA MASTER 7-00 CREW 8. 8. PAN CRESCENT 5.35 A. PAGE 2.00 F. E. PHILIPS 2:00 C. F. 8ALZM AN 1.00 W. F. HARDEMAN 1.00 . CHARLES McCULLOUGH TOTAL .....! democracy and that a sailor has a right to a decent place to live and also a decent place to keep himself clean. Hoping that some of those swiv­ el chair warmers read this article so that they can take some action. Steady as she goes CHARLES WAID, Agent ••••• l-O® ;. .$205.76 'A---'•• • " • •• WASHINGTON, Feb. 4—The House Merchant Marine Commit­ tee approved today a bill (HR 133) to preserve the status of mer­ chant seamen as private employes while serving on vessels owned or operated by the Government through the War Shipping Admin­ istration. Practically all seagoing tonnage now is owned or operated directly by the Government with the own­ ers acting only as agents for the Government. Thus under existing law seamen technically become Government employes and have surrendered many of their rights as employes of private industry in exchange for what they consider less desirable privileges. The committee also approved a bill (HR 131) to provide re-employmejit rights for persons who leave their jobs to serve in the merchant marine during the wai". SEAFARERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICAN ATLANTIC and GULF DISTRICT Secretary-Treasurer's Office ROOM 213 — 2 STONE STREET, NEW YORK CITY P.O. Bex 29, Station P. Phone BOwlins Green 8-8346 .:i _ mi Directory of Branches BRANCH NEW YORK BOSTON BALTIMORE PHILADELPHIA NORFOLK NEW ORLEANS SAVA^AH TAMPA. n.i-V: CA^y^TON...... FT. LAUDERDALE ADDRESS 2 Stone St. Dispatcher'a Office >HONE . BOwling- Green 9-8346 .BOwIing Green 9-3437 MO "AtiiilHi' XVe'.! .Liberty 4057 ....14 North Gay St, Eaivert 4539 6 North 6th St ' Lombard 7661 25 Commercial PI .Norfolk 4-1083 309 Chartres Stf. ........ .Canal 3336 218 Eaat Bay SL Savannah 3-1728 423 East Piatt St Tampa MM-1323 Conception SL..., Dial 2-1392 Ponce de Leon .Puerto de Tlerra 219 20lh Street .Galveston 2-8043 2021 S. Federal Highway, New England Men Get Raw Deal From Phoney Referee {Continued from Page 1) / dicates the rankest sort of anti-labor bias. While Coit is greatly concerned that the shipowner should con­ tinue to make a high rate of profit, his decision may in the end re­ act against the very men he is attempting to protect—for the NewEngland Steamship Company may well experience difficulty in finrling seamen willing to work under the present rate of pay and working conditions. The SIU has been able to persuade these men to continue manning the boats on the basis that the WLB would review their case and adjust wages. But if Mr. Colt's line is to carry the day—we would hesitate to issue any guarantee that New England could find crew? in the future. We find it difficult to believe, however, that the WLB would uphold the Coit decision. We have prepared a new appeal which will be carried over Coit's head, and we expect that his position will bg thrown into the ash can by the National War Labor Board. The following excerpts from the SIU brief reveal the actual conditions under which the New England men work, and the modest demands upon the shipov/ners made by the union. SIU BRIEF The unlicensed personnel of the New England Steamship Company is fully qualified and endorsed by the United States Steamship Inspec­ tion service. The certificates issued by this body to New England sea­ men as Able Seamen, Oilers, Firemen, Stewards, Cooks and Messmeri require the same experience and knowledge as men sailing the Great Lakes or deep sea to foreign countries. The unlicensed personnel is, therefore, comparable to the ships crews throughout the industry in skill and experience, and should re­ ceive a wage comparable to their value to the operator and in accordance with industry standards. The working conditions and wage scales of the New England line are sub-standard when compared with similar operations of other com­ panies in the maritime industry. The New England boats compare ia size and operation to the boats on the Great Lakes. The SIU holds con­ tracts with the Great Lakes operators, all of which are far superior to the contract held with New England. The following table shows how the scales of the War Labor Board and the New England Steamship Company compare: • War Labor Board $178,00 monthly basepay. 44.50 per week for 56 hrs. New England Steamship Co. $92.50 montlily base pay. 26.46J4 per week for 56 hour* three months of the year— 70 hours for nine months of the year. Oiler $178.00 monthly base pay. 44.50 per week for 56 hrs. $102.50 monthly base pay. 27.59 per week for 56 hrs. Cook $223.00 monthly base pay. 57.75 per week for 56 hrs. in span of 84 hrs. $122.50 nionthly base pay 36.11 per week for 63 hourS in span of 84. Porters $138.00 monthly base pay. 34.50 per week for 56 hrs. in span of 84 hrs. $70.00 monthly base pay. 20.02 per week for 63 hours in span of 84. Able Seaman #• Not only does the wage scale of the New England line compare imfavorably with that paid by Great Lakes operators, but also with that paid by other New England Coast operators engaged in similar trade. This can be proven by an examination of standard contracts held for such work in this area by the International Longshoremen's Association (AFL). The New England Steamsliip Company wage scales are not only substandard when compared with the Great T.akes Contracts, and when compared with East Coast ILA contracts, but also when compared with {Continued on Page 4) M �THE SEAFARERS' LOG Friday, March 5, 1945 MWEB Fliouts Unions "We demand that the MWEB tion taken by Hawk, Dushanc and {Continued from Page 1) immediately call a meeting, at­ the Advisory Commi«ee and in­ In reporting this meeting to the tended by all members of the structed Hawk to send to the membership in New York on Board, at which the Advisory March 1, Brother John Hawk said, Board the following protests and Committee will have an opportun­ "The meeting was pointless. The resolutions: ity to present its view on the March 2, 1943 unions had sent men to Washing­ Amendments 10 and 11 to De­ Maritime War Emergency Board ton to discuss this matter, but cision 7. Revised. Capt. Edward Macauley, Chairman there were no Board members pres­ ent to listen to us. We were left Dr. John R. Steelman • "We further demand that in the beating our gums to the four Dr. Frank P. Graham , future the MWEB meet with the Washington, D.C. Advisory Committee and consider walls." After some discussion among Geiiclemen: its opinion? before handing down The Atlantic and Gulf membets any new decisions, or arnendments themselves, the Advisory Commit­ tee voted unanimously to request of the . Seafarers International to existing decisions." the MWEB to withhold the two Union went on record March 1, - I would like to point out that new amendments until the next 1'943 to condemn the dictatorial this Union's position relative to the meeting of the Advisory Commit­ action taken by your body in powers granted the Board was tee so that labors* opinions could be handing downr Amendment 10 and clearly outlined in my communi­ heard. 11 to Decision 7, Revised, -without cation to the Board dated January No sooner had the Advisoryr consulting the Advisory Commit­ 12, 1943 when we opposed Committee left town that the tee. Amendment" 9 to Decision 7, Re­ MWEB announced that the two This union passed unanimously vised. These latest amendments disputed amendments woiild be ef­ the following resolution: This is brother Ben Rosen standing beside his painting which are, in our opinion, the same as fective pn March 1. ' "We, members of the Atlantic won the $100 first prize at the USS art show held in New York Amendment 9—outside of the jur­ In denouncing this action. and Gulf District of the Seafarers la&t month. isdiction of the Board and consti­ Brother Hawk chafged that "this International Union, protest the tute a clear infringement of the is strictly dictatorship." He an­ arrogant action of the Maritime Statement of Principles. nounced that the SIU-SUP would War Emergency Board in handing May I emphasize again that the immediately protest the flaunting down Amendment 10 and 11 to of Union riglits. Decision 7 Revised, without con­ Advisory Committee was unani­ "This action," said Hawk, "is a sulting the Advisory Committee as mous in its motion to withhold challenge to all maritime unions. If provided in the Statement Of Prin­ Amendments 10 and 11 to De­ cision 7, Revised, until we had an the MWEB gets away with it, ciples. opportunity to present our view there is no telling where they will "We fully concur in, and en­ stop." dorse the action of the Advisory to you. seamen under its thumb. The pro­ -The entire Atlaptic and Gulf Committee in protesting this high {Continued from Page 1) Your flouting of this request re­ gress it has already made in this membership has endorsed the posi­ handed procedure. veals the attitude of a dictator and issippi; and San Mateo County, direction was revealed when Dimconstitutes a grave threat to all California, in order to take care, of ock said in his speech on Feb. 27 waterfront democracy and trade seamen in this country." that in the past nine months his unionism. Has the RMO i>ow become a outfit had placed 20,000 men on .charity outfit? We were under the Very truly youXs, ships, and it now placing them at impression that these rest hornes JOHN HAWK jhad been opened by United Sea­ the rate of 1,000 per month. This means that every month men's Service—or has the RMO ' {Continued from Page 3) 1,000 men are being shipped out taken that over also? of a potential fink hall and have SIU contracts held with companies performing the same services as that In the first place there is a rec­ no contacts with the unions. If performed by the New England Steamship Company. To prove this, ognized Marine Hospital Service the RMO plans are realized, this we enter as exhibit No. 4 the contract held by the SIU with the Frelihew tmdcr the United States Public number will multiply many tiipes Southern Corporation. Powerful West Coast steamship Health Service with full and com­ and (the RMO hopes) the union interest were accused this week by In view of the above evidence and exhibits, the SIU is asking that plete equipment and skilled physi­ hiring halls will be vacant. Captain J. J. Delaney, president of the New England Steamship Company conform to the standards al­ cians to take care of any condition Dimock's hopes were frankly the Masters, Mates and Pilots of ready set in the industry. The Union is not asking that the New Eng­ that might arise among seamen. expressed when he said, "the RMO America, of reneging on their Why should the RMO—a gov­ land line meet the scale established on the Great Lakes, nor even that seems to be on the threshold of promise to make use of mediatioft ernment body—which now claims responsibility for unified manning established by the ILA. The Union is only demanding that the New machinery set up by the govern­ that it has set up these rest homes England Line eliminate the most obvious and unjust differentials in the ment for the settlement, of dis­ of all water transportation." ' —be shaking a can to support following manner: Each month that passes finds putes. themselves in competition with a 1. Increase in the monthly scale of wages for all unlicensed rat­ the RMO strengthened and in a recognized and established ' GovUnless these shipping magnates better position to combat the ings of $40,000. , ernment service? end their defiance of UnClc Sam in unions after the war ends. Much 2. Overtime increase for all ratings of 10c per hour. , • We arc forced to the conclus­ wartime, their tactics'may provoke of its progress to date has been due 3. Increase in hourly pay for all ratings to $1 per hour. ion that RMO has embarked upon a strike of 1,300 Pacific Coast to the fact that the unions were -4. Contract heading Deck Department Section 2 to read: a course of collusion with a group members of the union, Delaney not fully aware of the anti-union "Eight hours shall constitute a day's work; Any work performed in warned. of professional "charitieers" who character of its program. Now excess of eight hours, from midnight to midnight, shall be paid for ^t •; are' exploiting the heroism of the the pattern- is clear., All unions "Some time ago representative# American Seamen and using them the regular overtime rate. Second mates, Boatswains and deck hands must b'? on their guard and pre­ of the shipbuilding industry and as a chariot for their cushy jobs.. shall work eight consecutive hours per day based on the three watch pared for struggle. maritime unions agreed upon a no^ It's about time to call for an ' The final show down may not system." strike, no-lockout policy," De^ investigation of this racket—since . ; A A A come immediately — the entire laney said. "An agreement waS the American Seamen have long fight may be postponed until af­ ,In addition to these arguments, the SIU pres<;nted wage exhibits reached also on creation of a Mar­ since made it clear that they want ter the war when an all out effort in the form of ILA contracts throughout the New Bedford area cov­ itime Wax Emergency Board- to ad­ no charity and certainly want no will be made to smash our condi­ ering over 70 operators. All exhibits proved beyond question that , the, just controversies, the board's de­ regimcntatioff from a group of tions. But one thing is now clear men on the New England boats were being payed fax less than the cision to be final. professional bureaucrats and pub­ —the fight is inevitable. licity seekers. prevailing scale for like work In the area. , "Recently, our. West Coast lo­ : . It is obvious that the RMO is And to this, Mr. Coit blandly replied that "it is not the policy cals made a request for an increase trying to squee.ze into every ser­ of the War Labor Board to upset long established wage differentials." in salaries of licensed deck men, to vice connected with seamen. And ROBERT D. EISENGRAEBER; If this is the case, then labor was defrauded when, it was. persuaded to bring their scales up to the levels this;is no accident or case of bu­ Contact your draft board at ones. give up the right to strike and depend upon the WLB for adjustment prevailing on East- Coast ships," NICOLA SCEARIDIA: Your reaucratic bungling. The RMO is Delaney said. of wage inequalities. • book has been found and returneH out to build k permanent organi­ Coit, in jdenying all of the union demands, makes much of the "We got nowhere in negotiations zation that will continue after the to the office of the Secretary-Treawith the Pacific-American Steam­ fact that New Bedford is a low Wage area. What .sort of finky rea­ war. It is shaping up into the ship Association, which represents soning is that? If the men have received starvation wages in the past, modern equivalent of the old BONUS BEEF all the companies on the Western under Goit's logic they should continue to receive them for the dura­ Shippings Board and its chain of The West Coast o"f South Amer­ seaboard. Then we sought to havefink hiiing halls which reduced ica Beef has finally been settled. tion of the war. ' . V the. issue adjudicated by the Em­ r ""the seamen to slavery after the last The crews that made the last trips The SIU has prepared an appeal which will be forwarded to the ergency Board, but the'asscvlation war. on the Flomar," Pierce Butler, Berij. War Labor Board this week. The Union will demand that the full through its counsel, Gregory Har­ A step at a time, the RMO exr Chew, Alcoa Patriot and Alcoa board review-Coit's outrageous decision and takg a position so that rison, refused to go along with tends its jurisdiction and expands Pioneer can collect their, money at the seamen :will know jtist what sort of a deal they can expect in. this procedure, thus plainly violaC? its functions. By the time the war Calmar Line, 25 Broadway and Al­ ing wartime pledge. -. 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LEADERS ARE BLIND TO FINKS MWEB FLOUTS UNIONS IN NEW BONUS CHISEL RMO EXTENDS GRIP ON SEAMEN; LABOR FEARS FINK HALL AFTER WAR NEW ENGLAND MEN GET RAW DEAL FROM PHONEY REFEREE THE HOBBS BILL UNIONS PROTECTION FROM SUBMARINE WAR SUP '43 ELECTION RETURNS MERCHANT SAILORS JOBS PROTECTED SHIPOWNERS GIVE MMP RUN AROUND IN PACIFIC Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 03/05/1943 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1943 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/d75ba2f5af919f2b79d9d62f23ea60b5.PDF 97e4de57bc6a9b730a706d5a58c8c4f8 PDF Text Text :k' '• Official Organ of the Seafarers International Union of North America VOL. X SlU Prepares Quiz Form To Aid Aliens NEW YORK, N. Y., FRIDAY. MARCH 5, 1948 New Great lakes Drhe Great Lakes seamen, in accordance with a resolxition adopted by the Great Lakes District, are urged to return immediately to the Lakes to assist in the 1948 organising drive in that area. Fitting out period has already started, and experienced seamen are needed to continue the organizing work started last year. In 1947 the SIU made great headway on the Lakes, succeeding where the NMU and the company-dominated Lakes Carriers Association tailed. This year can be even better, as many elections have al­ ready been petitioned tor. But it will take men sailing the ships to insure SIU victories. The Great Lakes District has recommended that all men carrying GL books be prohibited trom sailing deep-water ships until the close ot the season on the Lakes. This request will be tollowed by the Atlantic and Gulf District. It is the duty ot every Great Lakes seaman to head im­ mediately tor that section so that his experience and ability can be utilized. No. 10 Membership Approval Seen For Resolutlens On Referendum Ballot As part of the SIU's program to relieve the problems facing the alien membeis, a question­ Membership reaction to the Referendum, which naire has been prepared to de­ termine the status of each nonstarts on March 10 and continues through April citizen member and is now avail­ 10, has been so overwhelmingly in favor of the two able in all ports. The form, compiled by the assessments and the Shipping Rules changes that Special Services Department, asks eight questions involving there is no doubt that all four propositions will be dependents, visas and application carried by extremely large majorities. Singly, and for citizenship. The answers will give the Union concrete data as in groups, many Seafarers have been coming to to the number of aliens in the tthe LOG office to record their SIU and their citizenship status. approval of the measures de­ This information will be espe­ signed to strengthen the Union cially pertinent at this time, in view of the expected discontinu­ in preparation for anything the ance of the waiver allowing shipowners and/or the govemaliens aboard subsidized ships. m.ent bureaucrats might have up The law, when the waiver is their sleeves. On page 16 is a lifted, will require crews to be sampling of the opinions ex­ composed of American citizens, the United States, which is ship- without gratuities from Congress By JOHN BUNKER with the exception of 10,percent pressed thus far. Before Congressmen put on poor when it comes to any kind at the expense of the American allowed to sail in the Stewards All four of the propositions are of passenger carrier, but in Bri­ taxpayer and our reserve fleet. their Santa Glaus suits again and Department of passenger ships. very important to the future tain. In service now between Liver­ On unsubsidized ships — of play "we've-got-'em, you-can- British yards are busy night pool and Boston for the Furness- well-being of the organization. which there are very few—the haye-'em" with what remains of and day building the medium- Warren Line are the cargo-liners One proposal is for a $10.00 crews will still be allowed to our war-built merchartt ships, it size, speedy cargo ships that will Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, strike assessment, which will would be wise for the Washing­ have 25 percent aliens. be seen in increasing numbers built in British yards to replace build up the Union's strike What this will mean is shown ton solons to have a look at for­ on the world's trade routes dur­ two former Furness-Warren ships treasury to such a point that the " by the present difficulty in plac­ eign shipyards and see what'^ ing the months to come. shipowners will not be too 'will­ lost during the war. ing aliens aboard ships in New been happening lately. ing to force the SIU out on the Part of the Marshall Plan, as Typical of this freighter pro­ In ,3 way, these splendid new York, many of whom find tliempicketlines. you probably know, is a pro­ duction is the motorship Aeneas, vessels compare with the old selves on the beach over the 29 Another measure to be voted vision to sell and charter to for­ a 450-footer of 9,300 tons recent­ United States Lines fleet of pop­ day limit even under the 25 on is the 1948 $10.00 Building eign flags some 500 ships from ly turned out for the Blue Fun­ ular cargo-passenger ships that Assessment. Some of the SIU percent rule. our reserve fleets. nel Line, and the 9,000-ton San- ran between Boston, New York Branches are already housed in OLDTIMERS PRODDED Figures in Lloyd's Register of gola, twin-screw dry-cargo, reef­ and London, for they have ac­ buildings belonging to the Union. commodations for about 145 pas­ In an effort to relieve this, the Shipping, just released, show the er ship for the British India sengers at very nominal rates. Where the Union is forced to New York membership passed a interesting fact that Great Bri­ Steam Naviagation Company. motion calling upon aliens who tain aqd Northern Leland built, Now calling at American ports The United States still lacks rent space, this money spent is "have the required amount of sea- during 1947, more than 1,200,000 are more evidences that the Bri­ such combination ships in the wasted and represents no invest­ ment for the organization. For time to take steps toward gain­ tons of shipping. This is only tish, like most of the foreign North Atlantic trade. this reason, among others, senti­ ing their citizenship. Those who slightly more than these two maritime nations, are able to Sister ships, the Nova Scotia ment in the Union is almost 100 do not take steps are to be ship-minded areas turned out in take care of their shipping needs (Contimied on Page }) percent for adoption of the penalized by not being allowed 1946. measme. to ship until they take action The United States, resting on This, of course, does not apply its war-won laurels, built only THEYHE FOR IT to those without sufficient sea- 164,000 tons of new ships last On the Shipping Rules changes time. They are not affected at year. there is not the same unanimity all. The purpose of the move The British are making up— of opinion that thei-e is on the was to prod those members who and at a fast clip—for the 2,400 two assessments. However, what have been in this country ten, merchant ships they lost during Soon to come off the presses, bureaucrats that the SIU will opposition has been voiced fifteen or more years and have as World War II. in quantities sufficient to place not stoop to toadying or stooging, has been in the minority. yet taken no steps toward citi­ one in the hands of each SIU but is prepared to fight to main­ One of the changes involves K MODERN GIANT member, is the revised edition tain what has been won by promotions aboard ship, and zenship. Now being finished by the In addition, the Special Serv­ famous John Brown yard on the of "Strikes and Strike Strategy." militant trade union action. should these promotions be pre­ ices Department recommends Clyde is the SS Caronia of the This valuable handbook, which In line with this program, a vented, except in cases of ex-. that aliens who have never made Cunard Line, largest ship being concisely points out the correct revised system of picketboards treme emergency, it would mean legal entry into the country take built anywhere in the world to­ methods of using the strike wea­ and picket registration has been less time on the beach for regis­ steps towards gaining visas, so day. pon, will soon be distributed to drawn up, and will very shortly tered men. Shipboard promotions that they can then take coastwise She's a 715-foot giant, mea­ all Atlantic and Gulf District be in the hands of all Port can, and are, sometimes used to Agents. ships. sures 34,000 gross tons, and is ports. promote dissension in the crew, : The best part of the union's named after a former Caronia This action is being taken All ports are going ahead with and elimination of this type of efforts will be made in gaining which sailed under Cunax'd Line because the Agents, in the plans to set up strike kitchens. favoritism would strengthen the citizenship for those who are colors way back in the colorful rec'ently-concluded Conference, In the 1946 General Strike, the Union internally. eligible. Atlantic passenger trade era be­ came to the conclusion that the kitchens established in each port As far as the fourth item on These men should start pro­ fore the first World War. shipowners and the government were a big factor in the total the referendum is concerned, ceedings by going to the De­ As passenger ships go; the would certainly conspire to force victory which was won by the most of the people who volun­ teered an opinion thought that partment of Immigration and Caronia is no mammoth, but she the SIU to take strike action to Union. ^ Officials of the SIU called upon Wipers and Ordinaries should probably sets the stage for what Naturalization in any port. Durprotect the Hiring Hall and the C /•' the membership to support the dean the crew's quarters, as per /ing proceedings it will be neces­ large liners will be built in the Rotary Shipping system. sary to prove employment which future, and "give-away-minded" By making available this valu­ program wholeheartedly, and to contract, but that the rest of the the Union will furnisH by Congressmen can note that this able pamphlet, the Union servep read the new booklet SfS soon as crew should coc^erate' in every big baby is npt being built by notice on the operators and the it is a' pcffi^e way. notarized statements. /Ifote To Big-H&irted Cougressmen: British ByiU Ships JitJl Fast Rate Hew Book On Strike Strategy Sclieiluled For Early Publication �Page Two THE S EAFARERS • . • SEAFARERS LOG LOG Friday* March 5, 1948 .... # # # (^EWAieWERRS) NOW. (POST-WAf^ Published Weekly by the t-SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District f ' T' .k Affiliated with the American Federatien oi X<abor At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 PAUL HALL ------ Secretary-Treasurer Editorial Board J. p. SHULER i'S'.- PAUL HALL JGE ALGINA - Entered as second class matter June 15, 1945, at the Post Office in New York, N. Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912. George K. Novick, Editor 267 i"-'-d-'\ I'i I It: I ••!/ III ilt? II Thieves Will Fall Out When thieves fall out, there's usually quite a lot of blood spilled, anc} sometimes an innocent bystander gets his head bashed in. That's what is happening right now. The thieves are the communists and their wartime buddies, the bosses and the government bureaucrats. Now that these groups are at each others throats, their war­ time pledges of undying love have been forgotten. And the part of the tjadc union movement which never played footsie with the communists or the bosses or the " Washington red-tape artists is also suffering hammer blows from the hysterical anti-labor forces in this country. It was not so very long ago that Basil Harris, presi­ dent of the United States Lines made a glowing speech in tribute to Ferdinand Smith, secretary of the NMU. It made no difference to him that Smith was and is a member of the communist party. It made no differ­ ence to Harris and the high-ranking brass hat^ of tlie Maritime Commission that practically all of the officials of the NMU were at that time and still are for that matter, members of the communist party, as long as the .Commies played the bosses' game. Other bosses and other government agencies treated communists with the same respect and consideration dur­ ing and after the war, to the detriment of those unions which were not led ©t controlled by -Moscow agents. Whenever a CP union came up against a non-commie outfit, the government leaned over backward to give every break to Stalin's boys. And the bosses followed this same lead. These are the Union-Brothers currently in the marine hospitals, Tell Basil Harris or Admiral Land—or plenty of the as reported by the Port Agents. These Brothers find time hanging •others:—that they are partially responsible for Russia's heavily on' their hands. Do what you can to cheer them up by latest rape of Czechoslovakia, and they would probably writing to them. think you are crazy. Yet it's true. M. V. MOBLEY NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL By consorting with known party-liners, these men LEROY CLARKE RUDOLPH SCHMIDT lent an aura of respectability to the communist machine. JOHN E. KENNAIR DENNIS. SAUNDERS LUCIEN MARRERO Yes, even the late President Roosevelt and many mem­ NORMAN A. CAMPBELL E. BOWERS FRANK MARTIN bers of his official family are guilty of having helped to" JOHN SCARA ' HARRY R. LEWIS build up world-wide sentiment for the communists and WAYNE NAPIER OLAF HERMANSON the Soviet Union. WALTER B. ORMAN A. J. STEPHENS We in the SIU got no break from the government. GEORGE D. BRADY WALTER J.'^HANEY MARIANO MALESPIN Everything that the Union gained before, duripg, and A. AMUNDSEN STANISLAUS LeBLANCE after the war was won the hard way. We had tliree LAURENCE A. HOLMES AARON C. McALPIN fppponents—the operators, the government, and the CP JAMES LEA COY PAXTON ERNEST M. LOOPER Isacks. t t 4. JOSEPH DENNIS All that is happening points up once more the cor­ JAMES T. O'DONNELL STATEN ISLAND rectness of the Seafarers' position in refusing to stooge CENTRAL MASON J. H. HOAR C. GREEN for the-government in return for "favors." We had said ANTHONY M. LIPARI J. SLAMAN and t-ime again that we will not make opportunistic ABRAHAM A. SAMPSON P. FRANKMANIS K. WESTERGAARD deals iwith the shipowners or their friends, the bureau­ J. McNEELY WM. H. HACKET crats. We stand for a strong labor movement, free from any type of governmental. control, and free to combat Rotary Shipping system. We will fight all the way and the bosses on an equal plane, without the cards being not accept, any "deals," which in the final analysis would stacked against the working stiff. mean the end of our union. To that end we reiterate a three point program 3. We have and will continue to have a strong and which is the keynote of our philosophy: alert membership and union, w^l aware of the facts, 1. We want and wiJtl fight for a strong merchant which can and will fight unceasingly against any attempts marine manned by American Trade Union seamen, free by the operators, the bureaucrats, or the. communists to from Coast Guard control and government regimentation enslave chr free labor movenaent. of those seamen. It'l a simple program, but even so it has made the 2. We have foyght and are prep.ared to fight anyone Seafarers . Internatiopal Union the strongest and most —at any thne-—for the life of our- Hiring Halls and the militant Ofganization on the waterfront. Ren Now h The Rwm Hospitak II: Hospital Patients When entering the hospital notUy the delegates by post­ card, giving your name and the number of your ward. Staten Island Hospital You can contact your Hos* • pital delegate at the Staten Island Hospital at the follow­ ing times: Tuesday — 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. ° (on 5th and 8th floors.) Thursday — 1:30 to 3:3Q pun. (on 3rd and 4th floors.) Saturday 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. (on 1st and 2nd floors.) A. JENSBY T. McNICHOLAS J. PRATS G. FRESHWATER P. TAURASI - R. STROM D. HERON 4. 4 4 BRIGHTON HOSPITAL W. CAREY J. SCULLY . J. LEE J. THOMAS " -1E. DELLAM AND R. LORD J, GALLANT E. HARRISON W. FEENEY J. MCDONOUGH ; H. FAZAKERLY P. CASALINOUVO --i • R. KING T. BOGUS 4 4 4 BALTIMORE, HOSPITAL A. DURBANCA \ - J: ARCHIS. .J. A. dARROLL E; TRENSTAD P. D. CURTIS L. J. SV'AN C. KING • �: JPriday, Much S> 1948 THE SE A EA R E R S L O G gjCD DAYS OLD Ir Page Three Wildcat Action In Foreign Ports Boomerangs On All Of Membership By JOSEPH VOLPIAN dangerous one. If any crew has is for the interests of his shipSpecial Services Representative a beef in a foreign port, the mates as well as himself, only intelligent thing to do is There is nothing unusual about The road to Hell is paved with bring the ship into the States a man being hospitalized in a By JIMMY PURCELL intentions, somebody once and then press the beef. foreign port. It happens every NEW YORK — Every time I which we paid for out of our said. The truth of that state- In this case, the Union com- day. No soimd reason exists for board a ship as Patrolman to own miserable salaries. The comwas borne out recently, municated with the crew and tying up a ship because a man settle a beef or pay her off un- pany wasn't required to furnish instructed them to bring the has to be left behind. How else should have known better. can he be given adequate medi­ der the fine contracts the Sea- it, vessel in. Its mem­ The two-pot system was in One of our contracted vessels Although we can sympathize cal care? farers has won for its bers, my mind wanders back to its prime then. On a typical was in a foreign port and get- with the men for their loyalty This Union is dedicated tO; the the "good old days" when I menu, the crew would get a ting ready to sail for the States, to their shipmate, a refus^ to protection of the entire membum stew plus whatever scrap- One of the crew had been re- sail the ship would have been bership. The membership can­ fii'st started sailing. When this happens I realize ings were around, while the moved from the ship and placed foolhardy and loaded with harm not tolerate wild-cat attempts to how very fortunate we are to brass had pork chops with all in a local hospital for mental both to the Union and to them­ injure the welfare of all hands. illness. have the Seafarers plus the the trimmings. selves. Moreover, they would whole force of the AFL Maritime Many of the men sailing in His presence aboard ship was have performed an injustice to Trades Department backing us unlicensed jobs were able to regarded as dangerous to his the very man they intended to handle the topside jobs as well shipmates and the Skipper, befriend. in our beefs. When I started sailing... ! or better than the brass boys therefore, ordered the ship to First off, refusal to sail the sail without him, so that proper Well, it's too long a story to themselves. ship from the foreign port, as tell, but I give you a few high­ As a result, if you were able medical treatment could be con- ordered by the Skipper, would to stand a Mate's or Engineer's tinned until the man was well lights. have been a violation of the Take the night lunch question. watch, the officers played ball again. SIU contract. It would have ex­ Of course, there was no night with you. If you refused, you Several crewmembers, who posed our Union to attack and (Contintied from Page 1) lunch in those days unless you worked from bell to bell. If you were from this fellow's home- put us in a defensive position, complained, they threw the town, objected to leaving him bit)Ught your own or were lucky. and Newfoundland are 440 feet hooks into you. behind and told the Skipper a very imdesirable situation—es­ over all, of about 7,500 net tons, Once I was lucky. pecially now when we are try­ As I came off watch one night Overtime was unheard of in they would not sail without him. ing to negotiate wage increases. and with passenger accommoda­ I looked into the icebox and those times. A man who so much They beised their action solely tions including both first and TACT HELPS saw, to my great surprise, a can as thought of overtime as some- on the fact that he was from tourist class. They make the of sardines, an onion and some thing for the future was sus- their hometown, and they shoved Of course, a Skipper who was run from Liverpool to St. John, bread. Quickly recovering from pected of taking the needle. The aside all other factors in the up to date oh sailing regulations Newfoundland in five days. the shock, I made a sandwich. fat shipowners- felt secure—until case. and who had tact, could have Cunard White Star now has the I had just bitten into this the Seafarers came along and This type of action on the part pointed out to the men that his 8,730-ton cargo liner Arabia in of the crew was" a potentially decision to sail without the sick j ^he Canadian service. She, too, tasty morsel when the Cook burst the bubble. came running out of the galley man was acting for the latter's' ^ post-war-built ship and swearing in six languages and benefit. The man would not lose makes 16 knots. two dialects. "Hey," he yelled, any money, since the law pro­ To continue this survey of "That stuff is mine! I put it vides that he is to be paid his English shipbuilding, we can there myself!" For the benefit of the membership the following is a list of wages irntU the end of the voy- mention the 350-foot Ionia for Well, I ate the sandwich, you major SIU contracted companies and their home oflfices. In age, plus maintenance and cure EUerman's Mediterranean servcan be sure. But I had to pay writing for money due or for any other reason, these are the and transportation to the port ice; the 450-foot Lord Glanely, a the Cook for what was really he shipped from. Meanwhile, he very modem vessel which sports correct addresses for such transactions: part of the ship's stores. Worse, woxild be receiving hospital exceptional crews quarters in I had to apologize to shut him ALCOA STEAMSHIP CO., Inc. treatment, something be badly both single and double berth up. The incident didn't affect Pier 45, North River, New York 14, N. Y. needed. cabins. And for those generous my appetite, but it goes to show ILLINOIS ATLANTIC CORP. The Skipper could have stress­ souls who think we ought to 435 North Michigan Ave., Chicago, HI. ed that having the man aboard give away Liberties because their 90 Broad St., New York 4, N. Y. ship placed his shipmates in triple expansion engines make jeopardy, dnd that it was for the them "old-fashioned", it is inter­ AMERICAN LIBERTY STEAMSHIP CORP. 75 West St., New York 6, N. Y. best. interests of all concerned esting to note that the Lord that he remain in the hospital. Glanely, as well as some other JAMES GRIFFITHS & SONS, Inc.* new British ships, use triple ex­ General-Agents, Main Office, Empire Bldg., Seattle 4, Wash. Some Masters fail to achieve pansion steam engines. Atlantic Coast Agents—^American President Lines, Ltd., harmony and understanding 39 Broadway, New York 6, N. Y. aboard their ships because of MORE COMING their lack of knowledge and ar­ THE ARNOLD BERNSTEIN STEAMSHIP CORP. More ships for Cunard are the 17 Battery Place, New York 4, N. Y. rogance. This type inspues no Media, which made its first voy­ confidence in his crew and very BLOOMFIELD STEAMSHIP CO. ^Houston 2, Texas likely this was the situation on age last August, and the Partria, A. H. BULL & CO 115 Broad St., New York the vessel under discussion here. now about ready for sea. They CALMAR STEAMSHIP CORP 25 Broadway, New York 4, N.Y. But the Skipper's failings do are twin-screw ships of some „...90 Broad St., New York, N.Y. not release the crew from its ob­ 13,700 tons gross, carrying 250 just how "goo^" those good old COLABEE STEAlVISmP CO ligations. Had the Skipper acted passengers. Along the same line days were. DECONHIL SHIPPING CO. as far as size is concerned, is the 311 California St., San Francisco 4, Calif. otherwise and taken the man post-war-built FELT TERRIBLE Carinthic, of aboard, and had someone been Shaw, Saville and Albion Co., a Ope wet evening I was look­ EASTERN STEAMSHIP LINES, Inc. harmed as a result, the Skipper 40 Central St., Boston 1, Mass. ing in some lockers aft for some would have Jbeen guilty of neg­ 15,000-ton turbine job capable of AMERICAN PACIFIC STEAMSHIP CO. ' foul-weather gear. To my amaze­ ligence in the performance of 17 knots. 541 South Spring St., Los Angeles 13, Calif. Aside from these ships, which ment, one of the lockers was full his duty. will be British fiag traders, there of canned fruit and vegetables. DELTA LINE—MISSISSIPPI SHIPPING CO. Inc. Hibemia Bank Bldg., New Orleans 9, La. But the point to be stressed is are a number of ships built for Balboa couldn't have been more that such irresponsible actions— surprised when he discovered the MORAN TOWING & TRANSPORTATION CO., Inc. in foreign ports, especially—can foreign fiags. One is the 357-foot 17 Battery Place, New York 4, N. Y. El Malek Foad for the Khedi-vial Pacific ocean. Mail Line, an Egyptian fiag outfit After that, when I came off OVERLAKES STEAMSHIP CO. ......19 Rector St., New York, N. Y. (Newtex SS Co.) owned by British' interests. An­ watch of an evening I always other is the 415-foot Federico "borrowed" a few cans, took PACIFIC TANKERS, Inc. ......233 Sansome St., San Francisco, Calif. ..39 Cortlandt St., New York. 7, N. Y. Schuager, a 9,000-tonner for them to a dark comer and went ROBIN-LINE (Seas Shipping Co., Inc.) Chilean owners . to work oh them. _-„_...39 Broadway, New York 6, N. Y. The pile dwindled rapidly. SEATRAIN LINES, Inc In addition to these vessels, _...60 Beaver St., New York 4, N. Y. /When the Steward realized that SMITH & JOHNSON which have all been built or are his secret hoard was almost WATERMAN STEAMSHIP CORP. building since the war, British Merchants Nat'l Bank Bldg., Mobile 9, Ala. gone, he blew his top. He felt yards have reconditioned manyso bad he made me feel bad, too. SOUTH ATLANTIC STEAMSHIP LINE ships from war service; the 17 Battery Place, New York 4, N. Y. Every once in a while I saw Stratheden, a 23,000-tonner; the him sneak a look at the paunch LOS ANGELES TANKER OPERATORS, Inc. big Athlone Castle, and others. 365 W. 7th St., P.O. Box 830, San Pedro, Calif. I had developed. He knew I All this in no way means we could not have grown it eating MATHIASEN TANKERS (Sag HarbOr Tanker Corp.) be-grudge our English friends Public Ledger Bldg., 7th & Chestnut Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. be nothing more than a slap at their ships, for we have plenty his regular grub, but he never was able" to pin tmything on me. AMERICAN EASTERN SS CORP 50 Trinity PI., New York, N.Y. the Union and the entire mem­ of our own—as long'^as we keep 71Broadway, New York, N.Y. bership. In foreign ports all the crew­ ISTHMIAN STEAMSHIP LINES them. 80 Broad St., New York, N.Y. men stocked up on cheese and CORAL STEAMSHIP CO This does mean, however, that As seamen, we must under­ 21 West St, New York, N.Y. stand that when a man ships out we suggest to Congress, which other things that would keep ATWACOAL CO., Inc — 25 Beaver St., New York, N.Y. he is prepared to hit the beach has already "okayed" the de­ without refrigeration so that we JOHN M. CARRAS, Inc. .....1 Broadway, New York, N.Y. anywhere, if necessary. A sea­ parture of hundreds of war-built could have night lunch at our MESECK TOWING CO. own expense anytime w;e wanted PENINSULA & OCCIDENTAL STEAMSHIP CORP. man is no longer tied to his ships from the American flag,/ 16 East 44th St., New York, N.Y. mother's apron strings. If he be­ tthat it taL:e a look at how forit. In foreign ports we always PONCE STEAMSHIP CO .„..50 Broad St., New York, N.Y. comes ill, as did this man, and ign nations are producing mer sent ashore for fresh bread ST. LAWRENCE NAVIGATION C0.....19 Rector St., New York N.Y. must be hQS|tt^a]ized abroad, it chant ship toxmage. Britkh Addii^ To Their Fleet At Fiat Pme Retroaetive Pay Dkettory • 41 �THE Page Seamen on the beach crowd Baltimore Dispatcher A1 Stansbury's desk while new assignments are called off the bop.Td. Right now shipping is not so good down in Baltimore and the average length of time between ships is about two Tanker crewmen, above, swap experiences encountered on their last trip at a reunion before starting on a new voyage. It may be a long time before they'll meet again, and so they lake advantage of this opportunity. m A game of cards helps to occupy the time while waiting for a ship. When on the beach there isn't much for a man to do in a strange city, so he sits around and wsdts. Sooner or later he csdches a. ship,, and then he's off; again to a foreign vShore. g«Mvv. $ E A E A R E RS E Ct G f^ar, Maxeh & lfttt ; Abo'v;e is ihe plaque presented to the Baltimore Branch by the CIO Shipyard Workers, in gratitude for the help given by the SIU on the Shipmen's picketlines. Here are some of the men who helped the CIO Shipyard Workers win their strike against the Bethlehem Steel Company. Lefl-'to "right,-they are, Ted Thompson, Cook; Joe Condon, AB; Jack Dows, AB; George Rose, Steward; Bob Roberts, FWT; and Joe Gill, Bosun. On the plaque are engraved the foUdwing words: "This plaque presented to the SIU and the SUP as a token of high esteem and gratefulness »for the unstinted aid given the- lUMSWACIO in lheir l44.-day. .strike .ega^t the BeSilehem Steel Corp. in the port of Baltimore. The strike began June 26, 1947 and ended November 16, 1947." During practically the entire period, white-capped Seafarers were present on the picketlines, not only in Baltimore, but wherever else the CIO Shipyard Workers Were on strike and an SIU Hall was nearby. It was this type of cooperation which earned the SIU' a rousing ovation at the last CIO Convention in Boston. The coke ntachine and the skill games get a big play in the Baltimore Hall. Besides coke, other machines dispense cigarettes, candy, and cake. All the profits go toward the Hospital Fund of the port. In other ports ^e-«ani» system is followed, and has proved to be quite a conveni­ ence to the. men. When this picture was taken in Baltimore, a blinding snowstorm raged outside, and so the men were very contcob to slay indo>rs and buy soft drinks and cake from the varjftiw a» wwother end of the Hall there are more machines so there is . little chance of running out of supplies, even dwdng a busy ^y. . �rHday, Mu«k 5, .imk THE SEAFARERS LO« ', ..l'.. 'i--. i» i' > .I..I . I • ' Page FiW ill • And Stay Near Dispatcher's Desk By WALTER SIEKMANN BOSTON — Shipping in this port was good this past week. In fact, not enough men were around the Hall and some ships had to leave shorthanded. Since ships come into this port, and sign on men, then leave on short notice, the membership is advised to stick by the Dispatch­ er's desk. Keep your gear handy so that you will be ready to leave right away, if you have to. Don't depend on reading the shipping -news; you might nrtss out .on jobs called for in a hurry. We shipped the majority of the crews on the Knox Victory, Belgium Victory . and Andrew Jackson, all of .which signed on here*last week shortly after their payoffs. This is the reason for the advice to stand by with your gear and be ready to go at any time. Do Not Forget San Francisco Shipping Slows But Jobs Are Still Available The 1946 General Strike may be long gone but what Some Cities Service tankers, happened in Tampa when the By BLACKIE CARDULLO on which the Union organizers ships chandlers there, with are concentrating, called at this SAN FRANCISCO — Shipping quite a few ships, including two ' the aid of the police crashed port. We watched the finfc halls our picketlines has not been ' has "kind of slowed down" out payoff,?. This week we go back that opyerate in this port but ho here, but men can still get jobs again to cover the SS Hathorn,' fotgotten. ' replacements' were sait "to tank­ since there are some payoffs. I Waterman, due in from an eight' When our ship hits that Ships paying off in this port ers. port; bypass the chandlers. thought that after^the East Coast month run. It sure keeps one -1'fl snowstorms a lot of the bdys man busy hopping up and down ' last week were the Brazil Vic-, Discussion on the program and Do not^ allow them aboard would be coming out to sample the coast trying to make all of • tory, Mississippi, and the An­ proposals made at the annual your ship. If it is necessary the California sunshine, but even the ships. drew Jackson, Belgium Victory Agents Conference occupied the to buy mUk or bread, get in with my weather eye peeled, I and Knox Victory of the Water­ greater part of the last member­ touch with a dairy or One tough payoff last week haven't seen too many. man outfit. Several Isthmian arid ship meeting here. The member­ bakery. was the SS Kelso Victory, Isth­ West Coast ships came in in ship approved the Conference's Oldtimers like Jimmy DeVito mian. There' was quite a bit of These^ finks think time transit. recommendations for $10 strike and Pete De Pietro passed trouble on the ship between Li­ heals everything. Show them and building fund assessments to through, and it sure was a good censed and unlicensed members • the SIU does not forget its SWITCHED STYLE strengthen and expand our Un­ sight to see them again. enemies. Pass the word to of the .crew. The Knox Victory caiTied a ion. other ships. We have been down to Wil­ DON'T PUSH First Assistant who thought he mington lately and have covered ANTI-LABOR LAW was a tough guy—at least up Union men won't stand for be­ Right at this moment the bur­ until the time the ship left here ing pushed around. At the same , last week. After the Patrolman eaucrats in the State House here time, I'd like to sound a warning boarded the vessel and laid for our own members: To be a , down the law to him, the selfgood Union man a fellow doesn't AtL IN / styled tough guy shed his wolf's FAVOR.../ have to get gassed up, blow his clothing and left here as meek top, and challenge evei-ybody on By HERBERT JANSEN as a lamb. board to a fight. CHICAGO—Shipping has start­ is docked at the Navy Pier in We paid off the SS Henryed up again in Chicago with the Chicago. Ward Beecher, Waterman, in sandboats calling for part of Several of our members ap­ Port Huenemene. This was a ' their crews. So it won't be long plied for jobs on her, but when clean ship and a good crew, ex­ now before the smokestacks will the company found out they were cept for one character who got- ,11 be painted up, and heralding the SIU members, there were no jobs a snootful at the beginning of start of a new sailing year on available. Instead, men from the the trip and stayed gassed up all the Great Lakes. local LCA Hall have been hired. the time. Quite a few of the Brothers In fact, one of these men is the He mad-e a jerk out of him­ are staiting to show their faces Dispatcher for the LCA Hall, in Massachusetts are drawing up around the Hall due, we imagine, who works his regular office self by bragging about what an By LLOYD GARDNER oldiimer he was, how much he a bill that would be far more PHILADELPHIA — The prob­ injurious to organized labor than to the spring-like weather which shift, and then turns to at night knew, and how the rest of the we ha\'e been enjoying for the as shipkeeper. lem of obtaining a new Hall in the Taft-Hartley law. crewmembers were just a bunch The Greater Buffalo is no past few days in, Chicago. this town still plagues us. We of punks. The action of the membership In fact, several of the Brothers longer owned by D&C, but has were sure we had one last week, After reading over the Agentsat the Bostqn meeting .is particu­ have been talking about getting been sold by the Navy to a pri­ but the deal fell through when Conference minutes and recom­ we found some well-concealed larly timely. It is a good thing their bathing suits out of moth vate company. However, due to mendations, we out here are the fact that there are some le­ but very serious flaws in the for us to be alert because of the balls and hitting the shores of unanimous in our opinion that. gal entanglements regarding her building. Repairs would have uncertain future facing all or­ Lake Michigan. it was a sound and constructive, ti-ansfer, she is still being kept cost far too much money to ganized workers, seamen espe­ The 1948 contract negotiations meeting, and we look forward to at the Navy Pier. cially. justify our buying it. have been opened with the sand" Conditions such as we have a very progressive and smoothly* Owriing our own Halls would boat operators, and some head­ However, we're still looking, outlined above can never- exist in operating Union for the rest oF have many important advan­ way was made at the first two . and we won't give up until we the SIU Great Lakes District. In the year. tages. One of the most important meetings in Cleveland. The next " • find what we want. the SIU, we have Union con­ We are also of the opinion that is the security we would have riieetirig is scheduled for this The membership has joined in in the event of a beef. We would week (March 3), and we expect tracts providing job seniority when the four propositions on the search with heart and soul. not have to worry about local to get down to the real meat of and job security. We also have the Referendum Ballot are ap-, the Rotary Shipping list which Whenever one of our men sees landlords putting us out of the the contract" this time. means that there are no favor­ proved, we will be all prepared a "For Rent" sign, he comes Halls. Negotiations . have also been ites when it comes to shipping. for any battle that might come tearing up to the Hall to inform opened with the operators of the First come, first served. The $10 strike assessment is an our w-ay. us that he has just the place. So investment in our own individ­ SS Milwaukee Clipper. Of course, then we go down, look around, ual security. It would enable us a shipboard meeting was held and- sadly come to the conclu­ 'Sto successfully fight any attempts with the Clipper crewmembers sion that it won't do. on the part of any shipowner to last week in order that we could But with everyone so inter­ slash our wages and conditions, discuss constructive changes and ested, it shouldn't be too long reduce the number of oui- jobs demands for the proposed con­ before we can repoi-f from a new tract.or wi-eck our Union. address. SAN JUAN — Shipping is and w-orking conditions for long­ CLIPPER DEMANDS " Shipping has been pretty poor pretty slow here and any job shoremen down there. Some, of the topics which were Mtr this week, but looks like it will that is called is snapped up fast. Bull's new C-2, the SS Suz­ brought up and thrashed out at If*,;.' pick up. Two payoffs are in anne, ai-rived at long last. She's In fact, some of the boys are this meeting were as follows: 40From now all new crewsight, and that won't hurt busi­ here on her maiden voyage. hour week principle of paying flying home rather than wait un­ memiben shipping to ships ness in the City of Brotherly Other Bulls in port are the Kathwages with overtime for the bal­ til their cards are old enough to in eastern Canada on SIULove. ryn, the Carolyn, the Marina ance of the week; overtime pay­ contraeted vessels must be ship. The sugar season just and the Angelina. They say the The membership here has cleared and shipped thrisugh ment for all recognized holidays; hasn't arrived yet. last named is carrying dynamite. shown great interest in the Ag­ new working rules; changing the Boston Hall. ents Conference report, and the However, they will start load­ Other ships include the Morn- \ oveb from Lake watches to salt There will be no deviation reports of the various commit­ ing sugar down at Arroyo on ing Light, a Waterman C-2, and_ water watches; and among the from this ruling which goes tees. All members, everywhere, the Jane O of Gulf Canal Lines. the southeast corner of the is­ several otlier subjects discussed into effect at once. Under should study these reports care­ Pope & Talbot's SS Ferdinand land the second week in Mai'ch, was the need for all Milwaukee no circumstances should a fully. Hassler finally left. She's on a for the fii-st time in six yeai's. Clipper crewmembers donating crew allow a man to come six-month inter-coastal schedule! That will give the SIU sugar In the opinion of most of the to the upkeep of the SEAFAR­ aboard in an eastern Cana­ Waterman's Wild Ranger is ex-, boats another port of call near men here, the four propositions ERS LOG. dian port unless the Boston pected next week. Ponce, and there are rumors on the Referendum Ballot are Rumors have reached us that Hall has cleared him. Ikr^ very important, and will really the former SS Greater Buffalo, that there will be more .ships on This ruling is in accord The boj's read Joe Algina's" mean a great deal to the Union with the Headquarters Re­ which used to operate for the the run. weather report. However, the when passed. The SIU member­ port of February 11, which D&C on the Detroit-Buffalo run E. G. Marino, president of the ones who like it here say it will ship has always acted with combefore the government converted Puerto Rico District of the ILA, take more than that to get them was concurred in by the monsense and firmness on pro­ membership and reaffirmed her into a training airtfraft car­ and another official just came off this beach even if the wea-vl' posals submitted for the benefit by the Agents Conference. rier, has been hiring non-union back from Arroyo where they ther is getting better around; of the Union. men for standby work while she have been settling wage scales New York. .Iff Sbipping Resumes In Chicago; Sandboat Negotiations Opened Philly Looking High And Low For New Hail Puerto Rico is Still Waiting For Sugar Run To Get Going ^ Notice To Crews :il m �Pa^ Six ' THE SE A FARERS LO G Seafarers Great Lakes District Needs Veiunteer Organizers To Compiete Drive Ftidar, Much 5. 1948 New Orleans Exports in 1947 Reached Record High Point NEW ORLEANS — Export Despite the fact that it is gains won by the SlU, all LCA necessary to have shoreside or­ ships and those sailing these [ shipments through this port, the DETROIT—With fitting out al­ ganizers at certain key points ships, have benefited. nation's third largest, totaled ready started on some Lakes ves­ throughout the Lakes, the most However, in order to com­ $923,000,000 in value in 1947, the sels and scheduled to begin on important organizing job will be pletely protect Great Lakes sea­ U. S. Department of Commerce others between March 15 and done by the volunteer shipboard men from the vicious attacks of disclosed after a survey. The April 1, it is now very important organizers. the LCA, we must secure the figure set a new record for New that we think of the organiza­ After • all, the average bulk Vast majority of unorganized Orleans. tional problems which lie be­ freighter on the Lakes is seldom Lakes fleets. fore us in the 1948 season. To show the .difference be­ The very existence and secur­ in port more than four or five tween shipping now and ship­ First, of course, we must see hours, and it is quite difficult ity of all Lakes seamen is being ping in the old days, the De­ to it that all available members for shoreside organizers to con­ threatened by the LCA today. partment pointed out that the of the SlU Great Lakes District tact the entire crew during this Representatively of the LCA are ^ue of exports from here last sail on unorganized ships which short space of time. traveling into many states sev­ year equaled the five-year total are now under organizational Shipboard organizers on the eral hundred miles or so away shipped in the 1935-39 period. concentration. other hand work, eat, play from the Lakes area seeking re­ Vegetable, food and beverage In line with this need and around, and sleep with the crew- cruits to replace experienced C. C. (Ropeyarn Charlie) shipments to foreign nations with the mandate of the Great members, and have plenty of Lakes seamen. .Rappold, now 74, who sailed Lakes membership, letters have time to sell them on the need Why has the LCA instituted sdl during the war, has been comprised about 28 percent of all been sent to all SUP and Atlan­ for organizing under the banner such a recruiting program? This a seaman £or 60 years and he shipments from New Orleans tic and Gulf ports telling them of the SlU Great Lakes District. outfit realizes only too well that hope* to make another trip docks during the year. Mach­ that we need the services of all SlU volunteer shipboard or­ this summer as Bosun or AB. inery and vehicles covered about Great Lakes District members ganizers can take the time to V I'MAUMlOfJi Charlie was bom in Holland 19 percent and cotton along with break out SlU contracts, and I'MAUMIO/O on the Great Lakes. but came to America when he other textile fibers covered an­ I'M AUNlOAl, • Elections are scheduled to be show the unorganized Lakes sea­ was 22. When he went up for other 18 percent. ETC. held in the thirteen ship Harma men how much more SlU mem­ Other materials looming large his AB in Philadelphia a long fleet and the two ship Schneider bers are securing. time ago, Andrew Furuseth in New Orleans shipments in­ fleet shortly after the resun^- In addition SlU contracts re­ himself was there to see cluded metals and metal prod­ tion of regular sailing. In addi­ veal how the members are pro­ that things went well. He has ucts, naval stores, tobacco, rub­ tion to these two fleets, we have tected by job security, job sen­ been living at Snug Harbor for ber products, wood, paper and a fairly strong representation of iority, and ideal working and chemicals. the last year. pro-SlU crewmembers in several living conditions. Aboard ship it is possible to other fleets. Great Lakes District .members hold informal meetings in your il"'•• who have returned from the quarters and thoroughly discuss coast are needed to man these the benefits of SlU democratic fleets, in addition to SlU-con- unionization to the unorganized the experienced Lakes seamen By WILLIAM (Curly) RENTZ tracl^ vessels. Every SlU mem­ Lakes seamen. It is also possible are aware of the need for or­ ber should act as a volunteer to show these men the various ganization, and want the SlU BALTIMORE — Shipping slip­ something the membership ought organizer, and actively assist in bulletins which are put out from Great Lakes District as their ped badly in this port last week. to know. Some Weeks it has the 1948 Organizational Cam­ time to time, and fully explain union. We had only four payoffs com­ been better than in some other their meaning. paign. LCA operators want no pai't pared to the seven or eight we've port and has looked good by DONT GRIPE of the SlU Great Lakes District been having a week, and we comparison. That's where the, SHIP UNORGANIZED Probably, a number of mem­ because they know an SlU con­ signed on only five, two of the bum theory came from, we sup-, A minimum of at least two bers will "begin to squawk and tract forces them to pay higher latter being Alcoa, two Isthmian, pose. SlU volunteer organizers is need­ gripe about shipping on unor­ wages, and provides better work­ and one Waterman. It's this condition that makes" ed aboard every unorganized ship ganized ships. In fact, we have ing and living conditions. On the bright side we can it necessary for the membership under concentration. We say a had two or three individuals That's why the LCA is willing say that all the payoffs were to back the decisions of the minimum of two, but we would drop in and see us, and ask to go to any lengths to > replace ' good ones. Whht beefs there Agents Conference. The strike like to have at least four mem­ us "Why should I ship on an the entire experienced working were, even those on the two fund and the building fund will bers on each one of these ships. unorganized ship, and pay dues force of the Great Lakes with • Isthmians we paid off, were give the Union the solid strength . That way, we would have into the SlU Great Lakes Dis­ green men, in order to prevent settled aboard ship to every­ it needs. We must have . that . contact men aboard each vessel, trict?" poNt^er to hold our gains in the . unionization of the Great Lakes. body's satisfaction. and be able to distribute copies Other members have stated, That's why it is vitally impor­ ! There are too many men who long pull , coming. of the LOG and organizational "When I pay dues into a union, tant at this time that all possible have come to the Baltimore Everybody in Baltimore is be- ' material to the unorganized I expect to secure benefits and SlU Great Lakes District mem­ beach on the theory that ship­ hind the tanker drive. The per-. Lake seamen. advantages from those dues.- bers sail on the unorganized ping here is first rate. It isn't. mits on those tankers are doing i Why not make someone else Lakes ships, and bring our mes­ ' In fact, shipping hasn't been a bang-up job, and will be good . . " • take a job on the unorganized sage to these unorganized men. very good all winter. That is Union men in the future. ships? I am perfectly satisfied to ride the gravy train on an SlUMEREDITH VICTORY CREW AT REST contract ship." We know it's nice to be able MEMPHIS,, Tenn. — In a good to sail on an SlU-contracted and practical display of labor ship, and enjoy the best possible solidarity, members of Typo­ i wages, hours, overtime, work­ graphical Union Local 16, AFL, ing and living conditions. How­ now on strike against Chicago's ever, it is the duty and respon­ newspapers, donated $351.26 to sibility of every SlU Great Lakes! the 1,100 farm workers, members District member to sail on at I of the National Farm Labor least one unorganized ship un­ -Union, also AFL, who are on til that ship has been voted and liiii •Mig; •" strike against the Di Giorgio won by the SlU Great Lakes Farms Corporation near Bakers- District. field, California. Neither the SlU Great Lakes H. L. Mitchell, president of the District nor the International fe.Farm Workers, writing from has the kind of money which union headquarters here, thanked would be necessary to organize the type-setters, and added: the Great Lakes solely by shore.."'J "We note that the Chicago side organizers. Tsrpographical Union is nearly Not only,would it be a much 100 years old, whereas the Kern more costly job to use shoreCounty Farm Labor Union Local side organizers only, but it would iiiii is less than one year old. Your take a much longer time than ^members are spearheading the utilizing the resouree,? of our struggle to save the gains of entire membership. 100 years of the best in Amer­ Just as long as large Great ;iiP; ican trade unionism, while our Lakes fleets like Pittsburgh, members on the 19%-mile picket Pickands-Mather, Hutchinson, Co­ line in California are seeking to lumbia, Poland, Cornelius, Han-: , bring some of» the benefits of na and Wilson, as well as others, xinions to the last large group of remain unorganized, it will be unorganized workers in Amer­ that much more difficult for the ica." SlU to secure better wages and Some crewmembers of Isthmian's SS Meredith Victory take time out for a picture. Among The Farm Workers' strike conditions for the thirty fleets the hands pictured above are Victor J. Clifford, Ch. Electrician; M. R. Balvador, Ch. Steward; against Di Giorgio is five months now under contract to the SlU W. P. Rinehart, Wiper; M. N. Dishman. MM; J. R. McPherson, AB; T. Shanahan, Crew Mess; old. Recently a group of Cali- Great Lakes District. D. J. McCarthy, Utility; J. A. McArthur, OS; Earl G. Griffin, BR; Antonio Savant, FWT; Dom. fbmia unions sent the strikers a Certainly, we have made many inador Isorda, Ch. Coo; Marlin C. Smith, AB; G. Godose, Purser, Jimmy Niacares, MM; Robert •500-car caravan ' of food and gains for SIU members in the Wheeler, AB; and P. Podolsky. Great Lakes. As a result of these clothing. By RUSSELL SMITH Baltimore Shipping Has Reiapse Striking Printers Aid Striking Farmers :ai �I«ueh 5; IjSifx Alien Seamen Still Getting Runaround S^EAE-viRER S LaC WAITiNG FOR A (ICE) BREAK Pfltge-Sevett"^ New York On Shipping Upgrade,Robin Doncaster Returns To SiU By JOE ALGINA NEW YORK ^ Back with the SIU after a six year absence is Robin Line's Robin Doncaster. She was a good ship when she went off to war in 1942 but now, following her conversion, she is the ultimate in class and com­ fort. There hasn't been a ship like her in American maritime his­ tory. One look at her and a seaman's dream of comfort and ease is realized. Each foc'sle has been fixed up to the greatest degree possible. Innerspring mattresses of the best quality, individual toilet facilities for every crewman and all the little provisions that go to make life comfortable have been included. Nothing could be better, and we hope -to have her with us for a long time to come. She had an interesting wartime record. In 1942 she was turned over to the English. They used her for two trips and then her for two trips and thenum . Navy. "That was short—she was turned the ship over to the U. S. soon handed to the Army which used her until the end of the war. By W. PAUL GONSORCHIK NEW YORK — Shipping has improved a little for most of cur members but there still remains the problem of alien seamen. Quite a few of our alien Bro­ thers are trying their damnedest to get their citizenship papers, but Congress diddle-dadlles with" the bill to make all the aliens who served the country during Th® SS Michiiel Gallagher. Midland Steamship Company, the war citizens. Those were the days when we lied up at her winter berth, patiently awaiting the break-up needed men to sail the ships. of the ice-bound Bbffalo River, which appears in the foreground. Take 1942. That was when four ships out of 36 might reach their WELCOME MAT destination. The aliens were good sailors. Now she is back with Robin • Those of you who sailed in the ready to make her first postwar By ALEX MtLEAK shipkeeper on the SS J. H. letter, please follow these in­ run to South Africa. Patrolman war years know how you were Brown for the past twenty-five structions: treated by certain government Goft'in, who handled her last SIU BUFFALO — Everyone in this (1) You must have passed your payoff in 1942, welcomed her officials. Things were rosy for port is looking forward to an years, was drowned when going the comtnies and, by the evi­ early Spring with a consequent aboard his ship at the D&C dock. eighteenth birthday. back to the fold when he dence, the commies are istill get­ early opening of the 1948 sailing All members in the Marine (2) Bring along proof of same handled her sign-on this week. ting plenty of cream. But the season. Thick Lake Erie ice in Hospital are coming along fine, in the form of birth certificate or Around this busy port, which promises made to seamen are this vicinity has already begun to and this includes Brothers Thom­ baptismal certificate, Ai-my or Winter doesn't want to leave, shoved to the back of the shelf. crack and is in a veiy dangerous as Fegan, Ryan Sharkey (frac­ Navy discharges (the first two shipping continues on the up­ tures), Howard Rose, and John preferred). So the aliens have a problem. condition. Ice fishermen grade. Permitmen, who up to have They are up against government been warned to stay off the ice McCauley (medical). Members (3) Pictures can be secured at now have had difficulty in get­ at the Hall wish a speedy recov­ the poi't'of arrival. rules and must, of course, abide by the Coast Guard, ting ships, are finding it quite ery to_ all, including Brothers by the SlU's own rules too. However, in all fairness to jmu easy to get out. The first robin to arrive here John Rothery in the Marine Hos­ and the port officials of what­ My advice to the alien seamen There is no shipping stampede is simple: Be patient. Don't try was in the person of Brother pital at Ellis Island, and Fred ever port you may visit, don't hit taking place here, men are avail­ to give the Dispatcher a hard Howard Flack, better 'known to Petrie at Baltimore Marine Hos­ these I ports on ^ weekends as it able for all jobs, but the tempo timfe. SIU officials are going all his shipmates as Texas. Tex pital. will lake the first two days of is -such that the wait between To all those young men who your , time to secure your sea­ ships has been cut materially. out to help you, but a Dispatcher have written to me in regard to men's papers. Be sure to carry _In the clean payoff column must send men to jobs in accord­ sailing on the Great Lakes, if enough money with you to last this..-week, • we had the M^den , ance with the rules, and the rules you did' not receive a personal for at least a week or longer. include federal shipping laws. "Victoi-j',- Yaka and DeSoto, all . If the board says ^'citizens" Waterman. The Yaka is gaining that's how it is. The Dispatcher the distinction of being the beefcan't change it. less ship of the SIU. Never, as. GET VOUCHER long as I can remember, have we WASHINGTON — The Mari- barred by the new measure. Another thing—and this is to had a-beef of any consequence. time Commission will be in the In the recent past, the Com­ She is a sweet one for the all members: When you have shipping business for at least mission has sold • more than a Patrolmen. worked aboard a ship for several another year as the result of a thousand ships to foreign ope­ Speaking of Patrolmen, it is hours after joining her and de­ bill passed in Congress last week rators despite the protests of worth mentioning- that payoffs cide to quit, be sure that you get and signed by President Truman U.S. maritime labor. The agency aren't confined to the daytime your pay voucher from the Mas­ in Key West; However, the agen­ never has chartered ships to hours. The number of late ter before leaving. If you don't get the voucher, sojourned in that fair state for cy's more objectionable powers foreign owners. evening payoffs becoming more the eompany will send you back the last couple of months, and is were somewhat curtailed despite The President objected to the and more frequent. to the ship for it. If that hap­ eagerly awaiting the opportunity the President's protests. clause forbidding foreign trans­ The other night a Patrolman pens, don't come to the Agent tp grab his first ship: The act of Congress authorizes fers, saying that he did so for paid off a ship at midnight and OP the Patrolmen and raise hell. didn't get away until 3:30 AM. Brother James Martin who was the Commission to continue to "a number of reasons." You have to have the voucher organizing in the poit of Cleve­ sell and charter ships until The onlj' reason he gave was We're thinking of equipping the to get your pay. You don't have land during the 1947 season, March 1, 1949, but to domestic that the new law would bar Patrolmen with seeing-eye dogs a • beef. You are dead in the dropped into the Hall from his owners only. Sales and charters charters to^Philippine owners for —those ships are hard to find on wrong. Do it right the first time home in Binghampton, New to foreign owners are specifically inter-island runs. a dark night. and you won't' have any diffi­ York. culty. .;4 However, on looking the har­ Personally, I think that the members should educate them­ bor over and seeing the ice con­ selves on the Shipping Rules and ditions, he decided to pull a By EINAR NORDAAS won by the unions without shar­ Superior. Some optimists guess the company contracts. Practical­ ground hog act, and go back ing in any of the responsibilities that it will be as early as March home to sleep for a few addi­ ly nobody seems to know what's DULUTH — Reports have and activities which won those 25 while others guess some time tional weeks. what. Especially is this true reached us that the U. S. Immi­ gains. in April. However, you can make among permitmen. A permitman All ships which have been gration Service will shortly start These individuals, and usually your own guess about this, and has no more excuse than -any­ storing winter grain are now un­ to issue a passport identification body else for not knowing the loaded, and the shipyard crews card for all Great Lakes seamen. there are only a few, balk at old man Winter will have the Shipping Rules. are busy on repairs. Afterend This will help seamen consid­ paying any money into the last say about it. So how about a little more crews of the Cleveland-Cliffs erably when they arrive from a union, but expect to receive all In any event no matter what study and a little less woe—^woe ships are expected to go aboard Canadian port at a place where of the benefits. time the first ship arrives in this On Monday. February 23, a area, we are hoping to see an that should not be a Union con­ their vessels in this and other there are no immigration offi­ cern.at aU. Our rules and con­ ports beginning on March 1. cers. . By having this passport labor platfoi-m was adopted by SIU crew on it, and- everyone ' tracts cover practically every The remainder of the bulk identification card, the seamen the Central Trades political unit after, that. beef imtaginable. If you know freighter lines are not expected will be able to go ashore at once in its Labor Temple meeting. A Of course, this is probably ex­ them, your officials will have to start work until some time be­ Without waiting for the inspector day later, February 24, the pecting a little too much this Duluth area Port Council of the early in the season, but if our more opportunity for Union busi­ tween March 15 and April. to arrive. AFL Maritime Trades Depart­ organizational drive picks up the ness and you will have a better In order to secure these new FINAL DISPATCH ment held its meeting in the .same momentum it did last year time aboard ship. cards, it will be necessary for Superior Labor Temple. before the passage of the Taft" During the past few days, two men to produce birth certificate Port Council meetings will be Hartley Act, the SIU Great Lakes Brother - members and one well or. naturalization papers as well held regularly on the third Tues­ District can expect to win sev­ known oldtimer passed away in as two photos of themselves. day of each month, rotating be­ eral new fleets. this port. Brother Mike C. It is not in any way compul­ tween the different ports in this Seafarers entering the New McGlone, a Fireman, for many sory, and will be beneficial to area. Hereafter, copies of the By the way,'whenever an SIUOrleans Marine Hospital are seasons, passed away, as did those alien seamen who are Duluth arek Port Council minutes contracted ship comes into this requested to get in touch Brother Thomas Dapo, a Porter legally in this rcountry, too. will be sent to all other affiliated port. Departmental Delegates are with Leroy Clarke of Ward on the Ingalls for ^e past two DULUTH EVENTS Councils.now functioning in the urged to call the Hall. 4-F. Bed 27. Brother Clarke seasons. Both • were in good Remember, we have a job to Last week, fourteen Duluth Great Lakes District. is the contact man who will standing, and will be buried by do, and the only way we can do plants showed What they think rnake^ arrangements for keep­ the -Union. FIRST SHIP? this job is through your whole­ of "free riders" by voting over­ ing in touch with the Un­ hearted cooperation. Don't for­ As usual, all kinds of guesses whelmingly for union shops. Old-timer Joseph Devore, who ion and collecting hospital get to call the Hall when you ar­ being made as to when the first es seameh "Free ridets" are those who was known to all Lai benefits. as Pinochle Joe and who Was like to secure all the benefits ship will arrive in Duluth or rive in the Duluffi area! LakeN Ice Cracking; Season To Start Soon Mt Barred From Selling Abroad New Immigration Service On Great Lakes N.O. HospM �IPpige tStlht TB E S E AF ARERS LO G Friday. March 5. 1848 SHIPS' MIMUTES AMD MEWS Steward's Sick-Bed Vigil Speeds Brother's Recovery WITH THE CANTON VICTORY IN SAN PEDRO Seafarer Henry Weaver is still a crewmember of the Seatrain Havana, and a healthy and happy one solely be­ cause of the Chief Steward's skill and diligence in an illness that might have cost?Weaver his life. When Weaver was stricken with fever and pains in his chest, it was Steward Fred Shaia who nursed him through the cri­ tical hours of his illness. When the Havana was but four hours out of Texas City, on Feb- charges that the U.S. Army iW 14, Weaver reported ill gtate Department are going wito a fever of 104 degrees and ^ut of their way to give U.S. pains in his back. Two hours ^ ^ard time in German la^ his pulse was a very rapid continue to pile up. Latest 120 and he began spitting blood, gju member to report the situThe Skipper contacted the Ma­ ation is Melvin Brown who ser­ rine Hospital in New Orleans by ved four months of a six-month radio and was advised that peni­ military sentence for speaking cillin be administered at once. up for his rights to the Ameri­ can consul. NOT A UNIT The medicine chest was with­ Brown lost his passport in out the drug, but Shaia had Bremen. Learning that it had 200,000 units of his own and was been found and turned over to experienced in its mixing and the consulate, Brown went to After the Waterman vessel was safely beithed in the West Coast port. Black Gang men see the consul to get it. What administration. gathered around in Engine Depairtment for photo by Ship's Photographer. Front row (by table), Shaia brought out his supply was more natural? left to right: Troy Smith, Oiler, and A. Hubeny. FWT. Second row: J. B. Brown, Wiper: Pete and began treatment. For the When he went into the con­ Solberg, FWT, and L. Brevik, Wiper. Rear row: J. Yapling, 3rd Assistant; T. Logan, Oiler and next 50 hours he was in con­ sul's office to ask for the pass­ stant attendance checking Weav­ port he received rough treatment Engine Department Delegate: Joe Phillips, FWT, and E. Duser, Jr. 3rd Assistant. er's respiration, temperature and from the start. "Get your god­ Photo submitted by Thomas Logan. pulse. Every three hours he ad­ damned hands off my desk," ministered 25,000 units of peni- he quotes the consul as saying. Naturally Brown took excepThrough the mght, the next ^ t^is remark and hot day and until 3 A.]\L on toe ^^^ds followed, but nothing mommg of February 16 he did ^o^e. All Brown wanted was his not depart from Weavers side, (passport. At that time the fever broke and the crisis passed. By late in What he got was six months. With the exception of toe avia­ sinks in toe form of a bitterly "waves" or "low pressure cen­ the morning his pulse and tem­ The MP's grabbed him and he tor,, there is nobody more at the cold cap over each pole. How­ ters" on the front. was hustled through a militsuy mercy of the weather than the ever, since more air is being Weather forecasting, which is perature were normal. warmed at the equator to pile up a complex combination of sci­ In a letter to toe company, court and was in the stockade seaman. Captain King praised Brother before he knew what was going True, the farmer can be the over the poles in its turn, the ence, art, savvy and luck, con­ victim or toe fair-haired boy of poles become overloaded. Some sists largely of trying to predict Shaia for his sterling job when on. toe weather, and so can your of toe cold air breaks out. That's the movement of these waves, he wrote: "... I am sure that COLD WATER grandfather" when he wants to where the story of storms begins. many of which originate or in­ Weaver had an attack of pneu­ take the family on a picnic Let's stay in toe northern tensify over the North Atlantic monia and would have been in After four months in two dif­ However it is the farmer's crops, hemisphere, although the process and the Great Lakes. ferent stockades. Brown was refor a long and dangerous illness except for Steward Shaia's leased on good behavior. But not the farmer himself, that is is essentially toe same whether After such a storm has passed those months were rough ones. affected, and your grandfather we are north or south of the comes the cold dry air. Eventu­ skill in nursing." When the Havana arrived in There were about 20 seamen can always stay home if it rains. equatorial line. ally the cold air, borne by the New York a few days later in Army prison camps in Ger­ But the seaman and the air­ "trade winds" and getting BATTLE FRONT Weaver was up and about though many when Brown was there, man live and work, and too often A huge mass of cold air cover­ warmer with every mile, reaches still a little weak for his ex­ all of them held on flimsy die in the weather. Moreover, the equator again, and then toe perience. After a check-up at charges. Reveille was at 5:00 there is not much they can do ing thousands of square miles process starts all over. Anybody the Marine Hospital he was a.m., and the men were lucky to about the weather once they are who has been on the North At­ okayed to return to the ship. get to bed by 11 -o'clock at in it. lantic this winter knows that Accordingly, airmen and sea­ Another ship or another crew j night after spending much of toe there has been a steady progres­ men develop an acute weather and the story might have had a day in military drill. They had sion of toe big storms. The win­ different ending. no money, no cigarettes and no sense. They know the signs of ter record of marine disasters good weather and bad as well help from anyone. and near-disasters confirms it. Tropical storms, the hurricanes At one period Brown spent 12 they know their home towns. of the Atlantic and the typhoons days in solitary confinement on HEAT ENGINE bread and water because he But what is this weather? of the Pacific, are something else stood up for a fellow seaman, Where does it come from—and again. Many weathermen be­ an NMU member, who was be­ why? lieves that tljey start as waves on what they call the "equatorial If you don't get the LOG when ing given an especially tough To begin with, the earth whirls your ship touches Manila, it's not going over. front." in space under a vast envelope lEd. Note: Subsequent articles toe fault of Ludovico Agulto, toe There was no joke about the called the atmosphere, the air, LOG'S "Manila Watch." Agulto bread and water, particularly toe which is a mixture of many breaks away from the North will cover other aspects of the reports that Philippine authori­ water. Just to make sure he gases. Because of toe sun, the Pole and slides south. As it weather. Members are urged to ties, fearful of smuggling, have knew he was being punished, shape of toe earth, the spinning moves, its leading edge or write in about the weather they so curtailed harbor activities Brown says the authorities pour­ of toe earth on its axis and sev­ front" pushes under the have seen on the world's oceans.) that sometimes he cannot get ed cold water over him every eral other factors including the warmer, wetter air it encounters past the gangway. If he can't two hours. It was quite a dose unequal distribution of water on its southward run. come aboard and meet all toe for a man who had talked back and land, the atmosphere works Along toe front, the warm air Seafarers, he will leave a hub- a little to a consul. as a great heat engine. condenses into clouds as it is If 70B don't find linen ber-stamped sign reading SIU- Coming across on the Army The sun's heat strikes the tossed aloft. The clouds preci­ SUP to show that he has done transport Zigmore wasn't much earth most directly at the equa­ pitate rain or snow. The front when you go aboard your his best to deliver the imion better than being in a stockade. tor. Air at the equator' is is a true battle line between ship, notify the Hall at once. paper. Brown put in 10 to 11 hours a warmed and rises rapidly far warm and cold air masses. A telet^ram from Le Havre or day in the Stewards Depart­ above the earth. Then it spreads The great winter storms of the Singapore won't do you any ment — without overtime, of out north and south, drifting to­ northern hemisphere, the storms course. As for the ATS crew, ward toe poles. that batter ships in toe North good. Iff your bed and you "Strictly a phony bunch," Brown As toe air drifts it cools and Atlantic and sm9ther most of have to lie In it. reports. becomes denser, v It gradually North America in snow, occur as 'Talks Back,' Gets 4 Months In Army Brig li.- Weather *War* Embroils Seamen Manila Log Man Is On The Ball ATTENTION! �Friday. March 5^ 1848 t B B SEA FARE RS tO G PiigeNlaa SIU Ships' Minutes In Brief R. NEY McNEELY. Dec. 14— SEATRAIN HAVANA. Dec. 24 ^ Chairman Michael Evanosich; —Phairman Faustina Pedraza: Secretary M. C. Kibnark. New S^elary Fred Shaia. New Busi­ Business: Member reported Sec­ ness: Motion carried that when ond Mate as carrying gim around the Union opens its books that deck. Steward reported linen Oscar Sartin, John C. Bailey and shortage and asked crew to re­ Henry Rote be admitted. Good turn surplus. Repair list made and Welfare: Motion carried that up and approved. Motion car­ LOG donate two pages to cheer­ ried that copy of minutes be ful news and praise to members turned over to new crew. Good and crews instead of beefs. Mo­ and Welfare: Discussion on tion carried that meeting go on cleanliness of ship. One minute record with vote of thanks to of silence for Brothers lost at entire Stewards Departments for sea. the excellent Christmas dinner, and service throughout trip. XXX died on the SB George - Davis. \orE OM THE X % % GEORGE D. PRENTICE. Feb. Motion made by John Popan KESOLUTIOMS. THAT GO SEATRAIN HAVANA, Jan. 23 j Motion carried to post meeting 1—Chairman J. C. Walker; Sec­ retary J. A. Bruno. Delegates re­ TD REfER&AJIX/M VOTE OAJ —Chairman Fred Shaia: Secre-. least 12 hoiu-s before lary Henry Weaver. Jr. A list of! meeting is held. Motion carried ported 50 disputed hours on MARCH iO/ 25-cent fines drawn up by Deck that third assistant be investi- Deck, five hours in the Engine VVE /MOST SfREAJeT^EAj Delegate Pedraza, Stewards Dele­ gated by MEBA and SIU for Department. Ship's Delegate to gate C. W. Smith and Steward anti-union activities. One min­ see captain about sougeeing THE SlU AMOTI^HTHA/ Shaia. fines to be 50c for second ute of silent prayer for lost passageways and about repair­ ing galley stove. Voted to have offenses. Voted not to sail ship Brothers. a complete repair list made for unless radiators were installed in "To MBBT ANY t 4. 4. Patrolman. the Deck Maintenance and MM's SEATRADER. TOSSISLE FUTURE BEEfS Nov. 23—Chair­ foc'sles. One minute of silence man C. D. Anderson; Secretary for Brothei's lost at sea. Nick Mutin. Delegates reported X % X all smooth in their departments. Motion carried that sufficient lava soap be distributed to deck department each week. One min­ 4 4 4 ute of silence for Brothers lost at GADSEN. Feb. 10—Chairman sea. By HANK Obreza; Secretary Logan. Ship's XXX Delegates elected: B. F. RhodaAll hands in the SIU—and especially the permitmen—should ZACHARY TAYLOR. Nov. 30 bargen. Deck; J. W. Logan. En­ turn to in honestly understanding, cooperating and fulfilling the XXX Chairman Ackerman; Seciretary NOONDAY. Jan. 23—Chairman Mullen. Delegates reported all gine; E. Kocharan. Stewards. Educational Program now in effect in our SIU haUs, as well as Smith; Secretary John T. Annal. smooth. New Business: Fines Carried motion that crew go the Organizing Drives going. on. This is a tough year in more Voted to allow Stewards De­ made for infractions of ship­ ashore if ship gets cold again. ways than one—and what we accomplish and how we do it, wiU partment to paint own foc'sle board rules. Good and Welfare Voted that men refrain from go­ mean real security and satisfaction to us all. and galley because of sharp drop One man from each department ing to Union hall with petty 4 4 4 in overtime. Also voted that to rotate each week in cleaning beefs. Voted against Union rul Frank Bose, the electrician, just sailed into town, with work normally done by foreign washroom on lower deck. One ing that SUg men get off after his mustache, after a trip to Europe and a taste of the good labor in foreign ports be done minute of silence for Brothers 60 days or a round trip provided old tough North Atlantic... Brother Martin O'Connor is in SUP change its West Coast rule after a long Isthmian trip... Brother A1 Gordon and his mus­ by crew before sailing. Listed lost at sea. making SIU men get off. Ship's tache is in town... Brother Chester Jowers. one of the oldtrepairs. XXX Delegate to check on present timers, is in town right now...The SS Robin Doncaster made XXX COASTAL MARINER. Oct. 19 rules. Discussion of repaks and ' ALGONQUIN VICTORY. Dec. —Chairman F. Cornier; Secretary supplies under good and welfare. her first trip this week to Southland East Africa. 7—Chairman D. Casey Jones; Blackie Coimors. Motion by One minute of silence for Bro­ ^ * Secretary George Everett. New DuBose that Patrolman be pres­ thers lost at sea. The weekly LOG will be traveling all over the nation to the Business: Motion carried to in­ ent at payoff in Philadelphia. following brothers: John Nelson, of Massachusetts; Ed Riopelle, 4 4 4 vestigate slopchest prices thor­ Motion by J. Powell that door of Michigan; Earl Harvey, of Alabama; G. M. Fatheree, of Ala­ oughly and report findings to nearest to gangway be left un­ F. T. FRELINGHUYSEN. Jan. bama; Carl Francum, of North Carolina; Russel Saye, of Georgia; shore officials. Motion carried to locked in port. List of repairs 4—Chairman Keturney. Secretary B. J. Schmitz, of Mai-yland; Edward Barron, of New York; Hans instruct Secretary-Treasiutjr to made up and aproved. Agreed Donnelly. Engine Delegate Snow Schmidt, of Louisiana; Billie Darley, of Georgia; R. Tate, of North reopen negotiations with the St. that anyone making ice be and Deck Delegate Kearney re­ Carolina; James Sibley, of Virginia; Noi-man Curran, of Brookl3Ti; Lawrence Navigation Company paid overtime and previously un­ ported all smooth save disputed Prime Fernandez, of New York; Andres Castelo, of Brooklyn; overtime for Saturdays in French Edward Barringer, of the Bronx; Wan-en Simmons, of Long Island; immediately in regard to getting derstood. ports. Stewards Delegate Kuntz Ellsworth Crowther, of California; Edward Ladimer, of New Jersey; the coal bonus. George Everett reported all smooth save for case J. W. Dennis, of Alabama; Robert Hunt, of Oklahoma; Philip riorninated and eleclecl ship's of one member evading work. Galla, of Pennsylvaniaj Elwood Ti-oup, of Pennsylvania; J. B. delegate by acclamation.- Good This member was reprimanded. Ashby, of Tennessee; Hector Conrad, of Connecticut; BiU Hiatt, of and Welfare: Suggestion to Chief Deck Engineer Shipps suggested Florida; James W. Burns, of Missouri; W. B. Gates, of Louisiana; Cook that he refrain from using that sougeeing of coal ships be Arthur Morse, of Indiana, and Ralph Gates, of Florida. so much garlic in food. Agree­ mandatory before leaving port ment among crew to stay away 4 4 4 and that provision be made for from USS in Antwerp due to its Also to William Panewicz. of Florida; Ed Magness. of this in contracts. Motion second­ chiseling tactics. California; J. J. Langley, of Alabama: Floyd Cummings. of ed by Newman and approved. XXX Mississippi: David Berger, of Virginia; Rogie Kanon. of Brook­ Further discussion of sougeeing, ALGONQUIN VICTORY. Jan. lyn; Robert B. King, of West Virginia; George Proctor, of 4 4 4 14—Chairman Thoma^ F. Hill; HORACE GREELEY. Oct. 7— and voted to hold up payoff if North Carolina: Henry Faucher, of Connecticut; Walter Grocki. not done. Voted for fumigation Secretary George Everett. Voted Chairman George Milhalopoulos; of Long Island; Eugene De Maria, of Massachusetts; William and repair list. Minute of silence repairs to steam line, fans, Secretary C. R. Brumfield. Good Gannon, of Massachusetts: Lloyd Campbell, of Michigan, and for Brothers lost at sea. shower nozzles, and other gear. and Welfare: Motions carried for Kenneth Van Alstine. of Michigan. 4 4 4 Carried motions that mess be improvement of recreation room 4 4 4 ALCOA PENNANT. Jan. 18— kept clean and that night lunch and sanitary condition of ship. News Item: Washington, Feb. 25—Congress today ignored the be more efficiently handled. Chairman told crew what con­ Chairman Patterson. Secretary maritime provisions of the Marshall Plan and prohibited the Elected Brother Smith Ship's stituted the duties of the depart­ Carlson. Special meeting on charter and sale abroad of American ships. "It should completely Captain's move to fire Steward. knock out of the Marshall Plan a provision which would put Delegate. One minute of silence mental delegates. Engine Department recommend­ the American Merchant Marine and most of the men who work for Brothers, lost at sea. 4 4 4 ed not sailing until settled. Deck in it out of business," said Representative Bradley. "I do not EMILIA. Nov. 29 — Chairman XXX Department wanted to make see how the members of the House or the Senate can now come WALTHAM VICTORY. Dec. 14 Ernest Gonzales; Secretary Rob­ company keep man now and hold along and write into the Marshall Plan the provision to permit ert C. Thomas. Delegates reports —Chairman H. Conn; Secretary port committee in New Orleans. the sale of 200 ships to Europe and the charter of 300 more."... accepted. Good and Welfare: C. V. Dix. Delegates reported no Stewards Department wanted to It's about time our own American sailors and the Merchant beefs. New Business: Motion by Motion that new cots be put settle now. On Mobile Agent's Marine is sensibly and strongly safeguarded in regards to the S, Zalenski that crew put in for aboard for the crew's use while innerspring mattresses. Good and in the islands. Motion that new advice, sailed to New Orleans, jobs and the ships we should have. Welfare: Suggested by Brother keys or locks be procured foi Steward to be given standby 4 4 4 Brother Angus "Red" Campbell just came in from a trip Conn that library be changed as all foc'sles. Motion made that work and choice of new ship there. ...Here are a few oldtimers who may still be in town; Bosiin soon as ship hits port. One all crew foc'sles be painted. A. Mitchel, Carpenter M. Daez, E. Steel, Frank Bock, R. R. 4 4 4 minute of silenca for Brothers 4 4 4 WARRIOR. Dee. 10—Chairman GEORGE D. PRENTICE. Jan. Leddy, C. Brundage, C. Jurewicz, A. M. Daines, Steward R. E. lost at sea. C. Bbshe; Secretary G. Byrne. 1—Chairman John Doris; Secre­ Ayers, Deforest Fry and J. McMenemy... Remember, Brothers. XXX SALVADOR BRAU. Dec. 14— No beefs in Engine and Deck tary John Bruno. All depart­ The importance of becoming a good union man really pays off Chairman L. A. Marsh; Secretary Departments. Stewards Depart­ ments okay. Voted to have Ship's in many good ways. By reading all union literature and know- ' ' Raymond J. Wells. Delegate re­ ment had beef on eight hours Delegate see captain about clean­ ing what's going on and by participating in various union ported all in good order. New overtime for 2nd Cook, which ing, sougeeing and painting activities—^you protect yourself from ignorance, you keep Business: Motion carried that was held fw Patrolman. One foc'sles, passageways and decks. your union and the contracts strong and you create the real each crewmember donate $5 to minute of silence for Brothers Decided last, man on standby to kind of cooperation and militant unionism which a progressing union depends on at all times. clean messroom for next watch. go to family of SIU Brother who lost at sea. OUR. €>TR«-;CTUR^ mod CUT and SUN •i �r^r* March 5. 194^ TttR 9B;jtF;A^KR RS. tio a Pas*- T*n =rs »• ' , I saa- •' * linportance Of Able Delegates Stressed By Yamhill Engineers To Ihe Editor: Having recently paid off the SS Yamhill after a voyage of nine and a half months, we should like to make some ob­ servations in the interests of good Unionism, which we know Seafarers are vitally interested in. Reason we are bringing this at all is because we have S£dled many SIU ships and have found the crews to be darned good' Union men. 'Working with theni has always been a plea­ sant' experience. But the trip on the YamhiU, which, by the w«y, paid off in Boston in De, c6mber, was the first trip on which we noted a deviation from SIU standards. Except for what happened on this , trip, our experience has shown Seafarers to be compe­ tent 'and determined in handling beefs. The fact that this wasn't the case on the Yamhill appi^red to be the fault of one man -^e happened to be the Engine Delegate — and it demonstrates how important it is to choose Hie right man for that job, therefore, were easily influenced to act as they did by this one guy. . Men like them can be just as easily influenced to act as good Union men, to their own and the Union's advantage and which would do justice to the good reputation of their organization. All that would be necessary was for this fellow to have been more conscious of his obligations and SS YARMOUTH GALLEY MEN •S duties as a Union delegate. This is not to be regarded as criticism. It is only an isolated case. But it does serve as a re­ minder that by not acting, as good Union men we stand to lose much for ourselves and our shipmates. J. C. ^ Bosskowskii 2nd Engineer R, C. Tobiussen. 3rd Engineer HAD GOOD HOLIDAY • , ' - ' A ^ A / I ^ ^ i.'-/ Brothers In C.Z. Hospital Say Union Is 'Riding Good' ABUSIVE First of all, most of the men aboard were permitmen, with . only four or five bookmen in all departments. The Engine Del­ egate was, of course, a full bookman, and he took advantage of this fact to throw his weight around. Because of their respect for a full book, this guy had full f-ein—and he led the fellows aroimd by the nose. Besides that, ho used his position to instigate trouble. In that respect, he was efficient. 'But when it came to being efficient in his duties as a Delegate the was a flop, thereby do­ ing injury to his shipmates and Union brothers, along with the rest of us who were aboard who __are interested in good unionism. There were many good beefs aboard the ship that were never brought up at the payoff. For U weeks, none of us received any fresh linen. We received on­ ly one carton of cigarettes a week; for a period of seven months, and for a month and a half, !we were out of smokes en­ tirely. None of this was men­ tioned by the delegate in questien at the payoff. In fact, none of tl|e men stuck around at the "to see these and many legitirnate beefs through, Three members of the Stewards Department serving up thow iti the crew's mess aboard the Eastern Steamship Com­ pany's cruise Ship are (left to right): Howard Horner. Charles Carr and Alfred Jackson. Christmas, like every other d&yr was- marked -by brotherly, spirit aboard th^; -SS John 'Callup>-These - crewmen gatheredion decki-after a mighty satisfying holiday-meal served while ship was in Lisbon. Portugal. Andrew Messana recorded the happy scene. Stop Disrupting, Cooperate To Keep SIU Tops, He Says To the Editor: In the past, a lot of criticism has been directed toward various ports and members, causing a certain amount of disruption in the Union. This has been wholly unjustified. In this connection ,I would to point out a few things that seem to have been forgotten. Our Union, the SIU, is a dem­ ocracy. It is made up of in­ dividual members from all ports and from many parts of the world. Each man carries a share of the Union's responsibili­ ties and the will of the majority is taken as the policy of the en­ tire Union. To assure the success of these democratic principles, each mem­ ber should contribute a part of himself to the SIU as a whole. liOT REPRESENTATIVE He should be ready to go all C^^-ainly under the existing out to any extent to support the conditions, there could not be SIU and what it stands for. crewl harmony. "When a crew is Brothers, without this organi­ iir harmony it makes it easier zation, our livelihood could be for all hands. Fortunately, the crewl of the Yamhill on the particuljur voyage we are referring to. Were hot representative of Members of the Seafarers SIU'Screws. The black gang dele­ gate Was faC from representative. are entitled to a weekly pay* ment from the Union if they He kept asserting the fact that are laid up in a hospitaL Be he was a book member and kept sure to get what is coming fallihg back on the theory that because he was an SIU mOT' he to you: Notify the Union of your ward number so that could do anything. He neVer stood on his own feet as a Un­ there will be no delay in yeuT ion man. The rest of the crew, receiving the money due you. as we say, were permitmen and cut off and our very homes could be placed in jeopardy. What better reason could a man have to back the Union to the limit. Let's quit being. , overly- in­ dividualistic, being. small boys and selfish hometown kids. Instead^ let's act like the hard­ working seamen we are. Let's back the- Union. It's our protec­ tion. And it's our own organiza­ tion. , R. W. Schoolcraft Boston, Mass. Portrait of a Seafarer Hospital Payments Red Dineen. AB. aboard the Andrew Jackson, is -caught in a candid moment by fellow crewman Ted Filip*#^- To the Editor: Though I'm a recent member Of the SIU, thought I'd drop a line from down here in the Panama Canal Zone where I just left the hospital after an operation on my knee; I had an accident on the Trinity Victory on November 20. Have met a few SIU-SUP Brothers in the hospital. They all think the Union is riding damned good. Have also met a few NMU men. Don't know where they're riding but we have a-good idea because their paper shows up, here quite often, I would like to express my ap­ preciation to two swell shipmates and • Brothers,. Deck Delegate Hairy Cooke and "Chips" Burns who shipped. aboard in Balti­ more, on whose thoughtful and good assistance I will comment. They were doing a fine job aboard the ship. There were a M couple of good beefs when I left the ship in Colon. But they will have to wait until they hit the States. Larry Kitchner Thanhs Brothers For Reinstatement To the Editor: Recently I was reinstated in the SIU and I want to express my. gratitude to the Union. The SIU is the best Union there is. I. urge all other men who are behind in their dues to come for­ ward as. I did. I urge them to be good Brothers with'the rest of the membership, I thank all the officials who helped me, and I am grateful to the committee members for their rational thinking. " Laurentios Koutselis Log-A-Rhythms I'll Be Ducking The Duncan By "I. M. STARVING" Once I was built like a heavyweight champ. But now I am thin and as hungry as a tramp. 1 saile<Lon the Duncan, a hungry old scow. With a Steward who believed in rationing chow. Lettuce every day 'til you looked like a rabbit. The same old menu to him, was a habit. The meals were poor and unbalanced as hell. It's no wonder that all of us aren't feeling well. Potatoes full of grease and the meats so tough, I'm telling you boys, it was plenty rough. You could talk to the Stew 'til your face was blue. And ask him to improve and save the crew. But with a shrug, of his shoulders and grin on pan. His answer would be: "I'm a company m^" With the store rooms full of good Itungk td eat, A place of candy on holidays was the treat. When the trip is over and we are in .port. The Steward should be tried in ctiihinal court. For to feed ua like pigs of the lowest degtee.v Is a criminal OfCOhse against men of the sea. 'I'Mi �THE SEA PAR ER S Friday. Muah S; id48 New Services In Boston Win His Okay To Ihe Editor: Page Eleven LOG MM&P Thanks Seafarers For Support MCBTtNCS-Ind ud iih W«lB««4tr Each Moatk. 8 p. la. Ttlepbooe 2^3 ^nttonni (^vQanizaiion iOtatjes nnb Pilate of ^tntvicn Affiliated with American Pederation of Labor Standard Railroad Brotherhoods I'd like to add my two-cents /' worth to the Brothers' opinion in "Here's What I Think" in JOHN YORDT Street Ste'f-Triat. Orgffniaed 1903 the February 6 LOG. GALVESTON. TEXAS I, too, think that by installing a good comfortable recreation February 9. I948 room with a library, pool table, etc. in the Boston Hall, better understanding and friendship Ur. Keith Alsop, Agent. will be promoted among our Seofarere International Union, 508i 23rd. Street, Brother members. Gelveetea, Tezae. A friendly membership makes a smooth working organization Dear Sir ft EE-etbert and that's what we want. For those living out of town 1 wieh to take thie opportunity to thank you pereenally, and for local 20 Uaetere, and having no place to go for Hatee ft Pilots, for the oooperation extended by yon and your Organisation in cur the four hours between calls, dispute with the Vathlasen Tanker Industries vessel 'BUIl BUH» to win represent­ a comfortable lounge means ation as bargaining agents for the licensed deck officers. even more. Also another good idea is the As you knew the action tsken with your support was snecessfhl In securing such cigarette machine and candy bargaining rights} upon coapletlon of negotiations a contract will be signed. machine. They will serve a dual Upon the signing of the contract your Boabershlp will then have the benefit of purpose: the convenience of be­ working with union officers under a union contract. ing able to get smokes and candy without leaving the Hall Such cooperation as was extended by your Crganlsatlon to ours is certainly the and, most important, the profit answer to our nuitual organisational probleae In organising the un-organited and -can be used to benefit members securing contracts covering thea. who are confined in the hospitals. M. R. Horris Again let as thank you, and request that you call upon us at any tiae that we nay be of assistance to you and your Organisation. ($silmsion Galveston Lads Thank Donor For Cigarettes ^o. 20 Fkaternal^ yours. S.\/. Owen, Bepresentative, Masters, Mates ft Pilots, Galveston Local 0 20. To the Editor: The boys in the Galveston Marine Hospital wish to thank Galveston Local 20 of ihe Masters. Mates and Pilots. AFL. won swift settlement of their J. F. Clark of the Hub Bar beef with Mathiasen Tankers after the SIU crew of ihe Bull Run gave the licensed men's which is located opposite the union ICQ per cent backing. Above is copy of letter received by Keith Alsop. SIU Port Agent Union Hall for his generous in Galveston from R. J. Owen, local representative of the MM&P. acknowledging the Seafarers donation of ten cartons of cig­ support. arettes and matches. These smokes were distributed among us by Brothers Tannehill and Wilburn when they made their weekly visit here. Our Steweurds Department is mond, Milton Tritman, Officers' To the Editor: Seafarers Alessmen; Henry Rowe, Peter Each time I read the LOG I one of the most efficient I have Esmion, Cre wMessmen; Robert Galveston Hospital find that many of the articles ever witnessed in action aboard Pardo, Stewards Utility; Robert are beefs of one sort or another. any ship. The fellows are clean, Brannan, General Utility and neat and courteous in every re­ I'm a fellow who does a little spect. They are patient and many Joe E. Brown, Galley Utility. You will find them, their bitching once in awhile myself, times overlook the many triviali­ To the Editor: quarters and their stations in but then again, I have found it's ties that cause friction. the most orderly condition.. The /Through your kind efforts in a good policy to hand out a little SHARP FELLOWS food is excellent, and when the praise once in awhile. die LOG, I have been able to Baker, rolls up his sleeves, he contact my brother Ed, and I I have been sailing on the Praising them is useless with­ turns out nothing gut gastrowant to take this opportunity of SS Madaket, Waterman, for out mentioning their names. Our nomical delights. expressing my sincere apprecia­ nearly six months now. During Chief Steward is William Jen­ tion of your kindness personally that time I have seen men come kins. His Chief Cook, Second Such a Stewards Department as well as that of your organi­ and go for one reason or an­ Cook and Night Cook and Baker as ours deserves well earned zation. other. One thing, however, no are Alfred Douglas, Frank Ran­ praise. If you enjoy good food, James E. Casey one has ever left this ship be­ kin and Lionel Desplant. The well served every day of the Chicago. 111. cause of bad grub. other fine men are: Joseph Ray- week, you will find it on the Madaket. This conveys the. sen­ timent of the entire crew. Thomas P. O'Rourke Hails Efficient Galley Gang On Madaket LOG Helped Casey Find His Brother Don Broian Goes Bing One Better — Has White Xmas And Turkey, Too Last Christmas was a happy 6ne for me, for a while at least. I was back home with my family -r-outside there was about a foot of snow on the ground. Not too cold, and it was snowing big white flakes, just' right for mak­ ing snowballs. sleep, but after, what seemed to be hours I finally dozed off. About 7:30 Christmas morning I was roughly awakened. I lay there happily, about half asleep. • I had hung up my stocking over the old fireplace, with dreams about what I would find in it in the morning, and the pice dinner we would have on Christmas, complete with turkey, dressing, and pumpkin pie. In the parlor was a beautiful Christmas tree, very gayly dec­ orated com.plete with all the trimming.s and a silver star at mumbling to myself: "Has Santa the top. Claus come yet?" Then I heard : It was all so very wonderful, a gruff voice saying: "Hell, didn't and 1 was too excited to go-to anyone ever tell you there ain't no Santa Claus? Time to hit the deck. Get up!" I slowly opened my eyes and reality hit me in the face all at once. I saw that it was a bewhiskered able seaman on the 4 to 8 watch who was calling me. I immediately lay back and closed mj' eyes trying to re­ capture, that peaceful, wonderful dream, I had been having and at the same time yelling to the sea­ man to get the .hell out. He strode out angrily mutter­ ing to himself, something about Santa Claus being landlocked. Finally I saw that it was no use and reluctantly I got up. Thinking to myself it was a dii'ty trick, dreaming a nice dream like that, and me down in the Gulf of Mexico on a beat up old Tanker heading for Texas. Don Brown Capstan KnotMan Tells Of Good Cruise To the Editor: Greetings, Brothers, wherever you may be. Greetings from the land of dark-haired lassies and plenty of rum. We are on one of the beauties of the bauxite fleet, name]J' the MV Capstan Knot. -I' In our gallant crew and acting as our Ship's Delegate is F. C. (Smoky) Harrington. He is hold­ ing down the Baker's job. But not to get the last first and the first last, let me here and now relate the eventful beginning of our wonderful cruise. We left two men in New Or- , leans on December 24. I .can readily understand ihe boys',re- -j luctance to leave the States at , that particular time, what with i Christmas .spirits flowing freely. However, action has been taken , to prevent its happening again. ^ We have had two meetkiga ^ thus far along on the trip, m^nor beefs being ironed out to the ; satisfaction of those concerned. The second meeting went on record as wishing to thank Cap­ tain Luther A. Youngs and Chief Mate Walter F. Lake for coop­ eration shown in Aruba in con­ nection with the procurement of two men to fill the vacancies which occurred at our depar­ ture from New Orleans. I wish we could speak as well of the Chief Engineer. We left Aruba still short two men and at this time we are still short—two men. The Cap-, tain and Mate have agreed to give SIU-SUP men preference if there are any on the beach here in Port of Spain or in P^amaribvj. , The Deck Gang has just made a Christian out of the Bogun. The boys had a beef with this guy. It seems he wanted to- do all the work. Sounds kind, of unusual for a Bosun, doesn't^ it? Other distingui.shed crewmem- • bers listed on the a^ticles^ of thi.s fine vessel include Freddy Robinson. "Handsome" Welsh and . Willie Williams, to name a few. We have a lot of other charac­ ters too. .i David E. McHam MV Capstan Knot Port of Spain We'll Bite, Who Is He? •i . I. HOW COME NO LIST FROM SAVANNAH?, TAYLOR MEN ASK To the Editor; •» The Brothers on board this ship want to know why there is never a hospital report of - the Savannah Hospital in the LOG. Several members have been in that hospital and never have seen the Savannah Patrolman or Agent at the hospital and never got their weekly allowance due them. We arrive at Bremen tonight, December 12, about 7 p.m. We were delayed in the Weser River below Bremerhaven for about It's a mystery to us. too. seven hours on account of fog. Pic came to LOG office s^ns The Crew name, sans story. Only com­ SS Zbchary Taylor ment was a pencilled "Guess who?" on the back. Oh w€lL (Ed. Note: When a Savannah "we didn't guess who Miss^ Hospital list is received, it is Hush was either. run in the LOG.) �Pag^. TwelTflL i;': !•». • «.r.. ' ' "T WMR SB AM AMJims LOG ' sax ,' New Slogan Of Anti-Union Boys Wanna Be A Seaman? F^dai"! March S>'> 1194# ss-.jscessaa HEADIN' THE NpmHAV:^SOME FROM GERMANY Like The Great Lakes? To the Editor: To the Editor: It has come to my attentidh, sis In the March 1948 issue of of yesterday, that more of these Smash Detective I found a clip­ phony shipowners are trying to ping that should interest the break the back of the unions. Union and the membership. As you can see by the enclosed The way it looks, the big boys article from a local newspaper, are really on the go to break the they were trying to sign up these unions or stop their progress by boys around here with promises hiring a bunch of school boy of big money, but when the sailors to man their ships. This fellows go up to see about the. jobs they are told they will start is way is read: at aroimd $150 a month and can WANT TO BE A MER­ work up to around $300 a month. CHANT SEAMAN? ApproxThe men are also given a big imately $180 per month start­ story about how nice they will ing pay plus food, overtime, be taken care of—you and I Travel-Adventureh¥c. lodging. Career. Ride American ships. have heard the story before. No experience required—^Many They put it lik^ this: DedcmeB of the Waterman ship are Shown busy at work FORMER NAVY, COAST jobis—^Ex-servicemen with suffistowing lines nft. Ship had Just departed from Bremerhaven GUARD MEN: Your sea serv­ cieht service may qualify for for return trip to the SfBtes.'Th*e excellent picture was snapped ship's officers. For further in­ ice qualifies you for jobs pay­ and dispatched todhe LOG by crewmember Roy K. Tompkins. I'' ' formation write today to: ing up to $290 monthly. Board Ne names were enclosed. «and room furnished. Opening Mercantile Information Bureau soon on Great Lakes vessel. of Galveston, 1507 Avenue G, See free Pathe movie, "The Gallveston, Texas. Great Lakes." Call at YMCA • Jhst what is behind this ad, I Monday only, 10 AM to 5 PM. don't know. I do know that Bring discharge. ^ere are too many men going to HEAD FOR SIU s'ea now and many of our ships age being laid up. There is no In talking to quite a few of To the Editor: need for a bunch of green men these fellows who have inten­ to Start going to sea for the tions of signing up for Lakes A very rough trip was had summer or for just a trip or two. shipping, I have told them to by all on the last voyage of the contact the Lakes SIU JIall and SS Afoundria. FRIEND OF GREENE see the Agent in whatever port The crew found out that the I was very sorry to hear of the they hit. ship had sprung a crack across, death of Brother Anthony (Tony) I believe it would be a good the deck from the No. 3 hatch, Greene. He was a fine sailor and idea to have these men sign and that the main beam had ai good imion man with whom I pledge cards for future organiz­ cracked at the same time. The made three very pleasant trips ing. Can do? If so, I'll do what ship proceeded to Newfound- • aboard the William S. Young. I I can to start the ball rolling land—and we do mean New-these N o o n d a y crewmen attr sure that aU the brothers down here. foundland. seem to be well satisfied with who have sailed with Tony were The weather was the worst > It has been quite awhile since the world judging by their sorry to: learn of his death. you ever saw. Snow, snow and; I last sailed because of sickness. smiling faces. Can't tell you more snow. who they are as. no names That's about all the news from I am ready to go back now as were enclosed. this port, but if any of my old soon as my wife has a baby. We The crack was repaired, and' shipmates are heading this way, are hoping for a boy so he can then we heard that the samelook me up, brothers. . I have become an SIU man. plate had cracked again so we married and settled down to Tlirough the pages of the LOG stayed in that lovely land a I'd like to say "hello" to all of few more days. landlubbing. my old friends. Robert Northrop Finally we went to Hamburg, H. W. Greenlee 11 South Eighth St. Germanyi where there was no Huntington, W. Va. To the Editor: sq he can get the Bosun's job. shore leave because the Cap­ Wilmington, N. C. In regard to shipboard promo­ On the other hand, there are tain was afraid the crew would tion I would like to say that some men who get their AB fall in love and not sail the papers and right away they get ship to Bremen. So after a stay I'm absolutely against same. If thcf Bosun should stick up big^ ideas along with swelled of nine hours in Hamburg ws for the gang about anything that heads. And sure enough they left for Bremen where fun was might arise on a ship, there want to ship Bosun. Those who had by all. don't want to move up right We went to Le Havre, the ahead lacking the wherewith to would always be one who would away want to make a trip to see To the Editor: new port the Waterman ships Have enjoyed the three weeks pay. So if you guys are tired if they dare to tackle the job. hit on their North Europe run. on the beach here where the of dodging snowballs pay the I've heard around here that In this port, there were a lot weather is warm but expect to Island of Enchantment a visit. these guys lower the booms in of NMU seamen on the beach" Weaver Manning ship in the next few days. The an hoilr and 16 minutes one time who seemed to think our ship piecards here sure have a job to and in an hour and 17 minutes was home sweet home although do . with the ships scattered Fling at Shore Job there were quite a few NMU the next time. Some Bosuns. around the Island. Why haven't Makes Him Yearn for ships in the harbor. Evald A. Olson ^ we a sub branch in Ponce with There was a steady line of Boston Seafarers' Union Spirit a Patrolman-Dispatcher? these NMU men to our ship at^ He could take care of beefs To the Editor; mealtime. They insisted on be-: and jobs on ships m Ponce, Jo^ URGES OFFICIALS ing fed, however, regardless of bos, Quainea, Guanicia, as well They can take this damned time they came. TO PASS OUT FORMS what as Mayaguez before the Agent factory work. Never did I ap­ So, amid a big uproar, they from .San Juan could get there preciate working on ships more FOR SHIP MINUTES were told to make tra'cks where­ which would leave Humacao, Far- than I do now and never did I upon they started to throw francs jardo and San Juan as well as appreciate the Union spirit of not agree, and that same one To the Editor: around the messhall stating that the HaU for the present Patrol­ the SIU membership more than would be the Chief Mate's friend. Having just served on a com­ they could afford to pay for When the Bosun and the gang man,. leaving the Agent free to I do now. mittee at New York Headquar­ eating. cover the entire island for ser- I've been working in the pack up this one usuaUy stays ters checking ship's minutes, I After a look around the ship,, ioiis beefs, when and wherever Parker-Wolverine plant here in would like to make a ^sugges­ another crack Was found on No.Detroit for about two weeks now Attention: Emil Puntillo tion: needed. i. After being repaired again Anyone can look up the past and not once have I heard any we started for the good old To the Editor: Agents and Patrolmen "uSA and a story came to light. financial reports for San Juan of the members even mention Aboard the SS Pipe Spx-ing, could do a good turn if they and see if we could save money their union in their bull sessions. A Wiper was logged for not for traveling expenses. The Pa­ About the only thing they we had an AB named Emil Pun­ would deliver the prepared form turning, to on Sunday which trolman's salary may add a little seems to be interested in is new tillo who was unable to return for ships' minutes to all ships. was called disobedience of a bit to it but with real SIU rep­ cars, buying homes, the chicks to the ship in Port Arthur, Tex­ These are on hand at Head- lawful order. So now a Wiper resentation I believe it would they were out with last night. as. His money will be sent to quarters' and will be sent out on has no time off for himself. Going home, we were rocked Working conditions stink and the company agent of the Pacific. request. be worth it. By doing this the Unidn offi­ to sleep,by the rolling rhythm of Sure met some swell guys and there is apparently no thought Tankers Corporation in San cials will facilitate the prepar­ the sea. One thing leads to an-i, a real character now and then in of beefing about them. As, soon Francisco. the Texas Bar, a place wherg a as I can clear my obligations His gear is being left , on the ing of minutes for Branch meet­ other, so I shall stop now---toi seaman gets a break if he is here, Til be down at 51 Beaver dock and will be taken from ings, the LOG and, certainly, the think about signing on for an-v next committee- elected to go other trip. Conditions might im-, , right. Obie treats a guy good Street scanning the board on the there to the Galveston Hall. over them. How about it? prove. Elmer Morse Ife;.' especially the next day when second deck. P'v you- really need that heave| Irwin SuaU SB Pipe Spring Glen Vinson Arthur R. Kavel, Jr.. Afoundria Meets Rough Weather, : Hungry NMU Men.^ A Swelled Head Does Not A Bosun Make — Seabirer Hits Promotions Says More Legs Are Needed To Cover Busy P.R. Ports •s- • • . I �•••J-: N March .&^iMa r^ « B B A f AM B M S 1B Faga Thici««tt ' "'fc Clay Crewmen Ask Brothers To Rendezvous In Big Town fist A Story? Send K in! Seafarer Reviews Maritiiiie Events Of Recent Weeks To Ihe Editor: coat and hat, sir?" If you seem The minutei of a meeting held 000 a year for four years, as During the last trip on the in doubt, she'll add: "No charge-, aboard an SIU ship recently con­ To the Editor: SS Alexander S. Clay, I wrote sir." tained a request which we would For the benefit of the member­ recommended recently by,- a you about taking her into BrinNO ROUGH STUFF like to see granted. However, we ship who may have missed vari­ Presidential advisory committee, disi, Italy, under sail. At once you have a feeling must rely upon the membership's ous maritime news items of re­ appears to have been shelved by the Administration. President This trip fortunately has that you are going to like the response to do so. cent weeks, here are some that Truman asked Congress for only passed so far with only \ the place. Two years ago, we were The crew, under Good and may be of interest: $24,180,000 for new ship con­ breaking of a cylinder on the a gang just olf a trip who didn't Welfare, suggested that the SEA main engine to give us trouble. know each other too well, anc I'ARERS LOG devote two pages 1. Proposed authorization of struction, including recondition­ The Black Gang disconnected the who weren't too well acquainted in the LOG to cheerful news, the sale of up to 200 govern­ ing and improvement, during the ment-owned merchant ships to cylinder and we made it to our with New York. praise-of men and crews and in­ countries participating in the twelve months beginning July I, The President said new ship con­ destination on one cylinder for­ At the time, we were staying teresting experiences instead of European Recovery Program has struction must be limited at this ward and one aft on the engine. at the Rex Hotel, across the moans, groans and beefs. been eliminated from the Mar­ time "because of the present But that is not the reason for street. We began hanging Well, we still want to hear shall Plan by the Senate Foreign scarcity of steel, the large sur-^ writing in. There is another one. around the Bamboo. It was cosy from Seafarers who have beefs Relations Committee. However, plus of war-built tonnage and During our last few times in and friendly and the prices were —^they serve a good purposeproposals for chartering cargo the uncertainties regarding the New York, our gang has been reasonable. A big difference but as the crew mentioned ships to these countries were ap­ future economic requirements for hanging out in a little cafe on from the many clipjoints around cheerful news is just as inter­ proved by the Committee but on shipping." The Maritime Com­ 47th Street. New York. esting and we'd like to print these conditions: The chartered mission states that its inability It is not a place to go if you more of it. QUIET. DISCREET ships must be dry cargo carriers. to assure operators it can pay are looking for a rough time. But That's where you come in. This place has a quiet and dis- if you are looking for a d^ent Chartering of tankers would be future operating differential sub­ Something unusual is always cre'et atmosphere. Whether you barred. Only ships not in cur­ sidies has made shipowners shy place to take your girl or to en­ happening to seamen and crews are alone and prefer sitting at joy a drink in peaceful and wherever* they drop the anchor. rent operation could be chartered away from making contracts for the bar, or are in company and pleasant surroundings, we sure That incident ashore in the las to these ERP-participating coun­ construction of new ships. would rather occupy one of the recommend that you try it. For port gave the whole gang a tries. Transfers under charter comfortable booths, you'll be NOT SO GOOD one thing, we would like your laugh. It'll probably meter a could not involve more than 300 welcomed with open arms. ships. guffaw or two in the LOG. company. On the other side of the fence Entering the establishment, In the words of the big ad­ 2. Shipping companies and in maritime news are the follow­ Sure hope you have the space you'll be met by Joe Kauphman, for this in the LOG, for owner vertising outfits: Don't hide your dock operators have been asked ing discouraging news items:the owner. He always remem­ to establish a pension and wel­ Joe Kauphman has really shown light under a basket. 1. With the State Department bers you from last trip no mat­ himself to be a friend of the SIU Just give us the details, pic- fare program for the maritime embroiled in a dispute with the ter how long you've been away. men who have been patronizing ures, too, if possible, and we'll workers in the Great Lakes shipping industry over a proposal By the (way, the name is the his place. He has been a friend do the rest. The address is: SEA­ trade. The Cleveland Maritime to transfer ships to European "Bamboo Cafe," and the place FARERS LOG, 51 Beaver St» Port Council said that the pro­ nations provided for in early in good times and bad. is on 47th street between 6th gram should be financed by a New York 4, N. Y. When they discover a place ERP recommendations, keen: in­ and 7th avenues. tonnage royalty, assessed on all like this, the members ought to terest is centering around a Gov­ At the bar, you'll meet Chet, bulk cargo carried and handled give it a break and send in the ernment questionnaire to the in­ the bartender who will never on the Great Lakes with the cost name to the LOG whether it's in dustry calling for answers to forget what your usual drink is. borne by ship operators and dock the States or overseas. eight questions. The industry Two or three years later he will companies. The Cleveland MarlWhen you come into a port has delayed answering it al­ still remember. time Port Council is composed of where you're not at home, it is though leading shipping oper­ I walked in after finishing an six AFL unions. They are the good to know of a place where ators have had more than two 11-month shuttle in the East. Seafarer's International Union, you'll be given a square deal months to review the points Chet at once grabbed my hand the Masters, Mates and Pilots, and where you know you'll have To the Editor: sought by the State Department. with a shout of hello. Sure he a chance of meeting., other SIU I wish you thx-ough your won the International Dredge Work­ knew. "Vodka and beer chaser," 2. Redelivery notices covering men and maybe old shipmates. derful paper the LOG and by ers, Tug Firemen and Linemen, he said'—and hit the nail right terminations of charters on ves­ Johannes F. Wunderlich, Jr. notice posted in the hiring halls the Licensed Tugmen, and the on head. sels have been received by the (on behalf of the ex-crew of woldd impress upon the minds International Longshoremen's As­ If you are in company and Maritime Commission. Water­ sociation. Together they have the SS Alexander S. Clay) of all members who wish to re more than 30,000 members on man Line terminated the chart­ choose to sit at a table, always tire their books to do so in per­ the Great Lakes. there in a jiffy is Murray, the ering of 10 vessels and Missis­ son. My book was either lost in Waiter. Does he remember you? Steel Flyer Crew Has sippi Steamship Company ter­ SHIP BIDDING the' mail or mislaid, and now Certainly he does. And he's al­ Good Chow Conception minated 5 vessels. x am out of luck. ways ready to do his utmost to To the Editor: "Cut and Run" Hank 3. Bids were opened on Oc­ I came home for a short stay make your evening into a grand Our advice to the brothers is tober 27 for five ex-German success. that they ship aboard the SS but when I arrived home found ships offered for sale September If your party is slightly dull, Steel Flyer where they really out that I could not sail for a 18 by the Maritime Commission. Murray will quicken it up with can enjoy food as it should be while. I sent my book and a Smith & Johnson Corporation a topping joke at the right mo­ cooked and served. We had four letter asking for retirement until bid $90,111 for the Empire Con­ ment. .Service with a smile, and a half months of good chow. such time a.s I would be able to sequence and $54,000 for the Em­ that's his motto. Our many thanks to a swell sail. When I went to pick up my pire Contyne. Smith & John­ book and retirement card I foimd During the winter, when you Steward, Tom Conception. son's bid on these two ships are wearing a coat and hat, or SS Steel Flyer Grew out it was nowhere to be found. (while bids were being made for To the Editor: f It sure makes one feel like an in the summer if you wear a hat, (Sd. Nete: The Steel Flyer you'll be approached by Sally, lads said a mouthful. The outcast when one is not able to others by other parties) specified The seagoing patients liere that the company would accept the wardrobe mistress. With a Christmas dinner menue they ship out again with his former wish to extend theii- thanks to all or any." cute and disarming smile she'll enclosed would knock the eyes shipmates. the generous crew of the 'SS 4. Merchant vessels under con­ Minot Victory for the donation So, in closing, I say again. coo musically: "May I take your out of a potato.) Brothers, take care of your book tract and being built for Amer­ of more than $18. ' yourself, as I would not like to ican Shipping interests as of We also want to thank toe see what happened to me happen January 1, 1948 are as follows: crew of the Thomas McDonoiigh Three bulk cargo carriers, with to anyone else. for their donation of $15. It will, If this warning is of help to turbine machinery, are being sure come in handy for smokes anyone, which I hope it will be, built in Bethlehem-Sparrows and incidental items. I'll feel as I can still be of some Point Shipyards, SpaxTOws Point, The thoughtfulness of our^ help to the members of the SIU. Maryland for the Ore Steamship brothers aboard these - ships is Corporation. Recently built ore L. P. Wagner, deeply appreciated. We canhoi Pittsburgh, Pa: carriers were the Venore, Ma- thank them enough. We only, rore, Lahore and the Feltore which were built in these same hope that some day soon we Attends School Now, But shipyards for the Ore Steamship be together with them aboard i^AN'T SEE GUYS GRABBING the ships of the SIU. Keeps Union Dues Paid Corporation. ( TWO SEATS FOR ONE FRAME Frank Chamberlayne 5Representative Willis W. • I have a beef to make in connection with members who To the Editor: Fort Stanton, N.M. Bradley, Republican of Califor­ occupy more than their share of space in the recreation room I am a Brother of the best Some men seem to think they can occupy more than one seat. Union afloat, the SIU. At the nia, told the House Merchant To the Editor: Some fellow wiU take two lounge seats, sit on one and «11 the present time I am back in school, Marine Committee "i intend to empty one with his overcoat and sometimes his baggage. so I'll be detained from the propose legislation to bar the Those of us here in the Saa - Meanwhile, some other brother who would like to relax has sea for a while, but I am not sale of ships to foreign nations." Juan Marine Hospital wish to Schuyler O. extend our thanks to the crew to stand or sit at a table. Can something be done about this? being detained from the Sea­ (Representative Bland. Democrat of Virginia, said farers as I am keeping up with of the Wild Ranger for their Ben Hubbard I'll take great pleasure" in sup­ donation *of fruit and smokes. my dues. Book No. 34599 ANSWER—Practically all hands will agree Brother HubIt shows real thoughtfulness and I miss the sea and our Union, porting Bradley's proposal. 6. The Navy has selected four gives us a sense of solidarity. . bard makes a good point. It's okay to spread out comfortably so I was wondering if you would if there are only, a few guys around but nobody should have mind sending me the LOG so I companies to act as general The giving of these items de­ - to stand while someone else uses two or more seats. If that can keep up with our Union and agents for tankers that wiU serve notes an outlay of time and tier oil heeds. • One of the com­ cash on the part of our brother is the case, though, simply telling a guy that you'd like to the sea. panies is Pacific Tankei-s which members and will be- long re­ sit down will be successful in getting him to pull'in his ^ Lo.uis H. Smith, ^ lines. If he should be the one guy in a hundred who wouldn't MarveU, Arkansas will operate seventeen tankers. membered. (Ed. Note: The LOG is on its . 7. A building program for • move,' maybe the guy on duty at the desk can square-away A. R. Silvestri your beef. way to Brother Smith.) passenger ships to cost $150,000,San Juan Hosp. Take Good Care Of Union Book, Brother Warns Men In San Juan, Ft. Stanton Thank Crews For Smok^ I h L , } ;•>/' r• �^ Page Fourleen li-. list:*'-' ' • • • 7; •' • 1 THE SEAFARERS LOG V'" : Friday. March 5, 1846 I Seafarer Ballplayer Is Out To Clinch Baltimore Berth , ; When the first ball is thrown • out next month to start the 1948 baseball season, SIU base­ ball fans might have the oppor; tunity to root for one of their Union brothers—^that is if they're fans of the the Baltimore Orioles • of the International League. : A1 Wilk, first baseman and Ordinary Seaman, now kicking tip the dust in the Orioles training camp in Tampa, Florida, has ' been a member of the SIU since 1940 and last shipped on the Key Palmer, Bernstein SteamQ ship Company. t After a brief stop in the New r York Hall last week, he-collected his gear and headed for the AL WILK ! sunny South. •' If A1 makes good with the He hit .332 and racked up 12 ^ Baltimore Club, he'll be out homers, 7 triples and 10 doubles J there come "play ball" time —a good mark in a tough lea­ ' knocking them off at first and gue. • powdering the ball when at bat. Now he finds himself on the After the regular season he'll move again. His contract was • be back taking one off the board. sold to the Cincmnati Reds and If the grade is a little too tough, he was transferred to the Balti­ well, as A1 says, "I may be back more Orioles. looking for a good one before Twenty-six years old, he hesi­ Little World Series time." At tated to comment on his future any rate he'll be back to grab in the game. a ship after the regular season. "I'm just keeping my fingers crossed," he said, "after Balti­ STARTED YOUNG more, who knows." Not exactly a newcomer to the baseball world, A1 first played semi-pro ball during his high school days in Jersey. Out of high school he teamed up with the Scranton Sox of the East -—Coast League in 1938. Those were the roughest days of his playing career. "Playing ball was easy," he Full of Beefs sai<J; "it was the long hauls by NORFOLK — The Coral Sea busj from town to town and the came into the Port of Norfolk as • second rates that made the life full of beefs as a Georgia hound so hard." is full of fleas. Two years of it was enough The Captain had cleaned the " so [it was with relief that he deep tanks explaining that he found himself sold to the St. needed the exercise, and besides Louis Cardinals. it was for the safety of the ship. 'The Cards sent him to their When the Oiler finished his farm team in the International rounds, he was required to stand L e la g u e — the Rochester Red 40 minutes throttle watch while Wings. the watch Engineer got in that Conditions were much better much painting. with the Wings. The Interna­ The Oiler, of course, got 1 hour tional circuit is but a step from overtime for each trick so stood, the majors and the pace is keen. and somebody collected for all ^ A proving ground for the big work that is ordinarily done by 1/ leagues, every player is a hustler. the unlicensed personnel when After two years with the Red done by the licensed personnel. Wirigs the war caught up with The Master, Captain Nabrolion Brother Wilk. In spite of his saw the light right away and en­ off-season shipping to England tered into the spirit of the agree­ and^ other war area ports, he ment 100%. found himself in a marine uni­ The Engineers, however, were more difficult; having come up form. His luck aboard ships during on "Limey" ships, and never the early days of the war—^not having sailed SIU" before, they a ship in his many convoys was couldn't understand why they hit-^held out through his days could not do unlicensed person­ witfx the marines. nel work just to keep their hand in. CLOUTED THE BALL When the Chief became very The closing days of the 1946 vituperative about it, the Patrol­ baseball season found him back man showed him how it could be I'i with the Rochester club. He arranged—namely by not having finished out the season and put any unlicensed personnel on the ship. I': in 1947 at first base. In 1947 he was back in form. He, however, apologized and promised to live up to the agree­ ment in every respect. He ad­ mitted he had not had time to Withholding Tax Statements read and study the agreement. BAD CONDITION for the following members are being held by the Philadelphia From all reports and evidence Hall. Call or write for them as at hand, this ship sailed in dirty ; soon as possible. L. S. Johnston, and disorganized condition in the C. Donley, Lucien E. Lemay, J. Stewards Department. She had I; 'Wendt, J. Truesdale, A. Samp been cleaned up and was in good son, R. R. Shaynick, C. F. Busl shape at thq time of this payoff. The .IfestfcT okayed- and paid Hbtvard T. Wilson. « '• NOTICE! BOSTON SS BELCaiM VICTORY T. Tlghc. $1.00; C. Turner. $1.00; F. Hobin. $1.00; J. ranum. $1.00; C. Clark. $3.00; R. Long, $1.00; D. Harbin. $1.00; J. Warren. $1.00; E. Craub. $1.00; M. Mueerove, $2.00; C. Sasser. $1.00; C. Mason. $1.00; C. Saranthus. $1.00. SAN FRANCISCO C. B. Pedregosa. $12.00; R. Flnneron, $3.00; Williams, $2.00; Donlson, $2.00; N. Eilert, $3.00; Fuselier. $1.00; W. Jacobson, $1.00; M. Mitchell. $2.00; R. J. Burton, $1.00; D. C. Riley, $1.00; E. L. Magers. $1.00. S. Wilson.' $.100; E. Reeves, $3.00; H. Covington, $4.00; H. Torry. $4.00; Leroy Nicholas, $2.00; L. Pope, $2.00; R. Jones, $3.00; A. Bosage, $10.00; Boritz. $3.00; J. Wheat, $1.00; V. Key, $2.00; C. Pascholl, $2.00; J. Branon, $3.00; D, L. WillUms, $4.00; E. Nesse, $1.00; T. Aldreth, $3.00; J. Wise, $1.00; A. Winkle, $4.00; J. Caylor, $4.00; Roberts, $4.00; F. Criflfis, $1.00; J. F. Gersey, $1.00; F. Lumpas, $10.00; S. Pagan. $.10.00; R. Geyer, $3.00; Leo Gilliken, $2.00: G. L. McDaniel. $2.00; G. L. Edwards, $4.00; D. L. Dexton,$1.00; H. W. Lupton. $2.00; V. Copeland, $4.00. NEW YORK SS JUDITH R. Toomey. $4.00. SS GOODHUE G. W. Meaney, $2.00; J. Pardo, $1.00; T. C. Rigby, $1.00; G. Jacobs, $1.00; A. Meshefski, $1.00; G. Wladislaw, $1.00; J. Ruiz. $1.00; A. Buchenhomer. $3.00; R. Scherffius $2.00; M. G. Bar­ ton, $2.00; E. Jacobs, $1.00; O. G. W. Pederson, $2.00; R. U. Cox, $1.00; R. P. Graves, $2.00; E. Dawkins, $2.00; H. Wheat, $1,00; O. L. Petitfils, $3,00; F .E. D'Amato, $3.00; G. H. Roy, $3.00; A. R. Baker, $1.00; J. Spahn. $3.00; A. J. rowne, $1.00; J. L. Eakin. $1.00; H. E. Rice, $1.00; E. DeBautte, $1.00; P. White, $2.00; A. Williams, $1.00; J. Santaana, $2.00. SS BOLIVAR C. H. Thabpe, $3.00; T. De La Reguera, $1.00. SS H. LONGFELLOW S. Smith, $2.00; J. C. Mikronis, $2.00; W. Worm. $2.00; G. T. WorreL $2,00; A. G. McRae, $1.00; B. L. Miller. $1.00; F. D. Gosse, $1.00; W. T. Roche, $2.00; W. D. Adair. $2.00; H. Zapaldwski. $3.00; L. Lee. Jr., $2.00; R. Gorju, $1.00; J. P. Smith. $3.00; W. H. Banks, $3J>0; E. L. Walker, $4.00; C. Svensson, $2.00; C. E. Roney, $4.00; fl. DeBerry, $2.00; H. S. Thomas. $2.00; B. Nicholas, $1.00; J. N. Holltnger, $2.00; R. F. Schero, $2.00; J. Hurdle, $2.00; S. Henry .$2.00; S. Haywood, $2.00; F. Lynum, $2.00. SS JANEWAV H. Sitkowski, $1.00; D. J. Neijl, $2.00; A. JhHg, $2.00: N. Bigney, $3.00; C. LaRosa, $2.00; J. Fernandez, $1.00; A. Sanchez, $1.00; W. A. Craven, $1.00; H. Hornreich, $2.00; W. Mrozinskl, $2.00; A. Sarg, $2.00; M. J. Noulis, $2.00; J. Hals. $2.00; M. Kopenhagen. $1.00; J. A. Costello, $1.00;. S. Huren. $2.00; A. Jensen $.2.00; N. E. W. Larson, $2.00; J. H. M^allls, $2.00. SS KATHRVN P. G. Gonzales, $1.00. SS JEAN LAFITTE W. J. Schmutz, $1.00; G. E. Camp­ bell, $1.00; E. H. Germer, $1.00; F. Wm. Winkles, $1.00; J. W. McKlnnoh, $2.00; D. Newell, $2.00; C. Jackson. $2.00; S. Ruzyski, $5.00; G. W. E. Flood, $2.00; J. T. Patton, $2.00; J. Petkac, $2.00; V. M. Detomasso, $2.00; 6. M. Guarino, $2.00; J. Mehalov, $2.00; J. J. O'Donnell, $1.00. SS YORK A. E. Buck, $1.00; E. Read. $2.00; S. J. Convertino, $2.00; H. A. Gauntleff, $1.00. SS GADSDEN N. Sepe. $3.00. PERSONALS BILL "RED" JACKSON Get in touch with Mrs. Shirley Wessel, Seamen's Church Insti­ tute, 25 South Street, New York City. ^ t. JULIO CALDERON VIVAS Get in touch with Mi-s. Eduvigis Montanez, c/o Gerardo Mendez, Jr., Abogardo Notario, Fajardo, Puerto Rico. J, HAROLD NELSON There is an important letter for you in the New York Hall Baggage Room. 4. 4 t WILLIAM E. PORTER Get in touch with your mother, Mrs. John Plumby, 203 Wash­ ington Street, Steubenville, Ohio. 4 4 JUAN RIOS Get in touch with Joseph Volpian at Headquarters, 51 Beaver St., New York 4, N. Y. an average of over 200 hours per Give ^Em A Hand man for the 40-day trip to every man in the Stewards Department. NEW YORK—A little coopera­ Much credit for this is due* to tion goes a lot farther than bull­ a fine job done by the Stewards dozing and browbeating in a lot of cases, especially within the Department delegate. SIU. Brother Cannon, Engine Dele­ gate, had a particularly tough job It seems like a trivial thing to of separating the wheat from the mention but, unfortunately, the chaff, but he did a fine job in actions of a few super-duper the matter of Engineers doing militants within the Union ranks NORMAN^{Ozzle) 0'KRAY_ las caused many permitmen a "Your dad is much better. . unlicensed work. He stuck right with it until lot of difficulties. Please write. Sorry my letters My beef is against those mem-!didn't reach you. My phone num­ every detail had been ironed out and paid. The Deck delegate bers who delight in needling the^ ber is now PLymouth 523Wlr younger permitmen and keep Dorothy (sister)." was also on the ball. At the payoff numerous in­ them in a state of fear by threat­ % X X stances came to light where the ening them with "I'll see that MICHAEL P. MASEK Purser had either copied over­ your permit is lifted." Your mother has not had word time wrong or failed to include That is not the way to make from you since you left home it in the copy the payroll was good Union men out of these and asks that you write to her. made from. Youngsters. Education and coop­ 4, -t, This necessitated the making of eration is^ the answer. Tteach MARVIN or B. M. MURPH many vouchers, so when all had them to interpret and appreciate You are asked to contact Hazel been paid off and half of the the SIU constitution and con­ Murph, 104 N. Poplos Street,^ crew had gone ashore, some one tracts and they'll thank you for Kannapolis, N.D. came up with "No breakfast in itXXX the Port of Philadelphia Decem­ MAKE FOR BROTHERHOOD QUINN DARMODY ber 6th." How much pleasanter and wis­ H. C. Vinton asks you to, get No one had put in for it but er it is to help and teach these in touch with him at the Hbge the company representative, youngsters the facts than to Building, Seattle 4, Washington. when shown that the galley XXX make them fear and hate you. range was out of order at that The phrase "Brotherhood of the JOHN (Red) WALLING time, ordered it paid for all of Sea" still means just that. You are asked to contact the the unlicensed personnel. Seamen's Church Institute, 25 Almost every permitman is South Street, New York. The Master groaned and asked willing and anxious to learn if me if I was going to require him XXX you will but extend a helping to make out 29 more vouchers. ALBERT SKONBER6 I told him, "No", I would at­ hand. Remember, they make Dorothy D. Skonberg wishes tend to that myseli and at the good Union men and will be of you to reach her at 122 West request of the crew members great assistance if and when a Fourth Street, New York 6, N.Y. that were still on board, I strike comes. XXX .• '> They've been of considerable AL WHEELER handed the Master an official Union receipt for $31.45 Log help to us in our organizing ef­ Get in touch with Ray BergDonation, which he promptly forts and they are the future eron, Arrigoni Hotel, Middletown, leaders and organizers-of this Connecticut. paid. The payoff was mutually satis­ Union. You can mold them into t ft t CONSTANTINOS LEON factory to the crew and Com­ good Union men or break them. At the payoffs if is not the NICOLAIDOU pany, and I am satisfied We will have no more trouble on the permitman who performs, it's the Get in touch with your sister Coral Sea from misunderstanding super-duper militant. • Matina Nicolaidou, Pavlou Melai Ir, Caxl (Red) Street No. 5, Volo, Greece. 0 of the agreement. �''Vl " "' " -•.•-'"•••• "• -.-^v"''" Friday, March S, 1948 THE S E A F A R E R S LO G Pasre Fi^n Unclaimed Wages 21.46 Morrell, Ernest Mofrell, K .94 ... 1.78 Morris, Albert A Morris, Charles W 64.68 Morris, Chester Reed ... :22..48 Morris, Clyde W.. Ji-, ... 105 Morris, David L 3.26 Morris, David R .45 Morris, E. L 8.39 Morris, Harvey W 30.98 Morris, J. E 12.87 Morris, L. A 1.98 Morris, Leroy 17.21 Morris, Peter D 18.80 -Morris, Purdom A .. 9.43 •Morris, R. D .91 -Morris, William J 2.23 Morrisey, Tohn T. - 3.20 Morrison, Israel M 2.06 Morrison, Jefferson 15.40 5.60 Naklicki, Frank • Morrison, K 11.86 Muir,, Hi Hallowicz, L. J. Mulars, Frank A 12.52 Morrison, Raymond W. 1.87 Nangle, Charles Mulberry, HaiTy Jr 9.88 Morrison,, Vernon M. 8.40 Nangle, John G. Mulholland, Robert 23.94 Morrissey, Francis J. 2.97 Narbaez, Manuel R. Mullen, Bernard J 21.46 Morrissey, Thomas P. 12.57 Nash, Ferrell Gene Mullen,, Edward J 1.42 .JVIorrow, J 9.02 Nash, Frederick J. Mullen, James N 14.46 •Morse,, Anthone W. 29.95 Nason, Alfred Mullen, John 2.75 Morse, Howard . 16.33 .... 7.04 Nason, Deward Morse, P. M 4.16 Mulley, James ... 6.91 Nassar, Mohammed Mulligan, Donald F Morsette, Leo M 1.79 Natale, Alfredo .... 3.28 Mulligan, L. V Mortenson, Gus 1.72 Natale, Ferdinaro L Mullikin,, Jackie L 11.18 Morton, David C. Jr .80 Naters, Fred C MuUin,, Alfred M 5.76 Morvay, Andrew John 54.30 Naugle, John G Mullins, Thomas J 4.43 Mosedale, R. J 2.54 Naulty, Emmett, Jr Mully, J 4.62 Mosher, Albert 21.24 Nauman, George, Jr Multer, Marcus 14.46 Mosher,, William F. 27.29 Navarro, Robert Multhaupt, Kenneth 10.74 Moskowitz, Myron M. 28.58 3.24 Naylor, Edwin L Mosongsong, Joaquin .67 Mumford, Harry J Munck, Axel S. ^ 1.78 Newl, Alfred Moss, Charles D .89 Neal, Charles F Muncy, George .P 36.25 •S^otes, Louis J .74 Neal, G Munday, David E. 16.10 Metier, W 2.47 Neal, Herbert J Mundos, Charles 11.03 Motley, Joseph Fuller ... .30 Newl, Howard Munday, Joe Junor 94 Moulton, Arthur E 8.96 95.18 Nealon, J. P Mount, Donald L 10.89 Munday, Jos. P. H Munday, Munrow R 4.73 Neatherlin, George R Mouring,, James F .72 Near, Eugene W Munice, H 4.21 Mouton, O'Rell P 17.14 Neevlep. F. T Muni, Joseph 11.61 Mowatt, Byron G. 15.20. Nehlhaff, Wilmer Munea, Leonardo Jr 46 Mowen, Chas. C 4.90 Neibauer, Thomas F Munnerlyn, Chas. "J 8.78 Mracko, Frank Stephen .. , 150.00 Neill, Luther D Danstuart 29.62 Mueller,, Ralph A 3206 , Harry J 23.16 Neisler, Robert Hoke Murchie, Norman John .... 21.15 Neitzel, John Geo Murchison, Sterling 14.22 Nelson, A I'Mmdo, R 2.89 Nelson, A. C Murelle, Thomas 3.34 Nelson, Arthur S Murphy, Carmelo 105.92 Nelson, Burnell . BALTIMORE 14 North Coy St. Murphy, David V 17.64 Nelson, Carl J., Jr William Rentz, Agent Calvert 4539 Murphy, Earl B. ...f. 11.88 Nelson, Charles A BOSTON 276 State St. Murphy, Edward J 17.19 Nelson, Charles F "Walter Siekmann, Agent Bowdoin 4455 Murphy, Goldman ' .95 Nelson, Charles 8 - GALVESTON 305Vi—23rd St. .33 Nelson, Clifton -.Koith'Alsop, Agent Phone 2-5448 Murphy, Herman Clinton - MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St- Murphy, James K 1.04 Nelson, ^Idred E Cal Tanner, Agent Phone 2-1754 Murphy, John J. ... . 4.20 Nelson,, Harry G NEW ORLEANS 339 Chartrea St. Nelson, John A Murphy, Maximo . .: 3.22 • E. Sheppard, Agent, Magnolia 6112-6113 02 Nelson, John P NEW YORK 61 Beaver St. Murphy, Michael J Joe Algina, Agent HAnover 2-2784 Murphy, Reter 2.11 Nelson, Monteiro NORFOLK 127-129 Bank St. Murphy, Thomas A 1.14 Nelson, Robert E Ben Reea, Agent Phone 4-1083 Murphy, W 17.82 Nelson, Robert M PHILADELPHIA 9 South 7th St. Neman, H. P. E Murphy, Walter 17.02 Lloyd Gardner, Agent LOmhard 3-7651 Nemer, John G. Murphy, William B 9.64 SAN FRANCISCO 105 Market St. Steve Cardullo, Agent Do.uglas 2-6475 Murphy, William E 35.43 Nesky, Steve SAN JUAN, P.R 262 Ponce de Leon Murranka, Henry Martin.. 14.02 Ness, Leonard P Sal Colls, Agent San Juan 2-599C Murray, Chevalier C 9.44 Ness, Orville A SAVANNAH 220 E«»t Bay St. Ne-s-se, Ole Pedersen Murray, Francis 118.63 Charles Starling. Agent Phone 3-1728 3.17 Nettleton, Charles W TAMPA 1809-1811 N. Franklm St. Murray, Francis Claude Simmons, Agent Phone M-1323 Murray, John C 80 Neuing, Robert lyiurray, John T. 27.48 Neuklis, A Murray, Joseph B 27.64 Neveille-Neil, George V HONOLULU .18 Merchant St. Murray, Paul A 1.34 Neville, Arthur L Phone 68777 Murree, Charles F.* 91 Neville, Dennie RORTLAND til . W. Bumsida St. 6.16 Newak, Joseph J 'Beacon 4336 Murray, John Robert RICHMOND, Calif 257 5th St. Muscatto, Charles A 2.11 Newberry, Herbert C Phone 2599 Muschong, Edward 16.42 Newbert, Joel T SAN FRANCISCO .... 106 Market St. 14.52 Newman, Arthur W Douglas 25475 Muskat, Edward 27.74 Newman, Cyx'il A SEATTLE 86 Seneca St. Musselman, Donald E 11.34 Newman, Irving Main 0290 Mussolini, Louis WILMINGTON ......440 Avaton Blvd. Mustakas, G 1.48 Newman, Robert E Terminal 4-3131 9.88 Newton, C Musto,, Brien A. 38.68 Newton, Clarence Osborne Muszynski, John N Mutschler, Albert 13.07 Newton, Wm. P., Jr. {BUFFALO 10 Exchange St. Myers, Buford R 36.70 Nicholas,, Antonio Cleveland 7391 Myers, Leonard 4.56 Nicholis, Harry E CHICAGO 24 W. Superior Ave. 20.65 Nick, Jules T., Jr Myers, Raymond C Superior 6176 1.87 Nickel, WilUam CLEVELAND 2602 Carroll St. Myers, William Main 0147 Mylonas, Peter 3.94 Nicies, Paul DETROIT 1038 Third St, Myric, Edward Earl 2.68 Nickols, Harry L., Jr Cadillac-6867 Nickolson, Eugene W N «ULUTH ^831 W. Michigan St. 44.39 Nickolson, Raymond H Melrose 4110 Naab, Chas. C 4.97 Nidiffer, Jan\es C TOLEDO 618 Summit St. Naasik, John GarSeld 2112 Nabors, Buford G. 14.67 Niealing, Robert C Naes, Sylvan 0 30 Niedt, Norman A Nagle, J, 1.16 Nielsen, Aase J. .69 Nielsen, Eugene E MONTREAL ... ...1440 Bleury St. Nagle, Joseph W. 55.55 Nielsen, Robert E VICTOlftlA B.C. ... .602 Bouthlon St. Nahas, Alexander ....: Garden 8331 Naimo, James S. 2.06 Nielson, Charles VANCOUVER ...... -.188 Hamilton St. Naish, Donald R. .87 Nielson," Niels PacUic 7S2.4 Nielson,, Walter Charles..., Nakis, Menelaus P. Oakley, Ford J ^ 2.05 dakley, Oliver P 22.52 Oates, Francis 133.39 Obar, Robert 7.58 O'Briant, Barry W 3.74 O'Brien, Daniel C 13.99 O'Brien, Francis 0 5.89 O'Brien, J l.lQ O'Brien, J 5.64 O'Brien, P. D 89.29 O'Brien, Timathy C 8.39 O'Brien, " Wm 20.62 O'Brien, W 3.76 O'Callaghan, M 24.98 O'Connor, George 29.41 O'Connor, James T -8.32 O'Connor, William M 1.00 O'Day, Edward " 33.81 Odgurski, E 4.96 Odle, Frederick E ,45 12,17 3.74 Ociom, Claude 16.56 1.38 Odom, George E 12.87 .2.23 Odom, J. L 17.70 O'Donnell, James 9.47 .99 O'Donnell, John , 2.05 .53 O'Donnell, Patrick J '5.99 24.44 O'Donnell, Wm. L 7.72 48.00 O'Dowd, Geo. M 121.26 3.40 Oftenbeck, Rudolph 1.52 2.23 Ogg, Duane 4.69 .69 Ogonouski, S 19.59 4.20 O'Hara, Earl . .04 10,34 O'Hara, Wiluam 1 ; 9.24 .99 O'Hare, James J .59 5.15 O'Hearn, James J 19.74 4.66 Ohlebowski, Stezepan •2.23 1.04 O'Keefe, Joseph James ... ,3.06 2.69 joiaquible, Alfonso .. . 7.58 1-32 Qiden, Thomas .. 1^8.53 2.97 .Oldham, H. J .. , 2.82 28.33 ,01ds, John P - 3.86 4.22 O'Leary, Daniel J. ... .. 9.38 11.18 Olihonik, Anthony R. .. 15.77 120.62 Oliver, Basil R .59 3.56 Oliver, Edward 56.98 2.23 Oliver, Edward H 2,38 6.54 Oliver, Ralph D 18.06 4.56 Oliver, Richard E 5.14 4.28 Oliver, Roger M 47;11 20.64 Olivie, E. J .... 4:oo 18.26 Olivier, Benjamin P. 33 7.09 Oiler, Ernest 234 64.35 Oiler, Juan .... 839 5.19 Olman, Karl ... 322 1.44 Olmstead, Barry .... .J3.25 21.26 Olmstead, George S ... 5.59 14.46 1 Olmstead, Robert ... 11.23 89 |01ofson, Edmund C. 19.28 12.73 |01sen, Charles ... 538 4.92 .Olsen, Hans ... 1236 1Q.26 jOlsen, John A ... .86 2.47 Olsin, Alf O ... 12.92 14.92 Olson, Carlton L ... 3.56 2.34 Olson, Edwin J ... 831 12.77 Olson, Ernest A ... 9.40 5.55 Olson, Oscar .20 1.77 Olson, Richard M ... 10.94 02 Olson, William David ...... ;5.35 13.15 Olson, William L .. .9.27 11.52 Olston, R . 1.58 4.00 O'Malley, L. B. ... 2.88 21.46 O'Malley, Thomas .01 8.53! O'Mara, Eugene ................ 11.37 Mississippi Steamship Company 501 HIBERNIA BLD6., NEW ORLEANS, LA. The following is a list of unclaimed wages and Federal Old Age Benefit over-deductions^now l>dng ^id by the Mississippi Steamship Ocnnpany covering the period up to December 31, 1046. '' Men due money should call or write the company office, 501 Hibernia Bldg., New Orleans, La. All claims should be addressed to Mr. Ellerbusch and include full name. Social Security number, Z number, rating, date and place of birth and the address to which the money is to be sent. SlU HALLS SIU, A&G District SUP § Gt. Lakes.District Canadian District 5.43 Nieves, Francisco 1.87 Nihoff, Archibald 15.12 Nikonowiez, Walter 11.58 Nilsson, Stig, A 12.12 Nimtz, Wesley A 3.73 Ninnes, Frank W., Jr. .. 5.83 Nixon, Kenneth .65 Noah, Robert D .77 Noah, Wilbur 18.16 Noble, Albert 1.75 Noble, Harold R 9.11 Noe, Raymond G 5.04 Noel, Harold L 3.16 Nogas, Edmund 13.99 Nolan, E 10.26 Nolan, Floyd C 2.52 Nolan, James 7.33 Nolan, Robert 6.56 Nolan, William V 19.42 Noone, Thomas F 79 Nordahl, Arthur 155.19 Nordell, James L 46 Nordlund, Clifford L . 6.00 Nordstrom, Johan E 24.27 Norek, John P 11.34 Noren, Donald R 5.94 Norgard, Johannes T 59 Norgren, Richard H 8.26 Norholm, Erik P 4.51 Norman, Anton 15.29 Norris, Herbert C 1.98 Norris, John D 4.39 Norris, Maurice M .45 -NoiTis,, Robert J 1.96 Norris, Roy 1 1.04 Northrop, Robert H. Jr .95 Norton, Bennie S 4.13 Norton, Francis E .79 Noto, Rosario 12.39 Novoes, D. V 5.51 Novak, Clarence J 63 Novak, Frank J 1.65 Nowak, Felix W 61.27 Nowicki, Bronislaw 20.53 Noyes, Carlos T. E 1.74 Nunes, Ernest 10.74 Nunez, G 94 Nunez, J 2.53 Nunn Wellington C ,45 Nunn, William H 16.39 Nunnelley, Luther 1.04 Nycz, Alex J O 10.81 16.16 Oak, A 3.73 2.06 69 12.12 10.74 The SEAFARERS LOG as the official publication of the Sea­ 1.37 farers International Uhion is available to all members who Wsh 2.97 tn have it sent to their home free of charge for the enjoyment: of 36.06 their families and themselves when ashore. If you desire to hjive 9.16 the LOG sent to you each week addi-ess cards are on hand at eVery 35.90 SIU branch for this purpose. 36.66 However, for those who are at sea or at a distance from a SlU 1.79 h^l, the LOG reproduces below the form used to request the L^, 11.86 which you can fill out, detach and send to- SEAFARERS LOG, 51 01 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. 18.82 1.98 PLEASE PRINT INFORMATION r 12.77 ^ 17.72 To the Editor: 2.47 I would like the SEAFARERS LOG mailed to tlie 16.36 address below: 5.90 3.28 5.13 Name 5.13 2.28 Street Address 37 5.53 City State 11.38 .89 Signed 1.38 5.50 fiook No. 1.98 \25.60 Natiee To All SIU Members I �Page Sixteen TH E SE AF ARJ^RS £o C WHAT ttWWK.,. --ifel QUESTION: Beginning on March 10 and continuing tlirough April 10, the membership of the Atlantic and Gulf District, SIU, will be yoting on a Referendum Ballot proposed by the recently-concluded Agents Conference. The four propo­ sitions are as follows: 1. A $10.00 strike assessment to be known as the 1948 $10.00 Strike Assessment. 2. A $10.00 build­ ing assessment to be known as the 1948 $10.00 Building Assess­ Friday, March S, i^f -'-, /py-'••V--P- ment. 3. An amendment to the Shipping Rules prohibiting shipboard promotions, except in cases of extreme emergency. Violators of this rule to be fined no less than $25.00 for such offense. 4. Another amendment to the Shipping Rules making it an offense for Wipers and Ordinary Seamen who fail to put in the two hours time allotted for cleaning the crew's quarters. Each infraction of this rule to be punishable by at least a $10.00 fine. What is your opinion of these proposals? 'M GEORGE REGISTER. Carpenter: One thing the Conference rec­ ommended. that I'm for 100 per­ cent. is those two assessments. So far as the building assessment is concerned, if it doesn't turn eul to be enough we ought to have another. I'm in favor of lhat strike assessment. loo. We've got to be prepared for anything lhat may happen this year. Plenty can happen, loo. 1 read all the Conference reports in the LOG and heard them in the meeting. They give a good picture of the SIU as it is now end, to my way of thinking, lay down exactly the right policy for next year. W. SCUDDER. Bosun: To my mind the two assess­ ments recommended are sound and will be stabilizing forces. Management is trying to subdue all unions through the TaftHartley Act. We need more solidarity and strength than ever before. Whenever we own a building. I own it, you own it, every member owns it. That gives us strength just a: a strike fund does. Sometimes Imildings can be made to pay for them­ selves. These are crucial times. We all should take pains to un­ derstand our position under the T-H Law and other political deals, and act accordingly. P. CHEKLIN, Wiper: I like these assessments fine. The strike assessment will give us that power we must have these days if things go the way they look like they're going. A big strike fund is pure strength. I think we need to own our own Halls everywhere we can, too. In some ports we are now in bad buildings. The best thing to do is buy buildings, then we are protected. Maybe we can help ourselves in some ports by own­ ing buildings and rent^g parts of them, but I don't know about that. It looked to me like the Agents Conference was a big success. LEON REYNOLDS, Br,; WM. H. RHONE, Ch. Steward: S. SELTZER, Ass't Electrician: I'm in favor of buying Halls The membership should vote Both assessments sound okay where necessary and where the j^e strike assessment and for to me and I'm going to vote for membership is of sufficient num­ the building assessment too. It them. I do think, however, that bers to warrant it. We don't jis obvious that the strike fund any money not used for a strike need to bui^ theih in the little I is necessary to strengthen the in 1948 should go into a general ports, but all of our big ports Union's position. We need the strike fund for possible use at should have SlU-owned Halls. some future time. Buying build­ On shipboard promotions: Some- new buildings too, because we ings is a good idea because it Simes you get a man aboard who are a clean Union and should have will give vs a sense of financial iS' incompetent and needs to be clean quarters everywhere. The security as well as giving us a seplaced, but the Steward, under Conference was right on ship­ voice in the community as prop­ the new set-up, would not be board promotions, too. All rat­ erty owners and taxpayers. I illowed to replace him with an­ ings should be shipped from don't like the third point about other crewmember. As for the Union Halls except in real emer­ shipboard promotions because a ctrlke assessment, I'll always be gencies. But I don't think man aboard ship is a good Union in--favor of a bis strike fund-~ Wipers and OS alone should man and should be promoted if it's the same as life insurance. have td clean foc'sles. i he shows he can do the work. R. E. INGRAM, OUer: ORVILLE PAYNE, Ch. Steward: The Agents Conference did a We need plenty of money for good job. The policies they possible future strikes and the recommended were the right best way to get that money is ones for the SIU's future. Take by assessing the membership. the strike assessment they Every dollar we get now will be recommended. That's a good a big help in the event the shipidea. We may have to take some ' owners want to play rough. And real action to combat the Taft- 11 like the idea of buying Halls Hartley Law. The assessment is in various ports. Why should we insurance that we will be able pay money to make some land­ to fight the operators. We just lord rich? We can buy Halls pay the premiums. The build­ [and save money in the long run. ing assessment is a good idea too. jl don't like the fourth part of Everybody knows we need new i the referendum, however, bebuildings in some ports. We I cause Wipers and Ordinaries need Halls with room in them should receive cooperation from for better recreation facilities the rest of the crewmembers in than we have some places. this work. JOE EKLAND, Oiler: ROBERT PETERS, Oiler: I'm for both assessments 100 If we don't put money into the percent. We need that money in strike fund, we won't have the strike fund. When our eontracts are up this year, the real money enough to wage a- long test of the Taft-Hartley Law will strike. Our last two strikes were come. As long as we are work­ short—the next one maybe dif­ ing and have the money, we ferent. I've never heard anyone should sock it away. If a strike complain of having money' la should last any length of time, the bank, and that's just what we may find ourselves bankrupt. this is. There is no doubt that As for buying our own Halls, the Union is here to stay, so we I've always been in favor of that. might as well buy our Halls and Let's be sure they are good settle down. It's cheaper iii the buildings and are big enough for long run and the buildings will expansion. Each one should be then be ours. A good place for big enough so we can hold our us to start is right here in New meetings at home instead of York. A bigger New York H^ is; definitely needed. • • -hifiiS" xentingi � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1939-1949 Description An account of the resource Volumes I-XI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. 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Title A name given to the resource March 5, 1948 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. X, No. 10 Description An account of the resource HEADLINES SIU PREPARES QUIZ FORM TO AID ALIENS MEMBERSHIP APPROVAL SEEN FOR RESOLUTIONS ON REFERENDUM BALLOT NOTE TO BIG-HEARTED CONGRESSMEN:BRITISH BUILD SHIPS AT A FAST RATE NEW BOOK ON STRIKE STRATEGY SCHEDULED FOR EARLY PUBLICATION WILDCAT ACTION IN FOREIGN PORTS BOOMERANGS ON ALL OF MEMBERSHIP RETROACTIVE PAY DIRECTORY BRITISH ADDING TO THEIR FLEET AT FAST PACE PLENTY OF ACTIVITY IN BALTIMORE HALL KEEP GEAR HANDY IN PORT BOSTON AND STAY NEAR DISPATCHER''S DESK SAN FRANCISO SHIPPING SLOWS BUT JOBS ARE STILL AVAILABLE SHIPPING RESUMES IN CHIAGO SAND BOAL NEGOTIATIONS OPENED PHILLY LOOKING HIGH AND LOW FOR NEW HALL PUERTO RICO IS STILL WAITING FOR SUGAR TO GET GOING SEAFARERS GREAT LAKES DISRICT NEEDS VOLUTEER ORAGANIZERS TO COMPLETE DRIVE BALTIMORE SHIPPING HAS RELAPSE ALIEN SEAMEN STILL GETTING RUNAROUND NEW YORK ON SHIPPING UPGRADES;ROBIN DONCASTER RETURNS TO SIU LAKES ICE CRACKING;SEASON TO START SOON MC BARRED FROM SELLING ABROAD NEW IMMIGRATIION SERVICE ON GREAT LAKES STEWARD'S SICK-BED VIGIL SPEEDS BROTHERS RECOVERY WEATHER'WAR'EMBROILS SEAMEN SEAFARER BALLPLAYER IS PUT TO CLINCH BALTIMORE BERTH Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 03/05/1948 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1948 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/b61c6f49d3810f71aa0ad4025bc08a42.PDF c1bab1611538f4a2fdcb600162e01b54 PDF Text Text Vol. XVI No. 5 SEAFARERS LOG • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • ."?5| mAI �Fare Two SEAFARERS LOG March 5. 1954 Mrs.HobbyPromises Support For PHS $$ Demonstratinr their unity with AFL longshoremen, pickets from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (AFL) walk the bricks outside a Manhattan pier to retaliate against an embargo on trucks operated by members of IBT Local 807 called by the old ILA. The dispute began when Local 807 Teamsters refused to deliver goods to one pier where an AFL-ILA shop steward had been fired and AFL pickets were posted. Pickets were withdrawn when the boycott was ended. AFL Pier Unify Rocks Old ILA As NLRB Opens Vote Hearings Another forward step toward full operation of the US Public Health Service hospitals was completed when Mrs. Oveta Gulp Hobby, secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, prom--*^— ised lier full support for the cases. Seamen, theii, would have USPHS budget request. been denied all general medical Mrs. Hobby went on record in care. the course of a meeting February Still Danger 25 with the joint .legislative com­ With Mrs. Hobby going to >bat mittee representing all non-Com­ for the budget request, union rep­ munist mantime unions as well as resentatives are fairly confident representatives of the shipowners. that Congress Will approve all Her attitude is a direct reversal of funds requested. However, there is her position last year and of her still danger that economy-minded earlier sympathy for a move to Congressmen on the House Approshut down the hospitals completely. Last year, Mrs. Hobby led a fight to shut down sevpral of the hos­ pitals, including the one at Savan­ nah. It was only after vigorous opposition by the SIU and other gioups in maritime that the Sai vannah hospital was kept open. Will Go All The Way This time though, Mrs. Hobby; told the union representatives that she would go down the line for a budget request of $33,000,000, which is slightly under the current year's budget and {Tbout $1 million less than the figure for the previous year. However, she stated that she would not ask for any increase in the Administration's requests that would restore the previous years' cuts. Mrs. Hobby's decision is con­ Mrs. Oveta Gulp Hobby sidered a further victory for (he fight waged by the SIU and the priations Committee might take a other unions to keep the hospital further slice out of the request. program going. She, along with Since at present the hospitals Budget Director Joseph Dodge, are operating on a pretty tight was believed to be responsible for spending schedule, further . cuts the original plan to close the hos­ would mean reduction of some es­ sential services for hospital pa­ pitals put forth late last year. Under that plan, the only USPHS tients. hospitals that would have been An SIU headquarters spokesman kept open were the ones at Car- emphasized that Seafarers should ville, Louisiana; Lexington, Ken­ keep on writing to Representatives tucky, and Fort Worth, Texas and Senators in Washington so as treating Hanson's disease (leprosy), to reduce the possibility of addi­ n'arcotics addiction and mental tional budget cuts. A last ditch attempt by the old ILA to break up the AFL organizing team on the New York docks, consisting of Seafarers, teamsters and longshoremen, ended in failure last v/eek. The attempt which took the form of a boycott of truck drivers supporting the AFL longshoremen, was upset" when the teamsters struck Subsequently, the National Labor henchmen of Tony Anastasia. HuRelations Board entered the picture back and picketed, the piers. and secured a court order prohibit­ bino was savagely beaten and left for dead by four men, two of whom ing the old ILA from continuing were later picked up by police. its boycott. Meanwhile, the AFL-ILA went" Fired Steward right ahead with its organizing ac­ Touching off the latest dock fight tivities on the docks. The election ^ , »,:.r TT A i stewards continued withwas the firing of an AFL-ILA. out let-up, so that at this time the man who was the shop steward for new union is represented on better In a reshuffling of assignments AFL longshoremen on Pier 32, tham 100 piers in the harbor. to match shipping needs, the SIU Swearing in of tnistees for the is closing its Port Arthur, Texas, North River. The firing was at the instigation of the old lL-4., and i union and other organizationoffice and the branch hall main­ tained for the past year in Miami, AFL longshoremen threw a picket- al steps are being taken to prepare line on the pier to win his rein­ for the day that the AFL takes Florida. statement. As in other instances, over on the docks and becomes Eddie Parr, who is currently teamsters delivering to the pier re­ official bargaining agent for longserving as port agent for Miami, spected the AFL lines. shorewOrkers. will shift his operations to Tampa, where he will serve as jbint pa­ Stung by the tie-up, the old ILA trolman for that port. The Miami attempted to punish the teamsters hall was ppened approximately a by refusing to handle any goods year ago. delivered by Local 807 members The Port Arthur office, opened to various piers in the city. The during the fall of 1952, had been Teamsters' response was swift and headed up by SIU representative devastating. They, in turn, placed Don "Moose" Hilton, who was ap­ picketlines on all piers where the pointed to the post by headquar­ old ILA had ordered longshoremen The 100th anniversary of the birth of Aniirew Furuseth, father of mari­ to discriminate against truck ters in October, 1952. drivers. time unions, will be observ^ by unions throughout the US and in foreign coun­ Now that the boycott is over, tries as well this March 12. To mark the occasion, the Conference of American AFL-ILA men are still maintaining Maritime Unions has askedl their lines on pier 32 effectively, the Post Office Department to under all flags for the captain to threw in his lot with the infant March 5. 1954 Vol. XVI. No. 5 pressuring for the reinstatement of issue a special commemora­ have absolute and unquestioned Sailors Union of the Pacific and As I See It Page 4 the fired steward. tive stamp of Furuseth in connec­ control over the crew. Crewmem- soon became its leader and the Committees In Action Page 4 It was against this background tion with the annual Maritime Day bers were compelled by law to spokesman for seamen everywhere Crossword Puzzle Page 12 that a Labor Board examiner celebration, May 22. complete their voyages no matter in their fight for recognition. His Editorial Page 13 opened Little known outside the mari­ how brutal the skipper, or how initial victory came in 1885 with proceedings on whether or Foc'sle Fotographer Page 19 not the December dock election time industry, Furuseth is recog­ bad their quarters, working con­ the passage of the Maguire Act Galley Gleanings Page 20 should be thrown out. The AFL- nized by men who go to sea as ditions and food. If a seaman quit abolishing the desertion law in Inquiring Seafarer Page 12 ILA had submitted evidence of the one single individual who a ship under pressure of unbear­ the coastwise trade. Seamen in In The Wake Page 12 beatings, intimidation and coer­ broke the bonds that held seamen able conditions he was classed as that trade were free to pay off a Labor Round-Up Page 13 cion at the polls as grounds for dis­ in virtual slavery. His single- a deserter or a mutineer and se­ ship if they found conditions were Letters Pages 21, ?2 hot to their liking. The law made counting the vote and ordering a minded devotion to the cause of verely punished accordingly. Maritime Page 16 new election. it possible for seamen to hang up the seafaring worker, extended Bred Buckos Meet The Seafarer Page 12 over half a century, from the time These regulations were natural a ship if conditions were intoler­ On The Job Page 16 A.nother factor adding to the he came to San Francisco to par­ tension was the assault on one old breeding grounds for the bucko able and win some improvements Personals Page 25 for themselves. ticipate in the newly-founded Sail­ Quiz Page 19 ILA official, in Brooklyn, Thomas or's Union of the Pacific, until his mate, whose reputation rested on As an additional safeguard, the Rubino, allegedly by men wiio are the size of his boots and his readi­ Seafarers In Action Page 16 death in 1938 on the eve of the ness to use them on the seaman. law prohibited crimps from receiv­ A-. Ships' Minutes Pages 24, 25 revival of American maritime Beatings, floggings and even tor­ ing allotments' from the skipper. SIU History Cartoon Page 9 unions. ture were not uncommon on ships It was the first step in the fight to Sports Line Page 20 The "Abraham Lincoln of Amer­ of those days and seamen were break the infamous partnership of Ten Years Ago ....Page 12 ican seamen," as he was known, powerless to resist' these condi­ the crimp hall operator and the Top Of The News .Page 7 rested his reputation on his long tions. shipowner. Regular membership meet­ Wash. News Letter Page 6 and successful fight to get sea­ Three years later, Furuseth Furuseth was convinced that the ings in SIU headquarters and Welfare BenefitI' Pages 26, 27 men's rights written into law and scored another major gain when only way to improve conditions of at all branches are held every Welfare Report '.. Page 8 recoghized by the industry. The seamen was to band together in a he won passage of the White Act. Your Constitution ...... Page 5 second Wednesday night at fruits of his labor in Washington union and fight for * changes in This law extended Maguire Act 7 PM. The schedule for the Your Dollar's Worth Page 7 and elsewhere over a period of maritime legislation. He believed provisions to . offshore vessels. It next few meetings is as follows: PublishMl biWMkly at tha haad<iuartcrt many years were the Maguire Act, that -his best chancer of doing so also prohibited beatings and flog­ March 10, March 24, April 7. •f tha Saafarart Intarnatlenal Union. At­ the White Act, the Seamen's Act rested in the United States; Con­ gings of seamen and gave , them lantic « Quit DI(trlct;AFU «7S Fourth All Seafarers registered on of 1915 and the Jones Act pf 1928. sequently he settled in th& States the right to draw, on their,wages Avenua, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel.' HYacTnth the shipping list are required When Furuseth, . a l^^oryveglan. and fought his biggest battles in at any . port of call. t-Moe.' Entarad at 'tacbnd class ihattar to attend the meetings. native, arrived in California in Washington. , 'These . early, successes - spprred at -tha Past Oftlea In Brdoklyrti MY./ wndar »ha A't; of Ausust a«,-.l»12. 1886, it was the standard gractice When :he. ;got to California, he"^ ' (Continued on<page-17)>- >. Halls In Miami, Pt. Arthur Shut Furnseth's 100th Anniversary To Be Celebrated Mareh 12 SEAFARERS LOG Meeting Night Everg 2 Weeks �March 5, 19S4 SEAFARERS LOG Pace Three Anti-Union Feeling Rises in US Growing Challenge To Security Faced By Unions, Members Sugar cane strikers evicted, water cut off. . Strikebreakers quartered, wined and dined in plush Pullman cars ... hat workers' strike drags on eight months... another state outlaws union shop .. * judge issues injunction against strikers . .. these are the headlines that^ help make labor news today. talk about a "changed climate" of In some respects they recall opinion, a "stiffening of employer the days of the late '20's and resistance" to union demands, a early '30's when the profes­ "get-tough" policy. The Govern­ sional fink and recruiter of ment has played a part. So have A ^rroup of Seafarers In the NY hall scans a bound volume of the LOG for 1953 after It was announced they were available for sale at the cost price of 95. Shown (1-r) are: Benjamin Micnano. AB; Jan Mucins, reefer; Frank Gardner, chief steward; John Fereno, AB, and George Barry, electrician. LOG Bound Volumes Available For 1953 Seafarers can now obtain cloth-bound volumes containing all issues of the SEAFARERS LOG in 1953, which are avail­ able for sale at the cost price of $5. They can be picked up on the spot at headquarters'* ——• or ordered by mail. ial dealing with sea lore, news of The handsome, gold-let­ changing developments and inno­ tered volume is suitable for addi­ tion to a ship's library or home bookshelf and carries all the news and features highlighting the events of 1953, both in the SIU itself and in maritime generally. It contains nearly 800 pages, in­ cluding the regular 28-page edi­ tions of the LOG and those con­ taining special supplements, such as reprints of the Union constitutign. In a companion offer, copies of all bound volumes dating back to 1947, up through and including 1953, may be. obtained for the package price of $25. The pricetag covers nine volumes in all, since for the years 1947 and 1948, a separate volume was issued for the months of January through June, and then another covering July through December. The latest volume, the 1953 edi­ tion just issued, carries, in addi­ tion to the regular news and fea­ ture stories, the texts of many offi­ cial Union reports issued during the year, much descriptive mater­ newspapers, and magazines, col­ umnists and commentators and last but not the least, professional groups and college people who were so prominent among union sympathizers in the 30's. As far as the feeling towards .la­ bor in Washington is concerned, one Senator remarked that the PR Extremists Invade Congress, Shoot Five WASHINGTON—In one of the most bizarre and unusual in­ cidents ever to take place in the halls of Congress, five mem­ bers of the House of Representatives were wounded by a vol­ ley of shots fired from the'*'" visitors' gallery, by members a small segment of the Puerto of the Puerto Rican National­ Rican population. ist Party, an extremist group de­ manding Puerto Rican independ­ ence. The Nationalist Party was the same group that had a hand in the attempted assassination of for­ mer President Harry S. Truman vations in the industry, as well as on November 1, 1950. many feature items about Seafar­ The shootings, which took place ers, their families, and jobs. without warning Monday afternoon, All volumes. Including the set March 1, were Immediately con­ covering 1947 through 1953, can demned by Puerto Rican spokes­ be ordered directly at headquar­ men on the islands and here in the ters ~or by mail. Although bound US. Puerto Rican Govemor^Luis volumes of the LOG have b^en Munoz Marin denounced the shoot­ issued regularly for the past 15 ing as "savage and unbelievable years, stocks of those published lunacy," an opinion which is shared prior to 1947 have already been almost universally by the island's depleted. citizens. He pointed out that 82 percent of the island's voters Jiad rejected independence, preferring to stay with the US. Puerto Rican Seafarers in the New York hall were quick to con­ demn the shooting incident as an irresponsible act. They say that Taking steps to halt a wave of ship transfers, members of the Nationalist program does not the joint legislative committee of the conference of American have the support of anything but US Sea Unions Ask Halt To Further Ship Transfers The five Congressmen wounded in the shooting were Representa­ tive Alvin Bentley (Rep., Mich.); Ben F. Jensen (Rep., Iowa); Clif­ ford Davis (Dem., Tenn.); George Fallon (Dem., Md.); Kenneth A. Roberts (Dem., Ala.). Bentley and Jensen were most seriously hurt but are expected to survive. Attackers Disarmed The volley of shots caught every­ body by complete surprise at first, but police. House attendants and bystanders moved in quickly and disarmed the attackers. The four were all from New York City. They were, Lolita Lebron, Rafael C. Mi­ randa, Andres Cordero and Irving Flores. Police reported that all except Flores confessed the shoot­ ings. An immediate result of the inci­ dent has been a tightening of regu­ lations on visitors to House and Senate galleries. Up to now, the only limit on the public galleries has been that visitors were not al­ lowed in with cameras. Maritime Unions have asked House and Senate Committees to investigate the moves. Meanwhile, the Maritime Ad­ isfactorily under the American flag. ministration approved trans­ However, the new regulations fers of eight Liberty tankers to Panama and Liberia under the new relaxed regulations. The union spokesmen in Wash­ ington renewed their demand for an open hearing on any ship trans­ fers and asked that a stop be put on present transfers until such hearings are held. Particularly ob­ An additional bi-weekly inter- jectionable in the present transfers coastal service will be opened next is the fact that the Maritime Ad­ month by the Waterman Steamship ministration is not requiring re­ Corporation with the sailing of th^ placement of the transferred ton­ John B. Waterman from Boston on nage with new American-flag ships. Amopg the eight ships trans­ April 2. The new service will handle car- ferred thus far, two were under , go from North Atlantic ports, spe­ contract to the SIU although they cifically Boston, New York, Port had been in idle status for some Newark and Philadelphia, to four time. They are the Seacomet (Colonial) and the Amberstar stops in the State of California. Philadelphia already is serviced (Traders). Still under reyiew are by a bi-weekly run which operates transfer applications from seven out of Charleston and Baltimore as more ships including the SIUmanned molasses carriers Cata­ well. Pacific Coast ports serviced by houla and Carrabulle. the new Waterman run will be Los It is widely-recognized that the Angeles, Sail Francisco, Stockton, Liberty-tankers as such are obso­ Alameda and Oakland. lete and can no longer operate sat­ Waterman Adds 'Coastal Service strikebreakers made a not-so-hon­ est living and almost any judge had a couple of anti-strike injunctiohs in his hip pocket. •Such developments are a sign of a growing challenge to trade un­ ions and a rising tide of anti-union feeling. That change has cast a shadow over unions and put them distinctly on the defensive. Were Outcasts When union pioneers like An­ drew Furuseth, whose 100th birth­ day we celebrate this week, were starting to organize working men, unions and union men were out­ casts looked on with suspicion and scorn by respectable people. It took a long time and a lot of hard work before the pendulum swung the other way. In the 30's and 40's unions and their cause attracted a tremendous amount of sympathy. They could count on a pretty favorable reception in many places, even though there were al­ ways areas where "union" was a dirty word. In those years, a lot of employers too, got used to doing business with unions and accepting as a matter of course that the un­ ion would be around when contract time came up to get some improve­ ments for its membership. Now things are distinctly differ­ ent. The change didn't take place in a few months. It was some time in coming, but became most notice­ able recently. Publications that speak to and for employers like "Fortune" and "Business Week" have been quick to spot it. Thdy Administration picked Beeson for the Labor Board "to put the screws on labor as they never have been put before." Unions are universally being ad­ vised to trim or forget demands for improvements even though rents, interest rates and living costs are on the rise and take-home-pay on the decline. If anything it ap­ pears that a program to put great­ er purchasing power in the hands of working people would he in or(Continued on page 17) mean that there is a net reduction of American-flag shipping under the transfers. The ships moreover, will be free to compete in US trades with American ships. Opening of the door on transfers could pave the way for further changes by owners of dry cargo ships, particularly those who oper­ ate Libertys in the tramp trade. The Tramp Shipowners Associa­ tion has already asked official per­ mission to go Panamanian. Union Has Cable Address Seafarers overseas who want to get in touch with headquar­ ters in a hurry can do so by cabling the Union at its cable address, SEAFARERS NEW , YORK. , Use of this address will as­ sure speedy transmission on all messages and faster serv­ ice for the men Involved. Ee!«F^ntatiTe Kenneth Roberts, Alabama Democrat, Is earrle^ from the Capitol on a stretcher after the shooting In flw Honso chamber. Five Congressmen were wounded when Paerto Riean Nationalists fired guns from balcony at Congressmen belouc. �|Pace FOOT SEAFARERS LOG M^ircll S, 1954 s?'- Hear! Stops, Soafarer Revived Ail It... Searfarer Charles W. Gann's heart stood still—literally—for a while last month, but he's still alive, thanks to the skill of a physician in the US Public Health Service hospital in New Orleans. Gann was a successful survivor of the rare but increasingly used heart mas­ sage technique which is used-*WHILE CONGRESS IS IN SESSION THERE IS ALWAYS A GREAT in emergencies when a pa­ deal of interest among seamen and other people connected with the niaritime industry about what goes on down in Washington. That's the tient's heart stops beating. normal thing because the Governinent has such a big stake in the Gann was in the New Orleans merchant marine. Consequently, when your Union was invited to par­ hospital for an operation on his di­ ticipate' with other maritime unions in forming a gestive system. The operation had legislative committee in Washington, it was readliy been completed without a hitch agreed that this could be a very positive develop­ and Gann was being wheeled out ment for Seafarers, even though the SIU has always of the operating room when his maintained a strong interest on its own in Washing­ heart stopped beating, apparently ton doings. from post-operative shock. Up until now, this legislative committee has been Quick Incision working pretty well together and appear to be get­ Immediately Gann was wheeled ting results for all seamen. Just recently this com­ back into the operating room. The mittee had a meeting with Secretary Hobby of the surgeon made a quick incision in Department of .Health, Education and Welfare, his chest, reached into the heart which runs the Public Health Service hospitals. The Secretary assured cavity and massaged his heart the committee that she would support the appropriation. for the hos­ muscles. After three minutes of pitals to the hilt. Since it was Mrs. Hobby who has been, up until now, work by the surgeon's skilled an opponent of the USPHS hospitals, it appears that the committee was hands, Gann's heart started beating helpful in nailing down the Administration in Washington on this issue. again. He is now back on the road The only possible stumbling block left on this issue woiild be in the ' to recovery. Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives. The union Under the circumstances, Gann group is keeping a close watch on developments here and is prepared naturally feels very strdngly about to take actionvaccordingly should a'ny new threat arise in the House to the Public Health Service hospi­ the continuation of the hospital program. tals. He is convinced that if it Herman Troxclair, SIU representative, left, listens to happy tale Taking Own Action weren't for-them "I wouldn't be from Seafarer Charles Gann about the "miracle" heart operation groping for words to express my At the same time, while your Union is participating wholeheartedly that saved the Seafarer's life in the USPHS hospital in New gratitude in having my life given in the work of this committee, it s still taking action on matters that Orleans. back to me; I'd be enriching the are of special interest to Seafarers. For example, the Union's Wash­ soil six feet under." mal since because of his condition i However, he isn't worried about ington office has won assurances from the Immigration services that Being brought back to life, Gann he .had been unable to keep solid ' the future for as he put it, with alien Seafarers will get their full 29^days shore leave from the date of says, has given him food for food down for some time. the Union's hospital benefit com­ payoff, and riot only from the time a ship first touches a US port. And thought. He notes that all his life Gann is looking forward to going ing in regularly and with 200 days your Union is still working on the problem of restrictions to ship in he has done nothing but hazardous back to sea again, but realizes that of vacation pay due him "I will various parts of the world. work in mines, tunnel jobs, as a he has a long haul ahead of him ride with the tide" without hav­ t 43^' steeplejack and PS a seaman. Sev­ before he will be fit for duty again. ing to go back to work right away. MENTION OF THE USPHS HOSPITALS BRINGS TO MIND THE eral times he narrowly missed a unusual e.xperience. of Seafarer Charles Gann down in New Orleans, fatal accident through the vigilance Brother Gann had undergone surgery in the hospital there and was of co-workers and in turn saved being wheeled out of the operating room when his heart stopped beat­ others. But nothing impressed him ing. One of the doctors on the staff made a cut in his chest and mas­ as much as his latest escape from saged Gann's heart for about three minutes xmtil the pump started death. turning over again. "I can only say," he wrote, "the Brother Gann wrote headquarters that as far as he is concerned, the A new hall for Galveston Seafarers is in the offing with hand of God must have made the skilled surgeon at the hospital brought him back from the dead. He is move, placed the competent sur­ SIU representatives and membership in that port examining convinced that if he had to seek medical treatment elsewhere he might geons where their services and several prospective pieces of property before making a deci­ not have had the good fortune to come into the hands of medical men years of experience are appropri­ sion on the move. Present" who are as competent and well-trained as the USPHS doctors are. ate and equal to the occasion." plans call for leasing an ex­ modem, up-to-date halls in all This situation emphasizes a fact which your Union has pointed out Slowly Convalescing isting property rather than ports. Along these lines the Union before; namely that USPHS is out in front when it comes to training Right now Gann is still confined building an entirely new structure. renovated the Philadelphia hall doctors and technicians and keeping up with the latest developments. There's no doubt that many a Seafarer around owes his life and good to bed but is slowly convalescing. The dalveston move is part of last year and is now pushing the His weight is still far below nor- a long-range SIU plan to provide completion of a brand new hall in health to the medical services he received at these hospitals, which is the port of Baltimore that will be a very solid argument for keeping the hospitals open, superior to New York headquar­ t 4. t ters. tHE SIU MEMBERSHIP DOWN IN THE PORT OF GALVESTON .The Galveston branch reports that they have some 0kely proper­ is looking around these days to see if they can't find a new hall for ties under consideration.' Steps themselves in that port. According to reports received in headquarters, they have some promising locations lined up and if are being taken to assure that any all goes well, they will be able to move into a bet­ lease drawn up will allow full ter place in a short while. latitude to the.SIU to operate all The Galveston move is part of your Union's long Scratch a man shipping out of Cisco meeting, Herbert Knowles, necessary port facilities and make rarige plan to provide better facilities ashore for tjhe inferior changes accordingljy. Lake Charles, Louisiana, and more fitted more readily into the West membership. This is a slow process that extends Present facilities ih Galveston often than hot you will come up with Coast picture, coming originally over a period of years, particularly in those port have long been recognized as in­ a veteran of the from New Jersey. areas where there is not miuch room to move around adequate and a hunt has been on Cities Service or- However, he and in and property is hard to come by accordingly. for a new spot, but because of the ganizing cam­ his family now However, your Union has made a good deal of location of the city, useable prop­ paign. At the last live in Richmond, headway along these lines, in terms of housing Sea­ erty is at a premium. For a while Lake Charles California. Know­ the Union considered moving the farers in decent halls all around the country. Whenever the opportunity port meeting the les is 39 years of branch to the neighboring port arises, the SIU intends to step in and take action to improve the shorerecording secre­ age and sails with city of Houston. However, it's be­ side establishment maintained by the union, tary's job was the galley gang. 41 3> 4^ lieved that a satisfactory spot can taken over by Al- He joined the be located on Galveston island. phan Fruge, who SIU in the Port IN RECENT WEEKS YOUR UNION'S WELFARE PLAN HAS earned his spurs of New York on added to its disability benefits list some more Seafarers who are no Fruge Knowlea in the Cities June 27, 1946. longer able to work or go to sea for a living. These brothers, who Service fleet. are permanently disabled, have the assurance now of $25 a week from, Fruge, who sails in the deck de­ the Plan for as long as they need it. Savannah's last port meeting was partment on the tankers, was horn Your Union's disability benefit Is unusual in the sense that benefits in Louisiana on September 22, run by a trio of- Seafarers, James Under the Union constitu­ are paid not according to age but according to their individual condi­ 1917. He got his SIU membership M. Davis, Berry B. Tippins and tion every member attending tion, Naturally, the majority of brothers in this circumstance will be in the port of New York, and Carl Lowery. Davis, a native of a Union meeting is entitled to Alabama, has been an SIU mem­ older men, but it is not unusual to find on the list a brother who would makes his home in Sulphur, Louisi­ ber for about a year and a half. He nominate himself for the ordinarily be deprived of such a benefit because he wouldn't be old ana. elected posts to be filled at enough. » sails in the stewards department the hieeting—chairman, read­ t, 4. t and makes his home in Birming­ Recently it came to the attention of headquarters that specialists in ing clerk and recording secre­ San Francisco's port meeting ham. Berry, who also is with the this problem have been dissatisfied with the way most plans for taking tary.. Your Union urges you featured somewhat of a rarity, a galley gang, was born in Georgia care of oldtimers work out. They point out that to take an active part in meet­ Californian who was actually a na­ 43 years ago and joihed the SIU In age should not be the basis for judging a man's need. * ings by taking these posts of tive of the state instead of a trav­ the port of Savannah in 1945. He It's his ability to keep on working that's more to .service. eled from other parts. Frank and his wife live in Savannah, the point. If a man enjoys his work, they say, and And, of course, all'members Schmiedel was the native Califor­ The third member of the Savan­ is in good health there's no reason to knock him off have the right to take the fioor nian who took over the job of re­ nah group, Lowery, is also a the job and make him. accept some kind of pay­ and express their opinions on cording secretary. The 27-year-old Georgia native and a resident of ment to live on.' At the same time, they point out, any. officer's report ,or isSue Seafarer, who celebrated his birth­ Aragon, Georgia, He served asthose who are in no shape to work at any age are under discussion. Seafarers . day recently, has been a member reading clerk at the meeting. the ones who really need help. are urged ,td hit the deck at of, the SIU. for five years. He and •Lowery joined the SIU in Tampa It is exactly this kind of a set-up that your Union these meetings and let their his wife make their home ih Sari in 1949. The 28-year-old Seafarer has established through the disability benefits. It's shipmates know what's on Francisco. also sails in the stewards depart­ encouraging to see that others on the outside agree with our method their mind. The chairman of the San Fran- ment for handling the problemi. Galveston Branch Hunting For Bigger, Better Home Speak Your Mind At SiU Meetings �^r :•_ i' Well 5, Im SEAFARERS LOG Pace FIT* Congress To Scan MST5 ^ Cargo, Passenger Traffic WASHINGTON.—-Union protests against the direct competition of the Government-oper­ ated Military Sea Transportation Service with private shipping companies in the movement of commercial cargoes and passengers appear to have raised a stir in Congress, with the recent announcement t h a t > maritime subcommittees of and Foreign Commerce, that he The other will look into the proboth the House and Senate will do everything possible to i posed scrapping of the Cornhusker Frank Buscarello, richt, enjoys pleasant company duiinc entertain­ ment hour at Staten Island USPHS Hospital. . Twenty Seafarers donated blood for a recent operation which he underwent. Doctor Praises Men For Blood Donations The prompt response of Seafarers to the blood needs of hos­ pitalized Union men has won warm praise from Dr. Kenneth R. Nelson, medical director of the Staten Island US Public Health Service hospital. As a the cooperation of your members result of this response, two in this medical emergency." Seafarers who needed a rare It's been the Union's practice blood type were provided with the blood they needed by the SIU when the hospital's own blood bank was unable to fill the MIL, In a letter addressed to the Un­ ion, Dr. Nelson declared: "May I take this opportunity to express my thanks to the members of the Seafarers International Union who 80 generously donated blood. Needed Rare Type "Two members of the Seafarers International Union who wer6 ill in this hospital needed a rather rare type of blood which was un­ obtainable from our usual source of supply . . the Union was con­ tacted and' responded by sending twenty volunteer union members to our blood bank. Fortunately several of the donors had the type of blood needed and both patients have • benefitted tremendously from the donations. "Again I wish to thank you for for some time, through the Wel­ fare Services Department, to sup­ ply sufficient blood to meet the needs of Seafarers in the various Public Health Service hospitals, as well a:i members of their imme­ diate families. The practice has saved lives on many occasions and in other instances relieved Sea­ farers of the heavy cost of pur­ chasing necessary supplies of whole blood for their dependents. The value of donations for de­ pendents is emphasized by the fact that most hospitals will charge anywhere from $30 and up per pint of whole blood unless the patient Is able to replace the supply. The same practice has been fol­ lowed in the various outports as well as in New York with Sea­ farers maintaining their own blood bank at the New Orleans USPHS hospital and making regular con­ tributions, when needed, in other cities. YOU and iha SIU CONSTITUTION From Article XIII, Section 6 "All reports by committees and the Secretory-Treasurer under this article, except those of the Polls committees, shall be entered in the minutes of the port where headquarters is located. Polls Committee reports shall be en­ tered in the minutes of the Port where it functions." rouR RKJHTS ANO f(Hva,eoE$ AS MJN ARE -OUARANi'EED BY Ytx(R, cownruTicN, iHis FEA ruRE i-::^EsiOHEO TO Acot'AtNr YOy WITH THESE EiOMTS AMD PRlVllEOeS will undertake full-dress investiga­ tions of the situation. Representatives of the Confer­ ence of American Maritime Unions, including the SIU and all other non-communist sea unions in the US, have already received assur­ ances from-5en. John Butler (R.Md.), the new chairman of th maritime sub-committee of the Senate Committee on Interst^ Explosives Cargo Regulations Eased Restrictions on the handling of nitrates and phosphates, imposed after the 1£|47 Texas City disaster, have been eased off by the Coast Guard. The new regulations will permit the loading of these poten­ tially-explosive materials at any waterfront facility which permits ready access to open water. ^ Ships loading these cargoes will have to maintain engines ready for instant movement with their bows moored toward seaward. If en­ gines are not ready,- tugs will have to be in the vicinity. The regulations call for the pier facilities to be away from areas of dense population and high hazard. Plenty of water should be oh hand for fire^fighting purposes. The hew rules are the product of a study of the Texas City dis­ aster made by a special commit­ tee. At Texas City a French freigh­ ter loading fertilizers caught fire and blew up. The explosion result­ ed in considerable damage to both ships in the port and shoreside in­ stallations with heavy loss of life. New Numbers For Uq. Phones The telephone numbers of all New York headquarters phones were changed recently by the telephone company. All Seafarers calling headquarters are asked to use the new num­ bers to get faster service. The new headquarters tele­ phone number is HYacinth 9-6600. •7 S' RMnrini throw full light on the problem ^'Mariner (Seas Shipping), which of MSTS competition. ran aground in Korea last year. Later, he revealed that MSTS Climax Running Fight operations will shortly come under The two investigations climax a the scrutiny of his sub-committee running fight between the unions for a full exploration of the charges and private shippers and the Gov­ against the Government shipping ernment agency. The shipowners agency. In announcing this step, have been complaining for some e Maryland Senator declared time that MSTS carries passengers that "With private shipping finding and cargo that could be handled by it almost impossible to buck for-: privately-owned merchant ships in eign competition ... it would seem the same manner as they handle unwise to add to the burden by any other traffic. MSTS in turn, letting Government-supported bot^ argues that it has to carry some toms aLso compete for the"relative­ of this traffic because private in­ ly small traffic available." dustry is unable to provide the fa­ Meanwhile, on the House side of cilities and kinds of ships that the Congress, a five-man sub-commit­ service needs. tee, headed by Rep. Alien of'Cali­ The complaints against MSTS fornia, was appointed by the House have increased m volume as Gov­ Merchant Marine Committee as ernment cargoes available to pri­ one of two investigative groups. vate shipowners have declined. Isthmian Raise The Caviar Curtain Americans with a hankering for sturgeon and genuine Iranian caviar will be able to get all they want after a neat pass play between Isthmian Steamship, US Point 4' repre­ sentatives in Iran and the| Iranian government. As a It took quite a bit of improvis­ result, the 9ge-old Russian ing though, 'to get the caviar out monopoly on caviar has been of Iran. Originally the Soviet Un­ broken and it will no longer be ion hJd a 50-year contract ^agree­ necessary to go to the Russian em­ ment which gave it exclusive bassy to get the stuff in wholesale rights to fish for sturgeon in the lots. Caspian Sea. Last year the con­ For those who may not be in the tract expired and the Iranians re­ caviar class, the stuff consists of fused to renew it. a verj' special fish egg that comes An American firm entered the from sturgeon in the landlocked picture and with the aid of Point Caspian Sea. It is considered a 4 representatives, made arrange­ great delicacy and for those who ments for hauling the caviar in re­ like it goes equally wrell as an ap­ frigerated trucks across the desert petizer, or a snack to be taken to Khoramshahr. However^ they along with some of the hard stuff. hit a snag when they found that Steel Voyager First the roads were inadequate to The first shipment came aboard handle the trucks.. A change in the Steel Voyager in the port of arrangements was made and four Khoramshahr, Iran. It's expected refrigerated railway cars wer® that in all 1,000 tons of the caviar pressed into service instead. and sturgeon will be imported this The new trade in frozen sturgeon year with the shipfnents to in­ is expected to bring several mil­ crease in subsequent % years to lion good American dollars into 2,500 tons. For the time being. the Iranian treasury and help sta­ Isthmian will handle all of the bilize the finances of that bank­ cargo. rupt nation. Japanese Union Leaders Learn About Seafarers Union -I 1 •I h''-• E As part of the permanent record, headquarters, as well as the other ports, maintains; complete reports of all committees and officials. On file in headquarters and the SIU port offices are records of all re­ ports made in the Union.' •n 3- I Seafarer E. B. McAuley, SIU patrolman, wearing light jacket in center of picture^, listens intently to Japanese union leader who visited the New York hall along with other trade union leaders from Japan. Oriental delegation visited SIU ships as well as the hall while on United States tour. �i" '•T*« Seafarirs R#yfew Damage Afl%r Fire Rescue $•w nimk t, iil5^ StAFAkERlSi.dii^ Mr SIU NEWSLETTER from WASHINGTON At the beginning of the year, American ship operators publicly said they were looking to this sessioh of Congress to come up with some­ thing constructive to aid shipping. However, as time rolls, along, it becomes increasingly clear that the law-makers, being politicians first of all, are concerned more at mending fences at home during this election year. Both Senate and* House maritime-subcommittees are beginning to come to life, but current indications are that they will be concerned far more'with investigative work than with favorable maritime legisla­ tion. t Seafarers James Biehl, left, and John Doyle, right, examine fire damage at the shdp of E^win C. Jansen, Jr., center. The Seafarers rescued Jansen's fil-year-old father from flames which broke out when a rubber hose slipped from a gas jet in watch and repair shop. Store is located .around the > corner from SlU.hall in New Orleans. Gov't Eases Alien Leave Rule WASHINGTON—SIU representatives in the Capital have received assurances from an official of the US Immigration and Naturalization Service that the Government agency will stand by its present order relaxing the 29-day shore leave restriction on alien seamen in some instances. ^ ^ ^ ^ Following a meeting with in the first port, the time ashore seamen in such circumstances to well as the time aboard the ship also have 29 days ashore in the Allen C. Devaney, Assistant as in sailing to the second port was second port. In the meeting with Commissioner of the Service's In­ spection and Examinations Divi­ sion, SIU Washington Representa­ tive Bob Matthews reported that Immigration personnel in all ports had been advised to follow the new order affecting shore leave for aliens. The problem leading to the con­ ference stemmed from situations where non-resident aliens were signed on articles terminating in one US port, but the ship stopped at another US port before it went to the port listed on the articles. Although Immigration had been permitting the aliens shore leave considered part of the 29-day Devaney, Matthews was accom­ shore leave to which the alien was panied by a representative of the entitled under existing law. SlU-contracted its Isthmian Steam­ ship Company. Leave Banned Meanwhile, in other actions on The effect was thdt by the time problems affecting alien seamen, the ship arrived in the second the permanent legislation commit­ port, the one specified on the arti­ tee of the Conference of American cles, Immigration would state that Maritime Unions, including SIU so few days remained of the 29 Representative Matthews, moye"d days allowed by law that the sea­ to press for new legislation in man had to, be prohibited from Congress to amend the McCarran getting any further shore leave and Act so as to extend the 29-day also could not be paid off. Thus, shore leave provision as well as to the man was frozen on the ship. liberalize the naturalization re­ The new order relaxes the re­ quirements for non-resident aliens striction, however, enabling alien sailing aboard US-flag vessels. SIU COMMITTEES I I I t^: 1^^- m I? fe' AT WORK Two trials recently conducted by rank and file committees in New York dealt, with pretty much the same subject. They involved erewm embers who abused their shipmates by using real or fancied influenee with topside and in­ timating that they also had a drag with the Union. In both instances, . crewmembers got an­ noyed with the abuse and filed charges before trial committees which resulted in punitive action. In the first Flowers case, a crewman was accused of asserting his inde­ pendence of all authority with the exception of the company port cap­ tain. He repeatedly declared that he would take orders only from the company's top official as he was a favorite son of the company and didn't have to come to the Union for jobs or anything else. His trial was held before a com­ mittee consfeting of M. Whale, E. B. Flowers, v. H. Benner, C. Palmer and A. Campbell. Both the' accused and' the accuiser testified In the case, as did other witnesses. some of whom carhe from other ports to be present. The accused admitted his behavior had not been up to scratch in many instances. The trial committee found him guilty of the charges and imposed a six months' suspension plus a fine. Spied On Crew In the second case, the crewman was accused by his shipmates of acting as a stool pigeon against the crew and carrying tales to the chief and first as­ sistant. He also c p 0 k e darkly about his. socalled influence with the Union and thAatened permit - holders aboard the ship that he would have their cards Johnes yanked when the ship got in. Other men were threatened with physical violence. The committee in this instance consisted of John S. Lukas, Henry A. Anderson, Joseph A. Falasca, Joseph E. Bums and Anderson J. Johnes. They found the accused man'guilty on three counts and re'-ommended a two-year suspen­ sion Meet With Congressmen As a first step in this direction, the legislative committee voted to meet with and seek the advice of members of the Senate and House Judiciary Committee, which have jurisdiction over bills relating to immigration and naturalization. The problem will then "be .explored further by joint action with ship­ owner representatives. Hatch Co. Is Sued On Mariner Delay - WASHINGTON—Another hassle is cropping up over the Mariner ship program with the announce­ ment that five shipbuilding con­ cerns are suing the manufacturers of Mariner hatch covers for deliv­ ery delays. A suit has been filed for $6,154,000 in damages against the Seaboard Martime Corporation, manufacturers of the specially-de­ signed electric hatch covprs, and an insurance firm for failure to de­ liver covers on time. , Construction of many of the Mariners was held up for some time when Seaboard got into pro­ duction difficulties. A fire at the Seaboard plant later complicated the picture. Shipbuilding firms involved in the suit are the , Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Com­ pany, Sun Shipbuilding, ingalls Shipbuilding, Bethlehem Sparrows Point Yards and Bethlehem Steel Corporation 4. The Randall Commission recently recommended to President Eisen­ hower that the American merchant marine be sacrificed in order to help foreign-flag shipping. In a strongly-worded sped'ch on, the floor of the House of RepresentaUves, Representative Shelley, Calif^ornia, very aptly suggested that the Randall group was influenced by "some starryeyed. people" who continue to say that we need not have a merchant marine, but can depend upon vessels of friendly nations. Recommendations of the special Presidential Commission clearly show many people in this country have not learned from bitter lessons of the past — namely that we simply cannot depend on foreign fleets in a time of crisis. "The American shipping industry," Representative Shelley told the House, "should not be asked to supply a transfusion tq competitors, no matter how friendly, when it badly needs plasma itself in order to keep afloat." - t 4. 4. t t t i, t 4 it 4> 4' 3^" t The US Treasury Department is ready to crack down on narcotic drug users or traffickers aboard merchant vessels. However, before doing so, Treasury needs some more legislation. A Congressional Committee recently was told that drug trafficking aboard ship Is not only dangerous to the safety of life and property at sea but constitutes a potential danger ](o the security of the nation. Under existing law, there Is no provision to allow the revocation of seaman's document for such offense, except where the offense is committed aboai-d ship while the offender is acting in the course of his duties. Treasury believes that the authority should extend to the denial of documents as well as to their revocation. Further, Treasury wants the law broadened to include users and ad­ dicts, as well as persons who have been convicted of narcotic drug of­ fenses. Still another angle Treasury is striving at is to have the law cover convictions of local as well as Federal narcotic laws. The scramble toward the Maritime Administration seeking authority to transfer foreign is gaining momentum. Last month, the MA relaxed its transfer policy, but only as to the transfer of Liberty-type tankers—the original dry-cargo ships which had been converted into tankers. However, now Liberty dry cargo own­ ers are seeking to have this relaxed policy apply to them. As a matter of fact, the American Tramp Shipowners Association, Inc., composed of most of the tramp shipowners, all of whom are using Liberty dry cargo vessels, now openly say that "this right of transfer is our immediate objective." One of the first things the Eisenhower Administration did concerning the merchant marine, when it assumed office, was to engage in a study of maritime subsidies, to determine whether financial aid was necessary to assure a continuing active fleet. Now, after studying the matter for a year. Secretary of Commerce Weeks agrees that it is vei-y clear that if we are to have a merchant marine, to use the words of Commerce, "we are going to have to pay for it." However, the big dilemma is that while the executive branch of Gov­ ernment thus realizes the necessity of financially backing the merchant marine, when it comes time to hand out the money. Congress is reluc­ tant to . do so, and usually is inclined to provide only the'^ minimum amount necessary to keep the Government maritime agencies going and to meet the subsidy tab minimum each year. The question of maritime subsidies is always a hot potato in the halls of Congress. Many Congressmen would just as soon throw the wholesubsidy program oiit the window, but are held back by (1) the pplicy declarations in the shipping statutes, and (2) the few remaining strong merchant marine supporters in Congress. The Commerce Department, the agency which administers the subsidy program through the Mari­ time Administration, flatly told Congress recently that if we are to have a merchant marine, that it is very clear that some form of Government assistance is going to be necessary to keep the American flag on the $eas. The US is constantly carrying a smaller percentage of the total freight available to shipping. By the end of next, year. Government officials predict that we will be at, or close to, the same percentage^is we_ had pre-World War II, which was about 35 percent of the world trade carried in American bottoms. The Maritime Administration is not convinced that the modernization of Liberty ships is a practical thing but nevertheless will go ahead with its proposal to experiment on four Libertys. The planned conversion of the Libertys, in the experimental job, will cost up to nearly $2 million for each ship; will require, per vessel, something^ under a year to finish. The Government will ask for money this spring to go «head oa the test; and the MA will ask for special legislative authority to permit it to operate the converted Libei-tys, once they are modernized, rather than charter them out. The major maritime nations, in the post World War II era, have made serious and most successful efforts to restore thbir passenger fleets to, 1939 levels. In 1947 a special Presidential 'Commission recommended a passenger building program of 46 vessels, to take care of estimated mobilization requirements for troop transport. In the. succeeding seven. years, only six passenger vessels have been built. e/L^i �Mank 5, ltS4 SEAFARERS IPG Paw Sevea 51U Art In Special Display COiMMUNIST CHINA JOINS BIG FOUB—The world spotlight fo­ cused on the Far East during the last weeks of February as a result of the Big Four meeting in Berlin. About the only thing accomplished at that meeting of the foreign ministers of the United States, Great Britain, France and the Soviet Union, was the decision to hold another conference In Geneva, Switzerland, in which the Big Five, Communist China included, will attempt to find a settlement to the two main hot spots in Asia, Korea and Indo-Ch'ina. The Berlin meeting lasted twentyfive days and reached a complete impasse on the signing of an Austrian peace treaty and the unification of Germany. if ^ . THE. MARINE CORPS AND A COURT MARTIAL—An extremely perplexing question has risen to plague the American people, the armed Forces and the Marine Corps in particular. It concerns those pri­ soners of war in Korea who "con­ fessed" to germ war charges, or who collaborated with tke Commu­ nists. The ticklish part of the prob­ lem is caused by the fact that the men who "confessed" were sub­ jected to a long period of torture , which forced them to "break." One of those who "broke" was Col. Frank H. Schwable, a 45-year-old, much-decorated Marine Corps fly­ er, and veteran of 65 combat mis­ sions in World War II. A four-man board of inquiry has been sifting the facts, of Schwable's "confes­ sion" -the repudiated it when freed. In his defense against bearing fals# witness against his Colonel Frank Schwable shown country, the haggard - appearing at the time of his release from Colonel said that he "broke" only a POW camp in Korea. His after weeks of physical and mental pro-Red "confession is being torture. Other witnesses upheld probed. his statement. 4. 4 * ARMY BOWS TO MCCARTHY DEMANDS—Oflicial Washington and the rest of the country got worked up last week over Senator Joseph McCarthy's latest tilt with ,the Administration—^this time with the US Army. In a one-man hearing over the discharge of an Army dentist, allegedly a Communist, McCarthy roughly handled an Army General who was under Pentagon orders not to discuss Army affairs, calling the General "not fit" to wear the uniform. Army Secretary Stevens challenged McCarthy's treatment, declaring he would uphold his order but later backed down and agreed to., permit officers to testify. The Administration came in for much criticism for its handling of the in­ cident with even staunch McCarthy backers like the Chicago Tribune declaring the Senator was invading the domain of the President. As a result, a Senate group has now started to study new investigation rules. 4> ^ IN AGAIN, O^T AGAIN IN NEAR EAST—Egypt's President Mo­ hammed Naguib was the victim of a bloodless coup but two days later got back into power. In Syria though, an armed revolution overthrew the Government of Brigadier General Adib Shishekly. An 80-year-old politician who had been president before Shishekly was put back into power. The revolutions were new evidence of the shakiness of Near East governments. With less than 60 days remaining f(>r entries to be submitted for judging in the Third An­ nual SIU Art Contest, word has been received at Union headquarters that Seafarers' art work will again be displayed at a special two-week tr^de union art exhibit in New York City, in addition to the regu­ lar week-long exhibit at head­ able to send them by special de­ and address. In this way, they can livery or registered mail, and be easily returned at the close of quarters itself. Arrangements for the special tagged with the entrant's name the contest and exhibit. exhibition, which is conducted un­ der the auspices of a division of the New York Public Library, as­ sured that Seafarers' entries will again receive a prominent display so that more of the general public can 'enjoy a close look at the spe­ cialized handicrafts, drawings and paintings done by SIU members. Fourteen Unions Participating The two-week library exhibit will be held from April 22 through May 6 and will feature art work by members of 14 different New York unions. The program is designed to demonstrate how increased leis­ ure time resulting from the suc­ cessful efforts of labor unions to reduce the workweek has enabled American working men and women to develop and expand their crea­ tive .talents. •Meanwhile, entries in the 1954 SIU art competition keep coming into headquatters, as more and more Seafarers submit their work for the annual contest. Under this year's contest rules. Seafarers can An SIU headquarters employee snatches a quick look at one of the submit up to five entries in each first oil paintings entered in this year's art contest after it arrived of the four contest classifications: Irom Baltimore. The painting, by Seafarer John McLemore, was oils, watercolors, drawings and submitted too late" for last year's contest and had been on display handicrafts. Three prizes will be in the Baltimore hall until the 1954 contest opened a few weeks ago. awarded in each classification. A panel of established experts in the field, including the art editor of the SEAFARERS LOG, will han­ dle the judging of all entries, MOBILE—SIU members iij this port have been asked bv a which will be held at a date fol­ lowing the April 30 deadline for taxi drivers' union to help them fight off an attempt to break contest entries. Following the ex­ up their organization through a recently-enacted state "right hibit of sample entries at the lib­ to work" law which prohibits rary exhibit, which will be held at the union shop in Alabama. the business for Mobile cab comv the Labor 'Temple, 242 East 14th The union in question, Lo­ panics, Werner said SIU members Street, NYC, all entries will be put cal 915 of t^he AFL Teamsters Un­ could be of great assistance to his on display at headquarters, where ion, has long been friendly with membership by asking cab drivers the judging in the SIU competition the SIU in this port and has ac­ to show evidence of AFL union will be conducted. tively supported Seafarers in sev­ membership and refusing to ride Seafarers interested in selling eral beefs here, said Mobile SIU with those who cannot show their their work may tag them with the Port Agent Gal Tanner. union books. In such cases, com­ desired selling price, as several Although drivers for all major plaints also should be lodged with entries, particularly handicraft taxi companies in Mobile are or­ the offending company, Werneth items, have been purchased on the ganized, some companies have been added spot at previous years' exhibits. hiring non-union drivers since the "If SIU men will help us in this Mail entries should be addressed to Alabama anti-union shop legisla­ manner, I am certain the com­ the Art Editor, SEAFARERS LOG, tion was passed, Leo Werneth, panies in question will soon decide 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, business agent for the Teamsters' it is to their advantage financially NY. local, explained. to employ only union drivers," To assure delivery, it is advis­ Since Seafarers supply much of Werneth said. . Taxi Union Seeks SiU Aid YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH SEAFARERS GUIDE TO RETTER BUYING Your Chances Of Buying A House per cent to a new rate of 41^. The rate on FHA mortgages for non-vets was lifted from the previous 434 per cent to The increasing eo^t of ren't is becoming the biggest five. single problem for a wage-earning family. Rents have This is a serious matter to moderate-income people. An reached record high levels and are now approximately six increase of only one-half of one per cent in the mortgage percent more than a year ago and 18 percent higher rate adds $2.43 a month to the carrying charges on a than in June, 1950, just before the Korean war. $9,000 20-year mortgage. At the new rate of interest a As this^ department reported recently, one of the best vet would repay a total of $13,672 to clear off such a chances to secure comparatively reasonable rents is in mortgage. the cooperative apartment houses, taking care to avoid The real-estate developers are trying to make this boost those "co-op" developments in which the builder has taken less painful by extending the terms of the mortgages,to an unreasonable profit. 25^ or 30 years. Actually that only increases the bill for • Another alternative, to high rent is owning your own home ownership. Extending the same $9,000 mortgage to home. You woOld have a better chance of buying a house 25 years instead of 20, means you finally repay $15,012.at a tolerable carrying charge if not for a hidden price A non-vet must pay even more. rise effected last spring by the Administration. Prices of How. This Affects You houses have actually come down a little this year but the Under this kind of deal, a Seafarer hoping to buy a increase in the mortgage rate permitted by the Adminis­ home for his family will have to play his cards smartly. tration, has served to cancel the'drop. Families who already own homes are affected too. If Older houses.have come down most of all. They dropped you have a house with a lower-rate mortgage secured an estimated five per cent in price in 1953, and real-eState, before the increase went into effect last May, your pres­ authorities are predicting they will come down another ent home has additional value, both for your own use or five per cent this year. if you sell. Even the cost of. building a new house has gone down But if you're planning to buy, you ought to scrutinize for. the first time in over three years. A house that cost the mortgage carefully. Note that a second-hand house $10,000 to build in 1950 had gone up tj $11,700 by last withi a lower-rate mortgage is^wojth several hundred dol­ year, but is now down to $11,500. lars more to you now. Mortgage Rates If you are considering a brand-new liouse with a higherThe; joker js^Jthe'rise .In niprtgfige interest rates; The rate mortgage, take >11 steps to avoid being an outright on hibrtgages f6r ek-GI'i has been raised from four. sucker for the mortgage lenders and-builders. As shown '""(S-r Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying above, _ a small down payment is really no bargain. It merely means you pay. more in interest in the long run. One way to protect yourself is tb make as large a down payment as you can scrape together The other \yay to reduce your mortgage cost is to undertake larger monthly payments over a shorter period. In any case, in"Sist on a "right to prepay" clause in your mortgage so you can pay In extra cash when you have" it to reduce the mortgage. Also try to get a grace period of at least six months during which you can miss pay­ ments in a personal financial crisis. Families who own houses on which a large part of the mortgage has been paid off shoultj consider trying to renegotiate the mortgage for a lower rate of interest. Usually on an older house which you contemplate buying, banks will grant a mortgage of two-thirds of their ap­ praisal of value (not the price you pay but their possib y more realistic evaluation). But when the mortgage is for only 50 per cent of appraised value, some banks grant an interest rate of as low as-four ber cent. Incidentally, when you buy a house it's no^ a bad idea to have a. bank give you an appraisal of its value, even though the bank may charge you a fee. Vets' House-Tax Benefit Ex-GI's should know that over half the states allow veterans a partial exemption from property taxes. Un­ fortunately, some vets who own houses pass up this po­ tential saving because they don't know or don't inquire about it. Ask your local YA office or town tax collector about-this benefit. �FaccEidit SEAFARERS LOG Mansh 5, 1954 Disability Dough Cheers Oidtimer SEASCASH BENEFITS • ' »> }.. A : SEAFARfiRS WELFARE, VACATION PLANS if. "• • ^ REPORT ON BENEFITS PAID Smiles rule the roost at Sailors* Snug Harbor, NY, as Seafarer Matt Little (right) receives his first $25 SIU disability payment since* he became eligible for the benefit last month. Little, now 93, sailed bosun with the SUP and SIU for many years. He's shown with a fellow seaman at the oldtimers' home. Seafarers Go Aboard New Mariner in Gulf MOBILE—The seventh Marine-type ship to be allocated to an SlU-contracted operator, the Pelican Mariner crew^ up out of the SIU hall here and then headed for nearby Gulf ports to gather cargo for its'* : ^iden trip. iner (South Atlantic) and the illNow sailing under the fated Cornhusker Mariner (Seas Bloomfield house-flag, the Pelican Mariner was named after the near­ by State of Louisiana, and is one of the 35 Government-owned Mar­ iner ships built so far, about twothirds of which have already been launched or put in operation by private steamship companies for the Military Sea Transportation Service. Unable • to find many buyers eager to snap them up at the cost­ ly purchase price of $4.5 million —the ships originally cost more than twice that figure—the Gov­ ernment has already ordered five of them into lay-up, in conjunction with its announced policy of re­ tiring its ships from service, whenever possible, and using pri­ vately-owned tonnage for- MSTS cargo movements. One of these, the Keystone Mariner (Waterman), an SIU ship, is due to go into layup at Suisun Bay, California. The five other Mariners allo­ cated to SIU cornpanies are the Show Me Mariner iBuIl), Magnolia Mariner (Mississippi), Hoosier. Mariner (Isthmian), Badger Mar­ Shipping), currently the center of a Congressional inquiry because of plans to scrap the costly vessel which ran aground and split in two in Korean waters last year. The maiden trip of' the lates'^ SIU Mariner, The Pelican, will carry her to an unspecified desig­ nation with MSTS cargo. Report Lost Ragpage Check Seafarers who lose baggage checks for gear checked at any SIU baggage room should notify that particular hall right away so that no one can improperly claim the baggage with that check. Headquarters officials advise you to do this immediately to avoid loss of your gear and/or trouble claiming it later on. Make sure you notify the hall where the baggage was checked as soon as you find out you've lost the check FfOIW To No. Seafarers Receiving Benefits this Perio^ Avefage Benefits Paid Each Seafaier Total Benefits Paid this Period 2^ ^7 WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD Hospital Benefits Death Benefits Disability Benefits Maternity Benefits Vacation Benefits Total- •*3j fig J AGO ^3 WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVI{HISLV Hospital Benefits Paid Since Ttilv 1. 1950 Death Benefits Paid Since Tulv 1. 1950 * Disability Benefits Paid Since May 1. 1952 * Maternity Benefits Paid Since April 1. 1952 * Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. H. 1952 * Total n * Date Benefits Began WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS Vacation Cash on Hand "^elforc^" Vacation Estimated Accounts Receivable' Welfare— 0£>\ US Government Bonds (Welfore) Real.Estate (Welfare) Other Assets - Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS SALSAO 3£. nitit LV.3/g. oa COMMENT; f. Recently, many of the member's beneficiary carcJg rec­ eived by the Welfare Office have been carelessly written, as well as incomplete as to date and other details. It is important that each card be carefully checked before sign­ ing, to be sure that all the lines are filled in correctly. Most important of all, is the date'and signature. All eligibles under the"plan'should have beneficiary cards on file. Remaining two dates for examinations on scholarship I 5-:--T fe- benefits are'March 15th, 1954- and May 22nd. . SubmittfJ /K M Kett, Assistant Administrator .«and, TOniember this.. • All these are yours without contributing a sinigle nickel on yetur part-r-O -r- Colleeting SIU .foenefits is e^, whethw it's for ho$pital» bwlh, disrabiht^ get flrst^ratr pei^niil /iflA inuQOfidiately immfMli0.1-01V iKroiicrh vrnttr Union's TTninn'. representatives. ronroeon-Folilrea aervice through your ^•'- : S'i'' . A- .i: .l,ib lii fi.'Ui vjiTfyti* •. f. 2.1 .$y. " 1- .. �Mweh 5, 1954 SEAFARERS Pacre Nine LOG Seafarer Recalls Hardships Having run the gamut of sailing ships, coal burners and modern vessels in over 40 years at sea, Seafarer Burton J. Frazer has called it quits because of a bad leg. The 60-year-old seaman is now receiving the $25 weekly disability benefit from the SIU and spending many of his days with old friends at^* SIU headquarters. called back to work. There was steadily for better than 20 years, Until he was felled by mul­ just no limit to the number of spending some time with the Mex- tiple sclerosis, Frazier sailed regu­ larly as fireman-watertender on a variety of SIU freight runs. But before that he started sailing on deck on lumber schooners out of his native Maine. Actually Frazer started,going to sea while he was still at school. In the early part of this century the lumber schooner trade was a thriv­ ing business with the sailing ships running in and out of Bangor and other small Maine ports loaded to the gunwales with lumber cargoes. Like many other Maine boys, frazer started sailing with the Arrow points to site of proposed Thaiia Street Bridge in New Or­ schooners during summer vaca­ leans which has been approved by New Orieans Dock Board. tions when the lumber trade was in its season. Wages $25 a Month The standard wages on these schooners, Frazer said, was about $25 a month. He remembers that the food usually ranged between poor and terrible, drinking water was warm and often unpalatable, NEW ORLEANS—A bridge crossing of the Mississippi and the entire crew slept on nar­ River is in prospect as the New Orleans Dock Board with­ row wooden bunks in one foc'sle. "You brought your own linens drew its objections to the bridge project. The Dock Board and bedding along" he said, "and t approved the bridge although slept on a donkey's breakfast. You it maintained that its con­ ate in Ihe foc'sle where you slept had to hustle your own chow. struction will provide addi­ and But the toughest part of the job tional hazards for navigation on was that you had to turn to any the river. time of day or night. "Many times I would just be The Board said that the need for Seafarers on ships going into the coming off watch when I would be port of Kohsichang, Thailand, are a new river crossing outweighed objections they would have from warned to be careful about the amount of cigarettes they have in the maritime viewpoint. Present plans call for the con­ their possession. Local custom au­ thorities in the port have recently struction of a crossing at Thaiia tightened up on cigarette allow­ Street, just a few blocks from the ances and will impose fines on wharves where Delta Line ships A reminder from SIU cigarettes held in excess of the dock. ' headquarters cautions all specified amount. City officials and the local Seafarers leaving their ships Under the new rpgulations, crew- Chamber of Commerce have long to contact the ball in aniple members are allowed a maximum been advocating a new crossing time to allow the Union to .of one carton per man when the because the existing Huey Long dispatch a replacement. Fail­ ship is in port for two or three Bridge is extremely congested as days. Cigarettes in excess of this are the ferry crossings at the river. ure to give notice before amount have to be manifested and Sometimes cars have to wait in paying off may cause a de­ placed under seal until the vessel lipe for hours to get across. How­ layed sailing, force the ship leaves port. ever, there had been objections to sail short of the manning The regulation would apply in from the dock commissioners who requirements and needlessly the main to Seafarers aboard feared that the bridge would pro­ Isthmian Company ships, some of vide a dangerous impediment to make their work tougher for which include Kohsichang on their ships coming in and out of the your shipmates.' port. regular Far Eastern run. Dock Board Approves New Bridge For NO Tighter Cig Rules Set In Thailand hours you would have to put in." In 19i6 Frazer switched from sail to steamboating. - "I had enough of sail, so I went below to the engine room. I decided that from then on I was going to keep both feet on the deck all day long." His first trip was as a coal pass­ er on the Montara, a collier that ran between Portland, Maine, and Norfolk. Af­ ter about seven months on that ship he got on an oil tanker run­ ning to Tampico, Mexico. "I signed on as a wiper," he re­ Frazer called, "but the engineer promoted me to fireman the next day. In those days you didn't carry any endorsements. The chief just appointed anyone he wanted to any job." Frazer stuck to tankers pretty pet Petroleum Company, an outfit that was later absorbed by Stand­ ard Oil. In 1938, Frazer like many of his shipmates was the target of a National Maritime Union organiz­ ing drive. "I couldn't see going in­ to the NMU, I didn't want any part of that outfit. The SIU was starting up at the time so I joined them instead." Since joining the SIU, Frazer has stuck pretty close to dry car­ go ships. His last ship was the Seatrain Louisiana which he had to leave in April of last year because his leg could no longer stand up. Three months in the hospital fol­ lowed after which he was dis­ charged as unfit for sea duty. With no hope of being able to go back to sea, Frazer applied for the SIU disability benefit. His ap­ plication was approved, with the result that he is no\y assured a steady income from the Union Welfarfe Plan for as long as his needs continue. Seafarer, Now Citizen, On New Voyage Quitting Ship? ,Notify Union Cartoon History Of The SIU The decline of the US merchant marine became very evident early in 1949. The long-range shipbuilding program to aid US shipping, urged by the SIU since 1947, still did not materialize. Many US shipyards were idle, and out of the meager tonnage delivered, less than half meant Jobs for American seamen. Seafarer Charles MacDonald, center, smiling, shakes hands with E. B. Till^ey, SIU patrolman in New York hall, after getting his first ship following his receipt of US citizenship papers. Men wished him well on new voyage. Tilley is now in Wilmington. No Long-Range Program The -growth of Panama and Honduras as maritime nations spotlighted the condition~of US shipping and shipbuilding. Foreign nations were grabbing up US foreign trade with new ships which completely out­ classed the US merchant fleet. Aggravating the sit­ uation, almost 2,000 US ships were laid up. 2Vo, 58 Passage of the 50-50 law, sparked by an all-out SIU campaign, meant that at least 50 percent of US aid cargoes had to be moved in US ships, but actually US shipping barely got its half share. There was little hope of reviving the US merchant marine in the absence of a genuine Government program of aid. �race Tea SEAFARERS lOG March «, 195« PORTltEPORTS.... reles hit the deck on the question New York: March. We have had our regular Son Francisco: amount of payoffs and in-transit of collecting subsistence and trans­ ships, but the men are just stick­ portation as did various other ing tight to the ships when they see members. The agent explained that shipping slow, and it in turn tends there was some delay in collecting to keep shipping at a low rate. same out here on the coast because The shipping business has been the company agent here has to ob­ Shipping in the Port of Balti­ Even the very good weather here Shipping for the past two weeks more is how on an even keel. We and the carnival season in full running slow In this port for the tain permission from the main of­ has held its own. 'We paid off 23 expect a spurt in shipping in the swing, with plenty of cverythin'fe last two weeks but we are hopeful fice back East before he can pay ships and signed six on foreign ar­ next two weeks due to the fact that on the loose in New Orleans will of a little pick-up in activity in out the money. ticles. • We also had 2(r ships in we have a couple of ships coming not shake men loose from the jobs, the future. 'We had one payoff, the Some of our oldtimers on the transit. The following ships paid Ocean Ulla (Ocean Transport) and out of the boneyard. These ships so shipping remains, slow. beach include J. Beye, B. Gaspe^ off; Robin Locksley, Robin Gray have be'en idle for the past sever^ three sign-ons, the Coe Victory (Vic­ Carl A. Ilm, D. O'Rourke, E. Col­ and Robin Sherwood (Robin); Su­ Coast Guard months. Even though they are only zanne, Show Me Mariner, Kathryn The Coast Guard has eased re­ tory Carriers); Young America and lins and H. Knowles. going on a six-week voyage^ the strictions on shipboard transpor­ Choctaw (Waterman). In transits and Beatrice (Bull); Wacosta and "Tom Banning companies have prospects of long ran light in the port consisting of San Francisco Port Agent Fairland (Waterman); Steel Chem­ time charters. So keep your tation of certain ammonium nitrate the Pennmar (Calmar) and the ist (Isthmian); Seatrain Texas, Sea­ phosphate fertilizers and the isola­ « A. fingers crossed, feliows, and let's Yaka and John B. Waterman (Wa­ train Georgia, Seatrain New York, tion of waterfront facilities. This hope that they do get these con­ terman). Savannah: Seatrain New Jersey and Seatrain was reported here in New Orleans tracts. Quite frequently we have found Louisiana (Seatrain); Seanan on Feb. 25 by the Coast Guard. The only beef we had at the pay­ The restrictions were- placed in that delegates and crewmembers (Orion); 'Val Chem CValentine); paying off shipis off was on the Catherine (Dry- force in 1947,. following the Texas Chiwawa, Winter Hill, Abiqua, in this port ar^ trans) such as re­ City, Texas, disaster. Easing of Bradford Island, Archers Hope and not reporting the The only shipping activity of any Bent Fort (Cities Service). striction to the the restrictions was ordered by performers and note here was the arrival and de­ ship. It seems Rear Admiral A. C. Richmond, act­ (Signed On foul-balls on .the parture of seven ships in transit as though the old ing commandant of the Coast Ships signing on were the Law­ ships to the pa­ all of which were 'clean as man didn't want Guard, on the recommendation of rence 'Victory (Mississippi); Steel trolman. Incid­ the crew to know the inter-agency committee on the whistle, with no beefs and happy ents of drunken­ crews. That is the way we like to Maker (Isthmian); Dorothy and that he had a hazards of the ammonium nitrate. Show Me Mariner (Bull); Robin ness, failure to see them. letter from the The Chamber of Commerce of Doncastef and Robin Gray (Robin). turn to and in­ Government stat­ New Orleans requested the United 11m There were no payoffs or sign- In-transit vessels included the Al­ ability to turn to, ons in the port during the past ing that there States Maritime Administration coa Runner, Alcoa Pointer and 'AIwould be no men to designate the city as a lay-up quitting the ship without reason Bove period, with ship­ coa Ranger (Alcoa); Iberville, Wa­ allowed to go' port for merchant vessels in the and the like should be reported ping definitely costa, Chickasaw, Lafayette and ashore. Had he acquainted thfe men reserve fleet. The Chambers' board for gooci cause. on the slow bell. De Soto (Waterman); Massmar and with the facts, this beef would not of directors sent a letter to Wash­ We know that most men like to The future Idoks Seamar (Calmar); Ines, Carolyn, have come up. We also had a trans­ ing ton, DC,, relative to this re­ lean over backwards to give their just fair, so the Suzanne and Frances (Bull); Steel portation beef which I am glad to quest. It pointed out that New shipmates the benefit of the doubt, less -we say about Executive (Isthmian); Seatrain state has been settled to the satis­ Orleans was utilized as a lay-up but if these flagrant cases are not it the better. Louisiana and Seatrain Savannah faction of the crew. Therefore, we port after World War I, and it has reported it works hardship on the Our in-transit (Seatrain); Republic (Trafalgar); have no beefs outstanding in the demonstrated by experience that patrolmen when they try to get ships included Alexander (Carras) and Council port at the present time. We have our port is entirely satisfactory for the skipper to lift a logging here the Seatrains Sa­ Grove (Cities Service). had quite a few payoffs^ and the vannah, New this purpose. The Maritime Ad­ and there or get a legitimate beef Burke Would like to thank the mem­ respective delegates are to be com­ York (twice) and bership, especially the permits, for ministration has announced that straightened out. If we want to get plimented on bringing these ships consideration on these matters the Louisiana (Seatrain); Robin Mariner-class ships will be placed their continued voluntary help on in with good clean payoffs. in the reserve fleet in the near then we have to keep the perform­ Hood and Robin Locksley (Seas) the longshore beef. Looks like it We have had the following ships future. The vessels require deep ers in line. and the Angelina (Bull). won't be long before the water­ pay off in this port: Edith and water depth and their structures Injurious to Union On the labor front in town, the front situation will be cleared up Ines of Bull; Steel Rover and Steel are higher than many vessels pres­ Acts like those mentioned above only activity is the picketing by Inventor (Isthmian); Cubore, Bal- ently laid up in other Gulf areas. are injurious, to the Union, because AFL building trades unions of the in favor of the AFL and then tore, Santore, Bethore, Feltore, New Orleans would welcome this if we don't live up to our contract Thunderbolt Bridge project, due everything will be smooth sailing Marore and Steelore (Ore); Carra- fleet in view of the sparsity of ship it makes it twice as hard for the to the state having let the con­ again. As you know, the ship bulle and Catahoula (Nat'l Naviga­ repair work in the area, as the Union to get the company to hold tract out to an out-of-state con­ owners have been diverting all, or most of their ships, around this, tion); Azalea City (Waterman); lay-up and reactivation work would up its end. struction contractor and one who's port for the past several months. Government Camp (Cities Service); at least offer a stop-gap in our using non-union labor to boot. Several members have called to Claude Simmons Oremar of Calmai-; Cathei-ine of present status. The construction unions are the agent's attention the practice Asst. Sec.-Treas. Drytrans, and Trojan Seaman of Ships paying off included the indulged in by some of the broth­ currently involved in a court ac­ Troy. -t t 4 Iberville and Antinous (Water­ ers who are working ashore. These tion resulting from the beef and Ships signing on were the Edith, man), Del Mundo, Del Valle and fellows have their friends watch we have offered whatever assist­ Galveston: Ines and Rosario (Bull); Seacloud Del Rio (Mississippi). The Del the board to see when some jobs ance they need. The Savannah AFL (Am. Mcht. Marine); Cubore, Bal- CampOi Del Mundo and Del are open, and when they find an Central Trades body has also o4: tore, Santore, Feltore and Marore •Viento (Mississippi) signed on. In- opening they like, they will come fered all help possible. of Ore; Steel Rover and Steel Ex­ transit vessels included the Alcoa down,to the hall on the double. Oldtimers on the beach right ecutive of Isthmian; Cities Serv­ Clipper, Alcoa Pennant, Alcoa now include N. Creasy, J. C. LaAct As Messengers Shipping was good during the ice's Government Camp; Azalea Corsair and Alcoa Pilgrim (Alcoa); Those who have complained seter, WJ Thompson, Roy Nash, past two weeks and should continue City of Waterman; Oremar and Steel Navigator (Isthmian); Del about this practice say it works a J. B. Henley, M. J. Lohr, W. W. that way for the next two weeks. Bcthcoaster of Calmar. hardship on men who are full time Spivey, and C. D. Lowery and T. No ships signed on and one ship, In-transit vessels were the Eliza­ Campo and Del Viento (Mississip­ pi); Seatrain New York and Sea- seamen, in earnest to ship and not W. Burke. Brother Burke, who join­ the Steel Navigator (Isthmian), beth of Bull; Alamar and Calmar ed the SIU right here in Savannah of Calmar; Alcoa Pointer and Al­ train Savannah (Seatrain); La employed ashore in-between mak­ in 1944, generally sails electrician. paid off. In-transit vessels included ing job calls. So in the future do Salle, Claiborne, Mobilian, Gate­ Topa Topa, LaSalle and Gate^vay coa Roamer (Alcoa); Fairland and He's a man who likes to hunt and City (Waterman); Chickasaw of Waterman; and the way City and Wild Ranger (Water­ not be a messenger boy for some fish in his off time, as who doesn't man); Abiqua (Cities Service); guy who wants to drink beer up­ Evelyn and Mae Fort Hoskins of Cities Service. Margaret Brown, Pelican Mariner town, or hold down another job and he's more than happy to (Bull); Michael, Into Boneyard spend his days ashore with rod or Alexandj^a and The Ore Steamship Company, af­ and Alice Brown (Bloomfield); and and then come down and ship out gun on the hunt for some big ones. on the spur of the moment, Trinity (Carras); ter having the Bethore for 32 years, Edith (Bull). Jeff Morrison Lindsay J. Williams through your efforts. Council Grove has finally decided to scrap her. Savannah Port Agent New Orleans Port Agent At our last meeting. Jack Suand Cantigny The other old-timer of the,group, I (Cities Service); • the Steelore, is going to be laid up Southern D i s • when she reaches Baltimore this time. tricts (Southern Trading); and Around the hall this week is Buckner John H. Bove. Brother Bove joined four Seatrains; New Jersey, Louisiana, Texas and our organization June 2, 1944, and WILMINGTON, Calif 805 Marine Ave. FORT WILLI AM.... 118V4 Syndicate Ave. Georgia. We assisted the Lake is sailing as cook and baker. • SIU, A&G District Ontario Phone: 3-3221 Ernest Tilley. Agent Terminal 4-2874 Earl Si}eppard '..103 Durham St. Charles agent, Leroy Clarke, in the BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave., Bklyn, PORT COLBORNE Ontario Phone: 5591 Earl Sheppard, Agent .Mulberry 4540 SECRETARY-TREASURER Baltimore Port Agent TORONTO, Ontario 272 King St. E. payoff of the Julesberg (Terminal Paul Hall BOSTON 276 State St. EMpire 4-5719 Tankers). . ASST SECRETARY-TREASURERS 3-4 4; James Shcehah. Agent Richmond 2-0140 VICTORIA, EC 617V4 Cormorant .St. Robert Matthews Joe Algina Men on -the beach include N. Empire 4531 New Orleans: GALVESTON 308'/i 23rd St. Claude Simmons Joe Volpian VANCOUVER. BC 565 Hamilton St. Whipple, H. Buckner, A. Distrunk, Keith Alsop, Agent Phone 2-8448 William Hall ~ PaciSc 7824 LAKE CHARLES. La1419 Ryan St SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St. F. Kon, F. Pence, B. Tolbert, P. Leroy Clarke. Agent Phone 6-5744 SUP Phone 6346 Ryan, C. Knight, O. Fleet, H. Rose20 Elgin St. MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. HONOLULU ; 16 Merchant St. BAGOTVILLE. Quebec Phone: 545 crans, R. Averitt, R. Armstrong Cal Tanner, Agent Phone 2-1754 Phone 5-8777 THOROLD, Ontario 82 St. Davids St. NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St PORTLAND 523 N. Everett St. CAnal 7-3202 apd R.. Meadows. Men in the Mar­ Business affairs of tne port are Lmd.sey Williams^ Agent •i ' Beacon 4336 QUEBEC 113 Gote De La Montague ine Hospital are Ll L. Bentiey, . Magnolia 6112-6113 Quebec Phone: 2-7078 RICHMOND. CALIF ... 257 5th St. in fine shape, with the beefs few NEW VORK 675 4tb Ave.. Brooklyn 177 Prince William St. A. J. Scheving, S. Lyle, J. MarkoPhone 2599 SAINT JOHN HYacinth 9-6600 NB Phone; 2-5232 pole, J. C. Lewallen, H. E. Grant, and frr between and all of a minor SAN FRANCISCO... 450 Harrison St. NORFOLK ..127 129 Bank St. Douglas 2-8363 nature. Also in the few-and-far- Ben Rees. Agent F. L. 'Ryan, A. Weaver and D. Phone 4-1083 2700 1st Ave. Great Lakes District PHILADELPHIA ...-337 Market St. SEATTLE between column are jobs in the 8. Patterson. Cardullo. Agent Main (1290 ALPENA. Market 7-1635 133 W. Fletcher port. In thO'-last two weeks less SAN FRANCISCO .. -- 450 Harrikon St. WILMINGTON SOS Marine Ave. The weather has been good, but Phone: 1238W Banning, Agent.: Douglas 2-5475 Terminal 4-3131 BUFFALO. NY 180 Alain St. men were shipped than have gone T. Marty BrelthoR. West Coast Representative NEW YORK Phone: Cleveland 7391 we did get a little dusl from storms 678 4tb Ave., Brooklyn to sea in quite some time. -The PUERTA de TIERRA, PR Pcl^j o 51--La 5 734 Lakeside Ave., NE further west. The members are STerUng 8-4071 CLEVELAND 2-5996 Phone: Main 1-0147 outlook for tlie coming two weeks ^ . • • 2 Aberctjrn St. DETROIT loss 3rd st. very elated about the prospects of Canadian District Agent Phone 3-1728 should be OK with the Frederic SEATTLE .Tleadquarters Phone: Woodward 1-6857 getting a new location for the jhoH. ., ,. . 2700 1st Ave MONTREAL. ......634 St. James St. West DULUTH 531 W. Michigan St. Elliott 4334 C. Collin due to crew up Jeft Gillette. Agent PLateau 8161' Keith Alsop Phone: Melrose 2-4110 mo»-1811 N. Franklin Si HALUAX, .N.8.....^r.'>.-128<A Mollis St. SOUTH CHICAGO 3261 E. 92nd St. between . now andi'the'i ffrs^. of TAMPA May White, Agent,,: P^yne 2-1323 j ,1^.^^lYesjljpn , yoTjt I ^gcnt '4 Phone: 3-8911 Phone: Esses 9-S818 J MA Baltimore: Uid-Up Ships To Call For Crows Hero Shortly Reporting Performers Is JusI Common Sonso Waterfront Pklure Clearing fer AH. Baildlng Trades Rap Non-Union Project W Hall To Move To New Location City Requests Status As Cot't Lay-ltp Port 'i'-' �SEAFARERS Mil^eli 5, 1954 Pace EleVei LOG ....JPORT JtCPORTS wanted to make a trip on her, judg­ Lake Charles: abundance. There are no shortages Mobile: ing by the number of cards thrown of contracts, so that each SIU in for the jobs. The ship is cur­ member may have his own pei<rently around the Gulf, loading for sonal copy. If he is a good SIU her maiden trip under the Bloomsailor he will have his contract field house flag. with him on every ship. Aside from Shipping has been fair for the Shipping has been fairly good Shipping continues to be poor navigation maps and books, the Army Vet Returns past two weeks, with a total of 63 in Boston, but does show some I contract is the most important for the last couple of weeks with Here in Mobile with us we have jobs in all rates shipped. We still signs of picking I reading matter on board any ship, 174 men shipped to regular jobs up. Three ships I for two reasons. One, because the and'about 100 shipped to tug and Brother P. Owens, better known as have over one hundred men regis­ "Smoky" Owens. He has just re­ tered, so don't rush down expect­ paid off and sign­ ' ships have to go to all parts of the ed on; the Lone world and get back, and two, by shore gangs and various other jobs turned to shipping after a stint in ing to ship in a hurry. The fol­ Jack and Cantig- having a gOod knowledge of the around the harbor. We had a total Uncle Sam's army. Brother Owens lowing ships called in here during ny (Cities Serv­ contract these trips can be pleas­ of ten payoffs, five sign-ons and sails as an electrician in the En­ .the past two weeks: Winter Hill, gine department and is very glad Government Camp, Bradford Is­ ice) and Queens- ant and the payoff smooth and on five ships in transit. to get back to sea. He is convinced land, Bents Fort, Logans Fort, ton Heights (Sea- time. Payoffs that the various benefit.s of the Lone Jack and Fort Hoskins trade). Intransit Oldtimers on the beach include Seafarers will make them the (Cities Service). The Winter Hill Ships paying off included the vessels included R. H. Schaiffner, A. Gurskie and pacesetters of the Maritime in­ and Government the Steel Age (Is­ C. D. Jernigan. Men in the marine Monarch Sea, Hurricane, Claiboime dustry for years to come. Camp made two and Wild Ranger (Waterman) and thmian), Robin hospital in this port include O. E. Prince calls. We had Cat Tanner Sherwood -and Abrams, J. E. Eubanks, J. V. Ende, the Pennant, Cavalier. Partner, a terrific beef Mobile Fort Agent Pilgrim, Corsair Robin Kettering (Robin) and Wa­ G. C. Farnum, W. K. Gulley. Sverwhen the Julesterman ships Wacosta, De Soto, re Johannessen, L. Musselini, J. C.' and Ranger, all 4" 4" 4* burg (Terminal Lafayette, Fairland and Ibeiwille. Mitchell, V. K. King, E. L. Woods, Alcoa ships. Sign­ Philadelphia: Tankers) paid off. ing on were Wa­ We regret to report that one broth­ T. R. Webster and A. Wilfert. She was in a terman's Mobiler passed on. Edward C. Dacey Jeff Gillette mess with a logian and Hurri­ died in the Brighton Marine Hos­ Seattle Port Agent happy skipper, cane and the Al­ pital on Feb. 19, following an op­ coa Pennant, Al­ but we were able Glick eration. 4> 4' 4" to get most of the coa Partner, and According to shipping figures, On Beach Miami: Alcoa Pilgrim. shipping has been just about hold­ jogs cut down or thrown out com­ Seafarers on the beach include In-transit vessels ing its own and there is nothing in pletely. The skipper on the JulesLimbaugh W. Prince, P. Norton and G. Smith. included the the picture of the future to show burg is one log-happy character, Men in Marine Hospitals are T. Steel Navigator (Isthmian) and that it will be either booming or and he disputed all the overtime Mastaler, R. Churchill,. R. Rogers, Watermair ships Iberville, Citrus busting. Of course, we still have he thought he could get away with, S. Sbriglio, J. Valenzuela, E. BelkPacker, Antindus and Arizpa, our regular in-transit ships that but the company showed up with Slow—that's the word for how ner and F. Mallory. All are report­ take a few replacements. Let us their own representatives, and all shipping is, has been, and will be. All payoffs, sign-ons and ined to be in pretty good condition. beefs were settled before the pay­ hope it keeps that way. A continuous article ship, the Flor­ transit jobs were contacted and all ' Below Zero off. Everj'body was happy but ida (P&O) paid off. No ships signed beefs were settled to the crew's Things are really tightening up In Portland, Me., bad weather on and vessels in-transit include satisfaction prior to sailing. Other here in Philadelphia. Everything the skipper. and nine degrees below zero We attended the meeting of the the Iberville, Chickasaw and Waterman ships in port which may seems to be tuned to a general rise temperatures delayed the Queens- Azalea City (Waterman), Florida, Lake Charles Central Trades and crew up in the near future are the in unemployment. The shipping ton Heights payoff from Feb. 12 Ponce (Puerto Rico), and Wyoming Monarch of the Sea and the Fair- industry, likewise, has started to Labor Council, and at the meeting to 13, because the pilot refused to (Quaker). isle. tighten its belt in an effort to com­ the council appointed a committee bring the ship in. The pilot also AFL Convention Sympathy Extended pete with the foreign-flag vessels to meet with this area's State sen­ failed to guide three other ships ators and representatives, in order The resolutions taken up by the The Mobile Branch wishes to ex­ that Uncle Sam has so generously to fight a state bill which would in. This was winter's coldest day in Portland. The ships resembled a recent AFL Convention here in tend its sympathy to the family of given or practically given away. outlaw the closed shop. We have painting of a winter wonderland Miami looked very good. Maybe Brother Joseph Walters, who died There is now a movement in Con­ already received private assurances scene: ice covered them and long the Teamsters will do something to recently in a Norwegian port. gressional circles to wipe out the that we will have the support of icicles hung from the ships super­ organize the tnick drivers in this Brother Walters was an oiler on last bit of protection to American the men from this area. state, but it will be a tough strug­ board the Warrior (Waterman) and shipping. They are now discussing structures. Labor News gle. evidently died of a heart attack the elimination of the 50-50 clause, James Sheehan which means that if they are suc­ The Building Construction and On Beach right after closing a steam valve, Boston Port Agent cessful all cargo in the American Trades Council has been meeting according to shipmates who noti­ Oldtimers on the beach include 3) 4" 4" Philip Miranda, Edward Polise, fied the hall of his death; Brother foreign aid program can be ship­ with contractors in an attempt to Seattle: negotiate their dispute, and we Robert Lambert, and Eugene Mc- Walters was a veteran of two wars. ped on foreign vessels. have just received word that seven Guinn. J. C. Vilar is still in the He is survived by his wife and Kelleher Passes Away contractor's have come to terms, Marine Hospital. The weather here other relatives. Present plans call Danny Kelleher has just passed j Picketing in the dispute has been has been fair, but cool and windy. for returning the body aboard the away after a heart attack. His pass­ very quiet, with no scab attempts Fish have been running well and Warrior. ing will be grieved by his many to work. Mardi Gras Shipping has been very good there have been some good catches Brother W. V. Glick. who joined Mardi Gras has been in full friends and shipmates. here in the Port of Seattle, with made. The boys haven't been doing Ships paying off were the Cal- the SIU in the early days, presided several men shipping through San too well on the horses and dogs, swing in this port and brothers on Francisco for jobs in Seattle. It though. At present, we are nego­ the beach enjoyed the various mar of Calmar: Trinity of Carras; over our last meeting as chairman. looks just as good for the future. tiating with P&O. It's going well parades which ended on March 3. Carolyn and Marina of Bull; Cata­ Glick hails from Ohio, but i-.anagevl Ships paying off included the and we should have a contract soon. Some of the oldtimers currently houla of Nat'l. Navigation and to get to sea at an early age. The We expect Ponce Cement to ex­ on the Beach include H. Hallman, Logans Fort of Cities Service. recording secretary was Alphan San Mateo Victory of Eastern; Young America of Waterman; pand as a result of their building H. Young, F. Thompson, R. Floyes, Ships signing on were the same, Fruge, who earned his book the Alcoa Planter of Alcoa; Greece a new office in Miami. There is H. Limbaugh, S. Tuberville, R. while in-transit vessels were the hard wa.v. in Cities Service. Both Victory, of South Atlantic "and the also talk of the Company buying Stepp, J, Bradley, H. Gable and E. Robin Doncaster, twice. Robin brothers did a fine job.. Sherwood and Robin Locksley Leroy Clarke Sea Wind of Seatraders. Ships another ship. We hope its true as Ayler. (Seas); Ines of Bull; Chickasaw. Mariner Ships Lake Charles Port Agent signing on were the Liberty Bell we could sure use another ship in From all indications, the boys on Azalea City, Lafayette and DeSoto of Tramp Cargo, Seaeliff of Coral this area. It seems that every new 4. 4. 4 outfit that woi'ks out of here starts the beach like the Mariner type (Waterman) and the Steel Execu­ and the Choctaw of Waterman.Wilminqton: In-transit vessels were the An­ operating under the monkey flag. ships, V/hen the Pelican Mariner tive of Isthmian. Steve CarduIIo (Bloomfield) crewed up here re­ Eddie Parr drew Jackson and Yaka of Water­ Philadelphia Port Agent cently, everyone on the beach Miami Port Agent man. Delegates Are Important Ship and department delegates are doing a fine job in general, par­ Shipping remained about, the ticularly on the ships that have same for the past two weeks with been in and out of Seattle these no payoffs, one sign-on and seven past few weeks. The job as dele­ in-transits. One payoff is sched­ gate aboard ship is very important uled in the next two weeks. We and whoever is delegate on any Shipping Figures February 10 to February 24 regret to inform the membership ship needs the cooperation of the SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL that Brother Edward A. Cooley REG. REG. REG. TOTAL SHIP. men and officers he works with. PORT DECK ENG. STEW.SHIPPED passed away in the Union hall of DECK ENGINE STEW. REG. Many times there are important 10 a heart attack. The Union con­ 6 2 2 41 Boston 21 15 5 decisions to be made and if the tacted his family and helped make 177 69 57 51 269 New York 91 98 80 delegates think it necessary to arrangements for the funeral. A 26 69 group of Union brothers attended 24 19 73 call meetings to discuss the mat­ Philadelphia 21 27 25 ter. and arrive at the most logical 202 the services and burial. 58 72 72 286 Baltimore 119 99 68 answer, these meetings are called Brother Ernest Tilley is now out 30 13 8 9 30 Norfolk 15 8 7 and all involved have their say in the vacationland of the West 8 3 3 2 25 Savannah H 5 9 and generally the best solution to and wishes to state that he does 10 3 4 3 50 Tampa 16 17 17 any problem is arrived at in this not miss the cold weather back 58 174- East. 62 54 manner. The problems that come 178 Mobile ........i.. '... 64 52 62 up are generally not too serious We are happy to report that no 53 62 180 65 193 New Orleans 87 66 50 men are in the Marine Hospitals. and are mostly concerning the con­ 68 41 159 50 105 Galveston 46 24 35 Oldtimers on the beach here in­ tract working rules. 38 147 clude "Red" Nunn, Jake Longfel­ 58 51 58 Seattle • ;. '30 18 10 Have Own Contract 70 25 18 27 low, Ty Darling, Ed Lane, Irish San Francisco 44 38 34 — 116 At the payoff or signon of any Adams and Whitey Staham. , 19 3 7 9 69 ship these contracts are brought on VVilmington 30 .20 19 ,, vE; B,-Tilleyf.-.; ' • .11.,''.:^ -Sy,, ..I >«.* If" •' • •• "i'J" —— • board by SIU officials, They are Wilmington Port Agent 383 L255 ' 1,503 \Z:..; ,699 4(if- . 421 also 'a\^lfablfe"'kt'W SItI halls in • »-?TbtaW^- Boston: Big Beef Bops Log-Happy Skipper Mariner Ship And Mardi Gras Make Perl News Pilot Stages Sab-Zero Sitdowii' ia Portland Shipping is Holding Its Own In Pa. Port Ponce Cement iWay Add New Ship To Run Delegaies Can Use Crew's Cooperation Shipping Clays At Slow Bell On Coasi �Pace Twelve SEAFARERS IN THE WAKE The bandannas and neckerchiefs affected by seamen for many years as part of their every-day dress originally came from India. When Portuguese explorers, back in the 16th century, began to learn about the various beautiful cloths pro­ duced in the country, they saw that one owed its interesting ap­ pearance to the curious manner in which it was prepared for dye­ ing. The cloth was tightly knotted before it was dipped in the dye, and thus some portions of the cloth retained the original color. The Hindus called this method of dyeing bandhnu, a word later de­ veloped in English as bandanna. boats, and the channel eventually carried the same name. 4 4 i LOG March ff. 1954 MEET THE SEAFARER BENJAMIN MIGNANO, AB "The best union there is," .that's cident. When it comes to Cities Question: Do you favor a brush what Ben Mignano says about the Service, Mignano has one beef. Ben or roller for painting aboard ship? SIU, and although Ben is only 26 says that there are still not enough years old, he's been sailing SIU old time book-men taking Cities H. E. Collins, elect.: I have never ships since the first day he left Service ships. "There's nothing like a full crew had occasion to use either one of ^Brooklyn ten years ago. Ben, them aboard ship who's married and the father of of SIU members" he says, "to myself, but I three children, first went to sea at straighten out any ship that has would think that the age of 16, when he shipped out been giving a little difficulty." the roller is the on the Benjamin Bourn (Missis­ Brooklyn better of the two. sippi). He's been sailing as a deck Ben was bom in and brought up It puts paint on man right along, except for a twoin his home port, Brooklyn. He year hitch in the Army from 1951 more evenly than a brush does on to 1953. Seafarer Mignano was sta­ says that before he got married, a flat surface. It tioned in Panama and did duty'as his favorite outport was New Or­ leans. Now that he has a family, does it faster an infantryman and lifeguard. When Ben was discharged, he Ben usually confines himself to and makes the i ^ ran into some trouble because Un­ coastwise trips like the Cities Serv­ work that much easier for the guy A caucus, used today to describe cle Sam's khaki boys had managed ice, coastwise runs which permit wielding the roller. a meeting of a political group to to lose all his records and to this him to be home pretty regularly. 4" 4" i decide on some course of action, Shipping off the board, he points Hugh Dryden, oiler: That all de­ day they haven't found them, so is believed to have originated in Ben hasn't received some Army out, enables him to get the kind pends upon what you are trying to New England, from gatherings of pay. However, arrangements were of run where he can stick close to paint. If you are ship-caulkers and others engaged t 4. t made through the Welfare Service home. painting a flat in the shipping business to discuss The remora, a strange fish which surface, It is best so that he could get his book re­ When it comes to hobbies, swim­ the news of the industry . . . The attaches itself to moving objects activated immediately and ship out. ming is the thing this sailor goes letters F and Y inscribed on the by a sort of sucking-disk along the to use a roller. But trouble still followed Ben for and that's quite natural. He did However, I pre­ banners of Columbus and his cap­ top of its head, was well-known to because on his first ship after get­ serve as a lifeguard in the Army tains, often seen in paintings or ancient Roman navigators. The fer a brush my­ ting out of service, the Royal Oak and you have to be pretty good in self, when paint­ models of the ships in his expedi­ fish would attach itself to the bot­ (Cities Service), he had a bad acci­ the water to hold down that type tion to the New World, were the tom or sides of their slow-moving" ing the eaves, or dent which put him on the beach of job. behind pipes, es­ initials of Ferdinand and Ysabella, sailing vessels, and it was believed Typical SIU Man for six months. the Spanish king and queen in that they acted as a drag to the pecially In the engine room, it is With ten years of SIU sailing be­ Accident whose name Columbus sailed. In vessel, holding it' back or even very necessary. You can't do any­ hind him, young Ben is typical of old Spanish, I and Y were inter­ stopping its progress. It was for A steel block fell off the ship's the kind of Seafarer found in the thing with the rollerheads. changeable and the queen's name this reason that the Romans gave mast and crashed down onto his union. He's a thoroughly competent was correctly written either Isa­ it the name remora, which means John Fondres, AB: It really head and body. Ben suffered a man who handles his professional bella or Ysabella, that which holds back, a delayer. doesn't matter which one you use slight brain injury, had nine stitch­ and private responsibilities with as long as you es taken in hii head, and also was dispatch. i 4 4 ^ ^ » use it properly. hospitalized with four broken ribs, Ben says he was lucky that the Cynosure, a high-brow word for According to legend. Buttermilk They're both the a punctured lung and a broken an­ first ship he caught after leaving Channel, which separates Gover­ something which attracts atten­ same to me on kle. It takes more than trouble and high school at the age of sixteen, > nors Island from Brooklyn and tion, is another word for Polaris, the job. I can bad times to keep a Seafarer like was an SIU ship. "At that time Long Island in NY harbor, got the pole-star or North Star, the use either one Ben down and he's right back in I didn't know one union from an­ that name because of the fondness star which appears to be the center and feel as if I there again sailing with the SIU. other," Ben confessed. "All I knew of the original Dutch settlers for about which all others rotate. am getting the The last ship Mignano caught was was that I wanted to get on board that particular drink. The channel Ancient Greek mariners who ob­ job done in the the Winter Hill (Cities Service). He a ship. Since then I've had the was said to have been so narrow served it and its constellation right way. Of spent three weeks on the beach be­ opportunity to see what other out­ and shallow that cattle could easily thought that the last three stars fore shipping out again. course, if you use fits are like and I realize now that wade across it, and the only boats in the constellation of this bril­ New Hall they're the kind of ships to stay that could navigate it in those liant, seemingly stationary star your head a little and pick the Ben says he was "surprised to away from." day* were flat-bottomed craft had the curve and upward sweep right one for the right job, it will see the new hall and all the Welfare As far as the SIU is concerned, drawing little water. The boats of the tail of a dog, so they gave be 'a lot easier. Plan help" when he got out of serv­ he feels that aside from the ship­ 4 t t made regular trips across the the entire constellation the name Alfred Borrego, fireman: For ice. He was high in his praise of board conditions the Union does channel to carry buttermilk, a fa­ Dog's Tail or, in Greek, Cynosura. use aboard a ship, I prefer to use the fine headquarters facilities and more for its membership than any vorite drink among the Dutch, They also gave the same name to all the rest of the benefits for Sea­ other outfit. He's pretty well from the dairies of Long Island to the bright one, which accounts for a roller. The roll­ er does the job farers. The Welfare Plan in par­ pleased at the choice he made by Governors Island and New Am­ the English word. The constella­ ticular came in for Ben's praise for accident when he was just 16 years sterdam. For this reason they tion is familiar today as Ursa it is called upon to do better, the help he received after his ac­ old. were popularly called buttermilk Minor or Little Bear. easier and much faster, as well. Of course, this is assuming it is on a flat surface, especially on the ACROSS DOWN 10. seaman 33. Mountain General Douglas MacArtbur an­ of unknown nationality dropped bulkheadis, where 11. Pope range. Russia Sad . 1. Tree juice nounced that New Zealand and bombs on Stockholm, Sweden, and 17. Where Pitts­ 34. Take into Honolulu it is simple to give the rollerhead 2. Alabama; burgh finished custody American ground troops had seized a second city 60 miles away . . . 8. What a union Abbr. full play. 19, Like 36. River. Italy insures the northern end of the Solomons The SIU's New York branch urged 3. 21. Honey-makers 37. Inquiries Brown t 4" 4 S. Part of a raca tBloomfield) 22. avis 38. Old form of George Balukas, AB: I like to archipelago. ... In boxing. Beau lifetime admission and treatment 23. Be in store for "you" 12. Wings 4. Members of Jack whipped Sammy Angott in rights in US marine hospitals for 25. Washington 39. Path lor SIU use both the brush and the rolkr ten rounds at New York. 13. Baking ballplayers liners merchant seamen in recognition of chamber 5. Man's name on different Jobs 26. Member of 40. Autocrat 6. Egg: Comb, their war service . . . Forces of the 14. Sash worn in the crew 42. WiUie where they are form Japan t t * Famed fiddler Keeler US Pacific Fleet "returned the 7. City on Angola 27. zR called for. One White 44. Sheltered side 15. Rubber port coast visit made by the Japanese Fleet Line 45. The Allies ousted the Japanese Enemy of the in SA or the other will 8. Sub's breath30 City on Oder USA 16. Where N. ing device from a mountain pass in North at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, do as it makes Hotel St. is 9. Noisy (Puzzle Answers On Page 25) no difference to Burma which the enemy had appar­ and effected a partial settlement 18. One of Hoover's men me. If there is ently planned to use in an invasion of the debt," Washington an­ II 10 20. Ranks a job coming up of India . . . Five delegates to rep­ nounced, in an attack which cost 21. Banks, in in which either resent the SIU-A&G District at the Japanese 23 ships sunk and Scotiand will do the same the SIU of North America conven­ more than 250 planes. 23. Sea birds amount of work tion in New Orleans were chosen 24. Work for » 4^ ^ money with relative ease, I take the one by a coastwise ballot. An A&G US troops landed on Los Negros 25. What sugar which is nearest at hand and use agents' conference was scheduled does in the Admiralty Islands, at the to be held in conjunction with the it. 20. Before convention . . . tJS and British air northern entrance to the Bismarck 4> 4* 4* 30. AU that U to be Geronimo Morales, oiler: There's attacks on Berlin and industrial Sea, and captured a vital airfield. 31. Fish catcher no doubt in my mind which is the points throughout Germany and The Japanese lost 3,000 in one all32. 24,000-ton better, of the two France mounted . . . Moscow an- night, futile attempt to retake the Italian ship pieces of "work nounced it had offered peace airbase ... Attacks and counter­ 34. City in India gear. It's the In Japan, attacks on the Anzio (Italy) front terms to Finland pleat 35. brush. I prefer 36. Earlier Fremier Gen.- Hideki Tojo took continued . . . More than 600 Rus­ 37. FinaUy: 2 the brush myself over the office of Chief of the sian planes carried out a ten-hour words bombing raid oh Helsinki, Finland because- it does 40. Ripped Army Staff. 41. Places for . . . Louis (Lepke) Buchalter and better and more ships to avoid 4" 4- 4i two others were put to death in jobs than does 43. Long fish 46. Knowle-dge President Roosevelt vetoed a Sing Sing, NY, prison, for the the roller. You 47. Region $2.3 billion tax bill, branding it aj murder of a Brooklyn storekeepei^ can't get a roller 48. Leak slowly 49.- Observe , "relief not for the needy but for in 1936 . ; . The US and Britain to work in and BO. Employer the greedy." Congress passed it stopped shipment of military shparound pipes and narrow quarters 51.- It beats a • ' deuce ..-.y.'.'ii: sgain. over -. the veto v ,^4 lAitpiaiim. . jon tbg ;fMP |iln410»«an a brush. Built on the crater floor of an extinct volcano, Leverock's Town, commonly known as The Bottom, is the main settlement on the is­ land of Saba in the Dutch West Indies and was a base for Carib­ bean pirates in the 17th century. T^e principal means of entering the town is by a stairway known as The Ladder, which leads from the shore 800 feet below and con­ sists of hundreds of steps cut in the solid rock. Boats made in The Bottom are. said to be among the best in the area, but since the is­ land has no harbor where a vessel can anchor with safety at all times, the small Ashing craft built in the town have to be carried laborious­ ly up The Ladder over the crater rim in order to be launched in the sea. r �•I'-m, •K-'^.-'-. *-f«. -^'J r^4<t7|-TT.'ji;v^:^ji/r«airi« March 5, 1954 SEAFARERS SEAFARERS^ LOG LETTER P4UL HALL, Secretary-^Treasurer of the Editor, HEABERT BRAMO, Managing Editor, RAY DENISON; Art Editor, BERNARD SEAMAN; Photo Editor, 0ANIEL NULVA; Staff Writers, HERMAN ARTHUR, IRWIN SPtVACK. JERRY REMER, At, MASKIN, RICHARD HELLER: C.ulf Area Reporter, BILL MdoDY: Staff Assistants, LYMAN GAYLORD, MILTON HOROWITZ. Tougher Sledldiiig Over the past few months it's become pretty clear that unions in this country are in for tougher sledding in the future. Thesre's no question that some of the acceptance and support that unions enjoyed in the past from people outside the union movement has evaporated and in its place there arie some feelings of indifference and even hostility towards organizations of working men. This doesn't mean .that those who want to smash unions (and there are always some of them around) will get a free hand to do their dirty work. It does mean that in many places and in many circumstances all kinds of obstacles are being thrown up against union progress, and some unions that are not securely established may crack under pressure. Al­ ready in some isolated instances, smaller and weaker unions have been forced to take backward steps and have been deprived of hard-won gains, either through legislation or tough treatment at the . hands of employers. Such develop­ ments will only encourage anti-union forces to go after bigger game. Obviously under Sjjich circumstances, unions and their members have to get in shape to face the tougher haul ahead. The SlU is well aware of the drift and what it could mean to Seafarers. It is prepared to meet any emergency that might arise, provided it enjoys the same solid backing from the rank and file membership that it has had in the past. mSTS Look-See Cold War Victory ::l WEEK Plan Would Speed Aid To Injured To the Editor: Last voyage I was elected ship's delegate aboard the Steel Maker and, as usual, several things came up which I was not familiar with, most of them wei-e straightened out with a little common sense, however. There is one thing though that I'd like to have called to the attention of the membership to be aired out and discussed. In this way, through the pages of the LOG, the membership could kick around the idea. Last voyage two SIU seamen were repatriated aboard this ship. One of them was in pretty good shape but unfortunately the other. James Waldron, was unable to help himself and also was unable to The United Mine Workers panics of creating mass unemploy­ speak because he had had a stroke. Health and Welfare Fund sued four ment by overproducing. Carey also When he came aboard it never oc­ bituminous coal operators in Scran- charged the Eisenhower adminis­ curred to me to ton, Pa., for $63,039, charging fail­ tration with "big business policies," notify the Union, ure and refusal to pay into the and stated that "they (Eisenhower because I figured fund. The UMW announced that administration) cannot escape re­ the delegates on this was the first of "many" suits. sponsibility for the seores of thou­ his last ship had The suit was filed in the name of sands of Americans lining up at taken care of UMW President Lewis and two employment offices and unemploy­ that when he was trustees of the fund, the income of ment compensation windows." hospital i z e d. which is derived from royalties 4i 4!' 4> However, this de­ paid on coal mined. Recently, fSo many nice things-have been said about Andrew Furutail was appar­ monthly payments to beneficiaries Building service workers in Man­ seth in the past that it would be repetitious to go into them ently overlooked. were cut in half, because the fund hattan lofts and commercial build­ Hanks here. But now that we are coming up to his 100th anniver­ When we ar­ has been depleted. ings received wage increases of $2.S0 a week under a three-year sary, it would be proper and fitting if our nation gave him rived at pier 2, Staten Island, t t the recognition that is his due. Seafaring men know of him about 4 PM there was no one Wage increases of 28 cents an agreement between Building Serv­ aboard.or on the dock to take care ice Employees Local 32B, AFL and well, but to outsiders he is obscure and unknown. of this man. I called Welfare Serv­ hour were won for 300 members of an employer group. Approximately Consequently, the Committee of American Maritime ices at the hall and told them Machinists Lodge 737 in St. Paul, 12,0C0 union members are covered Unions is proposing that the US Postoffice Department issue Waldron was aboard and described Minnesota. The men are employed by the new contract which is ex­ a special Furuseth commemorative stamp in honor of the the condition he was in. Within a by 21 over-the-road trucking com­ pected fo set a pattern for another panies. In addition, the 2V^ year 9,000 workers employed by mem­ occasion. Such a stamp would be small recognition indeed very short time a Welfare repre­ agreement provides for nearly dou­ bers of another association. sentative from the Union was for a man who did so much to give seamen the rights en­ bling welfare benefits. Of the raise. aboard the ship to assist him. He joyed by other American citizens. 4" 4" '4 21 cents was retroactive to Nov. 15. took him to the USPHS hospital a* two cents to Jan. 16, and five cent*-Representatives of 13 rail very short distance from pier 2, will become effective on May 16. brotherhoods are up in arms over and got him admitted. a letter written by Secretary of ir it In this particular case it didn't The CIO Oil Workers Interna­ Agriculture Ezra Benson dealing cause too much delay, but some The long-simmering dispute between the Military Sea ships might not be so conveniently tional is sponsoring, for the second with a dispute on the railroads. unions, representing l.C0:\0OO Transportation Service and private shipowners should be located, and this situation wouid year in a row, an essay contest for Tiie railroad workers complained to children of members. This year's resolved under current Congress plans to give that agency present a much harder problem in is, "What the Union Means President Eisenhower on the issue. a thorough going over. There have been many complaints seeing that a man got proper care. subject to My Community." The contest is Benson had written to a Presiden­ in the past few months that MSTS has been hauling pas­ Shouldn't Have Handicaps open to children up to sixteen tial emergency board a-kirg them sengers and cargo that rightfully fall in the province of the My complaint is that I don't see years old and cash prizes will be to reach a settlement which wouid not result in a boost in freight private operator. MSTS has always denied these charges why we and the Welfare Services awarded. rates on farm products. but they pop up again and again. Department must work under such 4. t handicaps. I would like to suggest 4. 4" 4' If through a complete investigation of these charges. Con­ Iowa's Governor Beardsiey. prod­ gress finds that this is the case, then there is no question but that the Union put printed forms ded into aetion by organized labor, Glass bottle blowers, members ships to be filled out by the has asked the Department of Agri­ of the Glass Bottle Association that the agency should be cut down to size. At a time when aboard in case of illness or in­ culture to make surplus food avail­ (AFL) have reached an agreement American bottoms have a tough time finding cargoes be­ delegates jury to any crewmember. These able for the state's 30,000 jobless on an industry-wide pension p an cause of cut-rate foreign competition, there is no excuse for forms could be filled out by the and their families. He said the for 7,000 members. A five cent an any Government agency to add to that burden by competing delegate aboard ship and sent to food could also be made available hour wage increase was also in­ With US ships i* the ocean trades. the Union immediately. to those receiving old age as­ cluded in the settlement with the Upon receipt. Welfare Services sistance and to dependent children Glass Container Manufacturers In­ t could take steps to see that the getting state aid. stitute. men are repatriated as soon as pos­ 4. 4. 4i4- 4' 4 sible and also have arrangements An increase averaging more than The Mississippi state legislature Although caviar may be priced a little too high, for some made to take care of them as soon four dollars a week, retroactive to has passed a so-called "ri.ght to as they arrive in the United States, Oct. 1. 1953, has been won at the workers* pocketbooks, at least from now on those who enjoy wherever or whenever this is. In work" bill which outlaws the union this marine delicacy no longer have to feel they're aiding this- way. men who are ill or in­ Philanthropic Mutual Life Insur­ shop. It is the 15th state to take ance Co. of Philadelphia in a con­ and abetting the cause of that misnamed "workers' paradise," jured would have the facts of their tract negotiated by the AFL Insur­ such action. The law provides that the Soviet Union, while they're munching it. case known immediately, and they ance Agents International Union a person cannot be denied employ­ if he or she refuses to join a The arrival of the SlU-manned Steel Voyager (Isthmian) wouldn't suffer due to any lapse of for Local 5. Gains also included a ment labor union, although the union time between their mishap and the refund of premiums paid for hos­ from Iran with a shipment of caviar no doubt heralds the pitalization. with the company as­ "may hold a contract. dawn of a whole new era for caviar connoisseurs who pre­ time they return to the States. suming the cost, and an increase of 4 4 4 viously were buying it either directly or indirectly from the It seems to me the job of the $500 in gi-oup life coverage for Welfare Services Department on Public schools in Bayonne, NJ, Russians. these matters would be simplified each agent. were shut down when the school Now the Iron Curtain on caviar has been lifted. Iran no also and, since the department is 4> ^ 4^ teachers, clerks and nurses walked longer gives the Soviets an exclusive monopoly on the local in business for our benefit, it James B. Carey, president of the out in protest against quashing of product, and US firms have moved in. Thus, another small would help us get even better serv- International Union Qf Electrical a wage increase. Funds for the victory has .been ruog. xq) for the West, and Seafarers who i9e than we have been getting. W<»rkeirs. CIO. Rccu^ ,the .General; inqr^^e v^ere knocked put, of tho manned the Voyagesfi ihie]|ieid shape little bit of history. '-.i IStewait S, ffiinks - £ld«trie. JiAd- .IVestiu^ouse..doia-f biiwfe-byitbftlgJitF fathers. Jnst Recognition •i Pagre Thirteen What Are You Afraid Of? Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union. Atlantic & Gulf District. AFL, 875 Fourth Avenue. Brooklyn 32. NY. Tel HYaeinth 9-6600. Cable Address: SEAFARERS NEW YORK. Vol. XVI. No. 5 March 5, 1954 • -.V;* LOG �Vace Fourteen SEAFARERS LOG Mareh B. 1954 P m^'' to-: Skyrocketing coffee prices hove put coffee very much in the news lotely, but coffee long has played an important part in the lives of Seafarers who ship out of the Port of New Orleans. Coffee is not only a beverage; it also rates as a commodity of much importance in world trade, heading the list of imports from Latin America to the US. One-fifth of the nation's coffee supply is imported through New Orleans, much of it aboard SlU-manned vessels like the passengerfreight ships operated by the Mississippi Shipping Company. With cof­ fee ranking third in value of goods imported by this country, the men and ships that bri bring it here fill a.vital role. Coffee first began to gain popularity in the US during colonial times, when resentment against the unjust British taxation of tea, climaxed by the Boston Tea Party (1773), made tea-drinking appear unpatriotic and a nation of coffee-drinkers was born. Today, Seafarers, like Americans everywhere, recognize the "coffee break," traditionally known as "coffeetime" to seamen, as a well-estab­ lished institution. Here, on these pages, are some scenes depicting stages in the coffee trade, from berry to brew. Vm-s. V The full-grown coffee plant is a large shrub that grows 5 to 15 feet in height, depending on the country where it is grown. Most of the coffee imported into the US comes from Brazil, then from 13 other Latin-American countries, Arabia, Indonesia and parts of Africa. Picking coffee is a hand operation that requires great skill. Workers carrying large baskets move from tree to tree, elimi­ nating imperfect berries and chaff with amazing speed. In average coffee production, one tree even­ tually yields about 1.7 pounds of roasted coffee. Close-up of a plantation worker picking berries off the coffee tree, which bears a fra­ grant white flower and fruit about the size of a large cranberry. The fruit, commonly called the berry, is dark red when fully ripe. Its seeds are the actual coffee "beans." t;- After picking, the coffee must be prepared for shipping. In the "wet" method, the out­ side pulp is immediately removed, exposing a sticky substance which must be washed off. The beans are then washed again in concrete Bluiceways (above), in cleay wat^. > Alternate preparation is by the "dry" method, in which the coffee, including ripe, dry and imma­ ture berries, along with earth, twigs and other impurities;;^ is passed through washing tanks and all undesirable material is eliminated. The coffee is then spread on the drying ground for 15-20 days for subsequent treatment by machines. During the drying process (above) the coffee is constantly raked and turned so that evaporation may be uniform. >^ter this drying, it is ready for hulling down to-the.basic'bean.,' .- '.v..v.- , �Maroh B, 1954 SEAFARERS LOG Paire Fifteen A; More drying follows the hulling operation, after which the "green" or unroasted coffee is graded for size. Although machines grade it automatically, it is re-sorted by hand (above) so that only the finished coffee beans remain for bagging and export. Mississippi vessels like the SlU-manned Del Sud transport coffee from the major shipping ports of Santos and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for discharge in New Orleans, which is surpassed in the handling of coffee only by the ports of San Francisco and New York. Distinctive markings are used to separate various grades and consignments of coffee jn dockside warehouses after the bags of coffee are brought out of the hold. Longshoremen stack them in piles according to the fiag markings, a method dating back to sailing ship days. From the receiving warehouse, the bags of coffee go to storage warehouses, from which the coffee is then shipped by rail or truck to various roasting plants in all sections of the US. There the "green" coffee beans are blended, first in samples tested by experts and then in bulk, and roasted in huge machines with capacities of hundreds of pounds. After the coffee is roasted it is cooled by air suction and then put into bags or cans for retail sale or restaurant use. Americans drink more coffee than any other nation in the world. Proper storage of the coffee on the ship while en route is extremely important. The cargo must be kept dry, so the bags are arranged to provide for a maximum circulation of air. Here, a sling-load of coffee comes out of a forward hold on the Del Sud. L:-: '• 1 >1 While discharging of cargo proceeds, the crew performs maintenance work on the Del Sud, while the ship is tied up at Poydras Street Wharf in New Orleans. Photo shows Seafar­ ers Cyril Kenning (left) and Fidele "Sugar" DiGiovanni painting the bow. The end-result of the laborious process from coffse, plant to cup is "coffeetime," the break in ship's routine enjoyed by the crew twice daily, according to the specific provision for it in SIU agree­ ments. Here, three unidentified Seafarers share the traditional snack of coffee and pie. before re­ turning to work. Statistics indicate that, on the average, every person in the US consumes about 19 pounds of coffee annually, approximately 750 cups of coffee per year. Since children are figured in« this means that adult consumption is actually much greater. �"•Tfr-r SEAFARERS Pace Sixteea LOG March 5, 1954 SEAFARERS •I. • The recent United States announcement that the Government would discontinue participatinc in the North Atlantic weather ship operation with Canada and European countries because of high costs and the limited use of that weather information to the United States, has brought about a new arrangement for the weather ships with the USA again participating, but on a comparatively smaller scale. The Euro pean nations have agreed to underwrite a greater share of the cost and the United States will pay less. The agreement means a yearly economy for the United States of approximately $4,000,000. Meteorological in­ formation developed by the weather ships is used to aid ship naviga­ tion, transatlantic plane flights and also for weather predictions in Western Europe. The United States had maintained that most of these services provided European countries with the chief benefits. 4- t 4 4 l" 4 The Soviet Union's continuing attempts to modernize her aging fleet have forced the Communist country to order ships to be built in other countries. France has just joined Denmark and Belgium in building ships for the USSR. The Russians have ordered six 6,170 deadweightton ships from three French yards. The vessels will be equipped to carry grain and reinforced to travel through heavy ice...In Wash­ ington, a bill designed to encourage shipowners who want vessels hpilt with smaller engine rooms, has been submitted to Congress at the re­ quest of the Treasury Department... The closing of Government fa­ cilities to teach merchant ship officers radar and other electronic tech­ niques has led to the expansion of the Raytheon Manufacturing Com­ pany's free school in Waltham, Mass. Handling Electrical Equipment ACTION A sound suggestion that could help speed up needed repairs aboard ship was offered by Sea­ farer John Risbeck when he was aboard the Seacoral. Risbeck pro­ posed that a bulletin board space be set aside for listing needed re­ pairs. That way, it could be seen easily what needed attention, and when the repair was done it could be checked off the list. Since getting repairs done is usually an item or'dispute on a vessel, often dragging over from one trip to the next, the suggestion could be valuable in settling this kind of beef. The bulletin board would serve as a valuable supplement to the repair lists sent in to headquarters. Risbeck, who sails in the deck department, has been with the SIU for well over ten years, join­ ing the Union in the Port of New^ York on May 24, 1943. He's a na­ tive of Czechoslovakia and is 32 years old. The Navy's Hydrographic Office has announced that as an economy measure, it has decided to drop its weekly Hydrographic Bulletin.. The publication, issued continuously since 1889, will be discontinued on March 37. Urgent navigational information will then appear in the weekly "Notice to Mariners." The weekly bulletins contained informa­ tion on obstructions and dangers along coasts and principal ocean routes A collision between a Japanese ship, the Kamagawa Maru, and a small, Dutch coastal vessel, the Leuvehaven, cost the lives of two Dutch seamen on Feb. 21. The collision occurred in a thick fog 4 4 4 and caused the Leuvehaven to sink. Seven of the Dutch crew were Crewmembers of the Show Me saved after about an hour in the water in'^the shipping channel that Mariner (Bull) must be getting connects Rotterdam to the sea. pretty solid fare these days be­ 4 4 4 cause they are The Swedish-American liner Stockholm arrived in New York during quite enthusiastic the last week of February with a brand new design. After a fourabout the kind of month reconversion job in a German shipyard, the ship now has an food dished out extended superstructure on the promenade and sun decks. The en­ by the stewards largement of the enclosed spaces has made room for 191 more pas­ department head­ sengers and has added 1,000 gross tons to the Stockholm's weight.,. ed up by John Z, The extraordinarily severe winter which Europe has been undergoing Reed, Jr. Reed this year has affected shipping. The last West German port open to and all the men shipping, Kiel Harbor, was almost closed recently by drifting ice. in his depart­ Weather officials said the whole Baltic Sea may freeze if temperatures ment got a hand don't rise soon. By way of contrast, the Toronto, Cfinada, hatbor Reed for the fine job opened on Feb. 23rd, marking the shortest closed .season on record. they are doing. Shipping officially ended only 50 days earlier, on Jan. 4. Reed came to the sea from way 4 4 4 More ships were launched in 1933 than in any other peace time year, inland in Montana, where he was the Lloyd's Register of Shipping has reported. Six of the twelve lead­ born on April 13, 1919. He joined ing ship building nations, Germany, Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands, the union in New York on October France and Norway, beat their own earlier records. In all, a total of 4, 1948 and has been sailing stead­ 1,143 ships of 5,096,050 tons slid down the ways all over the world. ily with the SIU since then. Great Britain led in tonnage and the United States was fourth with 4 4 4 528,307 tons, 60,000 tons higher than 1952. More than half of the ton­ Another member of the stewards nage launched consisted of tankers although the oil carriers only com­ department who get a nice pat on prised one fourth of the total ships built. The largest ship launched the back from his shipmates was was the Cristoforo Colombo, an Italian passenger vessel of 29,100 Arturo Mariani, gross tons. messman aboard 4 4 4 Bull Lines' Caro­ Arctic ice is moving south toward the North Atlantic shipping lanes lyn. Mariani was in what is thought to be the earliest and heaviest drift in four years. pyaised for his The US Coast Guard has already begun the preliminary work of the polite and con­ International Ice Patrol Service with the help of two of its long-range siderate service aircraft .. The US Justice Department announced the indictments of which made Julius C. Holmes, former U.S. Minister in London, and Stavros Niar- mealtimes more chos, Greek shipowner of a fleet totaling nearly 1,000,000 tons, in a pleasant for all multi-million dollar operation involving the purchase of surplus gov­ hands. Mariani ernment vessels. Holmes, the ex-United States Minister, is presently Mariani is ap­ employed as a special assistant to Secretary of State John Foster proaching the tefl-year mark with Dulles. In all, eighteen individuals and seven corporations were named the SIU, having joined the Union in the five indictments. Also under indictment on charges of conspiring in New York on April 11, 1944. to defraud the US by violating the law limiting the sale of surplus The 39-year old Seafarer is a na­ government ships to United States shipping companies and citizens, is tive of Puerto Rico and makes his former Rep. Joseph E. Casey of Massachusetts. home there in the town of Arroyo. Burly Loaha Betier'TThmt Way While electrical equipment on a vessel is usually the province of the engineer or the electricians, it is well for all crewmembers to have a smattering of ba.slc knowledge about the precautions to bd observed and the maintenance practices involved. And there will be times, for example, when an oiler Will be called on to change over generators or assist in same. It's pretty difficult to tell just how often a piece of electrical equip­ ment has to be checked up and serviced, since so much depends on conditions to which the equipment is subject. One thing that has been determined though, is that failure in electrical equipment is usually caused by defects or breakdowns in insulation. This will come from a variety of factors such as dirt, oil, grease or harmful alkali and acids attacking the insulation, excessive dampness, too much load on the equipment with the resulting high temperatures, and too much vi-. bration. Sometimes all it takes is a smalf particle of dirt in the wrong place to interrupt an electrical circuit, which is one reason why electricians and engineers can get grey hairs trying to trace breakdowns. Therefore the basic maintenance steps for any electrical equipment involve keeping it clean and dry and operating it within limits imposed by the manufacturer. The same thing goes, incidentally, for anybody who's doing any work on electrical equipment—particularly keeping hands and skin as dry as possible. When electrical "equipment has to be worked on, it's important for disconnect switches to be open, or for fuses to be removed. Either a danger tag should be placed on the switch or the switch should-simply be locked open so that somebody else cannot close it. If working on live equipment, rubber gloves are standard procedure, and rubber or crepe-soled shoes are a good idea too. A good practice when touching any electrical equipment is to behave like a one-armed man. Keep the other hand in your pocket. That way if you do happen to get a jolt, it will not pass through the chest and the chances of sur­ viving without serious injury are considerably better. A disconnecting switch should never be opened while equipment is under load. Nor should a disconnect or safety switch be closed with­ out making sure that nobody is tinkering with the apparatus and that it is in good working condition. If there is an improperly connected control on the equpment, it could put full voltage on a large unit when the safety switch is being closed.- That kind of a load could blow up the safety switch with serious effects on anybody near. Test All Lines Never take it for granted that a line is dead just because somebody says so. The sensible precaution is to take the time out to test lines before doing anything else. Changing over generators in the engine room, a procedure which is usually done "every week, involves the following step-by-step pro­ cedure. The generator parallel to the generator in operation should be checked for loose parts. The engine is then turned by hand one full revolution to make sure all is clear. Lubrication in bearings and the crankcase should be checked and any water in the crankcase drained out. The next step is to open all the drains for steam lines, exhaust lines and others, if any. The exhaust valve should be opened wide as well as other valves in the exhaust line between the engine and the con­ denser. The steam valve is then cracked slightly so as to allow the engine to warm up while running at siow speed. Sometimes the engine has to be pushed off center to turn. When the steam blows steadily, and the generator has been brought up to its rated speed, the drain valves can be closed up tight. Voltage Adjustment. Once the engine is running at full speed, oil pressure should be checked and the generator and engine inspected to see that all is normal. The voltage of the engine just started should be checked on the switch board and adjusted by the rheostat until it is just a couple of volts more than the generator in operation. The next steps are to close the circuit breaker and line switch for the incoming generator. The ammeter for the incoming generator should be checked and the field rheostat adjusted to balance the load so that its reading is the same as that on the ammeter of the generator previously in operation. Finally, the other generator has to be shut down by taking the load off it, tripping the circuit breaker, and opening the line switch. The steam valve and exhaust valve are then closed and all drains opened to complete the operation. , By Bermmrd Seaman a �March 5. 1954 SEAFARERS Maybe He Expects More Allowance Now Young William Undertajlo looks pleased as punch with life al­ though It's dad, Seafarer Basil Undertajlo, who's really collect­ ing his vacation dough from an SIU headquarters employee. The payment was for time on the Robin Sherwood (Seas). Celebrate Fnrnseth 100th Year JIflar. 12 (Continued from page 2) him on to the next major step which was 18 -years in toming. Where other men might have grown discouraged, Furuseth pressed ahead vigorously with tireless and inflexible determina­ tion until his efforts were crowned in success by the passage of the Seamen's Act of 1915. LaFoIlette Sponsor The act, sponsored by the late Robert LaFoIlette Sr. of Wiscon­ sin, extended the desertion ban to foreign vessels in American ports. It had the long-range effect of freeing merchant seamen all over the world from the infamous de­ sertion rule. The Act also spelled out a multitude of safeguards for seafaring men, including increased foc'sle space, better food, safety provisions and other regulations that have since been improved on and expanded through legislation and international conferences as well as through union contracts. Furuseth was well-known in the maritime industry for his ability to strike a colorful phrase as well as for his achievements for sea­ men. Perhaps the most famous of them was his classic reply to a judge who issued an injunction against him for contempt of court. As quoted through the years it reads as follows; "You can put me in jail. But you cannot give me narrower quarters than as a seaman I have always had. You cannot give me coarser food than I have always eaten. You cannot make me lonelier than I have always been. I put the in­ junction in my pocket and I go to jail." Furuseth died on January 24, 1938. According to his last request, he was buried at sea off the Scho­ harie on March 21, 1938, after a brief ceremony attended by a handful of observers. In urging the issuance of a spe­ cial stamp to commemorate the centennial of Furuseth's birth, rep­ resentatives of US maritime un­ ions sponsoring the move have urged Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield to take cognizance of Furuseth's many pioneering efforts to secure legislation benefitting American working men and wom­ en in general and seamen in par­ ticular. The CAMU has asked for an early meeting with Post Office Department officials on the issue. r AT Siu HEADQUARTERS 4thAvt.420thSt.* Brooklyn Swap yarns or watch the fights on television with your old ship­ mates at the Port C Call—YOUR union-owned and union-operated bar. Bring your friends — where you're always welcome. And the tab won't fracture that payoff. OWNED AND OPERATED by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ATLANTIC AND OULF DISTRICT AFJ- Pare Seventeen LOG Rising Anti-Union Sentiment Poses Challenge To US Labor (Continued from page 3) der in the face of a drop in na­ tional income. Nevertheless unions have now become objects of suspicion In some quarters. Union demands are almost automatically believed to be "wrong" or "excessive" and an attempt is being made to drive a wedge between unions and work­ ing people. Examples of union misconduct are being used to dis­ credit the entire labor movement. Here are a few symptoms of the change in feeling about unions: • In Norwalk, Connecticut, un­ ion hat workers have been on strike since* last July 9 against the Hat Corporation of America, not for any new demand but to retain a clause that had been in the pre­ vious contract. The clause dealt with the company's plans to run away to a cheap labor area. Nor­ walk is a staunch union town. Yet in this strike for job security the company has refused to give an inch. Little attention has been paid to the seven-month struggle ex­ cept in the immediate area. • At another current strike, the employer has housed a corps of strike-breakers in Pullman cars alongside the plant so that the strikebrealcers will not be incon­ venienced by having to cross a picket line. Strikebreakers told re­ porters they were being treated wonderfully well by the manage­ ment. • The state of Mississippi passed a so-called "right to work" law re­ cently, making it the 15th state of the union to do so. The law pro­ hibits the union shop. A union can sign a contract for all the workers in the plant but cannot have all of them join the union via the con­ tract. Other states with such a law are: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, North Da­ kota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. • The attack on the union shop was carried one point further when a Texas judge, E. C. Nelson ruled that Congress acted uncon­ stitutionally in passing a law per­ mitting union shop contracts on railroads. • The National Labor Relations Board has made it a practice now to give state law preference in small cases. State laws are tough­ er than Federal laws in most in­ stances. • The Board has also reversed an earlier ruling on the free speeeh doctrine. Employers can now make speeches against the union to their workers on company time in the plant at a time when workers have to be present. Unions can no long­ er demand equal time to address workers. • Three different Congresssional committees are investigating un­ ions on various subjects, looking for illegal practices and into the operations of health and welfare funds. • The change of feeling is hav­ ing its impact on union organizing activity since unions have been less successful in recent months in winning collective bargaining elec­ tions. • The Senate approved the nomination of Albert Beeson to the National Labor Relations Board even though he admitted under questioning that when his term was up he had plans to re­ turn to his former business con­ nections as labor relations advisor for an employer. Labor Board members are not supposed to have any connections one way or the other. One of the thihgs that is caus­ ing most concern to unions is the drive against any form of, union security. It is a known fact that the weakest unions are the ones without union shop contracts. They are able to do far less for their members. The members lose out accordingly. As far as unions are concerned, attacks on the un­ ion shop are the first steps toward destruction of the union contract and union conditions. More attention, though, is being attracted by reports of corruption in unions. Nobody in his right mind would insist that every un­ ion everywhere is absolutely pure and every union official complete­ ly honest. Yet the entire union movement is under fire for these practices. Union men argue if a bank president embezzles funds it doesn't mean that all bankers are crooks and con men and all banks dishonest. The same standards should apply to unions. In the long run, those who are attempting to put the squeeze on unions should realize that they are attacking one .of the cornerstones of the US way of living. There's no question that unions have done a great deal to strengthen the econ­ omy by raising living standards and increasing purchasing power. And a quick look at the history of dictatorships, whether in Ger­ many, Russia, or Argentina shows that unions were among the first victims to fall before the totalitar­ ian ax. Though the pressure is on and may get stronger, Amarican un­ ions think they can ride out this storm. It does mean though, that unions and union members who may have taken some things for granted in recent years had better roll up their sleeves and dig in. Proper Repair Lists Help All The settlement of repair lists means a lot to the men who stay aboard a ship, and to the new crew that comes aboard, just as the'repair list made out by the previous crew means a lot to you. Because repairs mean a lot to your comfort and living conditions aboard ship, they should be handled in the proper fashion. Each department delegate must make out three copies of his repair list. The ship's delegate should gave one copy to the head of the department concerned, one copy to the company represen­ tative, and one copy to the Union patrolman. In this way, everyone has a copy of the repair list and there is a check to make sure' the work is done. New Lifeboat Engine Does 2nd Job As Y/afer Pump A new-type lifeboat with a waterproof engine which can run even when submerged and pump water out, has been demonstrated in New York by a Danish manufacturer. Show­ ing off its tricks for the bene-"*" fit of the Coast Guard inspec­ The new engine, a diesel job, tion service, the engine kept built by the Bukh Diesel Motor running without a hitch even though the boat was filled with water to the gunwales. At the same time, the engine's built-in pump discharged the water over the side. Furthermore, as the tests showed, the engine can be stopped and then started again even when it is un­ der water. Works of Kalundborg, Denmark, is a one-cylinder model with a builtin bilge pump. It is capable of delivering ten horsepower and speeds of between four and seven knots. As far as pumping power goes, the engine can pump considerable quantities of water while the life­ boat is in motion, but of course, can do much better if all power is being applied to the pump. Further, the engine is capable of starting in zero weather merely by hitting a starting device with a hammer or other metal object. In a test run forecast Guard ob­ servers at Pier 9, East River, the 24-foot lifeboat was first filled with water to a depth of one foot while running. Then the pump was turned on and water discharged over the side through a rubber hose while the boat was moving. The boat was then returned to the pier, filled to the seats with water and the engine turned off. When the starting device was tapped with a hammer the motor started up again and the pump started operating as well. On the third test, the lifeboat was filled to the gunwales with water. The engine kept running and pumping, so that the ' boat . gradually i!Qs^.out of the water as , — .« �f• te-S;.- . Paice IlicliteeB. SEAFARERS LOG Malrteh 5, l95«^ Missing Fans Fan Mystery On Ship The mystery of the misSing fans on the Trojan Seaman (Troy) has crewmembers walk­ ing around with puzzled frowns and sweaty foreheads these • days, as nobody seems to be able to figure out the knotty problem of how two and two add up to six, of all things. Following a report at the'*^ thought that if the fans weren't, with some men In the crew, unship's meeting in mid-Feb­ aboard, where were they? Since j pleasantly hot under the collar, ruary that the black gang this was so precise a statement of \ ready to storm the engineers' That Damascus, the chief city o.f unwilling to look like the royalists, Syria, is probably the oldest city who continued to wear kneein the world? Although there is breeches. Many Americans adopt­ no positive evidence, there are ed long pants as a token of their many indications, from the Bible sympathy with the French revolu­ and certain historical sources, that tion, which helped bring the style was collecting more disputed over­ the problem at hand nobody lis- rooms and retake them. the site of Damascus has been to this country. time all the time, cre\ymembcrs , tened, and the volunteer narrowly Eulogy For Oldtimers continuously occupied by a city declared they weren't as interested | escaped being fed to the fishes. 3^ 3l' t • Harry Acosta, ship's delegate longer than any other spot on in such earthy subjects as they Somebody had compassion for That tobacco (the scientific name and deck engineer, murmured a the earth. were to air the issue of the dis­ thr'ir siomachs. is nicotiana) is named after a appearing fans, or the lack of air, 4" i 3^ The mystery of the fans was fur­ few words in eulogy of the old fans French ambassador who first in­ as a matter of record. That bacterial action is used to troduced the plant to France? ' ther complicated by the fact that at this point, noting that they had Meeting Secretaiy Guy Gage temperatures on the ship paid no performed nobly and tirelessly in make the holes in Swiss cheese? Jean Nicot, French ambassador at ' pointed out, moreover, that some­ mind to the presence or lack or the past but that despite all his The characteristic "eyes" in the Lisbon, was commemorated in the body's bad arith­ fans and hovered at a point where efforts to revive them, they were, cheese are produced by the liber­ name after he sent home some' to­ metic wasn't mak­ the atmosphere got downright un­ indeed, "all shot." Their age was ation of gases generated by bac­ bacco seeds from a plant which ing stale air any comfortable. The presence of suffi­ showing too, he added, since he terial action during the fermenta­ arrived in Spain from America in fresher either. cient fans could at least make doubted that it would even be pos­ tion process. The "eyes" or gas- 1558. Tobacco was first , used for Only one new fan things seem more bearable, even if sible to obtain parts for them to­ holes are sometimes more than medicinal purposes; the smoking was installed for they were really miserable, de­ day, due to their ancient, vintage. half an inch in diameter. "Swiss habit did not originate until years the use of the Moreover, someone added with cheese" is now made in the US by later. clared one philosopher, but he ac­ crew, one was ' ~ an under - the- introducing certain types of bac­ tually added nothing to the airing 3) S* 3J' still in the store­ breath comment, teria during the fermentation of the issue. That your shipping rights are room and two exposing the process. Locate Fans protected by the SIU even while more had been widening breach At any event, the ship's delegate Gage t t you are in the hospital? Men on spirited away between licensed was summarily commissioned to That almost 600 Seafarers re­ the shipping list who are hospital­ and installed topside. He confessed find out if possible where the fans and unlicensed ceive benefits of one kind or an­ ized 30 days or less retain their that arithmetic wasn't his strong which were supposed to be aboard men, since the en­ other from the SIU Vacation and original shipping dates. Seafarers point, but even so, how could that went to, especially the two of them gineers couldn't Welfare Plans every week? Al­ hospitalized more than 30 days are number of fans add up to a total which, to some, seemed very neces­ trace the electri­ though the bulk of them -get vaca­ entitled to a new shipping card of six. cal lines on the tion and hospital benefits, a size­ dated prior to their date of dis­ sary in order to have a total of six. Higher Mathematics ship, why not able number receive maternity charge from the hospital. These mathematical purists were Acosta let an unlicensed benefits and disability benefits The consensus of opinion, even shouted down, however, when one 3> 3i< 3> among a few am'ateur higher math­ crewmember tossed off the com­ man like a competent electrician each week. Tlie figure also in­ That George I, Kifig of England ematicians, who can tell you the ment that if fans were put aboard come on the ship so that he could cludes death benefits paid to the from 1714 to 1727, could neither answer to 2.234 multiplied by 157 for the use of the crew, they should trace the lines and supply a proper beneficiaries of Seafarers. speak nor write the English lan­ at the drop of a hat (into a bottom­ be used for the crew, not for the blueprint for same. t J, guage? When the German prince less pit, of course), failed of an an­ officers topside. The enthusiasm Thus, the matter rested, thor­ That long pants were first intro­ succeeded to the throne he was swer to the puzzle, after sweating and fervor with which this intelli­ oughly aired, but far from airy as duced in France in 1789 by the 54 years old and made no attempt out the problem. gence was imparted narrowly es­ nobody yet knows what happened supporters of the revolution? The to learn the language of his king­ Somebody volunteered the caped becoming an open revolt. to the other two fans. French revolutionists were even dom. r r Who's Who In Calcutta, India, Zoo Makes Life Interesting For Tourists ¥ [:|V I 11'-' I v\:' Seafarer Tom Collins, now sailing as deck maintenance aboard the Ponce of Puerto Rico Marine, not to be outdone by other global travelers in the SIU, presents graphic evidence of his worldtraveling. Most of these pictures, he writes to the LOG, were taken in the Calcutta*, India, zoo early last year, but it seems as if they present the eternal in zoo-visiting, yielding neither to time nor place. At the top, center, a Calcuttan is shown feeding peanuts by hand to an encaged ram, with nary a sign in sight reading," "Don't Feed The Animals." Next to it is something Americans don't ordi­ narily see on their Jaunts to the local zoo, but in India it's all the rage. Riders perched on the pachyderm's back paid half a* rupee each for the privilege of riding their giant mount. At left is the local rhinoceros taking a dip ona warm day, with zoo visitors probably wishing they were as cool as he looks swimming in his private pool. At right are some of 600 crated monkeys before they were shipped aboard the Steel Navigator for the States and research laboratories. The usual seals and docile gazelles are missing from these views, but we have it on good au­ thority that they were present and amusing the youngsters' and oldsters alike who came to the zoo in Calcutta. Other shots show activity in city including ox-drawn water carrier and nativedrawn Collins. �••••'J March 8, 1954 ;. • •''' •' SEAFARERS •'•- ^ ••' . lOG '• '"-I Page Nfnetcea Seafarer FincJs Home-MacJe Fishing Rig Gets Results Too, But Where Was Percy? By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor (Editor's Note: The SEAFARERS LOG photo, editor will be glad to assist Seafarers with their photo problems. Address any questions to the Photo Editor, do the LOG at 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn. This includes information on how to operate certain types of cameras, advice on camera purchases, photo-finishing techniques, plus informa­ tion on a variety of camera equipment, such as enlargers, flash guns, etc. Drop the editor a line or if you are around the hall come up to see him.) The SSmm single-lens eye-level .reflex has come into prominence only In the past few years. It has many advantages over the traditional rangeflneder cdmera—direct focusing on an upright unreversed ground glass image and interchangeability of lenses. It also has had disadvan­ tages. Among them; bulkiness, and the necessity of stopping down the lens manually before the picture is taken if a smaller stop is to be used. The latest eye-level 35mm reflex is the new Contaflex, a 45mm, f-2.8 Tessar-equipped camera of unusual design which retains many advantages of the eye-level reflex system while' eliminating a few of the larger stumbling blocks. The -big features of the camera are: completely automatic diaphragm, a unique variation on the CompurKapid shutter, both ground glass and rangeflnder. focusing, an ex­ tremely brilliant viewing image and exceptional compactness in con­ struction. Brilliant Image With the film and shutter wound, you can look through the large eye-piece at the back of the camera and view the picture. The image is quite large and very bjdlliant. In the middle of the g^'ound glass is a circular area incorporating an outside ring and an inside circle bi­ sected with a horizontal line. When you turn the knurled lens mount, which revolves the front element of the lens, you can focus on tlfe ground glass within the outer ring or by the aid of the split^ image langefinder whieh oceupies the inner circle. Unlike all other eye-level reflex cameras, however, focusing can only be done in the circle. The rest of the image as seen through the viewflnder is constantly sharp no matter the footage setting. To take a picture you move the lever to the lens opening you want. You set the speed by turning the milled ring around the shutter mount. When you press the shutter release atop the film winding knob, a great many things happen in extremely short order. The camera shutter is closed; the light tight Vai'k slide and the reflecting mirror are moved upward out of the path of light rays from the lens; the lens diaphragm is closed to the pre-set 'f value; the shutter opens for the exposure and then closes. All this occurs within approximately l/50th of a second. How this mechanism will hold-up under constant use is to be seen. Winding Resets Camera When you wind the film to the next exposure, the camera is reset. The dark slide returns to position of protecting the filn:, the shutter is cocked, the diaphragm returns to full open f-2.8 position and the blades of the shutter open to allow focusing. Other features pf the camera are: M-X synchronization, speeds from 1 second to l/500th sec., die cast light metql construction with leather covering and satin chrome trim, and removable back. The Contaflex will'accept standard film cartridges or two Contax film cassettes which make film rewinding unnecessary. Lenses are not interchangeable on the" Contaflex. There is no provision for seeing the actual depth of field of our intended picture by stopping the lens down to the neces­ sary aperture before the picture is taken. These, however, will prob­ ably be minor considerations to those photographers who want a swiftly eye-level reflex camera with a single lens, an easily synchronized shut­ ter, lightness (19 oz.), compactness and a list price of $169.50. Picture Still Says it Better m Amateur Izaac Waltons can take heart from the recent -experience of Seafarer Frank Verner, which proved that you can catch as much fish with a home-made rig as the next guy with his fancy, Abercrombie and Fitch layout. Verner, of course, was not the first guy to turn the trick, but he's the-* —— — latest one on record, anyway. luck with various assortments o is feet firmly on the deck and He nabbed his prize, a 7' 8" fishing gear. Some, like ereu ope for the best. His hopes were shark, fishing on the stern of the Alcoa Roamer (Alcoa) while the ship was tied up at St. Croix, "Vir­ gin Islands, one evening last tripf with a home-made Calcutta bambo9 pole. He completed the fishing rig, appropriately, with a regular reel of his own, but details as to type, size, type of line and so forth ai-e lacking. The basic facts are that he caught the shark, at any X'ate. An Evening's Entertainment Vemer's fishing venture was part of an evening's fun for the crew while the Roamer was at the Vii'gin Island stopover, with sev­ eral crewmembers trying their member Joe Tucker, reeled up ret" 'snappers weighing in at 12-1 pounds, while others merely fee assorted varieties of bait to thr passing parade of undersea deni­ zens, who nibbled and then con­ tinued unimpeded on their sep­ arate ways. No untoward incidents were suf­ fered in the scrap to land the shark. Verner related, although it lasted about an hour and forty minutes. About all he remembered was that he felt a sizeable nibble, figured he'd crossed his line on.the pro­ peller "and then dug in to await developments. .All he had to do to outlast the opposition was plant calized eventually, when the man­ dating monster, by then looking a ittle less vicious for his ordeal, came into sight. The shark was soon after dis;)atched to his ancestors, with little ceremony, when Verner secured the loan of the captain's shooting iron, and pumped four shots into his adversary's head. After the traditional photographic interlude. LOG-A-RHYTHM: Wa'itln' To Hear From My Bill By Mae Scott Holland That darn postman's feet are mortal draggy today! Maybe because I'm so dreadful anxious, 'tis so. But I'm lookin' for a bundle frum my boy— Bill's good to lorite real regular, too, you know. Of course, there wuz spells he didn't— But that uz because he wuz so fur away, > You see, a letter can't come from Yokohama, Or Cairo, or Madrid—in fist a day. Oncet he sent me some "warriors" from Africy (I'll swan, them things looked 'live and real!) And again he mailed me two big, rag mats From a chieftain's hut some place Bill called Bray-reel. I .-'^1 ' -5i| Frank Verner and shark he landed fishing off the stern of the AIcoa Roamer at St. Croix, Virgin Islands. during which Verner assumed the smiling pose of the conqueror, Then oncet he parceled me home some purty, painted cups. lance (fishing pole in this case), An' saucers, an' plates and some boivl-like things. firmly clasped injone hand, while But the fihest things in that whole lot wuz his trussed-up, limp Md very much From the Emperor hisself—two red-ruby rings. dead captive hung suspended from • a nearby boom, the grisly corpse was consigned to the care of Davy He sent me oncet (from Japan) a silk-embroidered kimony-robe Jones. And from Holland some ugly, clamping, wooden shoes Shark Must Have Had More An' oncet from Bombay he sent a bamboo reed Unlike the shark, who must have Set in a frame, colored up in yellows, reds and blues. had many regrets, even though he was unable to make any suitable He's sent me, different times, all sorts of foreign coins comments in time, Verner had only Some of 'em, he said, donated by his mates. one regret on the occasion. He And that old postman fist me one day, hard-like, noted that he missed the attend­ "Whyn't he send some that'll spend in the Yewnited States?" ance of a brother Seafarer, Percy Gray on the Alcoa Polaris, during But I don't ever git mad at that old nosey feller the oatch. For he pleasures in Bill's boxes, too In the not too dim past, Percy (He's been bringin' 'em seven years, come this fall) hed appai-ently cast a fish eye on An' he alius says he'll wait, 'til I git through Verner's tales of his prowess with With the strings, an' cords, in wrappin's rod knd reel, perhaps even inti­ So's he can check if it "arrived" here OK, mating that the only thing Verner But what he rilly stays to see, ain't that— could catch was a cold. Now, alack It's alius because right in the button, on that stuff, like hay and alas, |jere vas vindication of Is a special little box for hisself, printed is his name the maligned fisherman, but no In Bill's school-hand writing': "For the best POSTMAN in any block.". Percy. Perhaps Percy will see the photograph recording the event. Yonder comes that old goat now with a bundle! That should make everything right He knowed today'd be the day for my Bill to dock! again. •f Olde Photos .Wanted hy LOG Finally catching up with the news accounts, which appeared in the LOG two months ago, a photograph taken of the Christmas party given by the SIU crew of the Schuyler Otis Bland (Waterman) for a group of Korean orphans in Pusan shows some of the festivities lined up for the kids. Besides a mammoth feed prepared by the steward department, Santa was there (rear, 2nd from right) in the person of Foh-est Price, chief engineer. Oiler Bob Oriole is seated ^^^toble with.one of tjie^y^ungstersj • 1 » The LOG is interested in col­ lecting and printing photo­ graphs showing what seagoing was like in the' old days. All you oldtimers who have any old mementos, photographs of shipboard life, pictures of ships or anything that would show how seamen lived, ate and worked in the days gone by, send them in to the LOG. Whether they be steam or sail, around the turn of the cen­ tury, during the first world war and as late as 1938, the LOG is interested in them all. We'll take care of them and return your souvenirs to you. (1) What dpas the political term, "pork barrel" mean? (2) Who won the National League home run championship in 1953? (3) Is it true that the color red excites a bull? (4) What harbor has double high tides a day? (5) Who are the Dayaks? (6) A man w^o had a number of bills to pay, took a sum of money and decitded to pay all his debts at once! Accordingly, he gave 20 per cent to Tom, 10 per cent to Dick and $45 to Harry, and still had $28-50 left over. How much money did he start with? (7) Who wrote "The Robe?" • (8) Intx'oversion means a) jvithdrawn, b) happy, c) neurotic? ' (9) What is the name of the man who governed Russia after the fall of The Czar? (10) The third largest state in the United States is Montana. True or false? II �rif,' Pare Twentr SEAFARERS LOG Rusty Water In The Scuttlebutt Is Pure Fact Aboard The Seanan March f, 1954 Bn Spike Marlin It took over 50 years to get change as far as the future of American baseball players "up In baseball is concerned. For a vari­ Every Seafarer takes his job seriously aboard SlU-contracted vessels, some even more the air but it is finally being done ety of reasons ballplayers have al­ than the book urges, --Witness to this fact are the. Seafarers aboard the Seanan of Strat­ on a major scale this year in the ways been loath to go up in the ford, reports Seafarer Michael Haukland, who believe in looking out for their own life and International League. And its all air. They have even preferred the limb where authorities be--* the fault of the St. Louis Browns, long tiresome" sleeper train jumps come lax. gation is now underway aboard the spite the machinations of. science alias the Baltimore Orioles. on hot summer nights from Boston The whole thing startdd when to St. Louis and vice versa. It isn't that Ijhe men aboard vessel, writes Haukland, all of it and its devotees. the Seanan doesn't think the offi­ centering around six little bottles That's how matters stood at last the Browns won approval for the Of course, there is always the cers and topside personnel know of rusty water which are kicking report, with the.-rival factions at shift of their team to Baltimore. weather problem" when planes how to run tlie ship, they're sure up havoc on the ship. Word spread loggerheads over the HsO woe: That meant the old Baltimore have to be grounded, although this of it. They're siire they're capable around the ship like wildfire, or, science versus empiricism. Neither Orioles, a minor league . team has been diminished considerably of running the vessel, that is, but rather, like rusty water, and soon group would give nor take (which we hope the citizens won't in recent years. they believe the captain and his the whole crew was up in arms any quarter, or any quart, for tjjiat confuse with the new Baltimore Have To Like It officer crew didn't know sassafras about the situation of the aqua matter. What the whole water Orioles) had to find a new home. When Larry MacPhail was in from shinola when it comes to pura, which, they said, was less situation boiled down to, at any This led to a wholesale realign­ baseball he made use of airplanes ment of the International League pura than it was aqua. water. Drinking water, that is. rate, was that all the men wanted on long spring-training junkets. A tremendous aqueous investiConsternation set aside, cooler good drinking water. As a matter structure because a couple of But a lot of "the players made no other clubs in the League were in heads prevailed in the situation of fact, boiling would have helped. bad shape and some changes were bones about their dislike of air which threatened to inundate the travel. Now the International obviously in order. entire ship before it ran the gamut Leaguers will have to take it and Truly International of its watery like it. As a result, the International emotions. Instead There's an obvious step that League has become airborne, and of running the truly international. From now on, could follow from here. If the In­ water off the end it will be represented by teams ternational League is going to Seafarers aboard the Cu­ of the plank and from the US, Canada and Cuba, travel to Havana by plane, there's bore (Ore) believe that with into the brine, with the addition of Havana to the no reason why a big leaguer can t more scientific the SIU you really get service •V'••• '.x• '''v.-. International League circuit. go the same way to Los Angeles. heads decided to as well as good shipboard condi­ Obviously, with teams in Mont­ And that foreshadows the next reserve decision tions. Not only do you get service real and Toronto at the northern move' of the major leagues into on whether the ashore, says G. Ray^ chairman at end, and Havana at the southern the Pacific Coast cities of, Los An­ water was actual­ the last ship's meeting, but nothing Haukland end, the League could not con­ geles and San Francisco. ly rusty, or just tops the conditions aboard the ves­ It may- not be too far distant tinue on the basis of conventional looked so. What they wanted, and sel itself. travel methods. The result is that either, because teams like tho ilay says he knows what he's their opinion prevailed, was to from now on International League Philadelphia Athletics and tho talking about because the last time take samples of the water for baseball players will take to the Cincinnati Reds are finding the he was in the New York hall he chemical analysis at the first port financial going increasingly tough ak in chartered planes. of call when they reached the never had to wait for. a thing. He This Is a pretty momentous where they are. whisked through the cafeteria line, States. They were willing to let the barbershop line, of which there technicians of the US Public Health was none, and the telephone line, Service be the final arbitrator in stopping off for a few parties the case. Dissenters looked not H. L. Griazard, crew messman along the way. Nothing, however, with pleasure on this view, but aboard the Seatrain Savannah, nothing, he says, tops the service stood always willing and able to stands alongside pie and ice aboard the Cubore when it comes condemn the water as it lay stag­ nant there on the charges that it cream desserts before serving to coffeetime. them to men. On the last run of the Cubore, was, looked and tasted rusty, de­ once the culinary scourge of the fleet, Ray reported that coffeetime ran off like clockwork with nkry a LOG-A.RHYTHM: hitch in the coffee or in the caffein. In addition to the regular supply of coffee cups aboard the vessel, Ray exults, the crew was given 16 additional coffee cups "so By P. Rogers as to prevent anyone from wait­ ing," says the minutes. There's nothing like not waiting for a cup Nurse takes over now of coffee on a cold morning, and if Man is such a fickle thing nurse should oughta know Always hovering round his bed there is no waiting to be done, it A cool hand on his brow. won't be done aboard SIU vessels Mostly when he's brought in such as the Cubore. Coffee all the He thinks he gonna go. Seafarer Tom-Collins takes time out for.* short break while visit­ time, when you want it, is the When he opens up his eyes ing the Calcutta, India, menagerie. Pith helmet he sports brought through with ship's motto. Nobody, but nobody. When the A vision he does espy, him a lot of kidding as well as relief from the hot sun. waits aboard the Cubore. him "Am I OK?" Nurse nods her head. He goes off with a sigh. No Coffee Waif Aboard Cubore Pie And Ice Cream Short Break Welcome At Zoo A Nurse's Call To Arms Angel of mercy, thoughts like that He'll tell her now and then Nurse smiles, thinks her thoughts She understands these men. He's feeling a little better now At first he wants to play But he gets nurse's reprimand, "Behave yourself this day." A few more weeks a few more days He's really on the mend You oughta hear him change his tune There's not so much to tend. X' "Nurse give me this or give m» that ^ What the deuce goes on here? I've seen far better nurses In a barroom serving beer." 9 IJF /' I He shouts, pouts, can't be pleased No matter what he'll do Remember that good patients Are far too very few. Had I been bom to be a nurse And nursing rang the bell. When I saw that patient coming in I'd know what him to tell. Nursing is a trying job And it's hard to get a laugh If not for their helping hand The world couldn't stand the gaff. • The LOG opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, bakers and others who'd like to share favored food recipes, little-known cooking and baking hints, dishes with a national flavor and- the like, suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here is Ladislcais A. Biembka's recipe'for Perogi. This week we have recipe for Seafarers who like un­ usually fine food, and the dish is comparatively simple to make aboard ship. The dish is quite famous in Poland; Russia, and other East--* ern European countries and crust over and boil the pieces for has now become popular in about five minutes; Take them out America, 'as other European dishes and place in an oven. Then take have done earlier. Ladislaus A. some browned onions and butter Eiembka, who and pour over the squares. Leave sails as second in the oven for five minutes. Then cook and steward take them out. Do not use any out of New York, spices. offers this spe­ Use Sauerkraut cialty. Another type of perogi can be The dish is made by using sauerkraut and called "perogi" chopped bacon -for the pie crust In Poland and Is filling. Using a numbei> ten can a very tasty food of sauerlcraut, fry the sauerkraut that can be used and bacon. Then chop up the Eiembka as a side dish. bacon and roll into the pie dough Take enough small pieces of pie in the same manner. dough to make the portions for Ladislaus has. been sailing as a your crew. For a crew of 35 or steward and second cook in the SIU 40 men, use. two pounds of dough for ten years. Before making the already mixed. Roll the pieces sea {lis second home, he worked into little squares. When the pie as. an electrician. After seeing his crust/ are rolled out, put about recipes, though, it's'easy to imagine one table spoon of mashed pota­ that a lot of people are happy that toes into the crust. Then fold the he switched professions. �r T.; • $$$SRS- SEAFARERS - March S. 1954 Armff Man MiRses Wonderful ChoU? To the Editor: Well, here I am in Uncle Sam's Army, stationed at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas. I miss everything in civilian life, especially the sea and the SIU and all the brothers I sailed with—and, of course, the wonderful chow. Yes, the chow. We are going to be here for at least 14 weeks for basic training. They tell me that this place is the roughest in the country, and so far it holds true. I would like to say hello to some of my past ship­ mates, especially to Joseph Galli­ ano, A. Schroter, Goncalves Roy Ayers, Jo­ seph Ryan, H. Winbom, C. E. Mosley and many of my other friends in the Sltl. I would like to get the LOG, if possible. Please send me the last two issues, which I missed. Also, if some of my past shipmates would like to write to me, here Is my address: Pvt. Antonio Goncalves US 51304627 Co. C, 34th Med. Tn. Bn. 5th Armored Division Camp Chaffee, Ark. (Ed. note: We are adding your name to the mailing list. The issues you missed have already been mailed.) shipmate who has obligations of his own without having to shoulder someone else's I6ad. Now he can work out his own problems since "God helps those who help them­ selves." I suspect there are those who salt away as much as they can and thfn fall back on their Union brothers. These are known as freeloaders. In conclusion, I for one should like to coipmend Brother Pasinos­ ky for his straightforward article which comes under the heading of constructive criticism, because it shows those at fault what their faults are and what they can do to remedy them. I'd like to read ideas upon this subject in the LOG from other brothers. Clarence "Buddy" Cousins i i Thanks Brothers For Blood Aid itoRpital Gives Time To Think Call Him Any Time'—In Pusan 4* ^ Pace Twenty-mie LOG L E T T E R S ' To the Editor: I am sorry I do not know their names, but I hope that the brothers who have donated blood for me at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York will read this and know that I am very thankful and grateful for their kindness. I have been here at the hospital since October and am due for an­ other operation this week, the fifth one they have had to perform on 4" 4" 4" me since I came here. Many thanks again to the Seafarers who helped me out with blood. I hope I may he able to repay the favor some To the Editor:. time. After being in the hospital for a Joseph Pilutis year I find that a lot of things run t 4 through your mind. The first thing is taken from ob­ serving "some" patients I have seen and heard. Of course this does not refer to all of our To the Editor: I have been in Korea for four brothers who have been in and out of the hospital. It must be re­ months now and would appreciate membered that there are "other" it very much if you would send patients besides seamen who in­ copies of the LOG to me here. habit these places of beautiful Incidentally, I have been going nurses and soft-spoken doctors (?). aboard a few SIU ships here in I would like to say hello to our Pusan and have met quite a few brothers in the Baltimordv hall—A1 of my old friends. Stansbury, John Arabasz, Tony and Here is a picture of "Bad Eye" the rest. I hope to be out of here Mason of Norfolk and myself. The by spring. picture was taken aboard the It sure will feel good to get back on the water again. I wouldn't care if it was in a row boat as long as it was SIU. Robert A. Rogers ^ i 41 Arizona Looks Good To Him Now To the Editor: I'm still in Tucson and prospects are that I will remain here for another six months or a year. At first I thought that this was just about the most desolate area I had ever seen, short of Saudi Arabia, but the darn place seems to grow on you. After a while you can find beauty in the mountains and des­ ert, in the cactus and rocks. For the past three weeks the temperature during the day has ranged between 72 to 80 degrees while, only a few mUes away on Mt. Lemmon, the snow - birds are skiing. It is 65 miles to old Mex­ ico and I can substitute tequilla for Don Q; the other attractions are the same as lliff in San Juan. That wonderful character, "Westbrook Pegler, lives a few miles north of Tucson in a swank sub­ urb. For a small fee I could be tempted to drop a mickey in his bourbon and branch water. I'd appreciate it if you'd see that my LOG mailing address is changed from Pennsylvania to Tucson. Harry K. (Slim) Iliff (Ed. note: Wc have noted your change of address.) primary to vote for Frank Cassiery for councilman at large oh election day, as this candidate is a real friend of labor. To the Editor: Spider Korolia As a patient recovering from an operation here at the USPHS hos­ 4 4 4 pital at Stapleton, Staten Island, I wish to express my • thanks and show" my deep appreciation for the use of boolc^ which you so kindly To the Editor: had distributed here by your I am a student at lona College friendly hospital delegate. in New Rochelle, NY, and I am Although I am not a member of writing a research term paper con­ your Union, but belong to the cerning labor's views of the TaftNMU,- I was given books to read Hartley Law. while I was a bed patient. This I would appreciate your sending helped greatly to pass the time and me data concerning the views of keep my spirits up. Now that I am your particular union. Thank you up and around, I visit patients in for your cooperation. other" wards, many of whom have Peter Rosato told me that they also enjoyed (Ed. note: The information you reading the SlU-donated books. requested is on its way to you.) ' They also wish to compliment the 4,4 4 SIU on such a» worth-while pro­ gram. It has stimulated a spirit of union brotherhood here which alone shows its value. Thanks To the Editor: I am writing this to let you know again, and I sincerely wish thai all your progressive programs meet that the SIU policy of placing books over here in the USPHS hos­ with the same success. pital , on Staten Island, NY, has Joseph A. Donovan gone over very well. , They are 4 4" 4" being read not only by our men but also by the men from the MSTS, NMU and the Coast Guard and Post Office employees. To the Editor: Things like this go a long way, 1 I am sorry that I did not write think, toward bettering the Union's before but I have been very sick. public relations. It is a thing that 4 4 4 The storm is over now and I can really focuses attention on our out­ see the shoreline. standing welfare program. It shows I would like to tell the member­ how superior it is to any now be­ ship again and again how great it ing operated here in the hospital. To the Editor: is to be in the I know the continuous placing Please delete my subscription SIU. One realizes of SIU ship's libraries here in the it most when in hospital will be greatly ap­ for the SEAFARERS LOG from your mailing list. I rotate January the hospital or preciated. 20 for the States, and once again when in need, as Donald Peterson back to the SIU. Having had the I've been these LOG to read regularly since I have 4 4 4 past two months. been in Germahy has kept me The member­ pretty well posted on SIU activity. ship owes Brother A recent article in the LOG by Toby Flynn a vote Sidney Margolius, "Your Dollar's of thanks for do­ To the Editor: Edmondson Worth," concerning common colds, ing a wonderful I would like to express my ap­ should be of great value to those job looking after fellows ill the preciation to the Weifare Service hospital. He h9b never been in so Department of the SIU for. their who read it, providing they realize big a hurry that he wouldn't stop cooperation and assistance to my the truth about it all. Antibiotics and give encouragement to the famiiy at a time when things serve their purpose, but are too often and too freely used in the sick. He is a grand guy. looked hopeless for them. treatment of common colds. Seems Whenever I get out of the. hos­ It is very gratifying to belong to like in this day and age whenever pital I am coming in to the Union the SIU, a Union that not only and thank you all. I can't write takes an interest in the welfare of a person catches the sniffles noth­ much now as I am weak and still every member but also in their ing less will do but to kick in ten or fifteen dollars for some anti­ confined to bed. families when emergencies arise. biotic that has little effect if any R. Edmondson Your assurance in matters such as at all. Of course, if the condition these means a great deal to every is prevalent for several weeks, it 4 4 4 member of the SIU. is best to see a doctor. So the Thanks Philadelphia Members man told us in the medical school. My wife and I w'ant to thank I I am dreading that trip to the Steve Cardullo, SIU agent in Phil­ States aboard that MSTS scow. To the Editor: ^ adelphia, who has been a great I am still down in the Crescent help to my family and me in the Animals on a cattle ship have a City, attached to the marine hospi­ past and again, most recently, when good life in comparison. At any rate, I am hoping that my next tal, and I still can't ship for quite I needed help. mailing address will be aboard an some time. I am feeling like my­ My sincere and deepest gratitude self little' by little, and will be also to the Philadelphia member­ SlU-contracted vessel. Cpl. J. Wayne Adair able to take on Jimmy Carter for ship, which assisted my family at 4 4 4 the lightweight crown pretty soon. ff a time when it I want to let all of Brother Tedd - was urgently Terrington's friends who were out needed. Their at sea know that Brother Terringassistance, finan­ ton passe^ away on February 8th cial and other­ To the Editor: in the New Orleans hospital after We, the undersigned, presently wise, was more an illness of over a year. Broth­ than a godsend confined in the Louisiana State er Terrington was well known to my wife and Penitentiary, would like to receive throughout the Gulf, due to the children who, reading material of any descrip­ fact that he was steward patrolman without their tion. We are allowed to receive at the New Orleans branch for help, would have this matter provided that it comes Hatgimisios several years. Brother Terrington been left desti- from the publisher directly. carried an early Gulf book, chang­ tute. My wife and I express our There is no way we can ade­ ing over from the ISU. sincere thanks and appreciation quately express our gratitude for Oldtimers In Hospital for the way the membership came anything anyone can do in this Here are some of the oldtimers through in the past and again regard, as recreation is not one at the New Orleans hospital: most recently when all our posses­ of this Institution's strong points. Brother Red Cobb is still here, and sions were destroyed by a fire. I Reading is perhaps the most com­ expects to be discharged any day.. don't know how my wife and chil­ mon source of diversion which is Brother Johnny Long is in here for dren would have carried on with­ available to us. Thank you sincerely and eternal­ a general checkup and Brother An­ out their help and support. derson is up and ardUnd and get­ My thanks also go to Hank Mar­ ly for any assistance which you ting along fine after a long illness. tin, chief cook on the Republic, may be able to render in this Here are some receht arrivals: for his assistance and support; to matter. Names (six) withheld Chief cook Jimmy Dambrino and George and Peter Hatgimfsios and steward Gabby. their friend Larry for taking care (Ed. note: Samples of the litera­ before closing I would like to of piy family affairs at the time ture published.by the SIU are be­ ing forwarded to you under sepa-' ask. all Louisiana brothers who will of the accident. rata, cover.) be in New Orleaat for the seeoad SIU Books Help Union Spirit Student Seeks Uabor^s Views • SIU Libraries Are Appreciated Appreciates SIU in The Hospital •m si I 1 '•ff [ I Si I ••I • Si • -MI n • '-'^1 Gettiny Set To Begoin Union Expresses Thanks For Aid To Family Beports From Crescent City JSaeks Payroll .Savihfus Idea To the Editor: I am a member of our fine Union. In the February 19, 1954, issue of the LOG I had the good fortune to read the "Letter of the Week" written by Joe Pasinosky, an old shipmate of mine on the George £. Hale. Incidentally, the bosun on that trip (which was made during the war when we touched seaports in Italy and North Africalis the first name engraved on the bronze plaque, put up in memory of those who went down with their ships, in the New York hall. I want to back Joe up 100 per­ cent on his suggestion and I be­ lieve 99 percent of the brothers will go along with him also. Al­ though there is no way to know what a brother is holding because we are not equipped with X-ray eyes to look Into his wallet, many make nuisances of themselves by getting roaring drunk during or after a payoff. After this they have a. sad story to tell about how they were rolled and lost everything. I don't say that it is impossible to have this happen to you. It happens to someone every day. But now we are equipped with the Welfare- Services^ and ther^' ie liothing;'better. A' Seafarer no longer needs to fbll badk upon « Prisoners Need Meadiny Matter Aboard the Morning Light in Pusan, Goings (left) is shown with old shipmate "Bad Eye" Mason, steward, during a visit to the ship. Morning Ught .(Waterman) here in Pusan. Mason was steward at the time. Would you please print my name and phone number here in Pusan so my old buddies coming here could call me up on arrival here. Thank you. Pvt E. C. "Red" Goings US 54126092 Has. Co. 7th TME. APO 50 c/o Postmaster San Francisco, Cal. Phone number 730 Posab (Ed. not«: We hove added your Korea address to ovr maiiing list.) -I I i'• I j Hii' :: i. I .H;:::. -fti *\ : . Y • -i :j| V' .iV, �.' • wv-;.;:-'.-! SEAFARERS Pare Twentr^tw* ^ y '..- ' 1 'V • •K-. i ..t' . :. -w e- Thanhs Union Uor Sich Aid LOG Mai«h S, 1954 LETTER S SIU Crew Helps Shareside Men To the Editor: To the Editor: When I was on the Steel Sea­ while I wish I were back in one of denberry and all of you other fel , I wish to take this opportunity farer I got sick and had to be the old rustbuckets. lows. I know you can write. to express the appreciation of the taken off the ship in San Francisco If any of the boys would like to When any of you« pull into Gulf Delta Line's shore gang in Buenos to be hospitalized there. After be­ become a landowner, I have a well- To the Editor: port, give me a cing at the General Aires for the donations received ing in the San Francisco hospital kept-up quonset hut ready for oc­ Allow me to introduce myself,, a Laundry, 429 Gulfpbrt or 296 J in behalf of our co-worker, Canary, for a while I was transferred back cupancy at any time, with an acre former seagoing man who .sailed Pass Christian, and the bottle is by the bosun, O'Leary, and the to New York and was an outpatient and a half of land right across the before the mast under five differ­ on me. crew of the Del Sud. It was in­ on Staten Island for seven weeks. New York state line in Vermont. ent flags in the latter days of the I also wish to say thanks to the All that time I got my unearned The only things missing are bunks. windjammers. I went, around Cape Union for the maternity benefits deed a priv^ege and opportunity wages plus the $8 a day mainte­ An oil burner, stove, electric ice Horn in 1905. Once I took out a paid to nie for my daughter Sherry, to work beside men who are so benevolent and sympathetic toward nance and cure. box and a new gas range go for card in Andy Furuseth's.imion and Ann. It's the most wonderful thing their fellow men. I'm pretty sure that if I wasn't the price of $2000. There is an ex­ later met him in person in Wash­ a Union could do for a baby. I am looking forward to working a member of a union I would never cellent all-year-round camp, right ington. I asked him if I could Milton "Paul" Cox alongside of more SIU crews. have gotten benefits of any kind. up in the deer country. Anyone do a biography of him but' he de­ My thanks go to the Union and interested can get in touch with me clined any interest in a biography. Leon, shoregang bosun. -to the Welfare Department for, at Cambridge Nursing Home, Cam­ He was a grand old boy. Delta Line making it possible for guys like me bridge, NY. 4> 4> 4> I entered Academe, but like my to get benefits such as we have to­ Henry Sorensen beloved teacher, Veblen, I soon To the Editor: day. It took years to get to the (Ed. note: A copy of "Seafarers became a casual there. I would like to thank my broth­ point we have reached now and I in World War II" is on its way to Book For Young Folkg • ers of the Union for the flowers for one, certainly appreciate the you.) Now I am spending the after­ they sent at the funeral of my gains we have made. noon of life writing a book on life brother, Jonas Laughlin, who was To the Editor: I would also like to thank the When the men who founded this at sea for young fojks. In 193f I killed on the Atlantic Dealer, fellows on the Steel Seafarer who published a book failed "World December 30, 1953. It is nice know­ nation formulated a Declaration of were very helpful to me when Workers Educational Movement," ing the Union is behind me no mat­ Independence based on the priflcbgot sick. pie that all men are created equal To the Editor: which was my contribution to the ter what happens. Thank you. J. E. Burus and endowed by their Creator with We, the crew of the Queenston labor movement. Joseph F. Laughlin certain inalienable rights, and then tit Heights, wish to thank Brother I would like to have you send 4> 4- 4^ proceeded to draw up a Constitu­ James Sheehan, the port agent of the LOG to me, as I need to read tion thgt would guarantee respect Boston, for supjfiying us with a a salty paper to refresh by vocabu­ for these rights on the part of gov­ much-needed library aboard this lary in nautical discourse. ernment, they were giving sub­ ship while up in Portland, Me., this To the Editor: Marins Hansome To the Editor: • stance to aspirations that men (Ed. note: the LOG will be I was in the Staten Island hos­ last trip. We arrived up there* in I would like very much to re­ pital for nearly a month and am sub-zero, weather and snow was sent to you regularly, every two ceive the July and August copies have cherished since the dawn of history. sure glad to be up and around falling, yet Brother Sheehan made weeks, from now on.) of the LOG, since the announce­ 4^ ^ Deep in the human heart there now. All the guys who are in the his way up here from Boston to de­ ment of the birth of my son, bom has always been some inkling ofhospital, including myself, appre­ liver the library to us. This proves June 26, 1953, was listed in one of the fact that there are sacred pre­ ciate the work done by and the to us that Brother Sheehan takes these issuqs. Thank you very mueh. interest shown in" the men by the all Crews' problems on ships hitting cincts in which Mrs. Eric H. Anderson, Jr. To the Editor: Union's Welfare Services Depart­ this area around Boston as though t h e individual (Ed. note: The copies of the I would appreciate having the LOG they were his own problems, and ment. has the right, pnwhich you requested are on They all believe it to be the best usually settles them in an orderly LOG sent to me here in Japan. I their way to you.) der God, to call am now serving in the 720th MP thing the Union has ever done in SiU fashion. his soul his own all its years of Again we say thanks to you. and into which caring for and Brother Sheehan, thanks a million he will hot brook about the mem­ from this crew. We will not forget intrusion on the bership. As we the service you gave us for quite a part of any thing To the Editor: see it, we really while. '?m or anyone outside Will you kindly put the name of ,need a friend Shorty Melanson of himself. In the Parker Paddy McCloskey,jin old SIU man, 'when we are in degree that he on the LOG'S mailing list. I would the hospital and does, he loses something of his also like my address on the mail­ the Welfare Serv­ ing list changed from Riverton, human stature and becomes less a ices representa­ man. Conn., to my new address in Balti­ tive really takes To the Editor: . The limits of these precincts are Vila more, Md. good care of us I would like to have the LOG Drop me a line if there are any not easy to define. We were cre­ when we are there. sent to me at my new address. As news items or photos you would ated--with a social as well as an I have nothing but the highest you can see, I have returned to individual nature and destined to like from this port. praise for Walter Siekmann and Angola, La. live in the society of our fellows. Hugh W. Eatherton Toby Flynn of the Welfare De­ It looks like a rough road ahead, They have claims on us and we (Ed. note: We have made the partment. Also, the new library is especially after sailing with such a change of address and added the have claim's on them and from a big help for the Jpllows when sure-fire outfit.. We few SIU mem­ new subscriber to our mailing cradle to grave our lives and our they are confined to the hospital. bers send our thanks for the maga­ destinies, our hopes and our list.) Most of the boys in the hospital zines your office sent to us. Thanks dreams, are inextricably inter­ 4> ^ t on Staten Island are from other million. We appreciate eveiywoven with theirs. We need one cities, but they are made to feel thing that is sen£ to us. Ehmsen seen in full MP re­ another.and we achieve happiness right at home here in New York. We will be looking forward to galia. as we learn wbat it means to love Jhey were taken good care of by more reading material. We would one another and bear one another's the Union and by the hospital staff. like to receive any specimens of brigade in Tokyo. If any of my ex- To the Editor: .Upon our arrival in Boston, we burdens. Gil Vila shipmates read this letter, it would examinations, etc. were grieved to hear from patrol­ Loses Life Force ' 4. 4« t sure feel good to receive a letter Rene M. Bourgeois man Jim Sweeny that our brother, In the de'gree that a man walls in from them. (Ed. note: We have noted your Ed Dacy, had passed away the his soul against his neighbor, his Pvt. Herbert Ehmsen change of address on our mailing week before while undergoing sur­ personality shrinks and he loses US 51251214 ^ list.) gery for cancer of the throat. To the Editor: his capacity for the fullness of life. Co. B 720th MP BC. 4> 4" tr We would like to express our Yet there is something about each Thanks so much for sending the APO 500 heartfelt sympathy to Ed's family and every one of us that is inali­ LOG, to my husband, Nathan c/o Postmaster and kin. He was always a true ship­ enable, something that we cannot Dixon. I get the benefit of it, for San Francisco, Cal. mate and stahnch Union man. He give without losing all further I do enjoy reading it so much; To the Editor: (Ed. note: Your name has been added to the LOG's mailing list; was respected and loved by those capacity to give. For if we yield that's why I am sending my new I am in the service and expect address, so there will be no delay to get out in about a year and a from now on you uMl receive the of us who had sailed with him. it, or if it-is taken away from us, LOG every two weeks, as pub­ Dacy lived by the rule "If I can't we are no longer ourselves, but in receiving it. half. I have had eight years at sea lished. ) do you good, I won't do you harm." Thanks so much. and would like to find out about May God bless him and may his pawns In alien hands, moved 4' 4| Mrs. Nathan Dixon about and disjiosed of by a will the merchant marine. soul rest in peace. that is not our own, He who has no (Ed. note: We have changed I have read a few copies of the Freddy Bruggner life he can call his own cannot your mailing address, as you re­ SEAFARERS LOG and would like Kenneth Marples give life; he who is in bondage quested. ). to know more about the Union and To the Editor: A1 Dumbaugh cannot set others free; he who has how it works. Any information you Andy Anderson 4" . t I am a seaman, and have been no freedom to pursue happiness could give me would be greatly reading the SEAFARERS LOG for 4> 4> cannot bring happiness to his fel­ appreciated. quite some time how, and I like it low man. Paul Van Riper very much. I would appreciate it (Ed. note: The information you very much if you would please put To the Editor: We do not exist alone. We were I would very much like to get a asked for has been sent out to my name on your mailing list to To the Editor: created to live in society and to . copy of "Seafarers in World War you.) I would like to have the LOG work out our salvation in the midst receive the LOGl sent to my home. I am an ex-serv­ of our fellow men. We are born II," It was 11 years ago, Washing­ Marvin Young ton's birthday that a torpedo got (Ed. note: The SEAFARERS iceman and had the~ pleasure of into the family; very early we us on the Chattanooga City. From LOG will be sent to you regularly, learning about and reading your toddle out into the neighborhood, 1944 to the end of the war I sailed fine paper while assigned to for­ gradually come to know t'he com­ as you requested.) as "chips" on the Emily Weder, an eign duty. munity, and bit by bit realize that Applications tor the mater. 4 t Army hospital ship. I married one I belong to the plumbers' local we are citizens of the state and pity benefit must be supported of the nurses and since then, after here in Vicksburg and mean to the nation. More and more, as we py the following documents: 31 years at sea, I have been a land­ show the LOG around to my broth­ grow up, we become aware of the • Your marriage certificate. lubber. The only contact I have ers there. Thank you. rest of the world and develop some To the Editor: • Baby's birth certificate dat­ with my old profession has been A, L. Woods, J!r, . sense of membership in the hu­ At present. I'm on4he beaeh, see­ ing birth after April 1, 1952. through the LOG which, by , the (Ed. note: We have added your man race. With this and this alone, ing how much the laundry business • The discharge from the last way, is passed on to several other is going to, cost me. How, hbout a name, to the LOG's mailing list; we have the basis of a free govern­ ship you sailed, jit before the oldtimers. baby was born. few, lines ,ftom some of my old you will, receive a, copy every two ment for all. , .. 4 am not kic]ting, . but 'once! in a Gilbefi Ipaitker shipmateg-r-Valentihev .Gets, Lin- weeks as requested, from now on.) m Old Salt Wants. Salty Newspaper Thanhs SIU For Sending Flowers Free Will Basis Of Free Nation Port Agent Gets Praise From Men Union isTops When Men Ail Wants To See Birth Notice MP In Japan Asks For LOG Oldttrnv StV Man To Keeeive MJOG Wants LOG Sent To Nea% Address \K ibi Men Mourn For Lost Brother 11 It 1^ i: ••Ji..' Ifcl Enjoys Reading Union Paper info On Union Sought Bg Sailor Seaman Wantf To Receive Paper ExSeatnanWants To Sell Cahin k^ ' • &• fe.' • ff--" fir' Plumber Wants To Receive EBG How to Apply For Birth Pag Cleans Up in Laundry Firm �•'•' Mkf^ &. 19M-' ' s SEAV'ARttt^ toG 7-?*-'?"r-'SiT' fage tweniir-thnm /i: •i-.r, -.4 •^?. : •; <••_ :V.. .-V ,/.v • vU. 'a. g, ^ ^n^ •""SteRsgsr** Compass at the upper left, dating from around 1521, shows clear illustration of the rose of the winds. Note that it is an eight-pointed compass. The others are: No. 2, a rosette from the sailing chart of Andrea Bianco, 1436, (ini­ tials are Italian names of winds);; No. 3, a 16point sailing chart of^ 1384; No. 4, a more ad­ vanced type, 1540; No. 5, a Portuguese model dating from 1500; No. 6, compass card printed on the title page of a French book "The Routes of The Sea" of 1584; No. 7, an eight-pointed Venetian design of 1545; No. 8, a 32-point type from Columbus' day. All compass designs derived from sailing charts. L^. 4..^ai6^^^«.k2-tkj4sv';ii(43Ll..: That common, garden-variety mari­ time tool known as the compass may be generally taken for granted today but it was a long time in developing. As far as is known, the first compass that was used for navigbtion purposes can>e into existence around the year 1200, which means that the Vikings' and the Phoenicians made their daring sea voyages by observing the stori, the moon and the currents. The principle of the compass was generolly known to the early Greeks who were aware that a magnetic needle would point north, but they didn't apply it to navigation. The Chi­ nese hod a working Compass long be­ fore Europeans did, about 139 AD "in fact. But they used it exclusively for land travel. Early compasses used by European navigators consisted of a needle float­ ing on a cross of reeds, in itself sus­ pended in a basin of water. It appar­ ently took approximately 70 years for son\ebody to hit on the idea of mount­ ing the needle on a pivot. The first known compass of this type with a scale and sights dates from the year 1269. Around 1302 an unknown navigator in southern Italy designed a card with the needle fixed to it and the "Rose of the Winds" painted on it. It was the first true mariner's compass as we know it today. Refinements of the compass which followed used 8, 12, 16 or 32 points, a practice which derived from the drafting of sailing charts, but the pres­ ent 32-point compass is for all practi­ cal purposes a direct descendant of the compass designed in 1302. The perfection of the compass had a great deal to do with the successful voyages of exploration which followed including Columbus' trip to the New World. As such, the "Rose of the Winds" was the key to modern navi­ gation. -.:j| •11 n B �SEAT ARERS F«e -Tweniy-foiir f'5 - *4 •' V.'.- > .\. ) . Ih • • f.*- '»- it.- •?;- • :• s: . DIGEST of SHIPS' COE VICTORY (Victory Carriers), Jan uary 10—Chairman, P. Ryan; Secretary P. Kon. Pat Ryan was elected ship's dele' gate. Report on the captain will be sent to headquarters it he steps out of line. Vote of thanks went to the steward de­ partment for a job well done; and the service we received -in the bad -storm we were in this voyage. The cooking is excellent, so if you want a good ship, catch the Coe Victory. February 7 — Chairman, A. Anderson; Secretary, Pat Ryan. Disputed overtime will be referred to the patrolman. More innerspring mattresses should be secured for the next crew. Menu board should be changed to the forward end of the messroom. Steward department got a vote of thanks for a job well done. January 13—Chairmen, C. Tobias; Soc retary, Charles Ludwick. An AH was removed from the ship in Manila with acute appendicitis. Another AB failed to join the ship leaving Sasebo, Japan. Charges brought against a performer ' will be turned over to the boarding patrolman. Di Maio was elected ship's delegate. Engine delegate is in the ship's hospital and asked to hove another delegate elected. Edward J. Dean was elected. Ship^s delegate will ask the captain to get replacements in Singapore and to order a new electric motor for the crew's washing machine. Ship's dele­ gate will ask the captain if meals can be served in the ship's hospital to Frankmanus. Captain has said that he isn't too sick to go aft fof his meals. ANNE BUTLER (Bloomfleld), January 15—Chairman, James Wllkio; Secretary, Mr Anderson. Ship's delegate, asked that the repair list be turned in before arrival at Mobile. One man missed ship in San Pedro. Draw list and a copy of the repair list will be given to the cap­ tain. Ship's delegate reported that Mrs. William Scarlett received the donation sent from Pusan. All hands wish a speedy recovery to Bill -Scarlett, third cook, who was injured in Yokohama. It was unanimously agreed that the crew would ask the patrolman to intercede for the crew in the matter of getting bulkhead fans for the rooifTs. This ship has been running for three years with­ out fans in the rooms. All inside decks need to be cemented and repaired. A vote of thanks was given to the steward department for a job well done. Steward thanked the crew for the kind considera­ tion and cooperation given him on this trip. Ship's delegate gave a vot;> of thanks t'o the department delegates for the cooperation and help given to him this trip. ROBIN CRAY (Seas Shipping), January S—Chairman, William Jenkins; Secretary, Edward Tresnlck. Repair list was turped over to the chief mate and to the chief engineer, for minor repairs that can be taken care of before the "ship reaches portl Vote of thanks went to the steward department for a job well done. ANTINOUS (Waterman), November 11 —Chairman, Paul Carter; Secretary, Juan Oquendo, Jr. There was a discus­ sion on the bosun telling the chief mate to fire a man that he claimed was into.xicated and in his bunk. The man in question stated that he had a few drinks but was not intoxicated. as ship's delegate. The bosun is under pressure from the captain, and Henry Sojan was elected ship's delegate. There is a .question on whether the sailing board "was posted for the proper length of time, causing one man to miss ship. Galley hasn't been sougeed in almost nine months. There was a discussion between "the bosun and chief pumpman on what department will do the greas ing on tank top work. SOUTHSTAR (Sauih Atlantic), no dsto —Chairman, J. Rice; Secretary, H. Shuman. Steward promised to look into the food, after a discussion. . Repair list was discussed. Crew will turn in any repairs noted. «e - PENNMAR (Calmsr), February 7 — Chairman, L. Richardson; Secretary, F. Mitchell, Jr. There was a discussion of food in galley. It was agreed to do away with the old stock pot and td make fresh stock for soups each day. Only freshly rendered fats will be used. Steward agreed to watch the menus more closely and give more variety of food. DEL SOL (Mississippi), January 1# — Chairman, Danny Byrnes, Jr.; Secretary, William R. Cameron. Danny Byrnes was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. Motion to buy a movie projector was overruled, and a motion was passed to hold the money for a worthier cause. Doors should be kept closed in and out of port. Shoreside personnel should be kept off ship. Donations- were made by the deck and steward departments for flowers for Brother Charlie Wilson's grave in Abidjan. Ivory Coast. Brother Cameron, and the deck delegate went to have this taken care of before sailing. Ship's fund totaled $71.50. After $36 was donated to the New Orleans hall for their Christmas dinner, a balance of $33.50 was left. Vote of thanks went to treasurer William R. Cameron. li BADGER MARINER (South Atlantic), January 9—Chairman, Edward Mollneaux; Secretary, Arloa D. Hill. Eleven new men were sighed on in San Fran­ cisco. All three departments turned re­ pair lists in to the ship's delegate. Wash­ ing machine is not much good. Steward said that cots are on the requisition list. A place will be found for a ship's lib­ rary. Captain cut down the steward's requisition in Hawaii, Japan and Oak­ land. This problem will be taken up on the East Coast, and so will the problem of transportation. FAIRLAND (Waterman), January 31 — Chairman, V. Dllndla; Secretary, Frank Kustura. One man missed ship in Ja­ pan and another man got off to go to the hospital. Repair list will be made out and sent in from the Canal Zone, Panama. One man changed jobs. Dis­ cussion was held on the grade of meat put aboard in the States; steaks are tough. FORT HOSKINS (Cities Service), Janu­ ary 13 — Chairman, Thomas; Secretary, Gunther. Pat Cleary was elected ship's delegate by. acclamation. Ship's fund, totaling $8.07 will be given to the March of Dimes. Foc'sles will be painted. Air registers replaced and repairs. Fans ar6 out of order. Drains need repair as well as water-tight doors. Better grade December 20—Chairman, O. Braxton; .Secretary, Paul C, Carter. Donald M. of coffee - should be procured. Woods was elected ship's delegate by BATTLE ROCK (US Petroleum), De­ acclamation. A suggestion was made to try and regulate the heat back aft as it cember 3—Chairman, C, Tobias; Secre­ tary, E. M. Watts, Two men were-left is either too hot or too cold. Steward was asked to order chairs for the rec­ in the hospital in Sasebo, Japan—one with a heart ailment, the other due to a reation room aft. leg operation. Both will be flown home as soon as they are able to travel. POTRERO HILLS (Phlla. Marine), Feb­ Charges were brought by the bosun ruary t—Chairman, John Van Dyk; Sec­ against a member for performing retary, Henry So|ak. One man missed aboard ship and refusing to stand watch ship in Yokosuka, Japan. Vote of thanks and defying the ship's master. Two day­ went to the bosun, for a job well done men were taken on in Nagasaki, Japan. SIO SBA/s ompkMy msr fpperf March 5» LOG Use Only One Mail Address . Seafarers with beefs regard­ ing slow payment of monies due from various operators in back wages and disputed over­ time should first check wheth­ er they have a proper mailing address on file with the com­ pany. SIU headquarters offlcbis point out that reports received from several opera­ tors show checks have been mailed to one address while a beef on the same score is sent from another, thus creat­ ing much difficulty in keeping accounts straight. Seafarers are urged to use one perma­ nent address for mail so that claims can be checked speedi­ ly, and payment made right away. ^Ips f nd buying the least that each man can get by with, January 23—Chairman, Elbert Hogget Secretary, Roy Kelley. There Is $35 in the . ship's fund.' Repair list was made up and turned over to the captaip, chief mate and chief engineer. Roy Kelley was elected ship's delegate. He and the department delegates will list the clean­ ing assignments for the recreation rodm and laundry. Bosun will be paid for Christmas ^ee lights out of the ship's fund. It was decided to let the deck department have the old washing ma­ chine motor to make a saw. Bosun said he. would paint the laundry in New York. Ship's delegate - is tr.ving to get an SIU slopchcst on here but is not making much headway yet, but after we have a good talk with the captain we think we will get it. The third mate, is the big hold-up as he handles it. Members stay­ ing on next trip are advised to order what they need from the Sea 'Chest. Some of the brothers were surprised to see Calmar buying food on the West Coast. The steward put in a store list on arrival and we got another surprise as nothing was cut out. We did get 1,000 pounds of potatoes more than wqs or­ dered, so there must have been a sale on potatoes. ALEXANDRA (Carras), January 21— Chairman, O. J. Morgan; Secretary, R. LIparl. O. J. Morgan was elected ship's delegate. Ship's delegate will see the captain about the payoff. Crew can draw on their OT if ship does not pay off In Gulf. Washing machine needs new wringer. AU three departments agreed to rate the cleaning of the recre­ ation room, wash room, and laundry. Steward advised aU hands to turn in all soiled linen. Discussion was hed OIL. »n AB who re­ fuse to do any work on deck, saying that he is only able to steer the ship. This man had three doctors examine him and all failed to find anything wrong with his .back, as he claims, and gave, the captain fit for duty papers. COUNCIL GROVE (Cities garylce), This man's watch partners agreed to do January 2—Chairman, James H. Parker; his wofk on deck. Secretary, Jim Merrcll. All hands were asked 'not to overload the washing ma­ Steward department got a vote STEEL NAVIGATOR (Isthmian), Janu­ chine. of thanks for good work. Delegates and ary 31—Chairman, Mack Chapman; Secre­ crew were for a clean ship. Sug­ tary, Joseph Corrlveau. Patrolman wiU gestion wasthanked made that the crew ask for be asked about having a different ar­ boards to make that could be rangement in the crew messhall seating hung on the rails benches on the poop deck dur­ capacity. Arrangements will be made to ing the warm weather. acquire watch foc'sles for the black gang and to eliminate 4-men to a room in the steward department. BADGER MARINER (South Atlantic), February 2—Chairman, G. Falrcloth; Sec­ retary, Donald Moore. No repairs were done in general. There was di.scussion on having two separate messhalis—one for the black gang, one for the deck department. Cleaning of the laundry will be divided among the three depart­ ments. Repair list will be checked when the ship reaches Savannah. the membership. Ship's delegate asked for the crew's cooperation. If .gny beef arises, see the department delegate first. Discussion was held on making a plat­ form for the washing machine so that it will drain, and keeping the laundry, sink and washing machine clean. There is $11.70 In the ship's fund; all donations should be given to the department dele­ gate. Men going on watch will go to the head of the line when, the slopchcst Is open. Shoreside personnel should be kept out of the passageways if they have no business on the ship. "STEEL WORKER (Isthmian), February 14—Chairman, Ralph Knowles; Secretary, M. A. Machel. Snarks was contacted on repairing the radio. Washing machine will be cleaned after use. Messroom should be left efban. Standby should make coffee when ' calling messmen and cooks. Coffee pot will be put out. CHILORE (Ore), February 21—Chair­ man, John R. Taurln; Secretary, Edward F. Mattlson. Delegate warned the men who >9ere gassed up and missed watches on sailing day that In the future they would be dealt with by the patrolman. Crew washing machine Is out of order. Ship's delegate will see the chief engi­ neer about repairs. Ship's delegate wrote for a new library as there is no reading material on board. Books should be re­ turned to the crew recreation room. A whole-hearted vote of thanks went to the steward department for the excellent preparation of food and service. FETROLITE- (Tanker Sag), January 23 —Chairman, N. A. Huff; Secretary, Le- roy Eggen. Steward department should wash the ship's laundry during a more convenient time. It was decided to do this during the hours of-1900 and 2100. More fans will be looked for. Coffee cups should be rinsed in the center sink after use. HURRICANE (Waterman), January IB — Chairman, W. F. Egan; Secretary, E. BUI Ray. No majoji beefs have occurred so far on this voyage. The entire crew was complimented for a good voyage. AU members were asked to return books after reading them. Repair Usts will be made up. and turned over to mates and engineers well in advance of the end of the voyage. -February COMPASS (Compass), January 30— Chairman, Dowal Alt; Secretary, Chat Gawrych. Captain blamed the ship's delegate for starting trouble on here. Deck delegate warned the deck gang to stay on the ball; there are enough beefs on sbip now. Coast Guard told the cap­ tain to order stores or else: there are no meats aboard. Captain was told he has no reason to fire Greek seamen. Theree are beefs on foods b'eing short each meal. Chief cook was asked to cook more hereafter. Chief mate ordered the chief cook to fry steaks for visiting offi­ cers, though they were not on the menu. ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Robin) January 31 —Chairman, M. O. Brlghtwoll; Sacrotary, James F. Byrne. All repairs are to be reported to department delegates, who will unake up lists to hand over to the boarding patrolman.- New washing' ma­ chine is needed badly. Chief electrician reported that two new 14-inch fans are needed for the crew messroom. Logs wUl be- taken up writh the boarding pa­ trolman; most of the chrewmembers be­ COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Service), lieve the logs were fag too severe. January 21—Chairman, W. W, Reld; Sec­ retary, J. C. Whatley. Everythipg we needed. was gotten in' the shipyards ex­ VAL CHEM (Valontlno), January Port en­ Chairman, John Karl; Secretary, Robert cept some locker repairg. Bowley. Refrigerator to be replaced will gineer in New York will be contacted about this when he comes aboard. He be on the dock on arrival in New York. Beef concerning drinking water was will also be asked about benches for the squared away. Scuttlebutt will be re­ fantaU for the summer. Washing ma­ paired or replaced. Each man should chine should be turned off and cleaned donate a dollar to the sb^'s fund at after use. Light will he installed to show the payoff. Washing water tanks are whether the machine is on or off. rusty. Ship's delegate should see the STEEL SCIENTIST (Isthmian), January captain. There is a $2.69 deftcit In the 9—Chairman, John Dutch Markal; Sacshiil's fund. ratary. Earl Parnall. Letter of protest against the closing of the marine hos­ SEATRAIN SAVANNAH (Saatraln), pitals was given to the New York pa­ January 27—Chairman, E. H. Saarcey; who said he would forward it Secretary, H. L. Crifzard. AU depart­ trolman to the proper people. Two brothers ments are operating smoothly with no missed ship in Baltimore and rejoined beefs. Ship's fund was reported in some­ agin in Charleston. This will be re­ what of a strained condition. We hope ported to the Ne'w Orleans patrolrhan. to build it up at this payoff. SMp'S delee- John Dutch Merkel was elected ship's gate will contact the patrolman on ar­ delegate; Brother Chesmus, engine deleerival in New York about a mixing ma­ gate; Brother Hunt, deck delegate. Sug­ chine for the galley. Patrolman will be gestion was made that the steward order asked about getting a new washing ma­ fresh milk immediately upon arrival in chine. Crew's quarters ned painting 'out. New Orleans. Discussion was held on At least a year has lapsed since they linen. Hooks for coffee cups will bee were painted. Cups should be returned installed in the pantry. to the messroom after use. ^ Each de­ January 25—Chairman, R. Hunt; Secpartment delegate is to make out a com­ plete list of repair work needed. Wash­ ratary, J. J. Markal. Motion was passed to get a wash basin in the black gang ing machine should be replaced, since repairs needed are many, including a head.- Motion to buy a record player for the crew messroom wax defeated. Messnew wringer. Voluntary donations for the ship's fund will be accepted by the man should eat before or after meals. All. dry cereals "should be looked into, delegate. and various others ordered. Ship's fund should be built up. :;,> " 7—Chairman, C. McNottoni Secretary, E. BUI Ray. Ship's delegate will contact the patrolman at the payoff to see that a new washing machine is in­ stalled on this ship, as the one we have is beyond repair. Patrolman will be asked to see the captain of this vessel to find out why the .slopchest is only open once on each way of the vo.vage. Discussion was held on the menu. Crew asked the steward for more variety of fresh meats and vegetables. Steward re­ ported to the crew that it was necessary to maneuver the menus. He was asked to check stores upon delivery this trip and report to crew any missing articles. Action will then be taken by the crew and the nearest patrolman. Crew ex­ tended a vote of thanks to the cooks and messmen for food prepared and served. Crewmembers who are leaving were asked to strip bunks and leave foc'sles clean, and to turn keys over to their department delegate. MICHAEL (Carras), February 21 — Chairman, Fred Bruggner; Secretary, E. Manuel. Men were cautioned about smok­ ing in forbidden area while loading or unloading. Doors on the main deck should be kept closed at all times while loading or discharging. Recreation equip­ ment will be purchased out of the ship's fund. CANTIGNY (Cities Service), February. 19-Chairman, D. Reed; Secretery, R. K. Holt. Slopchest is open every night be­ tween 6:00 and'6:00 PM. Crew is wel­ come to use the ship-to-shore radio. Crew iron is kept in the ship's delegate room. R. K. Holt was elected new ship's delegate. Chief cook will check stores to see what is needed. Night lunch should be more varied. Patrolman will be asked to see that the ship is properly stored before leaving Providence. Ship's delegate was reimbursed for $1.15 phone call to Galveston for replacements; the ship's fund, which now totals $22.72, was turned over to the new ship's delegate. DEL RIO (Mississippi), February 17 —> Chaisman, C. Frey; Secretary, J. I. Brlant. Repair list was read and modified. Next crew will be reminded to keep the laun­ FAIRPORT (Waterman), February 25— dry drain clear. Vote of thanks went .to Chairman, Jim Adams; Secretary, Jack the delegate and a unanimous vote of SOUTHPORT (South AtlanHc), January 10—Chairman, B. C. Collins; Secretary, R. Vilorla. There is $36.47 in the ihip's fund after paying for repairs to the record player and buying records. Co­ operation- of crewmembers in conserving water was requested oy the chief en­ gineer until we reach a port where water can be obtained. Motion was passed to write a letter to the New York hall to contact Savannah about sufficient slopchcst and American money draws in foreign ports. Vote of thanks went from the entire crew to jhe steward depart­ ment for making the ship a home away from home 'over the holidays. Thgre was a discussion on cleanliness on the ship and sanitary work performed by each department. ALAMAR (Calmer), December 13— Chairman, E. Hogge; Secretary, Smiley Clausen. There (s $38 in the ship's fund. Smiley Claussen was elected ship's dele­ gate by acclamation. Suggestion was made. to try and get repairs, done now and to H;tve the steward m:ike up a, list of stores needed to be-turped over to the Wilmington patrolmanl' DiscuMlon was held on the slopchest on Calmar Ross. Food situation is now OK. Repair list will be handed in early enough so that repairs can be done at sea. Vote of thanks went to the steward department for doing a good job. All departments will help clean the laupdry, and all will put heat and hot water situation on their repair lists. The steward is short of linen. Fourth issue of linen was held up two days by the old steward until the laundry was returned so it- could be issued. thanks went to the first assistant engi­ neer, Harvard W. Tindell, and Calvin L. Cook, pursii,. for their cooperation in assisting the crew in good and welfare throughout the trip. Each department repair list will be kept separate and the" crew's repair list will be kept separate . from topside's repair list. There should be at least one first meat on the menu: salads should be improved. Messman was reprimanded for negligence. Pantry­ man was officially requested not to serve f. food with soap on his hands. Ship's dele­ ROBIN MOWBRAY (Sest Shipping), gate moved to give the crew messman February 14 — Chairman, Edward V. and pantryman a chance to improve for Smith. Secretary, J. E. Rose. Deck de­ the remainder of the trip. partment will put in OT for the cadet working on deck^ Deck delegate will see STEEL FLYER (Isthmian), January 24 the chief mate about this. Anyone buy­ —Chairman, Charles H. Bush; Secretary, ing crawfish is to get two receipts; stew­ Charles W. Heppding. Beef will be ard will stow them in the ice box. Screen brought up before the patrolman about doors should be kept closed in port. rtne first assistant engineer and the Wash bowl is needed in the hea4 top­ junior third, in regard to working rules. side room next to the 4-8 oiler and fire­ Ship's delegate will get in touch with man. Safety suggestions should be re­ the agent at the payoff regarding men ferred to the delegates. on the beach in Honolulu. There should be someone out these to- handle SIU STEEL DIRECTOR (Isthmian), Febru­ ships hitting there—two or more every ary t—Chairman, A. F. Bankston; Secre­ other week. - SIU men on ' the beach tary, John Haynes. Beef about changing there have no way of getting out of rooms was squared away by New York Honolulu except when a ship does hit agent. Rooms will be changed perma­ there and needs a replacement. Scuppers nently at the end of this trip. Blackie (Continued on page 25> Bankston was elected ship's delegate by �SEAFARERS 9larch 5, 1954 Pare Twentyrfive LOG ... DIGEST ofi SHIPS' MEETINGS ... (Continued from page 24) •nd vent pipes should be checked for foul smell and odor. Patrolman will be asked about cleaning topside rooms in the mornings. Ship's delegate will see the chief engineer about painting foc'sie decks and sougeeing them. Steward de­ partment was thanked for line work and chow which was put out on this voyage and for the fine pastry which the baker put out at coffee time. BALTORE (Ore), December 50—Chair­ man, E. Morgan; Secretary, .Charles Henschkew. Crewmembers are to be suitably dressed before entering the pan­ try. Steward department needs more plates. Menus of this ship will be given to the patrolman for comparison with other ships of this company, which are rumored to have better food. Member­ ship was instructed that, in the future, they were not to discredit the steward department but properly direct their grievances against those persons re­ sponsible for this condition—the com­ pany officials in New York. In the fu- Ex-Carrabulle Will the members of the crew of the Carrabulle (National Navi-' gation),.. who were aboard on March 25, 1953, contact immediate­ ly the wife, of the late Floyd Uolcombe, who suffered a fatal acci­ dent on that date. Contact Mrs. Gladys Holcombe at 311 Indus­ try St., Florence, Alabama. t 4" .. A. Tursi, L. Foley, R. Tuthill Please -get in touch with me for, I have your clothes from the Yokaboma—T. Drzewicki, Salem Mari­ time, Cities Service Oil Co., or c/o Mullins, Champlain Ave., 66 Wil, Del. 4- t 4" 4< Joseph Rramley Please phone or write me as soon as possible. Urgent. Mrs. Edith Bramley. . 4" Charles Johnson Please contact Irene Seban at 1405 South Newkirk St., Philadel­ phia 46, Pa. 4i 4> David Nunn Please contact Mrs. Ruth Adams at 232 Irving St., Milburne, Florida. 4- 4» 3^ • 4" 4' 4' ' 3^ i t Peter F. Dl Capua Please contact your sister, Jo­ sephine Maira. J. B. Alsobrook Please contact your mother at Brownsville, Texas. ' Laurie Welch Please contact Mrs. W. Turner at 18 Grove St., Charleston, SC. 4" 4" . 41 4 Ex-Bland Will members of this vessel's crew who. were shipmates of Dan­ iel H. Boyce (died Feb. 3, 1954) on voyage commencing New York, July 30, 1953, please communicate with Stark and Goldstein, 1201 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 4 4 4 H. Bumpers, W. Walker, J. Williams Delayed sailing on 2/6/54. Two hours coming to you. Abiqua, Cities Service. 4 4 4 Ex-Afoundria Waterman S.S. Corp. has noti­ fied us -that the following men left gear aboard Afoundria: William G. Moore, John Buttimer, Whitten Hammock and Charles White. If gear is not picked up before April i2, 1954, it will be sold under au­ thority of the law. Gear may be picked up at Collector's Storage Sales . Section, 311 Appraiser's Stores, 201 Varick St., New York, N.Y. .444 Ex-Nicholas C.H. ' Will the following men pick up Trident Trans. Corp. envelopes containing their W2 forms at com-* pany office, 52 Broadway, New York 4, NY: Manuel Perry, Eric S. Rau, Charles E. Murray, James Roberison, Kenneth Surat Singh, Leonard. Leidig and Candido Cabais. ture, when serving Iced tea or other beverages, it would be appreciated if the ice pieces were small enough to go into the glasses. It was decided to dis­ continue the ringing of a beU to an­ nounce mealtimes until further notice. Crackers will be included in future night lunches and the toaster will be put on the repair list. There is not enough soap to clean the laundr.v tanks. Repair list of minor items will be made out and given to the deck engineer in time to make repairs before arrival in Baltimore. Dirty water should be thrown over the .side of the ship. Iron is available when needed. Officers arc allowed three chairs apiece, unlicensed crewmembers none. A more favor.sble division should be made in the future. JOHN B. WATERMAN (Waterman), February t—Chalrmrn, R. A. Sandcrlin; Secretary, D. D. Molter. A di.sputed OT beef wiU be ironed out between the chief mate and the deck dep.-irtment. A. W Perkins was reelected ship's delegate by acclamation. Beef on the chow was presented the deck delegate, who said there was baked macaroni, and cheese, plain omelet -es .seconds with the fried shrimp on Friday. Amount of time re­ quired for the chief cook to prepare the shrimp was clarified, so that second en­ trees were to be put out by the second cook. Steward said a second, meat would be on all menus every meal from now on and his explanation was accepted. February 3—Chairman, Pat Claary; Sec­ retary, Guenther. Letter will be writ­ ten- to headquarters about repairing the galley range. Motion was passed to keep feet off the mcssroom chairs. Wash buckets and lockers are to be repaired. MASSMAR (Calmar), January 31 — Chairman, J. T. Slgmon; Secretary, W Schoenbori). Washing machine, wringer will be put on the repair, list. Repair lists 'will be made ready by the time the ship reaches the Canal Zone. After com­ paring company slopchest and SIU Sea Chest, the crew voted unanimously as being in favor of getting a complete Sea Chest on this vessel. Full report, will be sent to the Sea Che^t in New York, as well as A repair list. ^Caii'Shakers* Have iVo OK The membership is again cautioned to beware of persons soliciting funds on ships in be­ half of memorials or any other so-called "worthy causes." No "can-shakers" or solici­ tors have received authoriza­ tion from SIU headquarters to collect funds. The National Foundation for Infantile Pa­ ralysis Is the only charitable organization which has re­ ceived membership endorse­ ment. Funds for this cause are collected through normal Union channels at the pay-off. Receipts are issued on the spot. fan should be put in the galley as six came aboard this trip. February 5—Chairman, Sam Drury; Secretary, E. M. Bryant. Ship's delegate and steward will see the Seattle and New York agents, if necessary about getting enough supplies to get back to New York. Food is not up to par. Each man will donate $1 for the purpose of calUng Seattle and New 'York to see if the company can be made to store the I ship better. The steward said this was ' the worst stored ship he had seen in many a year. The crew stated they would back the delegates arid steward on what­ ever was necessary to get supplies. The usual practice is to promise supplies, then about two hours before sailing time bring about half of what was promised aboard, so it- is too latjB for the crew to . take any action. February 21—Chairman, Sam Drury; Secretary, E. M. Bryant. Delegates were asked to turn in repair lists. Report was made on fresli water and the ship's fund. SEANAN (Stratford), February 14— Chairman, Robert Wisfman; Secretary, Haukland. One man missed watch in Singapore. ' There was a fight between two members. Third cook is making QUEENSTON HEIGHTS (Seatrade), special food for himself. Steward re­ February 7—Chairman, Thomas H. Flem­ ported that meat, dry stores and'many ing; Secretary, E. Grace. New washmg drinktrig glasses are missing. machine is OK. There is $22.26 in the GREECE VICTORY (South Atlantic), ship's fund. Brother Melanson was elected ship's delegate by acclamation; February 13—Chairman, Sam Doyle; Sec­ the ship's fund was turned over to him. retary, Robert F. Black. One man in Wire will be sent to the hall for a new the engine department was fired for a library, and all old books wfU be col­ very poor reason. The patrolman will be contacted. Captain okayed moving lected and sent ashore. the call bell from the galley to the cAw messhail for the deck department stand­ CARRABULLE (Nat'l Nav.), February « by. There was a discussion on trans­ —Chairman, Percival Shauger; Secretary, portation pay for new men. Stanley Schuyler. Ed Parsley was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. There KATHRYN (Bull), February U—Chair­ is a balance of $66.16 in the ship's fund. man, William E. Ekins; Secretary, Mike Bosun suggested that each crewmember R. Zeionka. Motion was passed to get a donate $1 to the ship's fund. new wa.shing'machine and to see the pa­ trolman about parties in all ports. Chief DEL ORG (Mississippi), February 7— mate will be asked .-.about sailing time. Chairman, William A. Perry; Secretary, Everybody should know the time of de­ Leo Watts. Drunks coming on the ship parture. in port and disturbing the watch will be punished. Steward will lock up books SHOW ME MARINER (Bull), February in port. Clothes should be hung on the 14—Chairman, Nick Swokia; Secretary; line to dry in the engine room, not on John C. Reed. Steward and his depart­ the rail. Shoreside personnel should be ment got a vote of thanks; a letter will kept out of "the crew's quarters. There be written to the SEAFARERS LOG is $21 in the ship's fund. complimenting them for the fine job that they did this trip. The iron riiike BARBARA FRITCHIE (Liberty Nav.), is not being used as much as it should February 21—Chairman, Maurice Me- be. It was pointed out that the weather Coskey; Secretary, J. Melvyn Lundy. Deck delegate was elected ship's dele­ gate unanimously. The hours that the crew was restricted to ship in Korea will be referred to the patrolman. Bosun is sick and there is a question about the DM acting as bosun at the OT rate. Two men were left in the hospital in Panama. New crew will be told that the engine department quai'lers are due for a painting. Patrolman will be no­ tified as to the condition in which said quarters are at present. Ship needs ex­ termination. Bunks should be stripped, and all cots and extra linen turned in before the payoff. Ekigine department should be issued a different brand of soap. Two brothers hospitalized in Pan­ ama were wished a speedy recovery and a safe voyage home. SEAMONITOR (Excelsior), February 21 —Chairman, John L. O'Hannaslan; Sec­ retary, John J. Mahoney. Ship's dele­ gate will see the port steward about get­ ting a different brand of laundry soap. One man missed ship in.'Kure, Japn. Membership went on record as unanim­ ously objecting to discrimination against seamen by the Army. MARYMAR (Calmar), January II— Chairman, W. Lawton; Secretary, E. M. Bryant. A few repairs turned in last trip weren't taken care of. The washing machine can hardly be used. Brother Layko will continue as ship's delegate, as he has been doing a fine job. Motion was passed to try to get a new washing machine in Long Beach. 3etter fans are needed in the crew messhail. Another NOTICES Pick Up Basrgage Seafarers with unclaimed bag­ gage in the Mobile SIU hall are urged to pick it up or advise the agent their present address within the next 60 days. This baggage is taking up space in the hall which is being converted to other use. Qnix Answers (1) Pork barrel refers to a gov•ernment bill, appropriation or policy decided upon by legislators to spread monpy' around for local improvements to make their con­ stituents happy. (2) Ed Mathews, Milwaukee Braves. (3) No, any quick movement, or the waving of a flag of any color will excite a bull. (4) Southampton, England. (5) The Dayaks are natives of Borneo who are headhunters and belong to the Iban tribe. (6) $105. (7) Lloyd C. Douglas. (8) a) withdrawn. (9) Alexander Kerensky. (10) True. Puzzle Answer was too b.id to permit its use. Men ieaving the ship after this voyage should turn room keys over to the delegate or department head. Steward pointed out that there was no alarm for the .meal boxes in ease someone gets locked in. This was put on the repair list. A buz­ zer should be put in the messhail for the standby at night. A noise in the wipers' bulkhead should be investigated. BRADFORD ISLAND (Cities Service), January i—Chairman, Thomas Cummings; Secretary, Jhon Nevln. Letter will be written to the hall about com­ pany guards in Lake Charles. Ship's delegate will square engine beefs with the Lake Charles patrolman. Pantry­ man asked the crew to put cups into tlie sink. Wipers' overtime should be evened up. All extra linen is to go to the steward, as he is short this trip. .Messhail should be kept clean. Thomas Cummin.gs thanked the crew for the money and flowers that they sent to his little girl, who was badly burned. fast as he can. Messman was told to sci-ve the watch going on first. February 14—Chairman, L. Abby; Sec­ retary, J. Botelho. New wringer was, re­ ceived for the washing machine. There is $18.12 in theship's fund. Crew messman should leave out more silverware at night. Recreation haU should be kept clean at all times. Everyone is to eooperate in seeing that this is done. iVIore night lunch was requested at night for the crew mess. GENEVIEVE PETERKIN (Bloomfield), February 7—Chairman, Jack Williams; Secretary, Bob High. Sea Chest was eailed and a patrolman came on board to check the slopchest. He okayed the quality. Captain will put out draws every five days. Seven men were fired for missing the shift in Houston. Bob High was elected ship's delegate by ac­ clamation. Laundry and recreation room will be kept clean. A list of cleaning assignments for all three departments will be drawn up. SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatrain), Febru­ ROBIN GRAY (Seas 'ihipping), Janu­ ary 14—Chairman, Ed Lanier; Secretary, ary 24—Chairman, Leo Koza; Secretary, Joseph L. Allen. There is $61.37 in the William James McKeely. One man ship's fund. Eddie Lanier was elected missed ship in New York and joined it again, in Savannah. Motion was passed to build a bookcase in the messrooni and have the hot water system cheeked. One man was warned about being drunk aboard ship and not turning to. Any per­ formers aboard this vessel will be brought up on charges. LAWRENCE VICTORY (Mississippi), January 14—Chairman, William Lieberman; Secretary,' J. P. Thrasher. Ship's dele.gate reported that the captain called the delegates and cooks together to dis­ cuss the lousy chow. -Wipers were asked to do a proper job on sanitary. Sugges­ tion was made to clean the laundry after it is used. No date—Chairman, Brother Cruz; Sec­ retary, Brother Bathia. Motion w.-.s passed to have the patrolman discuss with the steward and cooks why the food was not being prepared properly. Meeting will be held at the payoff to remedy this. Washing machine should be repaired or replaced. Slopchest is sliort on popular brands of ci.garettes. Slop­ chest merchandise is not up to SIU standard. ship's delegate. Washing machine needs repairing. Vote of confidence went to the chief cook, who is getting off. We vere glad to have him aboard and are sorry to see him leave. More night lunch should be put out. IBERVILLE (Waterman), February 7— Chairman, C. McQueen; Secretary, George Susrcz. Vote of thanks went to V. Rosado, engine delegate, for making a shelf ! for the radio in the messhail. There is $31.91 in the ship's fund. Motion was prsscd to leave the TV set, radio, and ship's fund at the Mobile hall while the ship is laid up. They will be taken back on board when the ship is crewed up. Taxi fare for transporting them to the hall willi^e taken out of the ship's fund. I Steward got a vote of thanks for a swell job throughout the trip and for service given to the entire crew. SUZANNE (Bull), no date—Chairman, H. A. Orlando; Secretary, S. P. Telech.. Mate is on deck at all times. The cap­ tain is trying to deduct two day's pay, from the crew for being absent from the ship In Mayaguez. Motion was passed to start a ship's fund at the next payoff with a $.50 contribution from each man. Cost of cable should be deducted from the ship's fund. Suggestion was made to clieck with the bosun to make sure about time off before leaving the ship. There should be juice provided at coffee time for those who don't care for coffee. A word of praise went to Juan Manuel Collozo, crew messman, for his leader­ ANTINOUS (Waterman), February 13— ship in the Chairman, C. B. Brundage; Secretary, G. San Juan. ILA beef in Mayaguez and in Braxton. A TV set was bought for $144.35; there is $1.74 left in the ship's SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatrain), fund. Suggestion was made that the February 20—Chairman, Norman A. Kirk; crew donate to the fund at the payoff. Secretary, Edward Jones. Patrolman told Notice was read to the crew about smok- Ihc thief enginefcito be nioi-e eaieful. iiig, on deck when the hatches are open. Washing machine will repaired in. Steward and his department got a vote New York. It has taken be an awful beat­ of thanks for good food and service. ing and cannot be fixed on the ship. All fans should be turned off when not in SOUTHLAND (South Atlantic), Febru­ i use. Beefs between the car deckman and ary 6—Chairman, H. M. Thomas; Secre­ the night cook and baker should be re­ tary, J. LaPoint. Ralph Burnsed was ferred to the patrolman. Old books and elected ship's delegate by acclamation. library should be put on the box and. There was a discussion on the crew's SIU books should be changed. Old lock­ radio. The ship's fund of $29.00 will be ers will be put in the passageway. spent on a new set of tubes for reserve. No one is to -tinker with the radio. ALCOA CORSAIR (Alcoa), December 13—Chairman, M. Costelio; Secretary, S. GOVERNMENT CAMP (Cities Service), R. Prestwood. Captain called attention December 13—Chairman, T. Clough; Sec­ of the ship's delegate to- the life jackets retary, M. Beeching. There was a report thrown in the passageways. Leakage in on several needed repairs and on the the steward's room was repaired. There purchase of the TV set. There was a is a balance of S65.50 in the ship's fund. discussion on carelessness involving Brother Vaughan was elected ship's dele­ ship's gear: unless this is stopped meas­ gate b.v acclamation. Brother Nicholas' got a vote of thanks for th-e .service he ures will have to be taken. rendered as ship's delegate. Brother Prestwood will act as secretary-treasurer. CITRUS PACKER (Waterman), Febru­ January 3—Chairman, Manor T. ary 14—Chairman, Neal Cairus; Secre­ telio; Secretary, S. R. Prestwood. TheCos­ $5 tary, Roy Giuid. Repairs from the last that was left on the table during the trip were completed with the exception last payoff was turned over to the ship's of new keys which will be made on sliip. fund. A vote of thanks was extended Notice of time changes will be posted to the chief steward and the cooks and and hours when the slopchest. is open. the whole department for the good food Vote of thanks went to the steward de­ the Way it was handled on Christ­ partment on the chow. Ship's delegate and mas and New Year's Days. List of mov­ was reelected by acclamation. ies will be posted no later than 12 noon .sailing from New Orleans. Midnight LONE JACK (Cities Service), January movie will be included for the night 9—Chairman, Peter V. Hammei; Secre­ gang. Movies will be locked up at all tary, N. Wippie. Better sanitary work times. Operator has choice for the next should be done by all three departments. picture but will see the financial secre­ Breakfast should be put out faster. Ship's tary for the film. Movies will start at delegate will accept the ship's fund, 6:15 PM, 8:45 PM and 1:00 PM. Operator which totals $3.98, as the deck delegate will put away the machine after each is getting off. Second cook explained showing. Crew was asked by the captain that he only has three frying pans and not to hang around the gangway in the that he is putting out the breakfast as future. ^1 .41 SEAFARERS LOG. 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my name on your mailing list. (Print Information) I CITY ZONE STATE . SQamOODQ.QSQQ Signed SBHO aanas HOBH@Q_OaSg^^ acaHBBHGas iiig ranffl saes BSBB JI •y| Editor, SQWS OSlllS BQB NAME QHQS SiaiiS] SSD dSKSglBBlBB] STREET ADDRESS sQSia[DBQBB sssssasBis [SBD 1 TO AVOID DUPLICATION: IT you •r«-an old tubseriber and hava a changg of addraii, plea^a giva your format addrasi balow: ADDRESS CITY •»a«aaaafaaaacataaafaeaaaaaiafaa^ataa laiaaaattaaaaaai • ••*!$#•••aaaaaMaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaGaaaataaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa* ,ZONI STATE �SEAFARERS LOG March 5, 1954 Mom Hails 51U Baby Benefit Seafarers and their wives who have received the matex-nity benefit have been uniformly pleased with the welcome windfall, but probably none more than Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Skondylas of Baltimore. The Skondylas family re-The following list contains the names of hospitalized Seafarers who cently had a new addition in are being taken care of by cash benefits from the SIU Welfare Plan. the form of Nicholas Skondy­ in the HOSPITALS las Jr., so John Arahasz, Balti­ more representative for the SIU's Welfare Services Department, went out to their home to deliver the $200 benefit check and incidental­ ly, to take some pictures of the family. He found that Mrs. Skondylas had been astonished to learn that the Union was paying them a bene­ fit for the birth of their child. A native of Germany who had been in the States for two years, she couldn't get over the fact that the SIU had set up benefits of this kind. She told the Welfare Services representative that she had never heard before of any uiiion paying a maternity benefit. Consequently, receiving the ma­ ternity benefit helped make the arrival of their new son a really joyous occasion. While the Plan aids them financially, all of these men would welcome mail and visits from friends and shipmates to pass .away the long days and weeks in a hospital bed. USPHS hospitals allow plenty of time for visitors. If you're ashore and you see. a friend's name on the list, drop in for a visit. It will be most welcome. Always a pleasant windfall, SIU $200 maternity benefit proved to be a real surprise to Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Skondylas of Balti­ more, shown with son, Nicholas, Jr. All of the following SIU families cember 18, 1953. Parents, Mr. and ber 28, 1953. Parents, Mr. and will collect the $200 maternity Mrs. Julio Torres, 94th Street, Ca- Mrs. Vincent S. Kuhl, 3428 West­ benefit plus a $25 bond from the parra Terrace, Puerto Rico. minister Avenue, Norfolk, Va. Union in the baby's name. $ $ "5 t 4* t Debora'h Elaine Hendrix, born Maria Grace Gallo, born Febru­ Roy Markus Palmer, born De­ December 7, 1953. Parents, Mr, ary 16, 1954. Parents, Mr. and cember 26, 1953. Parents, Mr. and and Mrs. Fulton J. Hendrix, PO Mrs. Lloyd T. Palmer, 552 Charles­ Mrs. Luigi Gallo, 9i3 Old Shell Box 91, Pearl River, La. Road, Mobile, Ala. ton Street, Mobile, Ala. i. t t, a. X' Colleen Nao Flanagan, born Jan­ uary 20, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Edwin Labiosa, born January 28, Mrs. John J. Flanagan, 553 West 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Labiosa, 543 West 180th Street, 4th Street, San Pedro, Cal. New York, NY. t , Edwin Roberto Torres, born De^ i. Gail Patricia Astorino, born Feb­ ruary 2, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Astorino, 541 Sum­ mer Street, Long Branch, NJ. DonH Wait9 Get Vacation Pay Under the rules of the Va­ cation Plan as set forth by the trustees, a Seafarer must ap­ ply within one year of the payoff date of his oldest dis­ charge in order to collect his full vacation benefits. If he present any discharge whose payoff date is more than a year before the date of his va­ cation application, he will lose out on the sea time covered by that particular discharge. Don't sit on those discharges. Bring them in and collect the money that is due to you. X. X- X> XXX ^ Carolyn Theresa Fischer, born January 31, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Joseph Fischer, 158 South Dearborn Street, Mobile, Ala. X X _X Victor Jay Romolo, Iff, born January 27, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Victor J. Romolo, 3110 Espla­ nade Avenue, New Orleans, La. XXX Tina Janine Wilson, born Feb­ John Henry Emerick, Jr., born ruary 6, 1954. Parents, Mr. and January 20, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Wilson, 212 St. Emanu­ Mrs. John H. Emerick, 914 Bona­ el Street, Mobile, Ala. parte Avenue, Baltimore, Md. X. X- XXX Norman Richard Heiser, born Holly Elizabeth Davis, born De­ cember.17, 1953. Parents, Mr. and February 9, 1954. Parents, Mr. Mrs. James B. Davis, Route 2, Box and Mrs. Richard C. Heiser, 1718 West 113th Street, Los Angeles 47, 61, Savannah, Ga. Cal. X X X XXX Deborah Susan Magras, born Frieda Gay Guillm-y, bom Feb­ February 6, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Magras, 870 ruary 8, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Corinthian Avenue, Philadelphia, Mrs. Calvin R. Guillory, General Delivery, Mamou, La. Pa. XXX XXX USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FHANCISCO, CAL. Ernest D. Hope F. Schembei Henry Childs F. Schmledel Ho Yee Choe W. Singleton B. Foster Sing Ah Sue R. W. Frye W. Timmerman Olav Gustavsen M. Wilson A. Keller P. Yuzon Joe Perreira USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE. WASH. J. Eubanks S. Johannessen J. Macunchuck U. K. Ming L. Dwyer J. Van Der Ende G. Farnum Joseph WeUs W. GuUey USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VA. John A. Griffin William Mason Greer Stevens USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEX. Louis L. Bentley N. Pagaoulatos G. BrowneU D. Patterson Pierre Charette George Randell Charles W. Christ Frank Ryan M. De Gollado Jose Sanchez Herbert Grant A. J. Scheving R. A. HoUand M. W. Smith George Hudson S. Vincius Sam Lyle Albert Weaver John Markopolo CecU White USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GA. P. R. Bland J. Kramer A. Caram J. Littleton H. L. Carter J. Sellers E. F..Cetti H. Towns J. B. Christy M. Willis G. Corbettt J. Wilson R. Denayer G. Wilson F. Grant CITY HOSPITAL MOBILE, ALA. Joseph R. Wing USPHS HOSPITAL BOSTON, MASS. Frank Alasavich Theodore Mastaler Ernest P. Belkner Robert A. Rogers Ralph M. ChurchiU Jose J. Valenzuela Edward C. Dacey Salvatore J. Sbriglio Fred Mallory Jr. WINTHROP COMMUNITY HOSPITAL BOSTON. MASS. Joseph S. Cash USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE. MO. R. B. Gorson Edward A. Morgan Clifford Womack Joseph Lewnuk James E. Warren Henry Kay Thomas Mungo PERTH AMBOY GENREAL HOSPITAL PERTH AMBOY. NJ W. Murphy USPHS HOSPITAL MANHATTAN BEACH. NY P. Allred J. Lawler T. Bryant J. Lewis J. Carr F. Lynch B. Cheeley H. McDonald J. Cuthrell A. McGuigan E. Delgado D. Mcllreath A. Diaz F. Mackey J. DrIscoU V. MUazzo J. Espinoza L. MiUer H. Gardiner A. Mueller R. GUbert E. Nelson B. Guranick G. Shumaler J. Hass E. SmaUwood T. Isaksen H. Smith J. Keenan R. ViUata L. KrUtiansen V. WUmoth F. Landry BELLEVUE HOSPITAL NEW YORK, NY W. Saltares USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NY W. Murphy E. Foreman G. Anthanasourels D. Frey M. Bass E. Gabatan .T. Benkmann A. Garcia B. Blanchard J. Garrison Marcie Boyle E. Godfrey Lai Choo Chang N. Goldflnger Jar Chong G. Graddick H. Currier H. Hanssen L. Hope A. Czerwinski S. Demoleas F. Karlkuist E. Driggers M. Katrausky R. Edmondson D. KimbreU ,W. Mstowskl A. Kunz M. Muniz J. Mac Innes W. Nielson E. Many C. Oppenheimer Alexander Johnson P. Pesce G. E. Herrmann D. Peterson Ben D. Buck L. Rivire Lorenzo Brigida J. Rooms Robert L. Chapline J. Salgado Jessie A. Clarke V. Sandberg James R. Dodson R. Sizemore James W. Gordon J. Souza Donald J. Hewson B. Trottie William Ivins H. Tuttle Lloyd G. Linthicum S. Vandal Herbert Parks J. Vanos Jimmie Prlddy G. Vickery Peter Sadowski G. Vila John D. Selferth J. Waldron Elmer Shipp A. Williams Ray B. Sunderland J. WUson William Walker W. Young Henrich Wiese Yo Song Yee Paul M. Wood J. Fontres USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS. LA. Thomas Ankerson Leo Lang T. Bernsee Rene LeBlane Charles Brady S. Levy William BrightweU J. Long William Burch F. Martin Max Byers L. Miller S. Carregal R. O'Rourk* A. Carano J. Otreba C. W. Cobb A. Parek P. Cogley F. Paylor S. Cope H. Peek J. Dambrino E. Piatt T. Dawson J. RevUI H. Echternach T. Reynolds L. Fontenot W. E. Reynolds B. D. Foster E. Riviere M. C. Grady H. Robin J. Gardiner J. Santiago N. Gardner L. Seidle C. Garn R. Sheffield J. T. Smith Jackie Gleason R. Herbert J. H. Smith J. Hinton L. C. Smith G. HoUier E. G. Stevens J. C. Thompson C. Jones L. Kay Lonnie Tickle E. Knapp E. Valazques J. Ward D. Korolia USPHS HOSPtTAL MEMPHIS. TENN. C. Burton . USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT. MICH. T. Burks • H. Cronia ENDOWOOD TOWSON. MD. L. Franks SAILOR SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NY J. Koshusky GRASSLANDS VALLHALLA, NY • A. Lomas POTTENGER SANITARIUM MONROVIA. CAL. E. Pritchard Junior Was Surprise Christmas Gift Gloria Ruth Norris, born Febru­ Theresa Ann Kuhl, born Novemary 8, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. James N. Norris, 47 Ahem Street, Manchester, N. H. ? Disability S Please SIU Oldtlmers XXX Judith Carol Gendron, born Jan­ uary 23, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice N. Gendron, 140 Sec­ ond Street, Manchester, NH. $ $ Susan Dianne Ryno, born Febru­ ary 10, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Ryno, Box 147, Aquilla, Tex. $ t $ Valeria Delthia Johns, born Feb­ ruary 6, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley T. Johns, 1648Vi! An­ drews Place, Williamsport, Pa. $ « $ William John Renter, bom Jan­ uary 11, *1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Reuter, 2701 Grand Concourse, Bronx 68, NY. Seafarers Thor Thorsen (left) and Harry Johnson show off latest SlU^disability benefit checks in Baltimore, after receiving them from a Union representative. Thorsen had been getting his bene­ fits in NY, but recently moved his home to Maryland. Johnson's benefit was a brand-new one. Just approved. "5 $ Jeffrey David Parrott, born Jan­ uary 26, 1954. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wiley E. Parrott, 2160 Bolton Drive, Atlanta, Ga. Only. Junior seems dislnterestied in money matters, as Mr. and Mrs. Angel L. Rios, Sr., New York City, scan the $200 SIU mater­ nity benefit check presented recently by the Union. The baby was a special Christmas present for the family, as he was bom December 25, 1953. Rios was on the Wild Ranger (Waterman) at the time, but finally got home three weeks later. �SEAFARERS March 5, 1954 SEEDP TOE SEAFARERS With WALTER SIEKMANN {News about men In the hospitals and Seafarers receiving SIV Wei fare Benefits vnll be carried in this column. It is written by Seafarer Walter Siekmann based on items of interest turned up while he makes his rounds in his post as Director of Welfare Services.) Anybody who has been stuck somewhere out of the States having to get off a ship because they felt sick or got hurt knows that being repatriated is no pleasure. Your SIU contract and the Union provides for safeguards on this score with provision for unearned wages and maintenance. But still when a man comes back he usually has a tough time getting up some money as its hard to get American money over• seas. Often the Seafarers on the ship the man is repatriated on will chip in to see that the man has enough for fare and other needs until he collects what's coming to him. Needs A Hand At Arrival Then in some instances, when a man gets back to the States he still needs care and treatment. Unless the Union happens to know that he is on the ship, nobody will be down at the dock for the purpose of meeting him and giving him a hand. Brother Steve Hanks has come up with an idea on this particular problem which appears in the form of a letter elsewhere in this issue of the SEAFARERS LOG. His idea is for each ship to have a regular way of notifying the Union if they have a repatriated man aboard. Then as soon as he gets off the ship the Union could give him repre­ sentation. Of course, before the Union could go ahead with a step like this, It would like to know how the membership feels about it. Kick this one around at your shipboard meetings and let us know your opinion. • * * Union, SIU Crew Cot Him Home Now a patient at the Staten Island USPHS hospital, Seafarer James Waldron has a long haul ahead of him. A stroke which laid him 1ow partially paralyzed one side of his body and made him helpless. But thanks to the assistance rendered by Seafarers and by the Union, Waldron Waldron was able tot make the trip back to the States and the hospital. Waldron was a long way from home when he suffered the stroke, out in the Middle East. He was re­ patriated on another SIU ship, but because of his condition he needed constant attention and help. Crewmembers aboard the ship, he reported, gave him constant at­ tention and help, with men off watch giving him a hand in their spare time. In addition, another Seafarer who was coming back as a repatriate spent a good deal of time tending to him so that he had someone to turn to during the trip. No Company Help when the ship got back to New York no steps were taken by offi­ cers or company representatives to get him ambulance service. The ship's delegate eontacted Welfare Services about the problem. A Welfare Services representa­ tive made arrangements for his hospitalization and took him off the ship to the Staten Island hospi­ tal. As soon as he got there he asked if he could see his wife as soon as possible. Welfare Services had his wife picked up at their New York home and rushed over to the hospital for an Immediate visit. Waldron wants to express his thanks to crewmembers who were so helpful to him when he was un­ able to take care of himself. He agreed that If it were not for the efforts of the Seafarers themselve.s, he would have been in a bad way as nobody else showed much con­ cern about his fate. The prompt service given him by the Union, he said, also made things much easier for him when he got home, because at first it ap­ peared that he would be stranded on the ship for a while. We've been hearing from quite a few of the brothers around the country on how they are getting along these days in and out of the hospitals. Charles Eberhart wrote us that he is spending some time' at his home in St. Augustine with his new baby, taking a little vacation from ship­ ping,. We heard also from J, C. Whatley who took a bad fall on an Icy deck on a Cities Service ship. He's back home In Montgomery, Alabama, just about In shape to ship out again. He says he expects to go out of Mobile in a couple of weeks, Solomon Harb just got In to town recently, getting off a ship vvith sickness and coming here for treat­ .IPV ment. Brother Raymond W. Frye is out of the San Eberhart Francisco US Public Health Service hospital taking things easy at home In Stockton, California. Also' in the San Francisco hospital is Henry Childs who is set for a long stay under medical treatment. Like all of the brothers In the hospitals he would appreciate getting some mail to help pass the time. J. C. Powell has entered the marine hospital In Savannah after returning from a long trip. Eduardo del Rosarlo had some good news to re­ port. He's over in the Philippine Islands for a while getting his immigration problems straightened out. He wrote us that he just got his visa the other day and is now looking to grab a ship back to the US, where he expects to apply for his citizenship papers The deaths of the following and settle down In the US. Pewell Seafarers have been. reported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan and R2,500 deoth benefits are being paid to beneficiaries. Benedict K. Koakowicz, 36: A member of the deck department. Brother Koakowicz died of a pul­ monary ailment on January 20, 1954, at the USPHS hospital in Baltimore, Md. He had been sail­ ing SIU since 1941, when he joined in Philadelphia. Burial took place at St. Dominic Cemetery, Phila­ delphia, Pa. Brother Koakowicz is survived by a brother, Rudolph. 4> t i William F. Henderson, 57; On January 23, 1954, Brother Hender­ son died in Jackson, Miss, in a train accident. For the past two years Brother Henderson sailed from Lake Charles as a member of the engine department. He leaves his sister, Mrs. Tura Harelson, 1914 Second Avenue, Phoenix City, Ala. SIU WELFARE SEIflCES KPUTNin YOUK PROBLEM IS OUR BUSINESS Page Twenty-scvea LOG t Daniel H. Boyce, 55: After 13 years as a steward, sailing out of Baltimore, Brother Boyce died of a lung ailment in Philadelphia, Pa., and was buried at Mt. Monali Cemetery there. He is survived by his daughter, Anna C. Greller, 2518 South Bonaffon Street, Phila­ delphia, Pa. 4* $• Domingo Marte, 46: On February 7, 1954, Marte died of coronary sclerosis aboard the Del Mar,- at Seafarers James Waldron is cheered by a visit from his wife arranged by the Welfare Services Department after he was repa­ triated to the US and hospitalized at Staten Island. Alien Seamen Are Cautioned To Follow Immigration Rules With Immigration authorities gradually tightening up on enforcement of regulations all the time, non-resident alien seamen in the SIU are advised to stick to the exact letter of the regulations if they are to"*^' continue sailing on US ships. It's common sense then, for the Since shipping is no longer non-resident alien seaman to noti­ as active as it was when the Kor­ ean fighting was on, the Immigra­ tion Bureau has the time to be­ come more finicky. For example, some aliens have neglected to notify Immigration when they have shipped out, or failed to tell the authorities what ship they are on. Since the 29day rule is in force, when Immigra­ tion does not hear from an alien after that period they assume he is in the States Illegally and ini­ tiate deportation proceedings. fy Immigration of his movements so that he doesn't have to face the risk of involuntary deportation, which means he can no longer re­ enter the United Stales. When, due to slow shipping, the alien can't get out in 29 days. Im­ migration is still permitting vol­ untary departures after that date. Under the voluntary departure system, the alien is treated as hav­ ing deported himself, and he can enter the US at a later date with­ out prejudice. sea. He joined the SIU in New Orleans, and sailed as a steward since 1938. Brother Marte leaves his wife, Mrs. Florence Marte, 3413 Burgundy Street, New Or­ leans, La. Fabal joined up in Miami, and sailed as a member of the engine department. On February 4, 1954, he died of a respiratory disease at the USPHS Hospital in Miami, Fla., and was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in that city. 4" t 4» George J. Espalla, 49: On Janu­ ary 6, 1954, Brother Espalla died of a liver ailment in Mobile Ala. For the past eleven years he sailed out •of New York as a member of the deck department. Burial took place at the US National Cemetery, Mobile, Ala. 4> 4> 4* Thomas Joseph Sullivan, 40: Brother Sullivan died of a heart ailment on November 15. 1953. at Latter Day Saints Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah. Since 1948 he had sailed from New York as a member of the deck department. Burial took place at Holy Sepul­ 4* 4- 4> chre, Aukland County, Mich. Edward A. Cooley, 55: Brother Brother Sullivan leaves his sister, Cooley died of a heart ailment on Patricia Angela Sullivan. 2385 February 17, 1954, at the Wilming­ Glendale Avenue, Detroit, Mich, ton Emergency Hospital in Los i i 4" Angeles, Cal. Since 1950 he sailed Sieve Paul Deri, 36: Since 1944 as a member of the steward de­ Brother Deri had sailed as a mem­ partment from the Port of New ber of the deck department. He York. He was buried at Green joined the Union in New York. HiUs Memorial Park Cemetery. On January 31, 1954, Brother Deri Surviving is his sister, Grace Mil­ died in New Brunswick, NJ. He ler, 20 Hilltop Road, Wellesley, is survived by his wife, Mrs. S. P. Mass. Deri, 45 Plum Street, New Bruns­ 4. t wick, NJ. Melvin L. Mason, 47; A lung ail­ 4. 4. 4 ment proved fatal to Brother Donald Mason Richey, 28: On Mason, a patient at the USPHS December 5, 1953, Brother Richey Hospital, Baltimore, Md. on Feb­ died as a result of a skull fracture ruary 1, 1954. In 1941 Brother suffered in an auto accident. Mason joined the SIU in Balti­ Since 1943 he had been a mem­ more, and sailed as second electri­ ber of the SIU, sailing-as a mem­ cian in the engine department. ber of the deck department out Biu'ial took place at Woodlawn of Baltimore. Burial took place'at Cemetei-y, Woodlawn, Md; Confidence Cemetery, Georgetown, O. Sui'viving is his mother. Lenna 4» 4" . 4" Russell John Fabal. 55: A mem­ Richey, General Delivery, .Freesber of the SIU since 1939, Brother burg, O. �LOG SEAFARERS • OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • : 6 t; i • ii-' Handsome, bound volumes of the SEAFARERS LOG for the whole year of 1953 ore now available to LOG readers for addition to ships' libraries and home bookshelves. The sturdy, cloth-bound volumes contain all 26 issues of the LOG published lost year, nearly 800 pages of news, photos and specialized features dealing with SlU activities and happenings in maritime generally. 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HOBBY PROMISES SUPPORT FOR PHS $$ AFL PIER UNITY ROCKS OLD ILA AS NLRB OPENS VOTE HEARINGS HALLS IN MIAMI, PT ARTHUR SHUT FURUSETH'S 100TH ANNIVERSARY TO BE CELEBRATED MARCH 12 ANTI-UNION FEELING RISES IN US LOG BOUND VOLUMES AVAILABLE FOR 1953 PR EXTREMISTS INVADE CONGRESS, SHOOT FIVE US SEA UNIONS ASK HALT TO FURTHER SHIP TRANSFERS WATERMAN ADDS COASTAL SERVICE HEART STOPS, SEAFARER REVIVED GALVESTON BRANCH HUNTING FOR BIGGER, BETTER HOME CONGRESS TO SCAN MSTS CARGO, PASSENGER TRAFFIC DOCTOR PRAISES MEN FOR BLOOD DONATIONS EXPLOSIVES CARGO REGULATIONS EASED US, ISTHMIAN RAISE THE CAVIAR CURTAIN GOV'T EASES ALIEN LEAVE RULE HATCH CO. IS SUED ON MARINER DELAY SIU ART IN SPECIAL DISPLAY TAXI UNION SEEKS SIU AID SEAFARERS GO ABOARD NEW MARINER IN GULF DOCK BOARD APPROVES NEW BRIDGE FOR NO TIGHTER CIG RULES SET IN THAILAND TOUGHER SLEDDING JUST RECOGNITION MSTS LOOK-SEE COLD WAR VICTORY COFFEE TIME NEW LIFEBOAT ENGINE DOES 2ND JOB AS WATER PUMP MISSING FANS FAN MYSTERY ON SHIP WHO'S WHO IN CALCUTTA INDIA ZOO MAKES LIFE INTERESTING FOR TOURISTS SEAFARER FINDS HOME-MADE FISHING RIG GETS RESULTS TOO, BUT WHERE WAS PERCY? RUSTY WATER IN THE SCUTTLEBUTT IS PURE FACT ABOARD THE SEANAN NO COFFEE WAIT ABOARD CUBORE THE ROSE OF THE WINDWS MOM HAILS SIU BABY BENEFIT UNION, SIU CREW GOT HIM HOME ALIEN SEAMEN ARE CAUTIONED TO FOLLOW IMMIGRATION RULES Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 3/5/1954 1954 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/3f2dd58e2b6e6df3c65e1749997d7efc.PDF 398e68d306444ed74205de75d8c450e1 PDF Text Text SEAFARERSmOG OFFICIAL ORQAW OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNIJN • ATLANTJC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO A \ » •' 0m i 1^6. IR-CIO CALLS ON PRESIDENT JONNSON' TO SAVE • PAGE 3 1 *i lllllllll �SEAFARERS Seafarer Teamwork, Courage Saves Two From Asphyxiation The following account of a dramatic lifesaving operation aboard the SlU-contraded Transeastern (Hudson Waterways) was reported to the LOG by Seafarer M. Darley, D-405. Barley's on-the-spot report is printed here in his own words. Mirdi t. 196»^ LOG f By PflHl HoU Two resolutions of vital interest to maritime 'Bsme out of the recent AFL-CIO Executive Council meeting at Bal Harbor, Florida. In one resolution, the AFL-CIO Executive Council urged President Johnson to mobilize all Government administrative agencies to join In a IH-O* gram to build an American "merchant marine to meet the vHal needs of the nation." , , ~ In another resolution, Hie Executive Board of the Maritime Trades Department urged the passage of legislation wiping out the tax havens enjoyed by American corporations operating runaway-flag ships. These r^lutlons are designed to hit at two of the most serious of the problems faced by the American merchant marine in Hs fight for survival—problems whose solution will provide the basis for rebuilding the U. S. merchant marine to the size and capability which this nation needs. Raw courage, perfect teamwork, quick action and individual heroism shown by crew* members of the SlU-contracted supertanker Transeastern (Hudson Waterways) saved two engineers from an eerie death by asphyxiation deep in the bowels of the mammoth ship recently. Tommy (Towboat) Thompson, OS, and Gerd Ehmke, The high seas drama occuired Jan. 27 salon messman, took turns cranking the hand-op­ shortly after 4 p.m. when the Transeastern erated breathing apparatus. was one day out of Suez bound for Germany with Carcich chose to don the breathing apparatus a iull load of Persian Gulf crude. The 46,000-ton mask and enter the tank first, although he would giant of the seas was steaming through placid east­ The SIU and other maritime unions have spoken out many times^ ern Mediterranean" waters at a smart 16-knot clip have been perfectly within his rights to have desig­ about the manner in which U. S. Government agencies are constantly"" nated anyone else for the job. Schoepfer was laying when the shrill" ringing of the general alarm bell shattered the serenity of normal shipboard routine, across a beam nearest the ladder at the bottom of undermining the strength of the American merchant marine. These sending all hands scurrying to the scene of the the tank, so Carcich made a line fast around his government agencies have made a farce of the 50-50 laws. They have torso below the armpits, and eager hands hauled made 50 percent of U. S. Government-financed cargoes the maximum emergency. him to the deck above. instead of the minimum which moves in American bottoms. They have General quarters was sounded after Chief En­ ignored the intention of congressional legislation and have apparentiy Second Trip gineer David Anderson, reporting from the engine been free to do' as they pleased when it came to the U. S. merchant room, notified the bridge that First Assistant Dave The chief mate, who was near exhaustion, came marine. Government agencies, particularly the Agriculture Department, Di.xon and Day Third Wilber Schoepfer were un­ out of the tank and turned the mask over to have cohsistenlty favored foreign-flag ships over American vessels and conscious at the bottom of an after ballast tank. Schuyler. Less than a minute was lost as the second have been more interested in providing cargoes for foreign bottoms Quick-thinking undoubtedly saved the two men's mate slipped on the mask and v/ent below for Dixon. than in keeping the U. S. merchant fleet afloat. They have shut their lives. Anderson connected a hose to a nearby com­ The first assistant was laying face up, wedged In a eyes or looked the other way when foreign trade missions made cynical pressed air outlet and dropped it in the tank, located recess of the tank; therefore, it was necessary to below the steering engine room. He then turned all make the line fast around his ankles. He was hauled and blatant attempts to force U. S. vessels out of the carriage of for­ eign aid and other U. S. Government financed cargoes. three of the ship's air compressors on the single The AFL-CIO Executive Council has demanded that these agencies hose. The empty tank was completely void of provide positive assistance to the President's Maritime Advisory Com­ oxygen, and the engineers had passed out for lack mittee in the development of a program to implement this country's of fresh air. maritime policy—or, in other words, has demanded that these agencies Eye-Witness Report abandon their anti-maritime policies and start pulling for a greater America along with the rest of us instead of in the opposite direction Wiper Richard J. Harris, the only eyewitness to in which they have been going. every phase of the near tragedy, recalled the chain of events thusly: The President's Advisory Committee was a direct outgrowth of the unfair discriminatory practices of these government agencies. What "Di.xon went into the tank to inspect it for water these agencies seem to be saying, is that they, and not Congress, are content, but before entering Instructed the wiper running the country and setting its policy. They must be corrected Vegas Worrell Gorcich to standby the manhole entrance as his safety man. This is routine procedure for an experienced tank- feet first out of the tank and through the narrow in their error. Before President Johnson's promised "new policy" toward maritime can come into being, the attitudes of these agencies erman when going into any tank. The first was well manhole entrance. toward maritime must be changed. up the ladder on his way out of the tank when Both engineers were unconscious, but it was he let go the rungs and fell to the bottom. Harris The MTD's action calling for the elimination of tax havens in which thought Dixon had accidentally fallen from the evident Schoepfer was In far the worse condition. American-owned runaway-flag ships can hide to avoid paying U. S. If he was breathing it was not audible. When taxes is another step in the right direction to eliminate one of the ladder and summoned Schoepfer. manual artificial respiration failed to bring him problems facing the mariime industry. The third assistant went to the assistance of around, bosun Johnny Vegas applied mouth-to-mouth Dixon, but apparently realized almost immediately resuscitation. The veteran Seafarer breathed lifeThese ships make a substantial portion of their huge profits in U. S. that the tank was without oxygen. He started climb­ giving oxygen into Schoepfer's lungs and the commerce, yet pay no U. S. taxes, employ foreign seamen at coolie ing for safety, but collapsed and fell when a short engineer slowly responded. Vegas, a Navy landing wages and thumb their noses at the U. S. Government and maritime distance up the ladder. The chief engineer was craft coxswain during World War II who joined the unions. then called and he instantly realized the trouble. SIU shortly after the cessation of hostilities, learned The MTD action calling for the closing of loopholes in our internal The tank had been closed tight for some time, and the latest life-saving methods at his own expense. the interior bulkhead had absorbed all oxygen He shelled out $200 a few years ago for a fecial revenue law would force these runaway-flag operators to assume the same tax responsibility which the rest of American industry now through the normal process of oxidation." course in first aid. The father of five, Vegas hails assumes. These runaway ship operators are not "special cases" and As the drama unfolded below decks, men through­ from Brooklyn. Chief pumpman Paul Gazic, a mem­ should not be allowed to milk the American economy any longer for out the ship were working at a feverish pace to save ber of the SIU since 1942, also assisted materially their own profit. their trapped shipmates, knowing that even one lost in helping revive the engineer. moment could mean the difference between life and Dixon was on his feet within a short time and Speaks At American University death. And the rescue operation was carried out showed no visible after-effects from his brush with with the precision of a high speed computer. the Grim Reaper, but Schoepfer '^as not so fortunate. He was in comatose shock for several Rescue Operation hours, and the Transeastern put into the nearest Captain C. Greenroad took over the bridge and port, Augusta, Sicily, where It was learned the day directed overall activities from there. Chief Mate third suffered three broken ribs. He was hospital­ Jimmy Garcich was in charge of on-the-spot rescue ized in the Sicilian port. operations. The captain ordered the bridge watch Capt. Greenroad expressed satisfaction with the WASHINGTON—Some of the unique problems facing the officer. Second Mate V. Schuyler, and Third Mate manner in which crewmembers responded under maritime industry in collective bargaining were discussed emergency conditions, and the two engineers said here recently by SIUNA vice-president William W. Jordan as they were "more than pleased." Dixon and Schoep­ he spoke before the Ocean fer posted the following signed statement in the Shipping and Foreign Trade negotiations because these subsi­ crew mess: Management Institute of dies often make up a part of sea­ "With heartfelt thanks we wish to try to express American University. The SIUNA men's wages. our gratitude for the prompt and courageous action vice-president, who is also Presi­ A major Improvement in mari­ of all hands, which resulted in our rescue. We are dent of the SIUNA-affiUated Ma­ time labor-management relations all familiar with drills; however, It Is extremely rine Firemen's Union suggested will result, Jordan noted, when the gratifying to know everyone co-operates so wonder­ ways to improve labor-manage­ Maritime Administration refrains fully when a real emergency arises, especially when ment relations in the maritime from advance pronouncements as to what wages, manning scales and you are the ones who are saved. Words can never industry. express our profound gratitude, but. we hope that Jordan pointed-out that many of other benefit provisions will, or C. Nathfrost to break out the fresh air-ibreathing each and every member of the vessel's complement the collective bargaining problems will not, be disallowed for subsidy s apparatus. Almost at the same instant, Garcich sent will understand what we are trying to say. "THANK faced by maritime unions are purposes. "Free collective bargaining In YOU." brought about by the unique in­ Seafarers Horace Sikes Jr. and Dexter Worrell, deck the maritime industry, I submit, maintenance men, and able seamen Charley Speers volvement of Government in mari­ Herpism and valor at sea was nothing new, for and Frank Leonard amidships for the life-saving many of the Transeastem's complement. Seafarer time operations through the Mari­ has resulted in fair and reasonable device. The two groups met in the shelter deck, Sikes, for example, only last year was awarded the time Administration and its agreements," Jordan said. "The parties are entitled to, and must where the breathing apparatus was stowed, and Maritime Administration's Meritorius Service branches. have at least a presumption that sped aft with the heavy box. Cites Example Award, the highest decoration given a merchant free collective bargaining will con­ Although the equipment was located some 400 seaman. Only a handful of the coveted medals have As an example, - Jordan noted tinue to result in such agreements." feet from the emergency scene and it was necessary been given out—and many of these were posthumous that the Maritime Subsidy Board, The SIUNA vice-president also to lug the cumbersome box up one deck and down awards. This longtime Seafarer specifically was although it stays well in the back­ discussed the role of automation two, the trip was made in record time. Also assisting cited for his role in the rescue of several Chinese ground of labor-management re- in maritime, and denounced the la connecting and rigging the equipment were Sea­ sailors. Sikes jumped into a raging China Sea to -lations in the maritime industry detrimental effect of runaway-flag farers Joe Thibodeaux, deck delegate. Baker AI save one of the drowning Chinese seamen. Sikes still cannot be Ignored by the ship­ shipping on the American mer­ I^ma and, Al Moore* all able seamen. Se^arers also is the Transeastem's ship's delegate. owners in collective bargaining chant marine. SlUNA V.P. Jordan Discusses Maritime Bargaining Problems V i. . �Mwrah I,(IMS SEAfARERS lOG Mobilize Gov't Bureaus To Save U.S. Maritime, AFL-CIO Urges Johnson BAL HARBOUR^ Florida—^The Executive Council of the AFL-CIO has urged President Johnson to mobilize all the agencies of his Administration to carry out a program aimed at building the American "merchant marine to meet the vital needs of our na-^ outlying states, possessions laws that infringe on the right of tion." and protectorates; free collective bargaining. The call for action was 2. Maintain a strong work To aid in the War on Poverty, Vice-President Hubert H. Humphrey (standing) addressed the AFL-CIO Executive Council prior to its regular meeting at Bal Harbour, Florida. AFL-CIO President George Meany (center) and Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz look on. passed by the Executive Coun­ cil in meeting here. Its adop­ tion was strongly recom­ mended by tlie AFL-CIO Ma­ ritime Trades Department. SIUNA president Paul Hall, a force of civilian personnel aboard our ships and in our shipyards which will provide a practical demonstration of the standards achieved hy Ameri­ can workers and the nation's intention to maintain such in­ dustrial standards in the face of direct competition from areas with. less advanced standards; the Executive Council urged that the Congress raise the minimum wage and expand its coverage to all workers now exempted. A shorter national workweek and double-time for overtime was also recommended for passage by Con­ gress. For the nation's elderly, the AFL-CIO again voiced its full support to the King-Anderson Medicare Bill in its present form and applauded the efforts of the House Ways and Means Committee in speeding the legislation to the House floor. They also called for prompt action to modernize the unemploy­ ment compensation system, which is 20 years out of date in meeting the needs of the unemployed. The AFL-CIO Executive Council asked that priority be given in the housing field to legislation provid­ ing for $2 billion in grants for the construction of community facil­ ities to help preserve the nation's towns and cities. Aid to Farm Laborers The AFL-CIO also urged Con­ gress to include farm laborers in the National Labor Relations Act and to provide them with minimum wage, maximum hour and child labor protection. The Council also repeated its opposition to the importation of foreign farm labor. A national farm labor recruitment program was called for to end the nation's dependence on foreign farm labor. On the political front, the AFLCIO, through COPE, its political arm, said it would launch an inten­ sive register-and-vote campaign to (Continued on page 18) member of the Council, heads the MTD. The action was also support­ ed by NMU Pres. Joe Curran. The labor body gave full support to the efforts of AFL-CIO "sea­ 3. Serve as a primary instru­ going and longshore unions to ment to maintain a favorable develop programs through Presi­ international monetary bal­ dent Johnson's Maritime Advisory ance; Committee to implement and strengthen the nation's maritime 4. Serve as a fitting symbol policy." to our country's strength and The resolution noted that the prestige; United States requires a well5. Serve as an auxiliary to balanced merchant marine suffi­ the Armed Services." cient to: "1. Promote and protect our The President's Maritime Ad­ foreign commerce, including visory Committee, established a passengers and serve and de­ year ago, includes representatives BAL HARBOUR, Florida—The AFL-CIO Maritime Trades velop the commerce of our from maritime labor, industry, government and the public. Presi­ Department meeting here last week proposed legislation dent Paul Hall, a member of the that would sweep away the tax havens enjoyed by operators MAC, has placed recommendations of runaway-flag merchant ^ for improvements in the U.S. merchant marine before the com­ fleets as a basic step in im­ by the department, and a protest mittee. was made against "unfair rules proving the faltering position and regulations" in effect at the Among these is a proposal to of the U.S.-flag merchant marine. U.S. Naval Air Station at Alame­ tax runaway-flag shipping, with The executive board of the MTD, da, Calif. the tax money gain to be used headed by SIUNA president Paul for the construotion of modern Vigorous endorsement was given Hall, adopted a policy statement by the MTD for the repeal of many bulk carriers for the U.S.-flag DETROIT — Local 10 of the calling on Congress to eliiminate of the existing excise taxes, and fleet. the income tax exemption cur­ support was voiced for the battle Transportation Servies and Allied Other AFL-CIO Actions rently "enjoyed by shilpplng sub­ of the Meatcutters Union against Workers district of the Seafarers stantially owned by American citi­ the government establishment of International Union of North In other actions taken by the zens or corporations operating un­ a seal oatoh monopoly in the hands America, AFL-CIO, won a smash­ Executive Council, the AFL-CIO ing 2-1 election victory in ballot­ der runaway flags" such as Li­ of a runaway employer. ing conducted here this week cov­ strongly reaffirmed its top legis­ beria, Panama and Honduras. ering some 1,800 Checker Cab lative goal of 1965 to repeal Aid Bulk Carriers Company drivers. The announce­ Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley A great part of the income Act, which pei-mits the states to gained by the operators of suoh The MTD anso called for In­ ment was made today by John ships, the statement pointed out, creased construotion subsidies for Weaver, secretary-treasurer of the impose so-called "right-to-work" is derived from U.S. overseas com­ bulk carriers, and for a clearer In- local. merce. Runaway-flag ships carry terpretatioft of regulations on ear- The election win for Local 10 a larger portion of the nation's goes financed through the Import- was the third in a row at Checker foreign commerce than do the Export Bank. Opposition to any during the past nine months. It ships flying the Stars and Stripes. plan which would allow Che con­ climaxes a three-year struggle to The tax haven granted to these struction of American-flag ships in secure collective bargaining rights operators "fosters and encourages foreign shipyards was also strong­ covering the Checker drivers. n praotice which has damaging ef­ ly expressed. A tally of the votes yesterday fects upon American employment, To preserve the health of sea­ at the regional office of the Na­ WASHINGTON—^The Agency for International Develop­ federal tax revenues and the na­ men and others, the MTD voiced tional Labor Relations Board, tion's gold supply," the MTD state­ its oppositions to proposals that which conducted the election on ment, moving to stem the nation's continuing gold outflow, ment said seek to cut back or close down March 1-2, listed 454 votes for has notified voluntary agencies disbursing foreign aid dona­ Escape Taxes services and hospitals maintained Local 10, and 261 votes for the tions that U.S.-flag shipping "If this loophole is retained in by the U.S. Public Health Service. company, out of a total of 715 must be used to an even charges during 1964 went to other ballots counted. greater extent in the carriage than U.S.-flag ship.ping. U.S.-flag our internal revenue law, to be Extend Blacklist cargoes-^provided for under Title consistent we should permit man­ In addition, there are 216 chal­ of those donations. The MTD conference also de­ lenged votes to be disposed of be­ 111 of P.L. 480—have risen from 55 ufacturers to fly foreign flags over A new certification will be re­ their factories, import coolie labor clared its specific support for leg­ fore a formal announcement of quired beginning March 15 demon­ percent in fiscal 1961 to 61 percent and escape paying income taxes on islation that would close U.S. ports the Local 10 victory can be issued strating that an agency has offered in 1964. to any ships engaged in trade vwith by the NLRB. However, since profits," the MTD maintained. The new certification called for Communist Cuba, and urged that Local lO has almost an absolute such cargoes to U.S.-flag operators by the A.l.D. must follow any bills The MTD meeting here also such legislation also include barr­ 50 percent majority of the total and has been turned down before called for other measures to im­ ing ships "engaged in commerce vote of 931, including the chal­ a foreign-flag ship can be given of lading of foreign-flag shipping and must state: prove the position of the U.S. mer­ with North Viet Nam and Commu­ lenges, the union is confident of the cargo. chant marine. They asked for the nist China from carriage of U.S.- the outcome. "1 certify that this cargo has This is the third attempt of the strengthening of cargo preference sponsored cargoes." A.l.D. in the past six years to been offered to those U.S.-flag car­ This week's election was a run­ laws so that more governmentriers serving the ports of loading In a "statement on the eurreint off of an election won by Local tighten up on the payment of dol­ generated cargoes would be car­ and discharge on a direct basis, lars to foreign-flag shipping opera­ ried in the nation's ships. They longshore dispute, the MTD de­ 10 last October in which the SlU tors. Before 1959, A.l.D. made and that none was able to accept asked that special attention be clared that "there is no earthy ex­ defeated a local of Jimmy Hoffa's payments for freight charges to this cargo within the limits bf the cuse for the continued holdout of Teamsters Union. The elteition given to the oil import program. employers against the reasonable was ordered by the NLRB to set­ foreign operators. In recent years, available free time." Complete records of such car­ Full support for legislation to collective bargaining objectives of tle the representation issue, after those payments have all but goes shipped by voluntary agencies provide prevailing wage determin­ local unions of the Longshoremen it ruled that the Teaimsters did stopped. Only $4 million of the $92 mil­ are to be kept for checking and ation in compensation for fire- in the South Atlantic and Gulf not qualify for a place on the fighting personnel was expressed ports." ballot this time. I lion paid out by A.l.D. for freight confirmation by the A.l.D. MTD Calls For U.S. Closing Of Runaway Tax-Haven Loopholes SlU Wins Detroit Taxi Vote MoveToUp US,'Flag SItareOfAID Cargoes �vmi tern SEAFARERS Mmli J, IMf v LOG Sill Takes Part in P.R.-U.S. Joint lob Training Conference SAN JUAN—The formulation, initiation and execution of training programs for un­ skilled workers, first in Puerto Rica and later in the continental United States, was the subject of a recent United States-Puerto Rican Conference on Poverty and Unemployment, chaired by Keith Terpe, president of the SIU of Puerto from the industrialization of what the rate of joblessness among ' Rico, and Theodore Kheel, ex­ was a basically underdeveloped youths is six times as high. The By Eari (Bull) Shepord. Vice-President. AtlanHc East Coast Shipping Brisk With the ILA beef settled on the upper east coast, the port of New York is back in business In a big way. The waterfront area is Jammed with trucks unloading and picking up cargoes from the hundreds of ships in the harbor. Needless to say, shipping is very brisk and the hall is crowded. Ships laid up by the beef are crewing and recrewing, ecutive secretary of the American area until recently. purpose of the discussions was to and it should be some time before the situation gets back to normal Foundation on Automation and Unemployment High stimulate public and private pro­ speed. Employment. Unemployment on the island is grams, aided by matching Federal Waiting to ship out of New York during the last period was Thomas The conference was co-sponsored twice as high as in the U.S. and funds, to alleviate this problem. Holt. Tom spent a month on the beach relaxing and is now looking by the Caribbean Foundation on for a long trip. Also looking for a long trip is S. Bhek. He says he would Education and Employment on prefer an Isthmian ship. which Terpe serves as a member To ^Explain' U.S. Maritime Aid of the Board and Directors. J. Obreza, who sail on deck, is watching the board for a bosun's job In discussions sponsored by the on a short trip. H. Justice says he will take any good steward's job. Conference, danger was found in BOSTON tlie tendency today toward com­ Shipping has picked up considerably in Boston, with the Steel Navi­ placency about unemployment brought about by fractional re­ gator and the New Yorker crewing up in the last period. There was ductions in the rate of joblessness. one payoff, and three ships serviced in transit. The outlook for the next period remains good. These decreases represent an WASHINGTON—Admiral John Harllee, chairman of the overall gain in employment, but Amos Buzzeile, a 25-year union man who last sailed as 3rd cook on not for the economic untouchables, Federal Maritime Commission, and a small group of mari­ the Cities Service Baltimore, has been holding down the Hall for the the unskilled who remain un­ time officials, left for Paris this week in the wake of pro- first job that comes along. -f — touched by the prosperity that is tests from European shippers he's watching for another sunshine sweeping the nation. Collective against U.S. cargo preference The FMC head was accompanied on Malcolm MacDonald, another bargaining cannot help this un­ laws and other policies de­ the Paris visit by Timothy J. May, oldtimer, is happy to be home run back on the P.R. route. fortunate group since it is both signed to protect the American- managing director of the FMC; again. His last ship, the Couer Norfolk D'Aiene Victory, was tied to the helpless, hopeless, and has no one Paul Geren, representing the State flag fleet. Shipping out of Norfolk has been to speak in its behalf. Department, and Philip Franklin dock for 53 days in Rio de Janeiro. good, with the Steel Chemist taking John "Sully" Sullivan was also Harllee's trip to Paris was for During the discussions, parallels of the Commerce Department un­ were made between the unemploy­ the announced purpose of discus­ der secretariat for transportation. killing time on the same ship. a lot of jobs not claimed after the After spending some time with the ILA beef. The future looks bright, ment problems of Puerto Rico and sing maritime problems with the family, he says he'll look for a with the Commander due to pay­ Maritime Transport Committee of the continental United States. The off and clean the hall out. In the coast hugger. lack of skills on the mainland was the Organization for Economic last period, two ships signed on Cooperation and Development. caused mostly by rapid strides in Philadelphia and two were serviced in transit. automation that displaced many European shipping interests workers. On the other hand, un­ have been attacking efforts by the William Donald paid off the Shipping has been on the up­ skilled labor in Puerto Rico stems U.S. maritime industry to main­ swing in Philadelphia, with two Eagle Traveler when his wife went The William Green scholar­ payoffs, one sign-on and 12 in into the hospital. Now the wife is tain its place in this nation's com­ ship program of the Ohio transits serviced during the last better and he's been watching the merce. The Europeans are upset State University is offering period. The picture is expected to board for the first AB's job. by the U.S. Cargo Preference Act, two undergraduate scholar­ remain bright, especially for rat­ "ship American" campaigns and John McDonald has his full book ships and two graduate fel­ ings. other measures. and is proud of it. He's watching lowships in honor of the late Richard Heffley, who started out now for a coal run to Holland president of the AFL. They have stalled on U.S. ef­ sailing SIU in 1943, was last for his next trip. William Culpep­ forts to have them make public The fellowships, for stu­ aboard the Mayflower, where he per, a 20-year union man, was last documents relating to possible un­ dents of labor relations, are sailed in the deck department. He aboard the Spitfire, where he made fair rate practices in their trade for $2,250 each. The scholar­ says he really loves the sea and two trips as bosun. Now he's look­ with the U.S. Spokesman rep­ ships, for students concentrat­ hopes to ship again as soon as ing for another bosun's job. NEW YORK—New efforts are resenting the American merchant ing on such fields as Econom­ possible. under way to place the New York marine feel that the FMC has ics History, Political, Science, Willis Harper, who sails as an James Haines, who holds an AB State Barge Canal under Federal vacillated on the problem of get­ Mathematics, Science, Sociol­ AB, paid off the Steel King to take ticket in the deck department, is jurisdiction so that the waterway ting the European shippers to open ogy and Business Administra­ proud of graduating from the SIU care of a little shoreside business. can again become an important their books. tion, are for $500 each. upgrading school last fall. His last He is ready to ship again and link between this metropolitan While that particular problem wants another Isthmian ship on the Application blanks for Sea­ ship was also the Mayflower. area and the Great Lakes. has not been slated for discussion pineapple run. farers and their families in­ The transfer of the canal to at the conference, the problem, Stephen Homko, an SIU man terested In the scholarship Puerto Rico Federal authority v/ould be the many feel, is still unresolved. The since 1944, last sailed on the Na­ program can be obtained from tional Seafarer. Now he's watch­ first step of a program to expand hope among the American mari­ Shipping in the sunshine island the William Green Menmrial ing the board for a group 1 job. has been only fair, with 14 ships and modernize the waterway, ac­ time industry is that Harllee will Fund, 239 Hagerty Hall, The Also on the beach here is Millard serviced in the last period. The cording to proponents of the not make any further concessions Ohio State University, 1775 S. Cutler, who has been sailing SIU Alcoa Explorer arrived in San Juan move in the state legislature. The and accomodations with the College Road, Columbus 10, deepsea as a cook since 1946. pro-transfer forces are banking on European shippers. during the tail end of the ILA beef Ohio. the publication of an Army Corps on her way back from India. Jose Baltimore of Engineers study which is said Pepe" Prats signed on as chief Shipping has been good here steward. He was joined on the ex­ to call for improvements in the since the end of the ILA beef and plorer by Seafarers Eugene Nunez, Great Lakes region. is expected to get even better Ernesto Martinez, R. Gautier, SerThe canal now carries about when when a final settlement in vado E. Castro and Rafael Ramos. three million tons of cargo year­ the West Gulf ports is hammered ly, the bulk of it petroleum out. In the last period, there were products. It extends from Lake eight payoffs, six sign-ons and 14 Erie at Buffalo to the Hudson Riv­ ships serviced in transit. Mar. 5, 1965 Vol. XXVII, No. 5 er at Troy. A northern branch runs Official Publication of the SIUNA James F. Davis had to pay off to Lake Eire at Oswego. Another the Robin Sherwood to go into Atlantic. Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters branch, the Champlain Waterway, District, AFL-CIO the USPHS here, but now has his extends to the St. Lawrence River Executive Board FFD again and is raring to ship. PAUL HALL, President at Montreal. After spending time in drydock, CAL TAN NEK EAKL SHEPARD Expansion of the canal under fed­ Jim, who sails as an FWT in the Exec. Vice-Pres. Vice-President AL KERB blackgang, had nothing but praise LINDSEY WILLIAMS eral jurisdiction^ould allow barges Sec.-Treas. Vice-President for the SIU Welfare Plan. to travel across its length in tandem. ROB. A. MATTHEWS AL TANNER Currently, barges can transit the Vice-President Vice-President Lloyd J. Zimmerman has had a locks and curves of the canal only HERBERT BRAND run of tough luck. He paid off the Director of Organizing and in single file. By widening the Yorkmar in the fall to enjoy some Publications canal and making other improve­ vacation time at home. He had an Managing Editor: MIKE POLLACK; Art ments, experts believe that traffic BERNARD SEAMAN; Asst. Editor: apendicitis attack, however, and Editor; NATHAN SKYER; Staff Writers: ROBEM can be raised an average of three was laid up for two months in ARONSON, ALVIN SCOTT, PETE CARMEN. percent yearly. The savings in­ the USPHS. Now he is ready to volved in transportation would ship again, but will have to wait amount to $27 million a year, it is a little while longer before he can Due to the fact that he could not congratulate each crew. felt. go on vacation. member individually on winning the ship safety award for Also spurring canal improve­ Michael Endres, who likes the Published biweekly at the headquartera the fourth year in succession, Captain Anderson of the Steel International Union, AN ment is a new sugar processing Puerto Rico run, signed on the of the Seafareri Recorder (Isthmian) did the next best thing and got together Lakes and Inland Waters plant under construction in Monte­ Olga for a change of scenery and o AFL-CIO, 475 Fourth Avanua, one man from each shipboard department and the ship's NY, 1123J. Tel. HYaclnth 9-4400. zuma. The plant will encourage enjoyed the sights in the Mediter­ Brooklyn, Second clais pottage paid at the Pott delegate. Left to right above are Anderson, bosun Bill Davis, the growing of sugar beets in the ranean. He says he saw a lot of ?# AuBi%r°9ir' ' 3rd cook Harold Augins, oiler J. Prohownik, and ship's dele­ interesting things in France, Italy, area, and an improved canal would 120 Greece, Turkey, North Africa. Now gate Hank Swartjes. speed this new cash crop to market". FMC Chief Meets Foreign Shippers William Green Scholarships Are Offered U.S. Operation Of N.Y. Barge Canal Sought Steel Recorder Wins Safety Award SEAFARERS LOG �i, im SEAFARERS Pat* nrfL 'f LOG Two Oldtimers Added To SIU Pension Rolls %• f Two more long-time Seafarers have jOiined the growing ranks of SIU members receiving $150 per month pensions that enable them to live in security after lifetimes of sailing. Trustees of the Sea­ farers Welfare and Pension Plan approved the pensioils for the two veterans, both members of the At­ lantic and Gulf District. The new pensioners are Fred­ erick Harvey, 78; and John Van Dyk, 68. SlU veteran John Von Dyk (left) gets his first regular month­ ly $50 pension check and hearty congratulations from head­ quarters rep. Steve Zubovich. Van Dyk's last ship was the Geneva (U.S. Steel Corp.) where he sailed in the engine department. By Ai Kerr, Secretory-Treasurer Filing For Dependents' Benefits Harvey, a native of Chicago, 111., was a deck department veteran by the time he joined the SlU. Last sailing aboard the Fairland (Sea Land), he will make his home in Broofclyn, N. Y. Van Dyk began sailing at the age of 15 aboard a Scandinavian fishing schooner. Soon graduating^ to sailing vessels, and eventually to steam vessels, he joined the SIU with 30 years of experience in all three ratings. He sailed mostly in the engine department. A native of Amsterdam, Holland, he now makes his home in Bayshore, L. I., with his wife, Olliffe. He last sailed aboard the Geneva (U. S. Steel). Since the inception of this column, Seafarers have been asked to forward any questions or compiaints they may have regardinc the processing of applications for various benefits to the SecretaryTreasurer's office. The result has been a small number of complaints about the processing of some types of applications, and we are current­ ly tightening up areas of administration where these items seem to crop up. The complaints that have come in, as far as the majority of cases is concerned, have been the result of claims fildd improperly at the time DETROIT—Balloting for Re­ they were originally submitted. Therefore, in an effort to assist the membership in filing complete applications for the various benefits gional Officers of the Great Lakes they may be entitled to under the SIU Welfare, Pension and Vacation Tug and Dredge Region of the Plans, we will continue to spell out the steps to be taken in filing for SIU Inland Boatmen's Union will each type of benefit available, and to deal with one of them at a time. start Monday, March 8, in accord­ ance with the Union constitution. Since the dependents benefits are the ones about which we receive The tug and dredgemen mil also the most inquiries, this area seems a good place to start. select Port Presidents next month. A seaman who is filing for benefits must have been employed at least Candidates for the various offices 90 days during the previous calendar year, and at least one day within were selected during the Decem­ the past six months immediately preceding the date his claim accrued. ber, 1964 nominations period. The All of this employment must have been with an SlU-contracted com­ balloting for Regional Officers will pany which was a part of the Sea- *• begin on March 8, 1965, and con­ farers Welfare Plan during the by the attending physician or sur­ tinue through March 20, 1965. The period the seaman worked for the geon), a marriage certificate, the election of Port Presidents will be company. child's birth certificate (if a child conducted at the regular April is involved). For any other person membership meeting of the Great Who is termed a dependent? The "dependent" includes an em­ whom the member is claiming as Lakes Tug and Dredge Region ployee's wife, unmarried children a dependent, he must furnish a IBU-SIU. under 19 years of age, and any copy of his latest Federal tax re­ All members have been mailed other person whom the member is turn as proof of dependency. a special election supplement con­ In the event a claim involving a taining the Regional Director's re­ entitled to claim as a dependent on his current Federal income tax hospital or doctor bill has not been ports on Election Ballot and in­ return, under the US Internal paid, then the check in payment structions for voting, nominations thereto will be drawn in the name for Port Presidents, nominations Revenue Act. of the member and/or the doctor for Officials, and instructions for Copies of legal documents es­ or hospital, whichever is involved. election of Port Presidents. The tablishing proof of dependency This then means that the member supplement also includes a selected Btatus must be filed with the Sea­ must endorse the check and that voting guide for polls committees farers Welfare Plan office. the doctor or hospital must en­ and a letter concerning procedures dorse it. This procedure is used, for mail ballots. In order to be entitled to the Elections will be conducted in dependent benefits, a patient must not to create a hardship on the member, the doctor or the hospital, the popts of Ashtabula, Ohio; Buf­ have been admitted to a hospital, but to insure that all hospitals and falo, New York; Chicago, Illinois; and/or surgery must have been doctors are paid in full so as to Cleveland, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; performed. In the event of sur­ maintain a good working relation­ Duluth, Minnesota; Lorain, Ohio; gery, it is not necessary that this ship between the various hospitals Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Sault Ste. surgery be performed in a hospital and our membership. Marie, Michigan and Toledo, Ohio. in order to be entitled to payment SiiiiiMsSiSiSiSiK of this surgery benefit. The sur­ gery benefit is paid in accordance with the Surgery Schedule for De­ NEW ORLEANS—SIU President Paul Hall and other repre­ pendent Benefits. sentatives of maritime labor, management and government will take part in the sixteenth annual Institute on Foreign Transporta­ Any claim, as well as proof of a tion and Port Operations to be held here March 15 to 19. claim for dependent benefits, must be submitted to the office of the The seminar sponsored by the Tulane University School of Busi­ Seafarers Welfare Plan within 100 ness Administration will explore all phases of maritime transporta­ days of the performance of such tion with the "advancement of maritime commerce of the United surgery, or of the patient's dis­ States by improved transportation" as its object. charge from the hospital. The entire final session of the seminar will be devoted to "Mari­ time Labor Relations." Panelists for this discussion, in addition to In addition, the applicant must SIU President Hall, will include William Jordan, President of have, on file with the Seafarers SlU-affiliated Marine Fireman's Union; International Longshore­ Welfare Plan office, copies of the men's Assocation vice president Anthony Scotto, and representa­ following or originals: An enroll­ tives of the shipping industry. ment card, a claims statement (filled in on both sides and signed Tug & Dredge BallotingOpens Hail To Speak At Transport Seminar Seafarer Oldtimer Fred Harvey (left) is all smiles as he picks up his first $150 regular monthly pension check at New York headquarters from headquarters rep. Ed Mooney. Harvey last sailed aboard the Fairland (Sea Land) in the deck department. Congressman Hits MA's Foreign Shipbuiiding Plan WASHINGTON—Sliarp criticism of the Maritime Admin­ istration's plan to promote the building of U.S.-flag ships in foreign shipyards was voiced last week by Representative Edward A. Garmatz (D.-Md.) *• of the House Merchant Ma­ lars from the United States, some­ thing the Federal Government is rine Committee. making a resolute effort to stem The destruction of the American now. shipbuilding industry is "appar­ ently basic to the success of the Maritime Administration's brain­ child," Garmatz charged. He warned that Congress would "cast a jaundiced eye" at any proposals that would "wipe out" our private­ ly owned shipbuilding industry. He said that the shipbuilding industry was "vital to the econ­ omy and to national security." The lawmaker cautioned against the "economy argument" being ad­ vanced by the MA to carry through its plan to "scuttle" the U.S. shipbuilding industry and as­ sign their work to foreign yards. "One would think from all the fuss being made about higher costs in United States yards that the possible $1.5 billion paid out in construction subsidies since 1936 was so much money down the drain," Garmatz continued. "Yet this is far from the case," he said. Danger to Jobs "Hundieds of thousands of jobs have been provided to skilled workers over the years in ship­ yards and in the sub-contractor and ship supply industry, Garmatz pointed out. He also noted that "millions in taxes thus far have flowed back into the Treasury and other millions were saved to the government in World War 11" be­ cause of the shipyards in the U.S. The Maryland Congressman also charged that the Administration's maritime program is eventually aimed at the "repeal of the Cargo Preference Act, which has been instrumental in preventing the complete collapse of America's once great tramp fleet." Garmatz recently placed a bill before the House which would put teeth into the Cargo Preference Act rather than'weaken it. The Shipbuilders Council of America also attacked the MA's proposal to let U.S. ships be built in foreign yards. The Council charged that the plan can only lead to a greater outflow of dol­ Labor Supports Tighter Federal Narcotics Laws WASHINGTON — Alarm over the mounting use of "goof balls" and other narcotic drugs by teen­ agers has led the AFL-CIO to give its full support to legislation tightening up Federal controls on such drugs. AFL - CIO Legislative Director * Andrew J. Biemiller voiced labor's backing for a set of amendments to the Food and Drug Act, which have been sponsored in Congress by Representative Oren Harris (D.-Ark.), chairman of the House Commerce Committee. Such legislation "has become in­ creasingly needful as a public health measure," Biemiller said. According to information released by the Food & Drug Administra­ tion half of all barbiturates and amphetamines produced in the U.S. "ends up on the bootleg mar­ ket." Improved Control The Harris Bill would require the keeping complete records at each stage of production, distribu­ tion and sale of barbiturates, am­ phetamines and any other drug which has a stimulating or de­ pressing effect. It also provides authority to deal with "counter­ feit" drugs — those made illegally and sold under phony brand-name labels. Biemiller stressed the impor­ tance of the record-keeping re­ quirements and urged that they be passed without being watereddown. "We fail to see how the law can be effectively enforced unless it is possible to check sales records against records of author­ ized prescription for the drugs," Biemiller stated. �9ic« Sb SEAFARERS •, INI LOG (Figures On This Page Cover Deep Sea Shipping Only in the SIU Atlantic Gulf Lakes and Inland Waters District) February 13 February 26 Jobs appeared on the shipping boards faster than they could be called this period as shipping resumed In most ports previously strikebound. Longshoremen began mov­ ing cargoes at the beginning of the period. As a result, 2,085 Seafarers shipped, compared with 850 during the previous two weeks. Because dockworkers were still on the bricks in South Atlantic and some Gulf ports, job calls were far above normal in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Norfolk, while remaining at a slow pace in Tampa and Jacksonville. Local beefs in Houston, New Orleans, and Mobile were settled by the dockers with brisk activ­ ity resulting. Job calls picked up considerably in San Francisco during the period, while dipping slightly in Seattle and Wilmington, The breakdown of job calls by department revealed that, as before, most jobs went to members sailing in the deck department. All three departments, however^ showed far above normal shipping. Registration dipped only slightly this period, with a Ship Acfivify total of 1,103 registrations, compared with 1,159 in the previous period. The total number of Seafarers regis­ tered and on the beach at the end of the period, however, dropped considerably to 4,635, against 5,549 in the previ­ ous two week period. The seniority situation during the past two weeks, favored full book members. The ratio of A Books ship­ ping comprised 66 percent of the total, compared with 61 percent in the prior period. B Books comprised 27 per­ cent of the total, dropping for the second time from 30 percent in the prior period. C Cards comprised only 6 percent of the total shipped contrasted with 9 percent in the prior two weeks. Shipping activity picked up, as shipowners rushed to get their ships out of clogged ports. There were 43 payoffs during the period, compared with 48 in the pre­ vious period. Sign-ons, picked up to 36, contrasted to 16 in the prior two weeks, and in transit visits increased to 99, aganst 55 in the prior period. Pay Slgi la Offs Oai Traas. TOTAL 1 9 2 S 0 2 0 3 6 5 Hotttloa Wilmingtoa .. 0 Son Froncitco. 2 Seattle ...... 5 0 6 1 6 3 2 0 2 8 0 0 3 5 3 9 12 14 7 4 5 3 9 19 4 4 2 4 24 15 28 10 10 B 8 23 24 4 11 12 TOTALS ... 43 34 99 178 Bostoa New York .... Philadelphia .. Baltimore .... Norfolh Jachienville .. Tam^ Mobile New Orleooa.. DECK DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A _ Seattle GROUP 1 2 10 4 13 31 4 6 9 24 2 2 4 3 2 1 8 10 24 11 14 17 6 2 6 7 11 9 TOTALS 90 Pert Boston New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco 148 Registered CLASS B Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B GROUP GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 2 3 ALL 1 2 2 16 0 3 2 0 2 2 4 13 3 0 2 20 1 8 52 3 34 11 19 8 12 23 50 94 23 167 4 12 0 2 6 4 7 12 0 3 3 4 14 24 1 6 39 0 55 0 30 6 16 22 4 13 16 9 9 0 8 4 0 11 5 23 0 3 5 5 7 1 4 0 7, 0 15 0 0 1 0 2 2 1 7 7 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0; 1 1 1 20 0 66 1 8 17, 2 3 10 13 21 33 12 8 25 27 56 3 38 2 13 18 33 36 65 16 117 4 34 7 45 1 3 6 10 2 33 1 7 11 19 4 0 0 6, 0 2 2 7| 1 2 1 0 1 2 3 14' 2 6 10 0 2 7. 2 1 5 3 5 10; 3 15 3 6 18 0 9 3 9 4 8 16 3 20j 4 27 1 265 13 44 83 1 140 158 319 87 1 564 16 70 106 1 192 Shipped CLASS C TOTAL Shipped GROUP 1 2 0 0 0 9 0 2 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 CLASS 3 A1.L A B 0 0 20 3 17 167 8 34 3 24 1 12 0 5 55 22 1 23 1 8 1 15 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 66 17 1 2117 56 5 45 1 10 0 0 6 2 0 0 10 7 0 3 15 18 22 is 1I 38 564 192 Registered On The Beach CLASS AI CLASS B GROUP GROUP C ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 23I 4 19 0 0 14 1 1 3 4 17 218 118 174 39 331 28 58 93 179 39 10 3 17 3 30 0 4 12 16 82 57 5 61 13 131 2 13 27 42 32 17 1 14 33 0 2 11 10 21 18 8 1 14 1 23 6 15 13 34 0 2, 11 16 3 30: 1 7 4 12 84 35 40 1 6 81' 1 9 30 40 2 175 89 93 14 196 3 43 78 124 5 60 113 89 24 226! 11 53 72 136 0 8 14 16 6 36 2 3 8 13 0 27 57 2 4 18 12 32 "1 26 3 36 19 18 2 39 0 7 6 13 38 1 794 521 593 118 11232 56 239 371 1 666 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Port Boston New York Philadelphia Baitimore Norfolk Jacksonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS GROUP 1 2 2 3 10 23 10 1 4 15 7 1 1 1 0 2 8 1 39 11 6 14 2 1 1 4 6 1 41 133 CLASS B Registered Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B GROUP GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 2 3 ALL 1 2 8 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 0 5 0 2 2 12 0 2 3 5 0 2 9 1 6 39 4 7 124 2 17 23 42i 7 25 1 26 91 14 0 11 0 6 1 3 8 3 S 6 1 4 1 4 3 25 Si 1 15 15 31 22 1 9 12 22 7 2 5 11 0 8 0 6 8 1 5 3 4 1 7 1 1 6 10 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 l|1 0 2 2 1 2 2 1 10 1 4 15 1 3 13 10 41 53 1 20 9 2 54 2 38 18 23 19 4 64 10 92 5 22 14 47 15 2 16 12 33 4 42 1 9 25 22 1 29 5 0 5 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 7 2 14 0 0 3 3 2 2 11 1 7| 2 13 2 8 1 8 2 10 3 15 2 9 2 2 12| 21 1 195 14 83 71 1 168 78 301 S3 1 412 15 94 101 1 210 Shipped CLASS C TOTAL Shipped GROUP CLASS 1 2 3 ALL A B 0 0 0 0 12 5 0 10 12 22 124 42 0 3 3 6 6 8 0 3 2 5 34 31 0 1 4 5 8 11 1 0 1 2 10 2 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 1 2 53 20 2 1 2 5 92 47 2 0 1 3 42 25 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 14 3 0 4 1 5 13 12 6 24 25 55 412 210 Registered On The Bench CLASS A CLASS B G C ALL 1 0 17 2 22 188 60 6 20 3 5 70 15 5 24: 2 2 14 1 0 5 6 2 75 12 5 144 40 3 70; 40 0 S 5 0 17 9 5 30 8 55 1 677 203 2 5 31 57 12 16 15 28 84 111 14 26 17 572 GROUP 3 ALL 123 ALL 8 0 3 5 8 254 16 56 62 134 2 36 0 5 10 15 13 85 2 22 30 54 15 1 7 0 8 9 5 16 17i 2 22 0 3 7 10 1 17 17 38 12 136 7 60 54 121 6 157 23 61 69 153 23. 4 6 5 15 39 1 11 8 20 28 1 7 5 IS 90 I 865, 58 267 277 | 602 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Port Boa NY Phil Bal Nor Jae Tam.... Mob NO Hou Wil SP Sea TOTALS 1-s 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 1 5 2 26 Registered CLASS B GROUP GROUP 1 2 8 ALL 12 3 ALL 2 1 1 4 0 1 12 7 14 37 4 3 14 21 2 0 0 3 0 5 1 4 11 6 12 31 2 0 11 2 2 0 5 3 11 3 1 0 0 1 2 8 1 0 3 1 5 1 0 1 6 2 6 16 1 0 11 12 44 0 20 5 16 so; 1 29 26 0 11 5 6 1 11 12 6 1 1 1 3 0 0 1 9 2 4 20 1 3 0 2 5 2 2 11 0 4 11 15 82 36 65 | 209 15 14 97 | 126 Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS A GROUP GROUP 123 ALL 1-8 12 3 2 i 5 1 11 26 16 43 7 2 4 3 4 11 4 15 0 3 2 4 0 4 1 2 0 1 0 0 5 14 5 31 6 34 10 69 9 8 12 0 0 0.1 2 1 6 18 2 0 18 33 116 53 203 | 405 14 Registered On The Bench CLASS A CLASS B GROUP 123 ALL 2 41 I 441405 165 44 | 614 142 285 161 282 | 870 87 0 26 1 1 2 2 1 .1 5 13 2 5 1 60 3 59 8 36 14 6 4 26 81 40 9 13 4 303 I 6 84 9 41 16 12 5 27 89 63 12 20 400 SUMMARY Registered CLASS A DECK ENGINE STEWARD GRAND TOTALS Registered CLASS B SHIPPED CLASS A GROUP GROUP GROUP 123 ALL 123 ALL 123 ALL 90 148 27 I 265 "13 44 83 I 140 158 319 87 I 564 41 133 21 I 195, 14 83 71 | 168, 78 301 33 I "412 108 36 65 I 209, 15 14 97 | 126 149 53 203 | 405 239 317 113 I 669i A2 141 251 J 434!385 673 323 11381 SHIPPED CLASS B SHIPPED CLASS C TOTAL SHIPPED Registered On The Beach* CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP 123 ALL 123 ALL ABC ALL 123 ALL 123 ALL 16 70 106 I 192 3 22 13 |_38 564 192 38 j 794 Ml_593mjl232 56 239 3711666 15 94 101' I 210 g 24 25 I 55 412 210 55 | 677 203 572 9^| 865^T8"~267""277T602 14 9 142 \, 165I_?__2_41 I 44 405 165 44J 614, 427 161282 | 87d!"37 60 SOSTOOO 45 173 349 J 5671 10 48 79 | 137 1381 567 137 |2085,11511326490 |2967 i51~666 951'|166f �Kanh f, IMI By frank Drorak, Wtst Coast Rcpresentotivo Seafarers UtilizinK S.F. Clinic SEAFARER^ XOG Hew Mexico Legisiafure Kills Right-To-Work Bid SANTA FE, New Mexico—A move to push through a "right-to-work" amendment to the New Mexico constitution, outlawing the union shop, has been smashed by the state Legislature. Sponsors of the anti-union resolution were stunned by the setback and in­ dicated they would make no^attempt to revive it this year. bill "want you to give them a actively opposed the bill, hailed the The Senate defeated the bludgeon to use over the heads of legislature's action. Patton, who is The new facttities which opened in San Francisco on February 15 •re already proving a valuable addition to the SlU'a nationwide clinic aystera. More than 70 members have already received thorough exam­ inations prior to Shipping out. As in other ports, with the exception of Wilmington and Seattle, members shipping out of San Francisco "work" resolution, 18-14, on our working people. The power of also president of the National must have a clearance card from the clinic before they ship. February 8. Tliree days later, the the state should be used to foster Farmers Union, said: The SlU-affiiiated Seine Line Fishermen reached an agreement with House voted 51-21 to "postpone good labor-management relations— "We have repealed the law in the boat owners. The membership has ratified a new contract calling indefinitely" consideration of a not to destroy them." Indiana and turned back this effort for a big increase in the SIU fishermen's share of the catch on companion bill. in the New Mexico legislature. It Moral Issue mackeral boats. The Maritime Port CJouncil and its affiliates supported is time to get on with ending the New Mexico was a major target the fishermen's beef and with their help brought about the gains for Neal, who represents the Carls­ this year of the "right-to-work" bad area and was floor leader for loophole in federal law which per­ the Seine Line Fishermen. mits such legislation in the states. forces, despite repeated defeats of The SlU-affiliated Petroleum Workers are still actively maintaining anti-union shop bills in the legisla­ the fight against "right-to-work," I refer to Sec. 14b of the Tafttheir boycott of Standard Oil of California products. Negotiations are ture and rejection by the voters in said the controversy was "a moral Hartley Act." scheduled for the coming weeks. The Petroleum Workers' main issue a 1948 referendum. In 1963, the issue." He added: Last November, New Mexicans Is maintenance of members. All union menribers and their families are Senate passed a "work" bill, 17-15, "My church is against this law. re-lected Governor Jack M. Camp­ urged to support the SIU Petroleum Workers' beef by not buying but the House turned it down, Your church is against this law bell (D), who had pledged to veto Standard Oil of California products until this dispute is settled in a 36-27. and our churches are against it any "right-to-work" bill that might fair and equitable manner. because they are trying to protect reach his desk,-and defeated U.S. Some Switch Ocean Dlnny, Pontck, who does his San Francisco A switch of three key votes In the welfare of our people." Senator Edwin L. Mechem (R), who work in the deck department, has James G. Patton, chairman of had sponsored an anti-union shop Shipping has been fair here for been sailing for about 15 years, the Senate doomed the revived the past period and is expected to but had to get off recently for "right-to-work" campaign in the the National Council for Industrial measure when he was a member of pick up somewhat during the com­ medical reasons. We hope to see state. Two senators who had Peace, whose New Mexico affiliate the legislature. ing weeks with'the Choctaw, Wild him back sailing again very soon. voted to ban the union shop two years ago switched positions on Ranger, Overseas Rose, Overseas Wilmington the key February 8 vote. Also vot­ Joyce, Summit, and Ellxabethport Shipping has been relatively ing against it was a senator who expected to arrive in port. No pay­ offs are listed during the coming slow here with 15 jobs shipped had joined in co-sponsoring the period. during the past two week period. bill at the start of the session. We had the Montpelier Victory, The chairman of the New Mex­ After , close to eight months of Longvlew Victor, Flomar and ico "work" organization, Ellis voyaging around the Far East aboard the Western Hunter, Stan­ Antlnons in transit. The outlook Whitney, told newsmen he was ley Bojko says he's had enough of for the coming period is consider­ "stunned" by the Senate vote. ably better however, with nine "Insofar as the present legisla­ that run for a while and will try ships expected In transit—seven ture is concerned, right-to-work is his hand at some other part of the globe. On the other hand, the Far of them due the first week in a dead issue," Whitney conceded. But he added that his group will East has a strong adherent in A. B. March. John Bowdon was just in from the renew its efforts in the next legis­ Pontck who recently paid off the Baltimore area and has registered lature. "While we have lost a ma­ here. He says he may move out to jor skirmish, the war is by no the coast permanently because he means over," Whitney declared. likes this area. We're glad to see Voting for "right-to-work" were him and hope he stays. Pete the Senate's four Republican mem­ Matovish was in recently and bers and 10 Democrats. Eighteen registered. Pete says he's ready to Democrats opposed the measure. States with right-to-work laws on the books are indicated as ship out in the first job that hits In terms of population shaded areas in the above map. the board. each country, regardless of size,^ Seattle is represented by one senator so The shipping outlook is very the rejection was even more de­ good here. During the last period cisive. Senators opposing the ban on the Four members of the SIU Rail­ we paid off the Robin Hood, Santa way Marine Region have been Emilia, Marine, Choctaw and union shop came from counties added to the list of Seafarers en­ Seattle. Expected payoffs include with a total population of 636,000. titled to pensions from the Sea- the Steel Rover, Overseas Rose, Those voting for "work" repre­ WASHINGTON—A new fleet of American ships designed f a r e r s Welfare Wild Ranger, Overseas Joyce, sented counties with a combined to give emergency help to nations in times of disaster has Plan. The Board Northwestern Victory and the population of only 316,000. During the debate. Senator C. been proposed in Congress by Representative Seymour Halof Trustees of the Ames Victory. Ships serviced in plan approved the transit this last period were the Fincher Neal told his colleagues pern (R.-N.Y.), and Is now^" that the supporters of the "work" being considered by the House Foreign Affairs Com­ members at their Anchorage and the Flomar. mittee, regular February" meeting. Under the Halpern bill, ships The newly re­ would be taken from the mothball tire d members fleet and restored to useful serv­ are Herman E. ice as hospital ships, generator Ahrens, 65: An­ ships and cargo ships loaded with Totten drew Polasky, 65; medical supplies, food, clothing George A. Totten, 65; and Henry and other necessities. George Braunwald, 65. The new fleet would be designed Ahrens began sailing on tugs and equipped to "render prompt of the Erie Lackawanna Railroad emergency aid and assistance to In 1917. He retired after working peoples of the coastal regions of other nations upon the occurence for the same company for 46 years, of famine, epidemic disease, earth­ having sailed as mate aboard tugs quake, flood, hurricane or other and passenger ferries for the com­ disaster." pany. Polasky began sailing in the Training and technical assist­ New York harbor aboard the ance could also be provided from SIU-RMR contracted tugs of the the ships under Halpern's bill. The Pennsylvania Railroad. Still work­ emergency food supplies aboard ing for the same company at his the cargo ships could come from retirement, he sailed as mate and surplus U.S. commodities, Halpern deckhand. suggested. He said the ships could be divided into separate task A native of Belfast, Ireland, Tot­ groups operating In different parts ten began sailing for the Pennsyl­ of the world. vania Railroad in 1918. Working as a deckhand, Totten sailed for the company until his retirement. He makes his home in Woodhaven, N.J. Braunwald, who has been sailing In order to assure accurate as mate on tugs of the Pennsyl­ Part of the latest group of SIU-RMR members to be approved for $150 monthly pension digests of shipboard meetings vania Railroad since 1920, said that benefits is shown above receiving congratulations from RMR regioni director G. P. McGinty in the LOG, it is desirable that with the pension he is now receiv­ (center). Pete Maddaluna (far left) is not one of the latest group of pensioners, but came the reports of shipboard meet­ ing, he and his wife Dorothy will ings be tjrped if at all possible along to congratulate his fellow retirees. The newest batch consists of Andrew Pokisliy have a chance to eqjoy their retire­ (second from left), Herman Ahrens (second from right) and Henry Braunwald (far right). ment years in leisure. Four More Rail Tugmen On Pension New Bill Proposes U.S. Build Mercy Ship Fleet Type Minutes When Possible •. 1 �aSBiE Pace Eirht -- V SEAFARERS Maroh I, Itfl LOG AFL-aO Decries 'Empty Label* Campaign By Lindsey Williams, Vice-President, Gulf Area Gulf Coast Shipping On Upswing AMA's Anti-Medicare Pitch Labeied 'Cynical Propaganda' WASHINGTON—The American Medical Association's new "eldercare" proposal is noth­ Shipping on the Gulf Coast only awaits a settlement in Miami between the South Atlantic operators and the longshoremen before the situation ing but a "cynical propaganda campaign" to block a social security program of hospital gets back to normal. In the settled ports the re-hiring process is care for the aged, an AFL-CIO spokesman charged. already getting underway at a fast tempo. In New Orleans, more than AFE-CIO Social Security public relations office also an­ provide sufficient matching funds 400 men were recalled to SlU-contracted ships in the first two weeks after the strike ended there. In Mobile, about 175 Seafarers went back Director Nelson H. Cruik- nounced that it is distributing 10 to finance adequately the Kerrto work during the same period. shank issued a point-by-point million pamphlets attacking the Mills programs for the needy aged In addition, of course, the logjam started to break up for hundreds of refutation of the "empty prom­ Administration's health care pro­ which now exist. Furthemore, he harbor and inland boatmen who had been idled as a direct result of ises" of the AMA plan, which he gram. noted, there is no protection in the strike. This was particularly true where harbor boatmen were con­ termed "a slight modification of the bill against "exorbitant prof­ The AMA bill would provide cerned. The affect of the settlement there was felt almost immediately. the present public assistance pro­ federal matching funds for state its" and high administrative ex­ As this was written, ILA negotiatiors still had not settled their diffi­ gram" for the needy. programs to finance all or part of penses of commercial insurance culties in the South Atlantic District, but this round of bargaining was Despite the AMA's "frantic . . . the cost of private hospital and companies. efforts," Cruikshank medical insurance for persons expected to follow the pattern of the West Gulf settlement. ILA officials last-ditch By contrast, he noted, Kingfreely predicted the South Atlantic contract talks would be concluded said, the King-Anderson bill will over 65 whose income is below Anderson benefits would be paid without too much difficulty. be enacteed "within a matter of levels specified by the state. The , , ,, , ^ .J for by modest payroll contribuBesides celebrating the opportunity to go back to work, Seafarers in months." part of the premium cost not paid employers New Orleans and Mobile at the same time joined in the fun and frolic of The legislative drive to pass a from public funds would have to and the only change to general the carnival season. Day and night parades and festivities were climaxed social security hospital care pro­ be paid by the individual. revenues would be for benefits to by the wild day-long celebration of Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday), the last gram was given a strong boost by Cruikshank labeled as an "empty | persons not covered by social se­ day of the pre-Lenten season, which this year fell on March 2. President Johnson, who said: "The promise" the claim made in the curity. Another "empty promise," people . . . want this program. AMA advertisements that its Cruikshank said, is the AMA state­ New Orleans They are going to have this pro­ eldercare program would involve ment that its plan "would provide With the end of the strike, many New Orleanians passed up the Mardi gram." "less cost to the taxpayer." "If a wide range of hospital and med­ Gras festivities in m favor of the • all promised benefits were actual­ ical services for the elderly—much registered in Group 1 of the Johnson called on "all Ameri­ opportunity to get back to work steward's department. ly provided," he replied, "the cost more than medicare." cans" to push for "prompt enact­ after the involuntary period of to the taxpayer would be many ment of a comprehensive program Mobile While the AMA plan "author­ idleness. Among those joining the times the cost of the King-Ander­ izes" a wide range of benefits, the of hospital care for the aged Shipping prospects are good in festivities as their ships came ii for pay-rff was Clyde "V/hitey"' Mobile as elsewhere in the Gulf through social security." He told son bill." actual benefits would be deterProven Inadequate Lanier, after nearly two years as for the next two weeks. The his Council on Aging, made up of mind by the states and limited by chief steward on the Del Sud. Rachel V and the Trans Texas both federal officials dealing with pro­ Cruikshank pointed out that the availability of state funds, Whitey took time out to visit the laid up before the ILA strike and grams affecting the elderly, that most states have not been able to Cruikshank noted. hall to renew acquaintances dur­ will be open jobs when they crew "we are in sight of the promised land." ing a meeting of the Greater New up, probably during this period. Nationwide Campaign Among those home for the Orleans AFL-CIO to which he has The AMA coupled a nationwide been an SIU delegate. Among carnival season are Charles J. those who shipped out since the Mitchell, who was chief steward newspaper advertising campaign strike was John Luther v. ho came on the Penn Vanguard for about for its self-styled eldercare plan in from Pearl River and made an a year. He is registered in Group with spot announcements on 346 oiler's job on the Alcoa Master, IS. He has been an SIU member television stations and 722 radio bound for the Mediterranean and since the early days of the Union stations. Local AMA affiliates in By Al Tanner, Vice President Pakistan. Matthew Eurisa took a and has been shipping out of many areas are purchasing addi­ and Fred Farnen, Secretary-Treasurer, Great Lakes job on the Penn Challenger when various Gulf ports for the last 20 tional radio and television time take him to India. Joe Lae made years. Otha Bryars had a fireman's and newspaper space. The AMA's the chief steward's job on the job on the Penn Challenger when Alice Brown on the regular Bloom- the ship laid up. He is enjoying a A sure sign of spring on the Great Lakes Is when smoke startu field European run. Leon Franklin vacation with his family at his pouring out of the galley stacks of laid-up vessels. The Huron Cement home in Perdido, Ala., and says he took the night cook and b.iker's Fleet has already started to fit-out and we have notified the crews of job on the same ship. Johnny Long plans to do a little wild turkey their reporting dates. Wyandotte Transportation Company is fitting out hunting while he is on the beach. made the chief electrician's job their vessels, the Wyandotte, Huron, and the Alpena. It looks like an on the Del Oro, but it lasted only M. D. "Tiny" Hibbs went home to early start this year and we expect a great year for shipping. The until the ship completed discharg­ Lucedale, Miss., for a rest after ports of Duluth and Cleveland will re-open on March 1 and we urge ing cargo which had been tied up getting off the Bradford Island. all members in those areas to register on that date. during the strike. After that, the He was an AB on the Cities Tioas brillig, and the slithy ship went into layup temporarily Service tanker. The blizzard that hit Detroit and Toledo on February 23 (worst in toves. and the crew was discharged. 30 yrs.) did not halt the fitting out of several vessels. The Detroit Frank Gomez said he probably Did gyre and gimbol in the Lambert Martindale left the chief would return his oiler's job on the Hall remained open and members were issued clearance cards to their wabe. various ships. cook's job on the Columbia and (Continued on page 20) All mimsy were the boroCHICAGO groves. And the mome raths outgrabe. Shipping in Chicago has been good with men of various ratings Louis Carroll shipped on the Highway 16, Detroit, Schemm and the newly acquired If a Baedeker is a guide book Harvester owned by the Gartland Steamship Company. The last two and a glossary is a list of words, vessels mentioned have called men for winter work in addition to men what is a peggy, smoke-o, rum- ordered to shift the Harvester to a new berth this coming week. mager, doc, fog-locker, tab-nab or Winter shipping in Chicago has been the best in years. green oil? And what do they mean There are 14 SIU Great Lakes member men in the Marine Hospital, to a seafarer? all of whom are anxious to be dis-"*" To an American "seaman they charged in order to spend a little Chicago Federation of Labor, is probably mean absolutely nothing. more time at home prior to the joining in this protest along with But accor(?ing to Dr. Ronald Hope, expected early fit-out. This goes the Chicago Port Council of the director of Britain's Seafarers Ed­ for some of our IBU members MTD. ucation Service, every British sea­ holding seniority with the Great Since our last report, this branch man must" understand these words Lakes dredge and dock company. was represented at several meet­ or suffer the embarrassment of This company has recently been ings relative to the proposed clos­ actually going to look for some awarded a four and a half million ing of the Chicago Marine Hospi­ green oil to polish a fog-locker in­ dollar contract to continue the tal. The most recent meeting was stead of enjoying a tab-nab with dredging of the Calumet River to held Monday, February 22nd in the the doc and the rumniager on his the harbor. This should keep our federal building at the offices of smoke-o, just like the greenest IBU brothers working all season. Congressman Sidney Yates, (D) peggy. The International Brotherhood 9th district and second man on the According to the glossary (word of Electrical Workers, local 1220 House Appropriations Committee. Ust) in Dr. Hope's Baedeker (guide in Chicago is preparing a mass Attending this meetihg, in addition book) a peggy (deck boy) is'tradi­ demonstration outside of the of­ to SIU representatives from the tionally sent to hunt for green oil fices of radio station WWJD in port of Chicago, were representa­ (something like a left handed protest of unfair labor practices tives from the United States monkey wrench) to fill the star­ by this station. The union agreed Public Health Service Hospital, board lights while he could be en­ four years ago that all music licensed and unlicensed tugmen joying a smoke-o (tea break) with played in conjunction with ad­ and a representative from the the rummager (customs inspector) vertising could be done via re­ Chicago branch of the NMU. and the doc (cook) and eating a cordings. The radio station is now Statistics were given to Congress­ tab-nab (hard cake) while lounging using the radio announcers in man Yates from all sides for his comfortably on his fog-locker. playing these recordings and presentation for argument in What's a fog-locker? That's other music as opposed to using Washington. where you keep fog — everybody union disc jockeys. WCEL "The It appears however that the knows that! Voice of Labor," operated by the (Continued on page 22) I- I Signs Of Spring On Lakes Information Each 'Peggy' Must Know GLD-TIMER ^ IM ^CLOSED ARE/\S CERTAIM ThiBRe ISSUFFlCieNT VENTILATION/. •• — �Manii $', 1961 I^EAPAkEks^ LOG rv»Elmt .1? % I (The following guide was pre­ pared for the use of Seafarers by the SIU Accounting Department) Your 1964 forms have been revised in accordance with the Revenue Act oj 1964 which reduced tax rates and pro­ vided a minimum standard deduction. Many other changes have been made to conform to the new legislation which provided: Higher ceilings on charitable contribu­ tions and) the retirement income credit; Benefits for persons 65 or over on medical expenses and sales of their resi­ dences; Deductions for moving expenses; Restrictions on the sick pay exclusion end the deduction for taxes paid; An increase in the dividends exclu­ sion and a decrease in the dividends re­ ceived credit; and An averaging system to moderate the effects of unusual increases in income. Generally, with very few exceptions, seamen are treated no dllTerently under the income tax laws than any other citizen or resident of the US. (The non­ resident alien seaman must also file- a return, but the rules are "not the same for him;) WHO MUST FILE. Every Seafarer who is a citizen or resident of the United States—whether an adult or minor—^who had $600 or more income in 1964 must file; if 65 or over, $1,200 or more. A Seafarer with Income of less than these amounts should file a return to get a refund if tax was withheld. A married Seafarer with income less than his own personal exemption should file a joint return with his wife to get the smaller tax or larger refund for the couple. WHEN TO FILE. Tax returns have to be filed by April 15, 1965. However, the April 15 deadline is waived in cases where a seaman is at sea. In such instances, the seaman must file his re­ turn at the first opportunity, along with an affidavit stating the reason for delay. HOW TO FILE. The Seafarer has two return forms to choose from. Form 1040 and card form. Form 1040A. Form 1040 is limited to a single sheet. Supporting schedules may be attached according to the individual needs of each taxpayer. Generally, if your income was entirely from salary, wages, interest, dividends, and sources other than those for which schedules (B, C, D, and F) are required, you will need only Form 1040. You can use it whether you take the standard deduction or itemize deductions. If you have income from sources listed below, complete and attach one or more of the following forms: Schedule B for income from pensions, annuities, rents, royalties, partner­ ships, estates, trusts, etc.; Schedule C for income from a person­ ally owned business; Schedule D for income from the sale or exchange of property; and Schedule F for income from farming. WAGE EARNERS WITH LESS THAN $10,000 INCOME. You can use a sim­ pler return (Form 1040A), printed on a punch card, if: 1. Your income was less than $10,000, AND 2. It consisted of wages reported on withholding statements (Forms W-2) and not more than $200 total of other wages, interest, and dividends, AND 3. Instead of itemizing deductions. you wl^ to use the tax table or to take the standard deduction which is gen­ erally the higher of: (a) the 10-percent standard deduc­ tion—about 10 percent of your income, or (b) the minimum standard deduc­ tion—and amount equal to $200 ($100 if married and filing sepaate return) plus $100 for each exemption claimed on item 15 on the back of your Form 1040A. If your income is less than $5,000, you ean choose to have the Internal Revenue Service figure your tax for you. A hus­ band and wife may file a Joint return Form 1040A if their combined incomes do not exceed these limits. DON'T USE FORM 1040A IF— (1) You wish to take any deductions for specific items, such as unreimbursed employee expenses. (2) You wish to claim a dividends re­ ceived credit (for dividends over'$100). (3) You wish to claim a retirement in­ come credit. (4) You wish to compute your tax un­ der the head-of-household rates or to claim "surviving spouse" benefits. (5) You wish to claim any exclusion for wages or salary you received for a period while you were sick and this amoimt is shown on your Form W-2. (6) You wish to claim credit for pay­ ments of estimated tax for the taxable year or for an overpayment from 1963. (7) Your wife (or husband) is filing a separate return on Form 1040 and item­ izes her (or his) deductions. (8) You have a nonresident alien status. HOW TO PAY The balance of tax shown to be due on your return must be paid in full with your return if it amounts to $1 or more. Make checks or money order, payable to "Internal Revenue Service." ROUNDING OFF TO WHOLE DOL­ LARS The money items on your return and schedules may be shown in whole dol­ lars. This means that you eliminate any amount less than 50 cents, and increase any amount from 50 cents through 99 cents to the next higher dollar. ADVANTAGES OF" A JOINT RE­ TURN. Generally it is advantageous for a married couple to file a joint return. There are benefits in figuring the tax on a joint return which often result in a lower tax than would result from separate returns. CHANGES IN MARITAL STATUS. If you are married at the end of 1964, you are considered married for the entire year. If you are divorced or legally separated on or before the end of 1964, you are considered single for the entire year. If your wife or husband died during 1964, you are considered married for the entire year. Generally, a joint return may be filed for 1964 provided you have not remarried before the end of 1964. EXEMPTIONS. Each tax^yer is en­ titled to a personal exemption of $600 for himself, $600 for his wife, an addi­ tional $600 if he is over 65 and another $600 if he is blind. The exemptions for age and blindness apply also to a tax­ payer's wife, and can also be claimed by both of them. In cases where a man's wife lives in a foreign country, he can still claim the $600 exemption for her. In addition, a taxpayer can claim $600 for each child, parent, grandparent, brother, brother-in-law, sister, sister-inlaw, and each uncle, aunt, nephew or niece dependent on him, if he provides more than one-half of their support dur­ ing the calendar year. The dependent must have less than $600 income-and live in the US, Canada, Panama or the Canal Zone. A child under 19, or a student over 19 can earn over $600 and still count as a dependent if the taxpayer provides more than one-half of his support. The law also enables a seaman who Is contributing (with other relatives) more than ten percent of the support of a dependent to claim an exemption for that individual, provided the other contributors file a declaration that they will not claim the dependent that year. CREDIT FOR EXCESS SOCIAL SECURITY (FICA) TAX PAID. If a total of more than $174 of Social Security (FICA) tax was withheld from the wages of either you or your wife because one or both of you worked for more than one employer, you may claim the excess over $174 as a credit against your income tax. TAX CREDIT FOR RETIREMENT INCOME. A tax credit is allowed for individuals against retirement income such as rents, dividends and earnings at odd jobs. However, an adjustment must be made in this credit for Social Secur­ ity benefits. HOW TO REPORT YOUR INCOME. All income in whatever form received which is not specifically exempt must be included in your income tax return, even though it may be offset by deduc­ tions. Examples are given below: Examples of income Which Must Be Re­ ported: Wages, salaries, bonuses, com­ missions, fees, tips, and gratuities. Dividends. Interest on bank deposits, bonds, notes. Interest on U.S. Savings bonds. Profits from business or profession. Your share of partnership profits. Disability retirement payments and other benefits paid by the Veterans Administration. Dividends on veterans' Insurance. Life insurance proceeds upon death. Profits from sales or exchanges of real estate, securities, or other property. Industrial, civil service and other pen­ sions, annuities, endowments. Rents and royalties from property, pat­ ents, copyrights. Your share of estate or trust income. Employer supplemental unemployment benefits. Alimony, separate maintenance or sup­ port payments received from (and de­ ductible by) your husbahd (or wife). Prizes and awards (such as items re­ ceived from radio and TV shows, con­ tests, raffles, etc.). Examples of Income Which Should Not Be Reported: Workmen's compensation, insurance, damages, etc., for injury or sickness. Interest on State and municipal bonds. Federal and State Social Security bene­ fits. Railroad Retirement Act benefits. Gifts, inheritance, bequests. DIVIDEND INCOME. If a seaman has income from stock dividends, he can exclude the first $100 from his. gross income. He may be eligible to an addi­ tional credit against his total tax liability up to a maximum of two percent of the balance of the dividends received in 1964. If a joint return is filed and both hus­ band and wife have dividend income, each one may exclude $100 of dividends from their gross income. WELFARE, PENSION AND VACA­ TION BENEFITS. Benefits received from the SIU Welfare Plan do not have to be reported as income. Payments received from the SIU Pen­ sion Plan are includable as income on the tax return of those pensioners who retire with a normal pension. There is a special retirement income tax credit to be calculated on Schedule B which is to be attached to the return. Pensioners under 65 who receive a disability pension do not have to include such payments on their tax returns. However, all disability pension payments received after age 65 are taxable in the same manner as a normal pension. Vacation pay received from the Sea­ farers Vacation Plan is taxable income in the same manner as wages. DEATH BENEFIT EXCLUSION. If you receive pension payments as a bene­ ficiary of a deceased employee, and the employee had received no*retirement pension payments, you may be entitled to a death benefit exclusion of up to $5,000. GAMBLING GAINS. All net gains from gambling must be reported as in­ come. However, if more was lost than gained during the year, the losses are not deductible, but simply cancel out the gains. INVESTMENT CREDIT. Form 3468 is to be used by a Seafarer claiming the investment credit. The credit is allowed for investment in tangible depreciable personal property used in business. The credit is an amount equal to 7% of such investment and applied against your in­ come tax. INCOME AVERAGING. A Seafarer who has an unusually large amount of taxable in come for a tax year beginning after December 31, 1963, may be able to reduce the total amount of his tax by using the income averaging meth­ od. This method permits a part of the usually large amount of taxable Income to be taxed in lower brackets, resulting in a reduction of the over-all amount of tax due. If your averageable income for 1964 is more than $3,000 and you are an elig­ ible individual, you may choose to com­ pute your tax under this new method. Your averageable income for 1964 will -generally be the amount by which your taxable income exceeds 133V6% of your" average base period income (the average of your taxable incomes, for the four immediately preceding tax years). In this situation 1964 is your computation year and your four immediately preced­ ing tax years are your base period. The following items can be used as deductions against income (IF YOU DO NOT TAKE THE STANDARD DEDUC­ TION): CONTRIBUTIONS. A taxpayer can deduct up to 20 percent of gross income for contributions to charitable institu(Continued on page 15) •9 �.Pag« ite SEAFARERS LOG Marcli S, INI Right-Wingers Get History Lesson By Robert A. Matthews, Vice-President, Contracts, & Bill Hall, Headquarters Rep. Several interesting letters have been received at headquarters re­ questing clarification on various shipboard beefs. The first two ques­ tions, submitted by C. E. Henby, ship's delegate on the Alice Brown, deal vvi;h overtime for a missing man. Question No. 1: I would like a clarification on missing man overtime (messman) when a vessel is in a U.S. port on a weekend. Also I would like to know is there a division of wages. What would apply on week days? Answer: The agreement provides that when a vessel is in a continental U.S. port and the messman is missing, the men who do his work would receive overtime for the actual time worked in excess of their normal eight hours. The agreement does not provide for a division of wages in this instance. The same would apply for week days also. Reference: Standard Freightship Agreement, Article V, Section 7— Working Due to Absent Members; "When a vessel is in a continental United S.ates port and a member of the Steward Department is miss­ ing, the men who do the missing man's work shall be paid overtime for actual time worked over their normal eight hours." Quest Ion No. 2: When the ship leaves'one port in the U.S. and is to arrive the following day in another U.S. port, what would apply? Aid To Depressed Regions Nothing New In U. S. History WASHINGTON—Right-wing and other anti-labor groups, who set up cries of "un-American," un-constitutional" or "against the American way" every time U.S. aid is allocated to help depressed areas of the ^ nation or to alleviate unem­ deliberately promoted economic ployment problems, obviously development." QUESTION: Science is close to finding a sure cure for bald­ ness. If you were going bald, would you use the new cure? Felipe Aponte: I would deflnitely not use it right away. I would want to wait and find out if it is really safe first. These drugs when they first come out have too many side affects for me to trust them. I want to see what they are before I use any drug. Otherwise it might be extremely dangerous. know nothing about American Appalachia Cited history. Regional economic development The fact is that a concept as old was one of the challenges Presi­ as self-government in the United dent Johnson pinpointed in his States is put to work when the State of the Union message. The nation gathers its forces and plans best-known of the areas that need the economic development of re­ it is Appalachia, the 10-state moun­ gions distressed by massive pov­ tain region reaching from Penn­ sylvania into Alabama. erty. Comprehensive redevelopment An article published in the AFLClO monthly publication, the Fed- programs are needed for all dis­ erationist, recalls that as the con tressed areas of the country as well tinent was being explored and its as for Appalachia, "with federal areas of settlement were growing, government financial aid and coor­ 4. 4. 4. Herman Riccl: I would positive­ "industry and commerce prospered dination," says the article, which in good part because the federal is an Economic Trends & Outlook ly use it. As you can see, I don't Answer: If the vessel sails with-"*" subsistence to port of engagement government laid the basis and feature prepared by the Depart­ look so young out the messman, the men who in continental United States, or ment of Research of the AFL-CIO. anymore, but 1 perform tlie missing messman's feel young. Even at the seaman's option, cash work, are ent't'ed to a division of "Some voices surely will be if a man has grey wages of the m>sing man and the equivalent of the actual cost of raised in opposition to any federal hair, he looks overtime that the missing man first class rail transportation shall role," it predicts, recalling the op­ younger if he has be paid." would normally have made on a position four years ago when the lots of hair. If Money Due Saturday, Sunday or Holiday. more limited program of the Area this stuff really The Contracts and Constitution Redevelopment Act was before works, I would Reference: St.nndard Freightship Congress. Agreement, Article V, Section department is still holding a num­ surely use it to 7 (b); "If a vessel sails without the ber of checks for the Seafarers get my hair back "American history, however, full complement in the Steward listed below. These men are urged gives the answer to these critics. so that I would look as young as I The Board of Trustees of the It reveals that, practically from the feel. Department as required by this to pick up their checks from this agreement, then the men who do department or notify headquarters Seafarers Welfare Plan have, ap­ founding of the nation, govern­ 4> 4* proved four more members of the ment has played a major role in the missing men's work will re­ where the checks may be sent. Genero H. Ruiz: I believe I ceive, in addition to a division of In the settlement of disputed SlU Inland Boatmen's Union for encouraging economic develop­ would use anything that was sure wages of the missing men, the overtime aboard the Transorleans, lifetime pensions of $150 a month. ment. In fact, much of the activity to work. There overtime that the missing men checks are being held for James The four new SlU-lBU pensioners, of government today is concerned are a lot of quack include Jeriy Allen, 54; Clyde R. would normally have made on a Mahoney and Seymore Sikes. medicines for Worrell, Jr., 62; Felix Frank with providing services essential Saturday, Sunday or Holiday." baldness, though. to the success of private enterprise From the Ames Victory, checks Miller, 71; Harry William The purpose of and to stimulation of economic James Quinn, ship's delegate are being held covering travel Greiner, 57. using it would be growth." aboard the Western Hunter wrote wages, subsistence and transpor­ Allen began sailing on tugs of to look younger. Railroads—Canals the Contracts department concern­ tation for Wallace P. Anderson, I think that any­ ing two questions regarding the Morris Berlowitz, Ralph L. Jones the Curtis Bay Towing Co. in NorThe article cites as examples one wants to re­ and Lee W. Morin. replacement of anodes in Tanks. federal construction of roads to tain at least the connect the East Coast and the In the settlement of disputed Question No. 1: "The Firemen appearance of Ohio Valley in the early years of and Oilers were instructed to overtime for tank cleaning aboard youth after he gets older. the 19th Century, followed soon take out the anodes in the tanks the Manhattan, checks are being if ^ by construction of canals by the and were later instructed not to held for F. Carpenter, L. Hairvey, M. B. Osman: Sure, I'd use it. states to improve communications. do this work, and the work was H. Koppersmith, and S. Puntillo. Public outlays for land and water A full head of hair is important given to the Deck Departnrent..." to a man's ap­ Checks for the settlement of communication "were rapidly pearance. There Answer: This work is the duties disputed overtime aboard the Penn transforming" the country before is a streak of of the Pumpman, as per Article Carrier are being held for Earl H. the Civil War, the study says. vanity in most IV, Section 10, of the Standard Beamer, Jose M. Cacosta,. Michael Allen Worrell Congress passed the Pacific men that make Tanker Agreement. Since the C. Miller, and Walter Smith. Railroad Act in 1862, giving mil­ them want to use Deck Department has already Former crewmembers of the Ni­ folk, Va. Still employed by the been paid overtime for doing this agara, who are owed money for same company, at his retirement, lions of acres of land and "gen­ a cure for bald­ work, we cannot compel the Com­ the settlement of disputed over­ he sailed as deckhand. A native of erous" construction loans to the ness if it really pany to pay again for not utiliz­ time, are Francis M. Greenwall North Carolina, he retired to his railroads to such an extent, the works. I would article says, that by the end of think I was ing the services of the Oilers and and Richard Heckmen. home in Norfolk. the century 192,000 miles of track, pretty funny Firemen. George Doest still has a check Worrell begain sailing on tugs "much of it government-subsi­ looking if I got all dressed up and We are instructing the Company waiting for him for settlement of of the Curtis Bay Towing Co. in dized," spanned the nation. had no hair. My head would be that, in the future this work is disputed overtime earned aboard Norfolk. Continuing to work for The nation over great spans of undressed. the duties of the Pumpman and if the Seatrain New Jersey. the same company until he retired. time undertook to preserve some 4" 4" 4< extra help is needed that other of the wilderness the founding John Japper: Sure I'd use a cure A transportation differential Engine Department Unlicensed fathers knew, the magazine Says. for baldness. I'm a gambler, and Personnel shall be used for this check from the Elimir is still be­ The Tennessee Valley Authority, what do I have ing held for James II. Smith. work. it continues, was a "spectacular to lose, except Checks for the settlement of a Question No. 2: "We signed on success" in transforming a de­ maybe more in the port of Honolulu for one or transportation dispute are being pressed area into one of com­ hair. You can see more ports in the Middle East held for these former crewmem­ parative prosperity. I'm beginning to and back to a final port in the bers of the Valiant Hope: Thomas get thin on top, Shortsighted View continental United States. Does E. Bewley, Edward E. Edinger, and it makes me "Shortsighted sectional econom­ the above articles mean that in Thomas E. Hanson, Athanassios look older than I ic rivalry ... and outmoded ideolog­ the event the ship goes back to Karatgas, Donald Kershaw, Robeirt am. I'm past the ical prejudice—the charge is that Miller Greiner Honolulu the ship must pay off?" McCulloch, Thomas E. Morris, and point of wanting Berthall L. Winborne. this is 'socialism'—have frustrated to look older Answer: No. Honolulu is not Former crewmembers of the Worrell sailed as a deckhand. A the birth of new regional develop­ than my age. the Continental United States, and native of Hillsville, Va., he now ment programs," the magazine 4i' t the vessel would not have to break Hercules Victory who have checks makes his home in Waynesboro, comments. John Lynan: No, I would not use waiting for them for the settle­ - articles when it returns to Hono­ ment of disputed overtime are Va. "The persistent and continuing it. I'm thin on top, but so what? lulu. Muirry Carroll, Die A. E. Hilsen, Miller began sailing in the Mil­ opposition of any business spokes­ I think I am past References: Article 11, Section Everett J. Huntley, Edward Jen­ waukee harbor in 1925. Aiit-i men to an expanded government the point of try­ 55. TRANSPORTATION AND sen, William A. Laughlin. Ernest ing for several companies in the role in resource and economic de­ ing to impress FAYING OFF PROCEDURES. J. Lichtensen, William Logan, harbor, he retired after sailing velopment is hard to understand people with how 1 look. If people (b) "It is agreed that the Ar­ Thomas J. Ratcliff, Robert Smith, aboard tugs of the SlU-lBU con­ either in terms of business inter­ don't want to George Stanley and Donald T. tracted Merritt, Chapman and ests or of ideological grounds." ticles shall terminate as the final look at me be­ Watson. Scott Co. Miller makes his home port of discharge in the continen­ Coordination of interrelated ef­ cause I'm thin in Milwaukee. The contract department is hold­ tal United States of Anrerica. 11 forts such as redevelopment and and grey on top, Greiner joined the Union in the ending of local distress is es­ I'm not going to the final port of discharge is lo­ ing checks covering subsistence cated in the port of engagement, for the following ex-crewmembers Galveston, Texas. An employee of sential if succeess is to be achieved, worry about it. I first class transportation shall be of the St. Lawrence: George S. Galveston Wharves, and a native the article says. The job at best is guess when people get old, appear­ 'sikarls, and Nich­ of Beaumont, Texas, he retired to "a long-range and difficult task," ance doesn't mean as much. It's provided to only those men who Lane, riil f his home in Galveston. it asserts. leave the vessel, plus wages and olas SakePa. .'ilfs. the person that counts. Four IBU Oldtimers On Pension �IbnhX^ltM fan BevW' SEAFARERS,EOG 'Boy^ Am I Clad To See You!' f- I COPE MAPS OFF-YEAR VOTE EFFORTS—Cope, the political arm of the AFL-CIO has, begun a campaign to bring out the maximum number of voters for the 1966 Congressional and local elections. The campaign will be aimed at preserving and strengthening the liberal gains made in the 1964 national elections. COPE is hoping to reverse the trend of the past 33 years in which the administration in power usually loses Congressional strength during off-year elections. The trend is attributable to the sharp drop-off in voter turnout by lower and middle income citizens during the off-years. 4» 4» 4- SENATE VOTES SUCCESSION AMENDMENT—The Senate passed by a vote of 72 to 0 a proposed constitutional amendment providing for the taking over of presidential duties by the Vice President should tlie President become incapacitated. The amendment also provides for the selection of a new Vice President in the event that the office becomes vacant because of presidential disability. If the measure is now approved by a two-thirds vote of the House It must then be ratified by three-quarters of the states to become a part of the constitution. The amendment would allow the President to nominate a person to fill the vice presidency should that post become vacant subject to the approval of Congress, and would set up procedures allowing the president to notify Congress that he was unable to serve so that the Vice President could take over the White House duties with the title of Acting President. t t - AFL-CIO URGES GREATER SCHOOL AID—The Administration's proposed billion dollar school aid bill will have a "real impact" on education for children in deprived areas but will not be enough to solve the problem, Lawrence Rogin, AFL-CIO Education Director, has de­ clared. "We will need more money because there are more kids coming into school and because the problems of education are more com­ plicated," he said. The educational problems of deprived children are "more acute" in the big cities where populations are concentrated, Rogin maintained, even though educational opportunities are broader in the urban areas. The State, County and Municipal Employees have scheduled a spe cial convention to act on amend­ ments to the union's constitution for Minneapolis starting May 29, president Jerry Wurf announced. The special convention is the first in the union's 28-year history. It was unanimously recommended by a nine-member Constitution Re­ view Commission established by the regular union convention last year. 4> 4< 4> The Brewery Workers are plan­ ning an intensive organizing drive which will ask the aid of aii of the union's members. Plans for the drive for new members were dis­ cussed at a three-day special con­ ference in Cincinnati, Ohio. Dele­ gates from 78 Brewery Workers locals attended the meeting. An­ nouncing that the union has put up $100,000 for the drive, president Karl Felier called upon every member to join actively in a "full partnership dedicated to the future survival of the union." 4" 4" it The Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen settled a five-year dis­ pute with the Southern Railway, winning "substantial" retroactive wage health and welfare benefits and "equitable" protection for men now employed as locomotive fire­ men-helpers. The settlement came after 27 days of intensive negotia­ tion between the union and man­ agement in Cleveland. The new contract covers over 1,200 firemen and hostlers on the Southern and the Carolina & Northwestern Rail­ way, and locomotive engineers on the Georgia Southern & Florida Railway. The agreement was signed in Washington. Milton Webster, veteran union leader and first vice president of the Sleeping Car Porters Union, died at the age of 77 while attend­ ing the AFL-CIO Executive Coun­ cil meeting in Bal Harbor, Florida. The Executive Council expressed their sadness at Webster's passing, noting that he had "spent his entire life fighting for the rights of ali people and for the improve­ ment of their living and working standards." " 4i 4i 4> The Arizona AFL-CIO has under­ taken a study to find the best way to develop a camp for union mem­ bers and their families, president William J. Harkness announced. The state labor body recently 4" 4" 4' bouglit a 23 acre tract of land in More than 20,000 trade union the Prescott National Forest and plans to begin building cabins on members have received training from the American Institute for it this spring. Free Labor Development at resi­ 4> t 4i dent schools and seminars in 19 Charles H. Marciante, secretary- Latin American countries, accord­ treasurer of the New Jersey AFL- ing to an AFL-CIO survey. More CIO, has called upon Governor than 6,000 trade unionists have at­ Hughes to end his opposition to tended formal study courses since the $1.30 minimum wage for the program began in 1962. An­ migrant Puerto Rioans proposed other 14,000 union members were by the Federal Government. He reached by AIFLD education pro­ also urged the state's chief execu­ grams in local seminars and lec­ tive to "do all in your power to ture series. These figures do not see to it that the new wage rate include 292 union leaders who and the fringe benefits which ac­ graduated in eight classes by the company it are put into effect AIFLD's international training center in Washington. immediately." The AFL-CIO and its affiliated unions, in­ cluding the SIUNA, are getting off to an early start on political action for the 1966 off-year elections. The register-and-vote and political education campaign will be car­ ried out under the leadership of COPE, -the political arm of the AFL-CIO. Its main aim is to bring out a maximum number of voters for the coming off-year Congressional and local elections in an effort to reverse the historic trend in which the party in power loses strength during offelections. In the 1964 campaign, the liberals in Congress made great gains, giving a better chance for passage of such labor-backed measures as medicare, aid to education and repeal of Section 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Law. If the progressive trend in Congress is to continue, the liberal gains made in 1964 have to be maintained and even, if possible, in­ creased. By organizing election activity at every level and by bringing out trade union­ ists and their families in the 1966 election this can be accomplished. It will take hard work, however, and that's why COPE is beginning now while there is still time. COPE plans to organize cam­ paigns in the 1,000 urban areas in the country with populations of more than 10,000. It will concentrate on local and state contests as well as those involving Congressional and Senate candidates. The success of the labor movement's local level political action program will assure continued progress toward a better America. AFL-CIO Sets Coals The winter meeting of the AFL-CIO Exec­ utive Council which ended last week in Bal Harbour set forth the 1965 program of the labor movement. At the top of the list of legislative priorities was the repeal of Sec­ tion 14(b) of the Taft-Hartley Act, which allows the states to have anti-labor "rightto-work" laws. The Executive Council urged the prompt enactment of the King-Anderson Medicare Bill now before Congress without any changes. Forces are now at work which would weaken the bill or substitute the AMA-fostered Eldercare bill. Eldercare is a fraud, designed to set a roadblock in the way of real medicare. The labor movement also endorsed school aid, minimum wage and hour improvements, the anti-poverty program and other pro­ grams designed to bring President Johnson's vision of a Great Society closer to reality. The Maritime Trades Department, meeting in conjunction with the Executive Council, offered constructive suggestions on the prob­ lems of maritime. With the objectives clearly spelled out, the labor movement will now begin the work of putting its program in effect. �Twelve SEAFARERS LOG March t, im March f. 186f SEAFARERS Pare Thfrteew LOG On March 21, 1938, the SlU-contracied Scoharie hove to in latitude 47 12' north, and, as Seafarers in the crew stood with heads bowed, the ashes of Andrew Furuseth were scattered into the sea. Furuseth's everlasting memorial is the Seamen's Act of 1915, which liberated American Seafaring men from the abuses of archaic laws and practiceSf i Seafarers ORE THAN any one man in American histokf Andrew Furuseth is a name to be revered by al seafaring men. The accomplishments of this re [1 arkable man not only rreed the American s^inan from the serfdom which hound him to his ship, but enabled him to hold his head up in dignity as an equal of every other worker in the Ui\.ited States. EJeafarers have always had a special respect for " )Jd Andy," as he was affectionately known. It V irthrough his efforts that the Sailor's Union of tl I Pacific was founded In 1885 in San Francisco, p Ividing a strong, enduring West Coast labor 0 ganization which ultimately led to the founding and chartering by the AFL of the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North America in 1938. Furu­ seth guided the SUP through its difficult, forma­ tive years, serving as secretary-treasurer from 1892 to 1936. What distinguished Andrew Furuseth from other seamen of his day was his realization that a union was the only form of organization through which the American sailing man could obtain a livable wage, better working conditions and, most important, the restoration of his dignity. Since the seaman was nothing but a serf, tied to his ship as a medieval peasant was bound to the lord 01 his manor, Furuseth knew that the key to a better life lay in abolishing or revising the laws which kept him in degradation. The legal system which piade American sea­ men virtual slaves of their captains was based on maritime laws that originated before the founding of the United States. Unlike workers on shore, a sailor couldn't quit his job when conditions became unbearable. If he did, he would imme­ diately be imprisoned as a deserter. .Naturally, the possession of this kind of abso­ lute power by a ship's master led to terrible abus<ls. Me»^ wRo made their living by sailing bore the marks of whippings, beatings, kicks and clubhdngs for minor offenses they committed. The (jouits would give a captain and his "bucko" mate! almost a free hand on board ship—includ­ ing the power to kill a man. ('mother evil which kept the seaman of that day in' perpetual bondage was the notorious crimp system. When a seaman accepted a crimp's offer ol lodgings, food and clothing—all made avail­ able on credit, he was mortgaging his future wages. When a crimp found his victim another job, he would collect a healthy advance on the poor sailor's pay for the services he had provided at inflated prices. Legislative Battle . .,Furuseth's struggle for just laws to eliminate the seaman's serfdom status began in 1894 when he first went to Washington to represent the SFP. Furuseth's first victory came in 1895 when President Cleveland signed the Maguire Act which abolished imprisonment for desertion and forbade the payment of advances of seamen's wages for vessels moving in the coastal trade. Three years later. Congress provided more relief for seafaring men with the passage of the White Act, which the SUP leader had supported vigorously. This legislation eliminated the penalty for de­ sertion while a ve.ssel was in a U.S. port; wiped out corporal punishment; and gave a ship's crew the rieht to demand a survey of seaworthiness. The White Act also revised two vicious practices: allotments of up to one month's wages were still permitted on ships in foreign trade, and the sen­ tence of one month's imprisonment for desertion in "foreign ports. Seaman's Magna Carta While these pieces of legislation represented significant improvements in the life of the sea­ man, Furuseth had to devote another 18 years of argument and persuasion before Congress passed the Seamen's Act of 1915, the crowning achievement of his career. In the course of this epic struggle, he developed a close friendship with Wisconsin's famed liberal senator, "Fighting" Bob La Follette. After Senator La Follette guided the Seamen's Act through both houses of Congress, President Woodrow Wilson signed the historic "Sailor's Magna Carta" into law on March 4, 1915. The Seaman's act set up the classification system of ordinary and able bodied ratings for the deck department, and required that 65 percent of deck personnel had to be AB's. Other major innovations included the establishment of a nine-hour work day in port; the elimination of unnecessary work on Sundays and holidays while a vessel was in safe harbor; the requirement of adequate lifeboats for all passengers, and a provision that made offi­ cers liable for injuries sustained by seamen. Important achivements from the revision of pre­ vious statutes were the end of advances and allot­ ments, abolition of imprisonment for desertion, in­ creased foc'sle space and better food. Senator La Follette's victory message to the SUP fully emphasized the significance of what the seamen had gained as a result of Furuseth's long struggle. "... I rejoice that in the Providence of God I am permitted at last to hail you as free men under the Constitution of our country. The Fourth of March, 1915, is your emancipation day ... In the years to come, as you commemorate this great event, you should dedicate a part of the service to the memory of Andrew Furuseth. Ex­ cept for his intelligent, courageous and unswerving devotion to your cause for twenty-one years you would be bondsmen instead of free men today." Sailed Under 5 Flags Andrew Furuseth was born to poverty-stricken parents near the town of Romedal, Norway in 1854. Going to sea at the age of 19^ he sailed under five different flags for the next seven years, landing in California in 1880. During the next few years, while Furuseth was shipping out of San Francisco, angry seamen who were fed up with miserable conditions, formed the organization in 1885 that was to become the Sailors Union of the Pacific. He joined the infant union shortly after its birth and was elected sec­ retary in 1887. The task of guiding the young union through its early years was a difficult one, but under Furu­ seth's leadership, the SUP progressed to the point where it won its first contract from the shipown­ ers in 1902. The young union's dynamic leader was also devoting his efforts to organizing a na­ tional seaman's organization during this time. The nucleus of this union was formed through Furu­ seth's initiative in 1892, and later became known as the International Seamen's Union. Injunction Expert One of Furuseth's major crusades was his fight against the labor injunction. In 1906, when told he faced the prospect of jail because the SUP had violated a court injunction, he responded with these now famous words: "They can't put me in a smaller room than I've always lived in, they can't give me plainer food than I've always eaten, they can't make me any lonelier than I've always been." His vast knowledge about the use of the injunc­ tion against labor unions was one of the most sig­ nificant contributions that led to the passage of the historic Norris-LaGuardia Anti-Injunction Act. Speaking of Furuseth's role in the fight for this law, the late Representatve Fiorella LaGuardia said, "I remember when we held hearings . . . the cream of the American Bar appeared before us, and this hearty old sailor appeared before the Committee Judiciary . . . and made one of the most able, intelligent arguments on equity juris­ prudence that was ever made in the Supreme Court . . . before Senate or House Committees, or any place in this country." Last Voyage Seafarers the world over mourned the passing of Furuseth on January 22,' 1938. His body lay in state in the Department of Labor, the first union leader ever to be accorded this honor. His funeral was attended by leaders of the Ration's labor move­ ment, senators, congressmen and justices of the U.S. Supreme Court. In accordance with "Old Andy's" wishes that he buried at sea "as far from land as possible," his ashes were carried to the mid-Atlantic by the SlU-manned ^.S. Schoharie. As Seafarers in the crew stood in respect, the ship's captain said, "Fellow shipmates, we are assembled here 1 o execute the wish of Andrew Furuseth, an unsel­ fish worker for the betterment of seamen, who through legal means has done more to secure im­ proved conditions under which you work than any other man." And, with these words, Andrew Furuseth's remains were scattered into the ocean. "He could not abandon his beloved sea calling and he tvould not submit to slavery . . . In all the years of this historic struggle for human liberty, which finally culminated with President Wilson's signing of the Seamen's Law, March 4, 1915, Andrew Furuseth ivas the one man who had faith, the vision, and the courage necessary to sustain the contest. He launched the movement. He kept it afloat . . . (he) brought it safely into, port." r.il ; 5:;, Senator Robert La Follette (Sponsor of the 1915 Seamen's Act) t. 0 t. 0 a 0 7 B 7 t. 4 t. 4 s. e L 3 t. 8 U 8 �SEAFARERS PafeFoniteeB LO& MAR AD Plan To Cut Ship Aid Blasted Before Propeller Club WASHINGTON—Changes in U.S. maritime policy which have been proposed recently by the Maritime Administration were rapped solidly here by Representative John J. Rooney (D-N.Y.), in a speech before the Propeller Club. The MARAD proposals would reduce fed­ Performers Undermine Union Gains eral support of U.S. shipping The SIU has made it clear over its long and proud history that it and make drastic changes in serious in wanting to phase out of our foreign trade. • Reaffirmed his support of the will not tolerate performers and foulballs whose actions endanger the existing policies. any segments of our industry from parity principle, in which federal By Fred Stewart & Ed Mooney Headquarters Representatives continuing progress of responsible seamen. The Union has maintained Rooney pointed out that "the a "tough" policy toward these elements, aimed at driving them from country has gotten much more out the ranks of responsible seamen. of the merchant marine than the Two categories of performer, pilferers and gashounds, are especially merchant marine ever got out of marked for elimination from the SIU. The Union is on record in saying the country," and added that the that charges will be placed against any men found guilty of either of government's outlay to aid the U.S. merchant fleet "is returned many these charges. For newcomers, we will define these two types. fold" in jobs, taxes, national se­ PILFERERS: Men who walk off a ship with crew's equipment or curity and promotion of commerce. ship's gear, such as sheets, towels, ship's stores, cargo, etc., with the "I can't believe that anyone is idea of selling or making use of them ashore. GASHOUNDS: Men who jeopardize the safety and well-being of their fellow crewmembers by drinking while at work aboard a vessel or who turn to in a drunken condition. Also those who disrupt the operation of a ship, the payoff or>sign-on by being gassed up. Union discipline up to and includ­ Another category of performer— ing expulsion from the SIU. the weedhound—has been success­ Other actions which merit and WASHINGTON —The railroads fully eliminated from SIU ranks. demand discipline by the Union are are again plugging for a waterway This Union was built of, by and clearly outlined in our Constitution. users tax as part of their contin­ for seamen. Seafarers fought many They include the following: uing effort to downgrade and long and bloody battles to obtain • Deliberate failure or refusal to weaken the nation's inland water the decent wages and working join one's ship, or misconduct or carriers. conditions they now enjoy. Through neglect of duty aboard ship to the The American Association of the Union, seamen, for the first detriment of the Union or any of Railroads has opened a campaign time in the maritime industry have its contracts and agreements. for the levy now under considera­ received many benefits and the • Failure or refusal to pay a fine tion by Congress. Any weakening ability, furthermore, to support or assessment within the time limit of the water carriers through new themselves and their family in a taxation would, of course, decent and independent manner. set therefor either by the Constitu­ strengthen the competing rail car­ The SIU does not intend to jeop­ tion or by action taken in accord­ riers. ardize these hard-won gains by ance with the Constitution. With the water carriers out of tolerating irresponsibles in its • Refusal or wilfull failure to the picture the railroads would be midst. be present at sign-ons or payoffs. free to charge the limit for the transport of dry and liquid bulk While there are foulballs in any • Disordrely Conduct. cargoes. The only restraint on occupation, our Union has been them would come from the Inter­ fortunate in keeping such char­ state Commerce Commission. The acters to a minimum. But we must ICC has a long history of favoring not rest at that; we must eliminate the railroads over the water car­ all such elements. Therefore, all Seafarers are advised to se­ riers, however. Seafarers, members and officials alike, are under an obligation to cure a master's certificate at Three attempts in the past to themselves and their Union to all times when they become ill enact a waterway users tax—two place charges against any charac­ or injured aboard ship. The cents a gallon on fuel prices— ters of this kind, and any man, right to demand a master's cer­ were defeated by Congress. The upon being convicted by a Union tificate verifying illness or in­ latest attempt has the backing of Trial Committee of any of the jury aboard a vessel is guaran­ the Administration, however, giv­ ing the railroads hope for success. actions outlined here will face teed by law. R.R.s Pushing inland Waters User Tax Levy Get Certificate Before Leaving Lifeboat School Class Graduates Graduates of Lifeboat Class No. 128 pose for their graduation picture after successfully passing the Coast Guard examination and receiving their lifeboat tickets. The latest group of Seafarers to get their tickets includes (l-r, front) Mahland Cann, Santiago Nieves, (mid­ dle) J. S. Mitchell, Leo Brazil, Steve Barbon, Jo3 Basile, August Voorde (rear) Instructor, Dan Butts, John J. Reinoso, Jr., Mahomed Soma Hussien, Bill Duffy. Jr., Hormut Schultz, and Michael Aversono. cargo preference in carrying Gov­ ernment aid," he said. "Some of the proposals now being advanced seem to be directed toward the demise of the merchant marine rather than to its promotion." The failure of Government agencies to adequately carry out their responsibility to implement the nation's maritime policy was blamed for many of the difficulties in which the U.S. maritime indus­ try finds itself today. Recommendations In addition, the congressman: • Opposed any wholesale aban­ doning of the trade-route concept in which U.S.-flag ships are as­ signed to specific cargo routes deemed essential to the Interests assistance is extended to subsi­ dized American steamship lines to enable them to compete against low-cost foreign lines. • Rejected the proposal'which would permit U.S. ships to be built in foreign shipyards. It would make just as much sense, he noted, to build all of our security instru­ ments abroad and transfer our in­ dustrial productions to foreign soil. • Deplored the failure of this country to halt the contraction of its passenger ship fleet. • Criticized the logic of those who would prevent American-flag ships from carrying at least half of all U.S. government-financed foreign" aid cargoes. By Cal Tanner, Executive Vice-President No 'Economy' In Foreign Shipbuilding The Maritime Administration has come up with several proposals in recent weeks that seem aimed at wrecking the U.S. merchant fleet rather than rebuilding it. The most injurious of these was a proposal to allow American-flag ships to be built in foreign shipyards. The MA put forth the idea as an "economy move"—the means of saving part of the Federal subsidies which now go for ship construction in this country. If enacted, this "economy move" would be the death blow to the American shipbuilding industry. That industry has been in decline for over a decade. Few ships are being built in American shipyards while the number of those yards steadily drops. In recent weeks, for instance, the Todd Shipyard Company announced it would close its Hoboken, New Jersey, facility to consolidate what business it has left in Brooklyn. Some like to blame the stagnation of American shipbuilding on high costs, the same argument used to explain the general decline of. the U.S. merchant fleet. The argument, however, is a phony one. While it is true that U.S. production costs are usually higher in most industries because of the decent standards by which American working people live, and many other factors, this has not prevented our nation from increasing its export of goods-f overseas in recent years. The fact in sharp contrast to the MA's pro­ is that other nations are willing posal to send even, more dollars and eager to buy U.S.-made abroad with ship orders. products. Over the long run, the skills of The owners of runaway ships, shipyard workers would be pro­ bent on squeezing the highest pos­ gressively lost to the nation, and sible profit out of their operations, put us in a weak position should have accounted in great measure any future crisis arise which would for the decline of the American necessitate an increase in the rate fleet and shipbuilding industry. of ship construction. Also to blame is the inactivity, The Maritime Advisory Council, neglect and often destructive atti­ created by the White House to tudes the government has shown toward the American merchant seek solutions to the maritime marine. Now they would build up problem, has been presented with our fleet in foreign yards while a proposal which would go a long destroying our own shipbuilding way toward correcting some of the industry in the process. In the worst aspects of the situation. SIU long run this can only lead to a president Paul Hall, a member of greater disaster for American the MAC, proposed recently that maritime. For no seafaring nation the runaway-flag fleet be taxed, has ever been able to maintain a with the tax money going toward strong merchant fleet without also construction of new U.S. bulk mainta'ining a strong shipbuilding carriers in American yards. industry. The suggestion is a demonstra­ Among the short term reasons tion of the solutions which can be that weigh against the placing of found if Administration leaders American ship orders in foreign and lawmakers maintain a determi­ yards is this nation's continuing nation to keep the American fleet balance of payments problem, and shipbuilding industry at the which means that more dollars are service of our nation. Farming out leaving the country than are com­ shipbuilding to foreign countries, ing in through overseas earnings weakening the Cargo Preference by Americans. Sending ship Act, are poor answers to the needs orders to foreign yards would only of maritime. add to this problem. To stem the flow of gold, in fact, many law­ makers are now urging that a JprioBcl greater part of U.S. exports be carried in American ships. This is mj �BHrchB/lMk SEAFARERS LOG fate ntUem REGIONAL DIRECTOR'S REPORT ON THE ELECTION BALLOT FOR VOTING FOR GREAT LAKES TUG AND DREDGE REGION PORT PRESIDENTS-1965-1968 The following is a report on the Election Ballot for voting for the 1965-1968 Election of Port Presidents for the Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region, Inland Boatmen's Union of the Seafarers International Union of will be prepared for each Port and Section where nominaEligible nominees for each of the Sections and Ports will ''^^e been received, as listed below: - be as follows: Allied Marine PORT TUG SECTION DREDGE SECTION Section Section ASHTABULA John K Mero, None North America-Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Pistrict, Port Voting Voting Voting Voting Voting Voting Ashtabula.. X XX Buffalo XX X Lnicago .... X X X No Instructions for the election of Port Presidents have No been prepared in accordance with Article X, Section 2 (c) (1) and were submitted to the membership and ac- Soit".*'.'.'.' Duluth cepted at the regular January meeting of the Region. The report included provisions for a secret ballot; a means for accounting for the ballots; the election of a committee of at least three (3) members in good standing in such MUwa"ukee'. X X Sault Ste. Marie XX X X The Position of Port President-Tug Section and port, Where the e.eetien „ take place .0 super.,,. ,h. balloting (no officer or candidate may serve on this committee); for producing membership identification and for Si't^SfeVr'Sr"pirt'toorve-d". confining the vote only to members in good standing whose residence is located within the geographical confinps of the Dort All fnnceWie... All nominations received for the elective position ol Port President were presented at the regular membership meetings of the Region in February 1965. I shall direct the printing of the ballots and forms neces- XX XX No B-12045 Brother J. P. Byrne, B-12045. in a communication to nig dated January 29th and received in Headquarters on February 29th, 1965, requested that his name be withdrawn as a candidate for the position of Port President, Tug Section, Port of Chicago, in this coming election of Po^t Presldeots for 1965-1968 for the Great Lakes Tug Dredge Region. Therefore, in accordance with Brother Byrne's request, his name will hot appear on the ballot as ® candidate for the position of Port President, Tug Section. Port of Chicago. ' ^ Thomas J. Burns, B-12006 Robert Affleck, A-12018 CHICAGO Arthur W. Miller, M-12096 William Earl Olsen 0-12019 '^°A"I2024^"^'''''' ^ Richard D. Johnson, ' CLEVELAND DULUTH ^^ ^^152 jack K^Lith, S-12()25 William Hearns, H-12008 ""Ja'rT'B?,20®"" Byron F. Kelley, K-12039 John J. Marx, M-12152 Robert W. Smith, S-12048 Joseph R. Turner, T-12014 Eldridge T. Leith, L-12020 Arthur C. Notton, N-12(M)9 Thomas F. Gerity, G-12007 "TfdJSf Angus MacEachern M-12004 in the Regional Director's "Report on Nominations for 1965 Election of Port Presidents" dated February 2,1965, Brother Marx was disqualified for the following reasons: a letter nomination for John J. Marx, M-12152, for the position ..jgu Port Agent, Port of Detroit, Tug Section" was submitted in his behalf by Leonard Jacosky, J-12024. In nomination of John Marx, Brother Jacosky address of Brother Marx and also Voting will take place during the course of such April .• u „ A k- e „• u o .• r U- U meetings; ballots will be tallied for each Section for which nominations have been received and the results of the election shall be reported to the membership and will o ewora evf tho official r.t fiko Pnrf an,! become a part of the official minutes of the Port and Region. The results of the election within each Section shall be final. /o submit a signed statement by John Marx as required by Article X, Section 2 (a) of the Constitution. Brother Marx, in a communication dated February 10, 1965 to "Patrick Finnery," IBU Area Director, did submit tbc sigucd Statement required by Article X, Section 2 (a) constitution, and has furnished his home address his letter of acceptance of the nomination for the position of Port President, Port of Detroit, Tug Section. As he has now remedied the defects in his acceptance ©f the nomination, his appeal is accepted and his name will appear on the ballot as a candidate for that position. LORAIN Harold A. Ruthsatz, R-12011 S-12070 Joseph Miller, M-12095 sault Ste. Marie John E. Bernard, B-12026 MILWAUKEE TOLEDO IT S u >1 L 3 t. 3 o 0 t. 0 L 1. 1 « 3. Arthur B. Johnson. J-12016 Kirby R. Stortz, S-12003 A t. o 3 r. 9 t. .7 >ip A t. ^"son," T-ltoi?""" sary for conducting the election of Port Presidents for the Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region, Inland Boatmen's Union of the Seafarers International Union of North . J T , J i.r . T-.- • A America-Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Water District, which will be held during the regular membership meetinB'i of thP Region during the month of Aoril 1965 ings Of the Region during the month of April, 19b5. The following ports will conduct elections for Port Presidents during such regular meetings in Apri, 1965. Ballots JV1-1ZUZ4 BUFFALO X X X X X Port •JI None t. 14 None y Wayne W. Weston W-12002 t. >0 k '3 t. 18 None Leslie William Willard W-12027 wmaru, w procedure for voting was furnished in my report ™ whfch "wa^ TangTL^the memberfhiS the Election Notice which was mailed to the membeiship on February 19, 1965. Your attention is directed to these documents for further information with respect to the conduct of this election. Fraternally, ROBERT T. JONES Regional Director t )0 t. 10 B 10 t. n B 17 t. !4 t. >4 e. 16 t. -3 t. 15 t. 16 tions, and an additional ten percent in contributions to churches, hospitals and educational institutions. INTEREST. Interest paid to banks and individuals on loans, mortgages, etc., is deductible. TAXES. In general, you can deduct: personal property taxes, real estate taxes, state or local retail sales taxes, state gasoline taxes and state income taxes actually paid within the year. You cannot deduct: Federal excise taxes. Federal Social Secutriy taxes, hunting and dog licenses, auto inspection fees, tags, drivers licenses, alcoholic bever­ age, cigarette and tobacco taxes, water taxes and taxes paid by you for another person. MEDICAL AND DENTAL EXPENSES. All expenses over three percent of ad­ justed gross income for doctor and den­ tal bills, hospital bills, medical and hos­ pital insurance, nurse care and similar costs can be deducted. Other such costs include such items as eyeglasses, am­ bulance service, transportation to doc­ tors' offices, rental of wheelchairs and similar equipment, hearing aids, artifical limbs. and corrective devices. However, if the Seafarer is reim­ bursed by the Seafarers Welfare Plan for any of,these costs, such as family, hospital and surgical expenses, he can­ not deduct the whole bill, only that part in excess of the benefits paid by the Plan. All expenses over one percent of adjusted gross income for drugs and medicine can be deducted. The deduc­ tible portion is then comtJined, with other medical and dental expenses which are subject to the normal three percent rule. Special Rule for Certain Persons 65 or over: The unreimbursed portion of the med­ ical and dental expenses including medi­ cine and drugs are' deductible in full for the following persons: (a) The taxpayer and his wife if EITHER is 65 years of age or over; (b) A dependent who is 65 or over and who is the mother or father of the taxpayer or his wife. CARE OF CHILDREN AND OTHER DEPENDENTS. If deductions are item­ ized, a woman or a widower (including men who are divorced or legally sepa-rated under a decree and who have not remarried) or a husband whose wife is incapacitated or is institutionalized for at least 90 consecutive days or a shorter period if she dies, may deduct expenses paid, not to exceed a total of $600, for one dependent, or not to exceed a total of $900 for two or more dependents for the care of: (a) dependent children under 13 years of age; or (b) dependent persons (excluding hus­ band or wife) physically or men­ tally incapable of caring for themselves; if such care is to enable the taxpayer to be gainfully employed or to actively seek gainful employment. ALIMONY. Periodic payment of ali­ mony to a wife in accord with a written agreement between them can be de­ ducted. CASUALTY LOSSES. The reasonable value of all clothing and gear lost at sea due to storm, vessel damage, etc., for which the taxpayer is not otherwise compensated, can be deducted as an ex­ pense. The same applies to fire loss or losses in auto accidents which are not compensated by insurance. These losses are limited to the amount in excess of $100 for each loss. WORK CLOTHES, TOOLS. The cost and cleaning of uniforms and work clothes which ordinarily cannot be used as dress wear can be deducted. This includes protective work shoes, gloves, caps, foul weather gear, clothing ruined by grease or paint, plus tools bought for use on the job, or books and periodi­ cals used in direct connection with work. UNION DUES. Dues and initiation fees paid to labor organizations and most union assessments can be deducted. PURCHASE OF US SAVINGS BONDS. If you are entitled to a refund, you may apply it to the purchase of Series E US Savings Bonds. If you check the appropriate box you will be issued as many bonds as your refund will buy in multiples of $18.75 for each $25 face value bond. DECLARATION OF ESTIMATED TAX. The purpose of this declaration is to provide for current payment of taxes not collected through withholding, where a taxpayer may have a considerable amount of outside income. In such cases, a Seafarer should check the instructions on his tax return carefully, as the "Declaration of Estimated Tax" als6 must be filed on or before April 15, 1965 �-',1, ,7•='>».,%i.-, Pag* iStzteeii SEAFARERS ^6k§,'i»u LOG Judgea Rule State Senof lllegalfy Apportioiwd WHERE RERPPORTIOHMEHT MUST COME HI IKS-II nilis nlir mit irOtn It rupptrtiH lifm inl ibtUMt. Wir slatK k riiti nipfirtiiiiiit UUH b ttfltUti Iowa Labor Wins Court Fight For Legislative Redistricting A three-judge federal court has ruled that the Iowa State Senate is illegally apportioned under the Supreme Court's "one man, one vote" decisions. The ruling came in a lawsuit brought by the State AFL-CIO. It was just one of several"*" ' ' cases in which union officials, mitted to seek further relief to to redistrict one or both of their bring the Iowa Senate in line with legislative houses this year. acting with authority from the "one man, one vote" concept. la s Bmfcn a( otfurmm u ibST nm D csifcA wA m "<m m^ om ma" nfUman ol M tifcmacm Tho standings of the various states with respect to the U.S. Supreme Court's "one man, one vote" decision is illustrated in the map above. state labor bodies, have gone into court or joined other court actions to compel relief from unequal legislative districts that deny pro­ portionate ballot-box strength to the residents of heavily-popu­ lated city and suburban areas and give control to residents of sparse­ ly-settled rurad areas. The court ruled that If the Iowa legislature now meeting does not revise the Senate districting be­ fore the next session, the State AFL-CIO and two of its officers acting as individuals would be per By SIDNEY MARGOLIUS The American Medical Association not only Is aspirin tablets with a few penicillin tablets in against medical insurance for the elderly under each bottle. Social Security. The doctors' association also has Another big manufacturer recently had an anti­ become an ally of the large pharmaceutical manu­ biotic shipment seized by FDA because it sent it facturers in discouraging doctors from prescribing out without first getting the required inspection drugs under their lower-priced generic or common certificate. names even though the brand-name versions of the Reputable generic-name manufacturers maintain same drugs may cost patients from three to ten their own laboratories to test quality, and even test times more. the generic drugs they buy from the big manu­ The power of the organized doctors and the facturers before packaging them under generic pharmaceutical industry is apparent in the com­ names. ments of independent pharmaceutical companies • The Veterans Administration," the U.S. Govern­ made to this reporter. They show an actual fear ment, and such large municipal purchasers as the of the large manufacturers and their economic and City of New York all buy drugs under generic names political influence. for their hospitals and Institutions. If these agencies, "Doctors are not prescribing generic drugs to which are the biggest purchasers in the country, can the extent that a thinking person would expect buy generically, private doctors, too, can feel safe after the enactment of the Kefauver-Harris drug in prescribing the generic compounds of welllaw," one retail pharmacist reported. established smaller manufacturers who maintain "The influence of the big pharmaceutical com­ quality-control laboratories. panies reaches everywhere," an independent drug • Your retail pharmacist himself is your best manufacturer said. "Don't quote me about the assurance of purity and quality, points out Harry difference in prices; I have my family to think Winocur, manufacturer of the pharmacy operated about," a druggist said. for its own members by District 65, New York, of The author of a book on consumer problems even the Retail, Wholesale & Department Store Union. found that the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Retail pharmacists in general have a reputation for Association had written to the publisher and dis­ watching quality closely. tributor charging the book contained "an impressive Unless your doctor understands the importance to amount of misinformation and editorialized distor­ you of the difference in price between brand and tion about the cost of drugs" and asked that in the generic prescriptions, you are a captive customer for future the publisher let the association "check facts the brand-name manufacturers. Your pharmacist with respect to the prescription drug industry." must fill the prescription with the brand your The recent statement of the American Medical doctor specifies. Thus it may be necessary for Association that doctors should prescribe by brand patients, especially those with chronic illnesses, to name to be sure of quality, was an unfair blow, explain to the doctor that they cannot afford the especially to older people who have chronic ill­ brand-name version, and ask for a generic equivalent nesses requiring constant medication. The state­ from a reliable manufacturer. In the final analysis, ment also was an affront to the Food & Drug Ad­ however, you do have to use what your doctor ministration which has the responsibility for super­ considers best in his experience. vising quality of all medicines whether sold under If the American Medical Association is sincerely brand name or generic names. worried about quality of generics, it could help Here are the facts: moderate-income patients more by seeking aid for • The 1962 Kefauver-Harris Drug Amendments the FDA in making certain of adequate control by gave additional assurance to your doctor that the all manufacturers, whether brand-name or generic. quality of non-brand name drugs Is reliable. The It is a fact that the medical association today gets Food & Drug Administration was given more a large part of its financial support from brandauthority to inspect drug factories and control the name drug manufacturers, through their advertising manufacture of drugs to assure their safety, identity in the AMA Journal. At an estimated cost of $1500 and purity. The FDA also now has more funds to a page, big manufacturers may buy as many as ten carry out these responsibilities. pages of advertising in a single issue. (The Federal Thus the fear of inferior quality is no longer a Trade Commission found that in one recent eightvalid reason for buying a brand-name drug instead year period, advertising in the AMA Journal in­ of the lower-priced generic equivalent. Actually, it creased from 32 pages an issue to 534. never was a valid reason because the FDA always The difference in price between brand-name and tended to inspect the smaller manufacturers more generic drugs is sizabie. Take a brand-name drug closely than the big ones. Moreover, the big manu­ like Tedral, often prescribed for asthma sufferers. facturers themselves sell the same drugs under their The druggist pays, $24 per 1000, and in turn retails generic names to other distributors at lower prices them for $45 to $50 (actually in lots of 100, at $4.50 than they charge under their brand names. to $5). • Mistakes have been found by the FDA among Or a cut-rate source like the mail-order pharmacy some of the largest manufacturers of the expensive sponsored by the American Association of Retired brand-name drugs as well as some of the smaller Persons, may retail Tedral for $3.75 per 100. But companies making generic drugs. For example, one comparable generics, such as Theophenedrine, retail Ug manufacturer recently sent out a shipment of for as little as $1.50 per 100. Twenty - six states, including If this should happen, the court Iowa, are already under court might order a special election in order to redistrict according to tho which all candidates for state Sen­ "one man, one vote" decisions. In ate would run at large, since the seven other states, according to a Judges have specified that they survey by Congressional Quarter­ will not themselves draw lines for ly, legislative reapportionment Is "especially likely' because of al­ new districts. ready-pending court actions or tho Hawaii Directive threat of action, and action is pos­ Meanwhile in Hawaii, another sible in others. Lawsuits to forco. three-judge federal court out­ more equitable state legislative lawed the state Senate districts districts were filed or implement­ and ordered the calling of a con­ ed last year In a total of 39 states. stitutional convention to put ap­ The Iowa suit leading to tho portionment requirements in con­ federal court's state Senate deci­ formity with U.S. Supreme Court sion was fiied In the name of tho decisions. The legislature was di­ Iowa Federation of Labor and, as rected to make no final legisla­ individuals, the federation's Presi­ tive decisions until its reappor­ dent Charles L. Davis and Secre­ tionment problem had been re­ tary-Treasurer A. Jack Lewis. solved. The court had previously In less than three years since withheld its order to give a spe­ the Supreme Court's March 1962 cial session time to redistrict, but landmark decision in a Tennessee reopened the case when the spe­ case, holding that federal courts cial session quit without action. have jurisdiction and power to The Iowa and Hawaii decisions force equitable state legislative were the latest in a great group districts, profound changes have of actions on state reapportion­ taken place as state general as­ ment, involving both federal and semblies have sought to conform. state judicial orders, that will force The full impact has not yet been probably more than half the states (Continued on page 22) Union Election Wins Up During Last Quarter '64 WASHINGTON—U.S. unions won 59 percent of collective bargaining elections in the last quarter of 1964—1 percent below the average of the preceding three months but three points above the record of-^ 1963's last quarter—the Na­ months of last year, 90 percent of tional Labor Relations Board the eligible voters cast ballots. Of reported. the valid votes, 94,989 or 67 per­ In the 1,913 representation elec­ cent were cast in favor of union tions held in the final three representation. Unions won major­ ity designation In 1,125 elections. AFL-CIO unions participated in 1,326 elections, the NLRB report­ ed. They won a majority in 728, lost in 598 for a winning margin of nearly 55 percent. KINGSTON, R.I. —Trustees of the University of Rhode Increased Activity Island have recognized the The board reported that it issued SIU as the sole bargaining 91 percent more decisions in con­ agent for unlicensed seamen tested unfair labor, practice cases aboard the ocean research ves­ than during the comparable period sel, the Trident. a year earlier. Workers, employers The Boston SIU obtained and unions filed 3,474 charges al­ pledge cards from the Tri­ leging unfair labor practices— dent's crew and recognition 2,410 against employers and 1,064 from the trustees came last against unions. Less than 10 per­ month. cent will get to the five-member board for final disposition if past The Trident, now undergo­ experience holds true. ing overhaul in a shipyard, is slated to sail soon on a re­ In 1964's final quarter, the-board search mission to Brazil. The handed down rulings in 203 cases vessel carries on its research of unfair practices. Sucli cases work in connection with labo­ reach the board at the rate of 95 ratory studies at the Univer­ per working day, the report said. sity of Rhode Island. At the end of December, 569 It will join the growing fleet cases were awaiting decision by of research and oceanographic board members, compared with 576 ships now under SIU contract. cases as of Sept. 30, 1964, and 475 This fleet includes the Anton on Dec. 31, 1963. Of the 569 cur­ Bruun (Alpine Geophysical), rent cases, 402 involved unfair recently returned from a twolabor practice charges. year project in the Indian At the quarter's end, 7,898 Ocean, and the Robert D. Con­ cases of all types were awaiting rad (Maritime Operations), disposition at all procedural lev­ which is owned by Columbia els. This compares with 8,540 University. pending at September 30, 1964, and 7,125 pending Dec. 31, 1963. Research Ship Crew Goes SiU �mrtik I, INI SEAFARERS Visiting New York Hall Tag* BeweaUam LOG Truth In Packaging, Landing Bill* Introdueed 'Truth' Bills Before Senate Hit Consumer-Aimed Frauds WASHINGTON—A revised "truth-in-packaging" bill has been introduced by Senator Philip A. Hart (D.-Mich.) with eight other Democrats as co-sponsors. A "truth-in-lending" bill has also been placed before the Senate for consideration. Describing the "truth-inThese examples of excessive inter- isiaition, Douglas said that "it packaging" bill as "aimed at est rates were disclosed in Senate would require that those who lend deceptive labeling and pack­ hearings on the pendiing "truth-in- money for personal purposes, such Seafarer Richard Veikeits brought his sons ll-r) Alfred, 8 and Rudolph, 11 along when he dropped in af fhe New York hall recently, where they enjoyed lunch in the headquarters cafeteria. Volkerts, whose last ship was the City of Alma (Waterman), sails in the steward department. He has been an SlU member tor over 2! years. Manpower Training Progrant Successful WASHINGTON—About 75 percent of the unemployed workers who have completed job retraining under the Fed­ eral manpower training program have already found jobs, according to a recent Labor ^ third of the first 100,000 trainees Department report. had been out of work for half a About 90 percent of those year or longer. Long-term unem­ who have found work are in oc­ cupations related to their train­ ing, the report emphasizes. In all, the job training program seems to be working well in rais­ ing the skills of substantial num­ bers of trainees. The report shows that only 14 percent of the male trainees previously had skilled jobs, but that 51 percent were be­ ing trained for such occupations. The record of the program is Impressive because those enrolled in the program thus far have rep­ resented some of the hard-core of the nation's unemployed. One ployment makes up about 15 per­ cent of total unemployment. Program Growing Although the initial group cov­ ered in the report had a higher educational level than the unem­ ployed as a whole, the Labor De­ partment points out that amend­ ments now before Congress would permit the training of more unedu­ cated and young persons. The importance of the Federal manpower training program and the Federal job development pro­ gram is pointed up in statistics re­ cently released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics indicating that the nation's labor force would grow by some 24 million workers beween 1964 and 1980. An estimated 1.5 million jobs would have to be created each year, on the average, just to ab­ sorb the growth in the labor force, and the new workers would re­ quire the skills necessary to fill these jobs. aging of supermarket products," Hart noted that "praiseworthy" changes had been made in comnrercial packaging practices since he first introduced a "truth" meas­ ure in 1961. In recent weeks, however, he had received hundreds of lettei's fivm conBumei-s wlio "are not convinced that the few improvements have come any­ where near correcting all the prac­ tices the bill is aimed at," he said. The bill would authorize the Federal Trade Commission and the Food & Drug Administration to prescribe uniform packaging and labeling of food, drugs, cosmetics and other consumer goods. The AFL-CIO supported the HaiTt proposal in the 88th Congress. The bill was approved last year by a Senate Judiciary subcommit­ tee but was not acted on by the full committee. Hart's new measure will be considered by the Commerce Committee but Senator Everett Dirksen (R-Ill.), the GOP floor leader,' has demanded that it be referred to the Judiiciary Com­ mittee also for study. Hart has filed a second measure, eo-siponsored by 17 additional senators, to create an independent office of Consumers "to look out for the economic interests of Amer­ ican consumers." A companion bill has been sponsored in the House by Representative Benjamin S. Rosenthal (D-N. Y.). Tnith-In-Lending A similar bill aimed at' "trutihin-lending" has been introduced by Senators Paul Douglas (D.-lll.) and Clifford P. Case (R.-N. J.). Explaining the necessity for such legislation to protect the American consumer from being fooled into paying excessive inter­ est rates, the Senators told of used car interest rates as high as 40, 60 and 100 percent, a 347 per­ cent rate of interest on a furniture purchase, a television set pur­ chase in which the interest was not mentioned orally or in writing, but was charged at 33.3 percent. Israel Building Deep-Sea Port TEL AVIV, Israel—The newest deep-sea harbor on the Mediterranean is rapidly nearing completion at Ashdod, Israel. In the fall of this year hundreds of tons of citrus fruit, Israel's major export, will begin moving out of Ashdod, to be followed soon afterward by cargoes of phosphate, potash and other minerals. The first phase of the $50 million port project will afford deep-water berthings for 10 ships. By 196870 the port is expected to be able to handle up to 22 ships at a time with modern cargo handling, terminal and warehouse facilities. A major feature of the new port is the use of tetrapods placed on the outshore side of the two main breakwaters to help break up and dissipate incoming waves. The tetrapods are giant fourlimbed concrete objects resembling children's jacks and weighing between 12?/i and 381^ tons each. About 19,000 of these tetrapods have been manu­ factured on the spot and installed during the initial construction phase. Israel hopes that completion of the new harbor at Ashdod will help ease some of the traffic at the port of Haifa, whose facilities have been strained by the nation's rapidly growing economy. Ashdod, which now has a population of about 25,000, is expected to grow tenfold by 1980 as planned con­ struction is completed. lending" biU. as consumer loans, and those who In describing the proposed leg(Continued on page 23) t. 0 i. L 4 IT S I. 1 By Joseph B. Logue, MD, Medical Director Diet May Determine Life Span As reported in HEALTH BULLETIN, scientists trying to explain why some people grow old faster than others are on the trail of what may be one answer to the riddle—differences in food preferences. Leading the field in this challenging area of research is the Human Nutrition Research Division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In long-term experiments with animals, it has shown that varying com­ binations of standard foods can cause marked differences in the rate at which animals grow old. All of the animals in the U.S.D.A. tests re­ ceived diets containing adequate amounts of vitamins and minerals. But when the same food elements were presented from different food sources (particularly animal products), longevity changed markedly. Principal purpose of the study was to determine the effect on longevity of different types of fat in the diet and of various protein and fat-containing foods, such as eggs, milk, beef and peanut butter. Rats fed hydrogenated vegetable oils were found to live longer than those fed lard. Butter caused shortened life when fed in larger amounts, but moderaite quantities of butter resulted in longevity similar to that of animals fed vegetable oil. Most striking was the detrimental effect of a diet containing 25 per cent egg. Animals eating it had the shortest life span of any in the study. Curiously, however, when 4animals were given a 100 per cent Advisory Committee asked the parent U.S.D.A. to "determine the egg diet their longevity improved. significance of the.se findings to The U.S.D.A. scientists feel that humans." But the U.S.D.A.'s Dr. eggs may not be at fault and guess Ruth Leverton indicated thtt such that "an imbalance of nutrients studies would produce no further rather than egg itself may have surprises, but confirmation of what been responsible for the adverse is already known. "Even though results with the diet containing 25 we need much more information, we can be certain that utilization per cent egg." of fats in man is affected by all Milk and peanut .butter caused the foods he eats, his endocrine rapid growth in young rats and system, his physical and mental resulted in some extremely large activities and his aging," she told animals. Both this and other the advisoi-y committee. A com­ studies have shown that animals plete summary of test results so which grow fast and gain much far has been presented in Home weight when young live shorter Economics Research Report No. lives. The 20 per cent peanut but­ 24, published by the Department ter rats had almost as poor of Agriculture and available Trom longevity as the 25 per cent egg the Superintendent of Documents group. Milk and beef-fed animals for 70 cents. lived longer, but still not as long A leader in previous research on as those given a standard diet the effects of diet on longevity is supplemented with vegetable oil. Dr. Clive M. McCay, of Cornell Checks on metabolism and the University, now retired. His classic condition of various tissues (par­ experiments with rats observed ticularly the kidneys) throughout for a lifetime showed that d astic the lives of the experimental ani­ reduction of caloric intake result­ mals, showed that diets which ed in unusually long life spans, caused shortened life also caused provided that levels of protein, disturbances and degeneration. minerals and vitamins were kept The Human Nutrition Research adequate. His work pointed to Service is now pushing for a full carbohydrates as a negative factor, that overeating scale test of the effect of food and showed combinations on human health. In shortened life much more than a report released on January 25, could be accounted for by just an the Animal and Animal Products added load on the system. SlU Clinic Exams—All Ports Photo above shows construction work on one of two main breakwaters at new Med­ iterranean port of Ashdod, Israel. Tetra­ pods are at right. « EXAMS THIS PERIOD: January 1 - January 31, 1965 Wives Children TOTAL Seamen Port 211 22 29 160 Baltimore 178 18 3 . .. 157 Houston 108 11 93 4 Mobile 304 23 11 New Orleans... . .... 270 580 46 55 ... 479 New York 77 11 60 6 Philadelphia 101 29 28 44 *San Juan . . . 1,263 TOTAL *12/21/64 to 1/20/65 157 139 1,559 t, 3 t. 9 o 0 t. 0 t. I. 1 8 i. 4 L o 3 5 t. 7 'r 4 t. y t. 0 ti 3 L a t. 0 t. 0 a 0 7 B 7 t. 4 �SEAFARERS Pas* WUbitm LOG 'Space Junk'-Modem Flotsam And Jetsam Federal Employees Joining Union Ranks WASHINGTON—A total of 205 collective bargaining agree­ ments covering nearly 25 percent of the federal government's 2.5 million civilian employes have been negotiated since the late President Kennedy's ex-+ Action in the marketplace offers a method for trade unicmists to as­ The Labor Dept.'s agreement sist each other in their campaign with the Government Employes, for decent wages and better con­ covering virtually all eligibles In ditions. Washington, is unique. Seafarers and tneir families are The executive order provides urged to support a consumer boy­ three forms of recognition for fed­ eral employe unions — informal, cott by trade unionists against formal and exclusive. Exclusive various companies whose products recognition and bargaining rights are produe^d under non-union are given organizations chosen by conditions, or which are "unfair a majority in an appropriate unit. to labor." (This listing carries the name of the'AFL-CIO unions in­ volved, and will be amended from time to time.) "Lee" brand tires (United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum & Pl^tic Workers) ecutive order encouraging bargaining was issued in 1962 according to an advance summary of a Labor Dept. study. The findings "clearly indicate, said Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz in releasing them, that the philosophy of good labor-manage­ ment relations is being effectively and extensively implemented with­ in the federal government. The survey was made public on the third anniversary of Kennendy's order. It showed 593,000 members of Uncle Sam's work force covered by contracts in late 1964 — 470,000 of them in pacts negotiated by the Post Office Dept. and six unions. Unions Involved BALTIMORE—When this harbor Three unions—the Postal Clerks and the Letter Carriers, both fills with busy merchant ships on AFL-CIO affiliates, and the unaf­ quick-turn-around schedules, the filiated National Rural Letter Carr i e r s Association — represented lonely survivor of a once thriving about 75 percent of all protected fleet of waterboats has her work U.S. employes. About 8,000 sup­ cut out for her. plementary agreemeents have been The same is true for the lone negotiated locally, the Labor De­ water tender which works New partment said, with the number ex­ York's harbor. Such boats, once pected to rise to 20,000. common in east coast harbors, are About two-thirds of all employes fast disappearing. This despite the covered by contracts belong to 21 fact that the need for them is still unions affiliated with the AFL- vital. CIO. the survey showed. Fourteen Water tenders carry fresh water unaffiliated unions represent the to ships. The water is not only remaining one-third. used to fill ship's tanks for drink­ The Government Employes are ing water and steam, but also to recognized as bargaining agent for clean the cargo tanks of tankers more employes outside the postal and bulk carriers. The need was service than any other union— especially great this winter. 55,000 men and women who work Winter is the busy season for under 108 contracts. water tenders because pierside Other Unions pipes tend to freeze up, making them useless in cold weather. Next in line came the AFL-CIO Metal Trades Department, which Business drops off considerably, represents 37,000 workers under 10 however, during the warmer contracts. Another AFL-CIO af- months. Then the waterboats do fiiliate, the Machinists, was in third irregular jobs, supplying water to place, bargaining for 8,700 em­ ships spending longer periods at ployes. Other AFL - CIO unions sea than planned, or. to ships with recognized for more than 1,000 tank cleaning jobs to be done. workers were the International Operators of the waterboats in Brotherhood of Electrical Workers New York and Baltimore have con­ 1,800; Lithographers & Photoentinually complained that they have gravers 1,400, and Operating En­ a hard time meeting expenses be­ gineers 1,200. cause of the lack of steady busi­ Twenty-one federal departments ness. In recent times, the fleet of and agencies have signed one or water tenders serving New York more union contracts, more than harbor dropped from seven to the half in the Defense Dept. These present one. included Navy 61, Army 34, Air Force 9 and the department itself one. Ten or more agreements have HMS been signed by the Veterans Ad­ -T| * i.ku I'LL 7AY iisj ministration (29), General Services Administration (21), Interior Dept. (14) and Dept. of Health, Educa­ tion & Welfare (10). Once Common Waterboats On Way Out lb, Eastern Alt Lines (Flight Engineers) a; 4 Si H. I. Slegel "HIS" brand men's clothes (Amalgamated Clothing Workers) ib i. i. Sears, Roebuck Company Retail stores & products (Retail Clerks) ib ib Stitzel-Weller Distilleries "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" "Cabin StiU," "W. L. Weller" Bourbon whiskeys (Distillery Workers) ib tb lb J. R. Simplot Potato Co. Frozen potato products (Grain Millers) Kingsport Press "World Book," "Childcraft" (Printing Pressmen) (Typographers, Bookbinders) (Machinists, Stereotypers) ib ib ib Jamestown Sterling Corp. Southern Furniture Mfg. Co. Furniture and Bedding (United Furniture Workers) AFL-CIO Urges Ship Buildup (Continued from page 3) maintain and broaden the liberal gains made in Congress during the 1964 national elections. All trade unionists and their families will be urged to make their political weight felt by voting in the offyear Congressional, state and local elections scheduled for 1966. The Executive Council warned agiainst any subversion of the "one man, one vote" principle estab­ lished by decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court and warned against both a referendum-styled constitu­ tional amendment and a plan to bypass Congress to overturn the decisions. The federation urged all AFL-CIO affiliates and state and local bodies "to throw their full support" behind the court actions and against all efforts In Congress or the state legislatures to weaken them. During the week-long winter meeting in Bal Harbour, the AFLCIO Executive Council was ad­ dressed by Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and Secretary of Labor W. Willard Wirtz. WASHINGTON—Flotsam and jetsam is slowly accumulat­ ing in outer space, as it has on the seas for thousands of years. According to the dictionary, flotsam is parts of a wrecked ship and jetsam is goods cast^ into the sea to lighten a vessel needles, more than 1,000 manmade objects—satellites, space­ during a storm. There are 372 hunks of Junk of U.S. origin and 16' of Russian origin in earth orbit at the present time, according to the €roddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. In addition, Goddard notes but does not include in its figures about 400 million hair-thin wires, called Project West Ford space needles. Launched in 1962, they are orbiting around the earth in a continuous band about five miles wide and 29 miles thick. Not counting the 400 million Merchant Ship Casualties High During 1964 LIVERPOOL. England—One out of every three merchant ships ac­ tive in 1964 suffered some sort of damage or disablement, according to the latest figures released by a British insurance group. The annual report of the Liverp 0 01 Underwriters' Association found that 34.6 percent of the world's 24,028 merchant ships of over 500 tons sustained damage from collisions, weather, stranding, fires and explosions, malfunction­ ing machinery or contact last year. Excluded from the report were the 117 ships reported as total losses during 1964. The lost ships constituted 477,208 gross tons. While the loss level remained "dis­ turbingly high," the report main­ tained that It was at least an im­ provement compared to the 148 vessels of 517,087 gross tons lost in 1963. Collisions were the chief cause of ship damage. Of the total of 8,317 accidents, 1,753 were a re­ sult of collisions. Next in serious­ ness was machinery damage, re­ ported by 1,579 vessels, and con­ tact damage, reported by 1,512 ves­ sels. Fire and explosions accounted for damage in 422 vessels. Fire Losses Most fires, the report showed, occurred in cargo spaces, followed by machinery and aooommodation spaces. The most fire prone car­ goes were copra, flshmeal, oilcakes and general cargo. The ratio of ship casualties to the total number of vessels in the world's merchant fleet is continu­ ing on an upward trend, the re­ port showed. In 1960 the ratio stood at 32.2 percent, and in 1963 it was 33.2 percent. For 1964, it was 34.6 percent. The report did not offer a breakdown of ship casualties by flags. craft, capsules and assorted bits and pieces of them—^have been put in orbit since 1957. Many of these objects have already burned up in the earth's atmosphere, however. Assorted Debris Most of this "space junk" or flotsam and jetsam is produced and remains in orbit when satel­ lites separate after launching into two or more parts (the satellite, heat shield, and launching device for instance). Sometimes this hap­ pens by plan, sometimes by acci­ dent. A U.S. launching in 1961 pro­ duced the transit 4A navigation satellite, the Injun satellite, and 204 pieces of assorted metal junk —all of which is still in orbit. Not only the earth, but the sun also has collected some of this space-age flotsam and jetsam, in­ cluding seven U.S. spacecraft and six pieces of junk, and six Soviet spacecraft. Lying somewhere on the surface of the moon are five space vehicles—undoubtably re­ duced to junk by their monu­ mental fall—three U.S.-made and two Soviet-made. In the world's-record depart­ ment, the biggest satellite still In orbit is the 100-foot-in-diameter Echo I sphere launched by the U.S. The heaviest and most mas­ sive is the 37,700, 84-foot long Saturn V rocket launched by the U.S. in January, 1964. Mine Bureau Eyes Undersea Metal Deposits SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Bureau of Mines will switch part of its operation from underground to undersea in a search for heavy minerals used in the manufacture of metal for space vehicles. The research will be carried on from the government's first vessel d e V ot e d to recovering minerals from beneath the ocean—^the 65foot former Army freight boat Per­ spicacity. The boat is now on a shakedown cruise in San Francisco waters. When she goes to work, the Per­ spicacity will rove about 10 miles off the west coast in search of such minerals as zircon, ilmenite and rutile. Deposits of these minerals have been spotted at 1,000 feet depths by oil drillers. The Bureau said that abundant quantities of manganese-filled no­ dules have been found on the ocean floor at depths of 14,000 feet. Mining this source will pre­ sent the Bureau with one of its greatest challenges. Manganese, vital in steelmaking, has not been found in large or high grade quan­ tities in the United States. Later this year, the Perspicacity will be joined by a 165-foot con­ verted submarine net tender out­ fitted for mining research. The newer vessel will be equipped With underwater television and still cameras to help in the mineral search operations. �M«eh «> JMf 'Sea Daze' SEAFARERS LOG by Jim Motes With no hotplates available aboard The Taddei Victory (Consolidated Mariners) because they burn out too fast to keep operating, and the old standby of hot water urns outlawed by the Public Health Service as a safety hazard, what are the tea-drinking members of the crew to do? The coffee urns-*are always befouled (or so a speciaf thanks at a recent ship­ Ceccato. The topic of repainting all the unlicensed personnel the true tea-drinker feels) board meeting. "Take it straight back to my foc'sle! When I say get the bosun's chair, I don't mean my lounge chair!" THETIS (Rye Marine Corp.), Jan. 4— Chairman, Sidney C. Segree; Secre­ tary, Raymond A. Bunce. Two men missed ship in Yokuska, Japan and two men were hospitalized. Some disputed OT in deck and engine de­ partments. of thanks to the steward department for a job well done. No beefs reported by department delegates. Everything is running smoothly. CHILORE (Venore), Jan. 14—Chair­ man, Alonzo D. Sistrunk; Secretary, Steve Kolina.. No beefs reported by SEA PIONEER (Pioneer Tankers), department delegates. The entire Jan. 31—Chairman, Garret A. Wile; crew enjoyed Christmas in Houston, Secretary, Nona. $34.64 In ship's this being the home port for most of fund. Collection of 50 cents from each the crew. Those who didn't spend crewmember will be taken up to pur­ Christmas at home enjoyed a/ big chase a radio for crew's lounge. Vote spread aboard ship. of thanks to entire steward depart­ ment for the good food, baking and MARGARET BROWN (Bloomfield), service. Engine room delegate re­ Jan. 31—Chairman, N. R. Pettersen; quests a full first-aid kit for the en- Secretary, R. A. Benados. Some dis­ puted OT in steward department. Most of the repairs have been com­ pleted. The rest will be done before the ship sails for Europe. gine room. Motion made that when ship goes to Persian Gulf, crewmembers should sign for six months only, or if they sign one year articles, that they be sent home after six months by the Company and at Company's expense. Motion to have headquar­ ters send out something on the raise in wages. BANGOR (Bermuda Shipping), Jan. 17—Chairman, W. Sutherline; Secre­ tary, L. Santa Ane. Brother Eddie Villasol was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Too messmen to bo turned over to patrolman for not doing their duties and performing. $10 in ship's fund. Crew requested to clean rooms and strip bunks before leaving ship. TAMARA GUILDEN (Transport Com­ mercial), Jan. 17—Chairman, W. Guitrau; Secretary, 0. Raynor. One broth­ er went to hospital in Izmir, Turkey and returned to ship to pack his own gear. $1 in ship's fund. Some dis­ puted OT in engine department Dis­ cussion about better stores for next trip. Poor grade meats aboard on last voyage. NDRINA (Marine Traders), Jan. S— Chairman, E. Wheeler; Secretary, F. Farmer. Motion made to have ship sprayed for roaches while ship Is in port. Motion made to have crews no­ tified about Union contract through the LOG. Beef about no holiday din­ ner on New Years day. Vote of thanks to the baker for a job well done. ROBIN TRENT (Robin Line), Jan. 17 —Chairman, Edgar L. Jester; Secre­ tary, Orville Payne. Brother Francisco Gaspar was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs reported by de­ partment delegates. GLOBE PROGRESS (Maritime Over•eas), Jan. 31—Chairman, Kosta Hatgimisios; Secretary, Nicholas Hatgimisios. Vote of thanks to the ship's delegate for doing a fine Job. Vote COLUMBIA (United States Steel), Jan. 31—Chairman, Frank Pasaluk; Secretary, Melano S. Sospina. Ship's delegate reported that everything is going very smoothly with no beefs. The ship IS going to drydock and the crew will be laid off for at least three weeks. $10 in ship's fund. Vote of thanks to the entire steward depart­ ment for a job well done. Best feed­ ing ship afloat. DEL MONTE (Delta), Jan. 23— Chairman, Howard Menz; Secretary, Albert Espeneda. Ship's delegate re­ ported that there were no beefs. He was extended a vote of thanks bv the crew. Motion that headquarters keep all ships notified as to the progress made In negotiating new contract. $9.28 In ship's fund. SPITEFIRE (American Bulk), Jan. 31 —Chairman, C. A. Welch; Secretary, Robert K. Holt. One man hospitalized in Amsterdam, Holland. Few hours dis­ puted OT In each department. Vote of thanks to the baker for exceptional fine job. HASTINGS (Waterman), Feb. 2 — Chairman, William Holland; Secretary, John Wells. No beefs reported by de­ partment delegates. Discussion on draws, launch service and food stor­ ing. Vote of thanks extended to the steward department. STEEL WORKER (Isthmian), Feb. 7 — Chairman, A Hanna; Secretary, L. Ducette. $43.00 in ship's fund. Few hours disputed OT in deck and engine departments. Ship should be fumi­ gated for rats and roaches. CITIES SERVICE NORFOLK (Cities Service), Feb. 14—Chairman, William Morris; Secretary, Lawrence Melanson. Everything Is running smoothly with no beefs. Brother Edward J. Wright was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. STEEL NAVIGATOR (Isthmian), Oct 2 —Chairman, Charles Scofield; Sec­ retary, Clarence A. Collins. Ship's delegate reported that everything is running smoothly. $36.50 In ship's fund. Brother Frank Balasia resigned as ship's delegate. Brother Richard Buie was elected to serve in his place. Discussion on spraying ali foc'sles for roaches. with the hot black stuff and most shipmates are coffee drinkers from way back who turn deaf ears to the tea-drinkers plight. Not so the chief cook aboard the Taddei Victory however, re­ ports ship's del­ egate . Dewey Martin. The cook came up with the suggestion that the crew try heating their tea water in" a coffee um with the basket reMartin moved and prom­ ised to keep one available for their use. Crewmembers so inclined are enjoying their tea breaks again, and everything seems to be hunkydory — or at least until a hotchocolate lover turns up. if if if The crew aboard the Geneva (U.S. Steel) recently discovered a few of the head­ aches involved in having films for the crew's view­ ing aboard ship. Clyde Van Epps, ship's delegate reports that the company recent­ ly provided the crew with a mov­ Van Epps ie projector, and also supplied six films. The cost of the film, however, would have to come out of the crew's pockets, as well as the purchase of films in the future. During the good and welfare section of their latest shipboard meeting, the crew de­ cided to donate $1 a piece from their pockets and then set up an arrival pool to take care of the rest. Then the crew had to decide 4 Howard Menz, the ship's dele­ what time the movies should be gate aboard the Del Monte (Delta) shown, and who was going to take recently had good reason to be care of the film and projector. if if if proud of himself. The crew, in a Clarence Cousins, who sails in unanimous vote of confidence, elected him ship's delegaite for the deck department proudly an­ the second time. As if that were nounced recently that his son, not enough, they gave him more Bruce Edgar Cousins, is now in praise in the form of a vote of the Navy undergoing Boot Train­ thanks for the excellent job he ing in Great Lakes, lil. Naturally did in the past while running proud that his son is taking to the liaison between the crew and the sea just like his dad. Cousins says that Bruce plans to join the Seaofficers. One of the big questions that has been bothering the crew of the Dei Monte (Delta) is: Why are they not allowed to see the pas­ sengers movies anymore? Several months ago, the films shown top­ side stopped being sent below the decks and the crew was forced to set up its own movie fund in order to enjoy the latest products of Hollywood. Peter Gonzalez, while he was ship's delegate, began an investigation, and finally came up with an answer: One of the for­ mer crewmembers had an intense dislike for movies and ruined the game for the rest of the crew. Gonzales did not mention how this was accomplished, but noted that the means were effective. He, and the new ship's delegate Joseph Powers, are trying to get the films for the crew's use again, however, and are both confident that they will soon be successful. if if if When M. Knickman had to get off the Kenmar (Calmar) recently, his fellow cremembers were sorry to see him go for more than one reason. It is always sad to have a friend go to the hospital, as Knickman did in Aberdeen, but the crew also lost a very fine ship's delegate. To show their ap­ preciation of Knickman's efforts in their behalf, the crew voted him Clarence and Bruce Cousins bees and will operate heavy duty equipment after his training pe­ riod. The Cousins family hails from Butler, Pa., where Bruce at­ tended high school and then grad­ uated from the Heavy-Duty Equip­ ment School in nearby New Cas­ tle, Pa. if if if Sidney Sokollc, ship's delegate aboard the Fenn Transporter (Penn Shipping) says that they arehaving a very smooth voyage. "No beefs, everything working smooth­ ly," he says. The crew will get a vacation in Rio de Janeiro, too. The ship is expected to stop in Rio for about a month. "Half of that time will be In anchorage," says Sokollc, "which means we should have some time to get ac­ quainted ashore." i i. i. The Seafarers aboard the Seatrain New York (Seatrain) are looking forward to a new look in their quarters, says Eugene R. HEV.STUPIP! VOU KNOW MV Ai/AME's A1AA1l£- MV MAM^'^OTCHLOB- quarters was recently brought up and the crew completely agreed with the suggestion. ^ jj, A suggestion was made during the good and welfare section of the shipboard meeting on the Santa Emilia (Liberty Navigation) that locks be put on all screen doors in the lower passageways. The sug­ gestion was aimed at keeping the peddlers out of the below decks area while in Alexandria, reports George Hair, meeting chairman. ^ Jnlian Dedicatoria, ship's dele­ gate aboard the Commander (Wa­ terman) reports that the last pay­ off, in Philadelphia, "was a honey." He says that the patrolmen visiting the ship went away shaking his head at how little work he had to do to straighten beefs. "It's all because of our get along policy," Dedicatoria says. "I hope it lasts forever." t t SIU ships are still talking about sumptuous holiday dinners according to reports that have come into the LOG office. Aboard the Alcoa Voyager, says ship's delegate Jerry Hanser even the captain had considerable praise for the steward department's culinary skills. "The captain thought the Christmas dinner was really great," he says. Aboard the Montpelier Victory (Montpelier Tankers), the crew thought the Christmas Dinnner was more than great. As a matter of fact, ship's delegate John Flanagan says that the menu prepared for the crew by chief steward Walter Marcus should be used by all SIU stewards as a guide in holiday menu plan­ ning. "We had such items on the menu as hors d'oeuvres, grape fruit supreme, chicken egg drop soup, baked fresh mackeral, roast tom turkey with oyster dressing, giblet gravy and cranberry sauce, baked sugar cured ham with wine sauce, and roast prime ribs of beef a jus to start off the meal." Flana­ gan brags. "Its a wonder that everyone didn't add fifteen pounds to their weight." But that was only the beginning. Also included in the menu were 15 minute grill pork chops, several choices of vegatables, salads and desserts. The dessert menu alone was enough to make any man's mouth water. Such items as minced meat pie, pumpkin pie, apple pie, fruit cake, baked alaska, cakes, blue cheese, American cheese and Swiss cheese, hard candies, mixed nuts, cluster raisins, and assorted fresh fruits graced the bottom half of the menu. "We are really glad to have such a fine galley gang aboard our ship," Flanagan said. "We all give our thanks to our hard work­ ing stewards." t. 0 *» 0 a 0 A 7 B 7 �Piwe "fweaty SEdFARBRS LOG' Atlas Damaged In Drydock Fire, SIU Crewmembers Escape Injury March 8, <lNf > A Live One SIU orewmembera aboard the supertanker Atlas (A. L. Burbank) escaped Injury when their ship caught fire while in dry dock at Jowl, Japan. Local firefighters who responded to the alarm were able to extinguish the blaze before any serious damage occurred. According to Alfred Hirsch, ship's delegate, significant damage caused by the blaze was centered in the engine department foc'sle. The black gang's quarters suffered heavy smoke damage, and a considerable amount of water still remained in the room, after the fire was extinguished. Seafarers, whose clothes and personal gear was damaged in the burned out room, will receive compensation for their losses in accord­ ance with SIU contract provisions. The crew was already receiving subsistence when the ship was laid up in drydock. Several SIU members decided to take advantage of the added time in layup to do some traveling and sightseeing in lowi and Kobe ai'ea. Hirsch reports that the crew had nothing but raves for the efforts of the steward department. Under the expert direction of chief steward W. J. Anderson and chief cook Kazmir Lynch, the Atlas' galley gang turned out holiday meals that were in the finest SIU style. Which of the three models is the live one? Charies O'Brien, who sails in the deck department on the supertanker Atlas (A. L. Burbank), posed for this gag photo with two depart­ ment store mannequins in Kobe, Japan while his ship was in drydock. O Brien assures'all his SIU friends that his interests lie exclusively with the warm blooded female species. Cult Coast SIU Pensioner Travels Home To Philippines (Continued from page 8) SIU crewmembers on the Atlas lA. L. Burbank) had time to do some sightseeing when their ship went into drydock in lowi, Japan. The tanker's steward department, which drew praise from every Seafarer aboard, mug it up for the camera, after turning out a mouth­ watering holiday meal. Displaying souvenir copies of the menu for the big feast are (l-r, front) chief steward W. J. Anderson and ship's delegate Alfred Hirsch; (rear) Seafarers Mokiin, Lynch, Merckerson and Kazmir Lynch, chief cook. In top left photo, Dom Prsini, en­ gine utility, Ir) explains the operation of a blow torch to Hirsch. Appreciates SIU Thoughtfulness To The Editor: My sons and I would like to express our deepest apprecia­ tion to all the members of the SIU for the most beautiful spray of flowers which was sent to the wake of my husband, Paul Catalano. I know that he will always be remembered by his fellow Seafarers for his kindness and thoughtfulness to all. Mrs. Edna Catalano if New Pensioner Lauds Welfare To The Editor: My wife and I would like to express our thanks to all the officials of. this wonderful Un­ ion who helped me to receive my regular $150 pension check. I miss the ships of course, and the sea. I also miss the hiring halls where it was always pos­ sible to shoot the breeze and play some cards while waiting for another ship. All that is behind me, but will never be forgotten. Of course, I expect to get around the hall in New York occasionally, but right now, I'm taking it easy. I want to say hello to all my Union brothers in Baltimore. I have many friends there, as proves so beneficial to its mem­ bers and their families. Words alone can hardly ex­ press the gratitude I feel from within. Thanks to everyone for the help. Mrs. LIna Newton if if The Bditor All letters to the editor /or publication in the SEAFARERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. that port has been my second home since 1915. John Van Dyk if i if Send Thanks For Fast Aid To The Editor: I wish to thank the Seafarers Welfare Plan for the speedy as­ sistance rendered in my behalf recently. I am proud to have a son who belongs to such a wonderful organization that it if Halls Prompt Welfare Aid To The Editor: I would like to express my deepest appreciation for the many wonderful things the SIU did for me when I was hospital­ ized recently. There is an old saying that says "When you're well, you think you'll never get sick, but when you're sick you think you'll never get well." Thanks to the SIU and all the hospital benefits that it gives us, when I was sick I didn't have to worry about a thing. I wish that every union mem­ ber in the United States had such a wonderful organiza jn providing for them. I also want to thank the officials who did such a wonderful job in making sure I got all the benefits I had coming to me. Thanks again to a really wonderful Union. W. Feibel Del Mundo. He took it easy here with his family during the strike but is ready to get back to work as soon as possible. Henry J. KopAfter enjoying the first visit to persmith is on the look out for his native Philippine Islands in any second cook's job. He came years, retired Seafarer Gregorio home to visit his family after Mirabueno has written the LOG working about nine months on the expressing his gratitude for his Manhattan. Garth G. "Bull" SIU pension that made the trip Durham came home when the back home possible. Del Sol was laid up by the strike. Mirabueno declares that the Un­ He planned to stick around until ion Welfare plan has made it pos­ the arrival of the stork, expected sible for him to get a good look almost any day, with the first at his native country for the first .child for the Durhams. time since he left home to come Houston to the U.S. Right now, he is re­ Douglas E. "Smiley" Claussen newing old friendships in Sorsogon turned up at the membership province, where he was born 71 meeting in February with his foot years ago. One of the highlights of Mirabueno's four month visit out of a cast for the first time in to the Philippines was a long stay nine months. Smiley says he can in Manila, the capital of the island get around good enough now to republic. go coon hunting occasionally, but The retired Seafarer writes that he still is waiting for his "fit for his SIU pension has made it pos­ duty" slip. This can't come too sible to achieve one of his life­ soon, he says. Frank Taylor got long wishes—to visit his homeland. off the Bethore on Christmas Eve Concluding his letter, he says, "I and says he is long overdue get­ am really glad to say that I have ting out again. This applies to a been, and still am, a member of lot of guys who got caught by the the most wonderful Union in the strike, but the way the ships are world." moving again everyone should be back on the job before long. Frank is looking for a bosun's job with a long trip preferred. Another one who found his vacation stretched out longer than he expected was C. E. Hawks who got off the Santa Emilia. C. A. Vasquez says his last trip on the Valusia was the best he has made since he has been sail­ ing. He is ready to take anything moving, but he would prefer some­ thing going to Brazil. Buddy Jordan came up from Galveston to visit friends at the hall on the last meeting day. Buddy, a G & H Towing Company engineer, says a lot of the G & H boys had a chance to catch up on their fishing and other hobbies as a result of tlie decline in harbor towing business during the tie-up. Earl "Buckshot" Alverson was ready to go back to his fireman's Taking time off from tour­ job on the Hanover after, in his ing the Philippines, SIU words, catching up on "fishing, pensioner Gregorio Mira­ hunting, beer and girls." At Buck­ bueno gets set to do some shot's age, we suspect he didn't have too far to go to catch up on gardening at a friend's a couple of those items. home in Sorsogon prov­ ince. Mirabueno writes that it was his Union pen­ , Lfcl AM KMOyVff. sion that made the trip WfliiClOWBljOG back to his home country possible. . - �HUnbMfdm SEAFARERS Pace Twen.^-One LQQ Don't Delay On Heat Beefs Now that the cold weather is here, Seafarers are reminded that Jieating and lodging heefs in the shipyard can be easily handled if the ship's delegate promptly notifies the captain or chief engineer and shows them the temperature reading at the time. Crewmembers who beef to themselves about the lack of heating but wait three or four days before making the problem known to a respon­ sible ship's officer are only making things tougher for themselves. The same applies when shipyard workers are busy around living quarters. Make sure you know where and when the work was done so that the SIU patrolman has the facts' available in order to make a determination. LOS ANGELES (Sea-Land), Feb. 21— Chairman, George Finkiea; Secretary, Leo Bruce. $5 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT to be clarified by board­ ing patrolman. He will also be noti­ fied about the shortage of stores aboard ship. ALCOA EXPLORER (Alcoa), Feb. 14 —Chairman, J. McRae; Secretary, J, Prats. Some disputed OT to be sett'ed by boarding patrolman. Discus­ sion about repairs and ship being fumigated. Patrolman to contact cap­ tain of ship regarding stores in for­ eign ports. Vote of thanks to the stew­ ard department for a job well done. MANHATTAN (Hudson VVffnnvays), Feb. 14—Chairman. Billy G. Edelmon; Secretary, L. P. Hagmann. Ship's delegate reported that everything is running smoothly with no beefs. One man missed ship. STEEL RECORDER (Isthmian), Jan. 17—Chairman, Bill Davies; Secretary, Tom Gordon. Ship received new TV— this was due to money received from the company for safety award for first six months of 1964. $10 left in ship's fund. No beefs reported by departrr e .i delegates. Vote of thanks to the steward department for exceptional dinners on Thanksgiving and Christ­ mas. CCEAN DINNY (Maritime Overseas), Feb. 7—Chairman, John Nash; Secre­ tary, Thomas Ulisse. One man hospi­ talized In Naha, Okinawa. Most re­ pairs taken care of at sea, the re­ mainder to be done in port. Ship's delegate. Brother John Nash wished to resign after serving for two trips. Motion made to have patrolman check to see if lifeboat is seaworthy or not. Vote of thanks to the deck department for keeping pantry and messroom clean. Vote of thanks to the steward for a job well done. NATIONAL DEFENDER (National Transport), Jan. 30—Chairman, Holmer L. Ringo; Secretary, Bernard Landos. Brother William Cameron was elected to serve ar new ship's dele­ gate. Some disputed OT in engine de­ partment. No beefs reported. RIDGEFIELD VICTORY (Columbia), Feb. s—Chairman, William L. Tillman; Secretary, Julius H. Johnson. $39 in ship's fund. OT beef regarding re­ striction to the ship to be disouted upon arrival to the States. Discussion I'"nrding medical attention eboard ship. L..SMAR (Calmar), Feb. 14—Chair­ man, B. M. Romanoff; Secretary, T. Mignano. $3.65 in ship's fund. No beefs and no disputed OT reported. STEEL EXECUTIVE (Isthmian Lines), Feb. 14—Chairman, R. Hutchins; Sec­ retary, Star Wells. $27 in ship's fund. •' . -;..ed short from Honolulu one O.S. Some disputed OT in engine de­ partment. Motion made that head­ quarters contact SUP. regarding treat­ ment and runaround given to ill and injured SIU men in Honolulu. Also that Alaska and Hawaii be included in the agreement insofar as repatria­ tion is concerned when a crewmember is ill or injured. Request that Com­ pany put more money aboard for draws. » 1 paint all the rooms as they are in bad shape. Hospital should be repaired. Ship's delegate reported that every­ thing is running smoothly. STEEL NAVIGATOR (Isthmian), Dec. 30—Chairman, Gordon Owen; Secre­ tary, Charles H. Tyree. $36.50 in ship's fund. Disputed OT to be taken up with boarding patrolman. AMES VICTORY (Victory Carriers, Feb. 7 — Chairman, Bobby Thornton; Secretary, D. M. Woods. No beefs re­ ported by department delegates. New ship's delegate to be elected. CHATAM (Waterman), Feb. 21 — Chairman, Sidney A. Garner; Secre­ tary, Sidney A. Garner. Some disputed OT in deck and engine departments to be taken up with patrolman. Everything else is running smoothly. SAN FRANCISCO (Sea-Lahd), Jan. 17—Chairman, Richard J. McConnell; Seecretary, R. L. Hall. $7.64 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seatrain), Feb. 28—Chairman, John Cole; Secretary, Luis Gil. Brother John Cole was elected to serve as ship's delegate. No beefs were reported by depart­ ment delegates. Recommend to the Negotiating Committee for a twenty year pension on 210 days a year basis, and a substantial pay increase in line with the increase given to the Longshoremen. TRANSEASTERN (Hudson Water­ ways), Feb. 17—Chairman, M. Darley; Secretary, Robert White. Ship's dele­ gate reported that all is running smoothly. Some minor beefs to be brought up at payoff. $22 in ship's fund. Unanimous vote of thanks was extended to all delegates for their efforts on behalf of the crew. Mail service very poor. Vote of thanks to the steward department. TRANSHATTERAS (Hudson. Water­ ways), Feb. 19—Chairman, James J, Gorman; Secretary, Leslie J. Guillot. Disputed OT reported in each depart­ ment. Ship's delegate told crew to put in for launch service money due them for no launch in Port of Chittagong. East Pakistan from January 8 through January 15. SEATTLE (Sea-Land), Feb. 8—Chair­ man, Charlie Foster; Secretary, J. Murray. Brother W. Mason was elected to serve as new ship's delegate. Mo­ tion that headquarters publish in the next Issue of the LOG, any news of contract gains, overtime rates, ship­ ping rules, wage increases and consti­ tution. RACHEL V (Rachel), Feb. 7—Chair­ man, R. Knoles; Secretary, D. Sykes. Ship's delegate reported that every­ thing is O.K. Ship sailed from Port­ land short a few stores. DEL NORTE (Delta), Feb. 21—Chair­ man, Peter Gonzalez; Secretary, Bill Kaiser. $110.48 in ship's fund. Brother Robert Callahan was elected new ship's delegate. Ship should be fumi­ gated for roaches. ' OVERSEAS ROSE (Maritime Over­ seas), Feb. 23—Chairman, Tom Martineau; Secretary, Stanley Schuyler. Ship's delegate reported that every­ thing is running smoothly. Some dis­ puted OT in deck and engine depart­ ments. Vote of thanks to the chief steward and the entire steward depart­ ment for a job well done. $10 in ship's fund. LONGVIEW VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers), Feb. 14—Chairman, W. C. Sink; Secretary, William Nuttal. Some dis­ puted OT in deck and steward depart­ ments. Matter of insufficient garbage containers aboard will be taken up with patrolman. ANTINOUS (Waterman), Feb. 7 — Chairman, Mason E. Nunn; Secretary, Fred Sullivan. One man missed ship, in San Francisco. Two men left in FLORIDIAN (South Atlantic & Carib­ hospital in Okinawa. No beefs were bean), Feb. 27 — Chairman, Waldo reported by department delegates. Banks; Secretary, Francisco Alverez. Ship's delegate reported that every­ SEATTLE (Sea-Land), Feb. 19 — thing is running smoothly with, no Chairman, Dennis Manning; Secretary, beefs. Wally Mason. Ship's delegate reported no beefs. Everything is going along MORNING LIGHT (Waterman), Feb. smoothly. $41.34 in ship's fund. Vote 13—Chairman, Walter Zajanc; Secre­ of thanks to Brother Charlie Foster, tary, Robert Byrd. No beefs reported who is getting off ship, for a job well by department delegates. Brother done as baker. David Caldwell was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Steward depart­ TRANSYORK (Hudson Waterways), ment extended a vote of thanks to Jan. 23—Chairman, Wilbert J. Miles; the crew for assisting irt keeping the Secretary, Leon D. Lucas. Discus­ messroom and pantry in tip-top con­ sion about asking the Chief Mate to dition. The four-masted barque John Ena flies the Stars and Stripes as she rides at anchor in San Francisco harbor. Seafarer Fred Harvey, who has been sailing since the turn of the century, earned. $30 for shipping on the John Ena to Honolulu in 1905. Harvey recounts many of his sailing adventures in the accompanying story. SIU Oldtimer Remembers Wooden Hulls And Alohas^ By Fred Harvey EDITOR'S NOTE—This is another in a series of reminiscences of veteran Seafarer Fred Harvey who began his sailing career on the clipper ships that-circled the globe at the turn of the century. Harvey ended his sailing days recently when he retired on his SIU pension (see story this issue). After celebrating my 19th birthday on the four-masted British barque Palgrove, I wound up on the beach in San Francisco in March, 1905 with time on my hands and a few dollars in my pocket. The opportunity of sinking my choppers into shore-side chow soon began to make up for the 36^ months of starvation diets ships. Most of them were aboard a result of this injustice, it was that was standard fare on the to get out to the Hawaiian islands, impossible to keep his men from bloody limejuicers in those days. In case some of our present Union brothers forget, those were the times when nobody cared what happened to the deep sea sailor—that is, ex­ cept old Andy Furuseth who was in the midst of his long struggle to banish slavery from American sailing ships. While roaming around sailortown on Barbery Coast, I ran into a couple of my old shipmates from the whaler Andrew Hicks. It ap­ peared that my friends had come into some money since they were enjoying them­ selves in royal style. I accepted their invitation to join them and began to sample the pleasures of San Francisco high life. That was the way sailors used to Harvey act toward their old friends when their luck was flush in days gone by, and still is true to some extent, even today. After several days of the easy life, I decided it was time to get out of San Francisco before I got worn out. A timely offer of a berth on the four-masted American barque John Ena seemed to be just the thing for me, and I promptly signed the ship's articles. The ship's master informed me that the pay would be $30 for a run to Honolulu where we would board sugar, probably remaining in port for a couple of months. My friends from the Andrew Hicks gave me enough money to pay off my Clay Street boarding master. We had a final party where I bid my girl friend goodby and headed for the John Ena which was anchored in the harbor. We had a pretty good crew for those days of deep water sailing although a few planned to stay drinking while they were in quar­ with the ship to take advantage antine in the harbor. Remember­ of the $25 per month wage. The ing my own experiences in China John Ena landed in Honolulu after when the four-masted W. F. Baba fast passage of 14 days, and I cock stopped there in 1904, I knew came ashore on an island where that this was all too true. everything was cheap—including The job on the William Frye human life. It was easy for a sailor sounded like sweet music to me, to find a room without ending up especially since my pay was to be in the clutches of a boarding house $10 per week, which was regarded crimp. as good money in those days. The After getting a roof over my crew had 4,900 tons of sugar load­ head in the Iwilei section, I start­ ed by the end of May, 1905, and I ed exploring the city and ran into bid my black haired Wahine an old girl friend from Lahaina, "aloha," and joined my ship which an old whaling port on an island was bending sail for the long about 80 miles south of Oahu voyage to the east coast. where we had stopped for fresh Mutiny's Offspring water and provisions. She had left On our way across the Pacific the missionaries in Lahaina to toward Cape Horn, the ship hove come to Honolulu where she was on hand to greet me with open to off Pitcairn Island of "Mutiny arms. After a joyous reunion, on the Bounty fame. Natives from which proved that those island the island who were descendants wahines don't forget their men, of the legendary mutineers came I picked up my gear and found out to our vessel in two large boats to trade fresh fruit, pigs and new quarters. curios for anything that we had Took Bosun's Job to barter. About a month later I ran into We rounded the Horn in August, Captain Joe Sewall, master of the but ran into adverse winds on the American barque William P. Frye Atlantic side which slowed us up which had just come into port quite a bit. Our crew turned out from Shanghai. After exchanging to be a fine bunch of sailors in stories about life in China, the cap­ those stormy seas, even if they tain offered me the bosun's job on frequently ran off course when his four-masted vessel which was they hit port. loading sugar for Delaware Break­ The William P. Frye had a slow water. trip north, because of a foul bot­ The William P. Frye lost its tom and frequent doldrums around original bosun while she was rid­ the equator. More calms and a ing at anchor for five months off severe storm that cost us our new Shanghai. Crewmembers told me lower top sail, accounted for an­ that one night, when the skipper other extra 15 days in the northern was ashore, the bosun knifed the latitudes. We finally arrived off mate as the result of a violent Delaware Breakwater in October quarrel, which ended with the after a voyage of 146 days. Our mate in the hospital and his at­ ship was towed up the river to tacker in jail. Philadelphia where the cargo was Captain Sewall blamed the knif­ discharged and the crew paid off. ing incident on the fact that local I headed for New York to see what regulations forbade foreign crews the Big Town had to offer a young from going ashore. He said that as sailing man in the fall of 1905. �•• rWPfUftfEffl Pac» Twenty-Tw* SEAFARenS n^»,49U LOG Membership Meetings All of the following SIU families have received maternity benefits from the Seafarers Welfare Plan, plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: Roland Martinez, born January Franz Joseph Emery, born Jan­ Jeanette Fah, born December 24, uary 6, 1965, to the Thomas E. 1964, to the Wong Hwa Fahs, New 16, 1965, to the Theodore Martinezs, Galveston, Texas. Emerys, Lansdown, Md. York, New York. 4" 4" 4" 4 4^ 4* 4" 4' 4' 4- 4« 4> 4' 4' 4" 4< 4< 4> 4» 4> 4> 4> 4' 4^ 4. 4. 4i 4> 4* 4> 4" 4' 4' 4« 4> 4* 4 4 t 4/ 4" 4i 4- 4" 4" 4 4 4* 4" 3^ 4" 4" 4" Kathryn Ann Cobb, born Decem­ Diana Lynn Kimball, born Jan­ Everett Huntley, born January 19, 1965, to the Everett Huntleys, New uary 21, 1965, to the Willie L. Kim- ber 15, 1964, to the Olin L. Cobbs, Hitchcock, Texas. balls, Houston, Texas. York, New York. Misty G. Pedersen, born Janu­ Michell Straszynskl, born Decem­ Llta Tilley, born January 11, 1965, to the Arthur G. Tilleys, ber 24, 1965, to the Paul L. Stra- ary 8, 1965, to the Otto Pedersens, Pass Christian, Miss. szynskis, Baltimore, Md. Cromona, Ky. Melinda Klaus, born September Kimberly Witter, born December Stephanie Smith, born December 27, 1964, to the Douglas M. Smiths, 16, 1964, to the Charles A. Witters, 6, 1964, to the Roy L. Klaus, Baytown, Texas. Superior, Wise. Nederland, '^exas. Gail Ruth Ballard, born January Michael John Coyle, born Jan­ David !•, Spangier, born Novem­ ber 27, 1964, to the Thomas D. uary 8, 1965, to the Dewey C. Coy- 21, 1965, to the Robert D. Ballards, Houston, Texas. les, Cincinnati, Ohio. Spanglers, Baltimore, Md. Albert May, horn January 1, Louis Loupe, born January 26, Gien John Legowski, born Jan­ uary, 8, 1965, to the Edward J. Le- 1964, to the Louis J. Loupes, La 1965, to the Albert J. Mays, Mobile, Ala. Rosa, La. gowskis, Jersey City, N.J. Tai Johnson, born January 4, Joel E. Bailey, bom November Anna Irma Lekkas, born Feb­ 29, 1964, to the Joseph E. Baileys, 1965, to the Woodrow Johnsons, ruary 9, 1965, to the Nikolas Lek­ Los Angeles, Calif. Tacoma, Wash. kas, New York, N.Y. SlU-AGLIWD Meetings Regular membership meetings for members of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are held regularly once a month on days indicated by the SIU Constitution, at 2:30 PM in the listed SIU ports below. All Seafarers are expected to attend. Those who wish to be excused should request permission by tele­ gram (be sure to include registration number). The next SIU meetings will be: New York March 8 Detroit March 12 Philadelphia March 9 Houston March 15 Baltimore March 10 New Orleans March 16 Mobile March 17 4 4 4 West Coast SlU-AGLIWD Meetings SIU headquarters has issued the following schedule for the monthly informational meetings to be held in West Coast ports for the benefit of Seafarers shipping from Wilmington, San Francisco and Seattle, or who are due to return from the Far East. All Seafarers are expected to attend these meetings, in accord with an Executive Board resolution adopted in December, 1961. Meet­ ings in Wilmington are on Monday, San Francisco on Wednesday and Seattle on Friday, starting at 2 PM local time. Wilmington San Francisco Seattle March 22 March 24 March 26 April 19 AprU 21 April 23 4 4 4 Great Lakes SIU Meetings each month at 7 PM in various ports. The next meetings will be: New York March 8 Baltimore March 10 Philadelphia March 9 ^Houston March 15 Mobile March 17 New Orleans March 16 4 4 4Regular membership meetings The deathis of the following Seafarers have been reported Raye Lisa Leger, born December on the Great I/akes are held on to the Seafarers Welfare Plan (any apparent delay in payment 22, 1964, to the Ray Lee Legers, the first and third Mondays of of claims is normally due to late filing, lack of beneficiary Hitchcock, Texas. each month in all ports at 7 PM card or necessary litigation for the disposition of estates): 4 4 4* local time, except at Detroit, Virginia Gray, born October 29, where meetings are held at 2 PM John Aloysius Hawkins, 52: 1964, to the Jack W. Grays, LongHarold S. Rivers, 63: Brother The next meetings will be; Rivers succumbed to heart disease Brother Hawkins succumbed to view, Wash. * Meetings lield at Laoor Temple, New^ port News. heart disease on Oct. 7, 1964, Detroit .. March 15—2 PM t Meeting tieid at Labor Temple, Sault Aug. 8, 1964, at in the Church Alpena, BulTalo, Chicago, Ste. Marie, Micti. his home in and Home Hos­ t Meeting Iteid at Galveston wliarvee. Cleveland, Duluth, Frankfort, Brooklyn. A pital, Baltimore, March 15—7 PM member of the Md. A member of (Continued from page 8) SIU since he the SIU since 4 4 4 joined in 1941, 1938, he sailed in closing of the Chicago Marine SIU Inland Boatmen's Union he sailed in the the engine de­ deck department Hospital is inevitable. We have partment until he Regular membership meetings (Continued from page 16) until his retire­ been informed that as of May 1st for IBU members are scheduled retired in 1962. no seamen will be treated as an in­ ment in 1961. He each month in various ports. The | pending court actions reHe is survived by veal. his sister, Mrs. patient ahd that, as of July 1st, next meetings will be: his brother, Vivian Rivers. Burial the hospital will be closed and all Some Resist Helen Young. He was buried in was in Summerville, S.C, Phila March 9—5 PM the Greenwood Cemetery, Brook­ patients will be transferred to one There have been some backfires Baltimore (iicensed and unof the four veteran's hospitals in 4i 4' 4« lyn, N.Y. of resistance. A number of states (Licensed March. 10—5.PM the Chicago area. An additional 4" 4" 4' have passed resolutions calling on Robert J. Bottomley, 44: Brother meeting at the Marine Hospital Houston .... March 15—5 PM Thomas William Bernsee, 61: will be held on Thursday, February Congress to convoke a constitu­ Bottomley died of heart failure on Norfolk March 11—7 PM Brother Bemsee died Sept. 9, 1964, 25th to plan additional protests tional convention to draft an October 14, 1964, N'Orleans .. March 16—5 PM in the New Or­ amendment overriding the Su­ while aboard the and to make up a brochure of these leans USPHS preme Court's decisions. Commander. A Mobile. March 17—5 PM protests for use by Congressman Hospital of a member of the Yates in Washington. Although, A proposed' constitutional RAILWAY MARINE REGION lung ailment. He deck department, dates of closing have been given, amendment sponsored by Senator joined the SIU in Regular membership meetings he begain sailing we are striving for a postpone­ Everett Dirksen (R-Ill.), to allow Mobile in 1939, with the SIU in ment of closing for an additional for Railway Marine Region-IBU one house of a bicameral state sailing in the 1953. He is sur­ survey to be made. According to members are scheduled each legislature to be elected "on a engine depart­ vived by his cous­ the head medical officer at the month in the various ports at 10 basis other than population" (that ment. He is sur­ in, Jane Heebner. hospital, seamen have been AM and 8 PM. The next meetings is, by geographical area), will soon vived by his wife, will be: He was buried at be the subject of Senate commit­ - promised "top priority" for treat­ sea at the request of his next of Mrs. Mabel H. Jersey City ...... March 15 ment at Veterans Administration tee hearings. Bernsee. Burial was in the Pinekin. •I facilities. However, a short time Philadelphia March 16 crest Cemetery, Mobile, Ala. A proposed cons t i t u t i o n a 1 ago, two men sought to be trans­ 4" 4j' 4*" Baltimore March 17 amendment would require rati­ $1 4^ 4^ Joseph Nicklos Macaluso, 58: ferred and were told there was no fication by 38 states—thus making •Norfolk March 18 William Henry F err ill, 51: room available. This is not a ques­ Brother Ferrill died October 6, Brother Macaluso died Sept. 21, tion any longer of "keeping our GREAT LAKES TUG AND DREDGE it possible for only 13 states to 1964, in a drown­ block any such proposal. 1964, in New Or­ REGION ing accident in fingers crossed" and every lakes leans, La., of ac­ Regular membership meet While the discussion goes on, the Intracoastal and deep-sea member should im­ ings for Great Lakes Tug and the state legislatures are being cidental causes. mediately mail letters of protest Canal in Louisi­ A member of the Dredge Region IBU memlers are continuously revised in their dis­ ana. A member about the closing of the USPHS scheduled each month in the vari­ trict makeup to give more equi­ union since 1947, of the SIU In­ hospitals to their individual Con­ ous ports at 7:30 PM. The next he sailed in the table representation to voters of land Boatmen's gressman, Senator and Representa­ meetings will ve: deck department. cities and heavily-populated indus­ tive before it is too late. Union since 1961, He is survived by trial districts in which great num­ Detroit March 15 he sailed as a Frankfort his uncle, Wil­ bers of workers live. Milwaukee March 15 cook. He is sur­ liam M. Cantwell. Frankfort reports that old man Chicago March 16 A key factor in considering the vived by his wife, winter is still blowing hard in Burial was in the Buffalo March 16 legality of present state legislative Mrs. Anna R. Macaluso. Burial was Calvary Cemetery, Decatur, 111. tSault Ste. Marie .. March 17 apportionments is the "electoral in the Garden of Memories Ceme­ their area with ice piling up inside the break and the Ann Arbor Duluth March 19 tery, New Orleans, La. percentage" for each house—that 4. ^ 4> carferries still getting stuck. Lorain ... March 19 is, the percentage of the state's 4" 4" 4 The increase In wages recently Albert Stracclolinl, 42: Brother population theoretically able to Jon Frederick Beverage, 32: negotiated for the carferries will (For meeting place, contact Har­ elect a majority of each house. Stracciolini died Sept. 18, 1964, in Brother Beverage succumbed Sept. commence on March 1 payroll, to old Ruthsatz, 118 East Parish. the Staten Island 9, 1964, in the be paid March 25. The retroactive Sandusky, Ohio). USPHS Hospital New Orleans wages Will be paid separately and of natural causes. USPHS Hospital Cleveland March 19 also in March. A member of the of a stomach dis­ Toledo March 19 Union since 1954, order. A member The upgrading sessions for Ashtabula March 19 of the Union he sailed in the Great Lakes Seafarers began (For meeting place, contact John since 1956, he deck department. February 23, with 31 men in at­ Mero, 1644 West 3rd Street, Ash­ % sailed in the deck He is survived by tendance. The next session will ^e tabula, Ohio). department. He his son and held February 25, and again on is survived by his daughter, Alfred 4 4 4 March 2 and March 4. Several Bm qoodi thcdb^ mother, Janebte and Linda Strac­ members are studying for Able ijmem-'mouk -Mxii ciolini. He was buried in the Mt. M. Luttrell. He was buried in the Seamen's documents and FOW United Industrial Workers Moriah Cemetery, Philadelphia, Metaire Cemetery, New Orleans, ratings. We suggest that all mem­ Regular membership meetings La. bers upgrade themselves this year. for UIW members are scheduled Pa. Great Lakes Redistricting �SEAFARERS •1: . if»««••• All hospitalized Seafarers would appreciate mail and visits whenever possible. The following is the latest available list of SIU men in the hospital: USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK Gene Adkins E. Johnson Leo Altschul A. KarczewskI E. Anthul T. Killion E. Avery T. Lov^e Troy A. Cousins Carlos Mojica G. Pitour J. Czech W. Powell Wilson Davis Antonio DeJesus Peter Raptakis M. Filosa W. Renny John Rotwrts S. Friedman J. Rodriguez K. Gainey Charles Rozea E. Godfrey D. Seda J. Gonzalez Vee Yu Song T. Grinsell R. Stewart A. Hubab F. Travis C. Johnson. Paul Lacy Lloyd M. Lund ' John Mader G. Malinowski August G. Pearson John Pollock James Riley Carl West John Zee USPHS HOSPITAL DETROIT, MICHIGAN Fred Baumler Anton Jenko Fred E. Cihak Kenneth Kane Charles Cochran Clarence Lenhart A. Chenowetg Donald Ritcey Leo Derry John Santay Glen Gilmore Earl Theisen Gerald Waz John Goethals Myron Werba Ravmond Johnson Joseph Jarvis USPHS HOSPITAL I USPHS HOSPITAL JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA FRANKFORT, MICHIGAN O. M. Ames J. C. Laseter Wm. M. Wheeler P. M. Carter W. S. McDowell USPHS HOSPITAL J. K. Crumpler J. Michael GALVESTON, TEXAS H. t.. Grizzard R. B; Pardo J. F. Bailey James Mallard A. N. Kitchings G. O. Powell Charles Copeman Peter McDonald USPHS HOSPITAL Estuardo Cuenca Fred Ouweneel BRIGHTON, MASSACHUSETTS Glen M. Curl A. F. Sabourin Stanley Cieslak Daniel Murphy Curtis Deshotel Arvin C. Sands John Keegan Ludolph Gailes Frank Tosti R. P. Kennedy J. T. Vaughn USPHS HOSPITAL W. A. Lawrence SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA G. E. Alvarez Francis W. Keeley USPHS HOSPITAL C. A. Christensen Charies W. White BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Tiburcio C. Ibabao Chas. F. Crockett James A. Lewis Frank Nappi Edward H. Bayne U^HS HOSPITAL Ralph Pardue, Arthur Botilho FORT WORTH, TEXAS John Pastorek, Jr. Antonio Cauano Benjamin Deibler Abraham Mander James Pendergrass Peter Cerko Abe Gordon Max Olson James Portway Claude Chaffin Thomas Lehay J. Thibodeaux A. J Principato Freidof Fondila OIlie Purdy Clayton Frost SAILORS' SNUG HARBOR Rubin Sigwart Edgar L. Gore STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK Ashby Southers Lynwood Gregory Daniel Gorman Thomas Isaksen Gustav Thobe John Hall, Jr. A. Gutierrez William Kenny Gaudensio PifliS Jefferson Harrison USPHS HOSPITAL Servanda Trujillo James Helgoth NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA Ralph F. Tyree David H. Keith Henry D. Adams Nils Eric Gomberg Kelly L. Walburn Elmer Koch James F. Allen O. J. Harden Joseph A. Williams Frances A. Lee Wade B. Harrell C. D. Anderson USPHS HOSPITAL Carle C. Harris Eugene W. Auer NORFOLK, VIRGINIA Walter H. Harris Howard A. Bergine Lonnie C. Cole, Jr. Hertford B. Rice Emmett L. Harvey Jacob Beukelaar Jay W. Short John Garris, Jr. Paul Hebert Accurso Bor.ti Joseph Townsend John Gurganus Leon M. Hinson Forney Bowen C. T. Whealton Frank Hartman Benjamin Huggins Joseph Carr G. N. Williams William H. Mason Irvy P. Keller Clarence A. Christ John McDonald Vincent Cleveland Olav Kjonbog USPHS HOSPITAL C. E. Cummings Robert J. Laiche SEATTLE, WASHINGTON Chas. Cunningham J. J. Lala M. Dikun J. C. Munsie Celestine DeSouza Chas. M. Lambert J. Matulavago H. Silverstein A. E. Douglas, Sr. James McCauley Cleo Dupree Lawyer McGrew USPHS HOSPITAL Luis Malta Harry Emmett CHICAGO, ILLINOIS V. J. Fitzgerald Joe Vernon Martin Harold P. Carroll A. Frederickson Joseph F. Mendoza Marshall Foster Leo Entringer Ted Galazen Phillip C. Mendoza K. R. Meyerink Milton J. Mouton Henry R. Norred William E. Oliver James J. Redden William C. Roach Paff»> Twn^FJThiM LOG Patrick Scanlan C. M. Scott, Jr. Hamilton Sebum John P. Silos Daniel W. Sommar Harold W. Sweet Harry Wifloughby VA HOSPITAL LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA R. Arsenault VA HOSPITAL ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN . Robert Asbahr VA HOSPITAL WEST HAVEN, CONNECTICUT Paul Kolesnick VA HOSPITAL HINES, ILLINOIS Oscar Kvaas USPHS HOSPITAL HOUSTON, TEXAS Thomas Manion - PINE CREST HAVEN NURSING HOME COVINGTON, LOUISIANA Frank Martin U.S. SOLDIERS HOME HOSPITAL WASHINGTON, D.C. William Thomson Truth' Bills (Continued from page 17) sell on the installment plan, tell the borrowers and buyers the truth about the finance charges the tO'tal amount of money which the borroiwer or buyers pays for the use of the credit, and what this comes to as a true annual rate on the amounts which he actually owes." Information Not Regulation Case pointed out that the bill would not regulate interest rates, but that a knowledge of the in­ terest rate by the consumer might have the effect of reducing it, or leading the buj-er or borrower to reconsider the transaction. Douglas pointed out that many incidents reported to the commit­ tee showed emphatically the need of the legislation. The hugeness of the situation is further demon­ strated, he said, by the fact that, "we have about $77 billion of consumer credit in the country to­ day. And the true annual rate is disguised, sometimes as a monthly rate, sometimes as revolving credit, sometimes by collecting the interest in advance," he said. Case said he thought the chances of the "truth" legislation are good this year. "It would probably have passed the Senate if it ever got to the floor last year," he added. Center, 77 Washington Street, George E. Willey Your brother, Azel L. Willey, Seattle, Washington'. would like you to get in touch 4* 4» 4with him immediately at Charity Miguel Reyes Hospital, Ward 1113, New Or­ You are asked to contact Dr. leans, La. Harnett A. Greene, M,D., at 8902 4. t S. Avenue A, Brooklyn N.Y:, relative James H. Fisher to your daughter. Your wife would like you to 4> 4^ 4* contact her. Write to her at Mrs. Clarence Hawkins F. Fisher, 3208 El Camino Real, You are asked to contact Mrs, Santa Clara, Calif., Space F-13. Daisy Hawkins, R No. 1, Box 264, i Satsuma, Alabama. Need^ Help Anyone knowing the where­ abouts of the personal property of B. J. Koontz is asked to contact the Seattle Hall. He lost his gear, book, seamen's papers, and dis­ FINANCIAL REPORTS. The constitution of the SIU Atlantic. GiOf. Lakes charges from off the Morning and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the Light. membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detaUed SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lak«s & Inland Waters FRSSIDENT Paul HaU EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT Cal Tanner Vice PRESIDENTS Carl Shepara Llndacy WilUama A1 Tanner Robert Matthewa SECREFARY-TREASURER Al Kerr HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES BUI HaU Ed Mooney Fred Stewart BALTIMORE U16 E. Baltimore St. Rex Dickey. Agent EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 177 State St. Ed Riley. Agent Richmond 2-0140 DETROn 10229 W. Jefferaon Ave. VInewood 3-4741 HEADQUARTERS ....675 4th Ave., Bklyn HYacinth 9-6600 HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. Paul Drozak. Agent WAlnut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St.. SE,. Jax William Morris, Agent ELgin 3-0987 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St. Ben Gonzales. Agent ... FRanklin 7-3564 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Louis Nelra. Agent HEknlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. Buck Stephens, Agent Tel. 529-7546 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 NORFOLK 115 3rd St. Gordon Spencer. Acting Agent ..622-1892 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S. 4th St. .lohn Fay. Acting Agent DEwey 6-3818 SAN FRANCISCO 350 Freemont St. Paul GonsorchJk. Agent UOuglas 2-4401 Frank Drozak, West Coast Rep. SANTURCE PR . 1313 Fernandez Juncos Stop 20 Keith Terpe, Hq. Rep Phone 723-8594 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Ted Babkowskl, Agent ... MAin 3-4334 TAMPA 312 Harrison St. Jeff GiUette, Agent 229-2788 WILMINGTON, Calif 505 N. Marine Ave. Frank Boyne. Agent TErminal 4-2528 Great Lakes SECRETARY-TREASURER Fred J. Farnen ASSISTANT SECRETARY-TREASURER Roy Boudreau ALPENA 127 River St. EL. 4-3616 BUFFALO, NY 735 Washington TL 3-9259 CHICAGO 93B3 Ewing Ave. So. Chicago, ni. SAginaw 1-0733 CLEVELAND 1420 West 25th St. MAin 1-5450 DULUTH 312 W. 2nd St. HAndolph 2-4110 FRANKFORT. Mich 415 Main St. Mail Address: P.O. Box 287 ELgin 7-2441 HEADQUARTERS 10225 W. Jefferson Av: River Rouge 18. Mich. VInewood 3-4741 Inland Boatmen's Union NATIONAL DIRECTOR Robert Matthews GREAT LAKES AREA DIRECTOR Pat Finnerty BALTIMORE ....1216 E. Baltimore St .EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St Richmond 2-0140 HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. WAlnut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St., SE, Jax ELgin 3-0987 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St FRanklin 7-3564 MOBUE 1 South Lawrence St HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave Tel .529-7546 NORFOLK 115 Third St. Tel. 622-1892-3 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S 4th St DEwey 6-3838 TAMPA 312 Harnson St TeL S29-378B OREAT UKES TUG S DREDGE REGION REGIONAL DIRECTOR Robert Jonea Dredge Workers Section ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Harold F. Yon BUFFALO 94 Henrietta Ave. Arthur MUler, Agent TR 5-1536 CHICAGO 2300 N. KimbaU Trygve Vardcif, Agent ... ALbany 2-1154 CLEVELAND 1420 W. OSth St. Tom Gerrity, Agent 621-5450 DETROIT 1570 Liberty Ave. Lincoln Park. Mich. Ernest Demerse. Agent DU 2-7694 DULUTH 312 W. Second St. Norman Jolicoeur. Agent RAndolph 7-6223 SAULT STE. MARIE Address maU to Brimley. Mich.' Wayne Weston, Agent BRimley 14-H 5 TOLEDO . 423 Centra] St. CH 2-7791 Tug Firemen, linemen. Oilers R Watchmen's Section ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Tom Burns ASHTABULA, 0 1644 W. Third SL John Mero, Agent WOodman 4-85.32 BUFFALO 18 Portland St. Tom Burns. Agent . . TA 3-7095 CHICAGO 9383 Ewing, S. Chicago Robert Affleck, Agent ESsex 5-9570 CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25lli St. W. Heams, Pro-Tem Agrnt MA 1-5450 DETROIT-TOLEDO 12948 Edison St. Max Tobin, Agent Southgate. Mich. AVenue 4-0071 DULUTH Box No. 66 South Range, Wis. Ray Thomson, Agent EXport 8-3024 LORAIN, O. 118 E P: rish St. Sandusky, Ohio Harold Rutlisatz. Agent MAin 6-4573 MILWAUKEE 2722 A. So. Shore Dr. Joseph Miller. Agent SHerman 4-6645 SAULT STE. MARIE 1088 Maple St. Wm. J. Lackey. Agent MEirose 2-8847 Rivers Section ST. LOUIS. MO 805 Del Mar L. J. Colvis. Agent CE 1-1434 PORT ARTHUR, Tex. .. 1348 7th St. Arthur Bendhcim. Agent RAILWAY MARINE REGION HEADQUARTERS 99 Montgomery St. Jersey City 2, NJ HEnderson 3-0104 REGIONAL DIRECTOR G. P. McGinty ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTORS E. B. Pulver R. H. Avery HAi.TIMOhfi 1216 E BaltniMiie St. EAv-t-- - - 10 NORFOLK PHILADELPHIA 115 Third St; 622-1892-3 2604 S -.n sU DEwe> c 18 United Industrial Workers BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. EAstern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. Richmond 2-0140 HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. WAlnut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St. SB ELgin 3-0987 MIAMI 744 W Flagler St. FRanklin 7-3564 MOBILE 1 S. Lawrence St. HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. Phone 529-7548 NORFOLK 115 Third St. Phone 622-1892-3 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S. 4th St. DEwey 6-3818 TAMPA 312 Harrison St. Phone 229-2788 iSilSiiipSS Know Your Rights 4. 4. i James Dhein It is important that you con­ tact your mother, Mrs. Hugo Dhein at 132 Stewart St., Clintonville, Wise. 4< 4> 4* John Cole "Urgent—Anyone knowing his whereabouts, please contact; Zetterman, c/o General Delivery Post Office, Seattle, Washington. Re­ garding last SIU General Elec­ tion." 4* 4« David L. Meehan Davy: contact your father, broth­ er or sister immediately, in per­ son if possible. Junior. 4i f. 4> ''.^ymond B. Bunch Call your mother at Qxward, Calif., collect. Phone: 485-15»5. 4. 4i 4i Former Hudson Crewmembers Joe Landry and Pace, 3d engi­ neer, from the Hudson are asked to contact Harry Darrah, Compass CPA audit every three months by a rank and fUe auditing committee elected by the membership. All Union recordi are avaUable at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn. TRUST FUNDS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic. Gulf. Lakes an4 Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall consist equally of union and management representatives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquartera of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts- between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and avail­ able in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority rights as contained in the contracts between tho Union and the shipowners, notify tho Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mall, return receipt requested. The proper address for this is: Earl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place. Suite 1930, New York 4, N.Y. Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you al all times, cither by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts are avaUable in aU SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and Uve aboard ship. Know your contract rights, as weU as your obligations, such as flUng for OT on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion. faUs to protect your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. EDITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG, The LOO has tradlUonaUy refrained from publishing any article serving the poUtlcal purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from pu'oUshlng articles deemed harmful to the Union or Us coUective membership. This estabUshed poUcy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September, 1960, meetings in all constitutional ports. The responsibiUty for LOG poUcy Is vested In an editorial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to carry out this respohsibUity. PAYMENT CP MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstance should any member pay any money for any reason unless he Is given such receipt. In the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and Is given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should Bnmediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. The SIU pubUshes every six months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitu­ tion. In addition, copies are available in aU Union halls. AU members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselvei vvith its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obUgation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as weU as aU other detaUs. then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disabiUty-pension benefits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, including attendance at membership meetings. And like aU other SIU mem­ bers at these Union meetings, they are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functions, including service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union poUcy of aUowing them to retain tlieir good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. AU Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights In employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Consequently; no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he Is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic rights of Seafarers is the right to pursue legislative and poUtical objectives which wlU serve the best interests of themselves, their tamlUes and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was estabUshed. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute the funds through which legislative and political activities are conducted for the benefit of the membership and the Union. If at any time a Seafarer faals that any of the above rights have been violated, or that he hat bean denied hit constitutional right of access to Union records or Information, ha should Immediately notify SIU Pratldant Paul Hall at' headquarters by certlflad mall, return receipt requested. �I Vol. XXVII N«.l SEAFARERS-^LOG Rri flrrici*!. osaAW er THI itAFAmm iwTMNATtowAt umpH.» ATLANTIC,•uir. UKM *wtt IHUHD WATI»» nurititf^ itfiij? i 1 1"* CHEAP! CHEAP! CHEAP! 1 C 2 S h S' I' ^ffl 1 " . ' u g 2 1 o c Employers seeking sites for sweatshops are being aided in their search by a nation-wide advertising campaign carried out by states hav­ ing anti-union "right-to-woric" laws, made pos­ sible by Section 14 (b) of the Taft-Hartley Act. ' "There's more net profit in South Carolina" one ad states. "The business climate is right" says an ad touting North Carolina. "You would profit," another ad tells employers, from "the good work habits of home-town employees." h: w S;=5£ss'=='-'"-*"'"' B C v" C .SXny-,,....- erjitalsogWes IT .B.US.W-V"' d h There's mote w net proflt l! t'^0% ,„$oulh^aro\ma tVwiTMCt Should be in Metropolitan Miami., V ii B S( Miami, Florida comes right out and says it though, "Florida has a right-to-work law, and labor-management relations are harmonious." In other words, the guaranteed "open-shop" means the employer has it all his own way. 1 IL-J k o!S ft f?"* ""Mwiim mil d»dy II mmmmB 2S^Sa? B sssais '"w 'nr.; o '^"OWUIan Ml.m ™?„ i""*" d JoSloSct -ea-x-l "trt ^h6 fftesSC—"S iSS:^Sa "^sip "pl?is= PW ®Pe"honi eiilisSs C ,lu\\y; tvent- ssss;--" •VOU^O^ -.v £1«Y compin/fi. jndu,"H,"uS iss'S'? iiaBVeW^'Sed""'; 'S^SssviisSi s;«;=S5'.riS "'I" "P* F-"r:ia™:F'KS • W"^ eSSl^S £ t 1 Si?" M'"" over % iwn 0 •"?pi'73 x-COHfMKm Ka-SSsx'rss "'i«M-al no AH ths adwoUfet o'Wnfcteifioiheniiioo-. I *""" "««! n c^ "iSisiS" J 1 b 6 I 15 MK't'i'.ii'a-rr •?"!«r «'«» p.'^. op.iSnfjra.u.p'd •'^MeNTlSAMASfT . 'V.*- i." i,-. I,'« ;• • J, i',^ , With cynicism and indifference to the condi­ tion of the worker, these states are offering business greater profits at the expense of labor. The "greater profits" for business are made pos­ sible by the fact that "right-to-work" states generally are below average in unemployment insurance, workmen's cbmpensation, minimum wage, overtime pay laws, fair employment prac­ tices, equal pay for women laws and legislation to protect child labor. Significantly, another thing these "right-towork" states are below average in is industrial­ ization. This is because responsible, successful, forward-looking businesses actually shy away from these anti-labor states. They have learned from experience that unionized workers are more productive, dependable, trustworthy—and, they have found, with workers guaranteed fair collective bargaining through a strong union organization, time loss through labor disputes is insignificant. The AFL-CIO is waging an all-out fight for repeal of Section 14(b) of Taft-Hartley which allows "right-to-work" and "open-shop" laws within the states. Repeal of this destructive, discriminatory legislation is important to the welfare and economic growth of the entire nation. Every union member shbuld line up be­ hind 'the AFL-CIO and let his congressman know how he feels toward such anti-union legis­ lation. Section 14(b) must go—for the good of all. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource March 5, 1965 Description An account of the resource Headlines: AFL-CIO CALLS ON PRESIDENT JOHNSON TO SAVE U.S. SHIPPING SEAFARER TEAMWORK, COURAGE SAVES TWO FROM ASPHYXIATION SIU TAKES PART IN P.R.-U.S. JOINT JOB TRAINING COFERENCE CONGRESSMAN HITS MA’S FOREIGN SHIPBUILDING PLAN NEW MEXICO LEGISLATURE KILLS RIGHT-TO-WORK BID AMA’S ANTI-MEDICARE PITCH LABELED ‘CYNICAL PROPAGANDA’ MARAD PLAN TO CUT SHIP AID BLASTED BEFORE PROPELLER CLUB REGIONAL DIRECTOR’S REPORT ON THE ELECTION BALLOT FOR VOTING FOR GREAT LAKES TUG AND DREDGE REGION PORT PRESIDENTS – 1965-1968 INCOME TAX FILING GUIDE IOWA LABOR WINS COURT FIGHT FOR LEGISLATIVE REDISTRICTING ‘TRUTH’ BILLS BEFORE SENATE HIT CONSUMER-AIMED FRAUDS Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 03/05/1965 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXVII, No. 5 1965 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/c48c28ed4de154bfbedb78ae932dc8e6.PDF 5ab54b886bacb6106d10aa49859302fe PDF Text Text SEAFARERS • O F F1C IAL. O R GAN O F THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • BOOST DISABILITY 'i 4; •' -^ii;-. • " .• • •} - Story on Page 3 • /"•' • "Jir- . 1*J'' Begin Back t^ay To Seafarers -Story on Page 2 No Time Wasted. Payoff of the Alaska Cedar under the terms of the new agreement followed a day af­ ter the pact was signed by rep­ resentatives of the Ocean Tow SS Company, operators of the Cedar and two other motor ships on the Alaska run. The contract, which is the best agreement on the Alaskan Run, in itself the highest-pay­ ing route in the maritime industry, proved a happy sur­ prise for Seafarers on the Cedar when it arrived in Seattle. At left, S. See, AB (3rd from left), looks over his pay voucher, while Dick Backrak, MM, and B. C. Slaid, AB, look on. Paymaster S. Williams and US shipping conunissioner W. Knight have just hand­ ed the good' news to B. Wilhensen, oiler (far right). "> iSIU Answers Call. i Smiles on the faces of patients ^ at the Norfolk USPHS hospi[ tal indicate inmates' appreciat tion of the. SIU's action in se! curing feature-length movies ^ •• for weekly showings at the hospital, which hadn't had any for months. A story in the - SBAFARERS LOG describing • how the Savannah SIU ; branch had donated a movie • projector for the use of pa; tients at the USPHS-hospital ; there prompted inquiries by • jRed Cross aide Mrs. G. G,. :Ab,el to Norfolk Port Agent : Ben Rees, and eventually to J SiU headquarters,- which J made arrangements for obf i taining the films. Glad of the ;3happy ending are (seated, L-i ' R): Seafarers Leslie M. Jack"_,son, S, E. Rountree, and David JStyron; st?inding are movie 'Aerator H. Long, Rees and ' Mrsi Ai>6h (Story outage 3. .•4 1 �V_.„.™„„„ Pare Tw9 SEAFARERS, LOG «tai^)i e. 19n •wf'v.- Back Wage Payrolls Readied; Several Companies NAw Paying • SlU-contracted companies are well on their way in the big job of makihg retroactive wage payments to Seafarers under the new standard contracts. Men covered by the dry car­ go agreement are now receiving retroactive wages and overtime back to November 18 from many companies, with others-*due to start payment shortly. f)n the tankers; the retroac­ tivity goes back to January 1. Here too, most companies are either paying now or will make the pay­ ments shortly. Signing On Now Meanwhile ships covered by the standard contract are signing on and paying off under the new wage and overtime scales. These went into effect when the Government suspended all wage controls. Addi­ tional welfare and vacation con' tributions are also being made by the companies. .As soon as the wage controls were lifted the SfU took action to assure speedy payment of the new wage and overtime rates. All com­ panies were notified by the Union to pay off under the new contract money provisions. A partial survey of SlU-conAndrew Fumseth—"The Abraham Lincoln of the sea." tracted companies showed the fol­ lowing progress thus far on the retroactive payments: Ji^o Gonzales Oeft), wiper on the Barbara Fritchie, was among Actium Shipping—All retroac­ first to eoUect retroactive wages under the new contract, fiere he tive wages will be taken care of at accept)! check from Harry Christianson of the Winchester Steam­ payoff. ship Company. Alcoa SS Co.—^Payrolls are now being made up in Mobile and will be fonvarded to New York. All street)—^Mail" requests are being Will notify union in next few days. Oro Navigation — Now making payments will be made tlurough the handled first. The company asks Ninety-nine ji^ears ago on March 12, 1854, the man who was that a permanent mailing address payments. New York office. to become known as the Abraham Lincoln of American sea­ pacific Waterways — All pay­ Amer. Merch. Marine SS Corp. be included. It will hold the money men, Andrew Fnruseth, was born in a small cottage at.Romements made. —Payments will be complete • in at the office if men desire. Pan Oceanic Navigation Corp.— dal, Norway. When he died-^'^ Dolphin SS Corp. (17 State tliree to four weeks. ^—:• — Amer. Tramp Shipping Develop. Street)—Payments will be made Will notify Union when ready. men, the right to draws up to half Phiia. Marine* Corp.—^Money is in 1938 he left behind him a their wages in any landing or dis­ next week. Corp.—Money is ready now. ifetime of service toward the charging port. Dry Trans.—Will handle by mail. ready now. Blackchester Lines — Payrolls Write giving mailing address and peninsular Navigation — Will seamen of all nations in that he will be ready within the week. Safety Provlfions Included Bloomfield SS Co.—^They expect time on the ships. Union will be handle mail applications first, or was responsible for freeing them His biggest blow struck for tht to have all payments completed by notified when all payrolls are at payoff. from the peonage that they were freedom of seamen the world over end of April. Will begin paying ready. ' Seas Shipping Co.—^Payments came with the successful passage Eastern SS Co.—San Mateo Vic­ will begin on or about March 15. held in before. well before that. Furuseth came from a very poor of the Seamen's Act of 1915. This Bournemouth SS Corp. — Will tory will pay off at new rate.. Other Seatrade Corp.—Payments are pay off at new rate. Others will get payrolls will be ready in two being made now. family but he was able to get a Act, sponsored by Senator LaFolmoney in May or June. Send in ap­ weeks. Seatraders Inc.—Money will be fairly good education. For a while lette Sr. had first been passed in Elam Shipping Corp.—^Money ready in three to foim weeks. 1912, but President WiUiam How­ plications by mail with mailing v/ill be ready in two weeks. address. Seatrain. Lines Inc.—^Payment he contemplated taking up a mili­ ard Taft refused to sign it. It was tary career, but after he was re­ repassed and approved in 1915 by Excelsior SS Corp.—^Mail appli­ Bull SS Company—Money for (Continued on page 24) Angelina, ready now. Other ships cations are preferred. Will pay jected by the Norwegian equiva­ President Wilson. This eidended follow alphabetically a couple of off at new rate and handle others lent of West Point he went to sea the desertion ban to forei^ ves­ days apart. sels in American ports and pro­ by May or June. instead. vided for increased foc'sle space, Calmar SS Company—No date Gulf C^rgo Carriers—At payoff Seamen Virtual Slaves set yet. Will notify Union in next for ship out since before Novem­ better food, and safety provisions He sailed in the foc'sle for , 14 for seao^n. few days. ber 18. Others at end of March. years on ships of various flags. In John M. Carras, Inc.—^Tanker International Navigation—^Money Furuseth's remaining years were every case he found that seamen payrolls ready by April 1. is ready now. spent, in Washington defending were virtual slaves of the ship's Colonial SS Corp.—Will pay off Intercontinental SS Co.—Mail captain, compelled by law to com­ this Act and promoting amend­ at new rate. Others handled by requests handled first. Give nrailplete their,, voyages and do the ments to it, such as the Jones Act mail application in May or June. ing address and details. captain's bidding no matter how that was passed in 1928. When ho Coral SS Company^—Same as Isthmian SS Co.—^Payrolls ready died in 1938 at the age of 84, his bad conditions were. above. on Anniston City, Steel Appren­ ashes were scattered at sea, as he In 1886 he came to San Fran­ Dolphin SS Corp. (80 Broad tice and Steel Advocate., Others Plans for a limited breakout of cisco and joined the brand new had requested; from the deck of will follow alphabetically within Government-owned ships for North the SlU-manned SS Schoharie. union then being formed, the few days of each other. Atlantic and Arctic service have Coast Seamen's Union. Subse­ Kea SS Co. — All retroactive been revealed by the National quently, he became the leader of Mar. 6. 1953 Vol. XV.' No. 5 money will be taken care of at Shipping Authority. The NSA the organization and the spokes­ As I See It Page 4 payoff. said that ft expects to take a mini­ Liberty Navigation—^The com­ mum of 20 ships out of the bone- man for seamen everywhere in Crossword Puzzle Page 12 their fight for recognition and Seafarers In Action Page 16 pany" is paying now. yard for transport of supplies to first-class citizenship. ' , •Maine SS Corp.—Will handle Editorial Page 13 Us air bases in the Greenland Furuseth reidized early that be­ Foc'sle Fotographer Page 19 mail applications first. area, such as Thule Air Base, and fore conditions for seamen could Galley Gleanings.........Page 20 Martis Shipping Corp. — Pay­ others. \ be improved legislation ^^ould haVe Inquiring Seafarer Uage 12 ment ready in two weeks. Last year, the NSA provided The following story appeared in In The Wake Page 12 Mercador Trading Company— over 25 vessels for supply work to be passed that would free them fropi arrest and imprisonment if the Feb. 19, 1953, issue of The ' Labor Round-Up Page 13 Wilf handle mail first. Metro Petroleum SS Co.—^Are in the Ear North. Alt of them they quit their jobs. Otherwise any Pilot, official organ of the National Letters Pages 21, 22 wete operated under GAA charter conditions could be Imposed on 'Maritime Union of America, CIO. making payments now. Maritime .Page 16 Metro SS Corp.—^Payments in by private companies. They have seamen while they were on the It is reprinted here in its entirety; Meet The Seafarer.. Page 12 reinforced bows designed* to re­ ship and they would have to ac­ - "The story is going around that On The Job. Page 16 two weeks. sist the impact of ice, and special cept them. To do otherwise meant the officials of the National Ma­ personals ; Page 25 Mississippi SS Co.—^Payment becargo handling gear. being classed as ' mutineers or rine Cooks 8e Stewards, West gafi February 18. Mail applica­ Quiz Page 19 deserters. Start In May Coast outfit now Commimist-conShip's Minutes ;.Pages 24, 25 tions only, to company at Hibernia The breakout of these ships is SIU History Cartoon . Page 9 Bldg., New Orleans, La. Furuseth's first victories came trolled, have paid themselves National Navigation—WiU notify not expected before late Abril or with the passage of the Maguire wages six months in advance, dis­ Sports Line .Page 20 early May, when ice conditions in Act in 1895 which aboiisl^ed the posed of Union property, sold Ten Years Ago Page 12 union by mail. National Waterways — Payment the Far North permit safe naviga­ desertion law in the coastwise membership books at the bidderis Top Of The News... Page 7 Union Talk .. ... .Page 9 begins next week. tion. All of the vessels would be trade end outlawed the crimp's price until there are now 30 men North Seas Navigation—Prefer under the jurisdiction of the Mili­ right to obtain an allotment from for every job—all to the ruination Wash. News Letter ..Page 6 Welfare Benefits.... .Pages 26, 27 mail applications. Will complete tary Sea Transportation Service. the captain. Three years later he of a once important organization. Ilhe Government now has 1,960 secured passage of the White Act Reason? The wind is blowing, bard Your Dollar's Worth.... Page 7 payments, in May .or June. Ocean Transportation Co.—All vessels of 1,000 tons or more in which freed seamen On deep sea, and the ducks are building a shel­ Published biwMkly at the headquarfers ef HI# Saafarars intarnatlonal Union, .At­ retroactive money taken care of. its reserve fieet, 500 of which are as well as coastwise American ves­ ter. Union chaos. Official "solantic a Ouir District, AFL, m Fourth Omega Waterways—All money considered in good enough shape to sels from the desertion law. it also vlertsro." Rascality. The answer: Avanua, Bmoklyn tX NY. Tel. STarllns a-MZT. Entarad at sacond CIOM mattar will be paid at payoff. go to sea with only jninor ovdr- niled out the beating of seamen by a clean sweep. Turn on the hose, at the Past OMca in Brooklyn, NY, Ore j|^ CSorp.—^No date set yet hauL ^fficeiss.^ and mates, and gave sOa- Harry, this is getting tough." vndar tko Art of Ausurt 24, IfU, Seafarers Honor Furusefh's Blrfh Gov^l Break Out 20 Vessels SEAFARERS LOG Quotation Of Week.. f''vr • tjA- :• I"ll'. ]|: PV ' ^''.' to "A.;/- �March 9, MSt SEAFARERS LOG Pare Thre* t-H Revamp Hght On; flFL Offers 10 Changes The annual Congressional skirmish oyer the Taft-Hartley law is now getting underway, with changes in the law more likely this year than ever before. The AFL, CIO and the Eisenhower administration are-^— all committed to modifying by President Truman in 1950, the Act, in differing degrees, wants to toughen up both the law hut strong forces In and out of and its administration. Denham Congress are out to make it even would begin by firing the present personnel of the NLRB, who, he tougher. AFL president George Meany complains, are' too friendly to, la­ outiined the Union position at the bor. He proposed that unfair labor current House Labor ComiAittee practices by unions be limited, and praised the injunction features of the act. Other proposals to tighten the law have come from inside and outside of Congress, including one bUi to ban industry-wide bargain­ ing, through extension of anti­ trust laws against employers and unions that sign standard industry­ wide contracts. NAM In Fight . The employer lobby groups like the National Association of Manu­ facturers and the US Chamber of At left,' Mobile Patrolman Red Morris, signs up disabled Seafarers William Gray .(seated) and Commerce would be just as happy James Carroll. At right. Welfare Director Walter Siekmann helps disabled Seahirer Joe Germane out though, if the law was left the way Of poorhouse where he was staying. These three disabled Seafarers are among those who will benefit it is. However, the Wall Street from the second increase in payments since the benefit began in May, 1952. Journal, spokesman for big busi­ ness, reports that they are also in the fight to get the law toughened Disabled Seafarers eligible under the SIU Welfare Plan will now collect $100 a up. Meanwhile a 15-member advi­ month from the Plan. Union and employer trustees, meeting at Welfare Plan head­ sory committee-including both la­ quarters on March 3, agreed unanimously on the increase in benefits effective bor and industry representatives has met with Secretary of Labor March 1, 1953. Martin Durkin to discuss proposed This is the second time in less than a year that payments to disabled men, origi­ amendments to the T-H Act. The George Meanjr committee will try to come up nally $15 weekly, have been-f —— hearings. He proposed ten impor­ with recommendations that could increased as the result of ac­ gram, the only one of its kind in seatime with companies that are tant changes, including repeal of be presented jointly by spokesmen tion initiated by the Union the maritime industry, got under now under contract with the the 80-day anti-strike injunction for labor and industry. trustees. way last May with payments of $15 Union. provision, lifting the ban on the a week to men who were no longer New Men Added Seafarers who wish to apply for Closed ship, abolition of the nonable to work because of age, injury the benefits should write to the In addition to raising the Communist oath and of employers' amount of the benefit, the trustees or illness. Age alone was not a trustees, SIU Welfare Plan, 11 damage suits against unions. approved several new applicants qualification for the plan, although Broadway, New York and enclose Would Drop Injunctions it happened, most of the men all particulars. Each individual bringing the total number of dis as Meany also proposed elimination involved older seamen who case is considered on its meiils by abled men who will receive bene­ could no were of the injunction powers in the longer sail or do any the joint Union-shipowner board. fits up to 20. law that are exercised against sec­ other kind of work. Last October, Employer trustees participating For those men on the benefits the payments were increased to ondary boycotts and other union in the meeting were: Charles Lo­ list who are over 65, the. disability $20 weekly. action. Similar proposals are ex­ gan, Mississippi Shipping Com­ payments can be combined with pected from CIO president Walter pany; Donald Smith, Seatrain Federal Social Security payments. Seven Tears' Time Reuther when he appears before Lines; and Max Harrison, Water­ In, most cases, these payments the committee. In order to qualify for the dis­ man SS Company. Union trus­ would run between $40 and $60 a On the other side of the fence, ability benefit, the Seafarer has to tees are Paul Hall, Bob Matthews The maritime battle between former NLRB General Counsel West Coast shipowners and deck month. If the man has a wife who have a minimum of seven years of and Claude Simmons. Robert N. Denham, who was fired and radio officers became en­ is over 65, he receives 50 percent meshed in legai entanglements and additional from the Government. The combination of disability restraining orders after two ship­ ping companies withdrew from as­ and social security benefits could sociation affiliation last week so nm up to a maximum of $227.50 they could conduct their own ne­ a month, tax free. Seafarers who gotiations with the unions in­ are on the disability benefits have received Union aid, when neces­ volved. The Pacific Maritime Associa­ sary, in collecting these social se­ The patients at the Marine Hospital in Norfolk, "Va., are tion, chief owner group among curity payments'. The independent Marine Fire­ West Coast outfits, obtained a re­ However, a Seafarer does not nec­ now enjoying full-length moving pictures every week, thanks — men's Union is reviewing the pos- straining order in San Francisco essarily have to be over 65 to to quick action by the SIU. sibiiities of affiliation either with Superior Court to prevent shipping qualify for benefits, provided he is The hospital at Norfolk is the story of how the SIU was sup­ the AFL or CIO, according to a companies from dealing individual- unable to work. In that case the second Marine Hospital plying movie films for the men printed report in the union's pub­ iy with the unions, the Masters, though, he wouldn't collect social that the Union has helped out in the hospital, and ran a big Mates and Piiots, AFL, and the security. lication. as far as moving pictures are con story, including pictures of the Initially, the Firemen will send Radio Operators Union, CIO. The sizeable benefits paid to ceriied. Previously, the Union made SIU patients watching the first « delegation of at least seven rep­ In addition, an injunction was these men is in sharp contrast to sure that the men in the Savan­ show. resentatives to the San Diego coh- taken out against Captain Charles what active seamen were being nah, Ga., Marine Hospital would The men in the hospital re­ I vention of the SIU to find out F. May, president of iocal 90 MMP paid in the industry when the be able to see movies by giving ported that even the foreign sea­ what the terms of affiliation would and international vice-president, Union was first organized. At that the hospital a movie projector on men who could not understand the be. , restraining him from ordering time, 1938, the standard wage for a permanent loan basis. dialogue, got a lot of enjoyment Meanwhile, a committee has MMP members against signing on. an AB on the East Coast was $72.50 Recently, the Union learned that from watching the pictures. been instructed to contact the CIO May sent out a telegram to all a month, with welfare benefits be­ the men in the Norfolk hospital Seafarer Leslie M. Jackson, who National Maritime Union to .de­ locals rescinding his request of one ing unknown. were no longer getting to see any was injured over three years ago termine 'what its terms of affilia­ week ago in which he urged «li Union Took Initiative movies. The hospital's arrange­ when he fell from the deck of the tion would be for the independent members not to sign on West Coast The latest action by the trustees ment for getting films to show the SS Tini to a concrete pier, said "I Firemen. vessels. resulted from the decision of the patients had run out, and the hos­ used to do a lot of reading, but I The terms would be submitted The MMP and the ROU are de­ Union trustees to explore ways and pital was unable to make arrange­ can't do much any more and the to , a referendum vote of the in­ manding immediate wage increases means of improving benefits pres­ ments for getting more films. movies sure help out a lot." dependent union's membership. of 9.5 percent. The scale now ently being paid under the SIU The SIU immediately stepped in Another Seafarer in the hospital, The union's statement said, "we ranges from a minimum of $410 Plan. Further improvements, as and agreed to supply the hospital S. E. Rountree, who was injured wiil eventually have to consider a month for third officers to a max­ well as the addition of new benefits with full-length feature films to in an accident aboard a tanker in affiliation with one group or the imum of $1,250 for captains. are constantly under study and be shown to the men. The first 1951, said the movies supplied by other,, not so much in an effort to The dispute began under the action will be taken on them when showing was held this month and the Union were "wonderful;" and get jobs but to^gxist and preserve impetus of, the MMP when the conditions permit. proved to be a tremendous success. helped to make staying in the hos­ the union.*' ' union protested piresent pby. J The SIU disability benefits pro­ The local newspapers picked up pital a lot more pleasant PMA Splits In Dispute With Mates MFOW Bids Affiliation SlU'Donated Movies Big Hit At Hospital �•r ii iviS' •'•. f.tT« I, v: % •>,, ? 18ij' FMre Foar SEAFARERS LOG March <; 1961 ,3 iiiiK'(fi Weak Merchant Fleetl PerUs m World Rolel N THE short time since the SIU began digging into the area of wel­ fare benefits for Seafarers our Union has made tremendous progI ress. It is acknowl^ed that the SIU has taken the lead in the mari­ time field in providing Its people wtih benefits above and beyond the regular contractual wages and working conditions. Our welfare bene­ fits are unique., For example, there is the maternity benefit of $200 to SIU families to which a child is bom, along with the $25 bond which is the Union's gift to the new child. And there Is the dbath benefit of $2,500, the we^y hospital benefit of $15 and, of course, the most iecently added of the benefits—rthe four $1,500 annual scholarships open to Seafarers and their children. All important, too, is the disability benefit, which I has just been raised to $100 monthly for those mem­ bers no longer physically able to sail. Considering that' the SIU has only been working in this area for a couple of years, it is obvious that the Union has scored heavily on problems which a few years ago would have been declared almost im­ possible to resolve. Of course, we do not believe that these benefits are the ultimate. We prefer to believe that they represent only the beginning of I this large Job of providing greater security for Sea­ farers and thieir families. These benefits do not by any means represent the full scope of pos­ sibilities. There are problems which our people face as a result of the nature of their occupation and which consequently rate considera­ The Keystone Mariner was the first of 35 Mariner class carcro ships ordered by the GoTemment. No tion and investigation. For example, we feel at the moment that merchant carfo ships are now on order or under construction for US refistry for private companies. the condition of our employment, whereby some of our men whose The only caryo ships beinr buiit for US registry are the remainder of the 36 Mariners. families live in the larger cities along the coast and who are away (The folloioing analysis of the present condition of the US Merchant Marine was prepared by the at sea a greater part- of the year—requires that some extraordinary Staff of The SEAFARERS LOG.) provisions be made for the care of their families. This does not refer In June, 1950, Communist armies from North Korea invaded the Republic of Korea. That to the men who already have established homes in and around the invasion touched oil a huge preparedness drive here and in Western Europe. As a result, country and who have no probleiu of the kind we are discussing. Hardship On Wives the US now has the largest and most powerful Navy in the world's history. It has modern­ We know of the hardship placed upon the wife who must tackle the ized and enlarged its air force-* and expanded the Army con­ million in constriiction subsidies forces, American merchant ships daily problems of living without the-benefit of a husband's presence. siderably with new and ex­ over the last 16 years. Most of perform an equally important func­ If the Seafarer has children they are deprived of the benefit of their pensive weapons. All this has cost this money has been- sunk into a tion of 'hauling the raw materials father's guidance and moral support when such an influence in the enormously, $40 to $50 billions a handful of large passenger liners that feed American industry, and home is essential in helping them to attain a sense of security in the year, plus additional billions to which would be converted into the machinery, grain, coal, and community. troop transports in the event of other products utilized by a good Most certainly families of seafaring men are at a disadvantage when equip Europe's armies. their position in the commimity is compared with At home, the Government has war. The all-important cargo end part of tlie rest of the world. If it that of families of shoreside workers. In a society spent equally large sums to ex­ of the industry has been ignored. weren't for the ~ US reserve fleet, such as ours, with day-to-day living so complex, the pand domestic production. Up Few people seem to realize the last winter would have seen bul­ development of a strong sense of family security until October 1, 1952, the Govern­ importance of the merchant ma­ lions of Indians starving, and thou­ is of paramount importance in making good citizens. ment had given out 14,000 "cer­ rine in our defense picture. When sands of plants in Europe shut As seafaring men who have banded together in a tificates of necessity" to domestic fighting started in Korea, the US down for lack of coal. The need strong union, as ours is, for the purpose to collective industry, amounting to tax write­ had only a handful of troops in to meet this emergency and keep security we can fully appreciate this problem. off benefits of nearly $23 billion, the Far East, and small amounts Korea supplied was met by break­ with more issued since then. of equipment. Troop? could be car­ ing out of the boneyard virtually Then, too. there , are the complications that arise By contrast, there has been lit­ ried by troop transport, and in every Liberty, Victory and Capewhen a seafaring father is away and a little thing tle planning or activity on behalf emergencies by plane, but, the type ship that was in useable COBlike an allotment check is late in arriving. Thus of the merchant maiine, the life­ thousands of different items of diUon. there is a strain on the wife who has to pay the rent on time, who has At the peak, 639 ships were to meet the doctor bills and who has to provide food for the family line for raw materials coming into supply could be brought only one the US and for food, military sup­ way—5,500 miles from the West called out of lay-up of the total table. And there is the tremendous nervous strain and disruption of plies and industrial equipment Coast of the US by ship—a long Government reserve of 2,084 ships. normal life when one of the members becomes ill and requires hos­ Those that were called out were pitalization. With the,breadwinner away what.about the problem of flowing out of this country. The trip on a ten-knot Liberty. sole extent of recent Government Without the privately-owned US the best of the lot, yet. all of them arranging for care of the children? Or in the case of a child being hos­ aid has been the construction of merchant fleet and the old, but required a good month's overhaul pitalized, who gives the mother ^e necessary comfort and assistance 35 Mariner-class ships at an esti­ useful, Libertys in the Govern­ before they could be put into se^- such emergencies require? mated cost of $350 million. And ment reserve it would have been ice. It is questionable how many The answer to all this seems to be in some kind of a housing unit in an emergency, chances are that impossible to maintain our forces of the remaining ships could serve owned and operated by Seafarers themselves, with units to accommo­ a useful purpose without extensive, date families of various size and possibly restricted to SIU members all of these would be taken over in Korea. costly and time-consuming work.' by the Navy, leaving the merchant It is fortunate for the armies in And in another, more serious, and their families. In such a project there would be a strong bond fleet with its present outmoded Korea, and for the ships, that the emergency, the ten-knot Libertys of understanding among all the families, and the accompanying se­ and obsolete ships. US Navy is absolute master of would have a pretty tough time of curity that comes with the knowledge that "we are not alone." Wives Passenger Ship Aid Korean waters. For had these ships it escaping modem subs and planes. confronted with a problem of an emergency nature would be able to Other Government aid at pres­ turn to other wives who face similar problems and get assistance in ent consists of operating subsidies, had to contend with subs, planes Private Fleet ironing out difficulties until such time as the husband and father would and enemy surface ships, the Ko­ which have averaged $30 million rean story would have been quite Our privately owned dry-cargo arrive home. a year since the war, and $350 a different one. That is what would fleet consists of 253 C-types, 228 Strong Boost To Morale And beyond the tremendous benefit in all-around living this kind happen in any general war, and Libertys, 53 Victorys and 244 ships that is why our out-of-date mer­ of private design. The biggest and of development would have for the families of seafaring men of our chant ships are the weakest link fastest of these ships are the C-3's organization, the effect upon the Seafarer himself would be of im­ and C-4'%1 capable of doing 16 to 17 measurable value. T^ Seafarer aboard a ship in in our defense. knots. The Victorys are good for Far Eastern waters or in the Mediterranean or any Seafarers have again been The case for a strong American 15 knots and the Uberties 10 to 11. distant place would go about his shipboard job se­ merchant marine, manned by warned not to send their bag­ American crews was stated effec­ The Government reserve consists cure in the knowledge that if his people run into gage COD to any Union halL tively by Hugh Gallagher, presi­ almost exclusively of Libertys and any kind of trouble, either as the result of illness No Union hall can accept de­ Victorys, mostly the former, with or economic stress, they are among those who know dent of the Propeller Club: livery of any baggage where a "American shippers can build handful of C-l's and other types. and understand and who are prepared to go the express charges have not been their boats in Scandinavia or Hol­ In tankers, the T-2 is the most route in pitching in to straighten matters out This prepaid. land for about one-third of the numerous type, although here some is an Idea which at the moment may appear far from Men who send baggage COD progress has been made in con­ realization. The mechanics of setting into motion to Union halls face the pros­ cost of building them in American struction of new super-ships. such a project would require very lengthy, detailed yards. We can staff them with pect of having to go to a lot In another war, the US would study, and preparation. But it is an idea, nevertheless, which could Chinese crews, and thus compete of trouble and red tape with with any foreign line in the world. have to go it with these ships until work tremendous benefit for our people. As remote as its practical re- the Railway Express Co. All "But national policy asks uis to such time as the modem ship con- alization may seem at this moment, it would be most interesting to COD haggage—regardless of build our ships in American yards stractioa program) we now .lack gets know of the feelings of oiir members md their families on'the subject the port—goes to the local ex­ At least let's kick it around, and discuss it from every angle. Obviously and man them with American sea­ underway. press office, where it Is held no such program could succeed unless it is fully imderstood by the men and pay them American wages. While the merchant marine has by the express company until And quite properly. been standing still, the naval forces membership who must give evidence of their own feeling b# the need claimed. . "We know that without our own of potential enemies have not. Sea­ for such a program. Seafarers who want to be ships, manned by our own men, we farers and others can remember the So all hands might do well to have their say. It is suggested, for sure of getting their baggage would be at the mercy of any na­ tremendous damage done by Ger­ example, that every Seafarer with an opinion, either pro or con, send when they want it, can send It tion OF group of nations which man subs at the beginning of World his views into the SEAFARERS LOG. These views would then be to any Union hall provided chooses to dominate the sea lanes War 11. In 1040, the Germans only published and read by our membership, wherever they may be through­ they prepay the shijpping in a time of emergency." had 60subs, but they did enormous out this world. Thia, it appears would be the first proper step ia ex­ charges. Aside from supplying our armed ploring any idea. (CoidiBued on page 171 I Don^t Send Your Baggage COB 'rrVi'l �. Mareh «, l§5t SEAFARERS LOG Discussing The Good Contract News Page Fiv* SIU Backs Alien Appeals To Gov't Alien seamen who want permission to pay off ships or ex­ tensions of shore leave beyond 29 days can now get individual letters of appeal to Washington on their behalf iby the Union. Two form letters have been drafted, one requesting that to catch another American vesseL the alien be allowed to pay off This is designed for the alien who Crewmembers of the Alaska Cedar get welcome information on their new contract from Patrolman Paul Drozak (standing, right, with contract.) They are: (left to right), S. See, AB; Dick Backrak, MM; Duke Nancarrow, AB (head showing), B. Whilhepisen, oiler; F. Cullison, steward; Red Kirk', AB; Jack Stough, AB (by fan-head); Drozak, W. Porter, crane operator; J. Weddle, oiler; J. Giza, electrician (seated). The Ocean Tow Company contract is the best on the Alaska run. ^ SUP Celebrates 68tli Anniversary; Paved Way For All Marine Unions The 68th birthday of the Sailors Union of the Pacific, oldest existing maritime union was celebrated yesterday with appropriate ceremony at the site of Andrew Furuseth's me­ morial on San Francisco's Folsom Street wharf. It was on March 6, 1885, that the SUP was born on that spot in an open"*' air night meeting of 300 to 400 meeting proved the beginning of a another 132 seamen to the ranks lasting maritime union. and the* new union, then calied seamen. At that first meeting, 222 men the Coast Seamen's Union was of­ The immediate reason for the meeting was the arbitrary action bf coastwise shipowners two days earlier ordering a reduction In wages of seamen. Previous at­ tempts to form seamen's unions had all failed, but this particular ficially formed with Rasmus Niel­ sen as its secretary. The first ac­ tion of the union was a strike against tlie pay cut which resulted in restoration of the higher wage scale. Within a few months the new union had attracted over 2,200 sailing ship men and a union office was opened at 7 Spear Street where a hiring hall functioned de­ spite tremendous opposition from the shipping masters, crimps and boarding house keepers. With Deep l^ea Seafarers entering their work in the Second Annual Sea­ TwoMerged years later in 1887, An­ farers "Art Contest will have their entries exhibited to the drew Furuseth was elected leader people of New York at two different exhibits. of the new union. One of his first notable achievements was to se­ In addition to being shown ' cure an amalgamation of the Coast in the SIU headquarters, the Seamen's Union and the deepwater entries will also be exhibited union, the Steamship Men's Pro­ at the Architectural League of tective Association This took place New York, at 115 East 40th Street, on July 29, 1891, with the new New York 16. NY, in Gallery "A' organization now called the Sailor's under the sponsorship of the New Union of the Pacific. York Public Library. The amalgamated union now The. exhibition at the Architec­ had a membership of between 3,500 tural League will be part of a dis­ and 4,000 and a treasury of over play of the works of members of $50,000, making it one of the various unions to show the type strongest outfits in the country. of art work done by union mem­ In August of 1892, the SUP bers in their leisure time. It will MATES AT-mESlUsm called a strike that was the first be called "When Work Is Done." of .many bitter struggles fought >5a Meanwhile, entries have been against the combined strength of pouring into headquarters. The the shipowners and the California contest is open to all Seafarers in Manufacturers and Employers As­ four categories: oils, watercolors, sociation. Despite the announced ATTHBUhil04HAlL drawings and handicrafts, with program of this organization to three prizes offered in each of the break the union, it was unsuc­ 47H4VEAND20WSr. categories. The deadline for en­ cessful. HSQooKL^N.Sm^ tries is April 30, 1953, which is Subsequently, the leadership of far enough ahead to give Sea­ the SUP under Andrew Furuseth, farers all over the world enough was able to secure passage of the THERSmSONT/. time to send in their entries. McGuire Act, the White Apt and the Seamen's Act of 1915 which is Each enlry . should include the A/eW LOW PRICES known as the Magna* Charta of name and return address of the ALWAYS seamen. The SUP was also re­ Seafarer, and should be sent to Art Editor, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 4th sponsible for the organization of WELCOME f^BREAT Ave., Brooklyn 32, NY. It is best a national seamen's union thAt YOUR OWN PLACE. to use special delivery or regisr later became the old ISU. When OWNEVANDOPERAm tered mail and wrap the entries that organization broke up, the well. If the entry is for sale, SUP was issued a charter as the BYTHESEAMRERS include the price you want for it. Seafarers International Union of im.VNlON'A%GAH. The .ividging, by a panel of wellNorth America, leading to the for­ known art experts, Ayill take, placa. mation of the SIU A&G District May 6. , ^ .1,* and the other SIU affiliates. signed up as members of the new organization and a collection was taken which produced $34, enough to rent the Irish-American hall for dnother meeting the foliowing night. The second meeting attracted Art Entries To Get Two Showings In NY AHDWATC/A has been denied payoff and/or dis­ charge by Immigration authorities. In many cases the reason for denial of payoff or discharge is simply lack of a passport or citizen­ ship in a country now behind the Iron Curtain. The men involved are compelled to stay on the ship indefinitely. Any alien seaman who Wants such a letter spnt on his behalf, should get in touch with SIU Wel­ fare Services representatives in any US-port. This does not apply to resident aliens who have legal ad­ mission to this country. and get a discharge, the other ask­ ing for extension of shore leave so that the alien can ship out. The letter is to be filled out by the ^en Involved, who has to put down important information such as his rating, his time on American ships, his passport, if any, and similar items. It will then be signed by Paul Hall, SIU secretarytreasurer, and forwarded to Immi­ gration headquarters in Washing­ ton. Assurances From DC These forms were drafted by the Union as the result of'conferences held in Washington between an SIU delegation and Government authorities, as reported in the February 6 issue of the SEA­ FARERS LOG. The delegation, consisting of Harry Lundeberg, SIU president and SUP secretary-rtreasurer; Paul Hall, SIU first vicepresident and secretary-treasurer of the A&G District; and Morris Weisberger, SIU vice-president, se­ cured assurances that considera­ tion would be given to alien sea­ men sailing regularly on US flag ships. Among' other things, the Union representatives pointed out that the 29-day limitation could work a hardship on a non-resident alien because of the limits on jobs open to alien seamen. They are barred from all the ships on subsidized funs, and from coastwise and intercoastal runs, while on other ships their quotas are limited. Can Be Deported If the non-resident alien can't get a ship in 29 days, he is sub­ ject to deportation under the McCarren Act. Consequently the form letter drawn up by the Union explains that the alien has been employed regularly on American flag ships, and requests that he be given an extension on leave in order to ship out. The second form differs from the first in that it requests permission for the alien to pay off his ship and receive sufficient shore leave Fairport On Rocks, Hint Sabotage SAN DIEGO—The possibility of sabotage was being investigated as a second Waterman freighter, the Fairport, went aground off the Mexican Coast. The Fairport grounded on Thursday, February 26 about 20 miles from Acapulco. A month before, on January. 30, the Fairhope, a sister ship, suf­ fered a similar accident off Lower California. The Waterman company asked Federal authorities to investigate the two instances after testimony at a Coast Guard hearing in the Fairhope case suggested that the compass had been tampered with. Meanwhile no further light has been shed on the disappearance of the Fairhope's steward. A grand jury in Los Angeles has been hear­ ing testimony on the case. Police believe the steward was murdered and his body shoved through the porthole of his foc'sle. YOU and Me SIU CONSriTUTION From Article XXVIII _„j iob holders, or appointed.« »hrth.re•'*• Union, may o® bonded. - • this provision Is designed to protect your property — the Union's cosh and possessions. Bonding of officers and employees who handle the cash means that the Union, and the membership, are fully insured against possible misuse of these funds. �J?:?-: f'". iiM«h;C» jastii S E^A P Am E R-S •L'QiG' -» *a*«:SU. V- Navy Depot Reopens For Shipping Seasfruek SIU NEWSLETTER Welsh Boy from WASHIN^OS Likes LOG a Seafarer Charles L. Avera, cook, points to direction mark^ er for the recently reopened Theodore, Ala., Naval installa­ tions. The docks there bad been closed last summer for repairs, but are now being used to handle military cargoes for Europe and the Far East. The SlU-manned Lawrence Victory (Mississippi) was the first of'many SIU ships that will use the facility. * . SIU COMMinEES I L.. AT WORK Membership supervision of Sea­ farers' behavior on the ships and in the halls, as well as check-ups on-tlie SIU's money and other valu­ ables like bonds and receipt books are all-important tasks. These jobs 81% accomplished by elected rank and file committees. Some com­ mittees hear ti'ials of Seafarers charged with violations specified in the Union constitution. Others check and recheck finances weekly and quarterly in all 13 ports to maintain fool-proof control of the Union's money. The Union constitution provides for election of lank-and-file audit­ ing committees eveiy week in all ports and a quarterly financial committee every three months in headquarters.- These committees have the responsibility of checking the records and seeing to it that the Union officials are. properly handling their job. They operate in conjunction with a certified pub­ lic accountant who prepares official quarterly reports. The weekly committees are elected at special meetings held every week in all prats. For ex­ ample, Baltimore Seafarers elected a committee con­ sisting of Irvin Pierce, - John Flynn and Jolm •Weimer for the week ending Feb­ ruary 21. This Pierce committee, as did similar ones in all ports, checked all books, bills and vouchers of the port and found them in good order. They then submitted a signed re­ port which contained such items as total cash on hand at beginning of week, the week's income in the form of dues and assessments, and a breakdown of the week's expen­ ses. This included salaries, travel expenses, telephone, mailing and building supply. All weekly reports froni the outports are rechecked at headquarters by a rank and file committee. tlyery ttiree mopths a. ,six-man e.vE«mlttee is chbi^n at headquar­ ters to audit the quarterly report. This group, two men from , each ship's department, works in con­ junction with a certified public ac­ countant. It checks all weekly re­ ports against bank statements and reports on funds on hand. It sees that the outport financial reports correspond with weekly headquai*ters reports. It examines all head­ quarters financial business and takes a count of Union-owned bonds and of receipt books. In this way, membership control is exercised all along the line to keep Union finances in order. Self-Discipline Another important committee function is enforqjng membership self-discipline. When a man per­ forms on board, gasses up, consist­ ently fails to turn to, deliberately misses a ship, or in some way or another harms his shipmates and the Union through his behavior, other members of the Union'can, and do, bring charges against him. The charges are served on the er­ rant member and he is notified to appear before a trial committee of four rank and file members. This committee is elected in the same fashion, at special member­ ship meetings. Maslarov Becently in New York, for example, a member was brought up on charges of neg­ lect of duty and misconduct aboard ship, disorderly conduct at the payoff and refusal to cooperate with Union representatives in dischai'ging tlielr duties. He was tried before a committee consisting of P. J. McCann, P. Loleas, G. Masiarov and J. Jellette. After hearing all evidence pro and con, the com­ mittee found the man guilty, fined him and put him on probation under powers given the committee under the Union's constitution. In this way, the membership it­ self, passc8„uppn. cases of misbehavioir detrimental to the member­ ship and imposes, the discipline that is necessary 'to assure the propgy functioning of the organiaatiwB. ... . The little town of Harlech, Wales, now boastS\two SIU boost­ ers in its small population, one of them Seafarer Ed Larkin, - the other, Rhodire Jqffereys Jones, an aspiring seaman of ten summers. Both of them stand together in their adndiration of the SIU and squabble over the single copy of the SEAFARERS LOG that comes in the mails every two weeks. . Larkin is the Seafarer who was awarded one of the Ruskin labor scholarships and is now studying at Harlech College, a remodeled castle in this tiny Welsh village. His sidekick is restrained from go­ ing to sea only by some legal technicalities, such as the British compulsory education law. But he intends to set out under a full head of sail the minute he hits his 14th birthday. Wears SIU Button The youthful Wearer of the SlU button, Larkin writes, became ac­ quainted with ' him last October ' . ' Immigration and State Department officials, concerned with the job of inspecting alien seamen under the McCarran Act, expect to issue about 90,000 visas to seamen during the year, the documents being good for a 2-year period. Under the law, alien seamen must individually apply for a visa; they "will be screened by American consuls; and, in performing this screen­ ing, the consuls will check mth. the security officers in the various countries before issuing the visas. The State Department recently told the Congress: ' . "We do'not anticipate any ti'ouble on the better regulated ships, but it is the Greek or Panamanian ships which come in which are not mafined with Greeks or Panamanians but by people from all . over the country." The visas will be good lor 2 years and will be subject to renewal. At the end of this 2-year period, e security cheek will be made again to see if any additional information has come in to the Immigi'alion Service or the US State Department since the first visa was issued. Recently a Congressman wanted to know the value of issuing a visa to each alien crewman if, upon reaching the US, the crewman has to be screened by Immigration authorities. The State Department told the Congressfnan: "The visa has this valim: The Immigration and Naturalization Service is unable, of course, to nave access on this -side of the Atlantic to the security information which, is available in these foreign countries rela­ tive to - these various crewmenibers and the consuls are in a position . to get that information in the countries overseas. So. con.sequent]y, it is advisable- to' visa these people and screen them overseas before they come here." ,^ Commenting on the question as to why it is necessary to examine an alien crewman more than once in his lifetime, and if the Immigra­ tion Service goes through the routine each time a crewman comes into the country, the.. Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization says it is necessary to continue the inspections because it is not known what contacts an alien seaman "might have made and there is the question a.s to whether his status might have changed while he was On shore leave abroad." The Immigration Service has promised Congress that on the first trip to the US, under the McCan-an law, it will take only about 10 or 15 mtnutes to examine the alien seaman, and that on the subsequent trips on ships of the better type, it will take three to five minutes, perhaps less. i • it Some ten or twelve Western European nations have brought into the open their aim to cripple US maritime laws. They are putting on a propaganda drive in fairly major proportions in order to further their own maritime ambitions. This was first revealed in the SEAFARERS LOG several months ago and since then the drive has gained .inomcntum. The chances are that the US .Congress will bo called upon to takd another look at our mari­ time policy to see whether it is a "selfish" one; as the foreign nations argue. Actually, the Western European nations are aiming at eliminating a provision in existing US law which states that at least 50% of all cargoes financed by this countiy, and moving abroad, must be trans­ ported in US-flag vessels. A few days ago there came to light a statement made by the foreign countries in a report to their member nations, as follows: "The subsidy and protection of various kinds given by the US (gov­ Latest addition to the list of ernment to its merchant shipping sliould also be reviewed. This Is an SlU boosters is Rhodire Jones industry in which Em'opean countries are particulariy competitive, and of Harlech, Wales. from which appreciable additional dollar earnings could be obtained shortly after his arrival at the col­ if free Competition between the US and European shipping were per­ lege. "This is a small Village," he mitted," said, "and within a few days t t P everyone knew that I was an A system of safety rules and regulations-for longshoremen and har­ American seaman . . . His father bor workers has been proposed in Congress by Senators Smith, New received no rest until he was in­ Jersey, and Kennedy, Massachusetts, representing an. outgrowth of troduced to me. At first he was Congressional hcai-ings held last year. very shy but as we salts got to Under their recommendations, the US Labor Department would be know each other he has displayed given broad authority to enforce and administer regulations, and to a marvelous understanding of the make studies with respect to safety provisions and the causes and pre­ sea and its lore." vention of injuries in employment under the Longshoremen's and While waiting for the day that Harbor Workers' Compensation Act. This is the same recommended program that is being opposed by he can go to sea, Rliodire practices carving ships' models and knows the US Coast Guard and maritime employers who contend that, under his way around on a sailboat. At existing law, the Coast Guard has ample authority to provide safety Larkin's suggestion, he wrote a lit­ measures in this fitid. tle letter to the LOG introducing himself and setting down a small The next American steaihship company in line to receive an operat­ fictional effort a^ follows: (Know­ ing subsidy from the Government is the Bloomfleld Steamship Com­ ing his affection for the RIU the pany. This line is asking for US federal help in the operation of ships LOG accepts in good grace Rho- on^ two routes, namely, between US Gulf prarts and ports in Spain, dire's little story in which the Portugal, Mediterranean. and/or the Black Sea, and between US Gulf British ship comqs. out on top.) ports and the East Coast ed the. United Kingdom, Continental Europe, Wants te Travel including Baltic and Scandinavian ports. Under the law, US lines can get an operating subsidy if they en­ "My dear readers, I have been very much intriglied by your SIU counter substantial foreign-flag competition. Under the subsidy, .the paper. Although only teii years of US Government pays for the difference in certain higher qoists in­ age, I intend going to sea at four- curred by the US operator as compared with his foreign-flag competitor. J. in, ^ teen; It is not only the drive to go The Eisenhower Administration, armed with ..fresh Authority from to sea that makes me interested in ships and* travelihg abroad,-but I Congress, is moving ahead on what may^be the greatest, overhauling wish to see foreign countries, the federal government has ever seen. Present, indications, "bas^d ieam their languages and manners, on moves already made or proposed, are encourai^g to the proponents. and become friendly and useful to of streamlining governmental operations. The story, during the next few months, will show how effective ^.he both whites, blacks and more or President's plans, for reorganization of the huge federal bureaucracy less oil .nationalitjies.. , ... "I have become so interested in are to be. ships that I have made up .a' little story.. Here it is: "Soipe tiipO ajgo the greatert (Continued ^ page .24i: "•-'4 J '• �Y^ir'". , -• ,"v,/: ;--/rwn'^T-'^"T4»->:fnr.-v- March •{ ^ll^i SlSA'F^ltEtfS ttfG SeVea Top of the News Seafarer Has OwnMuseum NEW ORLEANS—All Charles M. Dowling has to do to recall vividly the far off placei to which he has sailed and the acquaintances he has made in ports around the world is to step into the trophy room he maintains in his home here. In this room, which Mrs.^i Dowling says she never in­ vades, Dowling has on dis­ play more than 5,000 souvenirs and mementos he has collected from many ports in many lands. Some of Bowling's curios, which 44" ALMOST ALL PRICE CONTROLS OUT—The Government practical­ he has arrayed colorfully around ly completed the job of wiping out price controls with the freeing the walls and in cabinets in a room of copper, aluminum, cigarettes, and canned and dry groceries. About set aside for the purpose, are the only consumption item left under controls, strangely enough. Is mainly of sentimental value to the beer. owner. Many others, however, are val­ EAST GERMANS FLEE'TO WEST—OvM 31,000 residents of East uable antiques and are pieces of Germany have fled to West Berlin as the Conununist government in sufficient interest to attract the at­ the East extended widespread purge. The flight was also stepped up tention of representatives of such as a result of East German steps to cut off all transportation connec leading museums as New Orleans' tions between the two halves of Berlin. famed Cabildo. Whenever Dow­ ling'is ashore here, he whiles away GOV'T MOVES TO DEPORT MRS. BROWDER—Immigration officials his time cleaning and cataloguing have served a deportation warrant on Mrs. Earl Browder, wife of the the newest additions to his collec­ one-time leader of the Corhmunist tion. Party in the US. Mrs. Browder, Only recently he asked for an who is a Russian national had pre­ appraisal of a full listing of his viously been indicted on a passport collection preparatory to having it fraud charge. She has been accused insured. • of making false statements on her Ancestral Sword application for citizenship. Her Included in his collection are husband is a US citizen, born in ,such valuable and genuine an­ Kansas. For the time being she tiques as a sword used by his an­ Seafarer Charles M. Dowling looks at a sword used by his ancestors is being held under house arrest cestors in the Revolutionary War in the Revolutionary and Civil Wars amid a collection of 5,000 as she is ill with influenza, and the War Between the States souvenirs of his sea travels in his trophy room at home. i % is, and wine decanters brought to the BABY SMUGGLING RING colonies in 1665 from England and a pair of wooden shoes which he BROKEN — Canadian police have handed down to him through his obtained from a Dutch seaman in Sptiah Your Mind arrested a Brooklyn couple at a exchange for standard American mother's family. Toronto airport with a seven day leather footwear, a wide assort­ At SIU Meetings Included in the exhibit are such old baby which they charged the ment of figurines and photographs unusual items as a rare set of couple had bought for $250. Ca­ Under the Union constitu­ from all over the world. sculptured book ends carved more nadian police said that the arrests tion every member attending Dowling, who holds endorse­ than 150 years ago from 300-yearwere the first break in a smuggling a Union meeting is entitled to ments for all ratings in the stew­ old petrified South American jaracket that was selling babies to nominate himself for the ards department, says he keeps an caro wood, an ancient Polish drink­ Americans who were eager to adopt elected posts to be filled at eye out for pieces for his collec­ ing stein, a table with a mahogany children. the meeting—chairman, read­ tion whenever he goes ashore in top made from the door of an an­ ing clerk and recording secre­ any port, foreign or domestic. Even Ear! Browder bars door to US cient, hurricane-destroyed West CONGRESS DEBATES TREATY tary. Your union urges you Immigration official trying to Indian church, and a banjo played his friends are not safe from his RESOLVE — President Eisenhower serve deportation warrant on to take an active part in meet­ collector's instinct. Whenever he more than 40 years ago by his un­ has asked Congress to pass a reso­ Browder's wife. ings by taking these posts of cle, Edward James Dowling, in the visits old shipmates in New Or­ service. lution denouncing Soviet "perver­ leans, he always is on the lookout old French Opera House here. sion" of the Yalta and Potsdam agreements. The request has stirred for interesting objects that they And of course, all members Wooden Shoes Too up opposition among some Republicans who have long blamed Roose­ might have cached away in their have the right to take the floor velt and Churchill for their concessions at Yalta and want to repudiate and express their opinions on Coming under the heading of homes. the entire agreement. any officer's report, or issue the more usual, but still interest­ "Whenever I see something that under discussion. Seafarers is, % is, ing items, are such things as rugs appeals to me, I start trying to Korea Asks Aid In Feeding Army—The Republic of Korea has and tapestries from the Middle talk or trade my buddies out of it, are urged to hit the deck at asked the UN, for help in feeding Korean soldiers. They are re­ and Far East, an ash tray made and I usually succeed," Dowling these meetings and let their ceiving only one-third of minimum food needs at present with the from a shell casing fired from the said. "I'm pretty persistent, and shipmates know what's on result that 7,000 men have had to be hospitalized with tuberculosis, deck of one of the ships on which after a while they give in and their mind. malnutrition and similar ailments. . Dowling served in World War II, swap me what I want." EX-SENATOR A SUICmE—Former Senator Robert LaFollette of Wisconsin committed suicide with a pistol last week in his Washington offices. He had been in ill health for several years. LaFollette served in the Senate continuously from 1925 up uhtil 1946 when be was de­ feated by the present junior Senator from Wisconsin, Joe McCarthy. LaFollette is best known for his work as chairman of the Senate Civil Liberties Committee in the 1930's which exposed the labor spy racket and the illegal methods used to keep unions from organizing non-union industries. ' YOUR DOLLAR'S WORTH SEAFARERS GUIDE TO BETTER BUYING Save On Toiletries I • How much of your hard-earned dough do you Spend for toiletries and dentifrices and patent remedies which do little or no good and often are merely ordinary prod­ ucts you can buy for a few cents under their own names? Here's the lowdown on some of the products that take your dough, and tips on what actually to buy and use for best results at lowest cost: . Toothpastes, Brushes: No toothpaste can cure diseases, except those invented by advertising men. At one time The American Dental Association issued seals of accept­ ance when it considered both the dentifrice, and the ad­ vertising for it acceptalble. Some famous and expensive dentifrices were never on the list. Among the wldely-distributM, low-cost products that were approved are Arm & Hammer and Cow'Brand baking soda; Milk-i-Deht tooth­ pastes, sold by various flve-and-tens, and sodium chloride powder available at drug stores. One authority recom­ mends a half and half mixture of table salt and baking soda. If you want a pleasant mouthwash (it really has no therapeutic usefulness)! all you need do is mix a cup of salt and cup of, bicarbonate of soda, and stir in a teaspoon of essence of peppermint. Dissolve one-half teaspoon of this mixture in a glass of water. In brushes, dental authorities recommend the profes­ sional style with small, level brush that reaches all parts of the mouth. Dandruff 'Cures'; Bald and balding men spend millions of dollars annually for iutile hair-saving and "dandruffcuiilngr treatihents, the 'Amerlcah Ntedical Associafibn re­ ports. The facts are that hone of the many treatments on the market will restore hair lost in ordinary baldness of older men or in premature baldness of young men. Such treatments and preparations include massage, mechanical devices, tonics, ultra-violet lights, hormones, vitamins and others. In rare instances, the AMA experts found, con­ tinued massage may produce a fine, colorless, fuzzy down, but this fuzz cannot be considered a real growth of hair and after reaching a length of about a half an inch, often drops off and is not replaced. However, an early stage, or a localized bald spot some­ times may be inhibited, or at least slowed down by medical diagnosis and treatment. It's important to treat dandruffto combat beginning baldness, but the lotions on the mar­ ket are useless in that respect; All they do is dissolve sur­ face dandruff by means of the alcohol they generally con­ tain. Even massage you give yourself when you use a patent lotion and for which of course the lotion is not necessary, is only of possible help in curbing further loss of hair, and not in growing it. What is important is to keep the scalp ckan, and keep yourself in good condition. Fatigue, inadequate diet, generally poor physical tone, all show up in the condition of the hair. Hair Dressings: Mineral oil is the base of most of the commercial hair dressings on the market. Simply buy light mineral oil and add a couple of drops of toilet water your­ self to perfume it, as the manufacturers do. Shampoos: Nationally-advertised brands of shampoos are veiy expensive for what they offer. You can buy Tincture of Green Soap in a drug store, which makes a low-cost shampoo and is satisfactory except iqr hair that tends to dryness. In cases 6f dry hair,A superfatted shampoo (contaming lanolin) may be advisable. Written exclusively for THE SEAFARERS LOG. by Sidney Margolius, Leading Expert on Buying Shaving Preparations: Actually it's the sharpness of the razor blade, that determines how good a shave you get, not the kind of cream you use. Ordinary soap can be used but tends to dry out quickly. Cake shaving soap is the least costly and one of the most efficient types of special shaving preparations. Shaving creams are handy to use but expensive for what they give you, since they contain a high percentage of water. That's why you use up an ex­ pensive tube of shaving cream m a few weeks, while a cake of dry shaving soap lasts six months to a year. Athlete's Foot Remedies: There are many remedies on the market for athlete's foot and other foot infections.. Some" may only waste your money, but others may ag­ gravate the inflammation and rawness. Iodine too is ir­ ritating. One noted public health authority recommends this treatment as effective: first bathe the feet in a foot batji ^ made of a powder sold by drug stores as domebro powder packets or tablets. Then apply a stainless solution used by dermatologists and podiatrists and sold at drug stores as fungi-treat solittion. Some authorities also recommend a foot bath made Of five grains of potassium permanganate dissolved in a quart of cool water. Athlete's foot may. be picked up by the bare feet on any walking surface. It's best to keep your feet dry, especially as warm weather approaches, and change socks or hosiery daily, or immediately after exercise. Particularly iq pub­ lic showers, wear disposable paper slippers to protect your feet and stand on a dry. clean mat or towel whUe drying. It's also wise to powder the feet frequently with fungicid* in powder form mixed into talcum powder. » �race Eisht h' tf Seamen's Atf Freed All Mariners In'IS This past March 4 was the 38th anniversary of the signing, of the Seamen's Act, long hailed as the dawn of a new day for seamen, everywhere. It was on March 4, 1915, that Presi­ dent Wilson put his signature-* to the ^bill which had been foreign seamen in American ports passed Iby both Houses of Con- and American seamen in ports out­ cress after a long and bitter fight led by Senator Robert LaFollette, Sr., of Wiseonsin, and Andrew Funiseth, leader of American sea­ men. Officially the Seamen's Act is en­ titled "An Act to promote the wel­ fare of American seamen in the merchant marine of the United States; to abolish arrest and im­ prisonment as a penalty for deser­ tion and to secure the abrogation of treaty provisions in relation thereto: and to promote safety at sea." As the title shows it was a comprehensive bill that dealt a final blow lo tlie legal shackles on American seamen that caused them to be treated as indentured serv­ ants. Desertion Penalty Out The biggest item in the Sea­ men's Act was the final abolition of the desertion penalty. Before this, New USS To Open Soon InYokohama «:• K '. h:' 11 ! If I& A new seamen's center will be opened in the port of Yokohama, Japan, on or about April I', the United Seamen's Service ' an­ nounced. The new building is lo­ cated just a couple of blocks from the old center which was closed last year. .. The building, now undergoing renovation, has two stories, and was used as a Motor Corps recrea­ tion unit in the early years of the Army occupation. Plans for the building include installation of a game room, library and barber shop in the basement, gift shop, dining room and personal sei-vice on the main floor, with a bar and floor show on the second floor. USS is also planning to build emergency housing facilities for seamen temporarily en the beach in the city. The old USS was closed in April, 19-52, when the Army returned the building to its Japanese owners. Other USS centers include those in Bremerhaven, Naples, Genoa, Casablanca, Okinawa, Guam, Punta Cardon, Caripito and Amuay Bay. £%^-. S?" •« -# if: sBviWPGBurvmfi SBARATTUBifKOVVH Still MxtHk t^ USA'-: SKAFAWrERS LOQ side the US could stiU be arrested and imprisoned for quitting the ship. This gave the master a tre­ mendous hold on his men no inat ter how badly they were treated. Under the new law, seamen were in effect given the right that all other citizens held—^that of quit­ ting a job when they didn't like it. Other Provisions But the 1915 Seamen's Act went beyond that basic clause. It made general provision for shipboard conditions of safety and comfort Among other things, it called for an increase in minimum foc'sle space 6f from 72 to 120 cubic feet for each man—an area about five feet square by five feet high. It also set up certain minimum stor­ ing standai'ds and called for pun­ ishment of officers guilty of beat­ ing the crew, holding the owner liable for letting an officer under charges to escape. Another provision of the bill hit the crimps by outlawing deductions from wages, for them. A nine hour day in port was also provided. In the interest of safety, spurred by the Titanic disaster, the Act called for sufficient number of life­ boats, and required that 65 percent of the deckhands be able seamen. Other provisions on manning called for 75 percent of the crew to be able to understand an order of the officers. The Seamen's Act by itself did not assure seamen of good condi­ tions. What it did do is give the sailors the legal right to quit work. In this way it made possible the growth of strong unions that brought about today's wages and conditions. Radar May Not 'See' AH 'Bergs With the annual North Atlantic iceberg season drawing near, the Coast Guard has warned radarequipped ships not to depend ex­ clusively on theh* electronic de­ tection to spot the 'bergs. Lowlying icebergs and growlers, the Coast Guard said, are Often hidden by sea swells or interference on the radarscope and won't show up. As is usual at this time of the year, the Coast Guard is beginning its regular ice patrol of North At­ lantic waters. Patrolling is con­ ducted both by plane and by Coast Guard cutters which spot tlie 'bergs and chart their Srift down from the Greenland pack into the ship­ ping lanes. Broadcasts to Start Later on in the season, the Coast Guard will begin regular broad­ casts of its observations from radio stations in Washington, New York, Boston and Argentia, Newfound­ land, which is the center of the scouting operations. The Navy has requested all ships in waters between 39 and 49 de­ grees North Latitude, and ^ and 60 degrees west longtitude to re­ port weather and water conditions every four hours to Navy Hydrographic Office. This will aid in charting the probable drift of cur'rents. that carry tlie ice southward. SEA|CASH BENEFITS ?5 SEAFARERS WELFARE, VACATIOK PLANS REPORT ON EENEFITS PAID ProM ••••••••••••^••••••ereeeeeoee^eeeeeeee# WW eeeeMeeoMoeleeeeee No. Seafarers ReceiTiog Bencfif thiw Period i Arenge Benefits Paid Each Seafarcf "Rital Benefits Paid this Period Si WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD cc HosDical Benefits Death Benefits Disability Benefits Materaitv Benefits Vscsiioii Benefits Total 7^ cc WELFARE, VACATION BENEFITS PAID PREVIOUSLY Hosoital Benefits Psid Since Tulv 1. 1950 * Death Benefits Psid Since Tnlv 1. 1950 • Dissbilitv Benefits Psid Since Mav 1. 1952 • Mtterniev Benefits Paid Since Aoril 1. 1952* Vacation Benefits Paid Since Feb. 11. 1952 • Total • Dace Benefits Besmi 1 1 f/ CO Of WELFARE, VACATION PLAN ASSETS Cash on Hand Vacaei^ Welfare Vacation Estimated Accounts Receivable yeifare— 'aao oo ATT ooo CO us Government Bonds (Welfare) Real Estate (Welfare) Other Asset# — Training Ship (Welfare) TOTAL ASSETS XMlENTSt >o far, tventy-seven (27) applications have been received ^or the scholarships of the Flan* The number of applicants is broken do\ai as follows: eleven seamen, ten daughters of seamen, four sons of seamen, one sister of a seaman, and one on iMch the relationship was imknown® Of the twenty-seven applicants, those qualifying will take the exam on March 14.th, 1953* There will be at least one " more date later than March Hth, for the taking of the exams by a^ other applicant that may qualify at a letter || date* SMhminrd Al Kerr, AsaUt^^AdmMstratw . and, rememlier this... All these arc yourifcontributing a single nickel on your part ---CoUecting SIIT bene­ fits is easy, whether it's for hospital, birth, disability or death—You get fesi rate personal service immediately throu|^ your Union's representatives. ; ^ • r , ^ ^ v , - �Mank 9, ItSt SEAFARERS Pare Nin* ICQ UNION TALK ly KEITH TERPB A calm seems to have settle^ over the AMEU since puhlicatioh of the SIU's $1Q,000 challenge offering to prove accuf-acy of our job claims. Where previously its officials had never been reluctant to blow off steam on any subject that came to mind, especially when the facts tliey could offer were at a minimum, they now seem uneasy even if someone asks them about tomorrow's weather. Many Atlantic tankermen have taken advantage of the lull in AMEU propaganda claims to urge them, to take up the SIU offer, but the boys in the baekroom don't even seem interested in saving face any­ more. They've begun to proclaim their poverty all over the lot, in an effort to hush up any pending SIU blast regarding their inactivity. Although they had been eager enough to ask the SIU to put up ten grand to back up our claimed book-job ratio, and had already decided how to spend it, it is to be remembered that they never openly enter­ tained any idea of posting a like amount themselves as an indication of good faith in making their worthless challenge. Chairman Takes jSiidden Vacation Certainly one reason for the calm around the AMEU camp in Philadelpliia these days is the absence of their leader, who took off for the .Southland in a hurry as soon as word of the SIU's "put up or shut up" demand reached him. The AMEU chairman apparently decided on the need for a vacation very suddenly, for his disappearance from Phiily and arrival in Port Arthur a few days later went unnoticed in the society columns. Despite his obvious intent to overlook the SIU offer as something that didn't happen, with the faint hope that it might, like the old gen­ eral, just fade away, he may not be able to escape. At least one SIU pledge in the Anchorage was known to have started a collection for him as soon as the challenge - was published, in order to end his and his "union's" poverty plea and force the issue. We understand the collection is doing pretty well too. Unhappily for the AMEU, there really are a~lot of seamen in Atlantic who would like to find out the truth, not the colored version the AMEU passes around. Ghost UnveUed Although this is not exactly open season on ghosts—they're usually considered out of bounds at least until fall—the SIU's Tanker Organiz­ ing Committee has taken the liberty of dragging some out of the closet to put one of the AMEU's top dogs on the spot. This character, now secretary-treasui-er of Atlantic's cosy "union" set-up, and one who likes to throw his weight around, once recognized the AMEU for what it really was and said so in print along with two dozen other Atlantic ^eamen who were fed up with the goings-on in that outfit. Of course, that's where the "ghost" pait of our discussion comes in. It's a published fact that he and the others called the AMEU's "a com­ pany-sponsored union" during an NMU organizing try in the fleet during 1941, and there's no doubt that he'^ been unhappy someone would find' it out. At the time, he was a working crewmember on Atlantic's J. W, Van Dyke, then as now one of the ships worldng hard to oust the unsavory AMEU from the picture. . 'Out of Print' After tliat, however, our "hero" somehow slid into oblivion as far as his printed works were concerned, but the years were good to him. Ten years later we meet up with him in a cushiony job as an AMEU. fleet council delegate, "representing" the Atlantic shoregang in Phila­ delphia. Comes 1952, and he ascends to the lofty office of "union" secretai-y-treasurer. Now what made this outfit phony in 1941 didn't make it smell any better later on, because these one-company "unions" don't change, and we weren't urged to organize because the AMEU tvas a good deal for the men. All you have to . do is look at the stacks of pledge cards in our files to see that. So our turncoat friend must have done some fancy maneuvering to justify his switch from one twm.to another. For their part, the men in the fleet whom he's supposed to represent -deserve to know about it, howetreTf because he might know something about Atlantic's tie with the AMEU that they ought to. The brigantine Madalan takes on cargo at Providence, Rhode Island, for the voyage to Cape Verde Islands. She flies the Portuguese flag and is powered by two diesel engines besides her sails. Windjammer Still Hauls Cargo Now on the high seas bound for the Cape Verde islands in the eastern Atlantic is the 147 foot brigantine Madalan, a former luxury yacht converted to a combination, freightei--passenger carrier between the Cape Verde Islands and New England ports. This two=mastcr is the only-*^ square rigger calling at Amer­ setts around Buzzards Bay, Provi­ which is the reason she is allowed ican ports in commercial dence, New Bedford and Fall River. to use her diesels. trade. With a rig that has all but dis­ appeared from the seas, the brig­ antine Madalan is the latest of ^a colorful collection of windjammers which have sailed the Atlantic dur­ ing the past half centur}' in the Cape Verde packet route. These adventurous little vessels have in­ cluded a bark, barkentine. and a number of two and three mast schooners. Owned and sailed by Cape Verdians or Portuguese-Americans, they have eked out a slim exist­ ence carrying passengers and freight to and from Providence, RI; New Bedford, Mass., and the islands. Except for the Madalan, which has two diesels for auxiliary power, the packets have been wind­ jammers. Sail is used at sea on Madalan if winds permit. Sail Passengers The trade is made possible by the large number of fonner Cape Verdians- udio live in Rhode Is­ land and southeastei-n Massachu­ Cartoon History Of The SIU Organizing Isthmian, world's largest diy-cargo fleet, was the biggest task ever undertaken by the SIU, Isthmian seamen who remained on the ships md voted were given full Union membership. SIU liters-, ture was distributed. The SIU won the dection, but :'.i,!,,«•;:» ilaehtd ''* coatmA. '•pisfru S I' Under the American flag. Coast There is always a certain demand for low cost transportation by Guard regulations and red tape these people going to and from would make operations of tlie lit­ their old homelands. They pre­ tle ship impossible. fer to go by sailing ship than by steamer, for sails and a leisurely trip 14y sea holds a great fascina­ Olde Photos tion for these ship-loving folks Wanted by LOG from the sea-girt Cape Verdes. When leaving Providence recent­ The LOG is interested in col­ lecting and printing photo­ ly, outward bound, Madalan ran aground on Halfway Rock near graphs showing what seagoing was like in the old days. All Newport, RI, but was floated with­ you oldtimers who have any out damage and proceeded on her old mementos, photographs ojf way. shipboard life, pictures of This steel-hulled two master ships or anytliing that would with square sails on the fore and show how seamen lived, ate schooner rig on the main, was built and worked in the days gone in 1928 in Italy as a luxury yacht by. send them in to the LOG. for the American plumbing mag­ Whether they be steam or sail, nate Cornelius Crane and did ex­ tensive ocean cruising befwe be­ around the turn of the cen­ tury, during the first world ing acquired by the Coast Guard war and as late as 1938, the for its anti-submarine patrol in DOG is interested in them alL World War II. After the war she We'll take care of them and was sold as surplus and fitted out for the Cape Verde trade. Mada­ return your souvenirs to you. lan how flies the Portuguese flag, Organizing Isthmian Early balloting scores far exceeded even the greatest hopes. Ship after ship of the fleet voted in a steady string of victories for the SIU, shutting out the NMU completely. Dvzeus of NMU Jineinbers threw in their NMU books and openly declared themselves for the ; Seafarers..- 2Vo. 32 After^ that, NMU differences broke out into the open. The officials accused each other of everything from malfeasance to outright-theft. It became evi­ dent that NMU money had been misused and funds eamarked for the Isthmian drive went for Commiu I« « « W ••I power and " �: 'V , • •- - • SEAFARERS LOG Face Tea •""'.'•"~^''"t^' • ''' llfar^t.l98S PORT HEPORXSt..... about again. Ray DeShong, Barron New York; will crew her up with an SIU Boston: Phillips and Bill Roberts also are crew at Baltimore. m confined for surgery, but are not We have also been informed that expected to be long hospitalized. US Petroleum Carriers will. In the Jimmy Jones, transferred here near future, take over operation of from Mobile, is showing encourag­ three T-2 tankers that have been leased to Socony Vacuum for the Shipping has been a little slow Shipping has picked up some­ ing Improvement. The shipping picture is some­ what since our last report and Lindsey J. Williams what brighter at this time than it past three years. This means that these past two weeks, but we hope prospects are good for a continua­ New Orleans Fort Agent was in the previous period. We we gain ships for foiur more SIU that it will pick up some In the weeks to come. tion of this trend with seven ships have had quite a few ships making crews. Claude Simmons due for payoffs. this port in the past two. weeks, We paid off the McKettrlck Asst. Secretary-Treasurer Hills (Western Tankers), Govern­ and a pretty good turnover in jobs During the last two-weeks pe­ Mobile: s. i t. ment Camp (Cities Service), and on most of them. We paid off a riod, New Orleans took oti more of the appearance of a tanker port the Michael (Carras). The same total of 29 ships in the past two San Franeiseo: than one where dry cargo shipping ships signed right back on again. weeks, signed 14 on articles, and had 10 ships in-transit. has been predominant. Of nine The in-transits Included that ships that paid off here, five were Steel Rover and Steel King (Isthv The following are the ships paid tankers as were several of'the 18 mian), DeSoto and Iberville (Wat­ Prospects for a gradual im­ off: the Steel Seafarer, Steel Rov­ ships that called here in-transit. provement in shipping in this port er and Steel Surveyor (Isthmian), erman), Robin Kettering (Robin), Shipping has been going along at and the Marymar (Calmar). Tankers which called here took on appear to. be good with a dozen the Potrero Hills and Sweetwater replacements, which was a big ships due here for payoffs. (Mar Trade), the Suzanne, Bea­ a steady pace out here the past two We had a beef on the McKetweeks, with a total of 67 jobs trick Hills about having chairs re­ help to shipping in general. During the last two weeks we trice, Puerto Rico, Frances and shipped. Another big help to shipping had 10 payoffs, four sign-ons and Elizabeth (Bull), and Bents Fort, paired in the We had the William H. Carruth messroom, and was the crewing up of the M/V three ships called in-transit. Royal Oak, Council Grove, Can(Trans Fuel) in this port of payoff, some other minor Del Campo (Mississippi) which had Payoffs were aboard the Pen­ tigny, Chiwawa and Bradford Is= and this was the repairs. On the land (Cities Service), the Seatrain been laid up for repairs. nant, Clipper, Pilgrim, Corsair, first ship here Michael, the bos­ Payoffs here were on the Del Runner and Puritan (Alcoa), the Texas, Georgia, Savannah' and paying off under un' and chief Qro, Del Alba, and Del Sud (Mis^ Lawrence Victory (Mississippi) and Louisiana (Seatrain), the Azalea the new contract mate had a dis­ sissippi), the Antinous and Chick­ the Choctaw, Morning Light and City, Gateway City and Alawai and wage scale. pute about re­ asaw (Waterman), the Catahoula Monarch of the Sea (Waterman). (Waterman), Coe Victory and The gang aboard pairs on the and Carabulle (National Naviga­ The Pennant, Pilgrim, Puritan and Coeur d'Alene Victory (Vlcto^ her was sure hap­ gangway being tion), Republic (Trafalgar Tankers) Runner signed on and the Anti- Carriers), the Catherine, (Transpy to learn that carpenter's work. Fuel), the Montebello Hills (Pe­ and Amberstar (Traders). nous and Iberville (Waterman) and Vettt they had a few We straightened The Del Viento, Del Sud and the Seawind (Sea Traders) called troleum Carriers), the 'Sea Gale hundred coming (Seatraders) and the Robin Ketter­ these out, and also got new mat­ Del Oro (Mississippi), Northwest­ in-transit. to them they tresses that were sent to the ing (Robin). Fennlngton' ern Victory, (Victory Carriers) The Choctaw (Waterman). and hadn't expected and Republic (Trafalgar Tankers) the Wanda (Epiphany) are laid up The ships signing on included; to collect right away. This payoff Michael, before she sailed again. signed on. We've got V. C. Warreii, A. Vetu. for repairs, but the Choctaw is the Mobilian, Keystone Mariner, was a smooth one, and the few Ships calling in transit were expected to crew up -during the Stonewall Jackson and Gateway minor beefs were squared right Fred Boyne, R. Ritson, C. Karas, City (Waterman), the Seavigil C. Grain, F. O'Connor, E. Taber, Alcoa's Cavalier, Pennant Clipper, coming two weeks. away. (North Seas), the Carolyn and Ann A. Green on the beach here these and Pilgrim; We had the following ships in- days. F. Bums was in the hall More Cargo Marie (Bull), the Catherine (TransIsthmian's Steel transit: the Jean LaFltte and J. B. with a model sailing vessel. He Fuel), and also the Sea Gale, Surveyor and S?i|s The first SlU-contracted ship to Waterman (Waterman), Steel Age Steel Advocate; take on cargo since reactivation of Couer d'Alene Victory, Coe Vic­ (Isthmian), Ames Victory and Man- must have put considerable time tory, Chiwawa, BradfordIsland into the thing, because he went Mississippi's Del the US Naval Magazine at Theo­ kato Victory (Victory Carriers) and into very fine detail on the model. Viento and Del dore was the Lawrence Victory and Steel Surveyor. the Salem Maritime (Cities Serv­ He says he's going to make a Oro; Seatrain The in-transit vessels that ice). (Mississippi) and others are ex­ larger model In the near future, stopped here were the DeSoto and Lines' Seatrain pected soon. .The members here welcomed Savannah and John B. Gunter, DM, ship's del­ Iberville (Waterman), Steel Worker the news of the disbandment of the and put even more detail in it. Seatrain New egate aboard the Lafayette on her and Steel Seafarer (Isthmian), Al- WSB and the fact that the new wage Atlantic's Strong Jersey; Water­ last voyage to Europe reported coa Planter (Alcoa), Massmar and scale went right into effect. Now,, The Atlantic drive Is still going Crone man's Lafayette, the crew donated money for a Calmar (Calmar), Angelina (Bull), Morning Light, Stonewall Jackson floral wreath and $156.83 to be Logans Fort (Cities Service), and most of them are just sitting strong up -around these parts. We and Monarch of the Seas; Victory sent to the widow of Nathan Mc- Northwestern Victory (VictoryUUar- around figuring out how much they had some of the Atlantic men over have coming to them in retroactive to the hall recently. They looked Carriers' Northwestern Victory; Nabb, MM, who died at Bruns- riers). pay and transportation under the over the facilities that the Union Few Beefs Seatraders' Sea Wind; Mar-Trade's buttlekoog, Germany. Brother provides for the members, like the "new agreement. Potrero Hills and Terminal Tank­ Gunter said the crew felt his wid­ There were no major beefs on television room and the shipping We are all waiting out here to ers' Julesburg. ow and two surviving children at atfy of the above mentioned ships, hear the answer of the phoney faciliticfs and left here very much Grain Plentiful Birmingham, Ala., could u.se the and the fe(v small beefs' that did AMEU now that we have called impressed. Grain continued to be one of money in addition to the $2,500 come up were squared away at the their bluff. Sure would have liked The drive Is coming along very the major items handled through death benefit she is collecting un­ payoffs or sign-ons without any to have seen their faces when they well according to the men in the this port during January. Thirty der the SIU Welfare Plan. trouble and to the satisfaction of found out that the SIU called their fleet, and Atlantic should be SIU ships carried 6,088,000 bushels of On the shoreside labor front, the crews. , before very long. bluff. grain destined for a dozen foreign our SIU affiliate, the Marine Al­ The outlook for shipping in the Our alien brothers are not hav­ Tim McCarthy is getting ready countries. The largest exports were lied Workers, negotiated a wage coming period is good as we have ing too much trouble getting out. for another operation at the in corn and soybeans, both of increase of 13 cents an hour, a number of ships due in for pay­ The law makes is sort of tough, but which were up about 300,000 bush­ across the board, for the Alcoa offs fromi long runs. And, with they are moving along slow. They Marine Hospital here. He is look­ els over the corresponding month shore gang. The company also spring coming along, probably a were sure happy to hear that the ing well and is in good- spirits. J. A. Duffy is in the same ward as in 1952. agreed to pay a full hour's over­ lot of the boys will be hitting the SIU has^ be^n doing something J. J. Flaherty. They have quite a Holland was the port's biggest time for meal hours and fractions beach to enjoy some of the good about trying to help them. few friends in the ward, and are grain customer, taking 1,440,000 of hours worked at overtime. weather ashore. Some of the oldtimers around both doing fine. You can tell bushels. Japan was next with sev­ These fractional times previously We have also received other here right now are R. Moisant, F. they're feeling good by the way en ships- clearing this port for the had been paid for at half-hour pe­ welcome shipping news. Mar-Trade Otto, W. Pennington, and L. Knick- they talk up the SIU to the other island nation with 1,279,000 bush­ riods. ^ SS Co. has taken over operation of rebocker. guys in the .ward. D. S. White is Cal Tanner els. T. E. Banning a T-2 tanker that has been under still having trouble getting his leg Importance of the Vacation Plan San Francisco Fort Agent MobUe Fort Agent operation of Standard Oil Co., and to work the way it should over to members sailing out of this port there at the hospital, but his beard was demonstrated by the report is. coming along fine. that during the first full year of Just a little note on souvenirs. operation of the plan, $241,000 was Bought in W&kfsnatsa, one set of distributed among members here. dinnerware. Price $63. Duty on ar­ The figure is nearing the quarter rival in States, another $30. Air of a million mark and is almost freight charges, $30. Charge with­ certain to reach this point early in Ray White. Agent Phone 2-1323 FORT WILLIAM....IIS'A Syndicate Ave. out crate, $10. Porters' fees Stu, A&G District Ontario Phone: 3-3221 WILMINGTON. Calif 505 Marine Ave. March. 103 Durham St. ("please handle with care"), too Terminal 4-2874 PORT COLBORNB BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. Sam Cohen. Agent Flexibility of the plan was dem­ Earl Sheppard. Agent Ontario Phone: 5591 Mulberry 4540 HEAXKiUARTEBS .. 675 4th Ave.. Blclyn. TORONTO. Ontario 88 Colbome St. much. Grey hairs • for worrying SECRETARY-TREASUSES . are state St.. onstrated by applications filed by BOSTON Elgin 5719 Paul HaU- • Sheeban, Agent Richmond 2-0140 VICTORIA. BC 61714 Cormorant St. about same, don't count. On ar­ many member.? on two, and in JamesDispatcher ASST. SECRETARY-TREASURERS ' Richmond >0141 Empire 4531 rival, two pieces were broken, and Lloyd Gardner 308t4 2^d St. some cases three, occasions during GALVESTON VANCOUVER. BC.. SOS HamUton. St. some of the cups were chipped. Robert Matthews Claude Simmons Keith Alsop, Agent Phone 2-8448 Pacific 7824 HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVE the last 12 months. LAKE CHARLES, La .1413 Ryan St. SYDNEY. NS 304 Charlotte St. Shoulda just bought a jug. Joe Algina I^oy Clarke. Agent Phono 6-5744 Phone 6346 Seafarers here were saddened .MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Seems as if some of the other BAGOTVILLE. Qucbce .20 Elgin St. SUP • Phone 2-1754 by the death of James (Patty) Cal Tanner. Agent " ' . Phone: S45f fellows around the hall have been 16 Merchant St. THOROLD, Ontario NEW ORLEANS 523 Bienville St. HONOLULU ..37 Ormont SU Crone, one of the SIU's original Lindsey Williams. Agent Phone 5-8777 3-3202 having similar problems With the 522 N. W. Everett St. QUEBEC........113 Cote De Phono: __ Magnolia 6112-6113 PORTLAND La Montague members, who died Feb. 15 at the NEW YORK Beseon 4336 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn Quebec Phone: 3-7078 shuvenirs they have- brought back .257 5th St. SAINT JOHN age of 63. A native of Kinsdale, STerllng 8-4670 RICHMOND. CALIF 177 Prince WUUam St. to the States with them. Some­ Phone 2590 NORFOLK .... 127-129 Bank St. NB Phone: 2-3049 County Cork, Ireland, Patty had Ren Rees. Agent Phone 4-1083 SAN FRANaSCO........450 Harrison St. times it would have been cheaper 337 Market Sti Great Lakes District^ made his home in New Orleans PHI^l^FHIA.. and easier to just forget about the .??fin'.t^ ALPENA Market 7-1635 SEATTLE. 133 W. _ for more than 50 years. His first PORT J^TITOR Main 0290 411 Austin St. whole thing. That's why, it is al­ • Phones 505 Marine Ave. BUFFALO. NY Don Hilton. Rep. Phone 4-2341 WILMINGTON years at sea were ?pent under sail SAN 180 Main St. ways a good idea to get the straight Terminal 4-3131 FRANCISCO .... 450 Harrison s/. Phone: Cleveland 7391 675 4th Ave.. BrooUra CLEVELAND Dougias 2-6475 NEW YORK and he had many memorable ex- T. BANNING. Agent .734 Lakeside Ave.. NE dope about customs regulations STerUng S4S71 f I .. iV «* Ponce de Leon Phong; Main 1-0147 periencesyon all types of, ships. Sal CoUs. Agent DETROIT loas 3rd st. and freight charges before getting Canadian District V •• 1 ' Abercom St. Wheeler Vandersall was confined Headquartera Phone: Woodward 1-0857 anything that has some value. ***"* Phone 3-1728 MONTRIhU. .'634 St. Jamee St. West DULUTH .,..531 W. Michigan St briefly to the USPHS hospital here SEATTX.E 2700 1st Ave. ' Phone: Melrose iAtlO Jame;^ Staeehan Jeff Morrison. Agent Seneca 4570 HALIFAX. NJS...........U^S'"HOI11S''1^ SOUTH CHICAGO...'.....3361 E. 92nirst. for surgery. He is now'up and TAMPA........ 1809-1811 N. Franklin St. Boston Fort Agent . Phone: 34W1 Phone: Essex 5-2410 New Orleans: Lafayette Grew Helps A Brether's Widow Pf. r5> IC"-. Ifir It', W^- ^ •: m"? flH;',' • .e-.. >• a' S-' I;?h I Alhnllo Fleol Drive Is Silll Going Strong Seafarers Te Grew Feur More Tankers Tankers And Grain Doniinale This Port Members Like Payoff Under New Wage Scale ^ iMIiX mMMCMORX �I'"""March f, IMS •;<,h^• • SEAFARERS tOC Pace Elerea ......... PORT REPORTS Wilmington: Movie Operators Win Boot With Drive-ins Shipping has been good during the past two weeks and, with the hot weather, we've really had a ses­ sion. The payoffs we had Included the Fairhope (Waterman), Ames Vlc^ tory and Mankato Victory (Victory Carriers), and the Christos M. (Mercador). The Ames Vlctoty, Man­ kato Victory and Christos M. signed right back on. The In-transits In­ cluded the Falrport and Andrew Jackson (Waterman), Lone Jack (Cities Service), Federal (Trafal­ gar), Mary Adams (Bloomfleld), and the Pennmar (Calmar). We had some disputed overtime on both the Ames Victory and Christos M., but were able to straighten It out. Some of the dis­ puted OT Involved the shoregang in Japan doing inside work on the ship. No logging was done on the Ames Victory, but the skipper turned in the names of the per. formers aboard to the Union. We expect to take appropriate action. The Ames Victory, on its last three trips into this port has had a lot of trouble aboard. Most of it was due to the chief mate and chief engineer. The ship no# has a new chief mate and chief engineer, so perhaps she'll be a smoother ship. We were able to lift the logs on .these ships, but we would like to remind these men that the mem­ bership has gone on record against having any performers on SIU ships, and appropriate Union ac­ tion will be taken in these cases. These few men who do perform Just make it tough to handle a payoff the way it should be han­ dled, and make it tough for the Union to get better conditions and wages for all the men, and this just makes it tough for everybody. Local 50 of the motion picture operators here have won their beef with the drive-in theaters in the area, and have thanked us for our support In this beef and for our demon­ stration of union solidarity. Wolfe The member­ ship here went on record against the companies' practice of hiring foreign labor to work on the insides of the midship house in foreign ports. We also had a discussion about the contract and time off. We agreed that we've got the best con­ tract in the industry, and the best conditions and wages that seamen have ever had. However, the con­ tract works two ways. The busi- ness of time off is something that has to be worked out with the mate or the captain. Arrange Time Off We have the top contract in thie field and it calls for 40 hours a week work. Any extra time off is something that has to be arranged with the mate or captain. Just tak­ ing-off on your own hook is a vio­ lation of the agreement, and just makes it that much tougher on the other men, and also on the Union when negotiations . come around again. Since we have the top contract ,, and conflUdns in the .industry, we • can keep' on top by making. sure that we ali live up'tp pur end of the contract. This just makes it . ; jJtiat much easier for our negotiat­ ing committees to go into negotia­ tions with the companies and come out with even better contracts. Just ^ remember that pn SIU .crew is p J good crew.^ ,V. Some o|'.the oldtimers on the ii • ;; 'S&. J,..;;1^;:;; i arfjiiS beach here now are "Red" Braunstein, Tony Stivers, "Slugger" Schroeder and Les Wolfe. . In the Fairhope case, 10 of the 16 men who were under subpeona from the Grand Jury were released. The other six are collecting their $9 per day till the jury reconvenes next week. Latest reports indicate that the Fairhope will be laid up longer than expected, because the damage to her bottom was a lot worse than previously thought. Sam Cohen Wilmington Port Agent t JS> Savannah: 4 So. Atlantic Mailing Retroacllve Cheeks Shipping in this lovely port has been fair during the past couple of weeks, but it looks as if it may get a lot better in the two weeks to come, as we have a couple of payoffs due here. During the last period, the Seacomet (Colonial), and the Southster (South Atlantic) paid off here. The same two ships signed back on again. The in-transits in this port in­ cluded the Steel Surveyor (Isth­ mian), the Seatrain New York and Seatrain Savannah (Seatrain), the Robin Grey and Robin Doncaster (Robin), the Monroe (Bull), and the Azalia City (Waterman). There were very few beefs on any of these ships, and we were able to settle all of the small beefs that did come up. Most of the ships pulling in here were very clean, and good ships. Good News The men who sail South Atlan­ tic ships will be happy to hear that we have heard from the company about retroactive pay. The com­ pany informed Us that it has com­ pleted its figuring of retroactive pay due Seafarers under our new contract, and that the checks are now in the mails and should be received by the Seafarers in the near future. Things on the political and la­ bor front around these parts have been pretty quiet recently. It seems as if everything is just sort of going along calmly and quietly. Must have something to do with the nice warm weather that's com­ ing along with spring. Around this time of year, it's getting too nice to stir up a lot of excitement. The coming spring weather may be one of . the reasons why some of the' boys are getting off these ships and hitting the beach for a while. Shouldn't be too long be­ fore the fish around here start bit­ ing, and then watch the way the guys hit the beach for a spell. , E. B. Tiller Savannah Port Agent Lake Charles: SIU Gets Thanks For Offer To Help In Beef Shipping in the fair rainy city of Lake Charles has slowed down during the past two weeks, with only 47 men in all rates and de­ partments getting out. We regis­ tered 50 men in all rates for the some period. Calling in here and taking a few men were: the Government Camp, Archers Hope, Chiwawa, Bents Fort, Winter Hill, Fort Hoskins, Paoli, and Cantigny (Cities Serv­ ice); the Trinity (Carras), the Amberstar (Traders). The Fort Hoskins came in on articles from Japan and went north to payoff, while the Can­ tigny came In on articles bound for sunny California. On the labor front here, we find during the past two weeks that the State Parsons Highway Depart­ ment was trying to use the main­ tenance crews to build bridges and put up buildings against the strict promise that had been made that this type of stuff, would not be done. The Building Trades & Const. Council slapped picketlines on the jobs right away, and shut them down. At the present time, the work is still shut down and the highway department has again agreed not to do this work • and has said it will call for bids so con­ tractors using union labor can get the work. Help Offered As soon as we got the news about the picketlines, we at once called the council and offered our help. We were thanked and told that if the lines had to be kept up for a few days, they would be able to use our help, but "then the high­ way department called off the work and things were settled, and the council thanked us for the offer. This past Wednesday, we held a meeting which was a huge success. This makes two meetings that have had sufficient bookmembers pres­ ent to hold a meeting since the new Constitution went into effect. In the campaign for various jobs to be filled in the coming city elec­ tions, we find the candidates still conducting themselves like gentle­ men. However, it's still a while before the elections come around, and anything can and probably will happen. We might still see Louis­ iana politics in its full glory. La­ bor, as a group, has not yet decided on backing any particular candidates here, but we do have one labor leader running for mayor. Some of the men on the beach here include: J. Cave, R. Kerhly, M. Mercer, R. M. Thompson, "Frenchy" H e b e r t, Johnny Mitchell, Honest Ed Parsons, G. Mullen and Charies Seymour. ' Out on Highway 90, at a spot where all thg beachcombers hang out, we find a race going on for mayor of that section. Upon check­ ing, we find the three leading can­ didates are Karl "Swede" Hellman (who owns a car), "Tex" Alexander and "Honest Ed" Parsons. Our und.ercover man tells us that Swede seems to be a very slight favorite, however, Tex and Honest Ed aren't giving an inch. They say, "wait Md see." As noted, Swede owns a car, so this gives him a slight edge with the female voters. However, Tex made a shrewd political maneuver, and persuaded Swede to let him keep the car while Swede shipped out. The trouble is, that now Tex has shipped out, and only Honest Ed is left, but Honest Ed can't drive. Leroy Clarke Lake Charles Port Agent i Galveston: t t Shipping Slays Fair, Beefs Settled FasI Shipping has been fair here dur­ ing the past two weeks', and things look as if they might stay just about the same way for the next few weeks. We paid off the Alice Brown and Margaret Brown (Bloomfield), and in - transits were the Del Alba and Del Viento (Mississip­ pi), Seatrains Texas, Georgia, Louisiana and New Jersey (Sea­ train), the Wil­ liam Downing (States Fuel). Currier Royal Oak (Cities Service), Seacloud (American), Northwestern 'Victory (Victory Car­ riers), Genevieve Peterkin (Bloomfield), Lafayette (Waterman), and Massillon Victory (Eastern). We had a minimum of beefs on these ships, and tlmse beefs that did come up were all settled quickly. Right now, in the Marine Hos­ pital here we have R. A. Pace, E. Neanfreau, R. M. Davis, H. J. Da­ vis, W. W. Currier, C. E. Dudley, R. S. Saucedo, G. H. Hines, F. Morris, F. E. Nelson, J. S. Buck­ ley, P. H. Jones, C. A. Sewell, S. D. Newman, P. J. Carpovich, S. P. Hart and J. Fuselier. Keith Alsop Galveston Port Agent Shipping Figures, February 11 to February 25 PORT Boston New York Philadelphia- ............... Baltimore Norfolk Savannah ..•••'•Vi.'. ......... Tampa Mobile .................... New Orleana 'G^l^^^Ptl West Coast TotalA REG, DECK 18 131 34 146 30 22 44 100 . 52 102 REG. TOTAL REG. ENGINE STEWv REG. 36 9 9 324 103 90 34 91 23 307 63 98 19 77 28 51 16 13 24 6 9 118 44 30 102 89 290 49 43 144 205 S3 59 510 i( ' 479 1,670 111 SHIP. DECK 19 201 44 100 9 16 9 37 77 57 113 682 SHIP. SHIP. TOTAL ENG. STEW.SHIPPED 40 10 11 440 118 121 119 37 38 228 56 72 23 10 4 43 16 11 19 6 4 46 122 39 93 249 79 36 154 56 70 270 87 527 'y- t;Rt k'iit.. 492 1,507 Seattle: Fallon's Crew Brings In Extra Clean Ship Shipping has been mighty fine in this port during the last period, and from the way things look, we are h<^ing that it will stay that way, or even get better in the near future. The payoffs included the Schuy­ ler Otis Bland (Waterman), Trans­ atlantic (Pacific Waterways), Alas­ ka Spruce (Ocean Tow); Brightstar (Traders), General Patton (National Waterways), Seanan (Stratford), and Ocean Lotte (Ocean Trans). All of the same ships signed back on again. The in-transits were the Portmar and Penn­ mar (Calmar), and the Yaka, Jean Lafitte and John B. Water­ man (Waterman). The Bland was in very good shape. We had some beefs and got overtime paid Meyers for- short watch in the black gang. The Transat­ lantic was in good shape, and the Alaska Spruce was also in good condition. On the Brightstar, we had a few beefs. We got lodging for men being given time off in Japan, and also collected a bit of disputed overtime. The General Patton was a real clean, ship, one of the best we've seen around here. There were no logs, no disputed overtime, and no beefs, even though it was on a long trip. Credit should be given to O. H. Headley, the ship's dele­ gate on this ship. The Seanan had a mate who wanted to run the whole ship, but no other real beefs, and the Ocean Lotte was a good clean ship. For the most part, the ships that we've been getting in here lately, as well as the men who have been staying on the beach in this port, have been great. Almost all of them have been clean ships, with a minimum of the men on the' beach. We've got a few of the oldtim­ ers on the beach in this port at present. Among them are L. E. Meyers and Jimmie Adams. In the hospital here we have J. Petusky, P. Juagpao, and W. C. Sims. Watching Drive The members here are watch­ ing the Atlantic Refining Company drive with great interest. We are still waiting to see what the AMEU has to say now that we have called its bluff, and told that outfit to "put up or shut up." We can do that, because the SIU has always dealt in facts and the truth. 'We know we've got the best deal so we don't have to re­ sort to a lot of phony claims and bluffs to get our point across. That's why we have always been successful in our organizing drives. All we have to do is show the men the contracts and the deal that we have, and they can see for them­ selves that the SIU is tops in the industrj'. And we are sure that the men in the Atlantic fleet can see that for themselves. Especially now that the AMEU is so quiet about put­ ting up $10,000 to match the SIU's check, and thus back up its big bluff and all the noise it has been making. Jeff Morrison Seattle Port Agent )( 1 'ti J w i �Face Twelra SEArARERS IN THE WAKE Twenty years before Fulton'i Clermont, which is considered the first practical steamboat, John Fitch, a Connecticut inventor, demonstrated a steamboat tha traveled three miles an hour with the aid of 12 mechanical oars. Fitch's boat operated on^he Del­ aware River in 1787 and ne had a regular service between Trenton and Philadelphia in 1790. Accord­ ing to some accouKs, he also ran a boat on a pond once located in downtown Manhattan, New York City, on the site of what is now Foley Square. LOG Match «. 1983 MEET THE SEAFARER wealth of seven cities on "islands to the west" that in 1540, under Coronado, the Spanish massed huge land and sea expedition to find them. Though the search proved emptyT the naval expedi­ tion proved of some use. It dis­ proved the early theory, accepted by most mapmakers, that what is now called Lower California was an island, and discovered it was a peninsula instead. There still is a Coronado Island about a dozen miles west of the border between the US and Baja (Lower) Cal­ ifornia, which is Mexican terri­ tory. HUGH WILLIAMS—pumpman Torpedoed on three separate oc­ pedo in bed with him. Three other casions in the World War II year of silver fish followed the course of 1942 in a period of eight months. ship back to the shipyard in Question: Do you think men Seafarer Hugh Williams has had the the river, as well as shellfire from standing a wheel'watch should he his fill of thrills in his 27 years on two U-boats the next day. Although permitted to smoke? the bounding main. abandon ship was ordered in the Sailing with the SIU for seven face of the menacing threat of George O. Butenkoff, AB: Yes, of those 27 years, ever since he the two U-boats, the crew stuck I think that there's no question but shipped out at 21 aboard the Nor­ by their guns and slipped away. wegian vessel. Otto Seudurpe, as Only, the chief mate was lost in the man in the a coalpasser. Pumpman Williams this encounter, which proved to wheelhouse ought to be permitted has preferred the tankers to the be more dangerous to human life regular freight carriers. He has than shipping. The following in­ to smoke as much sailed everything from yachts to cident with a German submarine as he wants. The mates smoke right tugboats to fishing sloops and terror worked the other way 3^ t 4" in front of you back around the cycle again, but though. The first ship to go down t 3) 4. The first recorded sinking of a and what's good for the past 20 years he has been under Williams was the Mobiloil The reason we hear better on warship by submarine came in for one is good sailing the seas aboard tankers, in July, 1942, 244 miles southeast water than on land is explained by February, 1864, when the Union of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The his true love. ship Housatonic was torpedoed by the fact that sound is composed for the other. I can't see that rule ship; took two torpedoes and sunk of waves that pass through the the Confederate ship H. L. Hunley Off Council Grove in five Tninutes, going "down like- a off Charleston, SC. It was an un­ air which are broken up and in against smoking. "It is immaterial whether I sail ton of bricks," according to Wil­ happy victory for the Hunley, terrupted when they strike against 4 i 3> foreign or coastwise," said the 48- liams. After three days and three however, as she herself swamped solid obstacles. On land, sound­ Albert Peterson, AB: Of course year-old New York City resident. in lifeboats, all hands landed and her nine-man crew was lost, waves usually cannot travel very they should be permitted to smoke "I've been to ports all over the nights safely in San Juan. They had just . .,. The trials of navigation in far without striking against houses, in view of the world and I like many of them, missed the July 4ih celebration in Alaskan waters won't be lessened or mountains or other objects that fact that the of­ especially those in the Middle East the city, but Williams figured that any by the discovery that 35 major stand in their path. On the sea, ficers are smok­ and South America." Just off the he had had enough fireworks for sea mountains, 3,500 to 12,400 feet however, where there are no ob­ ing in the wheel- Council Grove which made a run awhile. high, were rising from the floor of stacles in the way, it is possible house right next to Texas, Williams is enjoying a 72 Men Lost the Gulf of Alaska. Scientists to hear for a very long distance. to them. I don't short stay at home with his wife He got more later. It was aboard In this connection, it is interest­ found them for the first time in think that there and eight-year-old charmer. Iris, the Superchief off the banks jot ing to note that just last year 1952. is anything par­ before shipping out again. He was Newfoundland in December, 1942, Sofar," a new method of trans­ ticularly inflam- bom in the wrong Las Vegas WiUiams~ was involved in « Four mechanisms invented by mitting sounds thousands of miles m a b1 e in the New Mexico—but shipped out of that sinking with a heavy loss of life. man for propelling ships—the sail, through ocean water, was patented. wheelhouse, and there for a permanent berth in Hit amii^hips by a death-dealing the jet, the paddle and the screw It uses a sound channel located at smoking doesn't interfere with the New York at the age of 20. tin fish at 3 AM, 72 men of a com­ —all have their counterparts in about 4,200 feet under the surface. quartermaster's work. Hugh's first brush with a Ger­ plement of 90 aboard the vessel nature. The jelly-fish raises the t 3) 3^ man submarine was under friendly were lost at sea. One of 18 aaved equivalent of a sail above the Hell Gate, a formerly danger­ conditions, and gave no indication from a watery grave, Williaips water; the squid moves by eject­ ous passage in New York City's Edward Cunningham, OS: I think ing a spurt of water; the turtle East River, between Manhattan the reason the mates smoke in the of things to come nearly a quarter spent the next two months in a of a century later. In 1019, aboard hospital in St. Johns, Newfound­ employs flippers like the sculls of and Long Island, may actually be wheelhouse while the Hosh Kosh out of Baltimore, land, recovering from the after­ corruption of the old Dutch you're at the a rowboat. Most fishes move by Williams and the rest of his ship­ effects of exposure. Hoellgut, or Horligut, literally bending the backbone to and fro, wheel is Just to mates were accompanied across Seafaring around the world led a version of a screw which does meaning whirling strait. In some tease yOu. Some­ the Atlantic by the Deutschland, Williams to many strange and fas­ not rotate. On each side of a fish's early documents, it was also writ­ times you are on one of two cargo submarines em­ cinating places, some of which he backbone are powerful muscles. ten Hurl Gate. But in 1614, Adrian the wheel as long ployed by the Germans in trade. chose to live in for awhile. As a The fish swims by -bracing the Block, of the early settlers at New as two hours and forward part if its body against Amsterdam, passed through the when he smokes single man, Hugh lived in Damas­ Ship Torpedoed the water, using this as a fulcrum East River on the Restless, said to it gives you that That was not the case In three cus, Syria, in 1929 and 1930, mov­ on which to bend its tail from side be the first vessel built on Man­ longing for a other instances to follow. when ing on: to Handone, Lebanon, for to side. As the tail presses on the hattan Island, and called the en­ cigarette. It sort German undersea raiders lowered the year of 1932. Later, Williams tire river the Hellegat, after a of gives them that superior air. the boom on vessels on which Wil­ lived in Helingfors (Helsinki) Finwater it drives the fish forward. branch of the Scheldt River in his 3^ 3> liams shipped as a crewmember. land, for' 10 months in the post­ Legends related by the Indians native Flanders. Historians have Williams awoke at 2:30 AM aboard war year of 1947. E. E. Lamb, OS: Sure. Anytime the Aurora on the morning of to early Spanish explorers in the never been able to determine who He likes the life of a Seafarer. New World revived so much in­ originated it, but in any event a mate is allowed to smoke on May 11, 1942, six miles out of the He believes' it has offered him watch the men mouth of the Mississippi River in enough adevnture to fill two life­ terest in an 800-year-old European Hell Gate is far from a serious alongside of him the Gulf of Mexico to find a tor­ times. legend describing the fabulous menace to navigation today. should smoke too, When you are standing there and you get whiff of a ciga Owner of Stable groom Greatest ACROSS rette it makes it England's coffee port Santore The Navy disclosed the loss of year. The raid marked the sixth . Latest SIU , worse. They even greatest sailor 9. Part of 43 38. Russian port contract the United States submarine-mine­ straight night of RAF attacks over 64. Life Down 39. Democrat; have ash trays 7. Wanderer 65. Deadly fly of 10. The Abbr. layer Argonaut, one of the largest Germany.. .SIU announced its full for the mate on 13. Recess In waU "Mighty ...." 42. One's years Africa undersea craft in the world. She cooperation with the Navy in the Old-time Bal­ 14. top of the telepost. Let all the men 11. FootbaU team 43. The rest of timore baU12. Plant again DOWN was sunk off the coast of New latest attempt to prevent leaks of 9 Down smoke. player 20. Constellation: 44. What the West Coast Guinea two hours before the de­ information concerning ship move­ 15. Central Amer­ 3^ 3) 3> sea is The Altar port ica: Abbr. struction of two Japanese trans­ ments. Seamen's diaries and mail 22. Next in line .46. Lofty Calmar ship 16. What the SIU Frank Mackey, OS: Yes I cer­ ports by another submarine. The came under the new orders... for new SIU ' 48. What ship provides Where Char­ hall always needs tainly agree. The mate sits there transports were in a convoy which German planes in a 90-minute raid 17. Weight unit lotte is: 24. Animal seeg 52. Female deer in India and puffs all day Abbr. in Africa 56. Ever; Poet. the Argonaut had been stalking... on London dropped fire bombs and 18. School grades Valuable wood 26. Outgoing tide 58. Rubber tree and blows smoke 19. He fought British bombers dropped more explosives. The authorities held of HawaU 30. Juan, PR 61. What every Charles in '51 in my face and I Wrong 32. Railroads: ship needs than 100 two-ton bombs on Brem­ back the news for 24 hours that 31. The Mona Dunk again Abbr. 63. Street: Abbr. have to take it en in the first raid of such magni­ 173 men, womenf and children 23. Edge of roof Ship of BuU because of that 25. Island in San line CPuzzle Answers on Page 25) tude in which no bombers were were suffocated or crushed to Pablo Bay rule against lost... The SIU denounced a move death in the rush into an East 27. Through smoking that 28. Scuttled in by the Government which resulted London subway station under­ Plata In '38 doesn't mean any­ in lowering seamen's wages by in­ ground shelter.. .Washington said 29. Natives of thing. When they Aden stituting a new system of port and during February, US planes made 21. It's good at do that to me attack bonuses for the established nine raids on Kiska, dropping sea though, I Just » 33. Land's area bonus program... China abro­ more thaft 1,000 bombs. Cornwall forget to bring them their coffee. gated unilaterally the treaty of 34. Ore ship 3^ H 3) ^ 37. Turf 1899 by whi^ she gave France a 3^ 3) $• 40. Negative word lease on Kwang-chowwan on her 41. Cuts with In Tunisia, the US-Allied forces Lars Hope, AB: I have been oh knife were attacked six miles south of some ships where they permitted southern coast; 45. Port 6,500 ms. from NY the Mareth Line by Axis troops... smoking in the 3) 4) t 47. High moun­ British ' and Canadian planes, wheelhouse which tain The US Supreme Court reversed dropped two-ton bombs on the' 49. Volcano near was pleasant be­ Guatemala cause I am in the the decision of George Sylvester Krupp Arms Works in Essen... City SO. Jules Verne's habit of smoking Viereck, Nazi propagandist, on the The SIU lost the fight to the v/SA famed skipper myself. If they technical ground that he Was not to control the draft machinery as 21. Sea in Near permit smoking compelled to report to the State applied to seamen. . .The New East 83. Long fish on some of the Department any of his activities York State Court of Appeals held, 34. Transport and ships I don't see except as "agent of a foreign prin­ four to three, that picketing was supply: Abbr. 29. Honey maker why It can't be cipal"... More than 309 British an illegal method of settling a Jur­ 27. Sign of a debt made a general four-engine bombers raided Berlin isdictional dispute between rival Symbol for nickel ' for the 50th time, the fourth this unions. rule to allow it on all sltips. , I' -J-x YE A II S A©0 . if •.-•Ji-Jlfl'x -ty'f'J.Jfr, ak * A • 4 V.3, . ^ , fh �I fc. ; . March 8, 195S StAFARERS LOG 'There'll Be Some Changes Model' SEAFARERS 4!^ LOG m Vol. XV. No. 5 Morcii i. 1953 Published biweekly by the Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf District, AFl„ 675 Fourth Avenue, Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. STerling 8-4670. - Page- Thirteea PAUL HALL, Secretary-Treasurer Editor. -HianiiiiT BRAND: Managing Editor, RAT DENISON; Art Editor. BERNARD SEAMAN; Photo Editor, DANBL NILVA; Staff Writers. HERMAN ARTBUB. IRWIN'SPIVACK. ART PERTALL. JEBRT RSMEBs.Gut/ Area Reporter, Bnx MOODT. IM Tough Fight Ahead Even before the elections last fall'it was assumed that who­ ever won would make changes in the Taft-Hartley Act. Fol­ lowing Eisenhower's victory, both the AFL, CIO and Con­ gressional leaders submitted amendments which would lessen the burden of the act on unions. However, while amendments are in order the question re­ mains, what kind of amendments. The die-hard, anti-union bloc in CongresI and their NAM supporters outside would be only too happy to revise the Act—against the unions. Not content with such strike-breaking provisions as injunctions, boycott bans and the like, they want to add additional weap­ ons to their arsenal. Obviously there are still plenty of employers who have never learned to live with unions. Labor will have to fight hard if any of its proposed revisions are to become law. Keep Informed On Union Affairs To the Editor: Many of us who read the LOG and all other Union literature'and booklets faithfully are quite fa­ miliar with the many things In our great Union that we would other­ wise never leam. We must consider the many things we face from day to day in Union matters, right from learning about our working conditions and jobs to the many ways we can benefit from the Welfare Plan and other Union facilities, and the way t we live ashore, with higher wages and better conditions. It is easy to see why it is important to keep The latest increase in disability benefits to $100 a month posted on these things. is another step forward in the SIU's program to provide max­ Keeping up to date is of great imum security for all Seafarers. If combined with social se­ importance for the principles of curity benefits the total sum is sufficient to provide disabled organizing as well as keeping our job.security and men with all their basic needs. safegu a r d i n g When the SIU was first organized just 14 years ago, bene­ every gain that fits of this type were unheard of. Seamen were being paid we have made or $60 to $80 a month, and overtime rates (for what little over­ will make time there was) .were around 70 cents an hour. Today the through future negotiations. disabled Seafarer who can do no work is getting more from It is a good the Union Welfare Plan than he earned on the job 14 years idea to insist that ago. every one of our That alone is a good measure of the Union's progress. But brothers read Ramirez as has been said many times before, the Union will not stop and discuss every here. The SIU, first in maritime with its "Vacation Plan, first bit of Union literature or some of with maternity benefits, disability benefits and a scholarship it at all our shipboard meetings. plan, is constantly exploring ways to secure additional bene- Our gains can be lost or spoiled because of ignorance of some of fits.^ our brothers about Union affairs. t t ITiis is always more apt to happen on ships out for long tups when just a few of the original crev/members stay with the ship. In recent years it's been increasingly obvious that a new Good Union Men program was needed to strengthen the American merchant Often we sail with men who have marine. That need is underscored in a survey made by the been in the Un'on a long time and SEAFARERS LOG, which points up the danger of permit­ they boast about it. But some of ting our merchant fleet to grow old gracefully. them just thins paying dues and Despite the need. Congress has not yet come up with a being in the Union u long time makes them good Union men. It constructive program. The greatly watered-down long-range takes tlu n that to be a good shipping bill, passed last year, has had* no visible effect on Unionmore man. the situation. • We must have all our members The fact remains that this country's economy and its safety filly up to- date on Union business are becoming increasingly dependent on merchant shipping. so that we can safeguard the gains A growing world-wide network of military bases, plus in­ Wfc have made, and so that we can creasing raw materials imports, emphasize this dependency. be ready to fac.^ any moves on the In such circumstances early action should be taken on a truly part of the companies or new anti labor laws that might come up in constructive merchant marine program. the future.,Educate Brothers I believe that ,we should pay more; attention 'to getting all of our brothers educated-to the point The month of March is a big one in the history of maritime where all of them can understand unionism. It contains three important milestones, the birth­ most of the regular Union busi­ day of Andrew Furuseth, the founding date of the Sailors ness, the problems arising from Union of the Pacific, and the anniversary of the 1915 Sea­ negotiations: the Welfare Plan set­ up, and the organizing efforts of men's Act. the Union. Then, when the time These three events are tied together in .the person of An­ eomes that we have to face some drew Furuseth, whose 99th anniversary we celebrate this move that threatens our'gains, the month. It was he who led the SUP through its early years, membenship will know enough so that it succeeded Where all other unions had failed. And about the problem so that we (an it was he who foqght for six iwlid years, together with Sena-^ act quickly and together and de­ tor Robert LaFollette, Sr., for the Seamen's Act which re­ feat any such opposition. moved the chains from American seamen everywhere, and -The best way to get the mem­ bers'to know ail of these things from foreign seamen in US ports. is to read the LOG and the other There are few unions in the US which can claim 68 years of Unioii literature tliat Is printed, uninterrupted existence like the SUP. Its opponents have and then to discuss these , things counted it out many times but it. has always bounced back at our shipboar-f meetings so that to kad tha fight iot West Coast seamen. The A&G District afl of us wlil undet^tand il-aad know-what Is happening. congratulates'the SUP .on its biiHhday. and- salutes tha Luis A.' ]taiiiireB ory of Andrew Furuseth-and Rbbert LaFollette. : Disability Benefits Oar Maritime Probiem Tbree Milestones ,.'7.; ^ ' The executive council of the food prices were 2 percent below AFL American Federation of Gov­ prices of a year ago. Dun and ernment Employees asked' annual Bradstreet reported wholesale food pay hikes ranging from $400 in the prices went up six cents in the lowest grades to $1,000 in the week ended February 10. highest grades for the federal govi t ernment's 1,100,000 classified There were about as many work workers. The council also urged injuries (2,031,000) in industry in restoration of 26 days annual leave and 15 days sick leave with no 1952 as in 1951 (2,100.000 >. the limit on accumulation; time and a Labor Department's Bureau of La­ half pay for overtime; separation bor Statistics reported. The 1952 pay for laid off employees; an in­ .estimate included 15,000 deaths dependent board to which em­ and .84,000 permanent injuries. Of ployees could appeal grievances; the latter, 1,500 will never work optional retirement at earlier ages; again. The injuries cause a loss of increase of travel allowance to $15 41,000,000 man-days, equal to the a day; and modification of the loss from the labor force of 137,Hatch Act to permit federal em­ ObO full-time workers. Consider­ ployees to take part in local elec ing future effects of the deaths and permanent injuries, the eco­ tions. nomic loss will total about 206 tit million man-days, equal to a year's Private industry payrolls rose to full-time employment for 687,000 $8 billion during 1952, an increase workers, the bureau said. of percent over 1951, due al­ 3^ i most entirely to wage increases, the Department of Commerce re­ Last year ended with 1,300,000 ported. But individuals - were no more Americans employed at nonbetter off. for after allowing for farm jobs than when it opened, higher taxes and higher prices, in­ reported the Labor Department's dividual real income in 1952 was BLS. Total employment, except in just about the same as in 1951. agriculture, on Jan. 1 was 47^4 The Department reported that per- million, compared with nearly 46 sonaL income in 1952 hit an all- million a yeay ago, an increase of time high of $268.5 billion, with 2.9 percent. Most of the gain was all classes except the farmers gain­ in consumer-goods manufacturing, ing. There was more income lett with retail trade also holding up. after taxes than in 1951, but high Only in mining and contract con­ prices drained the residual dol­ struction was there any over-thelars. The term "personal income year decline. includes not only income from ^ wages, hot from salaries, propri­ A 15-cent an hour wage boost etorships and partnerships, from dividends and interest, and from was included in contract demands formulated recently for 100,000 rent received by landlords. members of the shirt and cotton L L garments locals of the Amalga­ After two years of intermittent mated Clothing Workers (CIO. negotiations, 756^ members of the The wage demand, first made by CIO Auto Workers employed by the ACW since late 1950 because the Toledo Scale Co. won a wage of the depressed condition of the increase of seven cents an hour Industry, was the same as the one retroactive to last December 1 presented earlier to the Clothing and five cents retroactive from No­ Manufacturers Association of the vember 30 to June 1, 1952, to­ USA for the 150,000 ACW memgether with larger pensions and bers iii the men's and boys' clothlonger vacations. Benefits from the ing industry. Demands of the lonon-contributory pension plan cals include an additional employ­ were boosted to $117.50 from $100 er contribution of one percent of monthly, including social security. the weekly payroll to the industi-y ip X . health and insurance fund to pro­ While the Bureau of Labor Sta­ vide hospitalization' for wives and tistics reported a drop of 1 per­ minor children of unidh members cent in retail food prices fw the and strengthening of the present last half of January, Dun and paid holiday provision so that pay­ Bradstreet reported a rise in ment will be made regardless of the wh^esale. food prices. BLS said day of the-week on wTiich fliey fall. / ( \ I ^1 �tw Fonrteien '. SEAFARERS Marcli 9, 19SS LOG »•; I iv.. I't' •'Ir IE -Ir;'- New Orleans* 1953 Mardi Gras lived up to its reputation as the country's maddest, most colorful and biggest celebration, and the LOG'S Gulf correspondent was right on hand to get the story. Seafarers seeing the celebration for the first time could well understand why ship­ mates who sail out of New Orleans or make their homes there always try to "make it home for the carnival," and the big celebra­ tion and fun-making with families and friends that always goes with the carnival. The big carnival is New Orleans' way of ushering in Lent, and for six weeks the city celebrates with nightly balls and 18 colorful day and night parades, which were climaxed on February 17 by the wild and joyful cele­ bration that began early in tiie morning and lasted until the stroke of midnight. Canal Street, always pointed *out by proud New Orleanians as the world's widest met­ ropolitan thoroughfare, was jam-packed from morning until far- into .the night by more than a hialf-million celebrants on Feb­ ruary 17. It was a big, free show that anyone could join for the asking. All that was required was a mask or a costume, and that was enough to make anyone a part of the' Big Parade that was. the Mardi Gras carnival celebration. It wasn't hard to understand why the New Orleans dispatcher had a tough time getting men to fill the. jobs on the board around that time. The result was the spectacle of almost an entire city parading wildly -through the day and the night, turning the city's prin­ cipal streets into a teeming mass of paraders in the biggest parade of all in the town famed the world over for its big parades. Preceding the Big Parade were the for­ mal parades that had been held for day and night during the previous two weeks by the recognized carnival krewes. These were glittering pageants telling in their colorful processions of fabulous floats, the popular tales of the area, time-honored fables, le­ gends and fairy tales. Each of these had been surrounded by thousands who jammed sidewalks and streets to watch the great parades that wound through the streets. According to tradition, the spectators at these parades clamored for favors that were thrown to them from the passing floats by the maskers of what­ ever krewe staged that particular proces­ sion. No matter how beautiful, elaborate and colorful were these carnival season affairs, all were eclipsed by the events of Carnival Day and its parade of the Zulus, the Parade of Rex, the procession of the Elks Krewe of Orleanians, which delighted the small fry by being led by Hopalong Cassldy astride his horse. Topper, and the night parade of Comus, brilliantly lighted by flambeaux and torchbearers. Vying with the passing parades for atten­ tion were the maskers .who jammed the streets. Costumes of almost every conceiv­ able description were seen at ever^ hand, presenting a scene that defied the imagina­ tion. There were costumes froni every land. There were dancers cavorting in the costumes of favorite comic strip characters. Others were dressed as hoboes, attired in the garb of the Gay Nineties, masquerading as pirates, clowns, Gypsies and many others. As is the custom with the Carnival, the merry-making continued throughout the day, bringing the whole city to life. It co^ tinned into the evening, but all the merry­ making ceased suddenly at midnight, for at midnight, February 18, Ash Wednesday be­ gan—the first day of Lent. Gwendolyn and Herman Troxclair, children of NO Stwd. Patrolman are ready to parade. King Okeanos waves his sceptre from his throne on one of the elaborate floats. IIM-"-. '^^• '>h.' The children of Seafarer Wilbur Purdy also took advantage of the closed schools. . m ' L'.i. • f.-. . i- -5 - • '.-u' ' .u '' ' ' - ^ - t .. r, \,'n. f 1-';:: ' u, • rygWln^ir^i "^T ' •* : Audrey Mae, daughter of ; J' Seafa^ A. F. "Blacky" , is a costumed masker. �March. 9, 195S SEAFARERS LOG' Page Fifteea .>s •••if The elaborately costumed maskers on the Golden Dragon float in the Krewe of Okeanos procession throwing favors to the outstretched~ hands of the spectators according to. tradition, while going through the large crowd on famous Rampart Street- Pretty, short-skirted drum majorettes are an important part of any parade, and the Big Parade of New Orleans' Mardi Gras cer­ tainly is no exception. Mrs, Ben Collins, Seafarer Ben Collins, bosun, and Mrs, Nell Collins, wife of Seafarer Joe Collins, AB on the Del Mar, are right on hand to get into the Mardi Gras spirit and enjoy the maddest, most colorful, most enjoyable parade on earth. Elsie, Milton and Felice Mouton, children of Seafarer Milton Mouton, take on a Western air to make up their costumes for the carnival. • A young masker goes to sleep on his daddy's shoulder (left center) while the festivities on Royal Street continue all around him at Mardi Gras. • • I sJ 1 'S"! :4il •I - •i| :^l| •'^1 . Mrs. "rtiais Tannehill and Vic Miorana (i:ight), steward, sarpple som^e „ ;foot-long "po-boy" sandwiches of French breads pork, beef, lettuce and tomatoes. C. M. "Whitey" Tannehill (center) is waiting to see what^ happens; before trying one. ^ : '/ .nt to his childhood days on the curb, as i ' "tnornma''" (right) with the hairy chest am} legs, keeps a watchful eye • . on her "darling little boy" oh Bourbon St. These were some of the original Mardi Gras costumes. " . -I �Pair* SixteeA SEAFARERS LOg Mahif 9, mt SEAFARERS i; V" I?/ '• A new drive to win Senate approval of legislative measures to 'Starve The Garbage Pail' authorize the St Lawrence Seaway and power project was set in It's long been the policy of the SIU to see to it that the companies motion by Senator Alexander Wiley, Republican of Wisconsin. The under contract to the Union furnish the best of food regardless of the bill, which most observers - feel will be able tp hurdle the Senate, expense. Still it's a long haul between having good stores and dishing calls for the setting up of a St. Lawrence Development Corporation, up and serving a good meal. That's where the culinary art comes in. authorized to issue $100 million in revenue bonds for the Seaway Seafarer Freddie Stewart, who has had quite a few years' experience construction. The US and Canada would collaborate in the buiiding The purpose of ship and depart­ with steward department problems, both aboard ship and as a steward of the project. mental delegates came in for a bit department patrolman, offers a few suggestions on how to operate > 4. t of discussion on the Steelore (Ore a stewards department. « A special committee to study port traffic congestion problems has SS Company) recently when deck Regular Conferences been named by the Transportation Group of New York. The committee delegate Perry Farson gave a lit­ Efficiency and economy, he points out; go hand Iq hand with good includes William Newman of the New York Central System, cbairman: tle talk on the subject. He pointed Robert Hess, Seatrain Lines, Inc.; Eari Feidman, Association of Ameri­ out that a Union crew was a self- feeding. Waste in no way contributes to greater comfort on shipboard. can Railroads; John Groves, Air Transport Association of America; governing organization and that To begin with, he suggests that the steward confer with hi^ assistants Aivin Shapiro, National Federation of American Sbipphig; and Louis the delegates were elected repre­ at least once a day since "it's understood that aU the brains are not sentatives. Their jobs are to see to in one head." Whitpenn, represent^ the trucking industry. it that Union conditions are main­ These meetings should discuss any complaints and actipn taken on tit ^ • tained and also to smooth over dif­ them, the work that has to be done and plans for same, preparation » The Soviet Union's shipping industry, plagued by delayed launch- ficulties and promote crew har­ of aU menus and suggestions for improvement, in the operations of the ings, poor maintenance,-time-consuming repairs and poor turn-arounds. mony. department. Farson, who is 43 years of age, Is in the midst of a slump. Orders have gorfe out to shipping organiza­ Nor does the job of the department end with the preparation of tions to "liquidate shortcomings." according to the Reuters news agency has been sailing with the SIU, the food. Good service is another important function. "It's based on . . . The world's tanker fleet has doubled in size since 1939, reported mostly out of Baltimore, since courtesy and an obvious desire to be of service combined with the the Organization for European Economic Cooperation. The fleet now June,'1951. dignified manner of a man who has pride in doing his job weU." 4) 4) 4!> exceeds 32,000.000 deadweight tons, the organization said, quoting The following suggestions, Stewart believes, wUl go a long way Seafarer Fred Boyne must have figures for 1952. toward making tiie department function weU: done quite a job of representing t 4 the crew of the Christos M (Ma­ Bulglnff Cans Are Bad A former German raider and supply vessel has been commissioned rine Shipping) judging from the for duty with the US Atlantic' Fleet. The 20.000-ton Confuch wiU carry ship's A. Storeroom—^Food cases in the dry storeroom should be kept on minutes. cargoes of fuel, ammunition and stores for fighting ships at sea. if At their last ship­ raised platforms to prevent hot deck plates from scorching the contents. was claimed by the US as part of German reparations . . . Tw* board meeting all Similar items should be stored together. No more cases than are needed Coast Guardsmen, marooned for five hours on a breakwater within hands gave him a should be opened. Once a case is opened or broken, use whatever is in 200 feet of land near Saybrook, Conn., froze to death. A third was vote of thanks for it first. Any cans that biUge should be thrown away. That's Hhe first rescued In critical condition . . . The MSTS annoimced the renewal the "wonderful sign of spoilage. of charters for four merchant vessels, the Jefferson City Victory, job." Boyne has Flour requires careful handling if it is to last for long periods of Mankato Victory, Lewis Emery, Jr., and Heywood Broun, ail of which been a member time. It should be stowed in a dry place where air can circulate freely. are owned by Victory Carriers, Inc„ of NY. of the . Union for The sacks should be on raised platforms and clean paper should be short time, spread on the deck below the platform. Cross-stack the sacks not ct t since May of last more than six to eight layers high. With proper care, flour will keefi Boyne The first Japanese round-the-world passenger service since the end year, but evident­ in good shape for nine months or more. of World War II will be opened next month with vessels miming to ly has the makings of a good dele­ New York, and European ports, and returning to Japan via the Suez gate. He's 44 years old and a na­ Identify Old Stock Canal . . . The West German police foiled a plot by the owner of a tive of England, who caUs Liver­ B. Refrigerator—^Use the old stores first. In order to keep tabs on Turkish tanker to remove his impounded vessel from their jurisdic­ pool his home. He sails on deck, them give the old provisions an identifying mark and put them in posi­ tion. Under cover of darkness the owner attempted to sail the ship tion for early use. Otherwise the old stock will be buried trip after t i down the Weser River to the North Sea, but the intrigue failed when The steward department on the trip until it spoils and has to be discarded. Here too, its particularly spotted by an alert watchman who notified authorities . . . The Federal Oremar (Ore Line) is doing a bang- important not to let filth and dirt accumulate. Maritime Board rejected a bid to study international ship ties under up all around job Frozen meals and poultry should be thawed in cool air, never in which American Export Lints acts as general agent for its chief under the direc­ water. The more slowly the meat thaws, the less, rupturing of cells in competitor. tion of Dioscero the meat and the better the flavor. Eggs should be cross-stacked when 4» 4^ 4" B. MUetar. Ac­ stowed and assured of proper ventilation. If its at all possible, try cording to the to keep the eggs away from other food,< particularly citrus fruits and An unestimated amount of damage was inflicted on one of the crcwmem- vegetables. biggest export coal piers in Norfolk, Va., when the Panamanian bers MUetar is a freighter Panaghia crashed into the pier while attempting to d^k Hand Out The Fmlt very able cook without tugboat assistance during a tugboat strike . . . The American One of the big sources' of waste are fruits and vegetables, which and steward, and freighter China 'Bear collided with a Japanese fishing boat, which h i s department dry out and go bad when held'too long. Fruit should be examined sank off the east coast of Japan. Eleven of 23 crewmen aboard the features well-pre­ personally by the steward when its delivered to make sure it is in good fishing vessel were reported missing after the accident . . . The USN MUetar pared and tasty shape. It doesn't do much good to be stingy with the fruit and then troup transport Gen. Muir stood by to save 119 passengers and crewmenibers as the Italian motorship Trlpoiitania was near sinking in food, topped off by courteous serv­ have it spoil on you. Rather than let fruit go bad, hand it out freely. Fresh fruit is one food item that's sure to be appreciated by crews as the central Mediterranean on a return trip from Italian Somaiiiand ice. to Naples . . . The port of Baltimore was second jn the US last year MUetar wUl celebrate his 53rd breaking the monotony of canned and cooked foods. A very wide in foreign trade tonnage. A new record for the port was set in 1952 birthday next April. He's a native variety of fresh fruit can be gotten by picking up supplies in various in steamship arrivals when 4,640 ships berttied there, an increase of the Philippine Islands, but now ports located in produce growing areas. Ships stopping in Florida ports makes his home in New 'York City. at this time of the year can do well for the crew by picking up fresh •f 155 vessels over the previous year. local produce. it 't' it' There wlU be plenty of music C. Galley—All meat should be thawed in the chill box, never in Republicans in Washington protested the jetting of ship-building to pass the leisure hours on the the passageways or on the. meat block. In cleaning the meat block, contracts to other countries at a time when they believed this nation's MbntebeUo HiUs (Western Tank­ never use .water. The block scraper and wire block brush will remove shipyards face idle periods . . . Bills now before Congress make it ers) as the result of a suggestion all scraps, after whiefa the block should be covered with a light layer mandatory for all crewmembers of vessels of ICQ or more gross made by Seafarer Mierzyslaw Pier- of salt. Poultry should be used immediately after defrosting. tons to be proficient enough to understand any order, written or oral, ptnskl. He proposed that each All foods should be put in a refrigerator immediately after cooling. given in English. If passed, the law will affect American-fiag ships crewmember donate a doUar to­ This applies especially to anything containing cream, custard or a ward the purchase of a record salad dressing. Such foods provide an excellent medium for the growth carrying passengers, amending legislation passed in 1915. player, which was approved by aU of bacteria that can produce serious bellyaches among the crew. 4> 4. ^ hands. Cleanliness is one of the main essentials in the preparation of food. The former passenger vessel Washington, said to be the largest Pierpinski has been an SIU ship ever to journey up the Hudson River above New York, was towed member since October, 1947, when All food areas should be kept clean at all times. upstream and destined for mothballs amid the Government's reserve he joined in New York. He's a Filially, Stewart suggests, every effort should be made to,avoid fleet at Jones Point , . . Three bulls, weighing 1,000 pounds apiece Keystone Statec-by birth and now waste. By being economical with cleaning materials and food products and valued at $50,000, wfere part of a cargo hoisted aboard a Philippine makes his home in PhUadelphia and saving food for useful needs, a man shows that he knows his freighter. They were the gift of a Cleveland industrialist to aid Philip­ with-his wife Marcella. He sails business. In short, he concludes, feed the crew well, but starve that pine dairy Improvement goals and to cement intemationai goodwill. in the deck department. garbage pail. Burly By Bemmrd Seamnm Modem itrfi—SIU Stulm iTWAsiiicm* HfiRS . YlWP, A(OW—AIN'T THIS A WtoRKoFdOTfj �'0 Match C,195S SEAFARERS LOG Pare SeTcnteea ShippingWeakness—US Problem (Continued from page 4) ' •port over 300 million barrels a" damage to British and Allied ship­ year irom Venezuela and the Per­ ping. It wasn't until the last year sian Gulf principally. -of warfare, that the German subs Manganese — Practically all of were brought under control. this vital steel-hardening matei4al Estimates vary oh the Russian is imported, 850,000 out of a total sub fleet, but the figure 300 is men­ of a million tons a year. tioned in many places. Ex-Secre­ Chromite — We produce only tary of the Navy Dan Kimball esti­ 7,00(f tons a year at home, import mates the Russians may have as - many an 400 subs. Brassey's "Naval over 1,400,000 tons. Cobalt — This is an essential . Annual," a British publication, says that Russia has 380 subs in service metal for jet engines. We pro­ and 120 under construction. Rear duced 1.5 miUion pounds the first Admiral Charles B. Momsen, who nine months of this year but im­ commands US sub forces in the ported 6 million pounds, mostly Pacific, puts the figure between 350 from the Belgian Congo. Rubber—^All natural rubber is to 400. Many of these are preimported, mostly from Malaya. World War II types, he adds. These illustrations (there could Faster Subs Not only would American mer­ be many others) give some idea of chant ships face a formidable sub­ the extent to which the US is de­ marine fleet in terms of numbers, pendent on shipping. A typical snorkel submarine, like this US Navy sub, has enough speed both on the surface and when - but the modern subs are far faster It is true, that much of this car­ submerged to overtake or outrun any freighter or tanker now under the US flag, with the possible ex­ than their World War II counter­ go can, and is, being carried by ception of the few Mariner Class ships destined for the Navy in an emergency. parts. The standard World War II foreign, flag ships. But the danger sub could do nine knots submerged of depending on foreign flag ship­ sidy totals for. these three ships-fof a low-cost, low-wage foreign vislatifn. dealing with certain types and 20 knots on the surface. The ping is an obvious one. In emer­ runs to $40 million exclusive of shipping, but also the competi­ of foreign-flag operations. As has German T-26, a later development, gency periods, that shipping would built-in defense features insisted tion of foreign ship subsidies. been mentioned, coastwise and incould do up to 18 knots submerged. not be available leaving the US on by the Pentagon. There is always considerable tercoastal trades are reserved for Modern snorkel-types are probably without its lines of communication feeling in some quarters against US ships. But many foreign flag Foreign Subsidies faster. Momsen believes that a and supply. Government subsidy to shipping, companies operate out of Ameri­ destroyer wouldn't be of much use Contrasting with this is the size­ as if it were alien to American tra­ can ports, hire their crews in Foreign Costs against them. "Put two submarines The big stumbling block in the able assistance given by foreign dition. Actually, the practice of American cities and run their to stalking a destroyer," he said, nations to their merchant fleets, giving subsidies is an old one in ships to and from the US, never "and the destroyer hasn't a way of a modernt-merchant fleet despite their lower costs. When this country. The huge subsidies touching the country in which they has always been the low cost com­ chance." If that is the case with the Queen Mary and Queen Eliza­ are registered. A similar situation speedy destroyers that can do 30 petition of foreign fleets. Foreign beth were built, the British gov­ for agriculture are now quite fa­ would exist if a US company miliar to all and the equally huge shipowners pay less for their knots oi:^ better, how well the tenernment bought $46Vi million would set up its offices in Liver­ knot Libertys would fare can be ships, less to the men who man worth of Cunard stock to finance subsidiesBCto business in the form pool, hire English seamen and run of certificates of necessity have tiiem, lower insurance rates, lower imagined. the ships. Since the ships were between England and South Obviously no one expects mer­ docking fees, have lower repair built in pre-war days at British been mentioned before. America, never touching an costs, less rigid safety and feeding In the transportation industry chant ships to be built that can Ameri^n port. shipyards, this amounted to a far run away from subs. But the more requirements, and usually pay less higher construction subsidy than raiiroad building in the 1860's and Flag-Dodgers speed they have, the better. The in taxes. To aggravate the situa­ any given by the US Government. 70's was done with subsidies with tion there are the so-called Pana­ Obviously, a company operating the exception of the Great new Mariner ships are known to Here are just a few of the ways Northern. These railroads were like this is simply dodging Ameri­ be capable of considerably more manian and Liberian flag ships, than 20 knots, and they have hell- hideouts for shipowners, American in which foreign governments aid given staggering amounts of valu­ can registry and American unions. able land along their rights of way, It has been proposed that such copter platforms for sub-spotting and otherwise, who pay virtually their shipping industry: . companies be legally compelled to no taxes, crew their ships .with the Panama—^Panamanian flag com­ totaling millions of acres. as well. Some people, believe this prob­ world's worst-trained and worst- panies operating outside of Pana­ Our private airline industry has operate under the American flag. Then there are the Americanlem can be met by having the paid seamen, feed them the cheap­ ma pay no income taxes. Local been heavily subsidized through armed forces handle their own est food, and keep their costs at a shipping is taxed two percent to 16 air mail payments, of which an esti­ flag companies which maintain for­ percent. cargo. This raises several objec* minimum. mated $15 million to $17 million eign-flag subsidiaries. There is one company which operates 44 ves­ To help US shipowners, the tions. Belgium — Thf government of a year are subsidies. The aircraft The problem of getting adequate Government has taken several leg­ this small country grants $4Vi mil­ construction industry has also re­ sels, mostly between South ships to handle the cargo move­ islative steps. All coastwise and in­ lion a year to shipowners for ship ceived generous aid. Up until June, America and the Gulf of Mexico. ment would still remain. Then, it tercostal trade, and ail trade with construction and purchase. In ad­ 1952, aircraft plants wer» issued Of these 44 ships, only 16 are un­ would destroy a - private industry US territories like Puerto Rico, dition, the state has more than 1,095 certificates of necessity der the American flag, the rest This and hand it over to a government Hawaii and Alaska are reserved to half a billion set aside for guaran­ amounting to $864 million in under various other flags. company has just announced the US ships. However, here the ship­ agency. Further, experience has grants. teed loans to shipowners. construction of four more ships, shown that Government cargo owner faces very tough competi­ Subsidies then, far from being France—Ship subsidies amount­ ships are far more expensive to tion from railroads in many in­ ed to $17 million in 1948, the last unusual, are a regular feature of two of them ore carriers of 26,000 and 31,000 tons which will be operate and use an excessive stances. year for which there are figures. the American economy. placed under a foreign flag. amount of manpower. Finally, sup­ On foreign trade routes, the Generous depreciation is allowed Broader Aid Sought Here is a case of an American plying the arme^ forces is only Government gives operating sub­ shipowners in , tax laws, including The question remains whether company, doing its main business one of the many important func­ sidies to companies who operate a double depreciation rate on ships subsidies are the whole answer, or here, and using its ships to sup­ tions performed by our merchant over certain routes. 'The companies bought after 1950. part of the answer to American ply its business operations in the marine. The big job of hauling the involved mi^st make a certain Italy—An annual subsidy for maritime problems. Some have United States, but placing them raw materials for Americaft indus­ number of VOgages on these routes, held that present subsidies are too under foreign flags. There are ob­ shipbuilding is provided. The Gov­ try, and the products of that in­ on fixed schedules, whether or not limited. They argue that certain vious legislative steps that could ernment offers construction boun­ dustry in foreign trade, is its main they have enough cargo to justify companies have unjustifiably re­ business. those voyages. And the Govern­ ties for vessels built to certain ceived the lion's share, while other be taken to bring such operations under the American flag where Raw Material Imports ment can and does get sizeable re­ specifications, and pays one-sixth Here again, few people realize bates on these subsidies where of the cost when the ship goes into companies, equally important, get they belong. These are just a -few of the how dependent we are on ships to profits are in excess of ten per­ service. Special depreciation rates nothing. The tramp shipowners for example, have been fighting fhings that could be done to keep industry going. While the cent. The great majority of ship- are allowed. Netherlands — Shipbuilders can hard for a general operating sub­ strengthen American shipping United States has great natural .ping companies operate without get loans at 2Vi percent, and there sidy on the grounds that their op­ without harming iegitimate for­ resources it has to import more any kind of operating subsidy. erations are as important as the and more of its raw material needs Over the past six or seven years, is a special depreciation allowance general cargo, ships on regular eign flag operations. But what­ for ships bought between Decem­ ever solution is put forth, the fact each year./ operating subsidies have averaged runs. remains that theUS needs a The following are some of the between 30 and 35 million a year. ber 1949 and January 1953. Subsidies though are a two- strong and modern merchant ma­ major commodities that the US Total operating subsidies from Norway—Money put aside for edged sword. There is nothing to has to import in large quantities: 1938 to 1950 were $101 million. shipbuilding and for equipment is keep foreign governments from rine for the safety and economic well-being of this country. Wool—The US only grows one- By contrast sugar growers got not taxable. Up to 20 percent of taking further steps on behalf of third of its needs at home. $653 million, potato producers profits can be put aside for tiiis their shipping. And once Govern­ Bauxite—This all important ore $411 million and egg producers $68 reason. The Government also Is the raw material for aluminum. million in that period. In the six allows companies to "write-off" ment subsidy of all merchant ships In 1951 the US imparted 2.8 mil­ year period from 1942 to 1948, that part of the price of vessel that is established, it invites Govern­ lion tons from four countries, pro­ Cheddar cheese producers got $68 is more than the "normal value." ment control of the industry. Besides operating subsidies, duced 1.8 million at home., million dollars compared to oper­ This amounts to an indirect con­ Seafarers who lose baggage there are proposals that the Gov­ Iron—The US used to be very ating subsidies of $35 million for struction subsidy. checks for gear checked at any rich in high grade iron but used up the merchant fleet. Sweden—Swedish law is similar ernment go into the construction SIU baggage room should subsidy business on a large scale, much of its supply in World War to Norway's. notify that particular hall New Construction not just with passenger vessels. II. Right now we import about ten England — The shipowner can right away so that no one can Other maritime subsidies given write off ,40 percent of the cost of While passenger vessels may be percent of our needs, but this flgimproperly claim the baggage important for prestige and troop by the US Government cover con­ construction. rre is growing every year. with that check. Headquarters carrying purposes,, these proposals ITln—About two-thirds of oiur fin struction of new vessels. In prac­ All of these countries have vari­ claim it is more iniportant to build officials advise you to do this isMmported from ten different tically all cases, these subsidies immediately to avoid loss of countries. are for passenger ships. Up ous provisions covering other modern, fast freight ships and turn your gear and/or trouble Copper—^We produced 928,000 through 1950, total construction money j^nunicks in the favor of them over to shipping companies claiming it later on. Make tons a :^ear at home but imported subsidies ' amounted to' $108,849,- the shipowner. In addition, tax at a low price. The disposition of sure you notify the hall where nearly 500,000 tons to make up the 000. Since then three more ships rates in practically all foreign the small number of Mariner-class the baggage was checked as difference, according to. latest fig- have been built with construction countries are lower than in the ihips, yet to be decided on; will soon as you find out , you've delerndne ia l^ge part what hap­ subsidies, the Independence, the United States. lost the check us is. the -world's big- Constitution and th.e United;States. , :.The American shipowner then, pens to this type of proposal. - 1 Report Lost Baggage Chech i{e%^ ^ducer/ yei^ ha|;;to( ItSji- The estimated Construction sub- has jipi only to meet. coiiipetitioQ| Another Vgqllltiqn offered is leg» K-m-WM jk-M m mmmAm-9 v« A..*-ecv w m �Far* Elrhteca SEAFARERS Add Roaches Plus Mates Plus BR And Result Is Explosive Mixture Roaches can always be counted on to make things difficult, but when you mix in equal parts roaches, mates and a BR, then you really have a situation that can be interesting, and that's what happened on the Royal Oak. According to William Cale-*^"" ences and figuring out what to do BR always made sure to leave the fato, the whole thing took on about smallest and oldest towel he could it. sinister proportions as the Immediately after that, the third find. Greater revenge he couldn't >•,; drama unfolded while the tanker was at sea. It seems, Calefato says, that the whole problem started when the second mate was in his room one evening reading a book. Just what type of book isn't made clear, but anyway, while reading, ths mate was suddenly startled by the sight of a roach nonchalantly- walking around the edge of the book. Being a man who believes in action, the mate tried to kill the roach, but merely ended un chas­ ing it through the midshf^house, stubbing his toes on various ob­ jects, and losing his temper. He claimed later that he managed to kill one roach, but that two others immediately attacked him. Well, the mate went back to his room and brooded about the roach. He just didn't think it was fitting that roaches should be living in with the officers. The next morn­ ing he claimed that he had heard armies of roaches wandering over the blankets and through his bed all through the night. The next day, the matog spent a good part of the day discussing the second mate's harrowing experi­ mate also . discovered that there were roaches in. his room, and be­ came visibly upset by the whole thing. Roaches in officers' quar­ ters just wasn't right. They didn't belong there. After considerable debate on the subject, the mates decided that the roaches just didn't rate living in officers' quarters. After some consideration, the mates decided that the BR was the one responsible 'for the whdle thing. After all, if the BR didn't make the rooms so comfortable and so attractive, the ' roaches wouldn't want to live there, would they? Some slurs were made on the BRs character. Then, the BR claimed that the mates were de­ liberately messing up their beds and rooms just to make the BR's work that much harder. A feud was rapidly developing. The situation finally got to the point where the BR seriously con­ sidered skipping the ffird mate's room, but being conscientious and with true devotion to his duty, he cast that wicked thought aside. More discussions followed. Whqp cleaning the third mate's room, the Mardi •. 195S LOG Thai unlike other four-footed animals, the polar bear uses only two feet to swim? This polar resi­ dent uses only his front feet to l^addle when he goes swimming. Other anipials use all four. . t t 4^ That three gallons of blood per minute are sent from the right to the left side of the heart every take without shirking his duty to da^? The work done by the heart 'the ship. More discussions fol­ in 24 hours is said to be equivalent to the force required to raise a lowed. ton a height of 82 feet. Murder, He Says 4> 4^ ^ One morning, the BR entered That one man was a member of the third mate's room. The lights were out. He started toward the the House of Representatives, a lamp on the far side of the room, Senator-elect and President-elect when suddenly a line tightened all at the same time? For a fouraround his neck and jerked him day period, onetime US President James A. Garfield held all those back. "So it's come to this," he posts. In 1880 his term as a Rep­ thought. "The mate's trying to kili resentative ran out, he was named to the Senate by the Ohio legisla­ me." ture and then subsequently nomi­ Struggling furiously, and gasp­ nated and elected to the Presi­ ing for air, the Bfl finally managed dency. ta tear the line loose from Its t t t mooring and'throw it to the deck. That the ukulele la not native to He then staggered over to the lamp Hawaii? The ukulele was intro­ and lit it. duced to the Hawaiians in the lat­ When he turned to look at the ter part of the 18th century by infernal device that almost killed Portuguese sailors, and was essen­ him, he saw that it had been an tially a European instrument. The intricate series of Unes strung name, literally meaning "jumping across the room, and on which the flea," was suggested by the rapid mate had hing all his carefully motions of the fingers of the play­ laundered clothes. The clothes er over the instrument. were now on the deck, along with ± ^ ± the line. That upon repatriation to the The mate claims the BR delib­ US, Seafarers are entitled to pay­ erately threw the clothes on the ment of all wages due within 72 floor. The BR says he was fighting hours after they present a claim for his life. At last reports, the tor wages to the agent or office of discussions were still going on. the company at the port of en­ gagement or to the home office of the company? If full ^yment is not made within 72 hours, exclu­ sive of weekends and holidays. Sea­ farers are entitled to an additional $8 per day until it is. t i ^ ^ 4^ 4!' ^ i That cranberries got their name because of a resemblance to a type of bird known as a crane? The old.form of the word was craneberry, and stemmed from the fact that at blossoming time the stem of the small shrub was thought to look just like the neck, head and bUl of tixe bird. That you are entitled to an of­ ficial Union receipt every time you pay any money to the Union? Make sure you get an official SIU re­ ceipt whenever you pay your dues so that there will be no foul-up later on. This will serve to safe­ guard you against anyone who might pose as an SIU representa­ tive in order to collect your dough. That the official record of the proceedings at a meeting were originally called the minutes be­ cause it was first taken dpwn in minute or spiall writing and later rewritten in a more careful hand? In the 16th century minute was used as a yerb in the sense of mak­ ing a record or note of something. 4^ $ » That three prizes in each of four different categories \yill be award­ ed in the second annual SIU Art Contest? Deadline for all entries is April 30, 1953. They should be sent to the Art Editor, SEAFAR­ ERS LOG, at SIU headquarters. 'Pirates' Invade Tampa During ^Casparilla Day' Festival Every year, Tampa, Fla., is "taken over" by pirates on "Gasparilla Day," which is in honor of the famous pirate who sailed the waters around Tampa many years ago. This year. Seafarer A. E. Diaz, FWT, was there with his cam­ era, and got these pictures of the annual celebration. The celebration starts as a number of "pirate ships" decked out in flags and flying the skull and crossbones, sail up the bay and to the city." Once they reach the city, the "pirates" invade the area, and take over the city for the day. Once the invasion is made, a large parade, featuring fancy floats and pretty girls, winJs through the city and ends up at the grounds of the Florida State Fair, which is held at the same time. A "pirate" holds his horse^ ,, . Three "Pirates" brandish knives and pistols at the dock area. After the "Pirate" flotilla reached the decks, all the "Pirate" crews joined in the parade. • . iiliiif"-™ Flying the "JoUy Roger" these boats get ready to Join the flotilla. Ope of the "piyate" flotilla. Ss:-.:;-, A pret^dihim Majorette poses. An^ of coiirsf, there are always'iots of floato with pretj^^ girla. AM �t' .( N March i, 19SS BEAFARERS By SEAFARERS LOG Photo Editor A new breed of flashbulb is now on the market which will probably result in a lot more better photos. The new bulbs are tiny—smaller than the familiar "midgets" and less powerful. They are designed primarily for portrait and group shots at close and moderate ranges. They are intended to prevent the overexposed, chalky results when conventional flashbulbs are used. There are two of these brand new types—one native and the other an import. Since we've only played around with the native brand we'll leave the import until we lay our. hands on some. The one which will most effect the market, in terms of numbers, is the No. 8, a shredded foil-filled bulb of novel shape, with a light output of about half of the GE No. 5. First marketed by Sylvania under the name of Bantam 8, this bulb type will also be sold by Westinghouse as the Synchro Press No. 8, and by Dura Electric Lamp as the Duramite 8. All of these No. 8's are of the "M" or medium peak type designed for use with between-the-lens shutters or . with simple flash cameras. In all characteristics except power they parallel present day M type midget bulbs. A few words on why this new bulb was developed. Prior to World War II flash was mostly used by professionals and advanced amateurs who could afford to have relatively expensive external synchronizers attached to their cameras. Bulbs were generally flashed at rather high shutter speeds—1/100 second for example. Bulb Use Rises . Under these conditions flashbulb manufacturers concentrated on packing into their bulbs the greatest possible light-producing power, and with great success. . Starting in 1946 this whole picture was changed when Eastman Kodak and the other mass market builders decided to build internal flash synchronization into nearly all their cameras, from the simplest box on up. . > As a result of all this the use of flashbulbs skyrocketed. However, most of the cameras and shutters being used with these bulbs are synchronized differently than in pre-war days. Simple cameras have shutters operating at about 1/30 second and the lenses have fixed openings of about f-11. A large percentage of more expensive cameras are synchronized for flash with M bulbs at about 1/50 second, so for flash purposes this doesn't put them very far ahead of simple cameras, at least in shutter speed. Since most amateur flash is of individuals or groups at fairly short distances, the combination of slow shutter speeds, fast films, and powerful flashbulbs causes severe exposure. For intance, with a No. 5 bulb and a film like Plus X, at 1/50 second the exposure guide number is 210. If the bulb were 7 feet from the subject, the lens opening would have to be f-30 to get proper exposure. When your lens is fixed at f-11 it's going to be impossible to get correct exposure. All this is not just theorizing. Sylvania engineers visited photofinishing plants and examined amateur flash negatives. Most of them were overexposed; there was just too much light. We here on the LOG have found the same to be true. On the basis of this study the Bantam 8 was designed. The No. 8 should prove to be quite valuable. Although the light output has been cut enough to give better negatives with simple cameras with slow shutter speeds at Short distances, it still carries enough punch for shots of groups and general'work on cameras with adjustable openings and shutters synchronized for flash at higher speeds. V Seafare^rs accustomed to wo/king with the No. 5 will have no real trouble with the No. 8. All they need to do is open up one lens stop, that is, ii the results they've been getting have been good. If you've been getting overexposed results, try the Bantam 8. LOG Mau-Mau Terrorist Croup Raids In Kenya Described by Seafarer . The strife in South Africa, emphasized by the terroristic Mau-Mau groups in Kenya, makes some of the most interesting reading in the world at the present time, according to Seafarer Harry Krbnmel. ^ As the Robin Trent (Robin) native beer are provided at the body can be sure where it will slugged its way along the parties, speeches are made until strike next. coast, hitting 10 ports, Kron- the entire party is whipped up in "Before I went to Mombasa," he mel read the local papers, spoke to the residents, and then sent his report in to the LOG"Although the Europeans," he said, "are fearful of this Mau-Mau group, they plan to resist any 'na­ tionalistic' movements of this type. Such things as a page one story In the 'Mombasa Times' telling about two European women killing two natives they thought were membets of the Mau-Mau, are not un­ usual." Big Area The area, stretching out for hundreds of square miles, says Kronmel, has been a blessing to the attacking Mau-Mau, and more soldiers are always being sent up from Mairobi. The Mau-Mau groups actually, he says, are a seg­ ment of the Kikuya tribe which has started an "Africa for the Africans" mover ment. There have been hints about "outside influ­ Kronmel ences" encourag­ ing the Mau-Mau, but all reliable Kenya sources deny 'this, accord­ ing to Kronmel. Kronmel reports that, "the ac­ tivities of the Mau-Mau are a re­ sult of the very stringent 'white supremacy' laws and policies that have been adopted by the govern­ ment which have resulted in a great deal of internal strife within the area, and the natives' struggle for certain rights and freedoms." The Mau-Mau is a well-organ ized terrorist group, he says, which has successfully raided a number of outlying arsenals and homes. It shows mercy for none, and its at­ tacks have gotten them the label "fanatical murderers." Composed of young men, usually between 24 and 28, recruiting is done at large parties. Kronmel says large quantities of Seafarer's Daughter Wants Early Start For Scholarship Competition The daughter of Seafarer Melvin Jones may be a little young yet, but she's heard her daddy talking about the SIU Cpllege Scholarship Plan, and she figured that she'd get right in on the ground fioor. She also made it clear how her So, even though it will be daddy rates as far as she's con­ a while'before Peggy will be cerned. ready to start her college Loves Daddy career, she sat right down and wrote a letter to the Union, asking tor full information on the scholar-, ships. "My name is Peggy Jones," she wrote, "and I am 11 years old and in the sixth grade at Thompson School." Wants Details y, V ' Then, Peggy went on to explain I ".that she'd already heard about the '• f;plan. "My daddy." she said, "has " '".tried, to explain to me about the /^ education plan. I would like it very much if you would send me some information about it." Peggy didn't say what college she plans to attend, or, for that matter, .she didn't even say what Mgh school she plans to attend, but she ' ^'made it clear .that she's interested in the scholarship program. Pace NbietccB "My daddy," she wrote,' "is on the SS Mae. The iship takes sul­ phur from Baltiimore, Md., Jo Galr veston, Texas. My daddy's name is Melvin Harold Jones, and I love him. very much." The full details on the Scholar-, ship Plan have been mailed to Peggy, so that she can start getting ready right now, and be prepared when the time comes that she's ready to start college.. Although PegiQr probably hasn't decided on the college yet, sho has decided on the scholarship she wants to get, and one thing seenls pretty plain. Those people who are competing for the $6,000 SIU scholarships along about 1060 are going to have plenty of competition -^nd it's going to come from Peggy Jones. Peggy Jones hate for the Europeans, and then the recruiting is done with volun­ teers usually being accepted. The "Mombasa Times" tells of the Mau-Mau ancient oath, which is still practiced in Kenya. "The oath," says the paper, "is adminis­ tered under an arch of banana trees. After killing a sacrificial goat, its eyes and chest meat are removed. Candidates then taste of the goat's blood. "A necklace of grass is put about the neck and wrists. Seven cuts are made upon the bodies of the candidates with a sharp knife, after all European clothing has been removed. This symbolizes complete freedom from European domination." • State of Emergency A state of emergency now exists officially in all of the colony, Kronhiel says, but "the mixed pop­ ulation continues its own ways in its own time." It is hard to believe that any unrest or the raids and murders really exist. The Arab Marketplace sells goods just as it has for 1,300 years. Indian mer­ chants bustle and move up in im­ portance in the colony's trade. "The European still lives on the hilltop in his mansion," says Kron­ mel, "and the Black carries the burden as he has since the begin­ ning of time. The only time you hear about Mau-Mau in the city, is when it is said in whispers. No­ says, "nobody would tell me what Mau-Mau meant. Finally, a cab driver explained that he heard that Mau-Mau was just a switch­ ing around of the native phrase Uma Uma. Uma Uma, means 'get out—get out.' " Kronmel reports that it seems as if the roots of the Mau-Mau go very deep in the colony, particu­ larly in the areas just outside the larger cities, and that the group commands a fairly large following among the native population. they are the type of group, he says, that can catch the imagina­ tion of the natives, and can incite them into a sort of awe. The entire colony, says he, is well aware of the activities of the Mau-Mau, and that whenever they strike, the papers play up the in­ cident, and point out the "chain of incidents" which have been blamed upon the Mau-Mau. But the worst place to be, says Kronmel, is in the outlying areas, where the Europeans never know where the Mau-Mau will strike next and live in almost a constant fear of being the victims of the next raid. Most of the homes in those areas are always on the alert, and many of them have loaded rifles kept inside. In addi­ tion to that, patrols of troops go through the countryside as a sort of security guard. Twin Bfrthciays — Almost • 5', Celebrating two birthdays off the SS Sweetwater, are L-R stand­ ing; J. Fabian, Dugan and waitress Vanciel; L-R sifting: G. Graves, J. KrewSon, G. Burmester and Sullivan. Burmester's birthday was Jan. 28, and Krewson's Jan. 29. The photo was taken at midnight. Celebration was at Joe's Tavern in Mobile. Quiz Corner il) In pictures or drawings of "Father Time," he is always shown carrying a particular tool or implement. Is this a (sickle), (scythe), (scimitar) or (sword)? (2) Who won: (a) the first funney-Dempsey fight, (b) the second Tunney-Dempsey fight? (3) Each of the following is described as black. Can you identify: (a) an insect-like creature who eats her mate, (b) an epidemic in Europe, (c) a dungeon in Bengal, India? (4) A 10 foot square field has a walk two feet wide surrounding it. How many square feet are in the walk? (5) How would you arrange the Earth, Sun and Moon in the order of th'elr size, from largest to smallest? (6) How large is a size eight stocking measuring from the top of the toe to the end of the heel? (7) What word does not belong in the following group:, book, picture, cat, needle, shoe? (8) What does a football referee announce when he places both hands upright above his head? (9) Is a hookah: (a) a Persian rug, (b) a water-cooled Turkish pipe, (c) a Dutch shoe? (10) Which caused greater financial loss, the Chicago fire of 1871, or the San Francisco fire in 1906? (Quiz Answers On Page 25) • I :,'l '•y$\ >••11 i.| �«,-£.-,T'OT-'r^W, SEAFARERS lOa 9v Twealr Pr6ud Crew Says General Pattqn Is ^Cleanest JO-Yr.-Old Liberty^ The crew of the General Patton pose for a photo dnrln* a shipboard SIU meeting In the messroom of "the cleanest Liberty ship." The crew challenged any other 10-year-old Liberty to match theirs for cleanliness. There was no disputed OT and no beefs after an eight-month trip. Bbrckf. Ufl By SpOit Mirlin We were windowishopping along than the ham scraps in them Auto* Montague Street looking for the mat baked beans. But the Phillies cheapest bar special when we were Just throwed away their chances. An' now tliat Meyer's with Brook­ rudely bowled over by the over­ lyn tlie boys Just can't miss." size paunch of a baby bulldozer. Wait a minute, wo said. Start Picking ourself out 'of the gutter, from the beginning and ei^lain. we questioned the need for such "Awrigbt, I'll figger it out for uncouth haste. ya. The Phillies shoulda' been real "Here's a dime, grab the bus to tough this year cause they got the Prospect Park," Focus snarled, for pitchin'. This Roberts is real good it was none other than he. "Ya see, maybe he clips 30 games, an' can do all the moonin' ya want Simmons is right behind him there. Here there's people in a 'cause lie's whippin' back in shape hurry 'cause there's business ta after he escapes from the Army take cai-e of." last year. Then they got this big We expressed astonishment. Had banana, Drews, who throws a bunch o' soap bubbles, only our he gotten a job? boys can't hit 'em. On top of it Old Lady's Workin' all, there's Meyer whose a real "What for? The old lady's still tough pitcher. workin', ain't she? I'm just hurOne Solid Hit ryin' ta order up my World Series tickets. With Bob Carpenter on "So Carpenter, he gets a pipe our side we'll take them Yankees dream he'd like some more hitters tliis lime." on his club. What does he do but Wait a minute, we said. Bob he throws away a solid pitcher like Carpenter is president of the Phil- Meyer for Earl Torgesen. He don't hit nothin' except Sal Yvar's eye UeS... "Yeh I know," he interrupted, last year when he gave him a big "but he's gotta be a Brooklyn fan. shiner. So then Boston turns What would he trade that Buss around and hands Meyer over to Meyer for if he didn' want the our boys for a couple o' the junior Phillies to stay outta the way o' varsities." Xll that's very true, we agreed. oiur boys?" That's not it, we explained. Car­ Maybe Philadelphia did kill their penter. traded Meyer to Boston. He own chances, hut it didn't mean didn't know that the Braves were a shoo-in for Brooklyn. What about going to turn around and hand the Giants? "The Giants?" Focus turned him over to the Dodgers. pale green as he thought back to Thicker Heads In Boston the • ghastly September days of "Tliat just proves that they grow 1951. But he soon regained his heads thicker 'n Boston than in self-assurance. "Never mind about Philly. It didn' make no difference 'em. I'll see ya later, after 1 get ta the Braves. They're lower dbwn those tickets lined up." "We brought in one of the cleanest Liberty ships that the West Coast has seen, after an eight-month trip SIU style, and we're not bragging, but we challenge any other 10year-old Liberty ship to match ours for cleanliness." That's the proud statement made by the crew of the Gen­ ship in pretty sad condition. As erty that youH find around, and eral Patton (National Water­ soon as they were aboard, they de­ we're proud of this ship. If the ways) when the ship pulled into cided that they wanted a clean next sUp we sail on is as clean Seattle, and apparently they have ship, and started working on that when we board it as this sliip is when we're jeaving it, then every­ a right to make the statement. idea. "We conducted our own exter­ thing will be fine. All it takes is Jeff Morrison, Seattle Port Agent, reported that the ship was minating program while at sea, a little teamwork among the crew. "one of the cleanest we have seen cleaned passageways and foc'sles, The same thing holds true as far around these parts for a long and did a thorough job in the as the lack of beefs is conceimed." time," and also reported that the storerooms and other parts of the crew kept the slate clean as far as ship," said the crew. "We are not looking for any beefs are concerned. When the General Patton pulled honors," they said, "but we trust into Seattle after 8 months out, that it would be wonderful if all there was no disputed overtime SIU crews could find their ships and no other beefs, "It was a in as good condition when they pleasure to„ pay off the ship," Mor­ sign on as the General Patton is It can be pretty annoying to see the same old washing machine cluttering up the pass* rison reported, "and everything now when we are paying off. It ly after day, particularly when it's an old one that isn't used anymore, and there's ageway day went smooth and quick. The ship could be done if all crews were was a credit to the SIU, and O. H. willing to do a little work to keep a new one for the crew. Headley, the ship's delegate, also a clean ship and thought a little In fact, it got to the point* deseiTes some credit for the way bit about the men who would be aboard the Kobin Doncaster,' The idea sounded great, but at latest word is that the crew is won­ coming aboard the ship after they that the crew finally decided last reports from the Doncaster. dering whether the old machine he brought in the ship. The crew stated that, when they pay off." that the machine just had to go. the crew hadn't been able to agree just doesn't "deserve" a refined . "We did a lot of work on this There wasn't any question about it. upon a date for the auction—be­ burial at sea, or whether there isn't signed on the ship in Newark, NJ. on June 19, 1952, they found the ship to make it the cleanest Lib­ Everybody got busy, and one of sides, they weren't sure if anjd>0((y' a snug harbor for washing,ma­ chines someplace.. the en^eers was asked to give an in the crew would show up. The estimate of what he thought the old machine was worth. After con­ siderable consideration, the pried was finally set at $20—provided the buyer got the old machine off The LOG opens this column as an exchange for stewards, cooks, the ship and out of sight of the bakers end others who'd like fa share favored food recipes, littlc-fcnoum crew as soon as possible. . cooking and baking hint's, dishes with a national flavor and the like, suitable for shipboard and/or home use. Here's chief steward George Machine Sold Seafarer Petterson put up tlie Liebers' recipe for "sauerbraten," a German meat dish. As a man who got a thorough"^ ^ ' $20, which was to go into tbe ship's sugar and small amounts of mixed fund, and he was declared the new grounding in the cooking art in owner of the-old machine. The Europe, George Liebers reports spice, and pepper, and three table­ whole trip seemed better. The ma­ that "most Seafarers really go for spoons of salt. Put the meat in this mixture, covering it, and then let chine was still there to offend the sight, but at least the men knew a solid European disk every, so it stand in the chill box for three often." And, he bases his state­ days to pickle. that it was oh its way out. ment on his experiences sailing After three days, put meat in a Everything was settled, that is, with the SIU since 1944 as chief roasting pan, strain pickling mix­ until Doncaster pulled Into South- cook or steward. ture, and put the vegetables from Africa, and Petterson got sick. Of Still single de­ the mixture in with, the meat. all the times for it to happen, Pet­ Broivn slowly. As. the meat browns, terson was taken,ofMhe ship and spite tlie fact that add about a handful of fipur to went info B hospitaL The sale was he can eook so the meat. Let this brown,, top. off. The washing machine wasn't well, George says Then take the pickling mixture going to be leaving the ship, es­ he likes freight­ that was strained, and bring it to pecially after the doctors at the ers a litle better a boil. Put the browned meat and hospital vetoed the idea of leaving because there's" vegetables into a pot, and add the the old washing machine at the more room In the galley. * boiling mixture untir the meat is hospital with Pettersmi. To get. Sflucrcovered. Stir thoroughly so that This was the time for action, the Liebers the flouT will thicken-.the mixture. crew decided. Something had to braten, whic_h Cook in the oven for abotff ah be done, machine had to go. George describes Another conclave was held, and as "a delicious German dish, you hour and a half. Take the mePt out it was decided that a big auction start with 10 pounds of beef. and add a tablespoon of currant would be. held aboard the ship. Chuck or any" beef will do, since jelly. Strain this mixture and add two tablespoons of sour • cream. They'd make It a soii of bazaar, the pickling makes it tender. Mix about a gallon of water, a This is the gravy. and the lucky. Winner-r the map who was smart enough to malu-the quart of vinegar, two ohidns, four ; 'Serve with potatoe <lampllng|if. highest blid, would'get the wonder­ pieces of celery, one diced Carrot, a "You have enough sduerbrotcn Mr ' t ful' aldt washing;ipaglUne. . ^ r. . small jdeoe oiigarlici a teUtspmo^ttf^'about;37 ,to-40' menk' s M P 1f» i t x V The Case Of The Old Washing Machine That Wouldn't Leave The Doncaster ifioPA SoiE k- -OR BETTER DROPlM ANPSEETHAT OtP SHIPMAIE OF'To^;(^S^JbW i/JiHE tasPirAL, IEIL BE &LAO TO SEE AMP TbuR. VISIT WILL-TO WORE nofZ HIM THAN/ MEQICIHE. �liirih t^ liSS HmffmEMmvmmjp HI Cw^^s itnmriers ^e.thjp Editor: t bsve a stiggestldn which I think the membership will agree that the negotiating committee . should start to work on. There should be only two ABs to afoc'sle.witha larger room pro­ vided for three OSs, or, in cases where a dayman is carried, 2 OSs and one OS and a dayman. The negotiating committee should work towards the Hiifhart eventual attain­ ment of sufficient Quarters for the entire crew, with no more than two crewmembers to a room. Chester Hngbart SEAPAltEltS 'J' TH» Tvrenty-oa* LOG LET T E R S in ovMiime performed by persons other than himself. Beform Needed At no time at all have we taken any hostile action, so we ai^ what can be done about these slave-driv­ ing anti-union characters. This company has some very good ship's officers, as we have sailed on other of the company's ships, -and we are well aware of the fact that these three officers are the cause of this ship's being the black sheep of the fleet. Signed by 2g crewmembers of the Ames Victory (Ed, note: "The Wilmington Port Agent reports that the chief mate and. chief engineer are no longer on the ship.) 4^ 4r • Wants EJOG Sent To Him in France Money Exchange Bates Listed The following is the latest available listing of official ex­ change rates for foreign cur­ rencies. Listings are as of March 4, 1953 and are sub­ ject to change without notice. England, New Zealand, Somb Afrlcas $a.80 per pound aterlins. Australia: $3.34 per pound sterllns. Belgium; SO trance to tho dollar. Denmark: 14;4S:eente per krone. France: 330 franco to tho dollar. ^ Holland: 3M guildere to the dollar. Italjr; 629 lire to tho dollar. Norway: 14 cento per krone. Portugal: 38.75 oscndoo to tho dollar. Sweden: 10.33 cento per krone. India: 21 cento per rupee. Pakintan; 30.2 cento per rupeo. Argentina: 14.3 peooo to the dollar. BragU: 3.4 cents per cnuoiro. Cruguay: 53.63 cento per peso. Venezuela: 20.SS cents per bolivar. swallow up the SUP with their maritime federations and 4heir unity committees. It would have been the easy way for the Sailors to go along Instead of fighting the whole set-up. The shipowners, too, v/ould be happy to get the Sailors Union out of the way because it is too militant to suit their taste. But the Sailors Union and Lunde­ berg have chosen theusown route. They couldn't have made it by themselves if it wasn't for the fact that they are solidly united behind Lundeberg, and that he is loyal to them and is a fine leader of sea­ men. That's one reason why Lunde­ berg has made enemies, because he has gone down the line for his members. The shipowners don't like him because he is too militant to suit them and won't take what they-want to give him. The Com­ munists hate his guts because he stopped them from controlling the industry on the West Coast and maybe in the whole country. 83-Day Strike Last summer when the SUP went on strike they stuck their neck out because they had everybody lined up against them. It isn't every union that can keep a strike going for 63 days and come out on top but they did, it. That should prove to anybody's satisfaction that Lundeberg has the backing of his membership. As for that meeting with Sena­ tor Taft, I am convinced that he did the right thing 100 percent. I remember I was on a ship then, and we sent iii a resolution attack­ ing the Taft-Hartley law, and a lot of other people made plenty of noise about it like we did. But Lundeberg went out and did some­ thing. Perhaps if he hadn't done it. we would have lost our hiring halls. If you go out and talk to SUP men like I do you will find that they are convinced Lundeberg is doing a fine job for them and get­ ting the very best of conditions. He should be judged by the way he has represented his members and not by the opinions of ship­ owners, Communists and Trotskyites who are out to get rid of him. Beriil Sveiisson HeeaUs Opening Of Seamen^ s Home To the Editon About five years ago I was on the beach in New Orleans, resid­ ing in a private boarding house. At that time a Seamen's Home was being constructed at Lee Square and St. Charles Avenue. When the building was completed I, being a bona fide active seaman figured, well, this will be a Godsend to the seamen, because at the time there wasn't a decent place for a sea­ man to go for recreation or to meet his mates, and of course that caised many of the salts to go into the gin mill and loaf most of the day. When the place officially opened, I was one of the first seamen to saunter in and have a peep and, yes, brothers, the first one to be thrown out Why, you ask? Simply because I was not a guest and in a position to pay FarreU $13.50 per week for a room. At the time I hdd a wonderful room for $8 a week. I immediately got ray Irish up and vrent home, got my pen and sent off the story to our SEAFAR­ ERS LOG. I might state that when the LOG gave my story pub­ licity, in about two weeks, every­ thing in the Seamen's Home changed and all seamen from any union all over the world were wel­ come, whether they lived there or not. Yes, and hostesses eveiy Wednesday night to dance and dine with you. But at the moment I deem it a fitting gesture to submit a little praise to the Seamen's Church In­ stitute at 25 South Street, New York, NY. As an oldtimer who has sailed all over the world, I have visited many seamen's homes. I have yet to find one to equal the New York home; the seaman could not be taken care of any better in a modern hotel. The only thing I missed was a swimming pool. There is a swell recreation room on each floor with plenty of pool tables, Including a standard sized English billiard table. There are all kinds of games, too numerous to mention, plus a beautiful read­ ing library dedicated to the late Joseph Conrad. I might say that the lilB-arians are more than cour­ teous in helping you. And, of course, there is the Roper Room on the fourth deck, where all kinds of entertainment is at your dis­ posal, plus refreshments. A number of us were talking in the recreation room the other day and it was unanimously agreed that when you rove 'round the rooming houses in New York the call of the old doghouse gets you as the sea itself, and back home you come to meet your shipmates and shoot the breeze. Paddy FarreU To the Editon One of my buddies here in the Army in Xa Rochelle, France, gets the LOG regularly, but he went home to the States' on February To the Editor: Will you please send my wife 20th. I was hoping you would send and me the SEAFARERS LOG. I the LOG to me regularly as soon belong to the SIU and have for as possible as I so enjoy reading To the Editor: how most of my old friends are You can take the boy out of the some time. doing. I was a member of the great- country but you can't take the To my idea of thinking, the SIU country out of the boy. It's the is the best union going. It has same with the sea and sailors. sure done lots for me. I may add Would you put me on the mail­ that I'm one among thousands who ing list of the SEAFARERS LOG? is very happy to be an SIU man. Luckily, being the bloke who We will be looking forward to won the first World War, when I receiving our SIU SEAFARERS turned up permanently di.sabled LOG in the future. Uncle Sam gave me a pension— Lawrence Ellison $50. I haven't yet, and may never see anything over here at Snug (Ed, "note: Your name has been Harbor but the hospital. What the added to our mailing list; you will hell—^why give up free feet until receive the SEAFARERS LOG you can't push them any further? every two weeks, as published.} Be good. James J. (Pop) Martin 4^ (Ed. note: Your name has been added to our mailing list; you will receive the LOG regularly every two weeks.) ft ft ft To ihe Editon -Geoige Stanton shows off a The undersigned members of the birthday eake from home. Ames Victory signed on on Decem­ ber 30, 1952 at Wilmington, Cal., est Union (SIU) from December, aware of the fact that Captain A. 1943, to August, 1948, when I To the Editor: Preede, Chief Mate A. L. Sykes Joined the Army. I hope to be out I read the article in the SEA­ and Chief En^neer F. Hoffman soon, then back to the good old FARERS LOG (Feb. 6, 1953) about were anti-imiofi characters; how­ days. Harry Lundeberg and I agree that ever, we were determined to liveSailed as Chief Steward everything it said is true. I am up to our agreement and show My last ship was the Russell A. an oiler and sail with the SIU but these brasshats how s good union Alger (South Atlantic) out of I know many men In the SUP and iiian Operates, savannah, 6a., in 1048, which went know what that Union is up against We bad only been at sea a few to France. I hope some of my bud­ on the West Coast. I believe that Lundeberg per­ days when the captain confronted dies who were on that ship or any the ship's delegate: "You came on others with me remember me and formed a great service for the To the Editor: My sons and I would like to say this ship and think you are running drop me a Tine. (I was chief membership of the Sailors Union it. I am captain of the vessel." steward). Better still, when and if when he turned down the job of thanks and God bless you all to This was in retaliation for re­ they ever hit La Rochelle, France, Secretary of Labor, b^ause there each of the crewmembers of the pairs which the ship's delegate bad drop up to the US Army Hospital is nothing that the shipowners on Lafayette, for their kind expres­ pressed for while in San Francisco of La Rochelle and ask for the mess the; West Coast would like more sion of sympathy on the death of than to get him out of there. That my husband, Henry Nathan Mcand which had been promised at sergeant,, which is yours truly. Thank you in advance for the goes for the other imicms out there Nabb, who suffered a heart attack the sign-<m in Wilmington. The aboard the ship while in Germany. saloon messmaa overheard the LOG. Here's wishing the Union the too. Hershel, Billy, and For years the other unions like Captain say "he hoped to live to best for always. Mrs. Nathan McNabb George A. Stanton the ILWU have been trying to see the day that unions would (Ed. note: Your name has been , end." added to the LOG's mailing list; Baldinelli, the BR, reported the you vnll receive a copy every two captain painting his chair to the weeks.) delegate. When confronted, the t $ ft ft ft ft captain looked at the BR and stated, "So you're the skunk." Chief Mate Interferes The chief mate might as well have To the Editor. To the Editor: been bosun, A day didn't pass that In this long overdue letter I I've been reeeiving the LOG for be wasn't bagging someone In the would like to express my gratitude the past eighteen months and you deck cfew. By the way, he's an on behalf of my wife and family can stop sending it to me now be­ ex-Navy petty officer, and how well on receiving .the $200 maternity cause that rotating day I've been be performs his duties, in a strictly check and the $25 bond. waiting for has finally come. I'm military way; kneeling to every I would also like to thank the going back to the States for my command of the captain's as if he crew of the Sea Coral for the discharge,. and I'll be going, back waragod. money tiicy donated when my to sea just as soon as I get out. , The chief engineer l3 an ex-Navy father died. I appreciated reeeiving the LOG man also. - He told the electrician I feel very proud and fortunate all the time I've been over here. this ship does not need one. Every to, belong to this great Union which, My book is in retirement and I'm once in a while someone sees him in my opinion, is the very best in goin^ to g^t it out when I get back putting in a fuse or performing the world. and take up where I left off, going some electrical work. He claimed: In closing, 1 Would like you to to sea. It'U be a happy day for me the engine room was painted some aend the LOG to my home, as when I get aboard a ship. time ago, in ten days, on? presiunr both my wife' and I enjoy reading I'll close for now, and when I ably fired the two wipers.a.nd en-; it. get back to the States I'll he at the fine utility for not having accom­ John W. Feaiwn Coffee- time is always welcome, and these crewmembers of the New York hall visiting. Thanks a plished the same job in the sanve (Ed. note; Your name hs» been Northwe^ern Victory (Victory Carriers) aj^reciateit by just taking lot, SeaCams. length of time. The electrician also added to our mailing list to receive Walter J. Pnylomakl it easy ov<£ a cun of food kot coffee in the wai fift^ apparently for"tuming^ the LOG every two weeks.) Proud SiV Man Is One Among Many Veteran Wants LOG Sent Him Mt^s Tough Trip On AmesVictory Lundeherg, SUP Steer Good Course Widow Thanks Lafagette Crew Coffee Time's Always Good Thanhs Brothers For Two Benefits .a - Ex-Gi Plans Beturn To Sea 7 �•'""v^r,.T« I rag« ^ steak Situation Continues Tough LETTERS Injured Seafarer Gets Good Care To the Editor: To the Editor: I Just want to drop a line about As we cruise along southward on the tough luck that hit me and Ed the Del (Romantic) Monte, the boys Rellly on our last trip on the Cornare being fattened up by our first To the Editor: husker Mariner, and the fine way class stewards department, pre­ I'm writing this letter In regard that we were treated by Captain sided over by Alton "Galley to what our Secretary-Treasurer Dollard of the Hawaiian Packer. Madam" Booth, with chief cook said at the headquarters meeting Ed and myself both had to get . Tom Beatty. Wednesday "night, February 25th. off the ship at Honolulu. Ed broke The only complaint we have Is I think It would be ah excellent Seven bones In his left hand, and that our esteemed Delta Line port Idea to have housing projects built I Injured my back. After we got steward, Mr. Mitchell, having for our families, for no one under­ off the Cornhusker, the ^ent there started a private rationing pro­ stands a seaman like a seaman. took very good caife of us, and gram, has put on board 320 pounds A grocery store could be located then arranged to send us back to of steak meat as an 80-day sup­ In the project, owned and operated the States first class—SIU style. ply. We are supposed to have one by the Union; the money would We came back on the Hawaiian steak every ten days, but since we be going from the Union's pocket Packer, and I would like to thank have 55 persons (Including eight back Into It. I think the idea Is the skipper, Cap^ passengers) on hoard, this 320 just the thing. We'll have a fu­ tain Dollard for pounds will not cover. ture and something to look forthe way that .jyard to, and we'll know that when As highlights of the cruise we he treated me. we come In from a trip we'll have have dur regular Delta Line en­ Everything was some place to rest our heads' in gineering feats, beginning with the wonderful. 'When comfort. pumping of about 200 gallons of he found out that Melvln Bass fuel oil on the after deck and fly­ my back was in­ ing bridge. X X jured and that As a new Item, we have the deck I had a lot of department taking ballast and re­ trouble getting Denley pairing the ship's whistle, which around, he ar­ To the Editor: might save fuel oil, If they took ranged so that my meals would be I recently had a. letter from a Urougljt right to my cabin on a that too. friend In Holland who explained tray. Nothing was too much trou­ An item which should be elimi­ the horrors of the recent flood ble, and he saw to It that I got nated has come up. (I understand there and how all the American great service and had a wonder­ a couple of other Delta Line ships iihips in European ports niade con­ ful trip. Abshlre, AB (right), and Morgan, pumpman (center), of the PaoU are doing this also.) That Is, the tributions to help those In distress. (Cities Service), carry bundles In Kure,~ Japan, as they go on a matter of the galleyman cleaning I would like to wish him happy He asked me if there was anyone sailing wherever he goes. He Is the ventilating screens In the gal­ shopping trip with Mlml while they were In port there. on my ship who had a few dollars the kind of skipper than a man ley, as the method used Is endan­ he could spare. The Dutch Gov­ likes to sail under, and all I can gering the health of the crews of anchor, bosun, don't worry about ernment or whatever first-aid facil­ say Is that I wish there were more these ships. This has been taken that man. The Insurance company ities they have, would appreciate like him on the seas. care of on this ship, as the en­ gineers have reluctantly agreed to will take Care of him." it. Once I got back Into the States, Another morning, one of the To the Editor: Since the Union Is not conduct­ the Union also came to my help take care of what is rightfully their I would like It to be known by ing any drive now, I thought the and made sure everything was all work. It seems they have started firemen came to the mate and told doing as they please Instead of fol­ him he was sick and would like the membership that 1 have an In­ officials could be asked If a drive right. I came across the country to have some medicine. This was terest In a bar In Kobe, Japan could be authorized. Contributions lowing the contract. at 6:30 AM and the mate told him called the Club Rose (not to be con­ could be made through the ships' by train—first class, and I'm now Chester Hughart to return at 8 AM for medicine, fused with the Rose Bar) and that funds on each ship, sent to the going Into the Marine Hospital at i t t as at that time the captain would It would be appreciated If they hall and froiu there to the Dutch Staten Island, where I expect tp be awake.' Since this Incident, the would pay a visit to It when they Consulate or their representatives. have an operation. I would also like to thank the captain told the ship's delegate are In Kobe. The address Is: The Need la Urgent that anybody requiring medical at­ Club Rose, No. 43-3-chome Shimoy- . I haven't been reading .any big Union for the help given me and To the Editor: tention was to contact him per­ amate-dorl, Ikuta Ku, Kobe, Japan. city newspapers and don't listen the wonderful way I was treated. Just a word from the crew of sonally In the future, and it would Just mention to Ruby or Johnny to any radio (all the radios I had I'm straight SIU, and that's the best way any seaman can be. the good ship Del Mundo, due In be taken care of. were blown up or burnt because Walter "Sailor Jack Recife, Brazil, on New Year's Day, Crew of Sweetwater of a series of unusual experiments) Delaney" Denley although I don't think we. will so I don't know anything about X ^ XXX make It before Friday afternoon. the catastrophy In Europe except Anyway, that Is the news accord­ what was written to me. You prob­ ing to the shaft alley navigators. ably are more aoqualnted with It So far we have had a good trip, and can understand even more how with no beefing and squawking. To the Editor: To the Editer: greatly help Is needed. We have a I got off the ship December 23rd The reason I suggest help for ' I want to take this opportunity very good crew in Galveston, Tex. On January the Dutch Is because Holland is a to thank the LOG staff for making of oldtimer.s on 12th I went home to settle a few small country that always wasjn my recent vislf to the Union hall this trip — Hun­ things with Uncle Sam. January danger of the sea, and most of the most enjoyable. Besides being able gry Henry, Juke 1th I got shot In the stomach. I people are poor. They are more to pick up some back Issues of the Box Jeff, Mur- have been In the hospital since modest than other countries, like paper, I.waS given a complete toiir ree. Snake Ar- then—^the Marlnie Hospital in the big ones that ar^ always chisel­ of the buUdlhg, which proved not, M. Sweeney, Detroit. ' ing from our Government, even most interesting. Old Pop Ellis, Adolph Pachuckl Enjoyed Visit • with the Marshall Plan. Red Griffith and I think that If we do have a I was glad to see the recreation . XXX Manifold others. drive and show that we tried to rooms, which no- doubt, are en­ I hope every help them they'll never forget us, joyed by many men while they are William Chadbum brother has as good a dinner for and the Dutch's friendship Is dif­ on the beach. The shipping hall Christmas as we had. Hungry that you are In the same Union as ferent than some other countries; was also most Interesting but I Henry and the rest of his gang To the Editor: Blll-san and they will treat you they are not "two-faced." think what I enjoyed most were really put out a spread for us, fine. -Even If each man on each ship the two ship models on display. I Many Seafarers who from time and boy, they sure did a good job Bar To Get LOG gave as little as $.25 at only one was also shown the bookkeeping time have had occasion to stay of piling It up In front of us. We to I would also like copies of the payoff—whew, that makes an at­ department and the vacation pay at or visit the Seaman's Church In­ also had a Christmas tree and all department and I might add that In Philadelphia while wait­ LOG sent to the bar every time tractive sum. the trimmings. I am afraid I will stitute WllUam Calefato I found the food at the cafeteria Issued so It will be available for ing for a berth or ship have re­ have put my weight back when 1 ceived the warm, most delicious. the members when their ships stop get back this time, for a change. personal wel­ All In all, everything was just In Kobe. Two Shipmates about . Well, here's hoping everyone come -extended as shipshape as could be. I Enclosed is a snapshot of myself had a very Merry Christmas and a by the director. want to thank the LOG, also, for enjoying life in Japan. If you want very happy New Year, from all of Rev. Stockman, printing a number of my poems in to print It in the LOG, fine. I am the crew of this good ship. the LOG. I really enjoy reading not going to^We the fuzz off un-; Chaplain Davis, O. H. Manifold this paper. I'm sure ,most of the til we arrive back in to the Port of and associate seamen enjoy reading all the fine San Francisco, which should be welfare director, articles,' especially when they are about March 25, unless we have a Mr. Profflt. These away from home port. change of orders. No one wants fine men unself­ M, Dwyer this as we have been out five ishly give their JeUetto months now and are dying to get XXXtime and serv­ To the Editor: The following will explain why ices In endeavoring to create here to the States for a litle rest and; ^ • the chief mate on board the Sweet­ a hoiney atmosphere for seamen some fun. Proteata Korean Ban away from home. That they do a water has been the object of much Before I sign off I would like to discussion for the past several trips good job Is attested to by many of To the Editor: ® mention that something should be our SIU members and others. on this vessel: I would like to thank the fellowl": done about not letting the seamen One day, while leaving New on the SS Mae for making-It pb^ The many and varied services York, one of the daymen was in rendered by these gentlemen re­ ashore in Korea. We have been slble for my husband to come here about 45 days now and ho dna the winch bed covering the hawse ceive the highest praise from any­ see his qidther who was, very, iff I*-, pipe, wh^n the mate ordered the one who has met them, and the has been allowed ^sbore. It fe n6t the' hospital.' good for a seaman's morale. bosun to raise the anchor. The best wishes of all seamen who My daughter Peggy and 1 Wliliani H. Chadbum Harvey (left), AB, and Terry, are very happy to say that the man bosun told the mate there was a have had the good fortune at one (Ed. note: We have added,ymir man L; :he winch bed at that time- time or another to have visited the name io the mailing list; ten foptet deck malnt.,' take it easy of our hofiae has been a member of covering the havise pipe. • * Institute. of the LOG will;be- sent to the aboard the Elly during A trip the SHLfor a long time. ' The mate replied'"Raisd the Mrs. Melvln H. Jones JohajeUeiie Club RoiiWefy'two wceffs.) ? to Japan. Shopping Trip in Kure Applauds Idea Of Seafarer Project Urges Help For Flood Victims Vrgea Member* ViaU nia Bar Xmas Dinner Fine On Del Mundo Too Gets Wounded After Payoff Tlmnhs LOG For Tour Of JSX Hall Institute's Help' Valued Highly Kr. •• Mate Ignores Crew^s Safety X:' J.V Thiutm Brdiheii^^ For Her HnshandL �5 B^AiPM h B»9^ • - • ' ' -•"v" • v'V ' 'C .. Vif w Pace 'Twents^tbre* ' ' •^'•> '<4 k* ''>1 iiiiiii mmm0! •iiipii Ill IMI fSmi 'iiiii' sispii WUt Deep sea salvage is testing'the skills of divers and wrecking experts these daj's from the coast of Japan to North Africa . . . from the shores of Florida to the wreck-strewn harbor of Manila. Millions of dollars worth USS Kearsarge gets in position over sunken trawler L^n as a tug stands by. Her huge crane and tackle can lift 250 tons with ease.' Note old-style ram bow, once the fashion with battleships. I ,: 1 , f », "f fiili ®ii Masts and superstructure of the Lynn break the surface as Kearsage hauls her from 60 feet down with two sHngs that were se­ cured beneath the wrecked hull. Barge carries diving equipment. isiiij ' ' WMm ; The salvaged trawler brought with hey to the surface evidence of her sunken'condition. A heavy*ebathig of seaweed covered;the r vessel, e and on ihe of ships, steel plates, and sunken cargoes are being recovered in a world-wide salvage drive the like of which has never before been witnessed by the mari­ time world. Some of the most interesting salvage jobs of re­ cent months have taken place around in-shore waters of the Atlantic coast. tVhile outward bound from Boston forjthe fishing banks late on a dark, fall afternoon in'November, 1951, the 112-foot trawler Lynn of Boston was rammed and sunk by the tanker Ventura, which had come up from behind and, according to its officers, had been ignored by the trawler's watch. Fifteen of the trawler's 17-man crew went down with the sh.fp. Last summer a Virginia salvage firm purchased the wreck, which lay under 600 feet of water, from the insurance underwritei's for a mere $500. Divers who had descended to the hulk reported a strange fact—that there was hardly a scratch to be found anywhere on the vessel. The hull had not been damaged in the fatal collision. Evidently, the tanker had turned the little ship over as it was swinging hard on its own helm and water poured into an open hatchway; enough to sink it quickly. *« Lynn Refloated Recently, after two months of preliminai-y work, the Lynn was raised by the USS Kearsarge, hired by the salvors from the US Navy for the job. The ram-bowed Kearsarge is an 1898 vintage battleship once hailed as the mightiest warship in the world. She accompanied the Great White Fleet around" the world in 1908-09, After World War I, the kearsarge was fitted out as a craneship for heavy lifts at Navy yards. She brought up the Lynn, which weighed 250 tons full of water, with ease. Now thoroughly cleaned of mud and refitted, the Lynn has been towed to Norfolk, Va., and will soon resume her business of trawling. To build a simitar vessel at today's prices would cost about $250,000. It is estimated that the salvors spent aboqt $15,000 to raise and recondition the ship! Another interesting feat of salvage not far from the sunken Lynn was the raising of ttie 306-foot freighter Arizona Sword from the eastern end of tiie Cape Cod canal after being rammed and sunk by the coastwise collier Berwindvale in May of 1951. Veteran Salvage E.\pert Low bidder to the US Army Coi-ps of Engineers for removing the wreck was George M. Byrne, an 83-year-old Boston engineer who has accomplished many difficult engineering feats without college training or any kind of formal degree in engineering sciences. Mr. Bryne was paid $227,000 for the difficult feat of floating and removing the hulk from the busy waterway, acquired ownership of its 4,800-ton cargo of sulphur, and is now recovei'ing the seven-yearold freighter at a Boston dock in the hope of selling her for continued operation under the American flag. As these instwces show, there's money to .be made under the sca^ but. the chances are big. And more sunken wrecks defy the salvagers than, like these vessels, are successfully raised. i >/ ,' i,fi...iaijaislIsC; -V. ; �SEAFARERS Page Twenty-foiir LP a Mareh 9, 1951 ... DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS ... .ft'. l9:-. I: WILD RANGER (Wafarman), Dacambar 91—Chairman, John Crowlay; Sacratary, H. A. Orlando. Vote of thanks went to the negotiating committee for a splendid job on the new contract. Brother Gal­ lagher was elected ship's delegate by ac­ clamation. Suggestion was made to lock up walbing maschine and messroom in all ports. One brother complained that his steaks were served cold. January 18—Chairman, L. W. Gallagher; Secretary, H. A. Orlando. The one beef —with the Chief mate—wiU be taken care of when the ship reaches port. Pa­ trolman will be asked if he has" the right to hold the crew's cigarettes and distribute them as he wishes. Medicine supply will be checked, as it is totally in­ adequate. Motion was passed to see about putting a decent slopchest aboard. Special meeting will be held with the patrolman before paying off. There is S15.75 in the ship's fund. There should be less noise in the passageways so that men on watch can get more sleep. Stew­ ard was asked to order a set of steak knives. Repair list will be turned in be­ fore arrival. Lights should be placed on both quarter deck off. for the safety of men going on watch. AFOUNDRIA (Waterman), January 98^ Chairman, Anderson Johns; Secretary, Bob Sheppard. One man missed ship in Baltimore and was replaced in Tampa. Discussion was held on all fans; each department should be kept clean and dry at ajb times. More variety of meats was requested. Something should be done by the engineer on the rusty water in the tanks. Robert Young was elected deck delegate. MOBILIAN (Waterman), January 35— Chairman, Charles Coletti; Secretary, Ed­ ward Zebrowski. Repairs will be taken up with the engineer. These include lockers, benches, and a new sink for the 12-4 watch. Forty gallons of milk were taken aboard in Bremerhaven and lasted only two days. Captain told the steward to order,as much milk as needed. Stew­ ard proceeded to clean milk cans with the idea of ordering milk in Rotterdam. When this had been ordered and taken aboard ship the captain refused to pay for it and it had to be sent ashore, in dUeci viulalion of the agreement. SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Seatrain), Jan­ uary 25—Chairman, W. F. Mueller; Sec­ retary, Tom Bowers. Ship's delegate re­ ported that there is $66.73. Suggestion was made to send candles and writing Go's Speed Seafarers' Retro Pay I- paper to the boys in Korea. One mem­ ber was authorized to get these. Sug­ gestion was made to try and get waU desks for all rooms. Bosun was asked to make a maU box for the crew messroom, Suggestion was made to try and move the cabinet over the sink in the crew messroom, as it is in the way when a man U washing dishes. Suggestion was made to get more side dfehes. Vote of thanks went to the ship's delegate for the good work he Is doing in building up the ship's fund and to the steward and his department for the, good work they are doing. SUZANNE (Boll), January man, George Weas; Secratary, A. Aragnes. Patrolman wlU he contacted on the deck cargo lashing beef. Water fountain in the passageway needs ' •* has been out of order for the last three trips. Attention will be called to the spitting in the alleyways. Stewards de­ partment shower tos been out of order for the last two days. There is no hot water running. More accurate time should be posted on the sailing board. .-tj, '-I Seafarers who applied for new membership books in New York but are now sailing from outports don't have to come to this city to get their new books. If the men Involved will write to headquarters and tell the Union which port they are sailing out of, the Union will forward the book in care of the port agent. Under no circumstances however, will the hooks be sent through the mails to any private addresses. BEATRICE (Boll), January 3—Chair­ man, W. Ortiz; Secretary, Leroy John­ son.* Discussion was held on_a new rlnL- man, Morgan Harris; Secretary, George er on the washroom tub. Repair Ust was H. Seeberger. Delegates wiU make out repair Usts and forward them to the made up. patrolman on arrival. New chairs are ELIZABETH (Bull), January 31—Chair­ needed for the messroom, wind chutes man, Howard R. Sposato; Secretary, for crew's quarters, washing machine Christopher L. Bobbe. Chips was left should be repaired or replaced. Fresh In Puerto Rico In the hospital. Deck de­ water tanks are very rusty and need partment heads are not in working or­ cleaning^ Crew's foc'sle decks and messder. Discussion was held on closing the room decks need painting badly. Crew ship's laundry by the chief mate and needs innerspring mattresses and new keeping it clean: on the deck department pillows, as weU as foot .board for the beef about the awning back aft and the showers.. slamming of the gaUey door early In the KEYSTONE MARINER (Waterman), De­ morning, disturbing the watch off duty. Patrolman should be seen about the chief cember 13—Chelrman, C. Wilson; Secre­ tary, E. Edglnton. Condition of the wash­ mate giving passes for gear. ing machine was reported to the chief MARINA (Bull), January 20—Chairman, engineer but nothing has been done Jos* Prafts; Secretary, Frank Megar. ^out it. Captain suggested that shelves Crew thanks the stewards department for be made for bunks. Suggestion was made the good food and the good cooperation. to get more milk before saUing, as this Complaints were made about the clean­ is e larger crew. UntU more is obtained, ing of the washing machine. Last stand­ milk WiU be served only at breakfast and by on each watch will clean up the rec­ supper. Suggestion was made to have reation room, and each man wiU replace one man from each department clean his own cup and saucer in the sink in the laundry, rotating weekly. Cots wiU the gaUey. Stewards department will be ordered on the West Coast. There sweep and clean the recreation room in should be less noise in the passageways. the daytime, while the other two de­ January IS—Chairman, C. W. Wilson; partments wUl take care of the laundry. Secretary, M. White. A few beefs wiU be Crew is not to dump the garbage on deck presented to the patrolman on arrival in but in the cans back aft. Wipers would port. Beef on paint spraying will be re­ like to have their foc'sle painted. ferred to the patrolman. Captiin wlU be contacted about shelves over hunks In SEATRAIN NEW JERSEY (Seatrain), quartCM. If washing machine is beyond January 11—Chairman, J. Reyes; Secre­ repair it wiU be replaced; a new wringer tary, S. U. Johnson. There is $26.60 in will be obtained also. Laundry wiU be tlie ship's fund. J. Reyes was elected locked in port, with the key kept in ship's delegate by acclamation. Steward the galley. Crew's quarters' doors need should inquire of the company why 160 hooks. Union wiU be contacted about quarts of milk were not. on board be­ health hazard in regard to garbage room. fore sailing and additional milk for daily consumption in port, as per patrolman's HURRICANE (Waterman), January 30^ order at the last payoff. Repair lists wiU Chairman, Harvey W. Morris; Secretary, be made up and turned over to the ship's Cedlew. Ship's fund now stands at $3.74. delegate. Steward should order a larger Thanks were given to the steward and supply of lava soap or sand soap. cooks for the good food and baking. Stew­ January 2t—Chairman, Sir Charles; ard stated that no stores or ship's sup­ Secretary, S. U. Johnson. There is S21.60 plies are 'to he taken by crewmeftibers In the ship's fund. Repair lists should for gifts or barter ashore: they are put be turned in as soon as possible. More on the ship for the use of aU crewcooperation is needed among the entire memhers. Mate wiU be contacted about crew. The department delegates took the frozen porthole dogs. Patrolman will the authority to donate S5 to the in­ be asked to find out why this ship is jured brother put ashore at Key West, always detained in receiving passes and Fla. Negotiating committee should try draws in foreign ports. Slopchest prices and add the birthday of the SIO and F Easter Sunday to the contract. Medicine kit should be placed back aft. Any mem­ ber late in getting back to the Vessel due to an emergency should call his de­ partment delegate. (Continued from page 2) ready on or about the 15th of the month. Seatransport Corp.—Will handle mail first, or at payoff. May or June date. Shipenter Lines Inc.—Mail ap­ plications preferred. Payments ready around March 15. STONEWALL JACKSON (Waterman), South Atlantic SS Line—Pay­ January 31—Chairman, OavId K. Nunn; ments are now going out via the Secretary, J. B. Morton. Repair list was discussed and accepted. Vote of thanks mails. went to the stewards department. Stratford SS Co.—Will handle at ROYAL OAK (ailes Service), January payoff or by mail. 2$—Chairman, S. U. Anderson; Secratary, Strathmore Shipping Co.—Apply Carl Kammer. Motion was passed to post on the buUetin board to make sure at company office, 52 Broadway. OT it is being distributed fairly. Suggestion Preferably in person. 'was made to extend an invitation to the Tini SS Co.—Wilh pay in two steward and the bosun to attend crew meetings. Complete repair Ust was read weeks. off. Traders SS Corp.—Mail requests COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Service), Feb­ will get preference. ruary 2—Chairman, Ted Weaver; Secre­ Trafalgar SS Corp.—Payments tary, R. O. Tapman. Motion was passed to place a fan in the pantr.v. One man will be ready on or about May 1. off, one man missed ship In Marcus Tramp Cargo Carriers — Pay­ paid Hook. Lloyd Wilson was elected ship's delegate. Patrolman will be contacted ments will be ready the end of 'about the Unen, as sheets and spreads March. are reportedly too short for the bunks. Transfuel Corp.—Mail applica­ There is a $20 balance in the ship's fund. tions preferred. Will notify Union POTRERO HILLS (MarTrade), January when ready. 25—Chairman, Carl Johnson; Secretary, B. Thomas. $6.59 was collected this Trojan SS Co.—Will notify Union C. trip, making a total of $8.59 in the ship's when ready. ' fund. There are not enough cups. Crew wants more and better quaUty goods in Troy SS Co.—Same as above. the slopchest. The ship is supposed to US Petroleum Carriers—Money get-some new library books in the next port. Ship's delegate will turn the re­ will be ready around May 1. list over to the patrolman at the Veritas SS Co.—Payrolls will be pair payoff, as there is much to be done. A unanimous vote of thanks went to the ready in two weeks. department for excellent food Victory Carriers-^PayroIls will stewards and service. be made up completely about EOITH (Bull), February 2—Chairman, May 1. Larry ZaIenskI; Secretary, Louis Rlzzo. Waterman SS Corp.—Payrolls Frank Andrews was elected ship's del­ Overtime and a few beefs about will be ready in about a month. egate. the first assistant will be brought to the All paymetats will be handled attention of the patrolman. Motion was to keep feet off the seats. Wash­ through die mails. Men hiave to passed ing machine was under discussion as well write company at Waterman Build­ as the lack of launch service at Port ing, Mobile, Ala., and list time on Sulphur. All three departments wUl claim fou-- lay's launch service. B.iJ tub- hi ships. the radio wiU be cheeked by the stewar(l. Western' Navigation Corp.—Pay­ POTRERO HILLS (Mar Trade), January ments will. be» mailed out in two IS—Chairman, A. Yarborough; Sacretary, weeks. Cecil Thomas. Ship's treasurer reported $2.00 on hand in the ship's fund. Western Tankers—Money ready on or about May 1. . MICHAEL (Carras), February 1—Chair­ , ' Get New Books Through Agents ii. Si .iiiWtttk., Seastruck Welsh Boy Likes SlU (Continued from page 6) menace around the East American shore was the Black Vulture, a pirate of about 600 tons. She was a fast lugger carrying a big gun amidships add a long gun in her stem. One stormy day she sighted a British man-o-war, HMS Eagle and turned about towards a coral reef with the shelter of* a 30-foot cliff on one side.' HMS Eagle pass-ing near sighted her top halyard above the cliff though. When no answer came to her hail she went to investigate. Her opponent chal­ lenged her to battle. She went to it like a crowd of demons. Sbe had emptied three broadsides into her before, by a trick, the Black Vul­ ture broke free. "But not for long! In her haste she went and piled herself up on the coral. As she surrendered a loud cheer broke up from the con­ queror. In court the pirate skip­ per confessed everything, even that he had sworn that his sbid would not be conquered in battle and that he had bribed his men to take great risks by setting them against each otjiep and promising them great,Uunw of money t^iat never qaihcl'' ' , '- : V:-, . .L:; arc not posted. Crew war atked not to New Mexico. Steward waa given a votn hang around the gaUey. of thanks for the good job he has ffonn during the short time he has been on AZALEA CITY (Waterman), February the ship. Since the second cook missed 35—Chairman, Edward O'Rourke; Secre­ the ship in Galveston, the steward han tary, Oavid B. Sacher. There la the same had to do all the cooking. Repair Ust beef about repaifa not being made laat was made out; trip. Patrolman will tte the port ateward about getting a better grade of fruit and STEEL VOYAGER (Isthmian), Fsbruary vegetables aboard. There la a $54 bal­ 1—Chairman, W. - A- Jordan; Sdcretsrv* ance in the ahip't fund. R. OI Sarno. Grew messman and pantry­ man agreed to help one another in serv­ PUyEgTO RICO (Bull), February .1— ing all the meals. Boson Is to be sure Chairman, Ed Caudlll; Sacratary, Jim that coffee Is made at 2:30 PM. Laundry Murphy. Petty larceny in St. Thomas b$8 WiU be aougeed by one man in each de­ stopped. One man missed ship in New partment without the payment of OT. No York. Chief steward said he wishes to beer wUl he issued outside the Persian stand the loss of the ship's fund money. Gulf, by 'order of the -company. Repair list wUl be turned In one week beforo STEEL KING (isthmian). Oacambar I reaching the USA. Chairman, J. Muela;' Sacratary, P. J. Harayo. Ship's delegate said aU crewREPUBLIC (Trafalgar), February 7—. members must be on board one hour Chairman, Allison Helert; Sacretary, Jo­ before sailing time. Crew washroom seph Fusilier. Crew is exceptionaUy goods mu4 be kept clean at all times by each we lack performers and gashounds. Mo­ department. Firemen must arrange to tion was p.issed to have new fans placed have equal amounts of overtime. in the foc'sles and a new door put on January 4—Chairman, J. Muela; Sacra­ the messhall. refrigerator. There should tary, P. J Harayo. Ship's delegate re­ be a new door on the stewards depart­ ported that the washing machine was re- ment head. Chief engineer wiU be asked paired, and everyone must take care of Shout painting engine room foc'sles and it. There were a few minor beefs about getting a new doorknob for the 12-4 the crew's icebox. Wipers must keep the firemen's foc'sles and cleaning the water aUeyways, showers and heads clean. Deck tanks. department had a beef about some meih LEWIS EMERY JR. (Victory Carriers), hers not securing the ship. January 11—Chairman, Lteo E. Movallj ROBIN DONCASTER (Seas Shipping), Secretary, Ricky F. Motlka. Motion was Oacambar 5—Chairman, E. Nooney; Sec- passed to turn a repair Ust over to the rafary, C. Cann. Only a few minor in­ chief mate before the trip continues. All fractions were talked over with the cap­ Wooden boxes should he saVed for the tain. Electrician wiU determine the value baker to start the gaUey fire with. Books of the washing machine, which will be and magazines should be returned to the sold to a crewmember, with the money recreation room. Discussion was held on going toward the ship's fund. Outside the cleanUness of the ship and the pen­ doors will be kept locked in port. All alty for performers. February 1—Chairman, L. R. Faddeni hands wi-re asked to be more economical In their use of coffee hereafter, so It Sseretary, Ricky P. Motlka. The mate will will not be necessary to buy more. Damp make keys for all rooms. Radiator re­ dish cloths and table cloths should not pairs will be turned over to department be left in the messhall in hot climates. heads. Members will sign for cots issued Everyone is to come into the messhall by the steward. Books wlU be taken from the Ubrary in port.. properly dressed. Fabruyy 7—Chairman, E. Nooney; Sac­ ANGELINA (Bull), February S—Chair­ ratary, C. Gann. Since the man who in­ tended to buy the washing machine is man K. V. Chrlstensan; Secretary, Robert going to the hospital when ths ship Po'wsll. There are no beefs; the captain reaches Africa, the ship's delegate will Is satisfied with conditions In general. accept the highest bid for the washing Crew was asked to keep hands off ths machine. All logs were scratched with bulkheads in the passageways on ths the exception of the two men who missed main deck. 'Washing machine should bs the ship. Several items are scarce. Pa­ cleaned. Permitmen received commenda­ trolman WiU decide who is to get divi­ ble mention for dependability. sion of extra meals. Day worker is doing STEEL ADVOCATE (Isthmian), Novem­ gaUey force and messman's work. This matter wiU also be referred to the pa­ ber 2—Chairman, W. Mitchell; Sacretary, trolman. Motion was passed to have one T. Thompson. StewaxU should inspect day man added to the deck gang oh this the messhall before meals. Crew should type of vessel. Ship is two men short, try not to bang doors. Radios should ha due to injuries. There should be Im­ tuned down, as men off watch want to provements made in Uving and working sleep. Steward should check the menus and sanitary conditions. Quarters are before they are put on the' hoard. Two inadequate. The bosun's foc'sle is too keys should be made for the messhall smaU. ' Ship should be fumigated. In­ and one for the pantry, - so doors can be ventory should be made up early by locked in port. November 23—Chaicman, A.. McAuthert stewards department members. Secretary, Tommy Thompson. Steward was asked to explain what was wrong SUNION (Kes), Janusry II—Chairman, S. Emerson; Sacrelsry, W. R. Gsls. Ed with the linen. After some discussion, WUisch was elected ship's delegate. Sug­ agreement .was reached. Suggestion wag gestion was made that all crcwmembers made to have cold drinks twice a day, make voluntary donations to the March and put fruit In the ice box at night. of Dimes at the payoff. Cans should be Garbage can' should be put ln*the aUeyplaced in the passageway for cigarettes way during mealtimes. January 28—Chairman, W. Miichafir^ and trash. Men should be propefly Secratary, Joa Kramar.-Second cook, who dressed in the messroom. Motion was made to contact headquarters to have a took the chief cook's Job when the chief cook was taken sick in Alexandria, is slopchest In the South. ' recommended by the crew to aaU as chief cook. Longer sheets are needed, BURBANK VICTORY (Eastern), Feb­ ruary S—Chairman, Maurtce Kopsnhagsn; as weU as wooden foot stands, in ths Secretary, Albart Lambert. Crewmembers showers, six chairs for the recreation should report to the purser for medical room, new porthole glasses- and • new treatment before arrival in ports, and gaUey sink faucet. report immediately any Injuries—even ALAMAR (Calmar), November • 23— minor ones—^to the purser or the depart­ ment head. Motion v/as passed to have Chairman, S. Musco; Sacratary, Vines Zamblte. AU repairs have been madethe engine delegate contact the first as­ sistant engineer and try to arrange bete There is $43.40 in the ship's fund. Ship's ter accommodations for junior engineers. delegate wUl check on the TV set in Ship's delegate asked for more coopera­ Long Beach. Discussion was held on the tion with the crew messman and pantry­ food and baking. The food is bad and man. They say they do the best they could be improved. The baking could can. Service has improved; the steward also be improved upon. Steward, chief says there's stlU plenty of food on hand. cook and second cook were told to im­ Engine room blowers need fixing. Stew­ prove on preparation of food and menus.. ard a^eed that crewmembers are en­ ALEXANDRA (Csrras), Dscsmbsr 20— titled to two pUlow sUps and two bars Chairman, H. K. PItrca; Sacratary, Thurs­ of toUet soap apiece. ton J. Lewis. Thurston Lewis waa elect­ CHRISTINE (Carrat), February S- ed ship's delegate. One washing machine Chalrman, Clyde L. Cummlngt; Secretary, WiU be saved for white clothes, the other Tony Novak. Wash water la rusty, and used for working gear. the suggestion was made that the tanks FREDERIC C. COLLIN (Dry Trant), be cleaned. Request was made that the captain be contacted about increasing Oacambar 21—Chairman, C. H. Mont­ gomery; Secretary, Chuck Hostattar. the cigarette ration to two cartons a week. Shower drain on the deck depart­ Steve Vellopel waa elected ship's dele­ ment is stopped up: the deck engineer gate. Sanitary detail of passageways, heads and showers should be equalized WiU fix this. by all departments. Chief cook was asked to use less grease in cooking food. CUBORE (Ore), January 25—Chairman, Van Evera; Secretary, O. R. Rayweck. Discussion on making coffee was settled to the satisfaction of all. Menus should Motion was passed to have stores checked by the patrolman to make sure they are be changed more often, to offer a differ­ up to SlU standards. Frank Clawson was ent variety of meat. Chief cook and elected ship's delegate. Cups , should he steward explained preparations of menuai returned to the pantry, and washed out. this expiana^on was accepted. ' LaundiV should be kept clean. There STEELORE. (Ore), January 25—Chair­ should be a complete supply of sUverware and glasses for the crew. VpntUat- man, R. Connor; Sacratary, P. Faraon. Discussion was held on keeping the laun­ Ing system should be- Cleaned and re­ paired. Repair Ust wUl be checked by dry clean and returning cups to the messthe patrolman. Wind chutes should be room. R. Connor was elected ship's del­ out when the gangway Is lowered or egate: P. Farson, deck delegate: Naarraised. Steak should be on the menu Isma, engine delegate: Francis OXaughtwice a week, as weU as Ice cream and Un, steward delegate. Steward agreed to fried chicken. Fruit should be put out open the spare messyoom as a recreation at night. There should' he a variety of room. Engihe- and deck sanitary men Will alternate in keeping' it clean. Ship's juices and jelUet. delegate will contact the captain about; ALBION (Dry Trans), Fabruary S— repairs which Were not done for the pasti Chairman, Pierce; Secretary, Oarrell R. three trips. These Include: lack of! Rogers. Ship's delegate should see the shower heads in toUets. portholes In patrolman about moving one of the bunks messroom and several In Jthe foc'sles! in the present messmen's room to the need repairs, one crew mesatsble is mist­ not num­ other, which is larger than the one Which ing, weather deck fire-plugs now has three men sleeping in it. One bered. Crew's msnroom needs paintingalso need aougeeihg and paint­ of the stewards department bunks should Quarters • be moved to - a larger room. Vote of ing. February 1—Chairman, R. Connor; Sec­ thanks went to the stewards department. retary, P. Parson. Ship's delegate' wUi SOUTHERN DISTRICTS <%>uthern again attempt to have measrocim an.i Traaing), February 7—Chairman, C. W. crew's quarters aougeed and painted. Maynardi Secretaair, C, W. Ray. Motion Dlscusaloq was held on the continuous wa| passed to turn the ship's fuhd'Over lack of good bread, auSicieiit. night' lunch, to .the patrolman for tho .TQ home, jn . . (Cootlnued im pBse 2$) �'-} 'J .i 1 ^ ^ ^ \ 'i f, J« i. ,f,»<, .•-jr IWl' .-|.'.«:'l' Paje Tweniy-fiT* SEAFARERS LOG Mueh 9, mt . DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS (Continued from page 24) overcooUnc ol stcakf. Watte baiket and drains were requested for foc'ales. I<ockera in. meatman's room and the hasp on the door need rcpairinf. FILTORI (Ore). February 1—Chair­ man. IMer; Secretary. Hlnnant. Discus­ sion was held on the broken bunk springs: aU of the bunks should be checked. Each delegate should turn in a repair list and ask about getting wind chutes. Sugges­ tion was made to see that the crew has the same sauce as the dSicera Steward reported that more stores are being put aboard. He agreed to leave out com flakes and other cereals for the U-to-4 watch. Night pantry should be kept clean. Water tanks should be cleaned or taken care of in the shipyard. BSTHORI (Ore). February 4—Chair­ man. B. A. Boyd; Secretary. Joe. Avery. One man wishes to make a statement to the patrolman concerning the termina­ tion of his employment aboard this ves­ sel. . Another member wiU make a state­ ment concerning the physical and verbal abuse he received from the third assist­ ant engineer. Patrolman will be contact­ ed about the shortage of fresh stores aboard the ship. Steward and cooks were unanimously complimented for the improvement shown in the planning and preparation of the meals. There were also shortages of suqh supplies as match­ es. drinking glasses, salt shakers. LA SALLS (Waterman). February 1— Chairman. J. S. Davis; Secretary. O. J.. Batz. There is $21.50 in the ship's fund. Washing machine motor being repaired In Brcmerhaven is awaiting pick-up. R. N. Kelly was elected ship's delegate. Any man caught spitting or abusing the drink­ ing fountains will be fined. Ship's dele­ gates discussed proper sanitation, and called attention to the-poor cleaning of •ating utensils. Electrician must have permission from the chief engineer to repair fans. Light should be put on the washing machine to indicate w^en it is running. Soiled linen should be returned. Steward promised to have breakfast bacon cooked properly. Chief engineer wiU be contacted about sougecing the paasageways in crew's quarters. AU hands are to keep the metihaU clean and orderly at aU times. Steward ssUI that requests for anything not on the menu woiild be granted, if within reason. February 10—Chairman, Wllbart Wantling; Secretary. Fred R. Hicks. Stewards department sliouid be commended for their good food and effort on behalf of the entire crew. There was a beef on one member not doing his work properly, steward wUl move- the linen changing day to Friday instead of Wednesday, to give him time to send the laundry ashore at Yokohama. AU hands ahoould use the garbage cans aft to keep the ship clean at aU times. FAOLI (Cities Service). February 1S-Chalrman. Joseph V. Stephens; Secretary, John Brady. There is S34.17 in the treas­ ury. Crew was asked not to come Jnto the messliaU Jn underwear at any time. Telegram was sent to the Lake Charles agent about the man who missed ship. Voluntary contributions wlU be accepted for the ship's fund. AU hands should help keep the messhall, recreation room and laundry clean. AU departments wUl make up repair lists. ANTINOUS (Waterman). February 15— Chairman, Paul C. Carter; Secretary. Bill Varn. Jr. A. Larson was elected ship's delegate. Vote of thanks went to the reslgtdng ship's delegate. Letter should be sent to the New Ybrk haU about doing something to keep unauthorized persons out of the messhails and alleyways, par­ ticularly in New York. Trash cans should be kept much cleaner. IRENESTAR (TrHon). January II— Chairman. Dave Rivers; Secretary,. John Fisher. Ship's delegates reported about the requisition that was made before ar­ rival in Long Beach. Captain wiU have foc'slea and heads painted as soon as the ship is under way. Ship's delegate asked aU members to refrain from taking beefs topside, or requesting personal draws. Steward reported that the company was very good to him, and sent him all that was ordered,, even including three extra bottles of tomato eatsup. Ship's delegate asked the men to bring cota Inside in stormy weather, or to stay with them, so that we wiU know when man and cot are- missing, and they wlU be easy to locate. JEAN (Bull). February 15—Chairman, Teddy M. Otasseckl; Secretary. J. Ooldman. Cartright was elected ship's dele­ gate. Vote of confidence went to the stewards department galleyman and messman. Tablecloths,- variety of Jams and more napkins are needed. More night lunch should be prepared. Repair MARYMAR (Cslmar). February IS— list will be turned in before the ship Chairman. Joa Kowaltkl; Sacratary. Honhits home port. ast Al Whltmar. Copies of the repair list were given to the department heads, the CATAHOULA (National Navlgatlen). ship and the patrolman. Lifeboats and February 12—Chairman. Bill Hay; Ssc- gear are. in working order, as are the rstary. W. A. MacOreger. Radiogram second deck air vents. Three other men will be sent to New Orleans, asking for left the ship because they could not get a patrolman to meet the ship and asking along with the chief cook, which was not If the crew should pay off if no patrol- their fault. No beefs other than that . man la present. Ship needs fumigation. against the chief cook and lousy prepara­ Patrolman will be asked about launch tion of food. Motion was passed to write service at Juare, Cuba. AU books and out about IS typical menus for tho pa­ magazines Should be returned to the re­ trolman to see at the payoff so that he creation room. Records should be kept in win know that this ship is not living up the rack that is suppUed for that pur­ to the agreement to put better food on pose. Crewmembers were asked to be this sliip. Washing machine will be put more quiet in the passageways whUe on the repair list. Chief cook will be re­ brothers who have been on watch are ported to the patrolman for hU iiiability asleep. Heads and showers should be to get along with the men under him kept clean at aU times. and his inability to cook. ^Can'Shakera^ Have Xo OK The membership is again cautioned to beware of persons soliciting funds on ships in b^ half of memorials or any other so-called "worthy causes." No "(»n-8hakers" or solici­ tors have received authoriza­ tion from SIU headquarters to collect funds. The National Foundation for Infantile Pa­ ralysis is the only charitable organization which has .re­ ceived membership endorse­ ment Funds for this cause are collected through normal Union channels at the pay-off. Receipts are issued on the spot. Sacratary, B. F. Brica. More cold drinks should be put out. instead of so much water. Patrolman wlU be contacted about the poop quality of the food. There should be a first aid kit iii the engine room. Roach powder should be put out. Watch should be served first. Patrolman WiU be contacted about sanitary men doing spot sougeeing in passageways. Cigarette butts should be kept off the deck in the showers. Washing machine should be turned off when finished using it. ' Warning light should be Installed on' it. MAE (Bull). February 2—Chairman, E. Hoagy; Secretary. Herbert (Tiny) Ken­ nedy. There it . $28 In the ship's fund. Crew wiU have an arrival pool—$15 for the winner, $15 for the ship's fund. Hipp was elected ship's delegate. Captain gays the chief cook's room will be painted next trip. Discussion was held on the milk situation, which the steward says he now has regulated. Repair list wiU be turned in to the patrolman on arrival. BURBANK VICTORY (Eastern), Janu­ ary II—Chairman. James Lee; Secretary. Frank A. Radzvlla. Motion was made to recommend the crew messman for ills fine service in keeping the place very clean: the crew wlU cooperate with him through the voyage. Washroom should be kept, a lot cleaner. SAH-MATEO VICTORY (Eastern). Jan­ uary 11—Chairman, Ccorga Fowles; Sac­ ratary. Lawrence Kaufman. Two men missed ship in New York. Whitey Conn was elected ship'r delegate. Patrolman WiU see about getting port blower in the engine room fixed before leaving for the Far Bast. Motion w^as passed to try to get a new library in San Pedro. Motion was passed to accept voluntary donations to the ship's fund. Crew was gsked to help keep the pantry clean and keep feet off the chairs in the messhalL Vote of thaiUu went to the stewards department for fine preparaUon and serving of food. FAOLI (Cities Service), January 24— BENTS FORT (Cttlas Sarvica). Fabru- Patrolman wiU be asked to request fans Chairman. Earl West; Secretary. John E. ary II—Chairman. Vlncant H. KIcklrlaw; and wind chutes. Steward was elected treasurer of the ship's fund. Brady. There is a $29.31 baUnce in the ship's treasury. Members should coop­ erate In keeping the laundry and messALCOA PURITAN (Alcoa). February 9— hall clean. Repair list wiU be given to Chairman. P. Boyar; Secretary, J. Stringfallow. Motion was passed to have set­ the patrolman in Norfolk. Medicine cabi­ tees put in the crew messroom. next to net, in the engine room needs replenish­ ing. the outside bulkhead: new chairs should be obtained, too. Vote of thanks went CharieB McKee to the whole stewards department for a MARVIN (Intarnatlsnal Navlsatlon). Please contact Floren Weintraub, good Oecembsr 24—Chairman. Charles Rog­ Job. There should be more quiet ers; Secretary. Fred R. IJIcks. Steward Lyons, NY. Write from overseas in the passageways, as men are sleeping. reported disposal of Argentine meat left if you are there. DE SOTO (Waterman^. January S— from the last voyage. Robert Hudkins Chairman. Oto Callahan; Secretary, Phil­ was elected ship's delegate. Longer cord ip M. Reyes. There is a beef about the is needed for the washer. Laundry and William "Scotty" MoKenzie lack of a device to regulate hot and cold recreation cleaning wiU be rotated. There Write to Freddy Bruggner, c/o water in the showers back aft. Drinking la no lava soap aboard: ship's delegate WiU see the master about getting some J Ma Carras, 21 West St., New water was discussed, and the electrician explained why it has not been fixed im­ at San Pedro. Ackers need repairing. York, NY, SS Michael. mediately. Several members suggestedrepairs that were needed. Steward and 4i 3) his department were thanked for the ex­ Quiz Angwera Stephen Henry Fulford cellent food and service rendered to the (1) A scythe. Contact'your mother immediate­ crew. Suggestion was made to have more often. Master was given a (2) Tunney won them both. ly at 2623 Old SheU Road, MohUe, oysters vote of thanka for providing the liquor (3) (a) Black Widow, (b) Black Ala, She is ill. Her phone num­ for the eggnog. Money for the films will be collected at the payoff. Plague, (c) Black Hole of Calcutta. ber there is 7-4443. lERSONALS, t t t (4) 96. a> i t (5) Sun, Earth and Moon. C. O. Berry (6) Eight inches. Ex-Stonewall Jackson (7) Cat. It is the only living Please contact Eugene Hoffman, thing included, Naugatuck, Conn., phone 6984, as (8) A score, soon as possible about your gear (9) A water-cooled smoking pipe. that he has. (10) San Francisco Fire. The esti­ t t Stanley G. Cooper mated loss was more than double. Please contact Mrs. Vlctorra, Cooper, 1343 S. Olive St., Los An­ Puxxlm AMgwer geles, Cayf. t BQ QDIE mm m fflilBS HDHil fssaa Qgs eaaa •Bsae EDE aaa BEaossa ESQ gOEBB; EBBS] EBS ESfflE 0022® HBEE aas OB Qaa OS® mn SBoaaa mmmmM aEEBKB BBaOBB: t ^ Edward House Please contact Charlotte imme­ diately, Mother has-gone to Flo]> Ida. ' t t STONY CREEK (MarTrada). January It—Chairman. J. E. Ashlay. Jr.; Sacra­ tary. M. Marshall. Crew wUl send into the hall a telegram asking for dope on expiration of articler as soon as possible. February S—Chairman. Martin Mar­ shall; Sacratary, William E. Mau. Captain la willing to see counsel with delegates at the first port of discharge. MoUon NOTICES James Francisco Your discharge from the Caro­ lyn has been found and is being held for you at the LOG office in headquarters. 3) it t Salvatore Terrlcini A film pack of yours has been returned by thd Government and is being hMd for you at the LOG office in headquarters. ' was passed for them to. do so. Rlack Jack players will cieaq up after the game. Repair lista ihould be . turned over to the purser. Washing ' machine ahould be cleaned and scuppers plugged in deck and stewards department heads. aboard the vessel. AU dirty linen should be turned in. SOUTHERN STATES (Seutham Trad­ ing). February 7—Chairman. Ctiarica Meers; Secretary, LJI. Bryant. Jr. Floyd L. Simmons waa elected ship's delegate acclamation. One man who faUed to TROJAN TRADER (Trolan). January 1 by turn up waa replaced and the incident —Chairman. M. Culp; Sacratary. P. Pisa- reported to the Galveston patrolman. elk. A. Michalski was elected slUp's del­ egate by acclamation. Better care shouldGENEVIEVE FETiRKIN (Bleomfleld), be taken of the washing machine. ToUets I—Chairman. Homer Workman; need repairs and painting. Some foc'slea February Secretary. Carald A. Hoetehen. An ef­ a'nd lockera need painting and repairs. fort is being made to have the crc.v's Matter wm be taken up with the captain quarters cleaned of lamp black. Bepair by the ship's delegate. Each department list is being up. Motion was made in the future wiU submit a repair list to and secondedblade that the crew support in the ship's delegate. every way the case of a member. Mo­ February I—Chairman. Thomas Mur­ tion was passed to have new washing phy; Secretary. Pete Plasclk. Because machine installed. Repair list wUI be there have been delays on receiving posted. Ship sailed one man short, since draws in foreign ports for the last three the man sent down did notliave endorse­ trips and because the captain never ment. Captain refused to sign on an seems to have any American money, mo­ AS. second electrician and BR in foreign tion was made, seconded and unanimous­ ports. Copies of the repair list wiU be ly carried that no crewmembers are to given lo the captain, chief engineer, port sign on and off until the patrolman set. captain and steward. Motion was passed ties this beef. Same old beef was made to install innerspring mattresses, as per about the washing machine being 4eft agreement. running and dirty. Repair list will be submitted by each department delegate DEL MONTE (Mississippi). January 25 to the ship's delegate. Medicine chest —Chairman, Alton Booth; Sscra'ary. Lea should he checked. Stewards department Snodgrass. Chester Hughart was elected got a vote of thanks for their efforts in ship's delegate by acclamation. Steward preparing .and serving chow. asked for cooperation in conserving on coffee. Ship is stored for 80 days. Crew MOHTEBELLO HILLS (Waftern Tank. should make a list of needed repairs aa er). February 1—Chairman. Emll Cratsky; they are discovered, and. turn them in Secretary. O'Connor. Pantryman thanked to the department delegates for later in­ the members for the good cooperation, corporation in one master repair list. and also the watches who keep the pan­ Steward said the company stated that try and messroom clean. Patrolman they were putting aU new mattresses on ahould be contacted about the condition board next trip. A few minor repairs of the didnUng water. are needed in the laundry. CHIWAWA (Clflai Service). February S—Chairman. Thaodera Smith; Sacratary, K. F. Ooldman. There is $12.32 in the ship's fund. Buckner was elected ship'h delegate. Jam Jars and other Itemi on the' tables should be kept cleaner. Dis­ cussion was held on coffee. Crew wants the patrolman to check the ship's medi­ cine chest, the first aid kit in the engine room. Vote of thanks went to the ne­ gotiating committee. GOVERNMENT CAMP (Citlas Sarvlcc), January 23—Chairman. N. L. Maacham; Sacratary. W. A. Craig. Clothing aUowance beef will be referred to the patrol­ man. Mitchel was elected ship's delegate by acclamation. The captain is being given special items not on the regular menu, and there- is buttermilk in the officers' pantry but not in the crew'a ice box. Ship's delegate wlU see the patrolman in Baltimore in regard to the quality of skimmed milk- and imitation black pepper being put on ship. Motion was passed to have the ship's delegate see the patrolman about washing ma­ chine repairs. MICHAEL (Carras). February I—Chair­ man. Fred Bruggner; Secretary. George H. Sacberger. Two members were miss­ ing at sailing time in New Haven. Ed­ ward Mulilneaux was elected ship's del­ egate and Robert Hamlin, deck delegate by acclamation. Stewards delegate asked the coopei-ation of all hands in keeping the messroom a little tidier. Missing- men will be reported to the patrolman. , February IT—Chairman. Fred Brugg­ ner; Secretary. George N. Seeberger. There is $24.19 in the ship's fund. Ac­ tion should be taken in New York to liave a topside room made into a cook's foc'sle and recreation room. Repair list was read and accepted. SEASTAR (Mercadar). January 31— Chairman. T. Connali; Secratary. L. W. Pepper. Master said aU quarters wiU Be painted before the completion of the present voyage. There was full coopera­ tion from the master and heads of aU departments in getUng repairs done dur­ ing the voyage. Any performing done during the voyage vriU be explained to the patrolman at the payoff by the par­ ticipant. who should not expect any Ic nlency from the delegates or crewmem­ bers. Minor beefs shoiUd be taken care of by the delegates instead of being taken topside. There should be no more wasting of water, or the chief engineer will be compelled to turn it off com­ pletely within a few days. 'Master will try to get from the Army any articles that are not in the slopchest. if possible. Men on the last standby of each watch in the deck department were asked to clean off the tables and put the cups in .MARIE HAMILL (Bloomfield). January the sink. 31—Chairman, Raymond L. Pari-y; Ssaratary. Francis Fischer. Francis Fischer was elected sliip's delegate by acclama­ FREDERIC C. COLLIN (Dry Trans). January 25—Chairman. Chuck HosteHer; tion. Ship's delegate should see the first Sacratary, net lilted. Captain was con­ assistant engineer about fixing the deck tacted about painting out messrooms and department head. Stewards department pantry. One man was hospitalized in heads should be painted. Yugoslavia, and another logged. This NORTHWESTERN VICTORY (Victory wUl be reported to the patrolman at the payoff. Repair list will be made out by Carriers). February 2—Chairman. R. Tallaksen; Secretary. Ed Rushton. Letter department delegates and turned over to the ship's delegate to be typed up. Dis­ was sent to New York about the condi­ cussion was held on the repair list. Vote tion of the sinks In the gaUey. Patrol­ of thanks went to the stewards depart­ man will be asked to check maU service. Galley sinks, ice box and washing ma­ ment. especially the baker. chine will be listed as major repairs. ROBIN 600DFELL0W (Seas Shipping). Captain's attention will be caUed to the January 23—Chairman. C. R. Nummal; condition of the galley. Screen doors Secretary. J. Stefanlk. Ship's delegate should be put on the main deck for brought up the matter of the baffle- crew's security while in port. Captain boards and chocks. According to the should give US currency in draws in for­ captain the baffleboards are under the eign ports, if possible. One member was lines forward, but investigation shows asked to correct his behavior. New li­ that only one has been located. Ship's brary should be put aboard. Additional delegate and several other crewmembers fans are needed in some of the foc'sles. attended a safety meeting with the cap­ Stewards department got a vote of thanka tain. Draws will have to be made in yen for their fine cooperation during the trip. since American money cannot legally be taken ashore unless declared. Chief mate LOGANS FORT (Cities Service). Febru­ has been doing deck work; overtime wlU ary 23—Chairman, William Todd; Secre­ be put down for this. Question about tary. Thomas Kautsch. Repair list will some engine department OT will be re­ be turned in. Mesrfiall should be kept ferred to the patrolman. One new baffle- clean. Beef on the abundance of cock­ board wiU be made for the chocks on roaches. The lockers are-^in a bad state lookout. Carrying reports to the captain and there are foc'sle keys missing. Messis in violation of the Union policy. There halls and quarters need painting. The has been an unusually high loss of linen canned milk is no good. Edifor, SEAFARERS LOG, 675 Fourth Ave., Brooklyn 32. NY I would like to receive the SEAFARERS LOG—please put my nome on your moiling list. (Print Information) NAME STREET ^^ODRESS ................................ Wdllace E. Mason CITY Contact your father. Dr. E. W, Mason, ' 245 So. Central Ave., Signed Quincy, Mass., immediately. Im­ portant. t 3> ^ TO AVOID DUPLICATION: Charles Mosber t it t of addrati, ploaio qlvo your Hemaa H. Carney Tony Tables You both have checks froin the ADDRESS Please contact Arnold J. 'Yalente^ -Cedtre St., Bamegat, New Triton Shipping Company waiting for you at the Boston halL Jersey; CITY ZONE .STATE If you are an old tubseribor and hava a ehang* formor addrati balow: eeeMaoaMaaaeaaoaaaaMeaaava«aoooeaaieataaaaaoaoa*ooeoee**ae«aa»a#eoaatoa«M oaaaaGeGMeGaGoeeeaaMaaaatGMBGOM ...20NI ..laMMaaMaoea STATE •ifi �ifipipipiillf T»e» TNrenty-sIx SEAFARERS March C. 195S LOG New York Babies Get In Their innings in the HOSPITALS t;,- The following list contains the names of hospitalized Seafarers who are being taken care of by cash benefits from the SIV Welfare Plan. While the Plan aids them financially, all of these men would welcome mail and visits from friends and shipmates to pass away the long days and weeks in a hospital bed. USPHS ho^itals allow plenty of time for visitors. If you're ashore and you see a friend's name on the list, drop in for a visit. It will be most welcome. USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LA. H. A. Anderson John E. Mayrbat 5. J. Anderson John Morrison P. BlackweU Elvln Myers J. L. Buckelew C. Nicholson R. It. Butler H. F. Ostbery FrAik CarroU D. W. Ravesies Herman H. Casas W. E. Roberts Richard Clearman G. H. Robinson 6. Cope Nemeslo Rodrisuez Rogelio Cruz Joseph W Roy Rey E. DeShong WUbur H Scott L. E. EUand Luther C. Seidle B. D. Foster E. C. Shaffer Jack B. Gardner E. Silverstin M. W. Gardiner Wiley Tait Ernest E. Gross T. R. Terrington James H. Jones Raybon Threat Leonard Kay W. C. Vandersall Leo H. Lang SEASIDE GENEUIAL HOSPITAL LONG BEACH. CAL. R. Schwartz WADSWORTH GENERAL HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES. CAL. B. J. Davis BELLEVUE HOSPITAL NEW YORK. NY Eddie Driggers Bart E. Guranick Claude A. MarkeU John B. Haas C, MIddleton John W. Keenan Vic Milazzo Leo Kuiakowski John R. Murdoch Frederick Landry Eugene T. Neison •Tames W. Lawlor Pedro O. Peralto Martin Linsky G. E. Shumaker F. F. Lynch Robert Sizemore Harry F. McDonald Henry E. Smith David Mcllreath VETERANS ADMINISTRATION HOSPITAL FORT HAMILTON, BROOKLYN, NV Enrico Tirelli KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL BROOKLYN, NY J, W. Hamilton Pablo E. Perez USPHS HOSPITAL SAN JUAN. /PUERTO RICO Joseph Bishop BALTIMORE CITY HOSPITALCarlos Gomez, left, holds Carlos Jr. while his wife Cecilia reads the good news about the Union ma­ BALTIMORE. MD. Renrloh Wiese ternity benefit. At right, Mrs. Enrico Tirelli props daughter Lucinda Geriann for the cameraman. USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MD. Samuel Anderson W. H. Puchinisky T. L. Ankerson Allan Reese Earl A. Bink Edwin B. Rhbada Carl E. Chandler Robert Rogers USPHS HosprrAi. R. W. Garrison Nathan Rubin NORFOLK. VA. Stuart M. Ginsburg A. B. Seeberger WilUam Guthrie Arthur Running Suleman M. Harb Robert D. Settle Leslie M. JacksoA S, E. Roundtree F. W, Harris Joseph O. Snyder L. G. DeHaven All 0/ the following SIV families Mrs. Amado E. Diaz, 382 Green­ Mrs. John W. Mullis, 2004 Haas Frank S. James Albert Hawkins Edward S. Spooner Joseph A. Long Norman £. Wroton t. E. KHgus David F. Sykes will collect the $200 maternity wood Lane, Spring Hill, Ala. Avenue, Crichton, Ala. Luis Lopez James O. Manning Comas Knight John N. Thompson benefit plus a $25 bond from the USPHS HOSPITAL 4 4 4 George Lcancu A. A. Voyevotski ^ 4 4 4 SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. George B. Little C. D. Stennett Union in the baby's name. Willis Dale O'Berry, born Janu­ B. Dunn Peter Smith John M. Malpass Michael JahlonskI Christine McLean, born August George F. J. Haigncy D. K, T. Sorensen Hugh K. Mansfield David E. Emerick David Gonzalez, born January ary 21, 1953. Parents, Mr. and 29, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Lesko Carl A. Johnson William MeUon E. L. Nottingham Mrs. George A. O'Berry, General J. Nappo Raymond Moody 29, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Douglas B. McLean, 59 Charles Joseph FIRLAND SANITORIUM Norville Sikes Delivery, Dade City, Fia. SEATTLE, WASH. Pedro Gonzalez, 177 Columbia Street, Dorchester, Mass. USPHS HOSPITAL Emil Austad SAVANNAH, GA. Street, Brooklyn, NY. USPHS Ht'SPlT\L 4 4 4 Warner W. Allred Felix Gonzalez MEMPHIS. TENN. James Ebb Kelly, born January Paul B. Bland J. T. Moore Charles M. Bean i t t Paulette Elizabeth Thornton, James H. Burford Jack D. Morrison 28, 1.9.53. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. USPHS HOSPITAL Luicus A. DeWitt Norman D. Tober born February 13, 1953. Parents, BOSTON, MASS. Mercedes Camblor, born Febru­ James Chandler Kelly, 1713 East L. T. McGowan John A. Duffy Tim McCarthy .Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Thornton, Earl D. Fcrree ary 2, 195J. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lambright, Tampa, Fia. USPHS HOSPITAL John J. Flaherty J. Preshong SEATTLE, WASH. 503 "G" Court, Tattnall Homes, E. K. Harding Donald S. White Joseph Camblor, 179 West 88 E. A. MarteU Henry J. Tucker USPHS HOSPITAL Street, New York, NY. Frances Eeps, bora February 3, Savannah, Ga. W. J. Meehan Guillord Sims GALVESTON, TEX, Joseph Neubauer P. D. Juagpao Warren W. Currier E. Jeanfreau 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chari­ p 4" 4- 4" John Petusky Raymond M, Davis Marvin L. Leach# ton W. Epps, General Delivery. USPHS HOSPITAL Michael Gardner, born January C. E. Dudley Robert A. Pace' Charles Forrest Bennett, born Barnwell, SC. DETROIT, MICH. Leo A. Swyer Henri J. Robin 31, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Gvozdick Paul S. Foster James Robinson January 13, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Lloyd A. Gardner, 137-29 70th USPHS HOSPITAL Henry Gibson Rafael S. SaucedO Mrs. Charles R. Bennett, P.O. Box STATEN ISLAND, NY Richard W. Howell N. N. Zacharia Kathy Mae Mullis, born Febru­ Road, Kew Gardqns Hills, Queens, Victor Arevalo Charles G. Miller 58, Pearl River, La. VETERANS ADMINISTRATION ary 11, 1953. Parents, Mr. and NY. W. T. Atchason Isaac MUler HOSPITAL Bibencio BUlaroza Michael Miller NEW ORLEANS. LA. 4 t t James C. Blake John B. Molini Frank J. Grilletta John T. Bowman Harry Morton CHARITY HOSPITAL Betty Rose Jackson, born Janu­ Ardcll Burkett Alfred Mueller NEW ORLEANS. LA. ary 29, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Maurice Burnstine Frank Nering James M. Lucky Edward Procter Irving DeNobriga William E. Pepper USPHS HOSPITAL Mrs. Junior D. Jackson, 62 Tacon John Galvin CataUiia Ramos FORT STANTON. NM Street. Mobile, Ala. Charlie A. Gedra John Ripley Bruno Barthel F. D. Oilman C. R. Robertson Charles Burton Thomas Isaksen Nathan GoldHnger Vernon Rush 4 4 4 Adion Cox D. P. McDonald Earl Gonyea VirgU Sandberg John G. Dooley A. McGuigan Palma Jean Allen, born January Joe Carl Griggs Ture Sandstrom Otto J. Ernst Jack F. Thornburg William Herman Charles Sexton The month of March brings with it two things—spring and Phillip Korol F. J. Frennette Renato A. ViUata 5, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jose A. SUva Francis I. Gibbons VirgU E. Wilmoth Lester M. Allen, 228 East York income taxes. For most citizens March 15 is Federal income L. Kristiansen T. L. Simonda Jack H. Cleason Thomas J. Kustas Johannes C. Sorel CITY HOSPITAL Street, Savannah, Ga. tax time, and after the Federal taxes are paid, the state taxes William E. Logan James R. Lewis WELFARE ISLAND. NY POTTENGER SANITORIUM Alfred Jackson 4 4 4 MONROVIA. CAL. come not far behind. ST. VINCENTS HOSPITAL NEW YORK, NY , Gail Hortense Marie Mosely. Seafarers who are uncertain E. L. Pritchard Like in other respects, there USPHS HOSP'TAL PUutis born February 22, 1953. Parents, about their income tax obligations MANHATTAN BEACH. BROOKLYN, NY Joseph A. ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL C. M. Davison , WATERBURY, CO.NN. Mr. and Mrs. Ciemmie E. Mosiey, are some special rules that ap­ can get the information they need Robert Atmore ply to seamen's income taxes be­ Rupert A. Blake Antonio M. Diaz Thomas M. Purceil 44 North Drive, Riverside Gardens, C. Blosser John J. Driscoll GREENPOINT HOSPITAL cause of the special nature of his on the subject by consulting Wel­ Edmund Wilson O. Cara Enrique Ferrer Savannah, Ga. BROOKLYN, NY fare Services in headquarters work. The filing of a Seafarer's Walter Chalk Robert E. Gilbert August Valentine either in person or by mail. Wel­ 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 'UK K f 1; fi- 4 4 4 4 Federal, State Income Taxes Pose Problems For Seafarers 4 4 4 Daniel Anton Melniki'^born De­ cember 9,' 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Melnik, 1929 Bur­ gundy Street, New Orleans, La. 4 4 4 Margaret Nora Torres, born July 28, 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Anthony R. Torres, 1228 Strand Street, Galveston, Tex. 4 4 4 James Andrew Hughes, born February 1, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Hughes, 1309 Drayton Street, Savannah, Ga. 4 4 4 Ronald Lee Jenkins, bom De­ cember 18; 1952. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd L. Jenkins, Beilefontaine, Miss, 4 4 4 •Michael Lee Strickland, born January 30, 1953. Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt. Strick­ land, 311 Ogden Avenue, Crichton, Ala. ;. 4 > 4 • • Paul > Raymond .vDiaz,- -born De­ cember 18, 1952. Parents, Mr. and return is usually more compli­ cated because a Seafarer will tend to work for many different com­ panies each year and accumulates a stack of withholding statements. State Taxes Then there are the State taxes to contend with. In New York state, for example, there is a state income tax return due by April 15. In some cases seamen who do not live in this state but ship out of New York are required to file a state income tax return. This would apply to men who have v/orked on Isthmian, Bull, Robin Line, or Victory Carriers to men­ tion a few. On the other hand, if they do not live in this state and ship on Waterman, Alcoa, Bioomfield or other companies' ships they would not have to pay a New York State tax, but might have to pay in some other state. Seafarers who live in New York would be required to file a state tax return in any case. Conse­ quently, it's important for seamen to check up on this point, other­ wise they might get slapped with penalties for failure to file. i fare Services can see to it that they receive sound advice on tax mat­ ters. In this way they can avoid difficulties that might arise mere­ ly because they didn't know how to go about things properly. Payoff Date Counts One of the common complica­ tions that arises affects Seafarers who sign on a ship for a long voy­ age that starts in one year and ends in another. Since a seaman doesn't get paid on a weekly basis, all the money he earns on that voyage goes into the year that he was paid off in. For example, a man might sign on a ship in June, 1952, and get paid off the next February, but all his earnings, ex­ cept draws, slops and allotments, v/iil have to be reported in 1953. In certain situations this could compel him to pay a higher tax rate for '53 than he would have to otherwise. The law does make one allow­ ance for seamen in that they are given an extension of time to file it they are on a ship when March 15 rolls around. The deadline is June 39,^ 1953, or whenever the man completes his voyage. Atlantic Did Him A Favor The Atlantic llefining Company really did Charles D. Shirley a good turn when it fired hiiil. He's been sailing SIU, and here he is, $200 check in hand, With Wile, son, and new daughter, Joyce Lynn. �VUtfih 9, 19St SEAFARERS a^Enir THE) SEAFARERS With WALTER SIEKMANN (Weto» obout men in the hospitala and Seafarere receiving SIV Wel­ fare Benefits will be carried in this column. It is written bv Seafarer Walter Siekmann based on items of interest turned up while he makes his rounds in his post as Director of Welfare Services.) Charlie Collins and Jim Morris Staten Island hospital. From all walked into the office the other Indications it looks as if he is going to be in there for quite a little day 'after having Just paid off the while. Any of his former ship­ Sweetwater. Both-boys were anx> mates and Seafarer buddies who ious to get-back to Galveston, Tex., go around to give him a bit of a the place they call home, not lift, or write to him, will he deeply . taking to the cold Yankee weather appreciated. Let's get out there to in New York, see all these boys'when they need "The New York wind," AB Col­ us most for their morale. lins said, "blows through you like Bob Phifer, off , the Robin Ket­ a rabbit running tering, dropped in to talk about his through a briar moving plans for patch. I'm going the future and to grab the first about his new scow south and wife. They haven't head for my good been married too old home town long and she has deep in the heart been living in of Texas. Pqrt Elizabeth, "Sailing for the South Africa, but Union in these Bob plans to move CoUliu times is quite dif­ his little family Phlfer ferent than in the past. I retired to some point In from the sea for a period of about the Lone Star State where two years, and when I came back the Phifer clan will have I was simply amazed at the changes room to expand. This SIU bookin seafaring life. The ship's wash­ member thinks Texas is the ideal ing machines and the union Vaca­ place to live, and he will probably tion Plan seemed the most strik­ ship out of Galveston once he gets ing changes. I never expected any­ settled. thing like it and I am amazed at It is extremely important that a the progress and benefits achieved man make a report aboard ship under the Union. It is just great immediately upon becoming injured shipping out again." or ill. Then notify the Union so Back in the USPHS hospital, on that we'll have a record, too. This Staten Island, recuperating after cannot be emphasized too much aggravating an old complaint, is for the protection of the men in­ wate'rtender Fred. Hohenberger. volved. Drop a line from the near­ Fred is off the seatrain New Jersey est port so that we'll have a record and would like it very much if of the account and so that we may some of his old friends and ship­ have everything ready in case mates from many years at sea drop there is any claim against the com­ him a line to cheer him up or come pany for the benefit of the seaman. around to see him while "he is out The companies do not always have there. the complete record, and this can James Blake, recently the . bosun serve as a double check and safePon the Camas Meadows, is another guard of the Seafarer's rights and SIU member convalescing in the privileges. FINAI DISPATCir The deaths of the following Seafarers have been reported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan and $2,500 death benefits are being paid to beneficiaries. Charles, La. He began sailing in the SIU at Norfolk in September, 1951, and sailed with the ratings of junior engineer, deck engineer and FOW. He was buried in Nor­ folk, Va. . Page Twenty-seves LOG Welfare Office Is Busy Spof One of the most popular spots in SIU headquarters these days is the Welfare Services office on the second deck. On a typical day, there will be anywhere from 20, to 30 mei^r more dropping in to get some information and assistance. That's to say nothing of the large amount of mail thatcomes in daily, plus the visits to the hospit^ized men in the area, which are made regularly in every port. The Seafarers'coming in to the office or writing iq from out of town and all over the world, are seeking help on « variety of prob­ lems. In addition to the regular Iteihs covered by the SIU Welfare Plan.—deaths, disability hnd hos­ pital payments and maternity ben­ efits—there are numerous other matters in which Welfare Services can aid Seafarers. It might be a maintenance and cure question, or getting credit, or a tax problem, or dealings with any number of Gov­ ernment agencies such as Immigra­ tion or Selective Service. Or it might simply be a request for gen­ eral information that the Seafar­ er needs. Lacks Shoreside Contacts The popularity of Welfare Serv­ ices is proof of the well-known fact that a Seafarer doesn't have the' same contacts ashore as a shoreside resident has. Further, its been traditional in the past that a seaman, being a transient worker, was usually fair game for shoreside authorities and other people who took advantage of him. Con­ sequently, he became suspicious of shoreside people and didn't trust them to help him out. The average shoreside worker lives in one place for a number of years. He is in a position to get acquainted with how things are i-un in his particular town or city and where to go when he needs advice and lielp. He has friends, and relatives usually living in the immediate area to which he can turn to for help. _ The Seafarer is in a different A Seafarer discusses his problem with Welfare Services representa­ tive A1 Thompson Geft) while two others wait their turn in the ever-busy Weifare Services office. ^ position. Most Seafarers are young men who started sailing during World War II, and found condi­ tions under Union contracts so atr tractive that they continued to ship. They come from all parts of the country, in many instances hundreds of miles from the ports they ship from. They are on the move most of the time, and even if they are married and have fam­ ilies, they don't have the kind of strong community ties that the shoreside .dweller has. This fact is recognized in the preamble of the SIU constitution which states that it is especially necessary to have strong safeguards for the member- Stranded Seafarer Gets Union Help In Big Town One newcomer to the SIU who swears by the union is Seafarer Charles Terry. Terry found that the SlU's help­ ing hand was Just what he needed when he had to get off his ship, in" New York, the firsf^ time he'd been in this city. Orleans. He's convinced, now that with the SIU was the best Terry, who makes his home sailing decision he ever made. "I had ship because "most of our mem­ bers are migratory.. .their duties carry them all over the world." The Welfare Services depart­ ment was created to fill the gap that would ordinarily be filled by agencies, clubs, family or commu­ nity groups for the shoreside work­ er. There were those who opposed the idea of such a department as smacking of "social work," but ac­ tually since economic problems have been solved through Union contracts, the seaman needs , more help on this score than any other. Even such a simple thing that shoreside people take for granted such as information about,a new and important law is not readily available to the seaman on a ship. He finds it difficult to keep abreast of developments at home while he is away. But when he gets into any SIU port, he can get his needs taken care of through the Union. The Union has the contacts and the access to shoreside services that the average Seafarer lacks. All Seafarers are encouraged to take up any problems they might have, even if it is only a simple re­ quest for information, with Wel­ fare ServTces. There is nothing that Welfare Services can't find out for them by consulting the ap­ propriate agencies and authorities. in New Orleans and has been sail what a good outfit the SIU ing SIU a little over a year, suf^ heard is," he said, "but this is just won­ fered an ankle sprain aboard the derful." Seatrain Savannah and had to get off the ship in Edgewater, New Jersey. Before that he had drawn He Halls Welfare Antonio Phelepedes, 62: Brother all the money due him and sent Phelepedes died o f coronary Henry Hence, 54: On February it home to his wife, and since it thrombosis on January 29, 1953, in 16, 1953, Brother Hence died aV was Friday before the long Wash' San Francisco, CaL He sailed as the Cumberland Hospital in Brook­ ington Birthday weekend, he had an AB in the deck department lyn, NY. He had been a second no time to get maintenance from since April, 1951, having joined cook in the stewards department. the company. the SIU at that time in New York. Burial took place at National Cem­ Got Him Lodgings Burial took place at the Gplden etery, Cypress Hills, Brooklyn, Since he'd never been to New Gate National Cemetery, San Fran­ NY. A brother, Charles Hence, York before and didn't know his cisco, Cal. He leaves, a stepson, Cantfield Avenue, Hartfield, way around, the first thing he did Costa Reasos, of 329 - 57-Street, 464 Conn., survives him. was call up the Union. He was put Brooklyn. NY. in touch with the Welfare Services t t t t it . office and instructed on how to Daniel J. Mullin, 24: Brother George W. Stephenson: On Oc­ get up to the Union hall in Brook Mullin was drowned when he fell tober 3, 1952, Brother Stephenson lyn. Welfare.services arranged for was lost at sea off the coast of into the Schuylkill River at Pier him to get a decent room at mod­ Japan. He was DM in the . deck 56, Gray's Ferry Avenue, on No­ department and has been saUing vember 13, 1952. He was buried erate cost near the hall, and-one the men ga;;;e him a hand in en the Choctaw at the time of his^ at Holy-Cross Cemetery, Brooklyn, of his gear over to his lodg­ death. He iF survived by JJellie NY. Joining the SIU in Baltimore getting ings. last year, he salled-'as an oiler in J. Stephenson. the engine department. The estate With h three-day weekend com­ t i 4^ William L. McLellan, 54: Brother is administered by James J. Mul­ ing up. Welfare Services advanced a SIU cafeteria meal book and saw McLellan died of natural causes lin. . that he had some ready cash until at USPHS Hospital in N«w Or­ • 4 t t leans, La, this January 14th. He Anthony Balchus, 50: On Janu­ the company offices opened on bad been a messman in the stew­ ary 6, 1953, Brother Balchus died Tuesday. When the weekend was ards department and was buried of natural causes at St. Joseph's over, the Union made arrange­ at • the Odd Fellows' Cemetery, Hospital. Aberdeen. He was a fire­ ments for transportation and main­ New Orleans, La. man in the engine department and tenance so that he could go back a member of the Union since May, hofhe; to New Orlefms in style. If, •jf, •' Roy Lee Hail, 52: Coronary, oc­ 194Q. Surviving Js his sister, Anna The next day Terry had'hii train clusion caused the death of Brother Yeager,. of 3221k East Center tickets and took the train out of Pennsylvania station back to New Hall on November 6, 1952. at Lake Street, Shenandoah, Pa. Plan �" i'-wm SEAFARERS !$;• M LOG i^OFFfCIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC AND GULF DISTRICT • AFL • IV IS/- !• IS I*?- I *f TAfc CAA ' Crewmembers of the Seatrain Savannah rehash collision fcffffLe ff #115/ ijee* with tanker which buckled ship's bow. They are (left to right), Robert Landiy, OS; Carl E. Hargroves, cardeckman; T. J. Constantin, oiler; S. Wagenmaker, QM. . . Here Anderisoh, an SUP memf fffliefy JJIW%n» ber, puts some of his needlecraft skill to work mending torn canvas aboard the ship. .H| can darn socks very neatly top. ••'••• • •• y-^ ^ f " •' •• .'V: � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1950-1959 Description An account of the resource Volumes XII-XXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource March 6, 1953 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XV, No. 5 Description An account of the resource Headlines: BACK WAGE PAYROOLS READIED; SEVERAL COMPANIES NOW PAYING SEAFARERS HONOR FURUSETH'S BIRTH GOV'T WILL BREAK OUT 20 VESSELS SIU UPS DISABLED PAY TO $100 T-H REVAMP FIGHT ON; AFL OFFERS 10 CHANGES PMA SPLITS IN DISPUTE WITH MATES MFOW BIDS AFFILIATION SIU-DONATED MOVIES BIG HIT AT HOSPITAL WEAK MERCHANT FLEET PERILS US WORLD ROLE SIU BACKS ALIEN APPEALS TO GOV'T SUP CELEBRATES 68TH ANNIVERSARY; PAVED WAY FOR ALL MARINE UNIONS FAIRPORT ON ROCKS, HINT SABOTAGE ART ENTRIES TO GET TWO SHOWINGS IN NY SEASTRUCK WELS BOY LIKES LOG SEAFARER HAS OWN MUSEUM SEAMEN'S ACT FREED ALL MARINERS IN '15 NEW USS TO OPEN SOON IN YOKOHAMA RADAR MAY NOT 'SEE' ALL 'BERGS WINDJAMMER STILL HAULS CARGO TOUGH FIGHT AHEAD DISABILITY BENEFITS OUR MARITIME PROBLEM THREE MILESTONES THE LOG COVERS THE MARDI GRAS SHIPPING WEAKNESS--US PROBLEM ADD ROACHES PLUS MATES PLUS BR AND RESULT IS EXPLOSIVE MIXTURE 'PIRATES' INVADE TAMPA DURING 'GASPARILLA DAY' FESTIVAL MAU-MAU TERRORIST GROUP RAIDS IN KENYA DESCRIBED BY SEAFARER SEAFARER'S DAUGHTER WANTS EARLY START FOR SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION PROUD CREW SAYS GENERAL PATTON IS 'CLEANEST 10 YR. OLD LIBERTY' THE CASE OF THE OLD WASHING MACHINE DEEP SEA SALVERS FEDERAL, STATE INCOME TAXES POSE PROBLEMS FOR SEAFARERS WELFARE OFFICE IS BUSY SPOT STRANDED SEAFARER GETS UNION HELP IN BIG TOWN Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 3/6/1953 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1953 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/3f10250d90c5b0901c513e58575a5794.PDF 3a67dfa64fba451ac468b99077151483 PDF Text Text SEAFARERS^LOG March 4 1964 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO JOINT SEA UNION STAND WINS IN WAIVER HGHT I LA Ends Red Wheat Boycott Story On Page 2 Court Upholds MTD In Grain Ship Piciceting I* • Story On Page 2 '*• ' r • • {n_ Seafarers Save Refugees From Azores 'Quake Heroic crewmembers (right) from lifeboat crew of Steel Director, which rescued 22 persons , from earthquake on is­ land in the Azores, are (1-r) Jack Oosse, Richard Spence, Julian Hickos and Stanley Partyka, with SIU Patrolman Steve Zubovich on ar­ rival in NY. At top are some of the survivors while still aboard vessel. (See story.on Page 5.) - President Thomas W. (Teddy) Gleason of International Longshoremen's Association announced end of Red wheat boycott after labor-Govern­ ment accord was reached on 50-50. A Seafarers' Tax Guide For 1963 story On Page 9 'I �mic Tipi SlEAFAlkERS^ LOG Mirelil^ llM NY Court Upholds MTD in Picketing Against Wheat Ship ALBANY, New York—The right of American maritime la­ bor to set up and maintain informational picketlines around foreign-flag vessels in US ports was upheld last week by the New York State Supreme Court here. The decision re­ lished bj' court decision in several verses a ruling in December state jurisdictions. These included Gathered together to tally the results of SIU referendum balloting on the dues increase pro­ foreign-flag vessels of the which granted an injunction Kulukundis interests which the poser I l-r) are Eugeniusz Sieradzki; Edgar Anderson, committee chairman; Angelo Romero, to Cargill, Inc., a major grain SIU picketed in US ports last Benny Skorobogaty, Fred Bentz and Ru^ Leader. All members of the tallying committee exporter, halting information­ year for having traded with Cuba were elected at a special meeting in headquarters on February 24. al picketing by the AFL-CIO and for financial dealings which Maritime Trades Department of led to the collapse of the the West German vessel Poseidon. Kulukundis-owned Bull Line and The MTD picketing of the other US-flag companies. In upholding the SIU's right to Poseidon protested the loading of grain for Hungary under waiver picket the Pleiades in Seattle, ^a NEW YORK—Seafarers have approved a secret ballot referendum on a pro­ procedures established by the Superior Court judge fully sup­ posed increase in membership dues for the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Federal Government. The waivers ported the position of Union at­ District by a 4-1 margin. The approval was announced here Monday, March 2, by a sixallowed Cargill to use foreign torneys that a United States Su­ ships for transporting cargoes of preme Court decision in 1963 that man rank-and-file tallying grain that we supposed to move Federal labor law could not be committee elected after the proposed in a resolution adopted Baltimore and Mobile. at the regular membership meet­ Balloting procedures recoitiapplied to cover the "internal close of voting last month. on American ships. ing at headquarters on December mended by a rank-and-file com­ management and affairs" of Passage of the referenduih In granting the waivers at that 2, 1963. It was then carried at sub­ time, the Government allowed the foreign vessels with alien crews, ballot increases SIU dues $10 per sequent regular meetings in Hous­ mittee elected at that time and approved at special meetings In all did not rule out protest picketing quarter from the present $20 to company to bypass American ships ton, New Orleans, Philadelphia, ports then went into effect. almost completely, and ignore by American unions against for­ $30 per quarter, effective January assurances that 5C percent of all eign vessels for informational 1, 1964. wheat shipments to Soviet bloc purposes. In all, 3,764 Seafarers cast This view was also the basis of secret ballots during the voting nations would be carried on USa decision in the Civil District period that began January 20 and flag vessels. The injunction against the Court at New Orleans over the SS ended February 18. Poseidon picketing was granted Castor, another foreign-flag Kulu­ The official report of the union in spite of the fact that the right kundis vessel. tallying committee elected at a Both rulings were again upheld of American seamen to picket By Paul Hall special meeting in headquarters foreign ships for informational in the latest decision on the last week to conduct the tallying Ever since the Seafarers International Uiiion was established, a quar­ purposes had already been estab- Poseidon picketing in Albany. and certify the results shows 2,Judge Louis G. Bruhn ruled that ter of a century ago. Seafarers have been fighting continuously to pro­ the State Supreme Court did not 936 votes for the increase and 714 tect their job opportunities and to safeguard the American-flag mer­ have jurisdiction and should not opposed. There were 103 voided chant fleet which is the source of their employment. have granted an injunction against ballots and 11 blank ballots cast. Most recently, this fight has been concerned with the sale of wheat The tallying committee report the MTD picketing of the Posei­ and other grains to Russia and its satellites, and particularly with the In order to assure accurate don. The injunction was granted notes that the ballots voided be­ attempts of certain powerful grain shippers and certain Governmental cause of procedural errors in the digests of shipboard meetings less than three ^ours after the agencies to deny to US-flag vessels a fair share of these cargoes. in the LOG, it is desirable that picketline went up on December balloting could in no way change As the news stories in this issue point out, the SIU and other AFLthe outcome of the voting. the reports of shipboard meet­ 9, 1963, and enabled the vessel to CIO maritime and waterfront unions achieved an important victory in ings be typed if at all possible. sail with its wheat cargo. After the balloting was com­ the battle over the wheat shipments last week when the Johnson Ad­ pleted, the tallying committee ministration announced that it would act to Implement the requirement picked up the ballots from the that 50 percent of the- grain shipments to the Soviet Union be carried in Royal National Bank of New York, American bottoms. which served as repository for This official recognition of the fact that American ships and American the ballots during the voting seamen are entitled to a fair share of participation in their country's period. The committee was com­ foreign trade—particularly when the transactions originate with their posed of Edgar Anderson, Jr., own Government—constitutes, as we have said, a significant gain for A-348: Frederick Bentz, B-1128; seamen, in and of itself. NEW YORK—The Seafarers Appeals Board has announced Eugeniusz Sieradzki, S-1259; American But there is a greater importance to the settlement which was reached that chief stewards who have completed refresher courses Boleslaw Skorobogaty, S-1203; as a result of the wheat dispute—and that is recognition of the fact that Cecil Leader, L-6, and Angelo under the Steward Department Recertification Program will many problems beset the American merchant marine, and that these Romero, R-616. be given preference in ship--t_ problems deserve the closest joint attention of Government, manage­ Balloting on the dues increase ment and labor if any solution to them is ever to be achieved. the beach to attend the school. ping out of the Port of New onSIU steward department per­ was conducted in accord with the This, as all Seafarers should know, is a theme upon which their Union York after June 15, 1964. sonnel who have at least three SIU constitution, which provides has been pounding for many years. Last year, for instance, we were A refresher school for SIU years of seatime in a rating above for the election of a rank-and-file chief stewards as part of the third cook can get further details polls committee each day in all faced with attempts to hang around the neck of maritime labor the Steward Department Recertifica­ by contacting Earl Shepard, ports where voting is conducted. responsibility for poor labor-management relations in the maritime tion Program was started in the Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Balloting was conducted in 16 industry, and to hamstring maritime labor, in its dealings with man­ agement, by passage of a compulsory arbitration bill. Port of New York during the fall Board, 17 Battery Place, Suite SIU ports. This proposed legislation was eventually pigeon-holed, but only of 1962, The dues increase was originally 1930, New York 4, NY. after the SIU and the Maritime Trades Department, in appearances Since New York is the only before the Bonner Committee, had 4)ointed out that the proposed legis­ port where such a school is main­ lation would solve none of the basic ills of maritime. tained, the job preference pro­ The SIU has, over the years, consistently pointed out a variety of vided for under the shipping these fundamental ailments of our maritime industry—the antiquated rules can only be put into effect nature of certain aspects of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, the in­ in that port, according to the SAB equities of our subsidy program, and the maladministration of our ruling. Cargo Preference Act, to cite only a few. The shipping rules under the Up until now, however, because of lethargy, indifference, and some­ contract between the SIU and its times open hostility, progress in achieving recognition of these problems contracted operators provide for has been painfully slow. It has always been easier and more convenient special job preferences to those to make labor the scapegoat for maritime's maladies-and evade the real who possess a Certificate of Reproblems which the industry faces. certificatiejk from the Steward De­ It is significant, therefore, that one of the provisions of the grain partment Recertification Program. Developed over a long period, settlement calls for the establishment of a tri-partite committee of the stewards' school is the result labor, management and government officials—^including the Cabinet of recommendations by a ranksecretaries of several Federal departments—to consider all complaints and-file committee of stewards in relating to subsidy matters, automation procedures, labor difficulties, 1960, which were subsequently ap­ contracts "or anything else to do with the^American merchant marine." proved by the Union membership Thus there is now hope that American maritime labor, for the first at SIU port meetings. It features time, may find a proper forum for the expression of its views, rather both classroom and field work in than the closed door and the deaf ear with which it so often has had an attempt to upgrade the skills to contend. necessary for a chief steward's Just how effective this apparatus will be will depend, of course, on rating. the manner In which the program set forth , in the agreement is imple­ Shown here getting a briefing from Headquarters Represen­ Instruction in the school nor­ mented. Seafarers may rest assured, however, that their Union will tative Dan Butts are S. C. Chao (left) and H. H. Chow of mally extends over a period o£ exert every effort to see to it that this program is implemented in the the China Merchants Steam Navigation Company. The rep­ 60 days. For purposes of senior­ manner most conducive to the preservation of th^ US-flag merchant resentatives of the Chinese shipping comp«ny on Taiwan ity, training time is considered as marine and the . protection of the American seaman's livelihood. were visiting New York Headquarters to study SIU educa­ seatime, so there is no penalty Vigilance la the future, as in the past, will continue tp be our for coming ashore or remaining tion and training procedures.. watchword. ?' - Seafarers Okay Dues Rise Type Minutes When Possible Job Preference Set June 15 Under Steward Recertification Visitors From Taiwan �Hank ff. tm SEAFARERS Waf ThiM IOC SlU Wheat Showdown Fight By Sea Unions Ship Total Gets Gov't Action On 50-50 Reaches 16 NEW YORK —, Another four SlU-tnanned vessels have been added to the list of US-flag ships scheduled to carry wheat ship­ ments to the 'Soviet Union and satellite ports, since a list of 12 such ships was published in the LOG. SIU ships still make up the bulk of the US vessels committed to the wheat movement. Loading got underway again last week, .after the successful end of an ILA boy­ cott brought Government guaran­ tees that the 50 percent cargo minimum for US-flag shipping would be upheld. SlU-manned ships recently added to the list and due to load in Atlantic or Gulf ports for de­ livery to Baltic and Black Sea ports are the following: Norina, Washington Carrier, Council Grove and the Cantigny. Ships previously scheduled were the Chilore, Columbia, Ocean Ulla, Ocean Anna, Spitfire, York, Transerie, Transhartford, Marine, Venore, Transorleans and Niagara. The Niagara and the Trans­ orleans have both sailed. The Transorleans left Boston last week for the Baltic and the Niagara loaded on the US West Coast for the USSR's Pacific Coast port of Nakhodka. Draft Limit Springs Leak MOSCOW—A US delegation of industry and Government officials flew to Russia last week, and reported almostimmediate accord on use of deep-draft llS ships for - the wheat movement to Russian Black Sea ports. After the earlier announcement by American grain companies that Soviet ports on the Black Sea absolutely could not handle drafts in excess of 32 feet, the top-level mission was organ­ ize to come here and talk over the situation with the Russians themselves. An ac­ cord was reported the day after the Americans' arrival here, upholding the maritime union contention that the draft limit was merely another move by the grain companies to keep large American ships out of the wheat movement. WASHINGTON—The AFL-CIO maritime unions have scored an important victory in their fight to as­ sure American-flag ships of a fair share of the Russian wheat shipm^ts and other cargoes. SIUNA President Paul Hall and Executive Vice-President Morris Weisberger represented the SIUNA in the development of a joint position with the International Longshoremen's Association and the National Maritime Union to halt bypassing-of US vessels-in the transport of grain to Communist nations. As a result of the dramatic fight and stand taken by the SIU, ILA and NMU, during which the longshoremen retused refused to to' handle-*minimum of 50 percent car­ and conferences between Secretary of Labor W. Willard all wheat shipments to cussions ried in US-flar vesseis. union and Government officials, Wirtz in Bal Harbour, Fla. last Russia, the Government including President Lyndon John­ week. a Substitution of other cargoes Discussions followed on these son and AFL - CIO President announced here last week that George proposals between Wirtz, Gleason, Meany. it would act to assure resolu­ Hall, Weisberger and Curran. ILA Proposals Adopted tion of the issues presented by The plan to resolve the issues Wirtz then reported to the White the unions, by implementing the requirement that 50 percent of grain shipments to Communist bloc nations be carried in US ships. The Government's action, and the end of the wheat cargo boy­ cott, came after a series of dis­ raised by the upions was in line with a set of prdposals which was submitted by ILA President Thomas W. Gleason and which represented the joint position of Gleason, Hall and Joseph Curran, president of the NMU. The union proposals were submitted to US House and, after communication between President Johnson and President Meany, announcement of the settlement Was issued . The settlement provisions called for: e All future shipment of grains to Russia to be made with a Firm ILA Stand Sparked Win In Grain Cargo Fight . The International Longshoremen's Association role was a key factor in the successful fight of AFL-CIO maritime' unions against the bypassing of American vessels in the shipment of wheat to Russia. From the moment it became Continental Grain to use foreign been assured by Government offi­ ships to carry American vessels' cials that the 50-50 rule would be apparent that a policy switch share of the wheat cargoes, Glea­ observed. was afoot to favor foreign- son, during the MTD Executive The effectiveness of the long­ flag shipping over US vessels in the transport of the wheat, the ILA position was set forth clearly and positively. ILA President Thomas W. (Teddy) Gleason, an executive board member of the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, strongly protested to the Maritime Administration any waiving of the 50 percent rule, as requested by the Continental Grain Company. Warned Of Action In a wire in which he was joined by. SIU President Paul Hall and President Jesse Calhoon of the Marina Engineers Beneficial Asso­ ciation, Gleason warned of immedi­ ate action in the event of a grant­ ing of the waiver request. As a result of the unions' stand, the Maritime Administration called a meeting to which all Interested Government, management and union representatives were invited. It was a): this meeting that Gleason pointed out that unless 50-50 was observed In the wheat shipments, longshoremen would not load the cargoes. When the Maritime Administra­ tion granted waivers permitting Board meeting at Bal Harbour, Fla., publicly announced that he was calling upon the longshoremen to refuse to handle the cargoes. The ILA boycott prompted Sec­ retary of Commerce Luther Hodges, whose agency had been among those responsible for viola­ ting the 50-50 requirement, to say that the ILA was attempting to make Government policy — a charge that was quickly picked up by editorial writers on a few news­ papers who knew nothing of the issues. Gleason put the issue clearly by pointing out that thp ILA, rather than attemping to set Government policy, was in fact Intent upon seeing to it that Government policy was carried out by the Commerce Department and other agencies which were gqilty of evading toplevel Government policy and pledges. Kennedy Guaranteed 50-50 Gleason gave a reminder that President Kennedy last October had stated that the wheat ship­ ments were to be carried in Ameri­ can vessels and that the ILA had shoremen's action was apparent almost immediately. Nine vessels, both foreign and US-flag, which were to pick up wheat in Gulf and East Coast ports for shipment to the Soviet Union, were tied up by the time the settlement of the issue was reached last week. Joint Action Endorsed The ILA action and Its joint stand with the SIU and the Na­ tional Maritime Union brought forth widespread endorsement by the general public. Federal and state legislators, trade unions and other organizations. Virtually all of these expressed sympathy with the fight to protect the jobs of American maritime workers and the future of an essential industry. ILA officials \yho participated with Gleason in the development of the ILA position, the implemen­ tation of the boycott, and the dis­ cussions with other union and Government officials were Inter­ national Vice-Presidents Anthony Scotto and Willie Murphy, Inter­ national Executive Vice-President John Bowers and General Organ­ izer Fred Field. to make up for the 128,000 tons of wheat which the Maritime Administration had permitted to be carried on foreign ships, but udiich shouid have gone on US ves­ seis under the 50 percent re­ quirement, e At least one-haif of the wheat sold by Cargiil, Ino. to Rus­ sia to be carried iu Ameri­ can bottoms, e. Establishment of a mecha­ nism wherein the maritime unions, management and Government would be rep­ resented, to discuss all issues involved in the shipment of grain to Communist bloc na­ tions and the shipment of Public Law 480 grain ship­ ments to friendly nations. Public hearings, if requested by the unions, would be held on any aspect of these shipments. The agreement also calls for the establishment of a committee to include President Johnson, Meany, Secretary Wirtz and Mari­ time Administrator Nicholas Johnson, whose principal function would be to review the shipment of American grains to Russian satellite countries. Hall said that the unions "have succeeded in making our point that American seamen have been victimized by the policies of Government agencies in bypassing Presidential and Congressional in­ tent that 50 percent of the cargoes involved are to be carried in American ships. The settlement takes care of the immediate prob­ lem and lays the basis for re­ solving many issues confronting the maritime industry. "However," Hall said, "we will continue to exercise vigilance as our experience tells us we must, to see that American shipping gets its proper share of these cargoes." The unions' stand was touched off several weeks ago when Hall, Gleason and President Jesse Cal­ hoon of the Marine Engineers (Continued on page 5) PipgllQ In/uncfion Halts MTD Pitkefing Of foreign Ship In Wheat Deal ( Red Wheat: U. , ment Agree iONCSBOREMEN SET J TO RESUME LOAOIBG t ..nnnrio Grain To Soviet SaWBtes Vit -— ijrpi.nu I ' .* I Recent page headlines from the LOG (in shaded area) reveal how the wheat deal story developed since it was origioally announced last October. 1 ^ - �:::ia2a:¥> raft Frar SEAPAnER^ MMXA C UM LOG Boston SlUNA Fishermen Win Solid Contract Gains Would you be Interested In a trip to Russia now that the wheat shipments have been cleared?, BOSTON—^The SIUNA-affiliated Atlantic Fishermen's Union has reached agreement S. Foley: Sure I'd like to James Black: I'd like to make with fishing boat owners here on a new contract covering 600 Boston fishermen. The un­ go.George It would be really something the trip to Russia very much. It ion's new contract with the Federated Fishing Boats of New England, the boat owners' or­ in the way of would be a very ganization, was signed last'*^ new experience interesting expe­ I'm curious Friday, February 28, in the new agreement, the AFU fisher­ cent" for their health and welfare rience, since about Russia and we've heard all Customs House offices of the men will receive an Increase from fund or, as an alternative, they will I'd like to see that talk about Federal Mediation and Concilia­ $5 to $7 a day in maintenance and have the current deductions for the plgce. I was cure when unable to work due to radar and sounding machines on .them. I'd like to tion Service. in Murmansk at meet the Russian "Terms of the pact now go to the sickness. Crewmembers on fishing the vessels eliminated from the the beginning of people and see union's contract committee for ap­ boats will also get the equivalent lay. They will vote for one or the "World War II, how they feel proval and then to the membership of a lumper's pay on the day of dis­ other of these two proposals in the but I haven't about the US. I -for ratification in secret ballot vot­ charge of fish in the event of a secret balloting, which is expected been back since think I'd get "broker." in about two weeks. ing. The fishermen will also receive The new contract wiU run to then. I Imagine things have along OK with them since they The new agreement was ham­ changed quite a bit since those would probably be friendly to the mered out by union negotiators, an increase of one-half of one per­ Dec. 15, 1965. . days. American seamen. headed by President James Ackert, in a showdown session with the boat owners, after they were re­ Harry Early: I'd like very much Felix Serrano: Yes, I want to go cently informed that the Boston to go, especially since I was there to Russia. Like everybody else in fishermen had overwhelmingly a lot before and the Union I'm voted to take a strike ballot. The during .the war. looking for a meetings went around-the-clock When we we're chance to make for three consecutive days in the in Leningrad some money. wind-up before the terms were NEW YORK—Crewmembers and officers of the SIU- in 1937, they Anything that I agreed upon. manned Rio Grande were awarded a "citation for meritorious wouldn't let us could find in State Conciliator David Grodsky service" here last week for their part in rescuing survivors off the ship. I'm Russia, I know assisted in bringing union and pretty sure they that I - would be boat owner representatives to- in the Lakonia disaster. The-t would permit the able to find any­ getlier, the climax to months of citation was presented at a istry hopes to. submit its findings seamen to come where else. As work by the union. The AFU had luncheon sponsored by the to the Supreme Council on Mari­ ashore and look far as the recep­ time Accidents in several weeks. reopened the old contract on American Legion. around, although they would tion we'd get on shore goes, you March 26, 1963 for adjustments. The citation was presented to probably supervise them closely. -ust can't tell what kind of treat­ In the end, the union won all the offitials of the American Asia ment we would get. demands it had put forth at the Lines, Inc., owners of the Rio outset of the talks. Under the Grande, by the Robert L. Hague t i John Galloway: I don't want to Merchant Marine Industries Amer­ make the trip because I've been A1 Maisonet: I wouldn't be in­ ican Legion post. It was accepted reading and terested in the trip to Russia be­ by company officials on behalf of hearing about cause it's too the vessel's officers and crew. the restrictions long a trip. My NEW ORLEANS—Two SlU-InThe Rio Grande was part of the that have been family is back in fleet of rescue ships that con­ land Boatmen's Union-contracted put on the US New York and I verged on the Greek Line's La­ companies, Dixie Carriers and seamen when always try to NEW YORK—A record $2.5 bil­ konia when she burned and sank Coyle Line, have been given they hit shore In stick as close to lion was spent by 38 million in the Atlantic soutlTwest of Lisbon authorization by the Interstate Odessa. If I did them as possible. Americans on most phases of boat­ on Dec. 23rd with a loss of over Commerce Commission to operate go, I'd want to I might look into ing last year according to a report 100 lives. between points along the Mis­ meet the people the idea of going issued jointly by the National As­ Seafarers predominated on a 12- sissippi River Gulf Outlet channel without any su­ to the Soviet sociation of Engine and Boat man lifeboat crew which saved 76 extending,from the inner harbor Union at some Manufacturers and the Outboard persons, mostly women and chil­ navigation channel here through pervision by anybody. I'm sure the Russians would be very interesting time in the future because I am Industry Associations. dren, from the water. Notable of Breton Sound to the Gulf of to get to know. sort of interested in seeing it. The annual report listed the out­ many acts of bravery by Seafarers Mexico. lay for new and used boats, during the rescue operations was In addition to the two SIU-IBU motors, accessoiies, safety equip­ the action of ship's delegate Paul companies, permanent authority to ment, fuel, insurance, docking Magro who joined 3rd mate Ed provide service at points along the fees, maintenance, club dues, stor­ O'Donnell and 3rd assistant en­ newly-opened channel was granted age and repairs. gineer Finn V. Grested when they to the following carriers: Union The report also disclosed that jumped into the water to assist Barge Line Corp., Gulf Coast Tow­ an estimated 7.5 million recrea­ survivors in the Lakonia's ing Co., Federal Barge Lines, Inc., tional boats were in use in 1963. swamped boats. Sioux City and New Orleans Barge WASHING!tON—United States trade spurted to a $5.1 bil­ The figure, derived from a survey Over 900 of the 1,041 passengers Lines Inc.,. Blue Stack Towing Co., of state registrations, industry on the Lakonia were saved in the Baton Rouge Coal Towing Co., lon surplus last year, the Census Bureau has reported. sales information and partial esti­ dramatic sea rescue. American Commercial Barge Line Unusually hea'vy second half of the year exports pushed the mates by state government boat­ Meanwhile a formal inquiry into Co., and A.L. Mechling Barge surplus over the $5 billion ing authorities, indicates the fleet the disaster is underway In Athens, Lines Inc. mark for the first time since materials, manufactured goods and makeup as being as follows: 813,- Greece. The investigating commit­ The ICC order said the water fuels. Chemicals rose four per­ 000 inboard motor boats; 4,239,000 tee is studying witnesses' state­ carriers all began to service points 1961. outboard boats; 495,000 sailboats; ments of what took place on the along the Gulf shortly after it was The 1963 figure exceeded the cent to nearly $2 billion, but fats 2,131,000 rowboats, prams, ding­ stricken vessel during the disaster. opened to commercial traffic last previous year's surplus of $4.6 and oil barely managed to exceed hies and other miscellaneous craft. The Greek Merchant Marine Min­ July. billion, but falls short of the 1961 1962 figures. The total figure, as presented high of $5.4 billion. The biggest surplus In recent years—about by the Census Bureau, includes $6.2 billion—was registered in government-financed exports such as surplus farm goods for foreign 1957. exchange, but excludes military US exports last year reached an and economic assistance grants. all-time higih of $22.3 billion, a The census figures generally six percent Jump over the 1962 differ from the Commerce De­ total. Imports totaled $17.2 bil­ partment's reports, since the latter lion, also a new peak and a five do not consider military ship­ percent rise over the 1962 amount. ments moved through the Defense The trade surplus took business Department as a commercial experts by surprise, as most had transaction. predicted a $4.8 billion surplus on the basis of figures of the first 11 months and projected over the full year. March 6, 1964 Vol. XXVI, No. 5 The December gains v^re paced by industrial raw' materials, ma­ chinery, transport equipment and other manufactured products. PAUL HALL, President The biggest portion of the US HIXBERT BRAND, Editor; IRWIN BFIVACK, export total, $6.8 billion, was Managing Editor; BERNARD SEAMAN, Art supplied by machinery and trans­ Editor; MIKE POLLACK, NATHAN SKYER, LADCHLIN, ROBERT AHOHSON, port equipment. This represented THOMAS DONALD BROWN, Staff Writers. Accepting a citation for "meritorlcuf service" on behalf of crewmembers and officers who a $270 million gain over 1962. Published biweekly- at the headquarters took part in the rescue operation on the Rio Grande, are Stanley Ungar, president of Rio The biggest gain made- by any of the Seafarers International Union, At­ product was turned in by edible lantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters Grande Transport, owners of the vessel and A. Aadel, president of American Asia Lines, who District, AFL-CIO, 475 Fourth Avenue. agricultural exports which shot up Brooklyn, NV, II232. Tel. HYaclnth 9-4400. are the charterers of the Rio Grande. Making the presentation is Post Commander William $390 million to a total of $3.6 Second class postage paid at the Post Horan pf the Robert L. Hague Merchant Marina Industries Post, American Legion. Shown Office In Brooklyn, NY, under the Act billion. of Aug. 24, 1912. ll-r) are Captain Broach, US Coast Guard; Ungar; Horan; Aadel; and Captain George B. 120 . Other a u b s t a n t^1 increases Lesch, operating manager, American Asia Linp$»,-\^; .. .. w^re:: Jinade by: Mustrial. raw Rio Grande Rescue Gets Legion Award Record Year For Boating SlU Tug Go's Get ICC Permit ^ $ $1 US Trade Surplus Hits Record Total SEAFARERS LOG �SEAFARERS Hareh C. 19M SIU Crew Saves 22 After 'Quake Razes island In Azores NY Begins Seniority Program NEW YORK — The Seniority Upgrading Program which has been inaugurated by the Seafarers Appeals Board got underway this week with 29 men participating. Applications are now being ac­ cepted from qualified Seafarers by the SAB for the next 30-day upgrading program, which is ex­ pected to begin in tlie Port of New York on April. 6. The SAB announced the up­ grading program for Seafarers last month, based on a Unionshipowner survey of manpower needs in all ports and the number of men shipped to fill jobs on SlU-contracted vessels during 1963. SAB is the joint Union-manage­ ment panel whioh governs the shipping rules established under contracts for SIU ships. The Board action is a move to assure that qualified Seafarers will be available at all times to meet current manning needs in the face of a lack of available class A men due to retirements and longer vacation time on the beach. The SIU also has a larger number of ships than a year ago in spite of the steadily declining condition of the shipping industry. Seafarers Interested in the up­ grading program can find full qualifications set forth in Section 5H of the shipping rules, based on SAB action last December. The revised rules were carried in a special LOG supplement on January 10, 1964. All qualified class B r-->n who wish to apply for a seniority up­ grading application or for in­ formation should write to: Earl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Ap­ peals Board, 17 Battery Place," Suite 1930, New York 4, New York. The SAB Seniority Upgrad­ ing . Committee includes Shepard for the Atlantic Area; Lindsey Williams, Gulf Area; A1 Tanner, Great Lakes Area; and E. B. McAuley, West Coast Area. Coast Lumber Go's Do Okay PORTLAND, Ore,—The Pacific Northwest lumber companies, whose cries of poverty have spurred a tender-hearted Congress to amend the Jones Act to allow foreign-flag vessels into the US domestic trade at the cost of US seamen's jobs, are as usual, sing­ ing a different tune in their latest financial report. A preliminary financial report for 1963 issued recently by the Georgia-Pacific Lumber Corpora­ tion shows a net income rise of over $3.5 million for 1963 over the previous year. The figures in­ clude Puget Sound Pulp Si Timber Company which merged into . Georgia^acific last July, and St. Croix Paper Company, also ac­ quired last year. Commenting on these figures, a company official said he is, "con­ fident" that 1964 sales and earn­ ings will show "substantial im­ provement." In 1962 Congress passed a bill sponsored by Sen. Maurine Neuberger (D-Ore.) which opened the domestic trades to foreign ships for the first time since 1920. Although her bill, covering the lumber trade from US continental ports to Puerto Rico, has since ex­ pired, a two-year extension was approved by the Senate and is still pending in the House. Pare PIT« LOG SAO JORGE, Azores—Shortly after the Steel Director (Isthmian) steamed out of Cadiz, Spain, bound for New York and home, the Government sent her an urgent call to divert and come to this island which had been wrecked by a series of earthquakes. Governor John A. Burnt of Hawaii accepts' plaque naming him an honorary member of the SlUNA Military Sea Trans­ portation Union, from William D. Handelsman, director of organization for the MSTU. James Dooley, agent for the Sailors Union and president of the Central Labor Council of Hawaii (left), and MSTU organizer Francis Militante look on. First Af SrS Pact Signed By SlUNA SAN FRANCISCO—The SIUNA-affiliated Military Sea Transportation Union signed last month the first agreement' ever reached with the Military Sea Transportation Service Hawaii Command in Honolulu. The agreement, which is ered under a separate agreement subject to review by MSTS to be negotiated later with the officials in San Francisco and Washington, is one of the first to be negotiated under a Presidential order signed last year which en­ titled MSTS seamen to" have Union representation. The agreement was also the first to be reached involving MSTS ships in the Pacific. The Hawaii Command of MSTS covers the USNA Alatna and any other ships assigned to the command. There are still some 30 ships to be cov­ •MSTS in San Francisco. These in­ clude four large passenger ships in the MSTS fleet. The agreement with the Hawaii Command was negotiated by a combined team of MSTU repre­ sentatives and three Alatna crewmembers; L. A. Russel, Charles Keoho and Hermogense Jimeno.* The agreement was said to include provisions for better shipboard conditions, particularly those in­ volving crew headquarters. The C-3 freighter arrived at the island about 5 PM on February 18 to aid in the evacuation of the residents of the island, many of whom had been made homeless by the ravages of the earth fissure. The crew Immediately launched its starboard lifeboat in heavy seas and Seafarer Richi.rd Spence, the deck delegate. Jack Oosse, Stanley Partyka and Julian Hickos clamb­ ered aboard and made for the shore. The crew loaded some 50 men, women and children who were swarming on the beach, not really knowing where to go. They set out for the Director, but at the time they arrived, seas were so heavy they were unable to unload the boat. In their struggles, the ship's gangway struck the gunnel of the boat a crashing blow, almost smashing the small boat. Between the inability of the crew to hook up the lifeboat be­ cause'of the seas and the extreme seasickness of the evacuees, the lifeboat crew was forced to return the people to the island and to return for them in the morning. Already it had become too dark to continue the rescue operation. The following morning, after the crew was on stand-by the entire night, ' the lifeboat was again launched, and again made it to the After four days of buffet­ ing by the earthquakes which hammered her home, a 94-year-old grandmother rests quietly aboard the Steel Director after rescue. island. This time they picked up 22 refugees, and, through still heavy swells, brought them back to the ship. This time they were loaded aboard. As the lifeboat again set out for shore, the crew aboard the Director did all that they could to make the evacuees from the island comfortable. Swinging into action, the steward department provided them withhot coffee, chocolate, food and re­ freshments. Cots were set up, and the people—one a grandmother of 94 years—were made as comfort­ Determination to follow up able as possible. It was the first jointly on the issue was demon­ time they had had an opportunity strated at a meeting in Gleason's to relax in four days. office in New York on March 2, Meanwhile, the lifeboat returned attended by representatives of the from Its third gruelling trip ILA, NMU, SIU and MEBA. a Joint Maritime Committee through the heavy seas. But this of all the unions Involved was set time the boat was empty. The up at the time to push the fight danger had passed, and no more for full US-flag participation in evacuees were being taken from accordance with the terms of the the island. The Director took the Cargo Preference Act and Presi­ 22 people to the nearby Island of Praia, and then sailed off—again dential directives. ..f bound for New York and home. Joint Union Stand Wins (Continued from page 3) Beneficial Association threatened to take "appropriate action" if the Maritime Administration waived substantial American ship participation in the grain ship­ ments, in violation of President Kennedy's assurances last fall that ". . . the wheat we sell to the Soviet Union will be carried in available American ships, supple­ mented by ships of other nations ..." At subsequent meetings with the Maritime Administration and other Government agency repre­ sentatives, Hall scored the manip­ ulations by the grain companies in awarding cargoes, and Gleason said that unless the 50-50 pledge was observed in the wheat ship­ ments, longshoremen would riot load the cargoes. As a result of the unions' stand, the Maritime Administration re­ jected waiver requests that would limit American-flag participation to 21 percent, but allowed sufficient waivers to cut the US share to 38 percent instead of the minimum 50 percent. Hall and Gleason then sub­ mitted the whole issue of the wheat shipments to the Maritime Trades Departnient executive board at its meeting in Bal Har­ bour which began on February 14. The MTD body voted unanimous support for the ILA in its refusal "to load grain for shipment to the Soviet Union in violation of the clear-cut policy announced by the White House." Meany announced his endorse­ ment of the MTD's efforts to pro­ tect the interests of American maritime workers and shipping. Gleason then implemented the boycott W the longshoremen on all vessels on which wheat was to be loaded for Russia. The united stand by the SIU, ILA and NMU was then developed in meetings between Hall, Weisberger, Gleason and Curran, along with other representatives of each of the three unions. Hall and Cur­ ran also presented the position of the maritime unions at the AFLCIO Executive Council meeting in Bal Harbour, which they were at­ tending as Federation vice- presi­ dents. It was shortly thereafter that telephone discussions between President Johnson and Meany brought forth the settlement. US Studies Lakes Problem WASHINGTON —A delegation of shippers from port cities in Ohio heard Rear Adm. John Harllee, chairman of the Federal Maritime Commission, last week say that his agency is deeply in­ terested in the problems confront­ ing Great Lakes shippers. Harllee said that one major matter under investigation by the agency was the disparity of rates charged by eastbound and west­ bound ocean vessels, a condition which affects Great Lakes shippers. Speaking at an annual meeting of the Council of Lake Erie Ports here, Harllee also said there were several other matters of im­ portance to Great Lakes shippers under study by his agency. The meeting was attended by some 100 persons and included both ship­ pers and Congressmen. Delegates aboard Steel Director (Isthmian) take a break on arrival in New York after Azores rescue. Pictured (l-r) are Charles Scott, ship's delegate; Joe Fried, engine dele­ gate; Eddie Hernandez, steward delegate, and Richard Spence, deck delegate. Crew teamwork made it possible for refugees to leave the island, have something warm to eat aboard the Director, and bunk down for trip to Praia and safety. �rnrnrnimmmmmmmmmmmamifmmmm l^rf..' 'f. Piffc Sis SEAFARERS February 15 — February 28, 1964 Philadelphia showed a slight drop in job activity, while Norfolk gained, but Jacksonville and. Tampa continued on the very slow bell. For the Gulf, New Orleans also reported a drop in ship­ ping, but Houston remained steady. Mobile logged a slight rise over the previous report. Both Wilmington and San Francisco dipped slightly on the West Coast, while Seattle showed a minor gain. Thus, !• ]IMi^lfC4 LOG (Figxnes On This Page Cover Deep Sea Shipping Only In the SW Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District.) In all three areas—Atlantic, Gulf and West Coast— SIU shipping fluctuated widely this period, with the great­ est gain reported out of Baltimore. That port jumped from under 50 men shipped last period to 157 this time. Boston sTiowed a slight rise, while New York rose from 216 to 256 men shipped in all departments. if: on the total picture, largely due to Baltimore, shipping for the District was improve over the prior period. There were 1,165 men shipped this time as against 1,117 during the last two-week period. The registration figures showed a slight decline, to 1,127 men registered in all ports. The drop was about evenly spread among the three shipboard departments. In-the ship activity totals (see right), there were a few more payoffs this time, but a drop in sign-ons and ships in transit. As a result, calls for replacements were relatively light for most of the ports. The seniority figures show a gain of one percentage point in total jobs filled by class A men, a rise to 59 per­ cent. Class B men dropped from 31 percent to 29. The slack was taken up by a one-point rise for class C ship­ ping—from 11 to 12 percent of the total. Ship Acthrify P«y Sign Off! CM TroM. TOTAL 5 . 5 •octoii 0 0 45 4 IS New York .... 24 0 5 7 Philodolphla.. 2 25 49 12 lolHmoro ,..i 11 2 2 7 Norfolk ...." 3 5 5 JackMMvillo .. 0 0 4 Tampa 0 0 4 13 kfobila 4 1 i NowOrloMs.. 9 3 12 20 Momtoa ..... 3 2 32 17 5 .. 0 0 5 SM Francisco.. 0 2 5 7 Soattl* S 4 3 12 TOTALS ... 57 32 129 "217 DECK DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Registered CLASS B Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C GROUP GROUP GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 1 2 2 3 ALL Boston 0 5 "0 5 0 3 1 4 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 21 New York..; 16 44 3 63 1 23 12 36 20 7 61 1 7 17 34 9 Philadelphia 5 6 3 14 0 2 8 10 1 11 0 5 5' 9 1 0 Baltimore 12 8 4 24 0 6 15 11 35' 1 9 5 16l 19 6 9 Norfolk 3 10 1 14 0 3 5 8 11 10 2 23; 1 1 5 Jacksonville 3 4 1 8 1 2 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Tampa 0 3 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 Mobile 3 9 0 12 0 5 6 11 3 6 6, 2 0 2 4 New Orleans 15 35 4 54 2 11 21 34 11 48! 0 7 24 13 3 lol Houston 23 24 5 52 3 8 12 23 11 37 6 54! 0 11 10 211 Wilmington 7 4 1 12 0 1 2 3 2 5 0 2 1 0 1 1 Sao Francisco........ 6 13 0 19 3 11> 5 5 3 19! 3 4 2 9 121 2 S°-1tle 7 11 3 21 3 9 5 17 4 9 4 4 12 5 21 TOTALS 100 176 25 1 301 13 76 90 1 179 79 166 44 1 2891 11 48 57 1 116 Port •'i "1 TOTAL Shipped Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP CXASS GROUP GROUP i 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 2 3 ALL 6 6 0 0 1 3 1 2 1 18 0 9 3 6 2 4 87 84 115 30 229 5 0 5 9 61 17 4 9 54 56 115 0 2 11 18 13 2 0 5 2 33 0 13 7 4 13 17 5 35 1 2 16 56 37 2 5 52 16 105 0 17 22 39 0 3 4 23 1 7 34 8 26 0 4 15 3 6 6 12 0 2 9 0 1 1 1 0 1 25 3 13 3 16 8 27 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 7 9 2 18 1 2 5 8 0 0 0 11 17 26 0 6 0 33 65 1 6 9 14 24 n 48 10 0 58 93 92 15 200 10 54 95 159 0 0 0 1 6 0 7 54 21 7 82 60 76 14 150 5 23 28 56 0 1 0 1 5 7 12 1 1 14 3 29 1 4 11 16 0 2 2 4 19 4 32 19 26 9 46 6 1 11 12 29 111 17 1 8 2 21 11 49 16 14 37 7 4 9 12 25 3 27 15 1 45 289 116 45 1 450' 390 481 110 1 981 36 211 286 1 533 L ENGINE DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Pnrt rOiJ Boston New York Philadelphia ! Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville .; Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston •.... Wilmington San Francisco Seattle TOTALS GROUP 1 2 0 "1 10 27 0 8 6 10 0 4 0 0 0 2 1 8 11 26 4 21 1 2 2 10 2 5 37 124 Registered CLASS B i Shipped CLASS A 'Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C GROUP GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 3 ALL .1 2 2 0 1 0 0 5 1 1 0 1 4 0 1 3 4 4 41 8 21 14 58 8 43! 11 10 14 32 38 9 10 0 2 3 5 8 0 0 4 0 3 6 9 4 0 16 2 11 17 6 19 6 5 25 4. 35 1 11 1 5 0 1 1 13 0 0 4 2 3 7 3 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 1 1 2 0 .. 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 11 0 3 3 6 4 17 0 16 3 » 4 4 41 2 4 19 16 37 7 18 17 4 29| 0 6 11 5 30 1 12 16 29 5 33 2 40 0 10 8 18 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 13 0 0 2 2 2 7 10 0 5 2 7 1 3 10 0 7 5 12 2 14 1 6 11 1 3 2 24 I 185 13 79 71 1 163 41 158 29 1 228 10 61 . 55 1 126 TOTAL Shipped GROUP CLASS 1 2 3 ALL A B 0 0 1 4 5 1 10 58 0 6 4 32 0 4 4 3 1 9 0 3 35 2 1 17 0 5 13 3 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17 1 8 0 29 0 0 0 17 0 0 1 1 40 18 0 0 3 0 0 2 7 2 4 10 1 1 7 14 14 6 7 0 23 19 1 43 228 126 1 Registered C In The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP C ALL 1 3 ALL 1 2 2 3 ALL 10 1 3 5 0 1 1 6 10 4 10 100 36 94 16 146 24 53 46 123 17 1 24 1 4 20 3 4 7 12 55 12 3 59 80 2 9 27 19 48 10 2 13 1 5 6 22 1 2 3 10 1 0 6 1 3 1 17 9 7 0 1 1 11 0 12 0 6 4 2 26 4 23 32 0 1 5 17 11 6 46 27 66 14 107 5 0 70 69 144 59 17 64 90 6 1 9 42 64 112 5 4 14 2 0 8 2 8 16 6 21 11 32 45 2 2 6 4 11 19 34 5 15 2 22 3 8 6 17 14 43 1 397 123 411 66 1 600 47 253 247 1 547 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A •J _ .J Fort Bos NY Phil Bal Nor Jac Tarn Mob NO Hou Wil SF Sea...... TOTALS Registered CLASS B GROUP 1-s 1 2 3 ALL 1 0 0 1 2i 8 12 6 22 48 0 4 2 3 9 3 4 2 6 15 0 3 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 1I 0 1 3s 1 1 2 2 9 1 4 46 4 13 3 26 7 22 1 4 10 7 0 2 0 5 3 2 3 10 2 10 3 3 2 2 24 54 GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1-s 0 0 1 Ij 0 1 3 12 16 4 2 1 1 4' 0 2 10 1 13 3 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 ,0 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 4 1 3 0 39 42 1 2 1 12 15 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 2 3 3 0 1 4 5 2 25 85 1 188 9 11 91 1 "1 16 Shipped CLASS A GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 11 0 0 1 3 20 11 38 3 0 5 2 8 4 14 29 4 1 3 8 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 7 0 4 12 7 0 18 26 8 3 17 30 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 11 2 0 2 6 53 12 88 [ 169 Shipped CLASS C Shipped CLASS B GROUP 3 ALL 1 2 0 3 4 1 2 21 5 14 0 0 2 2 0 0 9 9 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 5 20 0 19 1 13 1 1 11 0 0 0 0: 3 0 3 0 14 1 1 12 6 10 81 1 97 GROUP 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 9 TOTAL Shipped CLASS 3 ALL A B 3 1 2 4 10 38 21 9 1 2 5 2 8 29 8 9 5 5 8 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 12 0 7 0 26 0 20 5 11 30 13 2 0 1 0 5 11 5 3 5 6 5 14 41 1 52 169 97 C ALL 1-s 3 8 3 10 691 24 2 9 10 46 7 8 1 17 5 0 1 3 3 0 1 19 5 0 46 24 0 54' 11 11 2 2! 2 19 13 5 25 8 5 52 1 318 111 Registered On The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP 3 ALL 1 3 ALL 1 2 2 14 0 2 4 0 2 3 4 51 7 37 43 35 80 182 7 10 31 1 7 8 2 7 6 80 1 2 20 23 22 16 35 10 0 12 0 5 0 12 4 8 15 1 0 7 1 6 5 6 7 14 0 4 2 2 5 50 2 0 15 17 6 23 16 2 121 129 40 19 78 16111 6 39 64 4 2 33 30 10 13 10 5 21 3 2 7 2 10 16 49 0 2 14 9 12 15 17 25 2 3 10 4 11 4 27 286 1340 1 193 123 289 I 716 27 SUMMARY DECK ENGINt STEWARD GRAND TOTAU Registered CLASS A GROUr 1 23 ALL 100 176 , 25 I 301 ^24 2i I 135 76 25 ® 1138 215 325 134 J 674 Registered SHIPPED SHIPPED CLASS B CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 123 ALL 123 ALL 13 76 dp 179 79 166 44 i 289 "11 48 57 lie 13 79 71 j 163 41 158 29 I 228 10 61 55 126 9 11 91 I 111 69 12 88 I 169 6 10 81 119 193 166 252 i 453 189 336 161 J 686 Registered On The Beach TOTAL SHIPPED CLASS B CLASS A SHIPPED CLASS C GROUP GROUP CLASS GROUP 2 3 ALL 2 3 ALL 1 B C ALL 1 1 2 3 ALL A 27 15 I 45 289 116 45 I 450 390 481 110 I 981 38" 211 286 T 533 23 19 I 43 228 126 43 397 123 411 66 I 600 47. 253 247 I 547 2 41 I 52 169 97 5£ 318 304 123 289 716 27 27" 28iB I 340 75 1 140^686 339'140 jll65 817 1015 465 J2287 110 491 819 |1420 �Mank t, 1N4 SEAFARERS By Cd Tenner, Executive Vice-President Major IIS Need: Oil import Quota LOG ftg* Btrrem Danish Court Upholds Two-Pot Pay System NEW YORK—A Danish labor court has upheld a two-pot pay system in which Asian crews employed by Danish shipping companies in the Far East are excluded from con­ ditions laid down in collective bargaining agreements with Danish Unions. The court did however, order a Danish ship-"^" with paying the make this a test case against the owner to pay compensation of shipowner, Chinese crewmembers consider­ two-pot pay system for Asian about $1,447 to Chinese crew- ably lower rates than those laid crewmen. The court ruled how­ Although American ships carry less than 50 percent of both 4ry and liquid cargo in our foreign trade, the problem is most acute in the tanker trade, and the consequences are most serious there in the loss of jobs for American seamen. This is the picture. Of the total of 100 million tons of commercial petroleum products imported into the United States in 1961, American ships carried only 1.4 million tons or just barely 1.4 percent. The run­ members of the Danish-flag "Else down in agreements between the ever that this particular ship had away flags of Liberia-and Panama, between them, carried 58.8 million Maersk." owner and the Union on a run made a trip which took it outside tons, or 58.7 percent (Liberia—44 million tons. 44 percent; Panama 14.8 The decisions followed a com­ between Japan, Weet Africa and the traditional Far Eastern routes million tons, 14.7 percent), and Norwegian ships carried 18.6 million plaint filed by the Danish Sailon the US. and justified the payment of the tons, or 18.5 percent. Ships registered under the British and the Greek and Firemen's Union charging the The Union had intended to Asian crew at full union rates on flags accounted for another 10.2 million tons, or 10.2 percent. this basis. Because this vital trade is so heavily dominated by foreign shipping, Court Upholds Company independent American tanker tonnage is unable to find employment The court upheld the company's in oil for about half the year and either lays up or is forced into right to continue the two-pot the grain trade, creating additional competition for the dry cargo system on the normal Far East tramps and bulk carriers. The oversupply of shipping in grain thus runs because it found "sufficient leads to rate-cufting and unprofitable operations for all American ships evidence" that a "tradition" in that field, further aggravating the problems of American shipping existed among European nations and ieading in time to reduced operations and greater unemployment. engaged in Far East trade where­ The independent tankers that -f by certain routes were manned by are forced into grain by the greedi­ were to move in American bottoms, Asian, seamen at local rates. they would provide business for ness of the major oil companies The Danish Sailors and Fire­ and the absurd oil and tanker about 50 T-2s. This would mean men's Union presented a plaque policies of the Governnvent gener­ 2,000 actual jobs and close to 3,000 to SIU' president Paul Hall here ally number about 26 ships ranging men to fill these jobs under the in 1962 in appreciation of SIU in size from T-2s to the super­ present vacation and time-off ar­ support during the Danish sea­ tanker SS Manhattan of 108,000 rangements. Regulations requiring men's strike in US ports in May of tons deadweight. These 26 ships, the use of American ships in the the previous year. The Danish which include six supertankers, ac­ oil import trade also would elimi­ seamens' strike for higher wages tually represent as much tonnage nate competition between US-flag and better working conditions was as 42 T-2s, or about 60 dry cargo tankers and dry cargo vessels, per­ supported by American maritime ships in the Liberty, Victory, and mitting the owners to develop a unions, including the SIU and its sound dry-cargo, bulk-carrying C-2 class. affiliates, as well as the Inter­ What this means, therefore, is fleet. In other words, realization pt national Longshoremen's Associa­ the oil import proposal would that when the oil trade is weak, tion, the Maritime Trades Depart­ as many as 26 tankers move into enormously benefit the entire in­ ment and MTD port councils. dustry. grain, competing with the dry One of the factors in the strike The urgent need for the oil im­ cargo vessels. Then, if there isn't was the union's protest of the port program is underscored by the enough PL 480 cargo to go around, hiring of seamen in Far East ports a number of the smaller, more near-completion of the Colonial SlU lifeboat class No. l'02 takes its turn before the camera at far below union scale, a Pipeline from Houston, Texas, to marginal ships are forced to lay practice prevalent among Euro­ to mark "graclualion"-completion of two-v/eek training up, with a loss of jobs for Ameri­ New York, which will replace by pean operators to undercut their schedule. All of the men in the class earned Coast Guard 1965 the equivalent of 23 T-2 can seamen. Moreover, with the own nationals. The strike ended lifeboat tickets. Pictured (front, l-r): Williom Wilson, intense competition created for tankers that would have been re­ after the seamen voted to accept quired to service the growth in dry cargo, rates are forced down, Beraard Rudgers; middle, Richard Gibbons, William Swara new contract offered by ship­ and the ships that remain in the demand between 1960 and 1965, tout, Clayton Adams, Walter T. Gibb, Frederick P. Youngi owners, but no settlement was plus an additional 18 to 61 T2 tank­ trade don't earn enough for the rear, Jon Smith, Enrico Ceci, Bob Noel, Maxwell King, reached concerning the protest of owners to think about replacing ers serving in the active fleet dur­ the hiring of Asian seamen. Andrew Hunter, and instructor Ami Bjornsson. » ing 1960. their tonnage or upgrading their fleets. . The half-dozen or so supertank­ ers that are forced into grain are all ships that were built with Fed­ eral mortgage insurance, so called ment of the Administration's proposal, which Title XI insurance: The Govern­ BAL HARBOUR, Fla.—The AFL-CIO specifically called for extension of such cov­ follows the line of the pending King-Anderson ment has guaranteed the mort­ erage to include two to three million addi­ gages on these ships and stands to Executive Council has mapped out basic tional workers mostly employed in restaurants, bill, is an essential step, the Council said, lose up to $225 million if the ships programs for a vigorous attack on pov­ hotels, laundries, agricultural processing, cot­ "toward making needed care available to all." go into pernaanent lay-up. The ton ginning, small logging operations, hospitals • Gave an overriding priority to labor's mortgages on several of these erty in the US at its winter meeting held and other health services, theatres, non-profit drive to help secure Senate passage of the super-tankers have already been here. Heading the list of issues slated for organizations and on farms. House-approved civil rights bill without com­ foreclosed, and the other ships iipmediate action were civil rights, education, Another measure urged by the Council to promise or crippling amendments as a key have done so badly that the Mari­ hospital care for the aged, unemployment deal with the problem of chronic unemploy­ weapon to end discrimination at all levels— time Administration has been compensation, a higher minimum wage and ment in the US is an across the board reduc­ discrimination that is deeply entwined with obliged/ in' a number of cases, extension of coverage. tion in the workweek to 35 hours with double the incidence of poverty. either to advance principal. pay­ The Council adopted a detailed statement pay for overtime. This would provide an e Charged that state legislatures under ments or induce the lending insti­ noting that the President "must reverse nearly estimated 3.5 miilion jobs and was called "heavy pressure from employers" are under­ tution holding the mortgage to 10 years of stagnation" in the campaign essential to solve the challenge of providing mining the unemployment compensation sys­ grant the shipowners a two-year against poverty and declaring that the "pri­ more th^n 80,000 jobs a week for the rest tem and that the need for modem federal deferment on the payment of mary underpinning" of the anti-poverty pro­ of the 1960's to achieve and sustain full standards is extremely pressing to protect mortgage principal. gram must be action to achieve a full employ­ employment. millions of Americans from falling into pov­ Obviously, this is no way to ment economy with jobs at decent wages for erty levels because of unemployment. Urge National Investigation develope an American-flag tanker all Americans able and willing to work. • Urged the Government to take the lead fleet, to protect the remaining A full scale national investigation of the Four major are<ts were mapped out dealing tramps, or to build up a new fleet with the basic causes of poverty in which social and economic impact of automation was in securing the imposition of a complete of dry cargo bulk carriers. As you the "federal government must lead" and urged by the Council as a major program for international embargo on oil and arms ship­ know, the SlU has fought for many gain the cooperation of state and local govern­ any attack on unemployment and the poverty ments to South Africa and called on American years to reduce the cost differential ments and private groups. These areas are: that stems from joblessness. "Automation is labor to provide material and financial assist­ between those American and run­ measures to create jobs and aid the unem­ displacing thousands .of jobs each week, while ance to the African resistance movement away-flag shipping by organizing ployed, programs to. lift wages of low-paid, the labor force is growing at a stepped-up struggling for freedom in South Africa. • Pressed the register and get-out-the-vote the seamen employed on the run­ workers, aid against hazards of old age, pace," the Council pointed out. It urged Con­ aways and raising their wages and desertion, illness and death, and education, gress to establish an automation commission drive in the 1964 elections with special empha­ benefits to decent levels. We also housing and personal adjustment. to assist unions and employers in achieving sis on door-to-door registration campaigns and have tried to get the big oil comcollective bargaining solutions to problems of easing of registration provisions in the states Purchasing Power Increased and cities to enlarge the number of eligible .panies to give up all or part of automation. Commenting on the $11.5 billion tax cut voters. their runaway operations and to On other major issues the Council: run their ships in the foreign trade biirpassed by Congress last week, AFIj-CIO ' Add To AFL-(!;I0 Rolls • Called for massive federal aid for educa­ President George Meany said it will help the . under the American flag, where job situation by increasing purchasing power. tion programs aimed at both the causes and they rightfully belong. The Council also heard a report from the Another approach to the problem He noted that while the tax measure will effects of poverty. Such programs are essen­ AFL-CIO Director of Organization which which has received some support aid the economy, it has no direct bearing on tial if the nation is to break the cycle of showed AFL-CIO unions for the 12-month in Washington is also being sup­ wage policies to be set by AFL-CIO affiliates. poverty and unemployment, the Council period ending June 1963 winning 54 percent ported by the Union. It calls for Pay increases are also needed to stimulate asserted. In a statement on education needs of National Labor Relations Board elections the Government to issue regula­ the nation's growth rate, he said, and added and programs, the Council called specifically in which they were involved. The 2,565 tions that a certain percentage of that there is "plenty of room" for wage hikes for special aid to education, in low income victories brought in 172,500 new members to areas so that the problems of these areas AFL-CIO unions. In the Los Angeles cam­ the oil imported into this country without touching' off inflation. must be carried on American-flag The setting uP of a $2 minimum hourly will no longer be dealt with "halfheartedly paign, 30,000 new members were added to ships. *We estimate that if as little wage and extension of the Fair Labor Stand­ and on a piecemeal basis." union rolls, 10,000 via victories in 143 elec­ as 25 percent of the oil imports ards Act were urged to improve the lot of • Urged speedy action on hospital insurance tions, 6,000 through card checks or recognition that come into the United States' low-wage American workers. The Codncil for the aged through social security. Enact­ and 14,000 in government unions. SlU Lifeboat Class No. 102 AFL-CIO Levels Guns On Poverty �n -.istiUEiai PMW Hrkt SEAWARERS i tOQ New Bedford Fish Union Seeks Pact A Spry Eighty-five Baltimore vs. NY \ See Cargo Battle In Rail-Rate Cuts f BALTIMORE—The Port of Baltimore, with the support NEW BEDFORD — The SIU affiliated New Bedfofd Fisher­ of several Southern railroads, is getting ready to challenge men's Union is seeking a vacation the Port of New York on the movement of seven important fund and other new benefits for items in foreign trade which • 1,200 local fishermen in negotia­ tions about to get underway with have moved almost exclu­ It is almost certain that New the New Bedford Seafood Prod­ sively through New York York railroads and the Port of ucers Association, the boat New York will oppose the reduc­ until now. owner's organization. tions. The export items are canned The Union notified the associa­ goods, paper articles, paint and Win Long Battle tion of its intention to reopen the rubber tires. Import goods are Less than a year ago railroads contract which expires on March crude rubber, plywood and canned serving New York and New Eng­ 31, 1964. In turn, the association goods. land won a long battle to elim­ informed the Union of its plans to Meeting Held inate a general rail rate differen­ seek amendments and modifica­ At a meeting of the * Maryland tial favoring Southern ports; a tions at a future date. Port Authority here, it was an­ differential dating back about 75 Specifically, the Seafood Prod­ nounced that proposed rate reduc­ years. The fight went all the way ucers Association announced a tions by the Baltimore & Ohio to the Supreme Court to eliminate Still spry and salty as ever, Seafarer oldtimer George F. desire to obtain an increase in Railroad and the Western Mary­ export and Import rates which Immel proves he is still active by bouncing two of his greatthe deduction for the advertising land Railroad would give Balti­ were 60 cents a ton higher great grandchildren. Now receiving SIU pension benefits, fund on scallopers. more an advantage over New York through Northern ports than to or Brother Immel lives in Mansfield, Ohio. At the age of 85, of $6 a ton on certain shipments from Philadelphia, Baltimore and In addition to establishing the he says proudly, "I am the chief" of five generations of the and a possible differential of $7 a Southern ports on the Atlantic vacation fund, the Union is asking ton on some items. Immel family. for increases in welfare fund and coast. Seafood Council deductions, the If the New York railroads pro­ latter for promotional purposes in test to the ICC or file similar re­ the industry. The Union also ductions the matter would have to wants an arbitration clause in the get a hearing. Baltimore port and contract so that unsolved disputes rail officials are avoiding any would be referred immediately to reference to the proposed new the' Federal Mediation and Con­ rates as a move to restore the re­ ciliation Service. cently-outlawed differential. In­ The Union also requested an stead the proposed cuts are sim­ increase in maintenance and cure NEW YORK—Secretary of Agriculture Orville F. Freeman has been instrumental in ply called rate reductions on items for fishermen when ill and asked that Baltimore wants to attract to that a minimum of $5 a day be the firing of a waitress from her job in the United Nations dining room, it was announced their area. paid to captains and each crew- by Joseph Fox, head of the Restaurant Worker's Union here. The effective dates for the new member when individual shares selective rates have not yet been 'Fox said Freeman had"* amount to less than $50 per man The announcement of the Governor of Minnesota before decided but under ICC rules the on poor "broker-type" fishing complained to the manager of waitress' complaint to the arbitra­ being appointed to his Cabinet changes would need a 30-day ad­ the dining room that she had tion board came shortly after the post. trips. vance filing. The Union asked that Patriot's been sullen, had hovered over the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades De­ Day be added to the paid holidays table, whisked dishes away too partment declared an all out drive received by the fishermen in quickly, and generally not given to oust Freeman from the de­ service one would expect. New Bedford, partment because of his anti-labor attitude. An MTD resolution pointed out that the Agriculture Department By At Kerr, Secretary-Treasurer has been charged with running a "company union" by the American Federation of Government Em­ Pensipn Benefits Under Discussion Based on some of the past articles that have been carried in the ployees, an AFL-CIO union, which represents the first such charge SEAFARERS LOG relative to various SIU benefits and welfare pro­ WASHINGTON—A Congressman has asked the Maritime ever brought against an agency of grams, we have received questions concerning the various items pro­ the US Government, The AFGE vided for our oldtimers and pensioners. Subsidy Board to study a proposal to exclude from its new filed a formal complaint with Under our welfare and pension programs, there are two types of formula for determining construction subsidies all ships on Freeman last year demanding pensions available. One is a normal pension for Seafarers 65 years of withdrawal of the Department age or older, who have 15 or more years of seatime, with 90 days of which invitations to bid had^recognition of another group, the seatime in the past calendar year+ing saving of that percentage to been issued when the new Organization of Professional Em­ and one day of seatime in the six- the pension list. Another require­ the government. ruling was made. ployees of the Department of In seeking exclusions from the Agriculture. The union charged month period immediately preced­ ment under the rules is that In The MSB said that it would ing the date of application. order to continue receiving this study the suggestion by Represen­ new system, Garmatz mentioned that OPEDA is "sponsored, con­ benefit from year to year, a pen­ Those meeting the requirements tative Edward A. Garmatz (D., principally that it not be applied trolled and assisted by the agency receive a pension of $150 per sioner is required to take a physi­ to two ships on which the Beth­ Md.), along with other suggestions management," and was redognized month, plus complete medical, cal examination once a year to submitted on the controversial lehem Steel Company's Sparrows by the agency although AFGE had hospital and surgical benefits paid determine if he is still eligible. ruling. While the announcement Point shipyard was low bidder. won exclusive bargaining rights in full for themselves. Their de­ Pensioners who have qualified Cites Lack of Work of the change in computing sub­ for the Department's 1,500 meat pendents receive hospital and as above are also entitled to death sidies seemed to be final when Garmatz told the MA in a tele­ inspectors. surgical benefits according to the benefits of up to $4,000. The the Board announced it, the Mari­ gram that the "awarding of this Separate action by the MTD dependents' benefits schedule of amount of the death benefit is time Administration did ask that contract under new formula could also charged the Agriculture De­ the Seafarers Welfare Plan. determined as follows: If the all interested parties submit com­ prolong time of award and do se­ partment with showing anti-union The other type of pension pro­ beneficiary designated under the ments by February 28. rious damage to defense potential bias, raising obstacles that keep vided by our Plan is a Disability SWP and/or Seafarers Pension Under the new method of com­ at this yard, which is in a very America n-flag shipping from Pension, for which the require­ Plan is a surviving blood relative, puting subsidies, the MA will use critical condition because of lack achieving a 50-50 share of Govern­ ments are 12 years of seatime, 90 then the benefit shall be $4,000. five representative foreign ship­ of work." ment cargoes as provided by the days of covered employment dur­ In the event the designated bene­ building centers hi determining The Sparrows Point Yard was Cargo Preference Act, with trying ing the calendar year preceding ficiary is not a blood relative, then ' the amount of subsidy to be paid. the low bidder oh two Prudential to defeat the Act, and for issuing the date of' application, at least the beneficiary receives $1,000. a staff paper carrying anti-union one day of seatime during the sixThe old method involved using Steamship Co. ships. only the lowest cost foreign ship­ The MA told Garmatz that quotations and articles. month period immediately prior Any SIU member who feels building center. every attempt would be made "to The MTD has promised to take to the application date, and there is an unnecessary delay It was thought that the change promptly conclude this issue so political action against Freeman medical certification that the ap­ in the processing of any wel­ would amount to a rise in costs as to permit the award of a con­ by making his anti-union bias plicant is permanently and totally fare or pension claims should to the shipowner of about six to tract within the 90-day bid val­ known in Minnesota, Freeman'^ -tlisabled, or unemployable. Immediately call this to the eight percent, with a correspond­ idity period." J. W. Gulick, dep- home state. The Secretary was Those meeting these require­ attention of the SecretaryTreasurer at headquarters, by ments are entitled to a Disability certified mall, return receipt Pension of $150 per month, as well requested. Any delay in the as complete medical, hospital and IF YOU ARE RECEIVING processing of a claim is usu­ surgical benefits paid in full for MORETHAN ONE ally due to the absence of nec­ themselves, in addition to hospital copy OF THE essary Information or docu­ and surgical benefits for their CUP ALL MAIL ments which are required be­ SAMEi^tS. dependents. LABBLS FROM fore a claim can be processed. Under the rules for both of these THE fROHT However, if there is any delay pensions, if a man is able to secure PAGES... in an Individual case, a letter part-time work, he can earn up to describing the situation will but not in excess of $1,200 per AND RETOWMBEIS year result in immediate attention without forfeiting his pension. I EOINE cANADjusrtisr. However, if he exceeds the $1,200- to the matter. * V J limit, he -la then removed from Freeman Raps 'Bad Service,' Waitress Bounced From UN Rep.Proposes Exceptions To Govt Subsidy Plan „ �Sk^AFAkBkiS The following is an up-to-date revision of an article by the SIU's tax expert on questions involving Seafarers' Federal income taxes covering 1963 income. (The tax reduction bill signed into law by the President last week refers to changes on 1964 income, which will be. dealt with in detail well in advance of • the April 15 filing deadline next year.) Generally, with very few exceptions, seamen are treated no differently under the income tax laws than any other citizen or resident of the US. (The non­ resident alien seaman must also file a return, but the rules are not the same for him.) WHO MUST FILE. Every Seafarer who is a citizen or resident of the United States—whether an adult or minor—who. had $600 or more income in 1963 must file; if 65 or over, $1,200 or ntore. A Seafarer with income of less than these amounts should file a return to get a refund if tax was withheld. A married Seafarer with income less than his own personal exemption should file a joint return with his wife to get the smaller'tax or larger refund for the couple. WHEN TO FILE. Tax returns have to be filed by April 15, 1964. However, the April 15 deadline is waived in cases where a seaman is at sea. In sucb instances, the seaman must file his re­ turn at the first opportunity, along with an affidavit stating the reason for delay. HOW TO FILE. The Seafarer should file the short form 1040A if his income was less than $10,000 and consisted entirely of wages reported on withhold­ ing statements (W-2 forms) and not more than $200 total of dividends, interest, and other wages not subject to with­ holding, and the standard deduction is taken (about 10% of your income) in­ stead of itemizing deductions. A husband and wife may file a joint return if their combined incomes do*hot exceed these limits. THE SEAFARER SHOULD FILE Form 1040 instead of Form 1040A if— (1) he had income from sources other than or in amounts larger than those stated above, (2) either-, husband or wife itemizes deductions, (3) the tax status of head of household or surviving husband or wife is claimed, (4) he claims dividends received credit or retirement income credit, (5) he claims an exclusion for "Sick Pay" paid directly to him by his em­ ployer and this amount is included in the total wages shown on form W-2, (6) he claims deductions for travel, transportation, or "outside salesman" expense, (7) he claims credit for payments on estimated tax or an over-payment from 1962, (8) he is a nonresident alien (file Form 1040B, Form 1040NB, or Form 1040NB-a). Form 1040 for 1963 is still a single sheet, two-page form. However, unlike last year, if a taxpayer, in addition to salary and wages, has only interest income, he may file just the two-page form 1040. In such case, he merely attaches a list itemizing the interest ' income and enters the total amount on line 5b, page 1, of the return.- He can also use Schedule B (Form 1040) for this purpose if he wishes. If you have income from sources other than salary wages and Interest, you may need to complete and attach one or more of the following forms: Schedule B for income from dividends. Interest, rents, royalties, pensions, an­ nuities, partnerships, estates, trusts, etc.; Schedule C for income from a person­ ally-owned business; Schedule D for income from the sale or exchange of property; and Schedule F for-income from farming. A new Form 3468 has been provided for the use of taxpayers ciaiming the investment tax credit. ADVANTAGES OF A JOINT RE­ TURN. Generally it is advantageous for a married couple to file a joint return. There are benefits in figuring the tax on a joint return which often result in a lower tax than would result from separate returns. CHANGES IN MARITAL STATUS. If you are married at the end of 1963, you are considered married for the entire year. If you are divorced or legally separated on or before the end of 1963, you are considered single for the entire year. If your wife or husband died during 1963, you are Considered married for the entire year. Generally, a joint return may be filed, for 1963 provided ^ou have not remarried before the end of 1963. EXEMPTIONS. Each taxpayer is en­ titled to a personal exemption of $600 for himself, $600 for his wife, an addi­ tional $600 if he is over 65 and another $600 if he is blind. The exemptions for age and blindness apply also to a tax­ payer's wife, and can also be claimed by both of them. In cases where a man's wife lives In a foreign country, he can still claim the $600 exemption for her. In addition, a taxpayer can claim $600 for each child,. parent, grandparent, brother, brother-in-law, sister, sister-inlaw, and each uncle, aunt, nephew or niece dependent on him, if he provides more than one-half of their support dur­ ing the calendar year. The dependent must have less than $600 income and live in the US, Canada, Panama or the Canal Zone. A child under 19, or a student over 19 can earn over $600 and still count as a dependent if the taxpayer provides more than one-half of his support. The law also enables a seaman who is contributing (with other relatives) more than ten percent of the support of a dependent to claim an exemption for that individual, provided the other contributors file a declaration that they will not claim the dependent that year. CREDIT FOR EXCESS SOCIAL SECURITY (FJICA) TAX PAID. If a total of more than $174 of Social Security (FICA) tax was withheld from the wages of either you or your wife because one or both of you worked for more than one employer, you may claim the excess over $174 as a credit against your income tax. DIVIDEND INCOME. If a seaman has income from stock dividends, he can exclude the first $50 from his gross income. He may be eligible to an addi­ tional credit against his total tax liability up to a maximum of four percent of the balance of the dividends received in 1963. WELFARE, PENSION AND VACA­ TION BENEFITS. Benefits received from the Sllf Welfare Plan do not have to be reported as income. Payments received from the SIU Pen­ sion Plan are-includable as income on the tax return of those pensioners who retire with a normal pension. There is a special retirement income tax credit to be calculated on Schedule B which is to be attached to the return. Pensioners under 65 who receive a disability pension do not have to include such payments on their tax returns. However, all disability pension payments received after age 65 are taxable in the same manner as a normal pension. Vacation pay received from the Sea­ farers Vacation Plan is taxable income in the same manner as wages. GAMBLING GAINS. All net gains from gambling must be reported as Income. However, if more was lost than gained during the year, the losses are not deductible, but simply cancel out the gains. TAX CREDIT FOR RETIREMENT INCOME. A tax credit of up to $304.80 Is allowed for individuals against retire­ ment income such as rents, dividends and earnings at odd jobs. However, an adjustment must be made in this credit for Social Security benefits.. The following items can be used as deductions against income (IF YOU DO NOT TAKE THE STANDARD DEDUC­ TION); CONTRIBUTIONS. A taxpayer can Long-Trip Tax Problems A major beef of seamen on taxes is that normally taxes are not withheld on earn­ ings in the year they earned the money, but in the year the payoff took place. For example, a seaman who signed on for a five-month trip in September, 1963, paying off in January, 1964, would have all the five months' earnings appear on his 1963 W-2 slip and all the taxes withheld in 1964. This practice could increase his taxes In 1963, even though his actual 1964 earnings might be less than those in 1963. There are ways to minimize the impact of this situation. For example, while on the ship in 1963, the Seafarer undoubtedly took draws and may have sent allotments home. These can be reported as 1963 income. Unfortunately, this raises another complication. The seaman who reports these earn­ ings in 1963 will not have a W-2 (withholding statement) covering them. He will have to list all allotments, draws and slops on the tax return and explain why he doesn't have a W-2 for t-hem. Furthermore, since no tax will have been withheld on these earnings in 1963, he will have to pay the full tax on them with his return, at 20 percent or upwards, depending on his tax bracket. The earnings will show up on his 1964 W-2. The seaman then, on his 1964 return, would have to explain that he had reported some of the earnings in 1963 and paid taxes on them. He would get a tax refund accordingly. In essence, the seaman would pay taxes twice on the same income and get a refund a year later. While this will save the seaman some tax money in the long run, it means he is out-of-pocket on some of his earnings for a full year until he gets refunded. This procedure would also undoubtedly cause Internal Revenue to examine his re­ turns, since the income reported would not jibe with the totals on his W-2 forms. That raises the question, is this procedure justified'^ It is justified only if a seaman had very little income in one year and very considerable income the next. Otherwise the tax saving is minor and probably not worth the headache. deduct up to 20 percent of gross income for contributions to charitable institu­ tions, and an additional ten percent in contributions to churches, hospitals and educational institutions. INTEREST. Interest paid to banks and individuals on loans, mortgages, etc., is deductible. TAXES. In general, you can deduct: personal property taxes, real estate taxes, state or local retail sales taxes, auto license and driver's iicense fees, state gasoline taxes and state incometaxes actually paid within the year. You cannot deduct: Federal excise taxes. Federal Social Security taxes, hunting and dog licenses, auto inspection fees, water taxes and taxes paid by you for another person. MEDICAL AND DENTAL EXPENSES. All expenses over three percent of adjusted gross income for doctor and dental bills, hospital bills, medical and hospital insurance, nurse care and similar costs can be deducted. Other such costs include such items as eye­ glasses, ambulance service, transporta­ tion to doctors' offices, rental of wheel­ chairs and similar equipment, hearing aids, artifical limbs and corrective devices. However, if the Seafarer is reimbursed - by the Seafarers Welfare Plan for any of these costs, such as family, hospital and surgical expenses, he cannot deduct the whole bill, only that part in excess of the benefits paid by the Plan. Ail expenses over one percent of adjusted gross income for drugs and medicine can be deducted. The deduc­ tible portion is then combined, with other medical and dental expenses which are subject to the normal three percent rule. The three percent rule on medical services does not apply in cases where a taxpayer is over 65, but the one per­ cent rule on medicines and drugs does. In addition, the US allows the taxpayer to deduct all medical expenses of de­ pendent parents over 65. The one per­ cent rule on medicines and drugs still applies. CHILD CARE. This allows a deduction of up to $600 to a widower, divorced or legally-separated taxpayer toward the cost of providing care of a child under 12 or a person physically or mentally incapable of support, regardless of age. This expense is deductible only if its purpose is to allow the taxpayer to re­ main gainfully employed. It cannot be claimed if the payment for child care went to a person who is already claimed as a dependent. ALIMONY. Periodic payment of ali­ mony to a wife in accord with a written agreement between them can be de­ ducted. CASUALTY LOSSES. The reasonable value of all clothing and gear lost at sea due to storm, vessel damage, etc., for which the taxpayer is not otherwise compensated, can be deducted as an expense. The same applies to fire loss or losses in auto accidents which are not compensated by insurance. WORK CLOTHES, TOOLS. The cost and cleaning of uniforms and work clothes which ordinarily cannot be used as dress wear can be deducted. This includes protective work shoes, gloves, caps, foul weather gear, clothing ruined by grease or paint, plus tools bouglit for use on the job, or books and periodi­ cals used in direct connection with work. UNIOPf, DUES. Dues and initiation fees paid to labor organizations and most union assessments can be deducted. PURCHASE OF US SAVINGS BONDS. If you are entitled to a refund, you may apply it to the purchase of Series E US Savings Bonds. If you check the appropriate box on line 23 of page 1, on form 1040, you will be issued as many bonds as your refund will buy in multiples of $18.75 for each $25 face value bond. DECLARATION OF ESTIMATED TAX. The purpose of this declaration is to provide for current payment of ta.xes not collected through withholding, where a taxpayer may have a considerable amount of outside income. In such cases, a Seafarer should check the instructions on his tax return carefully, as the "Declaration of Estimated Tax" also must be filed on or before April 15, 1964. �Mittk « IMt 'LOG Meany Says Europeans Study Fishing Boundaries Schools Ignore Labor's Role LONDON—A third attempt to modify the 12-mile national fishing limits to six miles is being made by the 16-nation European Fisheries Conference amid opposition from nations whose livelihood depends al-"*^ The clash with Denmark is over most solely on their fishing Its dependency, the Faroes. Den­ industry. mark has said she-is willing to Although a majority of the 16 nations have agreed to the con­ vention which ^^rovides for exclu­ sive rghts in the first six miles and permits fishing in the outer six mile zone only to those nations with traditional interests there, Norway, Iceland and Denmark all had oyections to the proposal. There is little indication, as the third conference gets underway, that their opposition has lessened since the last meeting here in midJanuary. Iceland Opposes Change Iceland, a country which de­ pends almost exclusively on her fishing industry, is regarded as being opposed to any modification of her 12-mile claim. It had been hoped, however, that Norway, which has, like Ice­ land, imposed a 12-mile limit, would consider some compromise that would enable it to join the convention. However, it was un­ derstood that Norway has not changed her objections, and that progress was likely to prove dif­ ficult. And Norway has shown ex­ treme opposition to the British desire to enforce the 6-mile limit for a period of 20 years. Norway is willing to delay enforcement for a period of only 10 years. Under the convention, a coun­ try can claim 12-mile exclusively where it is proved that local pop­ ulations would suffer undue hard­ ship if foreigners fished in their waters. Sources said that some parts of the Norwegian coast may qualify for exemptions under this clause, but there was opposition to extending the clause to cover the entire Norwegian coast. TERRE HAUTE, Ind.—AFL-CIO President George Meany has charged In a magazine articte that most schools have "downgraded" the labor role in American life. Writing In the "Teachers College accept the convention for herself, but not for Greenland and the Journal," published here by Indi­ Faroes. British fishermen are par­ ana State College, Meany said that ticularly worried about the Far­ "the quest of the workers to win oes, where a 12-mile fishing limit security, dignity and freedom is due to go into effect next week. should be part of the total cur­ riculum of the schools." British Voice Opinion Teachers whose knowledge of The British liave voiced an opinion that Faroese trawlers unions Is limited to wlfat they would be banned from landing read in newspapers and textbooks which dismiss labor issues with here if the limit is enforced. Countries attending the 16 na­ "an off-hand comment" are among tion conference are the Common the reasons why "there Is little Market group; the seven EFTA room in the curriculum for the partners, Spain, Iceland and Ire­ study of labor," Meany declared. land. Critical of Program Meany was also critical of the school system's failure to develop "a nieaningful program of voca­ tional education. Schools have tend­ ed to regard industrial skills as though they were of lesser value than the professional skills of the doctor or the lawyer," the labor leader asserted. There is a general recognition, Meany said, that "the high school ^dropout will be in a hopeless posi­ tion for the years to come," but there is less recognition of the fact that the. future is equally hopeless for the high school student who graduates from a vocational course that teaches him woodworking, leathercraft, or how to wire door­ bells," Meany declared. The AFL-CIO president em­ phasized that because of the "re­ volutionary change in the nature of the work force, the jobs which Checking the gauges in the exist require much more training engine room of the Curtis than was true in the past." Meany Bay Tug F. F. Clain in Balti­ emphasized that "the teaching of more is Janies Saunders of skills has had far too little money the SlU Inland Boatmen's to do the job which needs to be done." Union. SlU Boatman Aden Unionists Reieased After iCFTU Protest BRUSSELS—The last of 23 trade unionists who had been jailed without charges outside the British protectorate of Aden and held for three months, have been released following an official protest lodged by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unionists here. The jailed union leaders,"*" including Abdullah Alasnag, with several other persons since movement from the beginning due or deported, following a to fears that it^would hinder the General Secretary of the Aden released bomb explosion at the Aden air­ Trades Union Congress, were re­ portedly badly treated during their stay in the African prison, and it was further reported that they had been on a hunger strike. Even the Aden Chief Justice admitted that the labor leaders had -been badly treated. The labor leaders were jailed in mid-December along port. Prisoners Released The release of the prisoners co­ incided with the anniversary of the merger of Aden with the Fed­ eration of South Africa. Ironically, the merger has met with opposi­ tion from the Aden trade union economic and social progress of Aden itself. Protests by the ICFTU had been made to Duncan Sandys, British Secretary of State for Common­ wealth Relations & Colonies, and to Sir Kennedy Trevaskis, High Commissioner for Aden and the South Arabian Federation. The labor confederation emphasized that the detention of the Aden unionists constituted a violation of trade union rights which the ICFTU could not tolerate. Restrictions Still in Force Although" the release of the unionists has been secured, the ICFTU said that grave restrictions are still in force which seriously hinder the normal functioning of the trade unions. The state of emergency has not been lifted, meetings of more than five persons are still banned. The ICFTU said that it still plans to maintain its complaint to the International Labor Organization against the British Government until all rights are restored. The Adenese trade unions' struggle is still not over, the ICFTU said. & By Robert A. Matthews, Vice-President, Contracts, & Bill Hail, Headquarters Rep. Clarification On Foreign Shoregangs Several contract questions were submitted in a letter from Brother Nathan H. Eldridge on the SS ^ean Dinny a few weeks ago. The letter, sent In from Bombay, India, covered a number of items requir­ ing interpretation. Question No. It Does the bosun get pvertime for running a foreign shoregang that is hired to paint and chip the ship? Answer: Yes, if the bosun is required to supervise or check on the work performed by the shoregang, he would be entitled to overtime during regular working hours, as this is not considered as part of the customary duties of the bosun. Reference: Standard Freightship Agreement, Article II, Section 10. Customary Duties: "Members of all departments shall perform the necessary and customary duties of that department. Each member of all departments shall perform only the recognized and customary duties of his particular rating." Question No. 2 Does one of the maintenance men get overtime for passing out the tools and paint while the shoregang is aboard working? Answer: Yes, if one of the daymen is required to pass out tools and paint to the shoregang, he would be entitled to overtime while perform­ ing this work as they are not crewmembers, and therefore this is not considered as part of the routineduties of the deck department. in the services of the vessel, the Question: #3: Does the rest of seaman is to be provided trans­ the deck department have to g.et portation back to the port where out and work right alongside of he was first engaged by the Com­ the shoregang? pany. Answer: If the shoregang is Article Section 16 — Mid­ aboard to paint and chip certain night Meals and Night Lunches sections of the ship, the deck de­ (Freightship and Tanker). After partment would not be required discussion of the various problems to perform this work along with that arose in the past due to mis­ the shoregang. However, the interpretations of the provisions deck department would be re­ of the existing section and in an quired to perform its routine du­ effort to clarify the meaning of ties while in port. the section and to outline a stand­ ard procedure, the Committee Reference: Same as above. (This means that the deck depart­ unanimously agreed to delete sub­ ment members are not required sections (a) and (b) and to sub­ to work alongside other than fel­ stitute in their place the follow­ ing subsections (a) and (b); low crewmembers.) "(a) Members of the steward 4" 4 4 In addition to contract clarifi­ department actually engaged in cations previously printed, the serving hot luncheo at midnight clarifications below also have are to be allowed three hours* been agreed to by the contracted overtime for preparing-and serv­ companies which are represented ing same. "(b) When not more than the by the American Maritime Asso­ ciation, and have been signed by equivalent of one department is the Alcoa Steamship Company ef­ served at 9:00 PM or 3:00 AM night lunch, one cook shall be fective January 22, 1964. Section 14 (b) — Repatriation, turned out to perform this work. Upkeep and Transportation Under When a midnight hot lunch is Section 58 (b)—Return to Port of served to not more than five men, Engagement. A vessel on foreign one cook shall perform this work. articles while en routeoaround the When from six to ten men are world, arrived at San Francisco served, one cook and one messwhere Seaman A signed off ar­ man shall perform this work. ticles by mutual consent and Sea­ When more than ten men are man B, his replacement, assumed served, one cook and two messSeaman A's port of engagement, men shall perform this work." Article II, Section 20 — Holiwhich was New York. The vessel ultimately arrived at New York days. When a vessel is in Puerto where articles were terminated Rico, the following three days, and Seaman B terminated his which are recognized as Holidays in Puerto service with the vessel because of for longshoremen illness, requesting return trans­ Rican ports, shall also be recog­ portation to the port where he nized as Holidays for the crew first joined the vessel, San Fran­ while the vessel is in Puerto Rico. cisco. Good Friday July 17th (Munoz Rivera) Question: Inasmuch as -Section July 25th (Constitution Day) 58 (b) provides for a replacement, in circumstances described above, In addition to the above, some to assume the replaced seaman's of the other brothers who were jjort of engagement and Section sent contract clarifications during 14 (b) provides that a crew mem­ ihe past few days were: John ber leaving a vessel because of ill­ Dunne, deck delegate, SS Eagle ness or injury incurred in the Traveler; Wilber E. Coutant, SS service of such vessel shall be Bradford Island; Thomas C. Hop­ entitled to firSt-elass tranportation kins, Jr. ship's delegate, and Don­ to' his "original port of engage­ ald Morrison, engine delegate, SS ment," which section of the con­ Taddei Victory; Robert Anderson, tract is applicable in the case de­ SS Oceanic Spray; Joseph N. Mcscribed above? Gill, ship's delegate, SS Man­ Answer: When tl/e seaman left hattan, and Marion F. Fila, ship's the vessel at New York, under the delegate, S/T Orion PlaUet. circumstances described in Sec­ tion 14 (b), he was entitled to return transportation to his actual port of engagement, San Fran­ cisco, even though at the com­ mencement of employment at San Francisco he had assumed the port of engagement of the sea­ man he replaced. New York. In other words, it is the intention of the Committee to provide that in cases of Illness or injury incurred -J. �raip<i«v^ ^Ahf Just For You.J LEGISLATIVE ROUND-UP. The Senate has-confirmed the nomina­ tion of Nicholas Johnson to be Maritime Administrator. Johnson suc­ ceeds Donald W. Alexander, who resigned the position on October 31, 1963., During the interim between Alexander's resignation and the Johnson appointment bythe President, Robert E. Giles served as Acting Maritime Administrator. Johnson is a native of Iowa City, Iowa, and was graduated from the University of "Texas. He has taught law at the University of California and, prior to his appointment, was a practicing attorney for a law firm in Washington. • i .-4 Sen. Warren G. Magnuson (D-Wash.) has introduced S. 2552, a bill which would place oceanographic research vessels in a category sep­ arate from commercial vessels for purposes of administering United States inspection and manning laws. Under the terms of the bill, oceanographic research vessels would not be considered passenger vessels or passenger-carrying vessels under laws relating to inspection and manning of merchant ships by reason of the carriage of scientific personnel. Scientific personnel on such vessels also would not be con­ sidered seamen. 1, 4A bill known as HR 9903, the Transportation Amendments of 1964 bill. Las been favorably reported from the House Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee. The measure, if enacted, would enable railroads to continue discriminatory practices and would force a further decline o the US coastwise fleet. The measure would exempt railroads from the "commodity clause" provision of the Interstate Commerce Act in the transportation of all products except agricultural and fisheries commodities, and would permit railroads to be both owners and trans­ porters of products. The result would be the eventual elimination of water carriers. Another provision of the bill would grant an exemption from ICC regu­ lation to railroads in the transportation of agricultural and fisheries commodities. This would do great harm to the coastwise water carriers who now rely heavily on the transportation of agricultural commodities in their business. A massive "pressure campaign" waged by an employer and the community structure of Orange­ burg, SC. against representation of its worker^ by the International Association of Machinists has led the National Labor Relations Board to set aside the results of the first election. The Utica-Herbrand Tool Div. of the Kelsey-Hayes Co., re­ cently moved to Arangeburg and set up a non-union shop. When the Machinists tried to organize, the NLRB said, the employers threat­ ened reprisal and loss of job op­ portunity if the employees selected the lAM. The case had a unique factor—the use by the company of a printed version of the movie which is a fictionalized account of an lAM strike in Indiana, called "And Women Must Weep." The NLRB has set aside five previous votes on the basis that the movie pollutes the atmosphere required for a free choice by workers. 4< t 4 After almost seven months of striking against US Tire and Rub­ ber Co. nearly 1,000 United Rubber Workers won a settlement of their long struggle against cuts in work -standards and wages demanded by the management. The dispute in­ volved a supplement agreement to the national agreement negotiated by the URW and the company. Finally, the company withdrew its demand for wage cuts ranging up to 60 cents an hour and agreed to a number of improvements asked for by the strikers. Plant gate col­ lections during the long strike helped maintain a soup kitchen which the local opened at Its head­ quarters to supplement the $25 check given each striker weekly out. of th URW strike fund. national Ladies Garment Wwkers Union which averages el^ per­ cent and averted an eight-state walkout of 80,000 dressmakers and allied workers. Contract terms were accepted by three jobber groups on the last day of a 10-day deadline extension. The new threeyear pact provides for wage in­ creases of $6 a week for cutters and of 5 percent for other weekly workers and increases in employer contributions to the welfare fund. 4 4 4 The Supreme Court has agreed with the National Labor Relations Board that the Exchange Parts Co. had committed an utifair labor practice when it passed out holi­ day, vacation and overtime bene­ fits in a successful campaign to persuade its workers to vote against representation by the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers. The company, which rebuilds auto parts, sent a letter to each employe be­ fore the election, telling the work­ ers that only the company, and no union, could give out such checks.The court called the move a "fist Inside the Iron glove," and said the benefits received from the company were likely to be "ephemeral." 4 4 4 Tactics used by a big non-union construction firm in trying to pre­ vent the Plumbers from winning a 1961 election were so unfair that a new election will be necessary., the NLRB has ruled. Board mem­ bers voted 4-0 to set aside the re­ sults of an election held among 1,500 Daniel Construction Co. workers at 50 job sites In four southern states, Among anti-union violations the employer was found guilty of were coercion of em­ 4 4 4 ployees, interrogating employees r A .package of Wage an^ welfare about union- sympathies^ and bea. been won by tbo Inter­ threats of reprisals for. union votes. A citizen's right to peaceful protest and empowered in the trusteeship legislation, assembly has always been viewed as a yard­ were able to impose news censorship over stick in evaluating the democratic processes the Canadian maritime labor movement. of any government. Any curtailment, by a Now, the indictment of union representa­ government, of this basic human right is often tives and rank-and-file members for "con­ only the first step in a continuing erosion of spiracy" because of a peaceful protest before basic civil liberties. their elected representatives in Parliament is one more step along the road to totalitari­ That first step has now been taken by the Canadian government. Last month, 14 offici­ anism. als and rank-and-filers of the SIU of Canada, Harsher Measures Next? including President Hal Banks, were arbit­ It is hoped that this' infringement and rarily indicted by'the Canadian government on charges of conspiring to stage a peaceful flagrant disregard of basic gitizenship rights protest in front of the Canadian Parliament by the Canadian government is only a lapse in the democratic process for Canada, and by some 2,000 Seafarers, that the headlong rush toward iron-fisted control of all labor is not the next step. Protest Government Trusteeship The technique of "keeping people in line" The protest was against controversial leg­ by barring them the right of protest and islation adopted by the Canadian Parliament threatening them with imprisonment for do­ last fall to impose a government trusteeship ing so is well documented by historians. over five Canadian maritime unions and Canada is already well along this road. all their affairs. The trusteeship arose out Further, a democratic posture does not al­ of .an attempt to supplant the SIU of Canada low for such inconsistencies. People either and destroy a ten-year bargaining relation­ ship between the* union and Upper takes have rights or they do not! There should be no exceptions to the rule where totalitarian­ Shipping Ltd. ism is concerned. There has to be an end to In instituting the trusteeship 6ver five this "both sides of the mouth"-style of demo­ maritime unions in Canada, including the cracy, so that the right to protest peacefully Seafarers International Union of Canada,, the will be restored to all Canadian citizens re­ Canadian government had already moved in gardless of their beliefs or affiliations. In­ the direction of curtailing freedom and basic stead of trumped-up indictments of Union offi­ rights of Canadian citizens. It went further, cii , anA members,, tet's caU; the Canadian when the trustees, on their own initiative ai iactim by its proper name: Union-busting. . �Pace Twdre S-EAFARERS Mardi LOG Schoolboy Broadcasts SOS For Missing Toy-Horse lf«4 Ted Stewart & Ed Mooney Attention, Seafarers in all ports! Be on the lookout for a globe-trotting pony missing Headquarters Representatives since Sept. of 1962 and believed to have been the victim of foul play. The pony, a hand­ made stick horse answering to the name of Gold Dust II, was last seen in Sidney, Australia, Menu Planning Means 'Plan Ahead' Planning a meal is an important part of the steward's job and, in presumably headed for Rome. planning advance menus, he should consult with the chief cook on the different representative; so Gold have proved to be his downfall. This urgent SOS from school supplies, facilities and other factors that affect the choice of the foods Dust II was born. En route between Sidney Airport superintendent R.W. Reynolds Five months after the first Od­ and Rome, Gold Dust H's trail to ^ served. The balanced meal that results from a well-thought-out of Putnam, Tex., on behalf of his menu does not require reference to complicated tables of mineral and son, Roddy, reaehed the LOG of­ yssey had been completed, Gold vanished. The mighty wooden vitamin requirements. stallion with the feedbag filled fice, recently, and we are passing Dust II set out on his own world The key words in planning each meal are variety and contrast. As it on to readers all over the gallop, bearing the motto, "My with good will disappeared and was never heard from again. The many types of foods as possible should be included to avoid monotony. business is to make friends." globe. And make friends he did, all last report arrived In Sept. 1962, No single food should be served more than once in any meal. Although Pony Express Tribute the way from the capitals of Eu­ but recently Roddy heard of a certain combinations of foods are more popular than others, an element "We know seamen would never merchant seaman who had men­ of suriJrise gives a meal variety. Menus should be planned to provide fail to answer a distress signal," rope to Japan, the South Pacific tioned something in a letter to variety and contrast in flavor, texture, color and form. and Australia. And as he traveled, explained Reynolds, "so we've All menus should be within the capdcity of the galley crew, equip­ Goldy II became even more of a relatives of having seen or heard come to you for help." celebrity than his predecessor, something of Gold Dust II in his ment and supplies. The galley crew should be experienced enough to Young Roddy Reynolds, a 12travels. prepare the food and the most perishable items should be used first. ye:ir-old back in 1960, sought to appearing on radio and television Some dishes will always be popular and require seconds; others will programs, and being the object of commemorate the 100th anniver­ naturally require fewer portions. Plan ahead so that the galldy has sary of the Pony Express and in newspaper interviews across the ample time to prepare the meal. Menus should be designed using no continents. the process, create friendship and more than two dishes which require long or difficult preparation. But his fame eventually may good will throughout the US and Interesting meals are a high spot in the crew's daily routine and the world. crewmembers' palates should be tempted by preparing and serving To achieve this purpose, Roddy foods they like. Stewards should also realize that external factors dispatched his stick-horse Gold such as weather conditions and climate affect crew appetites and Dust with a note tied to his saddle meals should be planned accordingly. In hot weather,,crisp foods and instructing all who wanted to ice cold beverages will be appreciated. In cold weather, warm dishes ride him that he be taken to the can be contrasted by serving substantial hot foods. end of their journey: the trip to The flavors of food are contrasted by serving savory or tart foods be recorded in a logbook attached with bland ones. Texture variety is provided by serving crisp and to the saddle, and then be turned soft foods together. Colorless foods should be offered in combination over to another traveler who with colorful ones to give the plate "eye appeal." would do likewise. Knowledge of the elements of the "Basic 7" food groups and tlie LONDON—The United States Starting from US highway 66 has fallen further behind the pace­ use of foods from each group every day will provide proper nutrients east of Albuquerque, NM, on July makers in shipbuilding according Roddy Reynolds greets for feeding a hungry crew. Proper use of the "Basic 7" leaves a stew­ 28, 1960, Gold Dust "carried the to the latest report issued by ard with a wide choice of items to be served and almost unlimited Gold Dust I {ust after the mail" to hundreds of places on Lloyd's Register of Shipping two choice in methods of preparation. hand-made stick horse re­ five continents. Goldy came home weeks ago. The "Basic 7" food groups and the minimum suggested servings turned from Johannesburg March 13, 1961, from Johannes­ The 1963 tonnage fell off more from each are; in 1961. burg, South Africa, loaded down than 150,000 tons from the pre­ Group I. Green and yellow vegetables. Two servings each day. with souvenirs, clippings, and vious figure as the total number of Group 11. Oranges, tomatoes, grapefruits, raw cabbage and salad And that's where the code of other honors he had garnered new ships produced dropped to 78, the sea comes in. If Gold Dust II greens. Two servings per day. during his trip. 12 fewer than the 1962 count. is to be found, it must come of a Group III. Other vegetables and fruits. Two servings and one potato Gold Dust's trail-blazing Jour­ Actual tonnage declined from 449,- world-wide search. Anyone with a day. ney around the world was such a 050 tons in '62 to 294,427 in *63. Group IV. Milk and milk products. One pint or its equivalent each information about GD II is re­ The US now ranks tenth among quested to write:' R. W. Reynolds, day. success that it was decided an­ other trip should be made. How­ the sixteen leading builders. Group V. Meat, fish and fowl. One serving and one egg per day. Supt., Putnam High School, Put­ The leading builder still is nam, Tex. This is a legitimate ever, Goldy had become such a Group VI. Bread, flour and cereals. A serving with each meal. celebrity as a good will ambassa­ Japan with a gain of 184,206 tons SOS and it deserves a reply. Group VII. Butter and margarine equal to at least two ounces daily. dor in his first venture that it was and 558 ships over 1962. That gives felt it would be safer to send a Japan the world-leading total of 2,367,353 gross tons afloat. West Germany, the second lead­ ing producer with 970,579 tons and 185 new ships, saw its totals drop from 1962 highs of over 1 million NEW YdRK-^After 175 years of successful! operation, the Bureau of Customs will tons and 234 ships. have its anniversary commemorated. President Johnson has proclaimed 1964 as United Britain Ranked Third States Customs Year. * Third pl^ce Great Britain and commemorative post card and a brating its birthday "in recogni­ The customs service, whose North Ireland slipped from 944,two-color four-cent stamp bearing tion of 175 years of mutually purpose is to raise revenue 864 gross tons and 187 ships in '62 the customs service anniversary beneficial relationships." to 927,649 gross tons and 160 ships and protect US industry, was emblem. established by the first congress BAL HARBOUR. Fla. — The last year. The emblem shows a blue out­ AFL-CIO Executive Council has Sweden was next with 887,738 on July 31, 1789, when President line of the map of the US with urged the American government tons and 71 ships, a gain of George Washington signed the bill the word "customs" emblazoned to take the lead in securing "the tonnage from the 841,022 of '62 creating the organization. across it, also in blue, with the imposition of a complete interna­ and a dip in actual ships built from The official observance of this exception of the letters U and S, tional embargo on oil and arms the previous year's 74. anniversary will take many forms The Italians, in fifth place, throughout the year. A gala din­ which are in red. Also affixed shipments to South Africa." to the map is the seal of the cus­ The council acted after hearing showed an increase in ships and ner-dance for more than 1,000 of toms service and a pair of tonnage with 492,176 gross tons Nana Mahomo, a member of the the bureau's employees has al­ National Executive Council of the and 55 ships as opposed to the ready been held at the Sheraton crossed US flags of 1789 and 1964. The department also has issued Pan-Africanist Congress of South previous year's production of 348,- Park Hotel in Washington. The Africa, describe recent develop­ 196 tons and 51 ships. Treasury Department, Customs' a special cancellation stapip to 28 French production jumped from parent organization, honored its post offices around the country. ments in his country. 84 to 88 ships, but tonnage drop­ progeny in a speech delivered by The stamp reads: "US Customs, Deteriorating Situations ped from 480,578 to 447,079 tons Treasury Secretary Douglas Dil­ 175th Anniversary, 1789-1964." The council said that the de­ as France placed seventh on the The government intends that lon. teriorating situations in South list. the school children of this nation The Post Office Department, Africa "threatens to erupt into an The Netherlands, with 377,026 become more familiar with the armed conflict" with the likeli­ gross tons and 148 ships, as com­ too, has gotten into the act. workings and history of the serv­ hood of spreading throughout the pared to the '62 figures of 418,484 Postal authorities have issued a ice. To that end, a brief history continent of Africa and "embit­ and 151 ships stood seventh on the is being compiled and will be dis­ tering racial strife' the world listings. tributed to schools throughout the over." The South African govern­ Norway, with 340,930 and 91 country. In addition, a special ment with its "inhuman racist pol­ ships, showed a slight drop in edition of Customs Today, the or­ icies and practices" ca.i only be tonnage and vessels from the 376,ganization's house organ, will fea­ halted in its drive toward destruc­ 444 tons and 95 ships of '62, and A reminder from SIU head­ ture a history of the service. tion- by "concerted, effective stood in eighth place. quarters cautions all Seafarers To insure maximum recognition action of the free world," the In ninth place among the ship­ leaving their ships to contact and observance during this anni­ council said. building powers is Denmark with the hall in ample time to allow versary year. President Johnson In addition it urged organized 322,953 gross -tons and 34 ships, the Union to dispatch a replace­ has directed the customs service labor to assist the African resist­ an increase in tonnage from the ment. Failure to give notice be­ to participate in activities com­ ance movement in its struggle "to 230,470 of '62, but a drop in ship fore paying off may cause a de­ memorating its founding and op­ overcome 4he forces of racial production from the previous layed sailing, force the ship to erations, and marking the agen­ sail short of the manning re­ cy's contributions to the health tyranny and to avoid being over-^ year. whelmed by totalitarian forces Following the US in tenth place quirements and needlessly make and welfare of US citizens. that threaten to wrest the initia­ are, in order, Yugoslavia, Poland, the woik tougher for your ship­ Johnson has also called on civic tive from those who are struggling Spall), Finland, Belgium and mates. and industrial organizations to co­ Canada, rounding out the top 16. for freedom , iq South Africa." operate with the bureau in cele­ Shipbuilding In America Drops Again AFL-CiO Asks Arms Ban To South Africa Customs Bureau Marks Birthday PHOtS m vRAwi^ fkosraV Quitting Ship? Notify Union your �Mimli §, mi V (r • t SEAFARERS LOO Fai* TkfrtMa 51U kail Tugman's Family Turns Out For A Checkup s e o i- d e x 0 e s e Runaways High In Sea Disasters LIVERPOOL—Statistics recently released from an under­ writers association here revealed that ships from two of the most favored runaway havens—Liberia and Panama—^ranked high ori the list showing the-*number of ships that were Panama was 52,306, while Liberian registry lost 43,860 tons. The lost at sea in 1963. HiKhest Since 1929 In all, there were 148 ships stricken from the active list of the world's merchant fleet last year. The figure was the highest for a single year since 1929, and was 24 more ships than were lost last year. The highest number of losses—71—were accounted for by foul weather and winds, while fires and explosions caused 23 losses. Collisions claimed 21 ships and 18 others were abandoned and sank. Contact damage took 8 vessels; machinery shaft and propeller damage claimed one; weather damage took another one; four ships were listed as missing and one went down due to other causes. The total tonnage loss for ROU Head Gets New Post NEW YORK Joseph P. Glynn, general chairman of the Radio Officers Union, has been elected to the international executive board of the Commercial Teleg­ raphers Union, Glynn has been employed by the ROU since 1948 as dispatcher and then assistant to the general secre­ tary-treasurer. He served with the merchant marine as a radio officer during World War II. The new board member joined American Overseas Airlines after, the war and served as a flight com­ munications officer. He holds first class FCC radiotelegraph and radio telephone licenses, as well as a CAA flight radio operator cer­ tificate. Glynn's background also in­ cludes a law course at LaSalle Ex­ tension University. The ROU, as the marine division . of the telegraphers union, has been a member of the Maritime Trades Department for many yeairs. The Jim Sullivans hit the SlU clinic at headquarters for an annual checkup which kept the doctors busy for quite a while last week. Lined up and waiting for the medico (above, l-r) are Mrs. Sullivan; Arlene, 6; Michael. 8; James, 4; Kathleen, 5; Bernedette, 3; Danny, I; Dolores, 2, and proud papa Jim admiring his brood. Son Michael (left) gets started with the'doctor while the others patiently await their turn. Sullivan and his family live in Jersey City, where he has been a railroad tugman for 19 years. Goldwater Crosses Picketline But Won't Show His Face greatest single loser — Greece — lost 14 -ships totaling 80,132 gross tons. Greece's losses included the most spectacular of the year. The first, in April, was the liner PORTLAND, Ore.—Sneaking out a side door to evade photographers and continually hid­ Brittany which burned and sank off the 3alamis Island, southwest ing his face from public view, presidential hopeful Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-Arizona) placed of Athens and the 20,238-ton liner votes above his own oft-proclaimed valor here recently. Lakonia. formerly the Dutch ship A long-time advocate of the-*Johan Van Oldenbarnevelt, which open shop and so - called sneaked out a side door and man­ up support for himself in Oregon's burned out and went down during key presidential primary. His chief a Christmas Mediterranean cruise. "right to work" laws, Gold- aged to make It to their car. opponent for the Republican nom­ water spent about 90 minutes in At this point the photographers .' Great Britain was second loser with 18 ships lost at a gross ton­ the striking, scab-operated Ore- caught up with them. Goldwater ination, Nelson Rockefeller, has nage of 53,453. Panama was third, gonian-Journal newspaper building quickly ducked behind a copy of also visited Portland but turned Lebanon fourth and Liberia fifth. talking things over with the papers' the scab-printed Oregonian as the down an invitation to visit the Lebanon lost a total of 11 ships of publishers. • Workqrs at the !'Ore- flashbulbs popped. Success was striking newspaper operation, say­ gonian" and "Oregon Journal" his. At no time did he allow his ing there just wasn't time. 47,715 gross tons. Meanwhile, last month marked The US was the- world's sixth have been on strike over four face to be photographed. years and have been replaced by the fourth birthday of the Port­ Republican State Representa­ largest loser of ship tonnage. The American-flag total was seven an odd assortment of strike­ tive Robert Chappel was only half land Reporter, a newspaper which as successful. He got his hand up was established here as an out­ steam and motor-powered mer­ breakers. Becomes Bashful only as far as his eyebrows be­ growth of the Oregonian-Journal chant ships of 41,902 gross tons. When it came time to leave the fore being in>mortalized for the strike which began in November, The most memorable disaster was the total loss of the liquid building ..however, Goldwater sud­ voters to see. Least successful of 1959. The Reporter was started in sulphur carrier Marine Sulphur denly became bashful about re- all was Republican national com­ February, 1960, Queen, which disappeared with crossing the picketlines In full view mitteeman Lowell Paget, who only her entire crew Feb. 15, 1963, of news photographers who arrived managed to get his hand halfway 230 miles southeast of New in the interim. With a bold, far to his face and remained plainly from conservative outflanking recognizable. Orleans. .f maneuver, he and " his party Goldwater was in town to drum New Windows Cast New Glow In Lighthouse Behind that newspaper playing peek-a-boo with the labor vote is Sen. Barry Goldwater, po­ tential candidate for the Republican Presidential nomination. He and his entourage had just crossed International Typographical Union picketline at the scab-produced Portland Orego­ nian & Journal. Also shy of the impression he's making on labor is Republican State Repre­ sentative Robert Chappel (driver). Next to him is GOP national committeeman Lowell Paget. A Goldwater aide seeme amused by the shenanigansi- ,JAMEST0WR, Rhode IslandLocal Coast Guard officials be­ came alarmed here recently, when it was reported that Beavertail Light and sevei al other light­ houses in New England were shin­ ing spurious and misleading flashes. Beavertail, with its 130,000candlepower light, appeared to be giving off four flashes with each rotation instead of two, as stated on charts and sailing guides. Investigation later proved that the extra flashes came from re­ flections cast by the light on the glass windows enclosing it. The reflections were elipiinated by installing curving plastic windowns at Beavertail, the third old­ est lighthouse in the nation. �.ax PitfirMltteem -S>R'AF A:tLRMS, 'XO'O Balloting Committee At Mobile By LIndscy Williams, Vice-President, Gulf Area Statewide Vote Due In Louisiana Membership-elected SlU balloting committee at the port of Mobile takes time before the day's polling activities begin to check each other out on propet balloting procedures to be maintained in accordance with the SlU constitution. Left to right, comrnittee members are Joe Roberts, Robert Brooddus and Archie E. Defoney. TELEPHONE UNION NIPS IBT RAID BID NEW YORK—^The Communication Workers of America turned back another raid at­ tempt by Jimmy Hoffa and his Teamsters as they scored a decisive victory In a National Labor Relations Board election that was held here last month. The CWA won the election by a count of 12,558 to 8,751• for the Teamsters. Hoffa and his associates for med­ CWA president Bierne has an­ dling in CWA affairs. nounced that he has notified the The election encompassed , 23,000 CWA members in both the New York City area and upstate New York. They have been rep­ resented by the CWA since the Union won bargaining rights in 1961. This was the sixth attempt that the Teamsters have made to raid a CWA Local. In 1962 the CWA defeated a HofTa-sponsored raid among the 17.000 equipment in­ stallers of the Western Electric Company by a 3-1 margin. West­ ern Electric is an affiliate of the American Telephone and Tele­ graph Co., as is the New York Telephone Company. Recent Teamster raid attempts - on two other AFL-CIO Unions were also turned back by decisive margins. In Los Angeles the United Rubber Workers smashed IBT raid attempt at the Mattel Toy Company by winning an NLRB election victory by a more than 2 to 1 margin, and in Miami the Brewery Workers turned back a second Teamster raid attempt at the National Brewery Company by winning an NLRB election by a 72-50 count. The Teamsters' defeat by the Communications Workers oc­ curred in one of the largest Na­ tional Labor Relations Board elec­ tions in recent years. The election itself was preceded by an attempt by three officers of CWA Local 1101 to bolt their union for the IBT. The three, who were suspended immediately afterward, announced that members at a&local meeting had voted to disaffiliate with th6 CWA. They claimed the local ex­ ecutive board had then decided to join the Teamsters. The Truckers' union promptly chartered the fornier CWA offi­ cers and then assigned 18 staff members to an organizing cam­ paign. Petitions were then pre­ sented for an NLRB election. The Communications Workers denied the right of the local to cut its ties with the international union under the CWA constitu­ tion. An administrator and tem­ porary assistants were named to run the affairs of Local 1101. Key support, for the Union came on Jan. H) in Albany when the heads of the 23 locals in New York state voted their, support: and blasted Further support for the CWA local. came from AFL-CIO presi­ dent George Meany who gave the full support of the federation to the Communication Workers. Meany i^ends Congratulations In a message of congratulations following the CWA victory, Meany said, "I congratulate the Commu­ nications Workers on their success in the campaign in New York in driving back the raiders from the Teamsters. The telephone unions in New York refused to listen to phony promises and cast their votes for clean, decent trade un­ ions." New York Telephone Co. of his union's desire to resume bargain­ ing immediately. He said the CWA intended to get "very sub­ stantial Improvements" in wages and working conditions. Commenting on the votes cast against the CWA in the election, ,Beirne noted that the New York locals have, problems "that need to be solved . . . We are aware of these problems and during the campaign served notice on the management that the individual grievances caused by the com­ pany's mismanagement" must be corrected; Vf el land Canal Tolls Draw Industry Fire MONTREAL—A plan by the Canadian government to reimpose toll charges on the Welland Canal between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie has drawn sharp criticism from the Great Lakes Waterway De-"*velopment Association, which tion of tolls at the beginning of represents grain producers, the 1964. season "discrimination against the province which pro­ vides Canada with the bulk of its industrial production, employment and tax revenues." Lake Ontario would again become "the only one of the five Great Lakes which ships can neither enter nor leave without the payment of a toll," the group pointed out. The proposed reimposition of tolls on the Welland Canal is part of a joint US-Canada attempt to amortize the cost of the St. Law­ rence Seaway through tolls in a 50-year peribd. With toll collec­ tions far behind expectations, hearings on a possible increase in Seaway tolls is scheduled for this month. Meanwhile the St. Lawrence Seaway authority has announced tentative opening dates for the canals under its authority. The Welland Canal is scheduled to open April 1, weather and ice con­ ditions permitting. Other tentative opening dates are: Sault Ste. Marie Canal, April 13; South Shore. Beauharnois, Iro­ quois, .Lachine and Cornwall canals, April 15; Wiley-Dondero ; canal April 15 jr earlier If" ice; conditions permit. . shipping companies and industries in western Canada. The toll was originally suspended by the Canadian government two years ago. The group called the reimposi- Turned Down OT? Don't Beef On $$ Headquarters wishes to re­ mind Seafarers that men who r.re choosy about working cer­ tain overtime cannot expect an equal number of OT hours with the rest of their department. In some crews men. have been turning down unpleasant OT jobs and then demanding to "ime up with eoual cvqrtime when r.ie easier jobs come lo: , This practice is unfair to Sea' arers who take OT job- as they come. The gener..l objective is to •..ilize OT as nj' i as possible but if a man refuses disagree­ able jobs there Is no require­ ment that when an easier job comes along he can m'>' up the qyertime he turned down before. As Louisiana prepared to vote in a"* statewide general election, the heaviest vote for a Republican state candidate since reconstruction days was Indicated. Louisiana, already regarded as a two-party state in Presidential elections, seems to be edging in this direction in state and parochial affairs. John J. McKelthen, the Democratic nominee, was being vigorously opposed by Charlton Lyons, a Shreveport Republican. McKeithen, who appears to be a "middle-of-the-roader," was endorsed by the Greater New Orleans AFL-CIO. Lyons, an arch conservative, had Uie backing of the White Citizens Council group in South Louisiana. While most of the experts conceded the McKeithen would win the election, they were almost unanimous in predicting that the Republican vote would exceed 200,000 out of an anticipated total of 600,000 plus. This would give Lyons the highest total for any state Republican candidate in this century. The Republicans also had candidates in the field for a few purely local offices, including some seats in the State Legislature, but any really serious showing on their part would be a completely unexpected reversal of form. In Orleans Parish, property owners also were asked to approve a $14.5 million bond issue for public Improvements including roadways to open up for industrial development the new deepwater Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet. The bond proposals were supported by the AFL-CIO. The political pot also is bubbling in Texas, where candidates are be­ ginning campaigns looking to. the Democratic primary in May. The Texas AFL-CIO endorsed President Lyndon B. Johnson and US Senator Ralph Yarborough as labor's choice for the Democratic party's standard bearers. Trade unionists In Houston, and particularly the Maritime unions, were watching with interest the campaign of Jim Clark, vice president of Longshoremen's Local 1273, for representative to the State Legisla­ ture from Harris County. A delegate to the West Gulf Ports Council o£ the Maritime Trades Department, he had the endorsement of that body and also the support of the Harris County AFL-CIO. . The Port of Mobile will benefit from the sevices of a $500,000 fire boat donated to the Alabama State Docks by the US General Services Administration. The vessel is the Navy tug Ensenore which is to be towed from the laid-up fleet to Mobile for conversion to a fire fighter. A hope that Mobile would share to the fullest extent in tKe grain trade boom was dimmed when political opposition generated by the State Commissioner of Agriculture and others interfered with a pro­ posal to lease the grain elevator to private interests. The elevator is operated under Alabama State Dock's supervision. Some shipping in­ terests have expressed the opinion that private operation would result in a greater volume of grain shipments through this port. One of the oldtimers currently swapping sea stories with ex-shipmates on the beach in Mobile is James R. Bradley, who sails night cook and baker. He has been sailing since 1938 and always ships out of Gulf ports. His last voyage was on the tug Titan (Mobile Towing) which went coastwise to Atlantic Coast ports and returned to Mobile with a barge in tow. Other Seafarers on the beach In this port include Lawrence A. Holt who has been sailing out of the Gulf for 20 years; Emmet Mayo who paid off the Alcoa Voyager recently and is visiting with his sister while waiting to catch another ship; Eddie who paid off as bosun on the supertanker Monticello Victory and says he is going to take4t easy for a while before trying for another tanker job, and John Koen, who is waiting for the perch to start rising in the Dog River area where he lives. He last paid off as bosun on the SS Claiborne. Tex Jacks is on the beach in Houston looking for another bosun's job like the one hfe had on the Santa Emilia (Liberty Navigation). These kinds of jobs do not hit the board every day, however. The Santa Emilia was a Liberty ship that tramped practically around the world while Tex was the serang. The company is one of those which believes in proper maintenance of a ship, which made for top overtime. This happy situa­ tion came to an end when the operators traded the vessel for a C-2 which was renamed the Santa Emilia and, as the Log went to pre.ss, was out­ bound to India from Lake Charles with a ca^go of rice. A couple of Houstonians who are waiting for a grain ship for the novelty of a trip to Russia are William Hamilton^ chief cook, and Ben­ jamin Rucker, who generally sails chief steward or baker. Also on the beach in Houston and waiting for a steward's job is B. G. Ladd. Bob Davis is expecting an addition to his family in the not too distant future, but he says he cannot wait around for the new arrival so will have to grab an AB job to keep the grocery money coming in. "Bob Yeager is resting at home after paying off the Cities Service Norfolk. An avowed "tanker stiff," he'll be looking for another Cities Service spot when he is ready to go again. In New Orleans, Woody Perkins paid a visit to the hall. He is steward on the Afoundria which sailed for Northern Europe. Lefty McNorton made a job but came down with pneumonia and had to turn it back in and go to the USPHS Hospital instead. Lefty came out of it all right and will be in shape to ship again soon. I. J. Decareux is suffering from an impairment to his hearing and was given a "not fit for duty." He says this misfortune has brought home sharply to him the value of the Sickness and Accident benefits. Louis B. Duracher has started pitching his card at any Group 1 job that comes along after trying to sweat out a bosun's slot. Red Posey, who alternates between deep-sea and inland work, is looking for the right spot on a river boat. Nevin Ellis came over to New Orleans from Tampa and Is ready to ship out. A busy two weeks, all in all. -——i-oofrj �MiMbfrnNi SIU Ship Breaks Million Mark By Earl (Bull) Shepord, Vice-President, Atlantic Shipping Good Even Without Tugs VMnwm»m MKA'F MRttS ytiOO BALTIMORE »— The SIUcontracted A & J Mercury (Pacific Seafarers) carried a cargo of 6,392 tons through the Dundalk Marine Terminal here recently, pushing the total tonnage for the terminal over the one-million mark since its construction in 1960. The Mercury loaded steel and military equipment at the five-berth marginal terminal to bring Dundalk's total up to the record figure. The C-2 was the 1,097th ship to use the facility here, according to the Maryland Port Authority. The terminal, the Authority said, is presently expanding its facilities to eight berths. AFL-CIO Supports End ; Of Waterfront Agency BAL HARBOB, Fla.—The AFL-CIO Executive Council an­ nounced here that it would support the International Long­ shoremen's Association in its campaign to have the Water­ front Commission of New"*" needed. Its continued existence, York Harbor abolished. the union points out, imposes costs The AFL-CIO is adding its on stevedoring and shipping Despite the fact that the tugboat strike in New York is over a month old, and many ships were diverted to other areas, shipping remains good for SIU members. Last month we paid off 37 ships, signed on 13 ahd serviced 43 ships in transit, ilowever, shipping did drop from the support to legislation that would previous month, primarily in the tanker field, because the companies terminate the operations of the did not want to take a chance without tugs. bl-state commission, which was set A real tragedy occurred on the Azalea City recently. Bosun Ernice up on a temporary basis in 1953 Cortz-was working in the No. 5 hold when he fell 14 feet. Cortez was for the Port of New York. unable to receive any medical attention from the Coast Guard due to The ILA has contended for bad weather and heavy seas, and passed away ten hours after the some time that the commission, accident. After a year's run on the Orion Hunter, Nick Angeloponlos is which was originally organized as again registered for shipping in New X^^k and looking for another a temporary agency, is no longer long one. •fOthers seen around the headquarters hall these days include Sidney Segree, who recently paid off the Taddel Village after almost five months as cook and baker. One of our best ship's delegates, Dick Hufford, who recently signed off the Warrior, also was in to say hello. The Warrior paid off very clean. Unfortunately, New York lost one of its everyday visitors when Louis Dennis refused to ^pend any more time in this snowbound city and shipped out as chief cook 4 aboard the Steel Apprentice. timore MTD Port Council held a Smooth sailing, Louis. meeting recently and made plans The outlook for shipping in to hold, its annual moonlight Boston looks very good now that cruise on the night of June 17. the grain shipments are starting Cruises in the last two years have to move out of there. Things are been so successful that it was de­ expected to pick up considerably. cided to hold another one. The settlement of the grain issue The Retail Clerks are still has already resulted in the sailing meeting with the chain stores of the Transorleans and the Col­ here on a new contract and so far orado. • Both ships were tied up in they're at a standstill. New con­ Boston during the wheat ship boy­ tracts have been completed by the cott, which received the full sup­ SIU Inland Boatmen's Union for port of the SIU and other mari­ all Baltimore tug companies with time unions. the exception of Baltimore Tow­ The SIU may have a potential age. This contract should be com­ singing star in its midst. Blackie pleted shortly. A new contract Willdridge, who ships out of Bos­ has also been signed in Baltimore ton and is now on his way to by the SIU United Industrial Russia with the Transorleans, re­ Workers with the Addison-Clarke cently cut a record on the Gold Company. Band label entitled "Time and Some of the Seafarers on the Time Again." Seafarers are urged beach in Baltimore include John to run, not walk, to the nearest Van Dyk, who's been sailing with record store to pick up a-copy of the SIU for 20 years. He just Blackie's latest disk. signed off the Antinous from a Shipping has been veiy good for Far East run, then made a trip ^the Port of Philadelphia. Ships on the Kenmar around to the East paying off there have been excep­ Coast. Diego Martinez is on the tionally clean, and the ships' del­ beach after making a trip in the egates have been doing a good steward department on the Steel job in making the job for the Executive. Diego says that the patrolmen on these payoffs a first thing he did on arriving One man goes into action to show the ease with which the pleasant one. home was to tell his wife to get SlU-contracted Seatrain's new Tilt-Tainer can be off-loaded We want to remind all SIU rid of all the dishes and buy pa­ from a truck and set into its upright silo position. Platform members living in the New Jersey per ones. ^ He refuses to wash any area that the Retail Clerks are on more disHes. on which the silo rests is in lower right corner of photo. strike against Food Fair and that Frank Judah Jr., was telling the EDGEWATER, NJ—A silo for the transporting and storage we should support the strike by fellows around., the^ Baltimore hall withholding patronage ffom these about the maiden voyage of the of dry bulk commodities which can be tilted oii its side for stores. The strike has been going San Francisco. He recalls how at on for 14 days and it looks like the beginning there was a lot of easy trucking, has been put into use by the SlU-contracted it's going to be a rough beef. trouble with the ship's hot water Seatrain Lines here. Seatrain officials said that the Another rough beef in Phila­ system, but, after a new one was Called the Tilt-Tainer, this delphia is the one the Building installed everything has been go­ hybrid trailer combines a 40,- entire rig can be off loaded from a Trades are waging against the ing very smoothly. 000 lb. capacity cargo container truck into a silo situation in a mat­ ABC Construction Company. The The shipping outlook for the with an all-weather 25-ft. storage ter of minutes by one man. The firm has been working on company has been accused . of C0;ming month in Norfolk is very hopper. Its developer hails the in­ using scab labor on its projects. good. Norfolk is a good bet for novation as a one-package, prac­ the development of the container -The Philadelphia MTD Port Coun­ you fellows who want to get a tical answer to shipping distribu­ system for several years, but has heretofore been stymied by exact­ cil has supported the Building ship in a hurry. The new hall tion and storage. ing specifications given to them by Trades in this fight since the be­ there is now in full operation, as Since the Tilt-Tainer is itself a ginning. _ the cafeteria started serving food package, Seatrain says, "Othar chemical companies desiring to 'The oldtimers registered on the on March 2. So we now have packaging such as 50 lb. bags and use the system. Hoping to recap­ beach in Philadelphia include C. many Unions in Norfolk visiting the multiple handling of bagged ture some of the lost bulk cargo Thompson, who signed off as stew­ the hall, which vve believe provide chemicals is eliminated. Because it business, Seatrain kept at its in­ ard . on the Alcoa Puritan and the nicest union facilities in the incorporates a built-in hopper, vention. The result is that the Tiltpasses his time by playing knock state of Virginia. The Norfolk companies using bulk materials no Tainer is already in use by at least rummy in the. Union hall. Gene Union Labor Council has just longer will need to invest in rail­ one company, and others are wait­ Augur, off the Trustee, is a Cal- moved into the hall and is con­ road sidings, unloading facilities, ing for production of a later model, to be of all-welded con­ mar Line regular and he's waiting ducting all its activities from and storage bins. struction. out a bobun's job. there. The name of the firm making The situation on the Tulse Hill The Hod Carriers recently the Tilt-Tainers, a subsidiary of in Baltimore is just about the joined the Hampton Roads MTD Seatrain, is called Ship Container same. As you recall, this was the Port Council, which is beginning Corp. The silo was developed un­ blacklisted Cuban trade ship that to have a political influence in the der that firm's name, but the firm the ILA refused to load and it is area. Incidentally, this council plans to let truck body builders still tied up;- in Baltimore. The .made the largest contribution to make the container chassis trailer. iMiiimJtynmM company is trying to get an. in­ COPE—$500—in the last general The company will then lease the junction against the ILA, but so election in the state of all organ­ container to users for about $75 (Umii<>^U/nieinU'nb far has been unable to do so. The izations in the state of. Virginia. a month and the tilting chassis .for SIU and MTD have backed up the •The Port Council also made the $130. The only other item needed, ILA all the way on this. lai-gest donation to the Tide­ the platform on which, the silo is Shipping in Baltimore is ex­ waters Voters Registration League deposited ^ when it is raised from pected to be good for the next 30- —$500. One. of the officers for the the truck bed, will sell for about day period. In addition, the Bal- League is Dave Alston of the ILA. $25a Seatrain Trys Out 'Tilting' Cargo Box companies that should be used to provide wage and benefit in­ creases for longshoremer. and other port workers. According to ILA attorneys, the industry has been required to tax Itself nearly $3 million a year to support the commission. In the ten years of the commission's existence, new Federal and state laws have been enacted that im­ pose detailed restrictions on the conduct of union affairs, qualifica­ tions of union officials and union financial . practices. These laws have made the Waterfront Com­ mission obsolete according to the Union. The Waterfront Commission Act requires all longshoremen to register with the agency. It also provides for employment informa­ tion centers at hiring sites. Bills to abolish the commission have already been introduced in both the New York and New Jer­ sey Legislatures. The New York bill would terminate the commis­ sion's powers and duties over a one-year period. Alternative bills have also been introduced in both legislatures to amend the Water­ front Commission Act to provide for gradual transfer of some of the commission's functions to workers and employers In the Industry. NY Port Cleanup Planned NEW YORK—War has formally been declared on the hazardous debris in New York harbor. The NY Port Authority and the Army Corps of Engineers have agreed to work together in a clean-up study of the area. Acting on the suggestion of Leo Brown, the city's commissioner of the Marine and Aviation Depart­ ment, the two groups agreed to make a joint study of the problem. Waterfront sites, will be studied, photographs will be taken and maps will be drawn to illustrate the problems and how they may be resolved. Past studies seem to indicate that most of the trouble arises from abandoned hulks and piers, and dilapidated waterfront struc­ tures. To remedy this, legal staffs of the agencies involved are draft­ ing proposed amendments to fed­ eral laws that would require own­ ers of deteriorating hulks to re­ move them or pay for the removal costs. Also joining the war on debris are municipalities on the New Jer­ sey side of the liarbor. The general public, too, enlisted in the fight by attending a public hearing last Thursday, Mar. 5, at the Great Hall of the New York Chamber of Commerce. Austin J. Tobin, executive director of the authority, and Coipmissioner Brown also at­ tended the meeting. The meeting was called to study various methods by which the Corps of Engineers could be aided in their efforts to remove the ex­ cessive amounts of debris which have accumulated in both the New York and New Jersey areas of the harbor. �Fate '» SEAFAkMltSi ZO^ Foreign Shipowners Quit After Canadian Tax Hike Assist On Seniority Card Mailing OTTAWA—tax increase from 13 to 20 percent on earn­ ings of all foreign-owned Canadian incorporated ship lines had led to a mass liquidation of holdings by practically all of these companies, the Cana--*dian Shipowners Association hard-pressed to replact revenue, of that magnitude In the fiscal revealed recently. budget. In a brief presented to ttie Canadian Royal Commission on Taxation, the Shipowners Associa­ tion made clear ite members' reasons for the drastic actions it had been forced to take. Canada would never have a Great Laket. SlU members lend a hand on mailing of 1964 truly international merchant fleet seniority cards from SlU hall in Detroit as Seniority Director until an international outlook was John Emery checks.progress. Group assisting in mailing-in­ adapted to her tax structure, the brief stated. It must be recog­ cluding Lakes oldtimers (l-r) Clair Otis, Frank Rajkovlch nized by the government that the and James McQuald. entire business and revenues of the shipping industry are gov­ erned by the free play of inter­ national supply and demand, and any interference with that struc­ ture by inequitable taxation brings swift and drastio' changes, SEATTLE—"Seapower will pro­ the statement continued. The association added that do­ By At Tanner, Vice-President, Great Lakes vide the crucial balance between mestic taxation theories and poiivictory and defeat in the world cies cannot be applied to such revolution of the '60's," counseled Edwin M. Hood, president of the types of international commercial In 1959, as a result of the Joint efforts of the Canadian St. Lawrence Shipbuilders Council of America, enterprises. Final proof of the in a speech delivered Feb. 19 be­ accurateness of these statements, Seaway Autbortty and the United States St. Lawrence Seaway Develop­ fore the Port of Seattle Propellor it declared, was the almost unani­ ment Corporation, Z7-foot-depths were available from Montreal to Lake mous liquidation response by the Erie. Prior to 1959, only small ocean vessels of some 14-foot draft had Club. foreign members of the associa­ been sailing between Atlantic and Great Lakes ports. The 27 foot depth "Official Washington has not yet and.the enlarged i>i}cks between Montreal and Lake Ontario now En­ recognized the inadequacies of our tion. The association concluded Its able much larger ocean ships to trade into the inland Lakes. depleting arsenal of seapower re­ sources," continued Hood, "let brief with an attack on the Cana­ Some of these vessels exceed 700 feet in length and can carry a dian capital cost allowances that alone deal with them." cargo of over 15,000 tons in or out of the Great Lakes. The first year offer no incentive to shipowners Hood, spokesman for the the Seaway opened, only two SlU deep-sea ships called at ports oh country's commercial shipyards, to replace obsolete ships and the Great Lakes—the Hurricane and the Cottonwood Creek. Since that equipment. contrasted the efforts of the Soviet time, we have had a steady increase of SIU ships coming into the Lakes. Union with the US in this vital In 1962, 13 SlU-AGLIWD ships loaded cargoes in I.Jikes ports. Many industry. of these vessels came directly from foreign ports and paid off on the "Just in the field of undersea Lakes. Again, 1963 was another busy year for SlU ocean-going vessels. craft alone," said Hood, "the Rus­ A good idea of the effect the St. Lawrence Seaway has had on ships sians have 400 operational sub­ and sailors can be gotten from the example of the twin ports of Duluthmarines and we have only 100." Superior, which ^re world famous for iron-ore shipments and grain And, he added, "Hitler, with only shipments. Before the Seaway, these cargoes were carried on American 57 submarines, sank 519 allied and Canadian-flag vessels. sliips in the first six months after Remember, the Great Lakes area contains probably the greatest in­ the US entered World War II." dustrial complex in the world. Steel plants here produce more than BAL HARBOUR, Fla.—Continu­ The Shipbuilders' head refused to indict a particular political party ing success in mediation of in­ 30 percent of the world's steel. For instance, from the Lake Superior for our declining seapower, but ternal disputes was reported by area alone for the shipping season of 1963, vessels carried over 66 mil­ pieferred to lay the blame at the the AFL-CIO Executive Council lion tons of iron ore. Besides what they carried in ore from the Lake Superior area, which feet of those who indulge in here, with two-thirds of the cases is referred to as the Lakehead, vessels of different denomination car­ filed settled without the necessity budgetary expedience at the ex­ of a determination by the im­ ried 14.4 million tons of grain. An ocean vessel can haul a ton of grain pense of national defense. from Chicago to Liverpool cheaper than railroads can haul it from Hood singled out chairman of partial umpire. Since the effective date of the Chicago to New York. They can haul it at less cost than a tractorthe House Armed Services Com­ mittee Vinson (D-Ga.) and the US plan—known as Article XXI of the trailer from Chicago to Detroit. The variety of general cargo consisting of everything from auto­ Naval Institute as being particu­ federation's constitution—on Jan, larly concerned with what they 1, 1962, there have been 265 com­ mobiles to CARE packages and from soup to nuts moves on the Seaway recognize as the declining effec­ plaints or claims filed, with 150 ai.d Great Lakes in considerable volume. For instance, from the same tiveness of the nation's merchant settled through mediation or by port of Duluth-Superior, 200 vessels representing 18 foreign countries, mutual agreement. Mediation is excluding Canadian and US Great Lakes ships, carried 376,000 tons of marine. still in progress in 29 cases. this general cargo. There have been 74 determina­ Vessels engaged in Seaway service specializing in bulk commodities tions by the impartial umpire and pay about Vs the line-hauIlng costs as compared to the railroads. fact-finding reports, and 5 cases After leaving Montreal, a vessel will pass through eight locks before are still pending -before him. Of reaching Lake Erie. The vessel will be lifted 602 feet from sea level the 74 determinations, violations by the time it arrives in Lake Superior. of the Internal Disputes Plan were And it is well to note at this point that all traffic going into Lake found in 55 cases. Appeals were Superior must pass through Sault Ste. Marie Locks. More tonnage is made in 27 cases with 23 resulting carried in an eight-month period on vessels passing through Soo Locks in denial by the Executive Council than via the Panama and Suez Canals combined in 12 months. For In­ subcommittee handling them, one stance, in 1963, the tonnage through these locks was 86 million net tons. referred to the council and two Members of the deck department aboard these vessels will work pending. around the clock once they enter the St. Lambert Lock until their There have been 15 complaints of noncompliance with the vessel clears the Welland Canal. Many an SlU member who has made umpire's determinations. The sub­ this run can tell you that more overtime can he made in one month on committee achieved compliance in the Great Lakes than in the average three-month voyage offshore. Grain shipments will he very important to Seafarers in 1964. SlU eight cases, three are pending and noncompliance was found in four. deep-sea vessels are expected in greater numbers this year on the Two unions are involved in the Lakes. US vessels carried only 15.75 percent of all grain cargoes on latter category in two cases each— the Lakes last year. Canadian vessels accounted for 60.73 percent of the Journeymen Stonecutters As­ the grain cargoes and other foreign bottoms carried the remainder. In 1955, US vessels in Duluth loaded 111 million bushels of grain sociation and the National Mari­ time Union, and sanctions are in compared to 1 million loaded on Canadian vessels. But in 1963, Canadian vessels increased their cargoes by 44 million bushels while American effect for these organizations. The council acted in one case vessels decreased by 55 million bushels. When one looks at these figures and includes bulk cargoes like coal, before it, a claim for justification for action that would otherwise ore and limestone, it is easy to see that the foreign flags have taken violate Article XXI. It ruled that over. American vessels have lost 80 percent of all cargoes they once the Air Line Pilots Association has carried out of the Port of Duluth. It is well to note that in the five years the St. Lawrence Seaway has justification in attempting to organize and represent stewards been in existence, there has been a steady increase over each year. The and stewardesses who are current­ Welland Canal, which is J:he last of the eight locks on the St. Lawrence ly represented by the Transport Seaway that locks vessels into and out of Lake Erie from. Lake Ontario, Workers Union. j marked up another record year at the close of the 1963 shipping season. The five percent tax Increase has driven out about half of the ocean-going ships presently owned in Canada. During a 15year period, five of these foreign companies contributed over $6.6 million in corporate Income taxes, The Canadian government will be Ships Hold Power Edge, US Warned Ocean Vessels Now Sailing Lakes Disputes Plan Success Score Continues High Seek To Keep Scab HR Off. Rocket Base BAL HARBOUR, FLAJ—Assist­ ant Sec. of Labor JSmes J. Rey­ nolds announced hera that he had recommended to Labor Sec. yv. Willard Wirtz thaf access to Cape Kennedy by the Florida East Coast Railway "be terminated" because there is no ° procedure to resolve the year-old strike acceptable to the railway's management. Earlier in the week he had at­ tempted to set up a session be­ tween the railway unions and FEC management. It failed because of the railway's insistence on having a court reporter present. Reynolds said the railroad unions had ac­ cepted a procedure for final and bihding arbitration of the dispute. Meanwhile an agreement was reached'for a continuance of the temporary restraining order block­ ing picket lines secured by the National Labor Relations Board with the understanding that the unions would giye the court 72 hours notice of any intention to resume picketing. As of Feb. 19 there were no pickets on the FEC spur running to Cape Kennedy and trains were free to move. Management "Petulant" Reynolds told reporters here after his two and one-half hour attempt in Daytona Beach to settle the dispute that the "petulant in­ sistence" of FEC management on a philosophy that has "no place in this century" was blocking a settle­ ment. He also said that the Florida Public Utilities Commission and the state's Gov. Farris Bryant had been "strangely silent" on the FEC dispute and especially on the ques­ tion of whether the railroad had been living up to its obligations in terms of serving the public. Rey­ nolds said this was particularly puzzling in view of the fact that management has refused to take any reasonable step to resolve the dispute. Reynolds' statements followed a press conference at which Chair­ man George Leighty of the Rail­ way Labor Executives' Association said there were go indications that the FEC and Board Chairman Ed­ ward Ball had any intention of settling 'the dispute, and that Ball was acting like a "feudal baron." Benefit Recipient Thomas Roulhac (right) receives death benefit check for his wife, Ella, who was employed by the SIU United Industrial Workerscontracted Dixie Jute Bag­ ging Corp. in Norfolk. SIU Rep. Marvin Haut presents Roulhac with his check at the Norfolk Hall, �8'K*4rAnSHM.l€€ liPtitiitM Coming Through PaC* lOTMtoMI* Land-Locked Runaway Grounded By NY Court NEW YORK—The quick buck "runaway" operation 4s not the sole invention of the American Shipping Industry it was revealed here recently in a decision handed down by the Second US Court of Appeals. The court case involved a"*' sters and moved some of its naa- ployees sued Glidden for failure to landlocked company, the cbinery and all of its production offer them Jobs when the Durkee Glidden Company and its to Bethlehem, Pa. plant was moved from Elmhurst to Durkee Famous Foods Division. On November 30, 1957, the Glidden Company closed its Elmhurst, N.Y., plant at the conclusion of its con­ tract with the unaffiliated Team­ The SlU Inland Boatmen'i Union-contracted ferry Matanuska gets an assist from a tug at the passet through an open drawbridge into Lake Union in Seattle, Washington. The giant ferry, one of three operating on the Alaska Marine Highway, was in Seattle for remodeling to provide ad­ ditional staterooms. By E. B. McAuley, West Coast Representative Shipping continues to be very good for the Port of Seattle, due mostly to increased grain shipments. We had six ships in there through the end of February, including the Niagra, which loaded grain for Russia and then got out again. She should be there in the next few days. Besides the Niagara, the ships in were the Josefina, Hastings, Elemir, Transyork and the A&J Midamerica. Payoffs for Seattle in March are expected to include the Iberville, Longview Victory, John C. and the Robin Hood. In addition, other in-transit vessels are expected in the Seattle and Port­ land area during March. With the fast pace of shipping holding up at Seattle, the beach has been swept clean of oldtimers and we haven't gotten to chat with any for several days now. With things the way they are, it would be a good bet for AB tickets and fireman-watertenders to head for Seattle to catch some of the gobd shipping which should be available this month. Wilmington got a kick -out of crewing up the Penn Sailor last month. This vessel was formerly an NMU ship, the Gold Stream. The Orion Comet also crewed up at Wilmington, which saw ten ships in transit during this period. Oldtimer Lester Lapham has been around Wilmington killing time doing jigsaw puzzles. Les has his jigsaw puzzle business down to a fine art. Winston Battle is also on the beach there, still not fit for duty. He just go off the Penn Challenger where he was working as standby. Oscar Rosenfelt has been around too and is now just about ready to head back to sea. A Sea-Land ship which wouldn't take him too far from his favorite TV channels would suit him just fine. Several oldtimers got in some beach time at the hall in San Francisco. Frank Baron is still on the beach looking for an AB slot after signing off the Young America. Recently off the Steel Admiral, oldtimer Victor Shavroff is casting around for a ship that needs a bosun and feels pretty sure of finding one very soon. Itchy feet are also beginning to trouble oldtimer Mike Iwaski who fired, watertended and oiled like mad aboard the Yaka on his last trip and is novt^ looking foh another black gang job where he can practice his art. Also seen around the San Francisco hall are M.J. Doherty, with an urge to get back on the high seas as an electrician, and Donald Forrest who is keeping his eye peeled fo ra chief steward spot. Doherty is off the Steel Navigator and Forrest made his last trip aboard the Fairport. In general, shipping has been fairly good out of San Francisco. We flew a good number of replacements to the Long Lines and the Arthur Huddell in Honolulu. We also shipped a skeleton crew to the National Seafarer at Kobe, Japan for a run job back to New Orleans. With a .strong possibility of getting some five or six days ashore in the land of sukiyaki, competition was keener than a freshly-stropped razor for these spots. On the California political scene. Assemblyman Phillip Burton beat out four Democrats and three Republicans to corner 50 percent of the total votes cast for the post of Congressman for the Fifth Congressional seat. He replaces John Shelley, who was elected Mayor of San Francisco last year with the strong backing of labor. A tremendous primary election battle seems to be shaping up among Democrats to take over the Senate seat of ailing US Senator Clair Engle. An ordinance designed for the purpose of eliminating professional strikebreakers from labor disputes in the City of San Francisco has been introduced by the San Francisco Labor Council's Law and Legislative Committee. All unions involved have approved this legislation. It is felt that the San Francisco Board of Supervisors will act on this ordinance so that it may be enacted into law. Harry Bridges hit the local papers and attacked East Coast longshore­ men and all maritime Unions for the boycott of foreign ships carrying grain to Russia. His pitch this time was that although unions have a right to hollar on foreign policy, "we draw the line on using food as a political weapon." , Since this battle has been jvon with assurances through President Jchnson, it appears that the SIU, along with the other unions involved, has taken a very good course of action to insure that maritime workers are to be protected by Federal law and that American ships shall be en­ titled to carry the minimum of 50 percent in accordance with the laws. The Union gave notice, before the closing of the plant, of its in­ tention to arbitrate on the grounds that numerous members had senior­ ity rights. Subsequently five em- Nuclear-BuiH Canal Seen Still In Future WASHINGTON—^If the US gets the itch to dig another big ditch to replace the Panama Canal, it won't be able to use atomic explosives to do the job for another 15 to 20 years, according to the Atomic of nuclear explosives for a canal Energy Commission. project Is not "just around the Since the crisis in Panama corner" as some people in govern­ there has been a great deal of in­ terest within Congress for using nuclear explosives to dig another canal across Central America. AEC scientists have indicated that us­ ing nuclear explosives to build such a canal would Involve a frac­ tion of the cost of conventional engineering methods. From testimony given last week before the Joint Congressional •Committee on Atomic Energy however, it appears that the use Pacific SIU Crew Cited For Bravery SEATTLE — The SIU Pacific District - contracted Philippine Mail, (American Mail Line) has been cited by the US Depart­ ment of Commerce as a "gallant ship" for the part she played in the rescue of nine crewmembers of the sinking Chinese ship Hai Ziang on March 29, 1963. The awarding of the citation was an­ nounced by the Maritime Admin­ istration. The master, nine members of the lifeboat crew, and two other crewmembers of the Philippine Mail were awarded the Merchant Marine Meritorious Service Medal in presentation ceremonies tlyit were held here on February 28. In addition, each member of the 60 man crew was awarded cita­ tion bars for the roles they played in the rescue. En-Route To Keelung The incident tor which the crewmembers were cited, took place in the early morning hours of last March 29, while'the Phil­ ippine Mail was en route from Naha, Okinawa to Keelung, Tai­ wan. Off the Northern tip of For­ mosa, the Philippine Mail sighted the Hai Ziang deai in the water with a list of about 45 degrees to port. Despite the prevailing inclem­ ent weather, with northerly winds of gale force and swells that varied from 10 to 12 feet, the crewmembers aboard the Philip­ pine Mail proceeded with rescue operations that resulted in tlie saving of the nine crewmembers aboard the Chinese vessel. ment had felt. Budgetary cutbacks and the atomic treaty were cited as major factors in delaying the necessary technological development and testing which would have to be done before such a project would be feasible. It was pointed out that the AEC did not have a nuclear device sufficiently "clean" in radioactive fallout to permit its use at this time. If the development of such de­ vices were completely free of budgetary and diplomatic restric­ tions, it was estimated that two to five years would still be necessary to work out the necessary tech­ nology. But even after this was done, it would take another five years to produce the few hundred explosives needed for a canal project. The cost of a program to develop this canal-building capability was estimated at $250 million, which would cover both development and testing of the necessary devices. The canal builders would then be left to wrestle with the diplomatic problems of using nuclear bombs to excavate the canal through Cen­ tral America, not even taking into account the problems posed by the limited nuclear test-ban treaty which prohibits the spread of radioactivity from any nuclear ex­ plosion across the borders of the nation in which It has occurred. Bethlehem. A second suit for dam­ ages was filed by 160 other exemployees of the Durkee plant. The two suits were filed about the same time but the second re­ mained in abeyance while the fiveperson case was processed as a test. The test suit was dismissed by US Judge Edmund L'. Palmier! in 1960, but his ruling was dismissed the following year in a 2-1 decision, with Appellate Judge Lumbard dis­ senting. The majority cited several New York court decisions upholding the argument that "rights embodied in a collective bargaining contract enure to the direct benefit of em­ ployes" and may be the subject of a lawsuit. Disputing the firm's "bold posi­ tion" that the employes had no rights that survived the contract, the other two judges said Glidden lived up to other provisions of the contract at Elmhurst by continuing to give retirement pay to former employes, by continuing to pay early retirees and disabled em­ ployes, and by promising vested pension rights at 65 to workers who had reached 45 when the plant closed. In a recent decision, the. Court of Appeals reaffirmed its 1961 decision by voting 3-0 to deny Gliddens motion to dismiss the cornplaint of the -five former workers. In doing so, the Court granted the •motion of the five workers for judgment and sent the case back to the US District Court for a hearing on the amount of damages due to the plaintiffs. The court also sent back to the District Court the second suit which involved a claim for damages by 160 other exemployees. In its latest decision the court held unanimously that it should follow the "law of the case," a doc­ trine under which a court will not reopen a previously decided issue unless there is a "clear conviction of error." Chief Judge J. Edward Ldmbard, "reluctantly concurring" with the other two judges, agreed that the lower court was correct in refusing to let Glidden present evi­ dence it claimed was "new" but which it could have presented in 1961. EVERY MONTHS If any SIU ship has no library or needs a new supply of books, contact any SIU hall. YOUR iSIU SHIP'S LIBRARY �•.n^uiSHSl SEAFARERS Taf HIMMB LOG Floating Silos Called A Success Notify Union On LOQ Mail Ship Grain Storage Ends WASHINGTON—The ending last week of the boycott by the International Longshore­ men's Association against ships loading wheat for the Soviet Union and satellite countries is hastening the end of a unique grain storage program by the US. At one time, 517 reserve fleet vessels standing idle in the Hudson and James rivers tural program has again fallen flat cellent for storage purposes. Of about 3.1 million tons of grain were bulging with surplus on its face. grain. As in the Biblical story of Joseph who stored grain for use during the seven lean years of famine, the US grain is now badly needed, but not by the US which is stili growing more grain than it requires. The lean years are upon the Communist woi'ld, whose am­ bitious state - controlled agricul­ Mankl^ IN« As Seafarers know, copies of each Issue of the SEAFARERS LOG are mailed every two weeks to all SIU ships as well as to numerous clubs, bars and ether overseas spots where Seafarers congregate ashore. The procedure for mailing the LOG involves calling all SitJ steamship companies for the Itineraries of their ships. On the bas^ of the Information supplied by the ship oper­ ator, four copies of the LOG, the headquarters report and min­ utes forms are then airmailed to the agent In the next port. Similarly, the seamen's clubs get various quantities of LOGs at every mailing. The LOG Is sent to any club when a Seafarer requests it by notifying the LOG office that Seafarers con­ gregate there. As always the Union would like to hear promptly from SIU ships whenever the LOG and ship's mail is not delivered so that the Union can maintain a day-to-day check on the accuracy of Its mailing lists. stored in this way, less than onehalf of 1 percent was lost, and this was mostly due to natural shrinkage. Only last week some 224,000 bushels of wheat were un­ loaded at Norfolk from the Liberty ship Mary Austin— still in ex­ cellent condition after its long storage. The ships also proved economi­ cal for storage purposes. A study has shown that land storage would have cost about 40.7 cents per bushel cornpared with 26.1 cents By Joseph B. Loqiie, MD, Medical Director on the ships. This saving on all the grain stored comes out to about $6 million per year. During the 11-year storage pro­ If we are to prevent old-age regret, it is quite evident that a drastic gram a total of some 53.5 million bushels was stored on ships in the change In our planning for our declining years will have to be estab­ Hudson River (NY) reserve fleet lished. There are great schemes for caring for the aged, both locally and over 62.5 million bushels on and by the central government. These plans In the main encompass ships in the James River (Va.) medical and domiliciary care which is all-essentiai. However, it docs fleet. not take into consideration sufficient training and conditioning of the Two basic factors are ringing person in his or her pre-geriatric years. down the curtain on the program. An editorial In the latest issue of the "Journal of the American The end of the ILA boycott— Medical Association" writes on-4 ^ brought about by a government "Old Age A Regret," and brings to relatives and friends because agreement pledging strict compli­ ance with rulings that 50 percent to light many of the problems in­ they share in this decline and are called upon to bear some of its of the Russian wheat be carried on volved in becoming old. There was a time when-old peo­ emotional and often flnancial American ships—means a big drop in the amount of grain to be ple merely died. Now, due to in­ stress is, and a regreat to physi­ stored, with grain cargoes steadily creased longevity, people go cians because of the inescapable flowing out to the famine-ridden though a stage of literally dying futility with which they are forced before death. An article in the to approach ,this physical and Communist nations. At the same time, an increase in November 2 issue of "Lancet" de­ mental dereliction. privately-owned land storage facil­ scribes old age as a regret — a Hospitals Ill-Advised ities has made the ship storage regret to old people because of A fourth regret might be added the changes that it brings, a regret in that too much effort has to be unnecessary. expended on the end_stages of old age, especially in the hospitaL Kemp, the^writer in "Lancet," re­ gards hospitals as ill-advised for most old people, because of the danger of secondary infections and the necessary emphasis on di­ agnosis, investigation and treat­ porary smoothing effect. A new booklet released by FDA, called "Your ment. There is also the danger Money and Your Life," says: "There are no creams, lotions, m.asks or of emotional dependence on insti­ plasters that will prevent, correct or remove wrinkles." The booklet tutional care, with a disintegra­ also warns: "Particuiarly beware of cosmetics promoted on the basis tion of the patient's outside world. Hospitals, he indicates, tend toof some new special ingredient 'scientifically' found to have remarkable attract lonely ladies who have effects." needlessly degenerated into keep­ Cosmetics manufacturers have developed creams with all kinds of ing cats, talking to themselves and ingredients claimed to improve complexions or remove wrinkles, Jans­ wandering around at night, and sen reports. One recent promotion was for a cream containing plankton men who have succumbed to re­ from a certain spring- in France. The girls in that region who washed tirement rot—men who have re­ in the spring were reported to have very beautiful complexions. An­ tired. with nothing to do and have other face cream w:is based on goats' miik, and not Just ordinary goats done just that. but a special breed of Swiss goats. Another manufacturer promoted To solve these problems, we turtle oil. "Actually," Janssen points out, "turtles themseves have the have to begin in the pre-geriatric worst complexion of all." years. Pre-elderly care would Wrinkle creams are not the only bonanza of cosmetics manufacturers, hopefully reduce, problems of but they are one of the most important. Another big manufacturer, morale, nutrition, physical, and Lehn & Fink, announced a new anti-wrinkle cream with a secret in­ emotional health. Attention paid gredient, but finally did not market it. The company that has managed to frailties, physical and emotion­ to cash in on the modern toiletries craze most successfully, is Revlon, al at this stage, would be far more with a host of high-priced products, including anti-wrinkle. Eterna 27. beneficial than in later years Revlon products, even though costlier than any other brands, account- wlien one has become accustomed 'for one-fourth of ali sales of cosmetics by drug and department stares, to infirmity and no longer cares. and stores are actively policed to prevent price-cutting. Sales of this Why fix, eyes that will not look, company spiralled from $29 million a year in 1953 to $160 million in or feet tha.t wiU not walk? 1962, which shows the current extent of family spending on cosmetics Depots' For Un-Wantcd and toiletries. Revlon is now reported to spend $25 million a year Institutions as a whole have just on TV advertising, or over 16 cents of every dollar you pay performed their responsibilities for their products. well but are faced with providing One of the most-persistent and continuing promotions is for creams more care too late and with in­ and other products containing royal jelly, sold in stores, by door-to-door adequate personnel. Charged with salesmen and by mail. FDA Commissioner, George P. Larrick, called this responsibility and without "royal jelly another example of exploitation of outlandish exotic sub­ proper guidance, institutions have stances as miracle ingredients." Royal jelly is a substance secreted by become depots for the unwanted bees, and fed by them to chosen larvae who grow several times as large and marginally ill who might be as worker bees to become "queen" bees, laying tremendous number of mpfe properly treated in pre-geri­ eggs. The false theory, promoted for years, is that if royal jelly bene­ atric clinics. fits the bee# in such a way, it must be good for humans, FDA said in As our old-age population be­ reporting a court decision ordering the destruction of a shipment of comes greater and demand for royal jelly products. medical facilities becomes more It may do you.no harm to smear oxblood or other animal protein on urgent, we should seriously con­ your face, except the loss of valuable dollars. But the use of harmones sider whether the end-stage care and antibiotics In face creams does worry the medical profession. is meeting those needs directly. Doctors are concerned that indiscriminate use of autibiotics on the skin If by early diagnosis, treatment could prove harmful. and guidance, we can prevent re­ Nor has it ever been proved that any drug such as harmones, anti­ tirement rot and lonely-lady biotics or vitamins, when Incorporated into cosmetics, can Improve the complexes, then we can have appearance of nondlseased skin, the Committee on Cosmetics of the eliminated the major portion of old-age regret. American Medical Association has said. The reserve fleet grain storage program began in 1953 when there were not enough land storage facilities for storing the huge grain surpluses produced by American farmers. The grain was loaded aboard the idle vessels primarily because there was nowhere else to put it. The ships turned out to be ex- Early Planning For Needs Of Old Age Ship-lceepers who maintained vessels in the Hudson River reserve fleet conducted periodic checks of Governmeirt grain to assure minimum spoilage. Depth of wheat in the hold (above) showed if there was more than natural shrinkage, due to changes in temperatures and humidity aboard the idled vessels. By Sidney Margolius Cosmetic Makers Reap Big Harvest The cosmetics and toiletries industry has become the big boom busi­ ness today, with stock-market speculators reaping a bonanza while American women have been subjected to successive high-pressure pro­ motions of expensive toiletries, especially those promising to smooth away wrinkles. In recent years, cosmetics manufacturers have brought out alleged "wrinkle removing" creams incorporating vitamins, hormones, royal jelly, then antibiotics-and, in some cases, "shot-gun" creams incorporat­ ing all of these ingredients. In earlier days, toiletries promoters even sold facial creams containing kerosene. The latest promotion for a miracle wrinkle cream Is Helene Curtis' "Magic Secret," which contains what a company publicity representative s;..vs is an "animal protein ingredient" and which outsiders say is o.xblood. It carries a fantastic price of $5 for one-fifth of an ounce. This comes to $25 an ounce or $400 a pound. (Or you can save money by bi.ying the large size, which is $8.50 for two-fifths of an ounce, or $340 a pound.) The vision of another killing like Revlon's highly-profitable success, has made Wail Street speculators frantic to get in on the Helene Curtis grand floor. The sCent of money, even if tainted with oxblood, skyrocketed the price of Helene Curtis stock from $18 a share to $42. Then rumors started to move around Wall Street, that (1) the Food & Drug Administration was planning an investigation and (2) we were planning an article deflating the new cream. The speculators got even more frantic and the stoqjc plummeted. We even got a series of calls from a leading brokerage house to find out if we were writing a story pn the new skin cream and whether the broker­ age house should advise its clients to sell their Helene Curtis stock. It's alarming to see not only this new threat to the pocketbook of anxious women, but how Wall Street, one of the pillars of our economy, reacts violently to rumors. A particular concern is that this product also has been test-marketed by Studio Girl, a Helene Curtis subsidiary that sells door to door, and thus may capture the scarce dollars of mod­ erate-income women. The Food & Drug Administration is keeping an eye on the promo­ tion of this latest "wrinkle" lotion, to see if any claims are made that violate the law, advises Waliace Janssen, FDA Director of Information. So far the FDA has heard only rumors and has observed no actual claims. A Helene Curtis representative told us that "Magic Secret" is a clear liquid that-"will smooth away wrinkles and lines about five or tan minutes after application, and that the "Effect lasts for eight hours. The liquid can be reactivated on the face by moistening with water." After eight or ten days, the company claims, the effect lasts longer. Demonstrations on models were said to have found that the "skin tends to respond better and longer" after continued use of "Magic Secret." P.Iarketing tests produced excellent sale results, so the company is going ahead full steam, another representative reported. However, any ordiniiry facial cream, even cold cream, has a tem­ �% ' *.« MM C JMf t StirARERS < •i / LOG Fife MMteca A Crane For The Inger G. Trosclair on the Robin Trent (Robin Line) thinks the crew is getting "fat and sassy." As evidence, he submits the vote of thanks cfewmembers made to the steward department, singling out the ship's baker for special honors. Chow on the Robin Trent is so fine, accord­ ing to Trosclair, that crew-**^' for the smooth trip back to New members are worrying about York. becoming overweight! 4, 4i 4> 4. i Herbert Gardner, AB on the Inger (Reynolds MetaU), dropped into the LOG office recently'to expfain the set of new cranes which-were installed on the ship in BIyth, England to handle refined bauxite. The Inger returned to New York after unloading a bauxite cargo in Corpus Christi. COLUMtlA (OrlanUI), D«c.* t — Chairman, J. Haltanback; Sacratary, D. A. Norrli. Ship's delegate reported that everything is going smoothly so far. One man taken off ship In Mobile due to lllnesi. Ship's delegate re­ signed and was re-elected. Blower in starlsoard ^ssageway is out and can­ not be fixed. James Callaway. Ship's delegate re­ ported everything ia in order. One man hospitalised in Capetown. Mo­ tion made that rate of OT, when sailors are working or doing long­ shoremen's work, be at the same rate at all hours. Suggestion made to put rubber around fidley door in order to eliminate noise when door Is shut^ FAIRPORT (Waterman), Jan. S — Chairman, Steve Thayer; Secretary, Sherman Wright. No beefs reported. CapUin Schepis and chief mate Kettenger cooperating with entire crew, making voyage as pleasant as pos­ sible. SS.4S In ship's fund. Motion to raise rates for extra meats from SOc to SI. Discussion on dues increase and wages. Motion that while holds are cleaned. OT rate be raised to straight OT for watch on deck, and time and a half for watch below. STEIL ACC (Isthmian), Jan. 14— Chairman, Hughes P. Towns; Secre­ tary, Eglwrt W. Ceuldlng. Ship's delegate reported on letter sent tp headquarters. Motion that collection be taken up to replenish ship's fund. Ship should be fumigated. Washing machine to be repaired properly or replaced. Vote of thanks to the steward department for tremendous improvement. FLOMAR (Calmer), Dec. It—Chair­ man, none; Secretary, T. A. Jackson. Ship's delegate reported there are no beefs aboard. One man sent to the hospital In. the Canal Zone and did not return to the ship. $13.61 in fund from last trip and S44 was con­ tributed this trip. Spent $52.47 of this on TV. Some disputed OT in deck department. Ship's delegate to check with the Union regarding chip­ ping at night Inside of the house. No hot-water when ship is in port. Mem­ bers requested not to siam doors. OMNIUM FREIGHTER (Suwannee), Dec, i—Chairman, S. A, Holdan; Sec­ retary, Milton Phalps. No beefs re­ ported. Ship sailed short one oiler. Milton Phelps was elected ship's del­ egate. Members told to keep recre­ ation room clean, and to use water with care. Christmas day spent in Recife. Brazil, and big feed was put on in true SlU style. Chief cook Charles Adams to be especially com­ mended for fine job. WARRIOR (Waterman), Jan. 12 — Chairman, R. Rudolph; Secretary, M. B. Elliott. Payoff will be in New York. Ship's delegate will ask port engineer about proper-fitting gaskets for portholes. . Suggestion made that board with hooks be placed in pas­ sageway so that watch can hang up foul weather gear before going into messhall to eat. Suggestion made that ever.vone cooperate and keep midship toilets clean. Vote of thanks to steward department for fine Thanksgiving dinner and Christmas and New Year's dinners. Vote of thanks to crew messmen. CITY OF ALMA (Waterman), Jan. 15—Chairman, C. McGahagin; Secre­ tary, Charles Bultchett. The captain extended praise for a job well done throughout the trip, general good conduct in foreign ports and for the good overall appearance of vessel. Vote of thanks extended to steward department for fine job done, espe­ cially on holiday meals. Mike Reed will replace Brother Guild as ship's-delegate, when he gets off at New York. A possible issue worthy of discussion and consideration by the negotiating committee is that If Waterman moves its engineers to topside quarters, this would vacate the entire port side of the main* deck. An effort to shift unlicensed men from the stern forward would be greatly -to our advantage. ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Robin), Jan. 37 —Chairman, Juan Crui^ Sacratary# ARTHUR M. iruODELL (Isthmian), Jan. 4 — Chairman, Joseph Snyder; Secretary, Arthur S. Turner. Special agreement and working rules for this ship discussed. Quite a few longshoring hours disputed in deck department, and 69 hours disputed in eiTgine department. Nothing done to repair No. 5 starboard winch. Safety representative wishes to. in­ form the master that if safety sug­ gestions are not wanted, they they should not waste time on meetings. CATHY (Sea Tramp), Dec. 39 — Chairman, John Burk; Sacratary, Donald Powars- Some disputed OT in engine and steward department. Need new washing machine for next trip. Chief mate ordering, men into cargo holds for cleaning, over their objec­ tions that this Is not an emergency. MASSMAR (Calmar)^ Jan. 19—Chair­ man, Edward W. Saalay; Sacratary, E. J. Karczawskl. Brother Jack Ryan, ship's carpenter, was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Steward requests crew not to hoard linen. No beefs reported. SEATRAIN LOUISIANA (Saatraln), Jan. 27—Chairman, Jamas M. Glenn, Jr.; Secretary, Harbart C. Justice. Ship's delegate reported that every­ thing has been running very smooth­ ly. One man missed ship on de­ parture from Texas City. $10.67 in ship's fund and 20 cases of soft drinks on hand. No beefs and no disputed OT. It was requested that condition of the gangway be watched more closely while in port. The captain, officers and crew extend vote of thanks to steward department for a job well done, with excellent holiday meals and fine food during the whole year of 1963. Seafarers trying to contact old friends on the Del Rio (Delta) and having no response, should take heart. Ship's delegate Abner Abrams has promised an investi­ gation Into the "disgustii.g mail situation" in Conakry, Guinea. Abrams reports that he learned mail going back hirnie was never received. The Del Rio crew gave a hearty vote of thanks to Dele­ gate Abrams, the purser and all department delegates and heads for their co-operation for a job well done. Israel torships) and Penn Carrier (Penn Trans.). The steward department of the Seatrain Louisiana (Seatrain) was especially honored when the cap­ tain joined the crew in,a vote of thanks for excellent holiday meals 4^ 4. » Fred Israel has been elected as and good cooking throughout all new ship's delegate on the Trans- of 1963. 4^ 4. eastern (Transeastern). Their for­ It has occurred to many a sea­ mer delegate had to leave ship at Lake Charles, La., after suffering farer on the high seas that in this an injury. Members of the crew crisis-ridden world there is often are concerned about transporta­ cause to wonder whether a port tion arrangements from Houston will still be standing at the end of a voyage. This was probably one out to the port. of the big reasons why H.M. Con4 t t nell, newly elected delegate on the There seems to be a hoarder on Niagara (Sea Transportation) made board the Massmar (Calmar). An the lack of weekly news one of the acute shortage of towels and other major items of business at his first linen led the steward to appeal to meeting. He was informed that it the unknown culprit to turn loose gome of the precious stuff he had wasn't a matter of money, but a troublesome radio receiver that stashed away. was the heart of the trouble. t 4. 4. ^ 4> 4i SIU crews continue to show The crew on the Steel Designer their appreciation for line cooking and service by their stew­ (Isthmian Lines) voted a big ard departments. Among the "thank you" for the ship carpenter ships extending thanks to the cul­ and steward for making sure the inary staff are the San Francisco crew could get their fill of movies (SeaLand), Steel Rover and Steel on the last trip. William Chandler, Seafarer (Isthmian), (Orion Hunt­ ship delegate, reports that this was er (Colonial), Panoceanic Faith one of the things that accounted (Panoceanic), Antinous (Water­ man), Achilles (Newport), North­ western Victory (Victory), Afoundrla (Waterman), C. S. Norfolk (Cities Service), Puerto Rico (MoTo the Editor: The way I see it, one of the things that makes a good ship is the crew, and one thing that makes a good crew is the food aboard the ship. This steward department here on the Afoundria is the best I have ever seen and the food is the best, but it's easy to see why Afoundria Has Smooth Sailing Sweet Sixteen DETROIT (Sea-Land), Dec. 4—Chair­ man, Walter Kushner; Secretary, R. Whltmer. No major beefs reported. Andrew Lavezoll elected ship's dele­ gate. Letter pertaining to safety practices on deck sent to New York. Men asked to conserve coffee. Hot water heater still needed. MANHATTAN (Hudson Watarways), Jan. 21—Chairman, Otto Padarsen; Secretary, t. U. Johnson. Ship's dele­ gate reported everything running smoothly. A lengthy discussion took place concerning foreign workers oc­ cupying crew's qiurters. The matter of quarters for the jsumpmen also to be taken up aa rooms have been as­ signed to foreign labor. it*. Hans Malmberg has sent the LOG a note from Portland, Ore., expressing his appreciation for as­ sistance he received from the SlU and his fellow crewmembers aboard the Antinous (Waterman). Malmberg writes; "I wish to take this opportunity to thank the SIU and the crew of the Antinous for their financial help, enabling me to get home in time for my wife's funeral. As an SUP man who had been aboard only nine days, I be­ lieve this example represents 'Brotherhood of the Sea' In its greatest form." 4# 4> 4# A us Coast Guardsman suffer­ ing, from a possible broken ankle received swift transportation to a Baltimore hospital with the co­ operation of the Afoundria (Waterman). The New York-bound Afoundria had a rendezvous with the CG cutter Mackinac and picked up the patient at sea after being contact­ ed through the AMYER (Atlantic Merchant Vessel Report) center in New York. The Afoundria's des­ tination was changed to Baltimore where the injured man was trans­ ferred to the USFHS hospital. night too. I've hever seen any­ thing like it in all my days of sailing. Naturally, the steward de­ partment on here got a vote of thanks with all harids taking part. This is a good crew and everyone is happy. Smitty, our crew messman, makes the laughter for the crew at meal­ time with.his humor, so with all this—and a good captain, mates and engineers, everything on the Afoundria is running smooth. Vance A, Reid Ship's delegate Welfare Assist Draws Praise ARTHUR M. HUDDELL (Isthmian), Feb. 5—Chairman, P. Turner; Secrs' tary, D. E. Wiley. Ship's delegate re­ ported that five or six men wished to-get off but captain refused to pay them off. Motion that members be notified by dispatcher or agent re­ garding agreement they will be work­ ing under before accepting Job. Stew­ ard department given vote of thanks. $6.09 in ship's fund. A A J MERCURY (Pacific Seafar­ ers), Feb. 1—Chairman, John Kucharski; Secretary, Lao E. Movall. Ship's delegate requested crew's cooperation to make this a good trip, John Kucharski was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Ship was In bad shape when crew went aboard and was short on stores, but with the help of SlU food plan representative In Baltimore the steward received ever.vthing he had ordered. All rooms being painted this trip. Abroms Aboard the Alamar (Calmar), the crew is well on its way toward purchasing the television set which the gang has set its sights on. Jiggs Jeffers, delegate," made a special point of thanking Howard Webber, deck delegate, for collecting $14.50 toward the tv fund. Mary M. Encarhacicn has a big smile for the camera as she gets ready to cut the cake at her Sweet Sixteen birthday party. Mary's father is Rainoa EncamaeioR who last sailed on the Rto Granda (American Asia Lines). All letters to the editor for publication in the SEAFARERS LOG must be signed by the To the Editor: At this moment I am in' writer. Names will be withheld Puerto Rico and was just dis­ upon request. I cussing with some of our brothers what a wonderful feel­ with Wesley Young as the ing it is to have such a good steward. insurance as the SIU Welfare Our chief cook, Woodie Plan. Perkins, is like a hotel cook, I'd therefore like to forward and really tries to. make his my thanks to all our Union shipmates happy. He follows up officials and to our port agent things all the time, like going in Miami who handled the ar­ in to the messhall to ask the rangements for payment of my fellows how they like the food.. wife's hospital bills while I was He'll even wait on a guy onc^ away, through our Welfare Plan in a while to check how things and headquartei-s. are running. As far as I'm con­ When I arrived back home it cerned, he's one of the best. was a wonderful relief to know ,Our baker. Bob Reid, says he that my wife was improving ami tries to bake like he'd like his that Welfare had taken care of baker to bake whenever he him­ so much of the cost. So thanks self ships as steward. Believe again to all from my wife Grace me, I never imew things could and myself. Here's hoping we be baked so well. Bob also sees always-have a strong union in that some of his baked goods; our corner. C. Dncole are out at coffee-time and at �ManA I, IfM SEAFARERS Seafarer's Dad, 95, Is Still Going Strong and sun^ovvns. but not so Dr. Cephas Whitney. The venerable old gentleman has long been,.. a physical culture enthusiast i \ , and he treasures u;« his y/^Vinct: robust health to this day. Doc Whitney, father of Sea­ farer Van Whitney of the SIUcontracted Seatrain New York, is still a fine physical specimen and a living legend at his George­ town, British Guiana, home. The vigorous, alert 95-year-old leads a full active life after nearly a century of activity in such var­ ied fields as cycling, ^mnastics, trapeze-fiying and dentistry. Like the young Teddy Roose­ velt, the elder Whitney first took up gymnastics as a sickly nineyear-old. By his 17th birthday, the youngster had developed physically to the Stifr going strong at 95, point that he had become a Dr. Cephus Whitney, son of daring and pro­ Seafarer Van Whitney, as­ ficient trapeze sumes wrestling stance to V. Whitney artist. Illustrate virtues of dxerThen came the turning point in cise and body development. his life. When a traveling band Photo was taken at age 51. of high-wire performers offered him a well-paying job with their troupe, he had a difficult decision ing his cycling hobby. In fact, he even had time to capture the to make. The $80 per week, a fantastic island cycling championship. In 1900, Doc Whitney moved to salary figure at that time, had to be weighed against years of fain- Georgetown, BG, and established ily tradition. Both his father and a new practice. However, he still grandfather were dentists and it persisted in the activities of his was expected that he, too, would youth and continued to exercise regularly on bars, mats and tra­ join the ranks of tooth-pullers. Tradition won out after his peze rings right to the age of 60. Although no longer active to father stepped in with sound ad­ vice. He enrolled at the Univer­ the extent that he once was. Dr. sity of Maryland and settled down Whitney holds the position of to study. Shortly after receiving president of the British Guiana his degree in 1889, the young Amateur Weight-Lifting Associa­ medic .journeyed to Jamaica, tion He also has held various where he set up his first practice. posts with the BG Amateur Ath­ But even while ministering to the letic Association, the BG Boxing public's dental health, Whitney Board of Control and the Dememanaged to keep active by pursu- rara Rowing Club. LOO Steward School Is Rated 'Tops' To the Editor: On its recent first anniver­ sary, allow mo this opportunity to state that the upgrading school for chief stewards has been highly beneficial. There were a lot of things pertaining to the job of steward that I had either taken for granted or just didn't know. Through the able and thorough instruction I received a year ago, I learned the "why" to those and many more ques­ tions that had never before been answered for me. I feel that my steward de­ partment knowledge has been enriched a hundredfold since I attended the classes and refresh­ er course in New York many months ago. To all involved, here's hop­ ing for the continued success of the school. As far as I m concerned, when all the poten­ tial students have been quali­ fied, count me as one who's ready to start again. By that time there ought to be plenty of new things developed we should know about on ilie job. William H. Rhone i 3- 4- Pension Set-Up Okay With Him To the Editor: I've also seen both sides of the pension plan kjcked around in letters and articles to the LOG for some time, and there's been plenty said on the sub­ ject. I think those who are beefing about pensions should wake up to the fact that we have a darn liberal plan right now. Besides, the way our welfare and pension programs were ar­ ranged from the beginning, no­ body who's in line for a bene­ fit goes without. That's been the beauty of our system from way back when the real SIU oldtimers first went into re­ tirement during the early 1950s. ^ ^ ^ From what I read and hear about other plans in the indus­ try, our plan really'rates tops end gives the moot benefits to the moot guys. I don't think we could want it any different, and I get sick and tired of hearing people beefing without having any of the facts. From what I see, ours is still the best. • I think we've kicked this pension thing around plenty. Let's get op. it. We've got a good pension set-up. Let's keep it that way, by not mak­ ing it so easy for a guy to qual­ ify that nobody will ever want to work again. W. Malcolm i 4. 4. SIU Youngster Offers Thankyou To the Editor: I am writing this letter to ex­ press our thanks and good LET"" To TUe Editor All letters to the Editor for publication in the SEAFARERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. wishes to the SEAFARERS LOG and to the Seafarers In­ ternational .Union. I'm proud of my daddy because he made us an SIU family. I will be 11 years old on June 6, and I am still holding the $25 bond I received from the Union in my own name when I was born. Last November I was in the hospital to be operated on, and a million more thanks to the SIU. The whole thing didn't cost my daddy a penny because we are an SIU faimily, which is a wonderful thing to be. I'm sure that all SIU families are proud like we are, so please give our thanks to all of the Union and welfare officials for everything. Please print my letter in the LOG because I want the world to know how proud I am. Thank you very much. Janice Marie Plersall Offers Thanks in Bereavement To the Editor: This letter is to express thanks for the kind letter and enclosure of a Seafaiters Wel­ fare Fund check in the amount of $4,000, payable to me as beneficiary following the death of my husband, Luis Salazar. I am pleased to note that the policy of your Union is to treat your members' families in the same manner as you treat your members themselves. I have a deep feeling of admiration and gratitude towards the SIU, and for the kind expressions of sympathy offered, after the passing of my husband. My appreciation also goes to all concerned for the generous offer to advise and assist me in matters concerning the personal affairs of my deceased husband. May God bless you all. Mrs. Rosa Salazar 41 4' ^ Welfare Service Comes In Handy To the Editor: I want to thank all involved at the SIU at the Welfare Plan office for the prompt payment of my doctor and hospital bills. As you may know, I am a member of the SIU Railway Marine Region and was hurt while on my vacation last year. I dislocated my shoulder and needed hospitalization im­ mediately. I was admitted to the Providence Hospital in Holyoke, Mass., where my wife presented my SIU card. No fur­ ther identification was re­ quired, and I found that every­ thing was taken care of in quick time. I would like to thank Doctor Logue, head of the Pete Larsen Clinic at Union headquarter* who advised therapeutic treat­ ment at the Marine Hospital in Brooklyn. I have been receiv­ ing these treatments since Sep­ tember. Frank Sweeney inss-Both On And Off Duty Whether standing watch or off duty, the Sea­ farers shown above keep a watchful eye on what they're doing. A. Czerwinskl. FWT, left, eyes his gauges, while Gerald Shaeffer. oiler, right, ad­ justs a control panel. In contrast to his busy shipmates, Marcelo Alicia, oiler, relaxes with a book. These were the last pictures taken on the Alcoa Patriot in Baltimore before Alcoa traded other C-ls for .C-2 type tonnage. �ClfM BtAFARERS LOG Fate TWeaty-OM Little Viet Nam Basket Girl Proves Unforgettable Sight "Lolita Number Two," the little Vietnamese girl who was adopted by the crew of the Robin Kirk poses with her brother for Seafarer William Colefoto. The little girl and her family stayed on board the Robin Kirk for a week at Tourain. Viet Nam, to sell crewmembers refreshments and souvenirs. ROBIN HOOD (Robin), Jan. 12 — Chairman, George Stanley; Secretary, Lovis B. Thomas. Captain informed ship's delegate that he is very well satisfied with the crew. It was re­ quested that all three watches should clean up the messroom and pantry before being relieved. Patrolman to be contacted regarding the purser. $29 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in engine and deck departments. ELIZABETHPORT (Sea-Land), Jan. 19—Chairman, R. NIckolson; Secre­ tary, W. W. Blckford. $23.50 In ship's fund. Crew requested not to enter messhall in shorts. Captain stated that the air-conditioner will be re­ paired in Long Beach. ALCOA ROAMER (Alcoa), Jan. 1<— Chairman, E. Kelly; Secretary, J. E. Hannon. No beefs reported by de­ partment delegates. Discussion on taking up collection for radio opera­ tor who is in hospital. Fifty cents requested from each man for TV re­ pairs. Decks, passageways and rooms should be painted more often. Vote of thanks extended to the steward department for fine Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners. Discussion about wiper having four hours for sanitary after loading and unloading bauxite so he can clean passageways. ROBIN TRENT (Robin), Nov. 24 — Chairman, Andrew A. Thompson; Sec­ retary, Gilbert J. Trosclair. One man in engine department missed ship in Mobile. Gear was left with agent. C. C. Gates was elected to serve as safety delegate. Motion made to write headquarters regarding baggage room being closed. All hands re­ quested to keep outsiders out of crew quarters In all ports. Request that headquarters clarify work on Novem­ ber 25 which was proclaimed a na­ tional holiday. Check with patjolman about having some quarters changed. Discussion on writing to headquarters about draws. GATEWAY CITY (Sea-Land), Feb. 12—Chairman, R. R. Adamson; Secre­ tary, L. Butts. Ship's delegate re- orted everything is running smooth£make '. Department heads requested to up repair list. There is no proper heating in the focsles. Not enough pressure in toilets. Water fountain needs to be repaired. Vote of thanks to the steward department. CITIES SERVICE BALTIMORE (Cities Seryice), Feb. 9—Chairman, I. A. Pedersen; Secretary, none. $7.72 in ship's fund. Some disputed OT in deck department to be taken up with patrolman. Discussion on retirement based on 20-.vear membership time. Motion made to have relief crews on coastwise tankers. Discussion on safety. KYSKA (Waterman), Jan. 14 — Chairman, George W. Gorton; Secre­ tary, Howard Menz. Several hours disputed OT in deck department to be taken up with patrolman. Master requested the delegates to cooperate in emphasizing safe working prac­ tices and conditions.' Howard Menz was elected ship's delegate. Crew asked to help keep focsles and heads clean, and to conserve fresh Water. Effort should be made to keep unau­ thorized shoreside people out of passageways. Vote of thanks ex­ tended to delegates. Special thanks to the steward department for out­ standing holiday menu and courtesy. NEW YORKER (Contalnershlps), Feb. 2—Chairman, Felix Aponte; Sec­ retary, Sid Berger. First assistant making insulting remarks to deck department about chipping on deck. Delegate to see about wipers" over­ time and payment of transportation. Discussion on having more goodies for coffeetime. Ham steaks requested. • Request another freezer to hold more stores. ' STEEL VENDOR (Isthmian), Dec. 22 —Chairman, J. Goude; Secretary, F. Shale. Ship's delegate reported one man hospitalized in Pusan. Head­ quarters and negotiating committee to be notified about draws. Motion made to do away with traveler's checks. Oh this trip, in Pusan, there are some places that refuse to accept them. Discussion on class B & C men snd on checking if they have been on the ship 60 days or more. $9.73 in ship's fund. It was suggested that all men wear proper dress when coming into the messroom for meals. Vote of thanks given to the" chief electrician for the work on the TV done "on his own time. Vote of thanks to the steward department. ROBIN LOCKSLEY (Robin), Dec. IS — Chairman, Juan Croi; Secretary, Abe Rose. Some disputed OT in <mgine and steward departments. Motion made that whenever fresh pasteurized milk is available it should bo purchased by the company for the crew. Vote of thapks extended to the steward department. Seafarers aboard the Robin Kirk kept after Brother Calefato all the way back to the States ' for photographic prints of the little girl sailing her basket in the harbor at Tourain. The little girl (center) completely captivated the crew, which responded with dozens of small gifts which they fhrew to her. A bit of Vietnamese local color was captured by Calefato's camera as he snapped third cook Bobby Thornton, (right), after he finished shopping in the "market" at the foot of the Kirk's gangway. A customs boat is anchored in the background. By William Calefato, Book C-936 Even after the Robin Kirk (Robin Line) slipped into drydock in Seattle after a long voyage to the Far East, Seafarers on board "were still talking about the unforgettable sight of"^the little girl sailing in her basket in the harbor of Tourain, Viet Nam. While the ship was anchored *' at Tourain, Duke Sampson, claiming she was the cutest thing There was something about this he ever saw. that couldn't be hidden by AB, came running up to me When I got to the rail, it was family the language harrier. As every­ telling about a little girl rowing jammed with onlookers who had where else, the sparks of friend­ around the water in a basket. Duke gathered to watch the small child ship begin to burn vvhen much is wanted me to take a picture of her, sail about near the ship. As she said only by signs and hand move­ rowed, her eyes were always gaz­ ments, followed by grins and small ing upward as she looked to see if acts of kindness. anybody on hoard was throwing The sean>en aboard the Robin donations to her. Kirk called their little friend Whenever something was dropped "Lolita Number Two" because she into her basket, she would row over had been preceded by another to a boat where a group of adults young Taiwanese girl known as waited. The Robin Kirk crew A ferocious Calcutta monkey has thought that even if the little girl Lolita. Lolita No. 2 received many caused the hospitalization of foiir in the basket was being used as a small gifts from several crewmem­ Seafarers from the Penn Vanguard gimmick" to stir their feelings of bers. Several of us knew that the (Penn Shipping), according to a charity, it was a rousing good stunt. native Vietnamese greatly treas­ ured anything of value, no matter report from Aden. Bum Boats Not New how big or small it was. News of the plight of the four There was nothing new about Demonstrating that friendship is men came from C. T. Leary, ship's the sight of bum boats sitting at a two-way street, Lolita No. 2 of­ delegate on the Vanguard, whose quick report informed the LOG the ship's gangway. What we did fered a Seafarer a candy livesaver that the unlucky four got too close finding interesting about this first as a gift on sailing clay. One of her to the hungry chimp while ashore Vietnamese port were the man­ 4irothers offered him free bev­ nerisms of the people. They came erage. During this little ceremony in India. aboard with all kinds of beverages, there was no talking, just gestures, The men, who are in a Calcutta straw hats, art objects, shower slip­ grins and laughter. hospital for a series of rabies pers and the unmistakeable South­ shots, are Gerald H. Navarre, John east Asian charm. E. Shamel, William Karpiak and The crew ,^en adopted a family LOG-A-RHYTHM: Frank Quinn, Jr. They were ex­ who stayed aboard all during the pected to rejoin the ship at Port ship's time in port. The family's Said. time wasn't wasted since they were Leary also reports that two able to make tremendous sales. other crewmembers were hospital­ They were also able to eat very ized in Calcutta. Samuel C. well, accepting all the foods they _By Harry Wolowiiz. Hudgins was laid up with a tooth could recognize. infection. It was thought he also The crewmembers were really I've always loved you, I swear I alumys will. would join his crewmates at Port captivated by "Lolita Number Said. Two," who was a tiny, long haired, I'll keep on loving you Until my heart grows still. Jr. Edward Singletary suffered wide-eyed girl. She and her two a heart attack which forced his brothers made many sales by es­ removal to a hospital also in tablishing routes throughout the What more can I say. Calcutta. Leary writes that Single- ship while, their mother took care What more can I do. tary's condition at the time was of the distribution end of the Except say that I love you, listed as "satisfactory." business. I love only you. Hungry Chimp Drydocks Four Dearest One �mi" Pace Twenty-Twe SEAFARERS LOG All of the following SlU families have received maternity benefits from the Seafarers Welfare Plan, plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name: Ginnell Marie Russell, born No­ Adolph A. Helnsaar, Jr., born Jaques Le Blanc, born August vember 1, 1963, to the Joseph Rua- September 3, 1963, to the Adolph 20, 1963, to the Albert Le Blancs, sells, Sr., New Orleans ,La. A. Heinsaars, Sr., Alemeda, Calif. Brimley, Mich, $1 Francis James Carl Goodwin, born August 14, 1963, to the Fran­ cis James Goodwins, Detroit, Mich. 4" it t Jeannine Lee Finch, born No­ vember 15, 1963, to the Forrest L. Finchs, Grafton, 111. 4" t 4^ Tracey J. Manuel, bom January 26, 1964, to the Effrey J. Manuels, Lake Charles, La. 4> 3^ 41 Alycia Ann Bailey, born October 24, 1963, to the John Baileys, De­ troit, Mich. 4' 4» 4' 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 • 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Kevin Erio Day, born October 21, ' Lorl Marie Anderson, born Oc­ 1963, to the Alfready Days, Mo­ tober 26, 1963, to the Terrance bile, Ala. Andersons, Alpena, Mich. Marco Salgado, born October 14, Huey Creig Vizena, born Octo­ 1963, to the Guillermo Salgados, ber 24, 1963, to the Herman J. L. New Orleans, La. Vizenas, Oberlin, La. John K. West, born November 7, Mary Rose Carter, born Novem­ 1963, to the Louis Wests, Ville, ber 6, 1963, to the Elden Carters, Platte, La. Saginaw, Mich. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 44 4 Kim Sue Steward, born Novem­ Ralph Wayne Johnson, born Au­ ber 4, 1963, to the Max Stewarts, gust 6, 1963, to the Joe L. John­ New Orleans, La. sons, Mobile, Ala. $, 1H4 All hospitalized Seafarers would appreciate mail and visits whenever possible. The following is the latest available list of SIU men in the hospital: USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Edward Blanton Russell King Robert Bottomley Benjamin Leon George Brannaa Jose Martinez David Cincore Levi Middiebrook Raymond Dabney Leon Norczyk Jeff Davis Antonio Palmer Grover Day Jamea Redden James Fort Vance Reid Samuel Goncalves Earl Rogera Samuel Gordon Daniel Rose Carroll Harper James Shipley James Heigoth Anthony Skalamera Charles Hemmia Carl Smith Charles Hill Edward Trenick Daniel Hill Reuben Thompson Charles Kellogg Luther Wing MOUNT WILSON STATE HOSPITAL MOUNT WILSON, MARYLAND Hector Durate USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS Max Anderson Vincente Garcia Harold Barup George Howard Raymond Brown John Lager Woodrow Balch Warren Manuel Alvah Burrls Charles Martin Adolph Campbell George McDonald Charles Cathran Roy Peebles Hubert Cantwell Philip Robinson Ray Coffey •Tames Thorton USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND. NEW YORK Piacido Aidevera Sam Bailey Louis Almeida John Barry Francesco Armenia Victor Bonet Paul O'Toole, born September 26, Crestina D. Gonzalez, born Au­ Anthony Kraljic, born Novenvber 1963, to the John P. O'Tooles, Bal­ gust 19, 1963, to the Enrique Gon­ 28, 1963, to the Anthony Kraljics, timore, Md. zalez', Houston, Tex. West New York, NJ. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4" 4* 4» Sheryl Ward, bom Otcober 29, Jose A. Colls, born September Onix Orellana, born October 21, 1963, to the John Wards, Clinton, 28, 1963, to the Jose R. Coils', 1963, to the Arnaldo Orellanas, St. Miss. Lares, PR. . Just. PH. 4 4 4 4" 4" 4' The deaths of the following Seafarers have been re­ Gina Marine Wright, born No­ Laura Lee Donaldson, born No­ vember 19, 1963, to the Thomas ported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan (any apparent de­ vember 25, 1963, to the John W. Wrights, Jacksonville, Fla. lay in payment of claims is normally dne to late filing, Donaldsons, Galveston, Texas. 4 4 4 lack of beneficiary card or necessary litigation for the Salvador Fuentes, born Novem­ disposition of estates): ber 26, 1963, to the Salvador C. John H. Flannery, 61: Brother Eiadio Torres, 61i Brother Fuentes, Bronx, NY. Flannery died of a heart failure Torres died of natural causes on 4 4 4 on October 23; January 16, 1964, Gail Ann Piatt, born November 1963 In New York in the Staten Is­ 4, 1963, to the Elijah C. Platts, land USPHS Hos­ City. An employ­ New Orleans, La. pital. A member ee of the Marine 4 4 4 of the Union Department of Charles M. Dickens, born June since 1942, he the New York 30, 1963, to the John Dickens', Cur­ Action In the marketplace offers tice, Ohio. had sailed In the New Haven RR, a method for trade unionists to as­ deck department. he had been a 4 4 4 sist each other in their campaign He Is survived by member of the Timothy Wolfe, born January 7, for decent wages and better con­ 1963, to the Allen C. Wolfes, a daughter, Mar­ SIU-IBU since ditions. garita Aygla, Mobile, Ala. 1960. He Is sur­ Seafarers and nielr families are vived by two sons, Walter Flannery Bronx, NY. Burial was In the 4 4 4 urged to support a consumer boy­ Gregory De Noyer, born October of Ronkonkoma, NY, and John Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn, cott by frade unionists against 8, 1963, to the Ruben De Noyers, Flannery, Bronx, NY. Burial was NY. 4 4 4 various companies whose products Traverse City, Mich. In St. Raymond Cemetery, Bronx. are produced under non-union William E. Roberts, 57: Brother conditions, • or which ax'e "unfair Roberts died of pneumonia on to labor." (This listing carries the November name of the AFL-CIO unions in­ 26, 1963, while In the New Or­ volved, and will be amended from time to time.) Daniel O'Rourke above person is asked to contact leans USPHS Texas-Miller Products, Inc. Please contact your mother at Mitchell Steinberg, Attorney, 4108 hospital. A mem­ Adam Hats, Ashley, Dorsey Jay, 5 Avon St., Liverpool, England. 13th Ave., Brooklyn 19, NY, about ber of the SIU since 1949, he Hampshire Club, Repeli-X, a financial matter. 4 4 4 had sailed In the Sea Spray Men's Hats Raymond E. Leonard 4 4 4 engine depart­ (United Hatters) Frank Peskuric Please get In touch with your ment. He Is sur­ Carl A. Sokoll would like to hear vived by his wife, 4) 4» 4< sister, Victoria Grlsson, 904 Lamb St., Henderson, N.C., concerning from you. His new address Is 762 Mrs. Mattle E. Roberts, Eldrldge, Eastern Air Lines Rldgewood Rd., Oradell, NJ. your family. (Flight Engineers) Ala. Burial was In the Tucker 4 4 4 4 4 4 Cemetery, Eldrldge. 4" 4" 4 Raul Iglesias Robert F. ^Jlurns H. I. Siegel 4 4 4 Get in touch with the Dept. of Please contact Miss Mary E. "HIS" brand men's clothes Welfare, Melrose Welfare Center, Lupo Aloba, 68: On September (Amalgamated Clothing Workers) Hanley, 1 Newtowne Ct., Cam­ 847 Morris Ave., New York, NY, as 27, 1963, Brother Aloba died of bridge 39, Mass. 4) 4» 4" quickly as possible. natural causes In 4 4 4 "Judy Bond" Blouses the Long Island 4 4 4 Thomas L. Armstrong fint'l Ladies Garment Workers) Jack Oosse College Hospital, You are asked to contact R. E. Contact your sister Maggie EdBrooklyn, NY. 4- 4 4< Armstrong at 723 N.E. 91st .St., lund, 2913 Clubhouse Rd., Mobile, Shipping in all Sears, Roebuck Company Miami, Fla. Ala.,' concerning an important fam­ three depart­ Retail stores & products 4 4 4 ily matter. ments, he had (Retail Clerks) Miguel Salcedo 4 4 4 first signed with Get In t9uch with your daughter, 4 4 4 Joseph P. Aslin the SIU in 1956. Mrs. Carmen Parruccl, 132-06 Ja­ Stitzel-Weller Distilleries You have been requested to He Is survived by maica Ave., Richmond Jllll 18, NY, "Old Fitzgerald," "Old Elk" contact your wife about a personal a brother, Mario about an urgent matter. "Cabin Still," "W. L. Weller" matter as soon as possible. Alobe, Brooklyn. Burial was in the Boiu-bon whiskeys 4 4 4 4 4 4 Evergreen Cemetery, Brooklyn. (Distillery Workers) Leo Altschul Charles W. Shaw 4 4 4 Your daughter Is ill. Contact Contact your wife as soon as 4 4 4 your wife, Betty, immediately. Marcel P. Dumestre, 62: A lung possible. J. R. Simplot Potato Co. disorder was fatal to Brother Du­ 4 4 4 Frozen potato products 4 4,4 Arcadio (Al) Macapagal mestre on Au­ Personal Gear (Grain Millers) Anyone, knowing the where­ Walter Karlak, 35-20 62nd St., gust 20, 1963 in 4 4 4 abouts of the above-named is asked Woodslde 77, Long Island, NY, Buenos Aires, Kingsport Press to contact Mrs. Mary Riddle, 4404 asks Charles "Three - Deuces" Argentina. A "World Book," "Childcraft" Eileen, Ft. Worth 17, Tex. Rice, chief cook; Bill Turner, member of the (Printing Pressmen) chief electrician, and Bill Hart, SIU since 1946, 4 4 4 (Typographers, Bookbinders) Steve Turlis oiler, to contact him about a piece he sailed in the (Machinists, Stereotypers) Get In touch with Iva Long, Box of gear that was packed in Cal­ steward depart­ 4 4 4 45, 8219 Belalr Rd., Baltimore 36, cutta. ment. He Is sur­ Jamestown Sterling Corp. Md. vived by his wife, 4 4 4 Southern Furniture Mfg. Co. Bobby J. Wells 4 4 4 Mrs. Esther Slumberland Products~^Co. Robert Glasgow You are asked to get in touch Catherine Dumestre, New Orleans, Any person having knCwledge of with your mother, Mrs. Thelma La. The place of burial Is not Furniture and Beddin the address or where-abouts of the Trowbrlde, immediately. (United Furniture Worke, known. LABOR pol^^OTBUY F. H. Bowen Pedro Reyes William Cameron Jacques Rlon Arthur CoIIett John Roschefsky Gabriel Colon Ignatus Salerno Howard Credeur John Schlumm Henry Dlehl James Sealy James David Francisco SoUs Pedro DeJesus Al Stracclollnl Lionel Desplant Jose Toro Peter Delan SeraOn Lopex Joseph Felton John Lynch Max Flngerhut Edward McAdoo Anthony Forgionl Tames McCauIey Konrad Frovag E. McElhenny .Tohn Gotseff Arnold Mldgett Walter Grabowski Issac Miller Richard Greene John Naeole Milburn Hatley Clifton Nelson Donald Hicks L. Sturtevant Walter Karlak Carlos Troncoso Joseph Kaslca Chrlsto Tsambls Casimler Kaust Floyd Van Curler Harold Nelson Ernest Vitou Francis Neves Henry Watson Joseph Obreza Harry White Jose Pacheco James Winters S. Pellksze William King Teotonio Perelra W. Kowalczyk Sandallo Ponce Paul Liotta LT"'HS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VIRGINIA William Anderson William Mason W. D. Beasley Fred Murphy Ellis Cottrell Carl Warren Alan Foshee Albert Williams USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH, GEORGIA R. Pardo Frank Nelson USPHS HOSPITAT. DETROIT. MICHIGAN John Barkley Arne Lahtl S. Borelaugher Clarence Lenhart Raymond Kennedy Gabriel LeClalr James May Barney Majjesie Donald Murray Gordon McLaren Joseph Arnold Francis Munroe Alf Bensman Arlo Otto Robert Brado Donald Perry R. B. Brown Harold Thllhorn Steve Fortlne Edwin Waldon Paul Kerby Robert Wooley USPHS HOSPITAT. NEW ORLEANS. LOUISIANA Alvln Ard Eugene Jones Richard Barnes James Lata Edgar Barton Theodore Lee Francis Bass Claude Lomers Fred Brand Howard Waters Byron Broadus Henry Maas, Jr. Wilbert Burke James MarshaU George Burleson Mike Marlinovich J. H. Childress Mont McNabb John CaldweU Phillip Mendoza Gerald Coll Arturo Montoyo H. E. Cooper Bennie Morgan SteVe Crawford Harold Robinson Edward Crelan Horace Sikes R. Cumberland Samuel Solomon Morris Danzey, Jr. Billy Spiers Thomas Davis A. Spitzfaden Wm. J. Donahue Finis Strickland Frank Duplechin Adolph Swenson Robert Ellis Ruffin RV Thomas Eugene Gallaspy J. Tramontanic Edgar Goulet Bobby Trosclair Jessee Green Howard Van Ecken Sanford Gregory Robert White Willie Hardeman Hubert Wilson William Woolsey Wade Harrell Walter Johnson USPHS HOSPITAL CIHCAGO. ILLINOIS Eino Autio Joseph Kurpas Charles Boyle Gordon Licrman Vincent Carroll John Rottaris William Carver Joseph Veno Conrad Graham Rufus Volkman USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. Leo Benlson Emmet Hunblrd Nicholas Caputo Carl McCranie Thomas Connell Victor Shavroff Jose Ferrer Julius Swykert Charlie Gedra Thomas Foster USPHS HOSPITAL BRIGHTON. MASS. Archie Davis Stefan Kostegan Frederick Debille Edsel Malcom John Duffy Charles Rochlnson Dalton Gabriel USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASHINGTON Harvey Burke Antonio Penor Peter Kruptavich Earl Poe Chas. Muscarella William Stephens Robert Nielsen USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH, TEXAS Gerald Algernon BtUy Lynn Benjamin Delbler George McKnew Abe Gordon Samuel Mills Charles Hooper William A. Young Thomas Lehay SAILORS' SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NEW YORK Daniel Gorman Thomas Isaksen Alberto Gutierrez William Kenny VA HOSPITAL WEST ROXBURY, MASS. Raymond Arsonault NAPA STATE HOSPITAL IMOLA, CALIF. Horace Ledwell . USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE James McGee PINE CREST HAVEN COVINGTON, LOUISIANA Frank Martin VA HOSPITAL BROOKLYN, NEW YORK Arthur Nelson US SOLDIERS' HOME WASHINGTON. DC William Thomson WfiWIOTJ® �S^AWAkikS Miirck V/lite Face Twenty-Tkree LOG Welcome Mat UNION HALLS SlU-AGLIWD Meetings Regular membership meetings for members of the Siy Atlantic, Gulf, I^kes and Inland Waters District are held regularly once a month on days indicated by'the SIU Constitution, at 2:30 PM in the listed SIU ports below. All Seafarers are expected to attend. Those who wish to be excused should request permission by tele­ gram (be sure to include registration number). The next SIU meetings will be: New York April 6 Detroit rMarch 6 Philadelphia April 7 Houston March 9 Baltimore .-..April 8 New Orleans March 10 Mobile March 11 , t 4. 4 SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes & Inland Waters SIU boatman James Golloger dishes out some good West Coast SiU-AGLIWD Meetings cheer aboard the cruise SIU headquarters has issued the following schedule through June, 1964 for the monthly informational meetings to be held in boat Port Welcome in Bal­ West Coast ports for the benefit of Seafarers shipping from Wil­ timore. The Port Welcome mington, San Francisco and Seattle, or who are due to return from services charter parties the Far East. All Seafarers are expected to attend these-meetings, and tour groups throughout in accord with an Executive Board resolution adopted in December, the Baltimore-Chesapeake 1961. Meetings in Wilmington are on Monday, San Francisco on Bay area. Wednesday and Seattle on Friday, starting at 2 PM local time. The schedule is as follows: San Francisco Seattle Wilmington March 18 March 20 March 16 April 22 April 24 April 20 May 20 May 22 May 18 June 17 June 19 June 15 4 1. i Great Lakes SIU Meetings scheduled each month in the vari­ All ports will be opened March ous ports at 7:30 PM. The follow­ 1. Regular membership meetings ing is the schedule for March: WASHINGTON—Disabling work on the Great Lakes are held on Detroit March 9 injuries in the United States rose the first and third Mondays of Milwaukee March 9 to 2,020,000 in 1963, after holding each.month in all ports at 7 PM Chicago March 10 below the 2-million level for 10 local tiibe, except at Detroit, Buffalo March 11 years, according to a preliminary where meetings are he;;: at 2 PM. tSault Ste. Marie .. March 12 estimate prepared by the US De­ The next meetings will be: Duluth March 13 partment of Labor and the Na­ Detroit . . March 16—2PM Lorain March 13 Alpena, BulTalo, Chicago, (For meeting place, contact Har­ tional Safety Council. Cleveland, Diihith, Frankfort, The total was 1.5 percent over old Ruthsatz, 118 East Parish. March 16—7 PM the 1962 level, practically identi­ Sandusky, Ohio). cal with the rate of increase in the 4. 4* Cleveland March 13 employed civilian labor force. Toledo March 13 SIU Inland Boatmen's Union Fatalities, however, were up 3.6 Ashtabula March 13 Regular membership meetings percent, from 13,700 to 14,200. for IBU members are scheduled (For meeting place, contact John Over the long-term, however, the each month in various ports. The Mero, 1644 West 3rd Street, Ash­ trend has been more favorable. In tabula, Ohio). next meetings will be; 1963 the employed labor force was i 4> Philadelphia April 7—5 PM more than 10 percent greater than Baltimore (licensed and un­ United Industrial Workers in 1953, but disabling injuries were licensed) ... April 8—5 PM Regular membership meetings up only 1 i>ercent. Houston ....March 9—5 PM for UIW members are scheduled In addition to the 14,200 deaths, Norfolk April 9—7 PM each month at 7 PM in various approximately 84,800 injuries re­ N'Orleans.. March 10—5 PM ports. The next meetings will be: sulted in some permanent impair­ Mobile March 11—5 PM New York .April 6 ment, ranging from the partial loss t 4» 4< of the use of a finger or toe to the Baltimore April 7 RAILWAY MARINE REGION complete inability to work at any Philadelphia April 8 Regular membership meetings gainful employment. ^Houston March 9 for Railway Mai'ine Region-IBU Mobile March 11 The majority of the injuries, members are scheduled each * Meetings held at Labor Temple, New­ 1,921,000, were temporary disabili­ News. month in the various ports at 10 port t Meeting held at Labor Templa, Sault ties with no permanent impair­ AM and 8 PM. The following is Ste. Marie, Mich, ments. t Meeting held at Galveston wharves. the schedule for March: Jersey City March 9 Philadelphia March 10 Baltimore March 11 ^Norfolk March 12 FINANCIAL REPORTS. The consUtution of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes tit and Inland Waters District makes specific provision for safeguarding the US Worker Job Injury Total Rises PHILADELPHIA ... TAMPA . 2604 S 4th St DEwey 63828 312 Harrison St Tel. 229-2788 FBESIDENT Paul HaU EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT Cal Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shepard Llndsey Williams A1 Tanner Robert Matthews SECRETARY-TREASURER A1 Kerr . HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES Bill HaU Ed Mooney Fred Stewart BALTIMORE 1216 E. Baltimore St. Rex Dickey. Agent EAatern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St. Richmond 2-0140 DETROIT 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. VInewood 3-4741 HEADQUARTERS 679 4th Ave.. Bklyn HVacinth 9-6600 HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. Paul Drozak, Agent WAInut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St.. SE., Jax William Morris, Agent ELgin 3-09B7 MIAMI 744 W. Flagler St. Ben Gonzales. Agent ... FRanklin 7-3564 MOBILE 1 South Lawrence St. Louis Neira, Agent HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. Buck Stephens. Agent Tel. 529-7546 NEW YORK 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn HYacinth 9-6600 NORFOLK 115 3rd St. Gordon Spencer, Acting Agent ..622-1892 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S. 4th St. Frank Drozak. Agent DEwey 6-3818 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Paul Gonsorchik, Agent . DOuglas 2-4401 E. B. McAuIey. West Coast Rep. SANTURCE PR . 1313 Fernandez Juncos Stop 20 Keith Terpe, Hq. Rep Phone 724-2843 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave. Ted Babkowski. Agent MAin 3-4334 TAMPA 312 Harrison St. Jeff Gillette, Agent 229-2788 WILMINGTON, Calif 505 N. Marine Ave. Frank Boyne. Agent ... TErminal 4-2528 eSEAT-lAKES TUG ft DREDGE REGION REGIONAL DIRECTOR Robert Jones Dredqa Workers Section ASSISTANT DraECTOR Harold F. Yon BUFFALO 94 HennetU Ave. Arthur MUler. Agent TR 5-1S36 CHICAGO 2300 N. KimbaU Trygve Varden, Agent ... ALbany 2-1154 CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25th St. Tom Gerrity, Agent 621-5450 DCTROIT 1570 Liberty Ave. Lincoln Park, MichErnest Demerse, Agent DU 2-7694 DULUTH 312 W. Second St. Norman JoUcoeur, Agent RAndolph 7-6222 SAULT STE. MARIE Address mail to Brimley. Mich. Wayne Weston, Agent. .BRimley 14-R 5 TOLEDO 423 Central St. CH 2-7751 Tug Etremen, Linemen, Oilers ft Watchmen's Section ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Tom Burns ASHTABULA, 0 1644 W. Third St. John Merc, Agent WOodman 4-8532 BUFFALO 18 PorUand St. Tom Burns, Agent .. TA 3-7095 CHICAGO 9383 Ewing, S. Chicago Robert Affleck, Agent . . ESsex 5-9570 CLEVELAND 1420 W. 25th St. W. Hearns. Pro-Tem Agent MA 1-5450 DETROIT-TOLEDO 12948 Edison St. Max Tobin. Agent Southgate, Mich. AVenue 4-0071 DULLTTH Box No. 66 South Range, Wis. Ray Thomson, Agent .. EXport 8-3024 LORAIN, 0 118 E. Parish St. Sandusky, Ohio Harold Ruthsatz, Agent MAin 6-4573 MILWAUKEE ... 2722 A. So. Shore Dr. Joseph Miller, Agent . SHerman 4-6645 SAULT STE. MARIE ...1086 Maple St. Wm. J. Lackey, Agent . MEIrose 2-8847 Great Lakes Rivers Section SECRETARY-TREASURER ST. LOUIS, MO 809 Del Mar Fred J. Farncn L. J. Colvis, Agent CE 1-1434 ASSISTANT SECRETARY-TREASURER PORT ARTHUR. Tex 1348 7th St. Roy Boudreau ALPENA 127 River St. Arthur Bendheim, Agent EL. 4-3616 RAILWAY MARINE REGION BUFFALO. NY 735 Washington HEADQUARTERS ... 99 Montgomery St. TL 3-9259 Jersey City 2. NJ HEnderson 3-0104 CHICAGO 9383 Ewing Ave. REGIONAL DIRECTOR So. Chicago, HI. SAginaw 1-0733 G. P. McGinty CLEVELAND 1420 West 23th St. ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTORS MAin 1-5450 E. B. Pulver R. H. Avery DULUTH 312 W. 2nd St. HAl.TlViOhE 1216 E Baltmi.jie at. RAndolph 2-4110 FRANKFORT, Mich 415 Main St. NORFOLK 115 Third St. 622-1892-3 Mail Address; P.O. Box 237 ELgin 7-2441 PHILADELPHIA. 2604 S 4lh SL HEADQUARTERS 10225 W. Jefferson Av. DEwcv 6-3818 River Rouge 18, Mich. VInewood 3-4741 Inland Boatmen's Union United Industrial Workers / BALTIMORE 1216 E. B.iltimore St. NATIONAL DIRECTOR EAstern 7-4900 Robert Matthews BOSTON 276 State St. GREAT LAKES AREA DIRECTOR Richmond 2-0140 Pat Finnerty HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn BALTIMORE ... .1216 E Baltimore St HYacinth 9-6600 .EAstern 7-4900 HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. 276 State SI BOSTON WAInut 8-3207 Richmond 2-f.l40 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pe.irl St. SE HEADQUARTERS 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn ELgin 3-0987 HVacinlh 9-66110 744 W. Flagler St. 5804 Canal St. MIAMI HOUSTON FRanklin 7-3564 WAinut 8-3207 1 S. Lawrence St. JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St.. SE. Jax MOBILE HEmlock 2-1754 ELgin 3-0987 630 .lackson Ave. 744 W Flagler St NEW ORLEANS MIAMI Phone 529-7546 , FRanklin 7-3564 115 Third St. . .1 South Lawrence St NORFOLK MOBILE • Phone 622-1892-3 HEmlock 2-1754 2604 S. 4th St. 630 Jackson Ave PHILADELPHIA NEW ORLEANS DEwey 63818 Tel 5Z9-7.5Jfi 312 Harrison St. 115 Third St. TAMPA NORFOLK Phone 229-2788 Tel. 622-1892-3 Know Your Rights GREAT LAKES TUG AND REGION DREDGE Regular membership meet­ ings for Great Lakes Tug and Dredge Region IBU members are membership's money and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three months by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the membership. AH Union records are available at SIU headquarters In Brooklyn. TRUST FUNDS. AU trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the provisions of various trust fund agreements. AH these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall consi.st equally of union and management representatives and their alternates. AH expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust funds. SHIPPING RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclusively by the contracts between the Union and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and avail­ able in all Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your shipping or seniority i-ights as contained in the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mail, return receipt requested. The proper addrbss for this is: Earl Shepard, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place, Suite 1930, New York 4, N.Y. Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at aU times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. DOES YcoR.COfl3P£3SAAAf\ |6JbM/ YO/^MP Ohl MBDHCAttB ^ M/M -rppAY^ AT opHce OP. flous^ ot=FicB mr>G., WAGmeWfii'V.a CONTRACTS. Copies of all SIU contracts' are available in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard ship. Know yoijr contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for OT on the pvioer slieets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolnian or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights properly, contact the nearest SIU port agent. E-IITORIAL POLICY—SEAFARERS LOG. The LOG has traditionaUy re aed from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any ini.. .idual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from pub­ lishing articles deemed harmful to ihe Union or its collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action at the September, I960, meetings in ail constitutional ports. The responsibility for •LOG policy is vested in an editorial board which consists of tlie Executive Board of the Union. The Executive Board may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibiUty.. PAYMENT OF MONIES. No monies are to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no circumstance should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt, in the event anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and is given an official receipt,, but feels that he should not have been required to make such payment, this should immediately be reported to headquarters. CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. ' The SIU publishes every six months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitu­ tion. In addition, copies are available in aU Union halls. AU members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiarize themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials, etc., as wcH as all uther details, then the member so affected should immediately notify headquarters. RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension benefits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, including attendance at membership meetings. And like aU other SIU mem­ bers at these Union meetings, they are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functions, including service on rank-and-file committees. Because these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union policy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. EQUAL RIGHTS. All Se.afarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth in the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the Union has negotiated with the employers. Consequently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, n.ational or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to which he is entitled, he should notify headquarters. SEAFARERS POLITICAL- ACTIVITY DONATIONS. One of the basic rights of Seafarers is the Hght to pursue legislative and political objectives which will serve the best interests 'of themselves, their families and their Union. To achieve these objectives, the Seafarers Political Activity Donation was established. Donations to SPAD are entirely voluntary and constitute the funds through which legislative and political activities are conducted for the benefit of the membership and the Union. If at any time a Seafarer feels that any of the above rights have been violated, or that he has been denied his constitutional right of access to Union records or information, he should Immediately notify SIU President Paul Hell at headquarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. �'•i-'.-iiSsma SEAFARERS LOG /- March 4 1964 OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNIQN • ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT • AFL-CIO The Case for Domestic Shipping "Prior to the outbreak of World War II, the part of US shipping that was engaged in the coastal and intercoastal trad§ was the largest segment of the US merchant marine. At that time, nearly 700 ships took part in the carriage of our deep-water domestic trade. Shortly after our entry into the war, practically all of this shipping, which at that time represented about 60 percent of our total ocean-carrying capability, was put into service, usually trans-ocean, directly sup­ porting the war. "With the domestic deep-water fleet en­ gaged. world-wide, in supplying the Allied Armed Forces, the domestic trade which ' they formerly carried was absorbed by other modes of transportation. The domestic deepwater common carriers have never regained their former status. As of September 23. 1962, only 23 ships were engaged in inter­ coastal trade and only 2 companies were furnishing common carrier intercoastal service." As part of a special 19-page Navy staff re­ port submitted by Vice-Admiral John Syl­ vester, USN, the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Logistics), in a presentation for the Senate Commerce Committee less than a year ago, the above citation tells graphic­ ally of the decline of the US-flag domestic shipping fleet over the past 25 years. In reviewing the status of the domestic segment of American shipping for the Senate study group last year, Adm. Sylvester was also in a position to make .the following statement: "Ships engaged in coastal and intercoastal trade occupy a particularly significant posi­ tion relative to the emergency use of trans­ portation. Ships in the coastwise trades are the most readily available for emergency usage of anv ships in the United States mer­ chant fleet." While defense and national security con­ siderations are only one part of the story on domestic shipping, those in a position to know and make US ship policy have long been aware of these facts. Yet Federal Government spokesmen con­ tinue to offer proposals short of full-scale Federal support for the domestic fleet and its needs. Only" a few weeks ago, the latest of such proposals was put before a Senate subcom­ mittee considering legislation to recognize the problems of the domestic shipping fleet and its special role in handling US trade and in meeting US shipping needs. It amounted to another "stopgap" measure—another ex­ pedient—in a series of expedients that have failed over the past two decades to breath any life into the domestic shipping fleet. The proposal, as outlined by a Commerce Department spokesman, was to withdraw old tonnage from the reserve fleet on a trade-in basis, so that some of the remaining domestic operators might upgrade their fleets. As a long-range solution, it fell flat. Trade-ins and conversions, as the domestic shipping industry has demonstrated on its own for several years, can provide some new tonnage. The largest single innovation in the carriage of large volumes of water-borne cargo during the past ten years has come from innovators like SlU-contracted- SeaLand Service and Seatrain Lines, which with Calmar Line account for virtually all of the common carrier tonnage in the US domestic trade today. The change from "lift-on" cargo container operations with shore-based equipment to "lift-on/lift-off" service through self-con­ tained shipboard cranes has made possible a revolution in domestic shipping methods. But the companies can hardly compete with giants like the railroads. This is the "other mode of transportation" that was able to gobble up the trade lost to ships in domestic service during the war, and which has resorted to every trick avail­ able since 1945 to keep the traffic gains scooped up as a wartime windfall. Ships, of course, lacked the protective advantages of inland routes. They also lacked the vast capital available to the railroad companies that enabled them to start on a campaign of selective rate-cutting right after the war and even absorb out-of-pocket financial losses wherever they met with water competition for traffic. Selective rate-cutting has been the chief OF DOMESTIC OFfSHORE US. FIAS ^HiRs VVERE BUILT PRIORTO/946, weapon of the railroads in their fight against domestic shipping, whether offshore, inland or on the Great Lakes. Their chief support in this campaign has come from the Interstate Commerce Com­ mission, which has generally backed the rail­ road position. Selective rate-cutting "operates in a simple manner: If there is water competition on a particular route, as between ports, the roads will reduce rates between these locations, often to less than the out-of-pocket cost. Then, where water competition is non­ existent, rates suddenly climb, even if the actual run is shorter. Some authorities have attributed much of the loss by the railroads in passenger revenue to the fact that the balance-sheets for pas­ senger operations bear some of the hidden costs of selective rate-cutting in freight operations. Since the ICC has long been a railroadoriented agency, drawing many of its staffers from the railroads, and often serving as a springboard to higher railroad jobs for de­ parting staff members, its sympathies have seldom been with the water carriers. As far back as three years ago, upholding the long-time position of the SlU and other maritime unions, the late President Kennedy denounced what he called "unrestrained and destructive competition guided by private interests" as being responsible for the "with­ ering away" of the intercoastal and coastwise shipping services, as well as shipping on the Lakes and inland waterways. In a message sent to Congress calling for the overhaul of the various regulatory agen­ cies, the President implied that the railroads were responsible for the situation. He cited the report of a Senate Commerce Subcommittee which was highly critical of the role of the railroads in the decline of domestic shipping. A subsequent report submitted to the Pres­ ident called for drastic overhaul of the ICC. It noted cumbersome hearing procedures and delays in acting on rate cases that still con­ tinue to this day. Shipping companies have often complained that even though they might win a case involving a rate protest, the procedure takes so long that the ship opera­ tor suffers serious losses in the process. The situation involving the ICC still re­ mains substantially the same three years later. Not one ICC commissioner represents a shipping viewpoint. , And the railroads continue to make power grabs designed to kill off the remaining seg­ ment of domestic shipping, either through agency or legislative action. This has reduced the number of ships in the off shore,'dry cargo US domestic trade to 104, of which the privatelyowned vessels amount to 93, according to Government figures given in Senate testimony less than a month ago. Of these, but 5 vessels were built after World War II (1945), 7 were built prior to World War II, and 81 were war-built vessels. On the Great Lakes, according to the same testimony, the average age of the bulk carriers representing 97 percent of the Lakes fleet is 43 years. Sixty per­ cent of them were built prior to 1920. These are the reasons advanced for out­ right, full-scale Government assistance to the domestic shipping fleet through a formab assistance program. Such a program would provide the impetus for new companies to come into the trade, and also would recog­ nize the vital role of the domestic fleet cit^ by Adm. Sylvester. It would remedy an obvious deficiency in the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, which restricts Federal assistance to selective types of US vessels engaged in foreign commerce by pointing to their importance in trade and as a national defense auxiliary, and then conipletely overlooks the clearly unique position of domestic shipping in both areas. As Adm. Sylvester noted in his forthright presentation: "At the onset of a major nuclear war, the domestic deep-water fleet would be uniquely fitted to act as a link between our coastal cities during the period of likely disruption of systems of land transportation. A large percentage of the ships in domestic trade would be at sea at any given time and would therefore be most likely to escape damage. Their ability to provide communications and transportation between coastal cities during the period just after an attack could be high­ ly important. Systems of land transportation in the United States are especially vulnerable at many focal points. The ability of the domestic deep-water fleet to provide es­ sential coastal and inter-coastal movements or priority material might well be crucial." � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource March 6, 1964 Description An account of the resource Headlines: JOINT SEA UNION STAND WINS IN WAIVER FIGHT COURT UPHOLDS MTD IN GRAIN SHIP PICKETING SEAFARERS’ TAX GUIDE FOR 1963 JOB PREFERENCE SET JUNE 15 UNDER STEWARD RECERTIFICATION SHOWDOWN FIGHT BY SEA UNIONS GET GOV’T ACTION ON 50-50 FIRM ILA STAND SPARKED WIN IN GRAIN CARGO FIGHT BOSTON SIUNA FISHERMEN WIN SOLID CONTRACT GAINS SIU CREW SAVES 22 AFTER ‘QUAKE RAZES ISLAND IN AZORES DANISH COURT UPHOLDS TWO-POT PAY SYSTEM AFL-CIO LEVELS GUNS ON POVERTY FREEMAN RAPS ‘BAD SERVICE’ WAITRESS BOUNCED FROM UN REP. PROPOSES EXCEPTIONS TO GOVT. SUBSIDY PLAN ADEN UNIONISTS RELEASED AFTER ICFTU PROTEST GOLDWATER CROSSES PICKETLINE BUT WON’T SHOW HIS FACE TELEPHONE UNION NIPS IBT RAID BID AFL-CIO SUPPORTS END OF WATERFRONT AGENCY FOREIGN SHIPOWNERS QUIT AFTER CANADIAN TAX HIKE NUCLEAR-BUILT CANAL SEEN STILL IN FUTURE THE CASE OF DOMESTIC SHIPPING Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 03/06/1964 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXVI, No. 5 1964 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/009c17e7f51e41149fe401d4f08e05fa.PDF c70448fa2bdbd38d419dccf52dcbda8d PDF Text Text Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of North America VOL. IX. NEW YORK. N. Y„ FRIDAY. MARCH 7. 1947 NO BUSINESS AS USUAL It was so quiet in the Cotton Exchange you could hear a pin drop. The reason—these pickets who helped shut down the Exchange in support of the UFE strike. Picketline Shuts Exchange; Cotton HeadsSignWith UFE NEW YORK, March 5—The strike of Local 205, United Financial Workers, AFL, against the New York Cotton Exchange ended within 24 hours after it began when the Exchange, with dramatic suddenness, capitulated to most of the union's demands. A big factor in the Exchange's sudden willingness to sign with the union was the evidence of union solidarity tby the SIU-SUP and other unions. More than a thousand Seafar­ ers, some of whom had journeyed from Baltimore and Philadelphia, marched on the picketline with their UFE Brothers, and with niembers of Local 32-B, Building Service Employes, who came out The militancy displayed in the in sympathy. United Financial Employes beef At a mass rally held in front by the UFE and the SIU left the of the struck Exchange, Paul one-time tough bosses quaking. Hall, Director of Organization, A sample of the changing situa-. stated: "UFE has the full support tion resulting from the swiftlyof the SIU and we will put 6,000 won beef follows: Seafarers on the picketline if Bill McDonough walked into necessary." the UFE office the morning after Just as it appeared that the allvictory, and announced that he night negotiations would be had been fired by the Morgan broken off, the Exchange, on ad­ Davis firm because he refused to vice of its lawyer, agreed to the cross the UFE-SIU picketkne. UFE's compromise offer. The " He was hustled over to the agreement was ratified early this Davis outfit by Dave Keefe and morning in a special meeting, John Cole, UFE president and held in the SIU Hall. vice-president, respectively. LABOR-BAITER LEARNS The UFE officials wei'e intro­ What was most remarkable duced to the boss, who by this about the lawyer's action was lime had the tremors. that he, Maurice Mound, had •"" " "Did your fire this man be­ cause he refused to cross the been called in to help stop the picketline? the UFE men asked. union in its tracks. Mound is also the attorney for the Association The ensuing dialogue: of Stock Exchange Member Boss: "No." Keefe: "Well, is he fired, or Firms and has concerned himself solely with labor-baiting since he isn't he?" was employed. Boss: "He isn't fired." But he became convinced of Keefe (to McDonough): "Take the UFE strength, and knew deoff you coat and go to .work." Wall Street is learning. (Continned on Page 8) UFE Beef Proves Even Tytoons Cm Be Taught No. 10 Seafarers Takes Action For New Pay Increases To Meet Cost Of Living NEW YORK—A jam-packed special meeting, held in the SIU Hall, this week took action designed to bring about pay increases to meet the rising cost of living. The resolution, which was passed, was later concurred in by other special meetings held in all Atlantic and Gulf District Ports. The various contracts which the SIU has with the operators have pro­ visions in them allowing the wage question to be reopened by either party dur­ ing the life of the contract. Other subjects, such as working rules, etc., can­ not be renegotiated until the new agreement comes up for discussion. LAST CALL Seafarers who have noi re­ ceived their clearance for the 1946 General Strike are urged to do so before March 21. the deadline set by the Union. The only authorized ex­ cuses being accepted by the committee are; being away at sea. being in the hospital, in the service, in retirement or being in a foreign country. All excuses must be accom­ panied by proof. Those who lack excuses have until March 21 to square themselves, after that date they will be placed in the 99-year club. Clearance can be, handled in person or by mail to the New York Branch. Bth floor. 51 Beaver St.. New York. N.Y. LEARNING THE Wage increases won last last* year have been wiped out by the rising prices, and unless seamen's wages are increased, seamen will be forced back to the substandard living which was their lot before the advent of the Union. For this reason the resolution was proposed and overwhelming­ The Ameidcaii Merchant Ma­ ly adopted by the membership of rine Staff Officers Association, the SIU. AFL, continued its sweep of bar­ That the members of the SIU gaining elections with a smash­ are not fooling is evidenced by ing victory over the New York the concluding section of the re­ and Cuba Mail Steamship Com­ solution which states that in the pany this week. event the shipowners stall the Tom Hill, East Coast Represen­ Union will take any necessary tative of the AMMSOA, stated steps, including economic action, that his organization breezed in to prevent such occurrences. by a 9 to 1 margin, with the out­ come of the election never in THREE OFFICIALS SIGN doubt. The resolution, submitted by The NMU, co-participater in J. P. Shuler, Assistant Secretarythe election, also had no doubt as Treasurer; Paul Hall, Director of to the outcome, for it gave up Organization; and Joe Algina, and didn't even bother to send {Continued on Page 14) a representative to observe the tallying of the vote. Winning of the Cuba Mail Line UNION LESSON brings to a total of three the elections won by the AMMSOA in the past two weeks. The Pursers recently won elec­ tions with the Atlantic, Gulf and West Indies Steamship Lines and the Puerto Rico Steam.ship Company. The Pursers Union is now in the midst of elections covering United States Lines, Black Dia­ mond Steamship Corp., Newtex Steamship Corp. and the Ameri­ can South African Line. Tabula­ tions of the votes of these elec­ tions will be announced April 1. Pursers Union Sweeps Election In Cuba Mall First Of New Ships Deiivered To Robin Thousands attended the monster demonstration, held during the noon hour. They learned that the United Financial Employes was not alone in its fight. They learned further that the UFE has the support of the entire AFL. This put the clincher on the strike, and soon afterward the Exchange agreed to sit down and bargain with the UFE. By midnight a contract had been obtained. Sure showed the power of union solidarity, and the Seafarers were right in there, pitching all the time. The Sea Dolphin, renamed the Robin Hood, has been delivered to the Seas Shipping Company's Fleet in Baltimore. The Robin Hood, a C-3 type vessel named after a Robin Line vessel lost in the war, is the first of at least four new vessels being gained by the company. �THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Two Friday. March 7, 1947 SEAFARERS LOG Published Weekly by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 HARRY LUNDEBERG ------- President 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. p. O. Box 25, Bowling Green Station, New York, N. Y. Entered as second class matter June 15, 1945, at the Post Office in New York, N. Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912. GEORGE NOVICK, Editor Helping Hands The wonderful record of the Seafarers International Union got a new boost this week when the United Financial Workers, AFL, received from us the support that made it possible for this new and struggling union to stand up to the mighty bosses of the New York Cotton Exchange. It is becoming commonplace for other unions to call upon the Seafarers for assistance. They know that if they are honest unions, free from communist domination, that they have a good chance of enlisting our aid in their cause. Within the past few months our men have been ac­ tively participating in the beefs of the LJnited Financial Workers, AFL; the CIO Shipyard Workers, and the Mas­ ters, Mates, and Pilots, AFL. And before that we helped the International Longshoremen's Association when they were threatened by employers from one side and commies from the other. Not only have our active seamen volunteered their ^ services' to the embattled unions, but other sections of our organic structure have been helping out wherever neces­ sary. Our multilith operator and machine have worked overtime turning out propaganda. The Log staff has bat­ ted out reams of publicity and taken scores of pictures, in addition to turning out the Log each week and carrying on other educational jobs. The officials have also thrown their full weight behind ail these undertakings. Hospital Patients When entering the hospital notify the delegate by post­ card. giving your name and the number of your ward. Staten Island Hospital Men Now In The Marine Hospitals What is our reason for supporting all these other unions? No man can say that we hoped for personal gain. These are the Union Brothers GurreniT? in the marine hospitals, In every case, the union involved made its own plans, did as reported by the Port Agents. These Brothers find time hanging its own negotiating, and arrived at its own settlement. So heavily on their hands. Do what you can to cheer them up by writ­ it is obvious that we did not try to make capital out of ing to them. our Brothers' misfortunes. No, the answer goes deeper than that. We did our duty.to fellow trade unionists who were in trouble. That's the long and short of it. We in the SIU firmly believe.in trade union principles. We firmly believe that when one honest, sincere trade union is in trouble, it is the duty of all other honest, sincere trade unions to go to its assistance. Otherwise the entire structure k weakened. Our strike against the Wage Stabilization Board Was helped by the fact that all affiliates of the AFL Maritime Trades Department backed our play. That meant that the licensed officers, the longshoremen, the radio operators, the teamsters, and the pursers, hit the bricks with us and stayed out until the Government backed down. In return, we helped the MM&P, and before' that We went to the aid of the ILA, in October of 1945. And although the Shipyard Workers are not an AFL union, still and all we support them. We know their ;Fecord, and we can see that they are honest and anti-comjmunist. The UFE had us with them until they said, "Okay, fellows, we have settled our beef." That's the SIU way, and that's the only honest trade pnion way. -...-15'. Mm NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL J. NAVARRO P. DAUGHERTY J. RETOUR G. KRETZER C. MASON S. MOGAN ' W. BROCE, Jr. J. ROONEY E. CUSTER R. 'E. 'MULHOLLAND •H. i-H. HAMILTON J. W. 'DENNIS R. B. WRIGHT •R. B. KINAIRD ^ t, % BALTIMOitE MOBPiTAL 'NATHAN ROBERTSON LELAND McMILLIAN ROBERT SHEBEE THEODORE BABKOWSEI THEODORE iGARROLL •LAWRENCE ^eCUNE JACK HAMILTON PHILIP BAZAAR MATHEW CARSON CHARLES SIMMONS CHARLES BOLTON DAVID HERON BROWNIE KINGREE WILLIAM LAWTON •• -'.-A-1^' .l/'i' ERNEST SIDNEY MANUEL ROMERO GEORGE WILKINS ROBERT RANDLE PETER LOPEZ t i MOBILE HOSPITAL KARL LUNDBERG &•$>$• STATEN ISLAND HOSPITAL R. G. MOSSELLER J. S. WOOD E. E. CASEY W. G. H. BAUSE F. H. DOLAN L. A. CORNWALL F. CORNIER M. BAUCSKI E. D. MILLER M. MORRIS «. BELCHER L. L. MOODY W. BLOOM R. R. LEIKAS R. MCDOWELL K. KORNELIUSSEN M. J. LYDEN J. H. DANIEL, Jr. S. W. LESLEY C. SULLIVAN You can contact your Hos­ pital delegate at the Staten Island Hospital at the follow­ ing times: Tuesday —1:30 to 3:30 p.m. (on 5th and 61h floors) Thursday —1:30 to 3:30 p.m. (on 3rd and 4th floors.) Saturday —1:30 to -3:30 pjn. (on 1st and 2nd floors.) GALVESTON HOSPITAL OLSEN BENNETT GALANE R. V. JONES HUTCHENSON STAEINZ MILKE FLESHER AKIN GRAVES BREASHAR KOW LIM i i BRIGHTON HOSPITAL E. JOHNSTON 'H. -SWIM R. LORD R. BROWN E. DOLEHALA ^ SAN JUAN HOSPiTAX JUAN OLIVER WALTER JORGENSON RAYMOND SAUDERS R. ARMSTRONG P. -FELIGIANO R. SEIFO < �Friday. March 7. 1947 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Three Seafarers Ready To Launch Drive To Organize Great Lakes Seamen By EARL SHEPPARD By PAUL HALL The Brotherhood of the Sea came ashore this week and put on a stirring demonstration of trade-union solidarity that left the world's financial capital cock-eyed with amazement. Eight-hundred militant members of the Seafarers International Union and Sailors Union of the Pacific threw a mass-picket line around the New York Cotton Exchange in support of their striking AFI^ Brother.s of the United Financial Employes. The Seafarers locked the joint up tight. The 23-story building was as empty as a shipowner's heart. Used to stalling and pushing people around, the Skippers of High Finance were as paralyzed as their struck cotton market, when they saw the solid lines of Seafarers' early Tuesday morning. It was a sight the financial bosses will never forget. For 75 years, the New York Cotton exchange had been trans­ acting its business daily without a single day's interruption. Evi­ dently, there was no doubt that this record would be continued as Exchange officials stalled in their negotiations for a new contract with the UFE. WANTED LAKES ORGANIZERS In a few weeks the 1947 Lakes season will open and the Union will be in need of good seamen, members of the NMU to take jobs as shoreside organizers, ship's or­ ganizers and patrolmen in the Lakes area. IF YOU HAVE: 1. Two years sea time 2. One year in the NMU 3. Some Lakes experience 4. Capability to handle the job AND ARE INTERESTED IN BUILDING OUR UNION, write to Josh Lawrence, National Di­ rector and Mike Vargo, General Organizer at 1405 W. 9th St., Cleveland 13, Ohio. State your qualifications and experience. This is your chance to participate in the organizing program this coming season. (NMU Pilot) own affairs, because they have special problems which they un­ derstand and can handle far bet­ ter than anyone else. Separate districts do not mean ieparate unions or a division of my sort. The three Seafarers districts, together with affiliated towboat, fishermen and other maritime sections, are all solidly united in the Seafarers Inter­ national. It is the Seafarers Intemationnl which has allocated funds and forces to aid the great Lakes this season. It is important to re­ member that these funds and these forces are being sent in to aid, and not to direct or dictate. The Lakes District has laid down the policy and strategy for the coming campaign, and those who come in from the coast to help out will be guided and gov­ erned by that program. LAKES BOSSES WORRIED The Lakes operators who have long felt secure with their com­ pany union—fink hall—LCA set up, are now beginning to see the writing on the wall, and are mov­ ing heaven and hell to find a way to stop the Seafarers' steady pro­ gress. In the past years they have had everything in their favor—de­ pression, unemployment, confu­ sion and a strong organization of their own. In addition, they have had the great advantage of the big ma­ jority of Lakes seamen depend­ ing upon seasonal employment, of having to save enough during the spring and summer to carry them through the winter. Now they see the picture of Lakes seamen joining an Inter­ national Union and being able to sail anywhere at anytime, thus breaking the stranglehold of sea­ sonal and sectional employment. This picture is a nightmare to the Lakes operators and to the powerful steel trust because, in order to move the tens of thous­ ands of tons of iron ore from the Mesabi range to the steel mills, they must have uninterrupted op­ eration of the ore carriers. To maintain this operation they t 4. it Panic seems to be hitting the First Halt In 75 Years boys on Seventeenth Street. It's When the bigwigs came down to the Exchange Tuesday morn­ not longer "every member an or­ ing, the 75-year record was ended. A bunch of Seafarers had knock­ ganizer" — now they must have ed off the $45,000,000-a-day institution, in the interest of trade- the same qualifications as a can­ union solidarity. One day of this was enough. Not a nickel s worth didate for office; even more qual­ of cotton business had been transacted. By midnight, the ink was ifications, in fact, for the adver­ drying on the UFE contract. And the Seafarers went back to their tisement specifies that they must business of shipping. They had done another good day's work be "capable." Anyway it seems for the labor movement. that in spite of last years debacle For the one day of this highly successful SlU-conducted strike they are going to make some kind the cotton market had been dead. But one stock continued to go of effort to wash their dirty linen up—the Seafarers' reputation had soared still higher in the eyes of this year. the public and the labor movement. In the meanwhile, the Seafar­ Our handling of the strike brought loud praise from the United ers' drive is underway and fast Financial Employes. The SlU-method employed was a wholesale getting in full swing. Actually success. Instead of picketing the one or two floors involved in the the drive has never stopped. beef, the Seafarers strength knocked off the entire 23-story build­ Rank and file Seafarers have been ing. It was done in the usual all-out point-of-production manner. working all winter, and the first The UFE has expressed its deep gratitude to us for the handling ships fitting out found the SIU and organization of this beef. They say they never stop thanking on the job showing the advan­ the SIU membership. That's mighty nice to hear, and the member­ tages of real unionism, and man­ ship can rightly be proud of the latest link they have forged in ning the Lakes boats to do the trade-union solidarity. toughest, hardest work in the But aside from the benefits this swift strjke-victory had for coldest, meanest weather. the UFE and labor in general, it had distinct advantages for the The Lakes are never going to Seafarers itself—advantages that can be gained only in the midst be organized by outside forces. of a big beef at the point of porduction. Twenty-five years sea-service It provided some excellent further schooling in beef-handling doesn't make an organizer, and for many of our younger members. The younger lads got a first the most brilliant spellbinder in hand chance to develop some of their own strike strategy and to the world won't get anywhere accumulate some of the necessary know-how.- This beef, then, was unless he knows the problems of of all-important value to us. Every such opportunity goes into the Lakes seamen. Seafarers Bank of Savvy. When the time comes that we have to The Seafarers' policy has al­ pull a beef ourselves, that accumulating savvy will pay off with ways been, and will always be, dividends. to organize on the point of pro­ duction with active working sea­ Seafarers Push For More Cabbage men doing the greatest amount Tuesday marked another important step for the Seafarers. It of organizing. This is what won was the annotmcement of the membership's decision to request the I in Isthmian, and this' is what will operators to open negotiations for substantial increases in oin- wage win on the Lakes. scales. Notification was sent to the operators following a special THE LAKES DISTRICT meeting in the New York Hall and concurred in by all other ports. SAN FRANCISCO — Running To insure the fullest autonomy unopposed, Harry Lundeberg was We are asking for a substantial increase in the wage scales as we are entitled to under provision of our contracts. We are doing this in the conduct of Lakes affairs, re-elected to another term as Sec­ in an attempt to overtake the spiraling cost of living. Prices of the Lakes District function in the retary-Treasurer of the Sailors foods and other commodities have gone up terrifically since last same manner as the Atlantic and Union of the Pacific. This was Gulf, and Pacific Districts. year, and what we gained then has practically been wiped out. announced in the official returns They elect their own officials, of voting in the annual election Busy Days Ahead For The SIU make their own decisions, handle held during December, 1946, and The push for more cabbage is only the lead-off in a series of their own finances and handle January, 1947. important events for the Seafarers. Our calendar for the coming their own organizational drives. Besides the election of officers, months is heavy with top-rating stuff. There's the National Labor Lakes Seafarers members have two propositions, submitted to Relations Board hearing, scheduled for March 24, in New York, the same priviliges as any other referendum vote, were adopted which should end the NMU's prolonged effort to prevent Isthmian Seafarers member and may reg­ by overwhelming majorities. The seamen from getting union wages and working conditions under the ister and ship, attend meetings first authorized the raising of banner of the SIU, for which these men voted. and speak their piece, in any SIU dues to $2.50 per month, the extra Coming up also is the annual Port Agent's Conference, which hall anywhere. half dollar to be put into a build­ will have a considerable number of important problems to face. The great difference between ing fund to be used exclusively The SIU will be represented, too, at the Washington conference of the NMU setup and the Seafar­ for obtaining and maintaining maritime unions, which will discuss possible joint action to secure ers' democratic structure is simp­ Halls in headquarters and the a beneficial recodification of the maritime laws, and to remove the ly this: In the NMU, the Lakes branches. Coast Guard froni the necks of seafaring men. Then there's the are dominated body and soul by The second proposal favored a Seafarers International Convention, to be held in Chicago. This the overwhelming voting power $10.00 assessment to replenish the will be followed by the conference, in the same city, of the Ameri­ of the salt water membership. strike fund. can Federation of Labor's powerful Maritime Trades Department. The big majority of their offi­ Meanwhile, the Seafarers' all-out drive to bring the benefits cials, and all of their policy, are Other successful candidates of our Union wages and working conditions to the thousands of un- imported from the coast. were Harry Johnson for Assist­ orgahized seaman saling on the Great Lakes will be proceeding The Seafarers International ant Secretary, and Morris Weis­ under full steam. structure on the other hand is ar­ berger for New York Agent. In The next few months won't have any dull moments for the ranged to give the Lakes seamen the most hotly contested race, Seafarers. the fullest power to conduct their Carl Christiansen, incumbent must have a constant and avail­ able manpower supply to crew the ships. They know that once the Lakes seamen are organized their labor monopoly is broken and that they must accede to the Unions' demands for adequate wages, for decent living and working conditions. NO PLAY The Lakes bosses like to point out that, for many years, they maintained a high wage scale. This is a bunch of baloney. Dur­ ing those years the Lakes sea­ men worked two watches and lived in crowded quarters. Things are much different on the Lakes from the .coast. A full night ashore is a rare thing. The boats load fast and discharge fast, with seldom enough time to get ashore long enough for a bottle of beer. Towards the closing months of the season, and in the early months, the Lakes are just as rough, cold and miserable as the North Atlantic, and many a Lakes seaman has died because the op­ erators were too greedy to fit the boats out properly for the season. On top of all this is the fact that the big majority of seamen had to earn enough in seven months to fill out a year. The Lakes season is "all work and no play" and, to compensate for this, a seasonal wage sufficient for a year should and must be paid. The Lakes seaman is the most overworked and underpaid mari­ time worker in America today. The New York Times in the Satui-day, March 1, issue reflects the attention that is nationally being cast on the Seafarers drive in an article which in addition to quoting the Seafarers Leg, States; "According to reports ore shipments from the Mesabi mountain mines this year are expected to exceed the peak year of the war by 2,000,000 tons. To handle the cargoes, it was said, deep-water lighters are being sent back to the * Lakes and a number of new (Coutinmd on Page 7) Lundeberg, Weisberger Reelected By Sailors Union Membership Honolulu Agent, beat out Maxie Weisbarth by twenty-five votes. OFFICIALS NAMED In each port the officials are as follows: San Francisco: Dispatcher, Joe Pohorence; Patrolmen, R. G. An­ derson, A1 Maniscalco, A. J. Pawlick; and Dan Sullivan. Jack Barton was elected Coos Bay Agent. Seattle Agent Ed Coeater was re-elected, and James Burke was the successful Patrolman candi­ date in that Port. Jack Dwyer succeeds himself as New York Patrolman, and the same is true of Harlin Snow as Wilmington Agent. The two new­ ly elected Wilmington Patrolmen are Charles Brenner and Fred Martin. The new Portland officials are John Massey, Agent, and Charles Atkins, Patrolman. Five trustees, A. J. Anderson, Arthur Burke, Harry Johnson, Harry Lundeberg, and Harold Snow, were also elected. �T H E S<E A-E AEI E R « EXkC Pago; Tour mm Baltimore Finds Time To Heip UFE in New York itwiiic... By WILLIAM (CURLY) HENTZ QUESTION:—The Agents Conference will discuss the Seafarers Log in relation to next yearns activities. Wliat suggestions do you have that would improve the Log? ABNER MAXEY. Chief Cook: PAUL DAVIS. Wiper: I'd like io see a sports page in our paper. The baseball season is coming up and when at sea I'd like to be able to keep up with Ihe baseball news. The LOG is the one paper we all read no matler what port we ciome to. and so sport news would be available to us. It would also be a good thing if the LOG carried more educa­ tional stuff. Being away at sea. we have little chance for real union education, and we could learn a lot if the LOG ran articles frequently about such subjects. As far as I'm concerned the LOG is tops, but if you really want suggestions, here .are mine. First, more pictures. Second, more articles from Frenchy Michelet. And it would also be a good thing if we could increase the size of the paf>er to about 20 pages. May­ be we could see advertising to help defray the costs of an en­ larged paper. The LOG carries all the news of interest to sea­ men. and we in the SIU are damn proud of our Union news­ paper. GEORGE BERRY. FOW: I think the paper should be enlarged. If that was done, the jLOG could be used for doing a much better organizational job. Our Union paper is the medium through which unorganized men keep up with what we are doing, and an enlarged paper would al­ low more space for that. Another suggestion would be to print schedules of ship arrivals and departures. That would be inter­ esting to the membership, besides being valuable. The LOG is swell, but with these improvements, it could be even better. Friday, Martlr 7, 1947 JIMMY CRESCITELLI. Ch. Cook: Someone brought up the sub­ ject of a Spanish page. I'm for it. but is it practical? If we start that, then we may have to put in a Swedish page, an Italian page, or what have you. One thing I would like to see in the LOG and t{hat is the full text of the Sea­ men's Bill of Rights, just as it is being discussed now. The LOG should also print a complete list­ ing of all SIU ships paying off each week in Uiiited States ports. The LOG is an excellent paper, . but these improvements might make it even better. BALTIMORE — Shipping this week has . been pretty good, and the Patrolmen have been kept quite busy paying off, signing on, and settling beefs. Recently we have had quite a few talks with Calmar Line of­ ficials, and I believe that we can look forward to better relations with this outfit. The chow and general conditions should im­ prove. Hope that circumstances don't prove me a liar! Down here we heard that an affiliate AFL union, the United Financial Employes, were having trouble with the Cotton Exchange in New York. Six of the boys volunteered to visit New York to give the UFE a hand with its picketing and other strike chores. HOSPITAL NEWS On February 6, the crew of the SS Stephanie turned over $70.00 to be divided among the hospi­ talized Brothers in the Baltimore Marine Hospital, and on Febru­ ary "20, $36.00 was turned over by the crew of the SS Pothier and SS Joseph Hews. In the past few weeks the fol­ lowing Brothers have received the regular weekly benefits from Brother John Taurin, Baltimore Hospital Committee: Francis R. O'Brien, William L. Gillespie, M. J. Walsh (twice), Frank M. Krause, Clyde E Mil­ ler, Charles L. Simmons (twice), T. A. Carroll (twice), Peter Lo­ pez (twice), Matthew Carson (twice), T. Babkowski (twice), John Dudko, Casimir Honorowski, Ernest J. Sidney, W. W. Lawton, C. Cates, E, Cattiz, David Heron, and L. McCune. Determined To End Bad Shipboard Conditions B.C. Seafarers Pass Word On Four Isthmian Crews Hold Meeting In Cakutta Scab Newspaper It's only a hop, skip, and a jump until the notoriously anti­ union IsUunlan Steamship Com­ pany will be forced to sit down across the bargaining table with a* negotiating committee from the SIU. But for unlicensed seamen sailing Isthmian ships, that isn't good enough. They want action now, and they just won't sail any longer under Captain Bligh con­ ditions. Of course, they realize that the job to force Isthmian to bargain is complicated by fhe stooge role ; now being played by the NMU, • but even so they are resolved to ' force some kind of action, and right now. '• Four Isthmian crews, from the ' SS Steel Artisan, the SS Mem' phis City, the SS Beaver Victory, • and the SS Citadel Victory, hap" pened to meet in Calcutta, India. Like seamen do, they exchanged « views. " How's the chow? was one ques' tion. The officers okay? .was an'other? How are the conditions and overtime? twas the way one guy put it. And the answer to iall the questions was, "Pretty poor." So these seamen, from all dif'^rent unions, held a meeting. Represented were the Seafarers International Union, the National Maritime Union, the MEBA, the Pursers, and some non-union characters who learned a good union lesson. BOUSING MEETMG They met in Calcutta, on Feb­ ruary 14, and they had grievances galore. The conditions were de­ plorable, and they agreed that they could no longer sail Isth­ mian ships under the prevailing conditions. They criticized the food, the way the officers overrode all beefs, and especially the fact that Isthmian was stalling and refus­ ing to institute decent conditions aboard their ships. This dissatisfaction led to one result. By a unanimous vote, the seamen present agreed that they could no longer sail Isthmian un­ der poor conditions. They de­ cided that as soon as each ship returned to the continental United States, they would make damned sure that these bad con­ ditions would end. That shouldn't take long. Ex­ cept for the finky tactics of the NMU, the Isthmian Steamship Company would have had to put up or shut up long before this idea, the meeting also agreed to By HUGH MURPHY pass the word about the outcome of this meting, to other Isthmian VANCOUVER, B.C. —For the ships and to . urge each vessel to past nine months, 95 members of take similar action. the Intei-national Typographers. Union, AFL, have been locked out by the "Vancouver Daily Pro­ vince." During this period this newspaper has been printed by scab labor. The Southam Company, owner of the paper, has been spreading lies, rumors and using every con­ ceivable propaganda weapon to discredit the union, even though it is the recognized agent for the men locked out. Where the Typographers once enjoyed a harmonious relation-, ship with the company, they now find a brick wall facing them. when it comes to negotiations for a contract. The company has im­ ported a phony out-of-town outfit to set its type, and says it now' has a union, therefore, no soap. This action has all the ear­ A chance meeling of -four Isthmian crews tin Calcutta, India, marks of union-busting, and as developed info action when the men started to compare notes. union .men, the Seafarers here They found that on all four ships conditions were bad, the of­ refuse to buy this scab sheet, and" ficers slave-drivers, and Ihe food meager and of poor quality. we urge all American seamen to refuse to buy the paper while in What fhey decided then bodes no good for the Isthmian Steam­ Vancouver. < ship Company. The four crews, in a mass meeting, resolved We're behind the Typograph­ that as soon as each ship returned-to the continental United ers in their fight,, so we want .to States, they would take steps to make.sure that Isthmian in­ pass this itip along to all Sea­ farers. stitutes union conditions on all its ships. time. Sooner or later, the NMU will run out of stalling moves, and then Isthniian will have to do business with the SIU. Just so Isthmian will get the �rriday, M«i«h 7/1947 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Five sa- No Rotary Shipping For ISU Men; Friends^ Reiatives Gome First • m rv e-Ts:^ By HERBERT JANSEN CHICAGO — Shipping for the face. They will never back any­ spring fit-out has started- here one up as long as the LSU is not and we are expecting a call for operated by the rank and file. more men during the coming This would never happen in week. the SIU. This man's rights would After looking around the wa­ be protected all the way down terfront I saw no signs of acti­ the line. He would have job se­ vity on the outside ship» as yet, curity and the right to make a so I guess they will fit-out a little living. He would"t need puU Silence this week from lh« later. with anyone. Branch Agents of the follow­ By SALVADOR COLLS The only qualifier in the Sea­ On the organizing front, the in­ ing ports: dications are that the SIU is farers for a job is to have a book SAN JUAN—In the past week we must live up to our agree-TAMPA strong with the Lakes seamen and be willing to work. we have had a few crewmembers ments. and can expect favorable re­ HOUSTON who thought that hitting Puerto OLD PRACTICE Right now we have four SIU sponse when the drive opens. NORFOLK Rico meant a vacation. I guess ships and one SUP ship in poPt, This pra tice of nepotism, hir­ JACKSONVILLE they thought being drunk, miss­ and there is not a beef hanging I have been talking to some CHARLESTON ing a watch or two, or faking fire on any of them. Other than members of the NMU who state ing relativv..^, has been going on PORT ARTHUR sickness was okay down here, but this, I am soaking up the s\m that there are indications of the within the LaRe Carriers for CORPUS CHRISTI they found they were wrong. NMU falling- apart within itself. years. Some of you oldtimers without envy for anyone, includ­ SAVANNAH Also they feel the NMU's chances who have sailed these ships know I had to pull a few men off a ing Joe Algina and Ray Gonzales. on- the Lakes this year are slim that score. Are you going to let The deadline for port re­ ship or two and put them to I haven't had time to hit the let them do it again? due to their failure last year. ports, monies due, etc., is the beachcombing for a few weeks, night clubs or meet any of the There are plenty of men who Monday preceeding publica­ to teach them that the shipping senoritas. They told me of the conditions tion.- While every effort will rules and contracts mean the after the NMU strike last year, have started shipping on the CAN USE SHIPS be made to use in the current same down here as they do in whereby they worked around the Lakes since the war when they I see by the Log that all ports issue material received after New York or any other port. clock doing penalty work without stopped this practice due to the are doing a lot of shipping. Well, scarcity of men. that date, space commitments If this sort of thing keeps up, any compensation. When they we can use some of it down here generally do not permit us to I'll be a very busy man. Don't They aren't aware of this prac­ on the Enchanted Isle, even with do so. get me wrong, however. I don't tice. It is the job of you oldthe Ponce outfit keeping the Isl­ get a kick but of doing this, but timers to tell them the score. and busy. Tell them how you used to sit The shoregang here is keeping up in one of the Lake Carriers' all the members working, and I Halls and see job after job go do mean all. Sometimes I have out over the telephone while you had to call the ILA and UTM for were getting callouses on your men. fanny. We're getting a preview of the If every man learns the score, By EDDIE HIGDON 1947 baseball season down hero we can stop this phony set-up. with the Yankees doing their; PHILADELPHIA—This port, is job, as is our Dispatcher Harry •When every man ships through a spi'ing training in this citJ^ It union hall, the relatives will have bursting with jobs for men of the Collins. J5 i looks like I'll have to get a year's Finding suitable quarters to get their jobs honestly and Seafarers International Union. bellyful of baseball before April All men with ratings who want still a tremendously difficult job. that's the way it should be. 15th when the season opens. As took it up with a patrolman, he to ship are advised to get over Mighty few worthwhile spots are Rotary shipping from the union only shrugged his shoulders and hall is the democratic way, and to Philly in a hurry. available, and other unions are far as baseball tips are concern­ ed, I'm not talking. walked away. no boot-licking or dough under Men are still needed in Phila­ experiencing the same troubles in this respect that we are. the table is necessary to get a job delphia for the crewing up of two BROWNED OFF FINAL DISPATCH in the Seafarers. Seatrain vessels scheduled to sail These fellows were really Our otherwise bright report March 9 and 12. There are plenty browned off. They had walked of jobs in all three departments. this week is shadowed by the All seamen who have served . the picketlines, believing they Two Seatrain ships have already passing of one of our Brothers. six months on Canadian vessels . were fighting for better condi­ Seafarer Raleigh Begley, who left the Port. where War Risk bonus was tions; but when they returned to The ships will each carry one held Book No. 35605, died in a lo­ work they found themselves paid between Sept. 10, 1939 and Bosun, 3 Quartermasters and AB cal hospital last week. worse off than before, due to the A local boy, Brother Begley April 1, 1944, should apply to tickets, 3 AB Maintenance, 3 AB . sell-out by the NMU in their was well-liked by all who sailed the Director of Merchant Sea­ Car Deckinen, 3 ABs, 3 OS. The lost drive to convert the Lakes with him. Just prior to his death ABs must have full tickets. men, Department of Transport, seamen. he had been aboard an Isthmian Ottawa, Ontario for the Mer­ Full complements are also ship which he left in New York Things are not all love and By EARL R. SMITH chant Seamen's "Special needed for the Stewards and En­ when he became ill. kisses with the men in the Lakes Bonus." gine Departments. The black CHARLESTON — After seeing A floral wreath from his ship­ Seamen's Union either. This week gang will include an Assistant Charleston's name up there in the The application deadline for mates and Brothers of the SIU a former member of that organi­ Electrician at $240 per month. was sent to the funeral. The SIU the bonus has been extended to zation, who sailed on one of their "No News" box for so many So if you want work, head for extends its deepest sympathy to March 31, 1947, by Order-inships, came into the Hall with months, I'm finally going to send in some news from this port. this port. No registering is nec­ Brother Begley's parents. Council P.O. 204. the story as to how he lost his job. essary, just show your book and Unfortunately, this sudden He told me he was being let you've got a job. "We're issuing , out this year because the Cap­ burst of news cannot be accom­ a call to the other ports to pass tain of the ship has a relative panied by a report of good ship­ word of this abundance of jobs whom he is placing in this man's ping. For the past few weeks to the men in their halls. position. The seaman I spoke to shipping has been very slow We had a couple of payoffs this had been with the "company for with practically no activity tak­ week. The Longfellow of the a good number of years, all dur­ ing place in this port. By JOHNNY JOHNSTON Waterman outfit came in here, as ing the time that the going was WitJi about 45 men- on: the did a Bull line scow which was tough for a company due to the beach here, all we ask for is a NEW ORLEANS — Down here any beefs on a ship he has plenty recently turned over by Calmar lack of seamen. in the sunny south the carnival of time to straighten out every-, few ships to call here for crews. out on the West Coast. Both pay­ season is over. The weather is thing before the payoff starts. Now that a relative of someone The bad part of the whole thing offs were clean. good and so is the shipping. connected with the company has is that there are no jobs in sight, With every ship that signs on Prospects are good for next one of his family out of work, but who can tell, maybe things If any of you members want here, we make sure that it has ] week, too. Waterman expects they bounce the first working will pick, up all of a sudden. to get away from the snowballs a bundle of the last two editiona about four or five of their vessels stiff they come across to provide and tough weather, come on of the Seafarers Log. Last week we moved from a berth for their poor kinsman. across the street to our present to pull into this port for payoffs down to the Crescent City and In this way we are sure that within the next few days. enjoy our southern hospitality. Do you think this phony union address. Everyone seems pleased thej- will be distributed to all With all this activity, the Sea­ would back up this' man in his with the new set-up, and it looks The members who are riding places where seamen hang out in | beef? You guessed it right. like it will be more suitable for farers Hall is running along the Mississippi ships on the South foreign ports. It's a good idea They'd just blow smoke in his our needs. It is a nice place, a smoothly. Charlie Bushj newly American run are really on the and insures seamen in all porta | trifle small, but it is just about elected Patrolman has taken over ball. These ships are a Patrol­ of receiving the Log. his duties, and is doing a bang-up man's dream. Everyone that I what we want. Just one suggestion befora I have met since I have been down' signing off: When your ship ar­ I hope the new Hall will in­ here has had everything ready rives in port be sure to have one spire me to write a report on ac­ The Charleston Branch of for the boarding Patrolman. of the Departmental Delegates | tivity in this port more often. In If you don't find linea the SIU has moved its offices All books collected, how much go ashore and call the Hall. fact, I'll even make myself a when you go aboard ypur from Society Street to 424 a man wants to pay, the disputed resolution to try to send in some ship, notify , the Hall at once. That's the only way we can be I King Street. The Charleston overtime set up and the ship's sure the ship is in port and at| news at least every week. A telegram from Le Havre or Agent reports that the new minutes and the repair list were what dock. Singapore won't do you any Hall is a trifle small but suits Perhaps my reports to come always in readiness. good. It's your bed and you Yas suh, the old south is sure! the purpose of Seafarers will be a little brighter concern­ This kind of cooperation helps humming. Come on down, and have to lie in it. shipping out of that port. ing shipping and business in this J the Patrolman; so- if there are say hello. port. NO NEWS?? SIU Agreements Are The Same, Whether In San Juan Or New York If You Want A Job In A Hurry, Make A Beeline For Philadelphia CANADIAN BONUS Do Not Come, Says Qharleston, Shipping Is Slow Mississippi Crewmen On The Ball In N.O.—Have Ships In Top Shape ATTENTION! �Page Six SEAFARERS LOG Friday. March 7, 1947 Thirty Ships Will Be Crewed In Mohile; New Hall Is Ready Ships Coining Out Of Boneyard Leave New York Short Of Ratings By JOE ALGINA By CAL TANNER commence sailing, business will also be in excellent shape. There is still a crying need for rated men, and it looks like that situation will continue. If there are any men in other ports who want to ship out of New York, get in touch with me and I will tell you how things shape up at that time. The SS Yarmouth, Eastern Steamship Company, started on its first trip from New York to Nassau. The Yarmouth is a clean ship, and the men should have a good run. There are still a few minor matters to be squared away, but they will be taken care of when the vessel returns. Due to the inci-ease in shipping, By EINAR NORDAAS this Hall will have a Night Dis­ DULUTH—The maritime coun­ patcher on duty from 5 p. m. to 9 cil at the head of the Lakes got p. m. on weekdays, until 5 p. m. off to a good start at a meeting February 11. . Delegates from Ashland, Superior, and Duluth were present. MOBILE—The Mobile mem­ I is having to call for crews from bership is moving into the new Tampa to Galveston. Normally shipping is good here Hall at 1 St. Lawrence Street j but now it is more than good. this week, getting out of the Waterman and Alcoa are taking creaking, dusty firetrap that has thirty ships out of the boneyard, been the Union Hall too long. fifteen each. The new Hall is large enough Furnishing thirty full crews to hold meetings in, well-ventil­ with no one but "live ones" on ated and strongly constructed. the beach is a tough job in any All of the offices, the recreation language. Several ships have room and Dispatcher's section are been crewed entirely with permit on the same floor, making it easy cards. for the membership and officials NEW YORK—Right after the war ended the shipowners put away a number of ships in the boneyard. Now the tide has turn­ ed and the ships are coming out again. That means that we are busy supplying crews for these ves­ sels. Shipping has therefore been very good, and when the ships By JOHNNY JOHNSTON The Declaration of Policy of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 leaves no doubt as to the inten­ tions of the United States regard­ ing the transportation of its do­ mestic and foreign commerce. to keep in constant contact with STRAIGHTENING 'EM OUT Let us examine the law, and each other. All isn't a bed of roses, how­ hope that the people of the Unit­ Some furnishings and recrea­ ever. The.se ships have been laid ed States, whose" hard earned tional facilities have already been up for a long time and need a money built our present fleet installed, and in a very short pe­ hell of a lot of work to make will not allow it to fall apart now riod everything from a well them ship-shape, and in proper that the war is over. Here is the stocked library to checkerboards condition for Seafarers crews. way the law reads: and a pool table will be available. All of these ships are going on It is necessary for the Na­ Now since the sales talk about the European run carrying coal tional Defense and develop­ ment of its foreign and domes­ the fine new Hall is over, here's and grain cargoes. This is a cold tic commerce that the United the reason it's being advertised weather run and damned uncom­ fortable if the heat, hotwater, and States have a merchant marine, to the whole membership. (a) Sufficient to carry its do­ Mobile needs men of all ratings foc'sles aren't in the right kind of E. L. Slaugher, ILA Vice-Presi­ mestic water borne commerce and needs them bad. At the pres­ shape. dent, opened the meeting by and a substantial portion of the ent time, and this has been the In addition the Union has to reading the preamble to the AFL water borne export and import case for the past month. Mobile be careful to see that the right Maritime Trades Department con­ foreign commerce of the United equipment, blankets, etc., and stitution, and explained the pur­ States and to provide shipping slopchests with plenty of foul pose of the Department. service on all routes essential weather gear are aboard. for maintaining the flow of such Temporary officers were elect­ The companies want to pull the domestic and foreign water ed, and the next meeting has ships out of the boneyard one day borne commerce at all times, been scheduled to be held in Su­ and (b) Capable of serving as a j perior, about March 15. naval and military auxiliary in St. Paul was the scene of a time of war or national emer­ meeting on February 20, called to Saturdays, and from 10 in the gency, and (c) Owned and op­ rally labor to combat the reac­ morning to 3 in the afternoon on Since last Thursday afternoon, erated under the United States tionary forces in the State Legis­ Sundays and holidays. February 27, pickets have once Flag by citizens of the United lature. The Legislature is now HOOVER'S BRAINSTORM again been marching back and States in so far as may be trying to do away with the closed forth in front of the shipyards of I see by the papers that Her­ practicable, and (d) Composed Ira S. Bushey and Sons. shop, and to pass other anti-labor bert Hoover has a brilliant idea of the best equipped, safest, and laws. The pickets had been removed about giving away 75 U. S. ships most suitable types of vessels, About 600 delegates, represent­ constructed in the United States when it looked as if Bushey to the Germans so that they can ing about 150,000 AFL members' and manned with an efficient would negotiate in good faith, but carry their own UNRRA supplies. in the State, were present. Byj on that day the company made That's an idea no better than citizen personnel. unanimous vote they passed a • It is hereby declared to be the impossible demands and so Local any lie had wlien he was in resolution appealing to all of our| policy of the United States to 13 of the CIO Shipyard Workers and sign them on the next but the White House. the Union has answered "no local unions to voluntarily create; foster the development and en­ hit the line again. It would soon lead to compe­ dice." a special legislative fund, to be' courage the maintenance of All the company wanted, be­ Before any ship is signed on, devoted exclusively to legislative tition, and lowering the standards such a merchant marine. of American seamen. These ships fore they would agree to sit down the ship delegates and the shorematters, both State and National. ^ ^ would not take food, etc., to Ger­ across the bargaining table, was side officials make a full inspec­ There's a 75 year old grand­ LAKES TO BOOM many and then return to the that the union should forget all tion, and if everything isn't up to mother who plans to resume her U. S. without cargo. So they about past disagreements and to Seafarers' standards then the merchant marine career soon, We expect a busy season on the would bring back cargo, and then waive the reinstatement of two ship sits at the dock until the and since she is the only women Lakes this year, with shipments the rat race would be on. men who were ordered taken faults are corrected. of coal and grain starting early, | holding an unlimited license as back by the National Labor Re­ When Hoover was President he a merchant marine Skipper, it is South Atlantic has been trying weather permitting. Coal stock­ lations Board. piles in this vicinity are rapidly said that he was going to put two quite likely that some of the SIU to do some chiseling on repairs The disagreements involved 50 but they have been convinced disappearing, and with six more' cars in every garage and a chick­ members may be on a ship with arbitrations won by the union that the only way they can sail weeks of winter remaining the en in every pot. Well, he failed. her at some time. situation might become pretty' Now that we seamen have a The lady in question is Mrs. in the New Jersey Court of Ap­ the boneyard rustpots is to make little chicken in the pot, and we Mary Converse, who went to sea peals on January 7, 1947. As far them safe and seaworthy. tough. got it by fighting hard, he wants after the death of her husband, as the two men are concerned, About two million tons of ore to give it to Germany. and she obtained her license in i the NLRB also ruled that they MEMBERSHIP COOPERATION more than was shipped during It's a poor idea, and I hope he 1940 after plying 33,700 miles of are to be paid 15 months back the 1946 season will also prob­ The outstanding thing that has sea lanes. ' wages. happened in all the work involv­ ably be transported on the Lakes doesn't get away with it. this year. ed in the shipping boom, moving into the new Hall, the tow boat The shipyards have begun beefs, etc., is the active support work on a couple of ships in the and physical aid of the rank and Superior Yards. We understand By BLACKIE CARDULLO fired by Sun, but we couldn't get to make it legal. But it took a fire file. that on some of the ships, room the connection, so we took a close to do it. is being made for a Bosun. It is Anytime few or many men are MARCUS HOOK—Comes now look at his NMU book. In it was I went through the gate on a needed to do anything, from high-time, as these ships have a new high in low-down stunts, a neat little statement that said: Marcus Hook fire engine, as our been shorthanded since the first but so funny it had everybody in moving furniture to helping con­ This book entitles so and so to volunteer fire department an­ tact ships, a call is all that is steamships were built on the this port straining at the seams. sail with Sun Oil ships only. swered a call early in the morn­ necessary to get more than Lakes. Up to the Hall last week was a ing. Some of the guys were a bit enough volunteers. The Sun guy told us that he Brothers, when you get to the Sun Oil guy, who said he'd like surprised at my presence. went up to the NMU Hall after This membership cooperation Lakes in the spring, remember to ship with the SIU. he was fired, but was told noth­ "What the hell are you doing with the officials also helps on "How long have you been with to stop down at the Hall, and re­ ing could be done. Once he was at Sun?" . one guy wanted to the ships paying off here. member also that our big job in Sun?" we asked him. "Oh, several months," was the bounced by Sun, his union mem­ know. 1947 is to organize the Great Beefs are easier to handlb be­ bership bounced with it. guy's reply. That was right up my alley, Lakes into the SIU. cause of good, able crews and Things are tough all over, but and I answered that I was trying "Okay," we said. "Have you good ships delegates who bring in for NMU stiffs they're always to save it so the SIU could or­ got a union book?" clean ships with everything, from "Sure thing." And with this, tougher. ganize the outfit. protested overtime to repair lists, Sonny from Sun produced a book Things at the moment are mov­ Speaking of the NMU, we won­ written down in good order. entitling him to membership in der if Scotty Ross, the NMU mop, ing along smoothly but quietly the NMU. With the big volume of ship­ out here. Nothing else comes to is still cleaning the bilges. "How come you're not continu­ Last Saturday morning, for the mind except that we'd like to ping going out of Mobile, it is fast ing to sail with the NMU?" first time in my life I went know where Brother Rabbitt becoming one of the biggest and We were wondering why the through the gate of the Sun Oil spends his time these days. the membership here are going to make it the best port in the sudden change in attitude. I company without cops on either What's her name, Rabbitt? Seafarers. More next week. He answered that he had been side of me, and 15 different passes AFL Council Off To A Good Start in Ouluth Shipworkers Go Back On Line As Strike Gees On NMU INVENTS NEW DODGE TO MAKE MONEY , v.l- til �THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, March t. 1947 Page Seven Rateil «tolis Go Begging In Boston; Experienced Stewards Dept. Men Needed For Passenger Ships By JOHN MOGAN (h Vohmteer tkganaers BOSTON—Again this week it can be stated that the Port of Boston is showing some life, es­ pecially for the SIU. Shipping has been excellent, with jobs for rated men going begging; and business has been pretty fair. After many months of waiting the Yarmouth finally sailed from Boston. And sailed very short of experienced Stewards Depart:; ment men. It was hoped that this would be rectified upon her ar­ rival at New York, and late re­ ports have it that she was crewed up okay. The next headache will be the Evangeline, which should be ready in about sixty days. These ships carry a huge Stewards De­ partment, and since most of the department must be men of con­ siderable passenger ship experi­ ence, we had better start lining up a crew at this early date. The SS Wolf Creek paid off here on Sunday, Feb. 23. Every­ body on the ship from the Skip­ per down had some mysterious skin ailment, and all were scrat­ ching like mad. Skin specialists called in for the examinations differed radically in their opin­ ions as to what it was and how serious it might be. "One of the first things you notice about unorganized ships, says George W. Champlin, "is that everything is so petty. The officers are "petty chiselers, the company fights about petty things and tries to chisel on food, and the whole idea seems to be to show the seaman who is boss. Brother Champlin has plenty of evidence to back up his state­ ment. He recently completed a five-month trip on the SS Red Rover, Isthmian Steamship Com­ pany. From what he says, it appears that the company and its repre­ sentatives, the officers, did not hgve the courage to really make it tough for the men, but they did. try their damijdest to make GEORGE W. CHAMPLIN all the unlicensed men uncom­ fortable. Here is an example of how they More would probably have fol­ lowed if the Society For Preven­ worked: "One crewmember went to the tion of Cruelty to Animals had Chief Mate and asked for a cot," not taken the elephants off in Champlin recalled, "and he was Boston. told that when a man takes a "Needs of the men, or pro­ job ashore his employer doesn't tests by the delegates, are not give him a cot, why should he recognized on unorganized ves­ expect a cot at sea." sels," said Champlin. "When an Of course he later obtained a anti-union guy tells you that the cot, but this just shows how the boss will take care of his workers MOTH INVASION officers went out of their way to without a union, tell him that the The Patrolman sat around lis­ give the crew a hard time. only way a boss will give away tening to a lot of conversation Nor was this orneriness used anything is when he is forced to about quarantining the ship; in­ solely against the crew. In Cal­ do so by the union." deed it looked mighty serious for cutta the ship loaded 300 Rhesus Brother Champlin and the monkeys and five cow elephants. other volunteers on the Red The pachyderms became great Rover did an outstanding job. pets, and every man in the crew The NMU was snowed under by became outraged at the poor care more than two to one. which the animals received from And now all Isthmian sea­ the Chief Mate. In all the cold December men are waiting, and not too weather of the North Atlantic, patiently, for the time when the very little protection was given company will be forced to sit them, and on December 22, right down and negotiate with the By R. W. BIRMINGHAM out of Boston, two of them died. Union of their choice, the SIU. Port Miami Holds A Lively Branch Meeting Bill Brown's experiences aboard the SS Cape Domingo, Isthmian, proved one thing very definitely. As far as he is concerned now, the worst enemies of unionism are not the company executives or the company stiffs, but the or­ ganizers for the NMU. "These guys came aboard," said Bill, "and tried to turn the ship's library into Joe Stalin's private propaganda library. By their record, and from what they told crewmembers, they are the biggest finks that ever lived." But the NMU organizers could not do much with the men of the Cape Domingo, and outside of a couple of comrades, the rest of the crew stuck together and made the best of a bad trip. As. is the case in evei-y trip on an unorganized ship, this trip was also plenty rough. The food was poor and scarce, overtime was practically unheard of, and the officers went out of their way to lord it over the' unlicensed per­ sonnel. But all bad things have to come to an end, and so will Simon Degree Mates and Skippers, no overtime, and hungry meals. In the case of the Isthmian Steamship Company, those things are coming to an end very fast, and it is only a matter of time before Isthmian men will be re­ ceiving the benefits of an SIU contract. Not everything was bad oh the trip of the Cape Domingo. In Honolulu the men had a chance BILL BROWN to go ashore, and although Ihey were disappointed with the USS in that place, there were other amusements to make up for it. According to Brother Brown, the Hawaiian Islands are every­ thing they are cracked up to be. Besides having some fun in the spots where the vessel touch­ ed, Bill says the fact that they had a good crew made the trip bearable. But with SIU representation. Bill Brown is sure that all the bad featui-es of sailing Isthmian will be erased. He sailed on an unorganized ship to bring the SIU message to those men, and he is ready to continue for the same reason. MIAMI—Last week we held a pretty good meeting in this sunny Florida port with about 50 mem­ bers- present, which is very good considering this is a small port. Among the items of business was a motion carried unanimous­ ly to have the Agent contact the P&O at the earliest possible time to straighten out the que.stion of loss of clothing through the ship's laundry, and in the event that conditions did not improve the company be held responsible for all losses. Also a motion was passed that the P&O be contacted regarding screening of the crew's mess and the installation of a steam table and an ice box. Charles Starling, the former Miami Agent was given a vote of thanks for the good work he did while he was in this port. Charlie has left to take his elected post of Savannah Agent. Good luck to you in your new job, Chai-lie. We then opened the floor to Good and Welfare and the boys really hit the deck hard. Out of it all developed a good point worth remembering. A member pointed out the fact that the baggage carriers in Ha­ vana are strongly organized, and will, at the asking, give us all the backing that we may ask for in the future. This is something for us to keep in mind if we ever run into any difficulty in that port. After everyone had spoken his piece, the boys lowered their blood pressure and the meeting was adjourned. a while. Then somebody discov­ facts were that merchant seamen ered that the "browntail moth" were "draft dodgers" and seekers had invaded the ship in Vene­ after the "soft dollar." zuela, and had gotten into the Needless to say, this testimony linen. And so, of course, when met with a storm of protest, the linen was next changed, which still continues in the local everybody aboard became in­ newspapers. fected. ' VFW LUKEWARM It was judged as not too seri­ ous; the ship was held up several The VFW spokesman, though days while the crew was treated opposed to the bill as written, tes­ at the hospital and the linen re­ tified that his organization would newed, after which she got away undoubtedly go along with any —with most of the crew still bill to provide rehabilitation scratching out of habit. training and hospitalization for Also on the same Sunday the Merchant Marine veterans. Casa Grande paid off in Portland, In other words, the VFW is in­ Maine. (Saturday afternoon and clined to look favorably on some Sunday payoffs are getting to be phases of the bill, and is temper­ routine.) ate in its opposition to the pres­ This ship paid off in good ent 'oill. shape; but at sign-on the old beef The American Legion, how­ about the coastwise articles came' ever, is decidedly unsympathetic. up again. j The following Brothers donat­ It should be clear to all hands | ed one dollar apiece to the Sea­ that when they take a tanker job farers in the Brighton Marine with straight coastwise articles Hospital: A. Smith, F. Gabor and they are not going to sail protect­ J. Samuel. ed by the SIU transportation So much for this week. We'll riders; then, with this fact in be back in the news next week, mind, they don't have to throw with, I hope, more good news of in for a job on a tanker. excellent shipping. Once on board, however, it is a costly nuisance to have a crew sending for a Patrolman, who is powerless to do anything about the transportation beef. Two Watermans, Antinious and the M. Lamar, paid off this week also. The Antinious payoff was perfect; but a little overtime trouble and the firing of an AB When the SS Daniel Willard developed on the Lamar, which at this writing is in the process paid off - recently in Baltimore, crewmembers donated approxim­ of being settled. ately $50.00 to Seafarers now re­ GOOD PAYOFFS cuperating at the Silver City SanAlso paying off during the itorium in New Mexico. week were the Fort Christiana, The crew also donated an equal Pacific tanker; the Benjamin amount to the Haas-Hatgimisios Coston, Union Sulphur; and the Fund. The crewmembers, and Cannon Beach, Pacific tanker. the amount they contributed are Together with calls from the as follows; ships in transit, these payoffs Obert Morgan, $5.00; Daniel B. made it a pretty busy week, with White, $20.00; Dewey Fillikin, all kinds of jobs to be had. $5.00; Donald Pitman, $5.00; LonIn addition, we had a little ex­ nie Fulbright, $5.00; Lawrence tra-curricular business in the Ganbj', $5.00; W. D. Hayner, $4.00; Anthony C. Parker, $8.00; M. O. Brightwell, $5.00; E. J. Ware, $3.00; L. W. Gray, $5.00; ItsOAl'T KMOiO E. Z. Markham, $5.00; Leon E. KJHiCri vJAy TO TdRW Toupin, ,$5 00; C. M. Sileox, .$5.00; D. D. Lupton. $10.00; Thomas W. Burke, $5.00; John G. Drauch, $5.00; L. Higgenbottom, Jr., $4.00; R. B. Waters, $2.00; H. J. Bouch­ er, $10.00. Wlllard Crew Makes Donations To Hospitalized form of a committee hearing at the State House with regard to petitioning Congress to take ac­ tion on the House bill now pend­ ing in Congress, which bill would extend to rnerchant seamen a mo­ dified GI Bill of Rights. Well, the commies were there in force, and loused up the hear­ ing with irrelative attacks on the "dirty capitalists" who own the ships. The legislative agent for the communist party, and the spokes­ men for the American Youth for Democracy (formerly the Young Communist League) outfit were both threatened with ejection from the hearing. Then, in opposition, came the spokesman for the American Le­ gion, who testified that, since he had sat out the war on a draft board, he knew his facts, and the Seafarers Ready For Lakes Drive {Contimied from Page 3) vessels are being hastily con­ structed." This is a clear indication that the steel trust and other Lakes operators are going to make mil­ lions of dollars, and that they can well afford to pay the Lakes seamen the increases in wages long overdue. It is going to be a boom year for the bosses, and the Seafarers International Union is fully de­ termined to make it a boom year for the seaman or muffle the op­ erators' boom to an inaudible pop. A good job this season means that the LCA is smashed, the grasp of the steel trust broken and the Lakes seamen organiz;ed in the best damn Union in the . 41 world, the Seafarers. . wil �Page Eight THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday. March 7. 1947 UFE Beats Cotton Exchange With SlU Aid Beef-winning Seafarers pause for a moment on picketline to cooperate with the Log photographer. Except for this in­ stance. lines never stopped moving until beef was won. Passengers stepping down from the "El" station across the street from the paralyzed Cotton Exchange were greeted with literciture giving the lowdown on the big beef. Most of those who read the leaflets, or saw the picketlines. were sym­ pathetic to the strikers. (Continued from Page 1) finitely that the support of the SIU-SUP and other AFL unions would not be withdrawn until the beef was settled. So he ad­ vised his client to accept the com­ promise which had been worked out by the UFE and Arthur S. Meyer, head of the New York State Conciliation Service. Briefly, here is what the United Financial Employes won: I. Modified union shop with­ out the escape clause. 2. Check-off of dues. 3. Bonus based on daily vol­ ume of business. 4. Five day week with daily overtime. 5. Free group insurance—paid for by the employer. 6. Last but not least, salary increases ranging from $6.00 to $25.00 per week. In ad­ dition, supervisors are now covered by the contract. The termination date of the new contract is January 31, 1948. This is also a step forward since existing contracts with the New York Stock and Curb Exchanges expire on that datd. As John Cole, Vice-President of Local 205, UFE, said, "That gives us a chance to hit them all together next time if they stall." In a statement following ratifi­ cation of the new agreement, M. David Keefe, President of Local 205, said, "We want to thank all SIU-SUP members who helped us in our beef from the bottom of our hearts. If it hadn't been for your assistance, we wouldn't have won our strike. Thanks a million. Brothers! It's a debt that can't be repaid, but count us in any time you fellows need aid." And that about summed up the feelings of the Cotton Exchange employes who saw how SIU-SUP pressure, plus the aid of other unions, brought quick victory. Crowds line opposite side of Hanover Square after refusing to cross picketlines. After headache Seafarers gave cotton heads, it was suggested street's name be changed to Hangover Square. The Beaver Street side of the Exchange was locked up tight, too. Picketing Seafarers kept up lively chatter, as they shut off operations on the New York market for the first time in 75 years. A couple of Seafarers remove one of Ihe loudspeakers from behind a mail box. Police ordered the removal, but the neversay die SIU men found another spot; for it. Besides loudspeakers. Seafarers were represented by picketsigns. marchers, and SIU M.A.'s directed the entire demonstration. It was a good show— in the true SIU style. Not a Seafarer in sight, as this photo of the Dispatcher's room clearly shows. All hands were out on the United Financial Employes' picketlines—or on the third deck consuming coffeeand. As the sign shows, shipping was suspended so that, all could take part in the beef. A white-capped Seafarer stands fast in front of Hanover Square while a blue-coat loks around'for reassurance. No trou­ ble marked the swiftly-won beef, however. It was an orderly demonstration of power, but the Cotton Exchange heads got the idea and sat down to talk turkey with the UFE. Not to be outdone by the line around the comer. Beaver Street pickets show how effective­ ly they won crowd's support. Wall Street will never forget this spectacular show of UFE-SIU, solidarity. Opposite the picketline stand the many hundreds of people who would not go.through the line for anything. _ �Friday, March 7, 1947 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Nine Picketlines Teach Wall Street To Bargain Philly sent seven of its militants to help out the Financial Employes. With new Agent Eddie Higdon, they did their part on the picketline. Left to right, Eugene Englebert, Wiper; William Perridge, OS; Charles Donley, AB; Arthur Harris, AB; George Ledson, Wiper; seated. Agent Higdon; and Ralph DiPaola, MM. Shut up tight as a drum is the New York Cotton Exchange. The big shots thought they could use scab workers, and in fact made plans to do so if the strike stretched into more thcui one day, but when they saw more than a thousand Seafeurers on the picketline, and heard the promise of many more, they changed their minds in a hurry. After that they were glad to sign a con­ tract with the UFE so that they could go back into the Cotton Exchange business.; These girls work in the Cotton Exchange. For years office workers have been underpaid and overworked, and their at­ tempts to better themselves have constantly met with defeat. But this time the story was different. With the help of the SIUSUP, and other AFL unions, the UFE won a smashing victory over the big shots. Of course, that doesn't mean that they will earn a fortune, but it will make living a mite easier. Paul Hall, Director of Organ­ ization, tells a mass meeting that the SIU will back the UFE, and that "six thousand pickets will hit the line if neces­ sary." But it wasn't neecssary. The Cotton Exchange bosses took the hint. Also present at the mass demonstration was Paul Hutchings. President of the OEIU, AFL, with which the UFE is affiliated. He thanked the SIUSUP, and the other unions as­ sisting the UFE in its beef. Baltimore had some men who wanted to help out also. So they grabbed a rattler and headed for Wall Street. Left to right, Hoss McKinnie, Chief Steward; Thomas Frazier, FWT; John Trust, OS; Eddie Collins, OS; Johnny Arabasz, Organizer; and Ray Queen, Wiper. Mike Hook was along, loo, but not around for the picture. Collins, Arabasz, and Queen are seated. M. David Keefe. Dave to those who know him and work with him, came up from the lower ranks in Wall Street himself. Before the war he was a clerk, but when he came back he decided it was high time for financial workers to get a belter break. He went out to organize, and in a few months he did a fine job. Here he is, left, addressing the monster rally during the strike against the Cotton Exchange. Blackie Cardullo, Marcus Hook Agent, introduced him. J| -•-jl The help of the Seafarers was not confined to the picketline. Our Hall was thrown open to the UFE to use as their strike headquarters, and part of our trusty strike kitchen was set up to serve hot coffee and doughnuts to the strikers. Their meetings were held in our Hall, and they ratified their new agreement with the Cotton Exchange right at 51 Beaver Street. These girls above are right off the picketlines. taking nourishment in the Hall. -''^1 �Page Ten Food Done To Turn On Wm. Brewster THE SEAFARERS LOG 'i • Hiiliiil Friday/ Maxtih T, 1447 Pointing up distinctive fea­ ture of the SlU-contracted ship are these two photos. The. Gadsden, which carries locomo­ tives and tenders fo Europet. iS:. reported to be the only one of its type in operation, A self?contained unit, the ship can load and unload its massive car­ go completely unaided byy shoreside facilities. Photo at left shows engine about to be lowered into hold by Gadsden's own crane. Right: oilrburning locomotive has set down on tracks in No. 2 hold. She will then be slid under the. deck, and crew will lay more track to receive the next load. Photos were taken at Baltimore by Seafarer Bill Robinson prior to a. recent run.. The food served aboard the William Brewster, Alcoa Steam­ ship Company, underwent a little broiling by the ship's crew and officers at a special meeting held Jan. 22 at sea. It seems that the ship's per­ sonnel had been growling under their breath about the prepara­ tion of the chow, so an informal meeting was held to see about ironing out the differences. The Officers, since they too eat the food, were invited to sit in and voice their opinions. The Chief Engineer and the Chief X * i Mate felt that the meat was not done right and the vegetables were only half cooked. The Captain also expressed his feelings saying that he was an easy man to please, but some­ thing was definitely wrong with the cooking. STEWARD EXPLAINS After kicking the ball around The crew of the SS Maiden schedule, and the lack of clean­ awhile, the Steward got up and Victory unanimbusly went on ing gear, soap and matches, the defended himself by saying that record in favor of "full Union three Delegates are to see the roasted meats aboard ship had control of the slopchest," and Chief Engineer and explain the to be pan broiled before roasting. called upon the Seafarers mem­ crew's stand on these matters. bership to cooperate with its of­ That the recreation room be AH-THIS ficials fully in bringing about the retained for its present purpose IS MOCHO addition of "this clause to the and not be converted: to a messpresent agreements." The action room as proposed. was taken at the Jan. 31 ship­ That the sanitary men in the board meeting. Deck, Engine and Stewards de­ Realization of this proposal partment be responsible for keep­ would be another great SlU vic­ ing the recreation room clean tory, the Maiden crew declared. daily, and that Delegates post a The meeting also gave unani­ working Jist, allowing one week mous endorsement to the propo­ of this work for each department sal made by the San Juan branch oh a rotating schedule. and concurred in by the New The meeting was chaired by York Hall, that biographical Albert DeForest, and Jerry Palm­ Relaxing on: Gadsden's rail are Johnny Clapp (left) and sketches of candidates for union er did the recording. Brother Robinson. as the meat is tough. He then office should be run in the Sea­ invited the ship's personnel to farers Log. inspect a pan of potatoes that had ENDORSEMENT just been prepared. The ci'ewmembers looked over the spuds The original motion, as passed and agreed that they were of reads as follows; excellent preparation. "During the calendar months After the inspection of the of November and December, there All hands on the SS WiUiam ' chest — that was the word that I He meant it wasn't English as Steward's culinary efforts, the is to be a photograph and a short Johnson call him "Lulu." It , was recognizable. The rest of spoken, but it was English, never­ crew suggested that the cooks be biographical summary of the can­ wasn't His real name, but he was the message (assuming it was a theless. It was the kind of stuff a little more careful and voted didates running for office, con­ the kind of a beaut whose ac­ message) was an alphabetical that batted around in the Isles that the beef against the cooking taining his efforts and progress tions made the label an appro­ hodge-podge. when Shakespeares was taking of the meat be thrown out. When the atmosphere of ques­ lunch on his mother's lap. in and for the Union, printed in priate one. Meeting was then adjourned the Seafarers Log. or any other He came aboard the vessel as tion-marks cleared, the crew callFrom then on that's how the with all hands in full agreement. periodical organ used by the Un­ Purser on a recent voyage, and guys bought stuff; from the slop­ The report of the meeting men­ ion to contact the membership." everything was okay, until he chest. They'd read the signs, tioned that the results attained In an added motion, the Mai­ opened his mouth. Then every translate them, and tHen buy. HcMQyfcwiMtt/ were satisfactpry to all hands in­ den crew expressed the "hope last man on the Johnson rocked e, Trying to find out what caused cluding Kilroy the ship's dog, that the deliberation and further in amazement—the guy was a this quirk, the Seafarers asked who had no bones to pick. natBcl.as study on this subject at the struggling with syllables that » the Phlutterting, Purser down to Meeting was chaired by Art Agents' conference would not re­ sounded like a cross between a their meeting. COMMOPt Wolch and recorded by Brother sult in change of the wording of Polynesian dialect and Siberian * "1 spent many years mastering Hinds. the above motion." jive. the English language," and 1 can't The crew was of the opinion Aside from the amusement it use common ordinary words," he that in its present form the mo­ afforded the Johnson men, this said, showing signs of being very tion best demonstrated the SlU's speech volcano didn't disrupt much ipsulted. ever-present desire to insure things because nobody paid any It. was learned later that the greater democracy within the attention to his wordy outbursts. word-paoking Purser was taking Union. But the monkey wrench in the ed the Old Man down to have a boxing lessons—beg pardoni we machinery came one day when look at the same. Man and dog, mean he became h; student-of the OTHER MOTIONS the men sat down to chow in the he'd seen a lot of queer things in manly art of self-defense. Other motions carried at the messhall. They noticed a sign his. day-—maybe he could de­ Thatrwas his first show of good meeting included the following; on the bulkhead. What it said no cipher the printed gibberish. sepse. Any guy who spouts like The Old Man did, a double, take. he does had bettet be prepared That in regard to the change one knew, except that it had over in the Wiper's coffee-makmg something to do with the slop- It can't be but it is, he mused. to back up his words. VTalden Men Take Stand For A Union Slopchest Prima Donna Purser Louses Up Language And SS Johnson Slopchest Goes Haywire WTTTI �THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, March 7. 1947 Page Eleven SIU Ship's Minutes In Brief HELEN. Feb. 14—Chairman Blackie Marlin; Secretary Joe E. Thomas. Crew desired to know why beef stew and bo­ logna was served for supper twice before vessel sailed. Crew voted for improvement in meals. A few crewmembers squawked about shortage of linen that was issued to them so a man is to check on entire linen issue weekly. Several! toilets are out of order in all departments. Crew urged to speak their beefs in the meeting and not in the messhall. and to stop using linen to clean their shoes. Delegates to get radio and loudspeaker for messhall. Good and Welfare: All books and tripcards checked. One minute of silence for the broth­ ers lost at sea. spoke on the question of keep­ ing the laundry clean. It was suggested that each depart­ ment arrange the days for using the laundry room. A brother asked that the Engineers be advised or regulating the air conditioning so as to be suit­ able for comfort in crew quar­ ters. Suggestion made for the crewmembers using cups, etc., to help keep the messroom clean by taking them to the pantry. 4 4 4. Mandarin Men Lash At Bosun S. 4. t GEORGE WASHINGTON, Jan. 22—Chairman Crosby: Secretary Tazzani. New Busi­ ness: Motion made to refer to Patrolman for further action any man who refuses to attend meetings. Sentiment of mem­ bership is that such men are not wanted on the ship. Motion made to look into food situation, such as a menu change. Im­ proper cooking and to make fresh fruits and vegetables more available to crew. Motion car­ ried to inform Patrolman of leaking bridge deck. Motioncarried to have something done about lack of ventilation and odor in OS foc'sle. Patrolman to ask to have Radio Opera­ tors moved aft and let OS take the foc'sle. Good and Welfare. Racks for mops and wringer pail not yet made available to Deck Department. Ventilator in crew's head not repaired. Suggestion made to name com­ mittee to talk to Patrolmai^ about pushing all beefs. Action has been too slow. One min­ ute of silence for brothers lost at sea. % % % WILD RANGER, Jan, 6 — Chairman Charles Bush; Secre­ tary Sam Shatkovnick. New Business: Motion carried to make list of repairs and equip­ ment needed. Motion to keep P.O. messroom open at all times for serving meals to crew. Mo­ tion carried to have the Dele­ gates check with Steward when supplies are brought aboard. Motion carried that Delegates be instructed to check books be­ fore leaving New York. Good and Welfare: Many Brothers 1>RcrrfCT-THESIU.^ A Bosun who didn't want to get his hands dirty got the crew's wind up aboard the SS Mandarin recently. The crewmembers thought it was okay when the Bosun told them he was physi­ cally unable to do heavy work. They even tolerated him when he stood around and let the men do all the work. They put up with his absence from the Deck for long periods of time, but when he gave them the excuse that he couldn't work as he did not know the gear, that was too much. They think the Bosun, after two months of coastwise sailing of the Mandarin, should have known something about the gear. Anyone want to teach a class in seamanship to a tired Bosun? 4 4 4 GEORGE SHARSWOOD. Jan. 26—Chairman George Morris: Secretary Peter Davies. New Business: Necessity of fans in the galley was brought to the attention of the members. Brother Smith reports that this item is on the Repair list. Crew expressed disapproval of the Captain's system of rationing cigarettes. Slop chest con­ demned as entirely inadequate. Recreation Hall is filthy. Crew agreed to rotate cleaning. Ra­ tioning of food and cigarettes to be reported to Union and print­ ed in Seafarers Log. with car­ toon of Captain doing same. It was pointed ou that this will bring action from company as they do not like to see theirl ships blasted. Peter Davies to write letter and submit draft to delegates for further sugges­ tions. Motion carried that laun­ dry be kept clean and no mem­ ber leave clothing in basins. Motion carried that depart­ ments rotate, excluding Engine Department, three days a week in using laundry and time table be posted. Motion carried that Captain is to wire Company to have food waiting on dock ir­ respective of day of week of arrival. Motion carried that more adequate medical sup­ plies be placed aboard. MUNCIE VICTORY, Jan. 26 —Chairman Peter Jordan: Sec­ retary Fred Tatro. Good and Welfare: Discussion on plugged head overboard drain lines on lower deck, stuboard side. Cap­ tain assured crew that the con­ dition of the heads would be taken care of when the vessel arrived in port. Request that Steward put in requisition for four new perculators. Carpen­ ter complains that there have not been enough cups left out at coffee time. Motion carried to recommend to Sec.-Treas. John Hawk that where new contract is negotiated between company and union that there be included a clause calling for washing machines to be in­ stalled in laundry rooms of all Union vessels. 4 4 4 STEEL ARTISAN. Nov. 26— Chairman Tannehill: Secretary not given. New Business: Pos­ sibility of opening P. O. mess­ hall discussed because the pres= ent messroom is not sufficient in seating capacity for the en­ tire crew. The Stew'ard how­ ever states that a new messroom for the crew would be a hardship and more work for the messman. Because of the lack of storage space, the P.O. messhall is being used as a storeroom. Good and Welfare; The cook stated that the galley scupper was still plugged up although the First Engineer was notified of it last trip. If tjoo can't CUT and RUN By HANK 4 4 4 FOLLANSBEE, Nov. 10 — Chairman R. J. Zalinski: Secre­ tary D. W. RandalL New Busi­ ness: Oiler presented a beef against the Wiper on sanitary work. It was agreed that he do a better job with his work or his tripcard would be taken from him. Oiler opened discus­ sion about money due to each member for linen and penalty cargo—this situation to be pre­ sented to the Captain by the delegates. Good and Welfare: Motion carried to have a buzzer for the man on standby instead of the whistle as the man on, standby cannot hear it. Second Cook discussed the problem of the Deck Crew using the Stewards Department head and leaving it filthy. Motion carried to obtain another Wiper as ship only carries one. 4 4 4 CAPE HORN. Nov. 4 — (Chairman and Secretary not given) New Business. Motion carried to report the faulty drain system in the Deck De­ partment shower to the Chief Engineer. Motion carried to have sufficient lighting installed in the Stewards and Engine Department showers. Motion carried to have the department Delegates and the Steward, if necessary, cooperate with the Patrolman in Houston in secur­ ing sufficient Steward Depart­ ment supplies. Discussion open­ ed about providing the Engine Department with watch foc'sles and to have this matter placed! before the Chief Engineer. Mo­ tion carried to have no one pay off without a Patrolman being present, and if anyone is found breaking this - agreement he would be subject to charges. Good and Welfare: Chairman requested that all crew mem­ bers keep all crew beefs within the crew and away from the bridge. Baltimore is booming with real good shipping, we^ hear. And Mobile is full of Alcoa ships, according to Tony Pisano, citizeii of Staten Island, who said he didn't wait to indulge in any good times in the Joe Palooka Bar or the Royal Cafe . . . Paul "Haywire" Warren, oldtimer and ex-pie card, just sailed into New York after a short trip to Puerto Rico. Paul, who hasn't visited New York in many years, laughingly remembered an incident in those "salad days" when, just after their payoff from a trip, he and Bull and dis­ patcher Paul, temporarily lost each other, their hotel and theii* money there. Paul is going South, where we presume his wife Clara and his 11-year-old son, Jimmy, are living. Jimmy, by the way, is Bull's best reader of those articles in the Log . . . Our apolo­ gies to Bob Pohle. We wrote that he was The Great Lover of Marcus Hook but the printer either forgot his spelling or his glasses and the word great was drastically changed . . . Oldtimer Edwai'd Eaton, just blew into town and registered for shipping. 4 4 4 4 "Old Chile," otherwise known as Dusan Dei Duisan. just sailed into New York from his home country after spending some pesos and time there. "Old Chile" still carries that familiar mustache with him. too .. . Brother John McCauley just gave us the sensational news (which had been told us many months ago by Steward Vic Milazzo of Rhode Island) about what the state of Rhode Island is giving it's Merchant Seamen. Rhode Island merchant seamen are getting $200 bonus for wartime service. The two men who did all this fine work in passing the lav/ are Senator Greene of R. I. and Joe Pinta. Brother McCauley says that his friend. Senator Greene, remembers him when they were on the hospital ships. Arcadia . . . Bosun "Blackie" Peter Rod­ riguez. just came in from a trip which wasn't so harmonious . . . That electrician. Frank Bosc. is ready for shipping, according to his own words uttered from under his mustache. 4 4 4 4 Joseph Sortino, who lives up there in Connecticut, is ready for shipping, we notice . . . Johnny Meghrian, who sails engineer, says he just finished a four month trip to South America and may soon launch himself into the eternal splice . . . Oldtimer Anthony Demedo, who sails as utility messman, is in town right now for shipping . . . Harvey Hill, with a slightly visible blonde mustache suddenly bloom­ ing under his nose, just sailed aboard the Laredo Victory which has a real fine crew who have been aboard several trips . . . Robert Barrett says that he's going to try to save some spinach and get himself a greenhouse on Long Island, because he was in that busi­ ness before . . . "Rocky" Benson should still be down there in Miami, Florida, where we have a new union hall. How's the sunshine and oranges. Rocky? . . . "Rum and Coke" Willie West just sailed Into town after his usual voyage to South Africa and other parts. Next trip will be better. Brother West! 4 4 4 4 NEWS DEPARTMENT: Of 500 ships now registered in Panama. 142 were transferred from the American flag. Ships under the Panama flag operate with almost no restrictions or requirements of manning, security, wages, union agreements, food scales and quarters, licensed officer personnel or naviga­ tion rules and laws. Panama has no adequate inspection serv­ ice. hence such matters as seaworthiness, qualifications of offi­ cers and crews and manning scale are largely up to the operators and masters. It is difficult to determine the number of Amencan-owned ships now operating under the Panama flag inasmuch as many belong to companies incorporated in Panama and show­ ing Panamanian ownership although the capital may be Ameri­ can. �T H E SE AF ARERS LOG Page Twelve Pridar, March 7/ 194r THE MQIiBERSHlP SPESKS CAPE BORDA BELLYROBBERS Rumor-Mongers^ Disrupters Have No Spot In Seafarers To the Editor: r From left to right, unidentified except for their ratings are the vessel's Steward, Chief Cook and the Night Cook and Baker. The water is the Caribbean. I am a former members of the National Maritime Union, and outside of the communists, the most disgusting thing in that out­ fit was the constant back-biting and slandering that went on. It was so bad that one patrol­ man wouldn't listen to your beef if you were a friend of another patrolman who was his enemy. There is some of that stuff go­ ing. on in the SIU, but not too much. Most of it takes place in gin mills and comes from guys who stay on the beach looking for live ones. It comes from reg­ ular gashounds and screwballs. ROTTEN EXPERIENCE I had personal contact with this sort of thing in Philadelphia right Company Stiffs Still Peddling Bosses' Union-Smashing Bilge To Ihe Editor: Many companies have already started their efforts to defeat our negotiations for the annual wage and conditions contract for 1947. There are many methods that they have been using, but the latest thing that I have noticed is their tactic of spreading dis­ sension aboard ship through prop­ aganda. Their present line is the claim that the companies are un­ able to cope with the high wages of the men in the SIU, and are selling their vessels because they are unable to compete with low­ er-paying foreign vessels. They want us to believe that the SIU is the cause of the pres­ ent wave of ship sales to foraign flags. They do not mention that the only ships that have been sold are government-owned or obsolete company vessels. They will not admit that the American cargoes they carry are far more expensive than foreign, nor will they admit that the com­ panies spend large sums of money gladly for ship operations. Also ^they have made little effort to check different company agents and their deals with shipchandlers. The only ship's expense being criticized is the wage being paid to seamen. GHERNE'S PIECE ON COMMUNISTS RECOMMENDED To the Editor: I have just finished reading an excellent article by Leo Cherne in the March 4 issue of Look magazine. The article, entitled: "How to Spot a Communist," dis­ closes the general characteristics and policies of the typical com­ munist. If you will print this letter, I would like to ask all Seafarers to read • this article- and when they are finished to leave the maga­ zine' around the Hall, or another place where all the rest may see it,. Walter Jones Black Mountain, N. C. To .spread this line, the com­ panies are sending their stooges aboard Union ships with the ex­ press purpose of spreading dis­ sension among the men. These finks in working stiff's clothing start their dirty work by telling you they are Union men. But Brother, peel pff the hide and you'll find the well-known company stiff. Usually I've found these men aboard as department heads, some having the blessing of the company, and others trying to curry favor with the ship­ owners. I have listened to coffee time, and at other times when men get together, and I have learned to break the back of organized labor. Whenever one of these guys ap­ proaches you with a line of antilabor baloney, do not hesitate to report him to the Hall. Tell him it is Tasele.ss to peddle his lies of unrest for" dirty money, as he is wasting his time and yours. Let's all stand together in con­ demning men of this type. They only cause trouble and lost hours of work. By ignoring these guys, they will die a natural death, and we will be able to go forward toward efficient operations, with financial dividends for all. Paul Parsons BREAK THE UNION These companies that have not learned the lesson are not in­ terested in saving anything, in operational expenses if they can gain the satisfaction of whipping labor; So, we• have to contend with the sell-out artists as long as companies insist on attempting MUST STOP IT Brothers, if we want to con­ tinue having a good Union, we've got to put a stop those conditions whenever we learn about them. They have no place in a demo­ cratic union. Characters who pass along empty rumors with the sole purpose of disrupting the efficiency of the SIU don't de­ serve the benefits of Seafarers' membership. Personally, I think thees vicious rumor-mongers and disrupters ought to have a head put on them and run off the wa­ terfront. What we have got to do though is put down these foul-mouthed rumors right at the source. We want no poison spreaders in the SIU. We've got a good Union. Let's* keep it that way. Bill Brown Bosun Hintler To Leave Sea; Will Grunt 'n' Groan A Bit To Ihe Editor: how to pick out these labor trai­ tors with their line of bull. Most of these men are opportunists, who will sell their souls to any company official who will reward them with a few financial crumbs from the well-laden company table. These men have cost the Union, and the companies, many work­ ing hours and plenty of money. Some of the companies have realized this, and have improved their dealings with the Union. Others have not. in the union, hall about six months ago. There were a small gang of chiselers, who ran things to suit themselves, and unfortunate­ ly, their leaders were union of­ ficials. If anyone argued with, or opposed these guys, he ended up with lumps and bruises. I was at the last meeting here in New York and when I heard Philadelphia's new business read, I decided to look the minutes over. So I came up to the Hall and read them. What I saw in these minutes certainly did open my eyes. What I had experienced out there was only a sample. But it is a good, healthy sign when the member­ ship puts a stop to the crap' like the stuff that was going on in Philly. Writing you a few lines while still at sea to let you and the rest of the Brothers know the low down on Rotterdam, together with a few details of our trip. We have with us an Ordinary Seaman, Landry, who went ashore with the rest of the boys for a little fun and while in the Ballahala Dance Hall, was severely cut and beat up by. some of the NMU boys and was taken to the hospital. One knife cut went all the way into his liver. We were fortunate enough to have a good Skipper who allowed him to be brought aboard from the hospi­ tal so he could return to the States. The Skipper's name is Robert Durkin and he has proven himself to be a capable Skipper and a good Union man. So Broth­ ers, watch your step while in Rot­ terdam. We have had a very good trip outside of this cutting, incident. We have a very competent Stew­ ards department. The Chief Steward, Ray Casinova, wouldn't weigh 125 pounds soaking, wet, yet you'- could hear him broad­ casting all over the ship. Little but loud, he was 100 percent for the' crew and did* everything, for us. The Chief Cook, L. IX .Neiil, Pac. Dist. 60, who is another old Log 'A- Rhythms Ode Te a Seaman By "LOLITA" (Editor's note; The foliowingi poem was - submitted by the: wife of a Seafarer. She was; very modest about submitting it to the Log, so we'd like her to know we think very highly of her effort, and that we hope she'll keep sending them in). In the days before I knew, A sailor was just one of the crew, A tough, rough creature Strong of body, and hard of feature; He cared not for home or family. But only to go on a spree; With a girl in every port He never gave marriage a thought. One day, life played a joke on me. Along came a sailor with child­ ish glee, ' Large and powerful, but gentle as a sigh. Bright sunny hair and a clear blue eye. Not a high-pressure salesman with a ready line. But quiet and thoughtful most of the time. Slowly but surely my thoughts turned round 'Til I knew how rare was the love I had found. The books he did read were the best on the shelf. And music, the classics, came second only to myself. So, now I feel it is my duty. To correct folks who are snooty. And tell them the seaman's creed. timer helping to make it a good For kindness is his watchword. trip with his Creole Cooking. In thought and word and deed. Second Cook and Baker, A. Lemoine, was always mixed up in the dough. Our messman was URGES ACTION tops, always on the ball, keeping AGAINST SHIP'S everything shipshape. The Stewards Delegate was PERFORMERS Bryant, and kept everything run­ To the Editor: ning smoothly on his part. The In the last few weeks I have Deck Delegate was Gentry and he did a very good job. We were been reading in the Log of dif­ very fortunate in having two old ferent instances of performers on faces with us, one was Roy Bell, ships, and I agree with others Engine Delegate and Dutch De- that something will have tc be gan. Deck Engineer. Dutch was done about it. unfortunate enough to fall over I will try to give an example a • padeye and break his ankle. of what I mean. It concerns a A speedy recovery to the Dutch­ case aboard one of our contract­ man. Myself, Duke Himler, SUP ed companies. A Fireman got 4416 was ship's delegate, with no drunk and stayed' that way for beefs. five days without sobering up un­ Must sign off for now. Will til he was broken down to Wiper. not write for some time as I am Everything was okay until the quitting the sea for a couple of payoff when, this guy told the months. I am going on a wrest­ Patrolman he hadn't been drunki ling tour in Mexico, for $150.00 The Patrolman took his word per match. So will see all you for it and stuck out a bum beef. Brothers upon my return. Another case occurred in Balr DUIO9< Himler, Bosun timore. All but three of the creW SS'James Smith at Sea Were performers. These charact­ (Editor's note:—We wish the ers will only hurt the Union by Duke great success in the grunt these actions, and Fm hoping and groan game,- and trust he something, will be done about it will keep, us informed- as to by the next time I get in an Am^: his heaving activities. Mean­ erican port. while, keep 'em down, Duke.) Eugene A. Piniartkl �Fridar; March 1. 1947 THE SEAFARERS LOG ACTIVITY IN TYIE FAR EAST W^LL STREET WORKER APPLAUDS SEAFARERSVAID To the Editor: Virtual warfare reigns alongside the SS Swathmore Victor? lying at Shanghai. China recently, as crews of Chinese junkboats scramble for old dunnage thrown over the ship's side. As a clerk who works in a brokerage office in Wall Street, may I take this opportunity to thank your Union membership for the fine job that they are do­ ing in helping the poor whitecollar worker in getting or­ ganized. We all know the great contri­ bution that the SIU made during the war, by both helping to win the war, and by combating the communists who are trying to get a foothold here in the United States. Thanks again. M. J. G. BROTHER MAUPIN LEAVER HOSPITAL; ANXIOUS TO SHIP To the Editor: I just arrived home from the windy city of Chicago, where I spent six months as a patient at the Marine Hospital. ' I am preparing a report on con­ ditions there and will send it along as soon as possible. In the meantime, I want to tell the membership about the swell agent we have in the Chicago office—a man who I feel is doing a wonderful job and will continue to do so in the years to come. His name is Herbert Jansen, a young man in years, but an oldtimer in Swathmore Victory crewmembers making ready to leave Shanghai for Hong Kong. Seafarer James "Red" Fisher shot the maritime industry and the these pictures. SIU. Brother Jansen gave me every assistance during my confine­ ment, and also to anyone else, union man or otherwise, to whom he could give a helping hand. He was more than glad to do so. In closing, I extend to Brother SEAFARER OBJECTS TO ALABAMA'S Jansen and his assistant, John (I'm sorry I do not know his last UNEMPLOYMENT TAX DEDUCTIONS name). My sincere appreciation I'm not an active Seafarer at present, having temporarily re­ and thanks for a job well done. tired my Union book in order to finish my education. However, I have a question: Why should a seaman pay the State of Alabama for the privilege of being employed on the ships of the Waterman Steamship Cor­ poration? I think this taxation is entirely uncalled for, as no other state, to my knowledge, enforces thi.s procedure. Some action should be taken to discredit this practice, as the majority of sea­ men do not benefit from this tax, whatever it stands for. George Maslarov Book No. 34481 Delroit. Mich. ANSWER:—The tax you speak of is collected in compli­ ance with the provisions 'of the State of Alabama's unemploy­ Brother Jansen and his assistant ment compensation laws. Under the state law. seamen are re­ both carry their Union books in quired to make contributions to the fund—deductions being their hearts as well as in their made from their wages—are, therefore, eligible for the bene­ pockets. I hope to be strong enough by fits when they are unemployed. March 5 to report to the Chicago The law applies to all companies whose ships are registered Hall ready to turn to for a little in the state, and Waterman falls in this category. Payroll de­ bellyrobbing in the Lakes. How ductions of the tax must be made, regardless of where the ships about it. Herb? pay off. However, seamen are eligible for the unemployment Robert H. Maupin payments whether or not they reside in Alabama. Washington, D. C. m BEEF BOX Beachcomber Picks Up Some Newsy Items To the Editor: As I am at present looking the beach over down here in Mobil&, I might as well give the report on the local beachcombing. At the last membership meet­ ing here the introduction of the Agent-elect Cal Tanner and the Patrolmen was well taken, for there was much applause, and it wasn't bf the studio type. Brother Lindsey Williams, Gulf area organizer, made one of those speeches you hear about, but seldom-hear. He dealt with or­ ganization work—^what has been accomplished, what is being done and what the aims of the Union are. His report was cheered by all present. WILL MOVE This meeting was great. Word was given that a new HaU had been found and that we would be able to move out of the worst of SIU Halls. This is-not hearsay. I personally know that if Mobile had a temperature down to 20 degrees, no one would have been able to stay in the Hall as it would have been impossible to heat .the place. I guess before the next Lpg comes out; the Hall will be moved to Dauphin Street at Laurence, upstairs over the Furniture store. Last week in the port of Mobile, the Seafarers signed agreements with towing companies, and they're the best agreements in the world for wages and condi­ tions. Since the first of the year ship­ ping has been so good that ships have had to sail short a messman, and men coming in for jobs were shipped out in a hurry. Guess that will finish my chat for the .time being. Until I get my bowline ashore, I remain The Beachcomber Page Thirteen Mac Is Bellyrobbingr StiR But Does It In Ritz Style To the Editor: Who said a Seafarer couldn't make the Ritz? Well, here I am as head man of the Ritz—the Ritz Soda Shoppe, Hartford, Conn. That's what comes of one belonging to a good outfit like the Seafarers Interna­ tional Union, which has the best contracts in the business contain­ ing the best working conditions. So, use your heads fellows, and save your money. Maybe some day you, too, can buy yourself an eatery. Of course, this ribbing is all in fun. But what I said about the SIU stands 100 percent. It it wasn't for the Seafarers and what they stood for, I would not have been able to own this place today. ed every one treated the same whether he was licensed or not, and overtime was plentiful on his ship, and with days off for all in port. I understand the Captain has quit the Calmar line and is now retired. It's too bad fellows like this are retired and the Capt. Blighs continue to sail. How is R. Gonzales the P. M? And Paul Hall, C. Fisher and the rest of the old gang? Say Ed, if you can give me any advice on how I can collect that Calmar dough I would appreciate it very much. I'd hate to see them get. away with the dough; they got enough during the war. If you ever get up to Connecti­ cut, stop in at the Ritz Soda Shoppe, and you can have any­ thing you like on the house. Francis E. McGillicuddy Ex-Bellyrobber (Editor's note:—For that retrocative pay, write to Calmar Steamship Corp.. 25 Broadway, New York City, giving full par­ ticulars. If you have any trou­ ble, let us know. Meanwhile, keep puttin' on the Ritz, Frank. Thanks for that invite. Maybe we'll get a chance to take ad­ vantage of it someday.) It took the winning of a lot of beefs plus hard work on the part of the Patrolman and Union of­ ficials to get today's conditions. So, keep up the good work. HAS DOUGH COMING I see by the Log that Calmar is paying that retroactive pay. It's about time. I must have a few hundred coming from them myself. What will be the pro­ cedure in collecting this dough? Also in the Log I notice that Capt.^H. H. Fletcher is still master on the Eliza Wheelock. He's one of the best Skippers I've ever sailed with. I made a trip,with him when he was Chief Mate on the SS Philip F. Thomas, and the boys were all for him. Buck Stephens made a mistake when he said that Capt. Fletcher was the only good Captain Calmar had. I hate to say it about this outfit but give the de-vil his due. Capt. Hans Vige was another man just like Capt. Fletcher. He want- BROTHER GETS BRUSH OFF AFTER SHIPBOARD INJURY Aid For Writers If you are about to write— or have written—-stories of the sea, but are stumped as to how to go about having them pub­ lished, you can toss your wor­ ries over the side. The Log is happy to an­ nounce that seagoing -writers now can have their stories, articles and booJcs read and appraised by people who know the score. An arrange­ ment has been made with a reputable agency of authors' representatives, who will read the material at no cost. If the stuff has possibilities, it -will be brought to the attention of publishers. If you've written something you think is of public interest, or if you plan some literary ef­ fort while at sea, why not avail yourself of this service? Send your manuscript — typewritten, of course—^to Carl CowL c/o Seafarers Log. 51 Beaver Stw New York 4, N. Y. Enclose stamped envelope addressed to your permanent residence to in­ sure safe return in case script is not up to snuff. To the Editor: I was getting down from my top bunk Monday night, Feb. 3, when my foot slipped from the lower bed and I fell, hitting my side a hard blow on the settee in my room. First thing Tuesday morning I sent word of this to the Mate and told him I was unable to turn to. I didn't see anyone all day, so on Wednesday morning I sent word to the Captain that I wanted medical attention. About six p. m. the Purser came in with a doctor, who felt my side, said nothing was broken and put a few turns of gauze around my side and left. The gauze didn't stay on 20 minutes. By Friday morning I was so sore, I could hardly sit up in bed, so I had the Bosun tell the Mate that if I didn't get some atten­ tion I was going to call the American consul. Friday after­ noon I was sent up for an x-ray. Saturday afternoon, the Chief Mate came up and told me I had four broken ribs, and on Sunday afternoon a doctor came down and taped me up—^six days after the accident. Several times I have asked for something to help me sleep, but have been told there is nothing on board. Up to the present time, Feb. 17, an officer or the Purser hasn't been up to see me or inquire as to my condition. Clark R. Pope Okay New York Beef Handling To Ihe Editor: We are taking this opportunity to thank headquarters *for their splendid cooperation in squaring away our beefs when we were in New York. We received everything we put in for, except a few minor items, and we will square those away in :time. Until you hear from us again--rafter the next meetingpublish ;this in the Log. Signed by the Four Delegates "ii �THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Fourteen Friday. March 7, 1947 Seafarers Votes To Open Talks With Operators To Raise Wages {Continued from Page I) Acting New York Port Agent, fol­ lows: WHEREAS: The cost of living has increased since the present wage scale was negotiated with all shipping companies con­ tracted to the Seafarers Inter­ national Union of North Amer­ ica. and WHEREAS: Our existing agree­ ments provide for application to open negotiations for changes in the wage scale any time during the life of an agree­ ment, and WHEREAS; It is necessary to open negotiations immediately so that the wage scale can be adjusted to meet the present cost of living, THEREFORE, BE IT RE­ SOLVED: That the Seafarers International Union of North America go on record to im­ mediately open negotiations with all of its contracted .op­ erators for an increase in the wage scale in line with the present cost of living, AND BE IT FINALLY RE­ SOLVED: That in the event the shipowners attempt to stall us on this question beyond a reasonable length of time that we take the necessary steps, including economic action, to prevent such, happenings. When this resolution was pre­ sented, there was an immediate wave of suppoi't. Many Brothers took the deck to give their ideas on the subject, and although they looked upon a strike as some­ thing to be resorted to only if everything else failed, all ex­ pressed themselves as favoring strike action if the operators stall. 194G GENERAL STRIKE The last strike of the SIU, in September, came as a result of a decision by the Wage Stabiliza­ tion Board to refuse approval of increased wage scale negotiated By JOSEPH VOLPIAN As far back as men went to sea for a living, the courts have al­ ways considered seamen as being the "wards of the Admiralty Courts." This theory is an outgrowth of the conditions seamen had to put up with for years until they or­ ganized into unions. In the old days, men were shanghaied, given slop to eat, and vermin infested quarters in which to sleep. They were paid off with peanuts, and there was no such thing as an eight-hour day, overtime or days off. They were fair prey for every unscrupulous person, including shipowners, masters and anyone who came in contact with them. In those days all you had to have to go to sea was a strong back and an iron-lined stomach. Nowadays, a far better and more intelligent fellow goes to sea. He has realized that the best protection for himself and his brother seamen is to form a strong Union, such as ours, which is amply capable of taking care of his working conditions and welfare. Since the war, we have had a great many, young fellows go to sea. We are referring to those who are under 21 years of age. The courts have special rules to protect their interests. If a fellow under 21 years of age is hurt on a ship, he is con­ sidered to be an infant by the com'ts. GUARDIAN APPOINTED He can hire his own lawyer, but cannot agree on a fee. Before suit can be started, the court appoints a guardian "ad litem" to sue for the infant. If the case is settled, the judge has to approve the settlement. If, in" his opinion, the settlement is insufficient, he refuses to okay it. . If the settlement is satisfactory, he determines the value of the work done by the lawyer and sets his fee for him, which in most cases is very reasonable. After the case is disposed of, the money is deposited with the clerk of the court, subject to withdrawal by the infant with the court's consent, or until he reaches the age of 21 years and is considered a man. These precautions are taken by the courts for the sole purpose of protecting the rights and interest of those persons who are consid­ ered infants by reason of the fact that they are under 21 years of age. The courts feel, though we do not agree with them, that a fel­ low going to sea under 21 years of age cannot manage his own business affairs. ON THEIR TOES Our experience has been that the young fellows in our Union are on their toes every minute, and it would be very hard for any one to take advantage of them. However, experience has taught the courts that the aver­ age person under 21 years is im­ mature and can be taken ad­ vantage of by an older person very easily. The courts do not think that an infant is capable of entering into contract or of taking care of his money. In the case of the seaman who is over 21 years of age, he re­ tains a lawyer when he is hurt and agrees upon a fee, and any settlement that is made has to be made with his approval. He does not have to go to the court to set the fee of the at­ torney, nor does he have to have the approval of the court to settle his case. He is considered ma­ ture enough to be able to handle his own affairs. However, in the case of a fel­ low under 21 years of age, the courts have set up these safe­ guards to protect the boy against his own folly. by the Union. The winning of that strike meant the death of the WSB. Any new wages won in the requested negotiations will not be subject to review by any Government agency. In the successful action last year, the AFL Maritime Trades Department got its baptism of fire. Through the successful co­ operation of other AFL Maritime unions America's shipping was brought to a complete standstill. In the face of this, the Govern­ ment was forced to reverse itself. War Department Against Seamen Bill Of Rights •>'Tvi By FRENCHY MICHELET And so we came at length to Marsolova, Rosalia. The blessed the lofty summit of Monte Pelle- sun rides high in the heavens, grino by the torturous road that sweet — tomorrow comes the the Romans had followed in the wind and the rain! days of yore. That great monumental pile of Arabian and Norman architecture History tells us innumerable is The Cathedral. It Was a mos­ tales of the dead and gone gener­ ations that have lived and died there far below where Palermo smiles so sweetly in the Sicilian sun. But History is but a gossipyold crone at best, who weaves her fabric.with a warp of fact and a woof of fiction so we won't bother you with any of her OldWives' tales. Instead, you may sit here be­ side us on this lofty rock and lis­ ten while Rosalia points out the things of interest in the breath­ taking panorama below. That is the blue Mediterran­ que in the time of the Mussulman ean that is lapping so softly on conquest, but Bishop Offimilio the Sicilian shore. She wafted a converted it into a Christian host of conquerors to this sleepy church in 1170. land, but they all sleep with Many a devout Mohammond their fathers now while their has answered the wail of the erstwhile captives wander freedmuezzin who stood in its min­ men over their graves. arets and summoned the faithful That little boat floating so children of Allah to prayer. placidly on the glassy sea is And now for many centuries freighting two lovers to the love­ the priests of Rome have swung ly languid land of Makebelieve. the censer over the heads of the See, through the glasses, how adoring multitudes of Palermo reverently he touches her hand. and her environs. There is a poet beloved of the Perhaps in the not-too-distant beloved far removed who thinks future some New Messiah will that we are all of us islands in rise to preach the godlier religion the sea of life. Only in the spring, and more christian Christians he sings, when the balmy breezes will dole bread from her marble of youth float over our dreamy- alters to the poor and the lame heads, do we feel that our barges and the halt and the blind to the meet and that we are part of a glory of the God enshrined in single continent. their weakened hearts. You who know Brother MichFor, when winter comes—and come it shall—our hearts flee elet so well are well aware that from our hands to the innermost he rarely plays the pundit unless, reaches of our being and we seek of course, he feels called upon to teach Shuler to peel potatoes, so to touch each other in yain. We are all of us islands in the you will surely bear with him in this grammatical mood. lonely dismal waste WASHINGTON—The War De­ partment declared itself against the Seamen's Bill of Rights, when representatives testified recently before a sub-committee of the House Merchant Marine Commit­ tee that it is staunchly opposed to the bill to grant aid for readjust­ ment in civilian life of those sea­ men who rendered wartime serv­ ice. The War Department maintains that it finds no justification for granting seamen and their de­ pendents benefits equal to or greater than those provided for veterans of the present war. In their report to the commit­ tee it was stated: "The War De­ partment is not aware of any ef­ fort, during the present war, by members of the merchant marine,' or their representatives, to have military or naval status conferred upon them with the liabilities, privileges, and emoluments flow­ ing from such status. "Rather, they have apparently chosen to enjoy the usual rights of civilians, to introduce contracts of employment, plus the higher pay, liberal bonuses and free in­ "The unplumbed, salt, es­ surance provided for them during tranging sea." the emergency. It's sweet to bask in the warm "In the event that the Con­ Sicilian sun and dream of what gress should determine as a mat­ the moon may bring in her train. ter of national policy that addi­ The firm, round, dimpled, point­ tional benefits should be pro­ ing arm of Rosalia is richer with vided for members of the mer­ the promise of romance than the chant marine, the War Depart­ soft yielding lips of love. ment would offer no objection to TRANSPORT TO PAST an equitable extension of bene­ There, in that dense clump of fits through amendment to gen­ eral maritime laws especially de­ massive buildings, stands the Church of St. Giovanni Degli signed to protect merchant sea­ Ereimite. Her five -round domes men." stand out from the neighboring Of the national veteran's or­ structures like a bit of the wonganizations, the 'Veterans of For­ derous East miraculously trans­ eign Wars has also put itself in planted by some Alladin-like opposition to the bill, on the genie to the shores of the Western grounds that it might undermine World. the entire GI Bill of Rights. This church was built in the The National Commander of twelfth century by King Rugthe VFW, Omar Ketchum has gero. To see it still standing in stated that he intended "no dis­ all its wonted glory is to bridge paragement of the gallant (war­ the gap of ages, and to conjure time) service" of seamen, but he up in the mind a picture of metaladded that merchant seamen re­ clad knights battling the Saracen ceived "substantial benefits" dur­ infidels for possession of the ing World War II. Christian realms. The only national veterans or­ And there lie the awful Cata­ ganization that has pledged its combs — those ghastly tunnels support of the seamen's Bill of where the upright bodies of Rights is the American Veterans mummified Sicilians grin hide­ Committee. The AVC has been ously at you from either wall. in favor of the measure since it Did Casaer reck of this when was first introduced in the 79th Congress and, being the sole vet­ he stood on the banks of the eran's organization admitting Rubicond and resolved to brave merchant seamen into its ranks, the wrath of Pompey for all the it has fought vigorously for pas­ sunny fields of Italy beyond? sage of the measure. Pour us a drink of that dark AH, LOVE ! To define Rosalia, then—She's as sweet as the first kiss of love, she's as fresh as the dew on the rose, she's the sigh that burdens your heart when the girl of your choice is nigh, she's the wind that winnows through the hair of your darling when Venus rides high in the sky, she's the last lingering sip in the bottle when all of your francs have flown; she's the nap in the lap of the morning when the mate calls you fore and aft at the dawn. Tomorrow we asil from Pal­ ermo after a wonderful ten-day stay. 'While here, we have en­ joyed all the popularity of a leader in his prime; for word that your correspondent is the Chief Steward on the only American ship in port has spread like a se­ cret whispered in your motherin-law's ear. The customs officials would rather cut off their legs up to their ears than to incur our wrath by searching the sacred person of the guy what trots around with the magic keys to the fa­ bulous treasure trove. Daily we bowl up the Via Roma in a hansom carriage drawn by a belching horse who was evidently born and bred to a diet of beans, while the ragged street urchins point qut our comely person to an admiring throng. Oh, well, such is fame! �-Friday, March 7, 1947 V Page Fiffeen THE SEAFARERS LOG BULLETIN ttnclaimefl Baggage — New York PERSONALS Unclaimed articles and packages bearing the fol­ lowing^ names and/or identification tag numbers are being held at the 4th floor baggage room, 51 Beaver Street, New York City. Thc}-^ will be held another 30 days before being disposed of. Seafarers listed below are urged to call at or write to the baggage room for their property as early as possible: CHARLES MEAZZEL Write to Wilson J. Joyner, 1 Maple Street, Charleston, S. C. MONEY DUE JAMES WHITEHOUSE Get in touch with your mother at 307 Tower Street, Eureka, 111. 5. it i CARL R. MARTIN and ALEX. E. SULLIVAN Pick up your souvenirs at the New Orleans Hall. They were left ;here by Spider Korolia. t J. i JOAN F. HISKO Write or call your sons, John and Joseph, at Readington, New Jersey. NORTHERN WANDERER Alcoa Steamship Company Back wages, vacation pay and The bonus claim has been set­ transportation for the crewmem- tled and will be paid as soon as bers of the Northern Wanderer, itineraries from various ships are Alcoa Steamship Company, cov­ secured. Jack Gibbons, J. W. Clowes,* ering the trip from June 16, to Wages for R. S. Burnett, OS, No. 7217 (no name); Chas. J. Young, Paul Yancy, ArAug. 17, 1945, are now being paid. from June 16, 1945 to June 22, Hawley, Mis. Gei'tie Dyart, No. thur Gurtie Milne, John Rekstin, The one-month difference in 1945, can be collected if he writes William K. Vernier, Everette L. 8215: L. Olson, No. 1712. pay, the wage raise and the vaca­ to Mr. Gifford, c/o Alcoa Steam­ tion pay can be .secured by writ- ship Company, New Orleans, giv­ Kenneth Hogan, L. Logan, No. Penn, Walter C. Sweetser, Wal­ ing to Alcoa Steamship Company, | jng him the full details so he can 7310, (no name); No. 7251, (no ter M. Mitchel, Norman O. Dukes. Philip D. Jamison, Leonard E. c/o H. Garland, Pier 45, North' check up and make the payment. name); Mill Bratina; No. 469, (no River, New York. I Other claims for the Northern name); E. McCormick, Mickey Redmon, Alfred M. Robertson, Rpbert B. McCorkel, Pete F. ZaThe difference in transporta­ Wanderer are being handled and Tunnen. tion from Manila to San Francisco i will appear in the Log as soon Carlo Gomez, No. 8142, (no grnniczny, Edward H. Heacox, R. W. "BOB" WRIGHT is also being paid by the Alcoa, ^3 3^^^!^^^ Following is name); G 171, (no name); Lanier fkn-lysle C. Moss, Vicky C. Clark, Harry C. King, Bruel E. Bryan. R. H. Free; John Holm. who is confined to the New Or­ New York office. Each crew-j a list of crewmembers and money Clement Flores, Harold R. leans Marine Hospital, asks his member is entitled to $92.501 Joseph Bolger, Peter Kurkatransportation money over the j due them exclusive of transportamills, No. 126, Joseph Filipsen, Bronk, Jr., Charles Jabour, Carl fi iends to write him there. aniount listed. | tion and vacation pay. C. Grindberg, John B. Wilkes, No. 396, B/A RFIL; Forrest Mci i J. William M. Gray, Harold I. RAOUL PEPIN Kinley, John Asmont. Edward Williams, Ole Kuithll, Stone, Jose Valentin, Anthony Get in touch with your father, William V. Moody, Hlvaro Coti, "Metalica, Jessie Anderson, John L. Pepin, 1826 Govin Blvd. E., Eddie Frank Holec, Lee R. Stayer, V. Wagrath, Gustav Montreal, Canada, immediately. Joseph Hassinger 61.33 $ 64.57 Claude Hart Briggs, Clifton L. Alberton, Theo­ Bocek, Edward Burke. 33.36 Lusius Nickles 46.13 Arthur Woodard William J. Walsh, Harvey J. dore Harrette, Ahmed Abdelha99.47 Anthonj' Coffman 25.21 Harold Gillespie Soule, Eads A. Marcum, James J. mid, Joseph A. Spaulding. 60.81 Henry Williamson 16.17 Harry Dixon Earl Hoffman, William C. Lin- Plcgue, George Berkimer, Morris 59.09 Lynn Paasch 2.73 John C. Anderson gard, John Untich, Allen Bryant L. Shaeffer, Benjamin Green. 82.99 Victor Barker 3.73 Julian Supinski Wallace C. Clifton, J. C. HanHomer B. Broyles, Joseph P. Workman, Hipolito U. Cruz, Wil­ 82.99 Henry Black 34.06 Madison Hodges sell, Manuel Cruz, and Jose Mailiam Char. Leitch, John C. Mc­ Thompson, Juan S. Torres, A. W. 82.03 Robert L. Dice 87.98 James Renfroe Carthy, Hugh C. Malone, Byron Ecker, Howard I. Smith, Forrest sonet: These men, who witnessed Robert S. Burnett 50.93 87.67 Proceso Empefio the accident involving Manuel R. DeForrest, Raymond W. Mer- Gerber, Joseph O. Allard. 74.86 Kenneth Weatherwax 74.24 Jose Pagola Gonzales aboard the SS August rel, Leo M. Emright. Angelo Camerote 76.33 Jack Helms 65.19 In addition to the above, there Belmont, will please get in touch 68.49 19.59 Charles B. Bush are 12 packages bearing no name with Richard M. Cantor, 51 Henry Williamson Kenneth Weatherwax .... 18.67 Pantaloon Mondragon 50.17 or* number. Chambers St., New York City. 12.60 Conrado D..Reyes 50.17 Braxton Adams ^ Rafael Robles 50.70 Gerardo R. Satigan 50.17 BALTIMORE 14 North Gay St. I Will the members who were on 51.00 Herman Saunders 272.53 Gaudioso Pelino Calvert 4539 the SS Duke Victory on July 11, BOSTON 276 State St. 50.70 Manuel Kassavatis 89.99 Falconeri D. Reyes Boudoin 4455 1946, please contact Mr. Sol BerBUFFALO 10 Exchange St enholtz, Court Square Building, Cleveland 7391 Bonus and Unclaimed Baltimore, Maryland. CHARLESTON 424 King Street Wages Subsistence Phone 3-36S0 4. 4. SCHICAGO 24 W. Superior Ave. $ 77.95 $109.25 Crewmembers of Peter LisNEW YORK Superior 5175 150.00 109.25 comb can get copies of pictures SS J. LOWE CLEVELAND ...1014 E. St. Clair Ave. Main 0147 C. E. Surrency. $1.00; J. A. Robert- taken on last trip by writing him 172.50 109.25 CORPUS CHRISTI ..1824 Meaquito St sun, $2.00; J. A. Hughes. $2.00; D. T, 109.25 86.40 at 501 Tasker St., Philadelphia, II. E. Gillcspi ...... Corpus Christi 3-1509 Triiax, $2.00; R. Pennington. $1.00; J. DETROIT 1038 Third St. 97.35 109.25 Pa. Cadillac 6857 A. Pearson, $1.00; E. V. Vliet, $5,00; J J. 155.00 109.25 DULUTH 531 W. Michigan St. R. Miller, $2.00; S. L. Murray, $2.00; P. Mclroso 4110 B. Livingstone, $1,00; W. J. Wilkins, 18.00 40.42 ED BOLEHALA Herman Saunders GALVESTON 308)4—23rd Street $1.00; N. S. Ward. $1.00; G. Wilkerson. 18.30 Your clothes off the Topa Topa J. E. Hassinger ... 2-8448 $1.00; C. DeLoch, $2.00. are in the baggage room, 51 L. H. Nickles 28.42 v.. HONOLULU 16 Merchant St. SS DOROTHY 58777 18.30 Beaver Street. A. K. Coffman ... Crew of SS Dorothy—$3.00. HOUSTON 1515 7Sth Street 72.85 R. Lancaster SS STEVEDORE Phone Wentworth 3-3809 Crew of SS Stevedore—$5.00. 109.25 R. S. Burnett JACKSONVILLE 920 Main St. Phone 5-5919 R. Remmler, $1.00. 18.30 M. KassavetiS MARCUS HOOK 1'/, W. 8th St. SS BANDELIER C. F. Hart 18.30 Chester 5-3110 G. B. Griswold. $2.00; H, V. Keane. MIAMI 1356 N. E. 1st Ave. $2.00; T.'Kanaux, $2.00; A1 Stevenson. SS WM. PATTERSON J. C. Anderson .... 109.25 MOBILE 7 St. Michael St; $2.00; P. Pron, $2.00; E. L. Morris. Willard Workman, $3.00; Geo­ A. Camerote 109.25 2-1754 $2.00; C. Allen, $2.00; R. M. Hill, $2.00; rge Zanzar, $3.00; Fred N. MeNEW ORLEANS 339 Chartres St. M. J. Neth, $2.00; A. J. Stanton, $2:00; Magnolia 6112-6113 nerth, $3.00; Edward J. Rogg, C. >Meo, $2.00; H. Gfebbie, $2.00; W. C. NEW YORK 51 Beaver St. $1.50; Jones Mullen, $7.00; Ma­ Miller, $5.00; H. J, Stocker, $2.00; M. HAnover 2-2784 son Hulett, $2.50; W. F. Burke, NORFOLK 127-129 Bank Street A, Perrin, $2.00, 4-1083 SS MIDWAY HILLS $3.50. Retroactive Pay NOTICE! SlU HALLS MONEY DUE 9 South 7th St. Crew of SS Midway Hills and S. J. Phone Lombard 3-7651 Gallagher, $16.00. PORT ARTHUR ..909 Fort Worth Ave. L. Kapczynski, $2.00. Phone: 2-8532 SS A. BELMONT PORTLAND Ill W. Burnside St. W. S. Blazer, $1.00; R. A. Floyd, Beacon 4336 RICHMOND. Calif. 257 5th St. $1.00; M. Romalho, $1.00; W. J. Black2599 man, $1.00; F. W. Smith, $1.00; G. PecSAN FRANCISCO .....;105 Matket St. chiar, $1.00; J. Markey, $L00; C. StanDouglas 5475-8363 genberg, $1.00; P. F. Savalli, $1.00; SAN JUAN, P. R. . . i^52< Petice ile Leon E. R. Hall, $1.00; R. J. Clark, $1.00: San Juan 2-5996 F. Young, $1,00; P. G. Salino. $1.00; SAVANNAH 220 East Bay St. Fernandez, 8-1728 E. Hernandez, $1,(10; JJ. SEATTLE 86 Seneca St. $1.00; V. Paid, $1.00; J, Gonzalez, $1.00; Main 0290 C. C. Moss, $i:00; M. Bodden. $l;00; TAMPA 1809-I81I N. Franklin St.' P. R. Baker, $1.00; A. R. Swiszczowski, M-1323 $1,00; G. Igrragaray, $1.00; J. R. Ares. TOLEDO 615 Summit St. $1.00; H. W. Forbes, $1.00. WiLlitlNQTON w. <, - :'4«) lA^hita tUvd. SS JOHN BLAIR 'TdMMnal '4-3131 A. Sdrtori, $2.00; F. Vasihetti,'$2:00; VfCtOltrA, 'to.Jc. ... .to02 BtfUifkten St. Tardan 8331 C.' D. Segarra. $r/00;.'J. A. Adam.,:$l;00; VANGOOVER ...;144 W. Haitings Sti E. Bern'dsen, '$2;0O. toaaitic 7324 SS MAE Crew of SS Mae—$8.00. Retroactive Pay Waiting PHILADELPHIA Retroactive Fay NEWTEK SS CORP. Newtex Steamship Cor­ poration is now paying retroaotive pay for the following voyages: V. S. Hood, Voyage No. 4, -April 1 to Jiine 11: C. J. FIniay. Voyage No. 6, July 2B to August 25; and Coastal Skipper, Voyage No. 8, April 1 to May 15. Apply in per­ son -to the -Company office. Pier A2. iTorth 'Rhrer. Dr send a, letter Beeatt!|t«ttied hy suf­ ficient t identifieation. RESTORER The following named crew­ Leonard F. Nix 92.78 members of the cableship Re­ Raymond C. Matthews .... 50.59 25.47 storer can now collect the Timothy O'Brien amounts listed below. The money Jack Martin 131.20 12v61 is due for retroactive pay and Aiitoine L. Paul 78^80 overtime from Aug. 29, 1946 to Lawson Grey James A. Love 103.12 Oct. 31, 1946. 14.87 Ormohci C. Griffin $ 86.97 John W. Cooper 101.*48 Patrick Connor 94.58 Thomas S. Harper William K. Caird 98.89 John Haffie 11.22 11.37 Francis S. Wilson 96.03 James R. Sinclair Roy 'Fredette f'82.69 Nathan S. Frost 488.^ James 'D. -Waldron 80.75 Donald -H. MiiKenzle 8.74 96.82 James B. -Daley -Se.JB Brian 'L. 'Fisher Thomas' Owen-Davies ........ •20;44 Edward Owen 95.08 �Page Sixteen THE SEAFARERS LOG TO seiN6 M m Friday, March 7, 1947 CONTRACTS CONDITIONS SECURITY w I r- : . • i^'v. SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION Of NORTH AMERICA • � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource March 7, 1947 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. IX, No. 10 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SEAFARERS TAKES ACTION FOR NEW PAY INCREASES TO MEET COST OF LIVING PICKETLINE SHUTS EXCHANGE; COTTON HEADS SIGN WITH UFE PURSERS UNION SWEEPS ELECTION IN CUBA MAIL UFE BEEF PROVES EVEN TYCOONS CAN BE TAUGHT FIRST OF NEW SHIPS DELIVERED TO ROBIN HELPING HANDS SEAFARERS READY TO LAUNCH DRIVE TO ORGANIZE GREAT LAKES SEAMEN LUNDEBERG, WEISBERGER REELECTED BY SAILORS UNION MEMBERSHIP BALTIMORE FINDS TIME TO HELP UFE IN NEW YORK DETERMINED TO END BAD SHIPBOARD CONDITIONS FOUR ISTHMIAN CREWS HOLD MEETING IN CALCUTTA B.C. SEAFARERS PASS WORD ON SCAB NEWSPAPER NO ROTARY SHIPPING FOR LSU MEN; FRIENDS, RELATIVES COME FIRST SIU AGREEMENTS ARE THE SAME, WHETHER IN SAN JUAN OR NEW YORK IF YOU WANT A JOB IN A HURRY, MAKE A BEELINE FOR PHILADELPHIA DO NOT COME, SAYS CHARLESTON, SHIPPING IS SLOW MISSISSIPPI CREWMEN ON THE BALL IN N.O.--HAVE SHIPS IN TOP SHAPE SHIPS COMING OUT OF BONEYARD LEAVE NEW YORK SHORT OF RAITINGS AFL COUNCIL OFF TO A GOOD START IN DULUTH THIRTY SHIPS WILL BE CREWED IN MOBILE; NEW HALL IS READY SHIPWORKERS GO BACK ON LINE AS STRIKE GOES ON NMU INVENTS NEW DODGE TO MAKE MONEY PORT MIAMI HOLDS A LIVELY BRANCH MEETING WILLARD CREW MAKES DONATIONS TO HOSPITALIZED PICKETLINES TEACH WALL STREET TO BARGAIN FOOD DONE TO TURN ON WM. BREWSTER MALDEN MEN TAKE STAND FOR A UNION SLOPCHEST PRIMA DONNA PURSER LOUSES UP LANGUAGE AND SS JOHNSON SLOPCHEST GOES HAYWIRE WAR DEPARTMENT AGAINST SEAMEN BILL OF RIGHTS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 3/7/1947 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1947 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/973de725423a18ee3b963b4201b1c88c.pdf 6d58190da754b4ba5db8c4d2770a06f2 PDF Text Text M  • • ­^1  V  i\  •  OFFICIAL  ORGAN  OF  THE  SEAFARERS  IN T E R N A TIO NA L  UNION  •  ATLANTIC  AND  GULF  DISTRICT  •  AFL  •   I  "1  yt/^  '  J  liiii?  '5  1  '  si  ?  '  J  '  .  i  • ^    ''M  ^  ,  <  J  / I  ­,;^l  • MI  iiiiii  uiie £xcuf$iii  JLs,  • ^  .  s  ~  J  ­iT  1  Wicfe  Open  to  potential  sabo­ teurs, US ports  offer  foreign  agents  virtu­ ally free access  to the  country  as  seamen,  a  LOG  survey  reveals­  No  screening  is  required  of  seamen  arriving  on  foreign  ships,  while  American  seamen  must  go  through a  security  check­up.  Illustrating  the  port  security  loophole  are  these  foreign  crewmembers  coming  down  the gangway of  a Panamanian ship in New  York.  They  are  almost  completely  free  to  come and.go as they please. (Story on Page 3.)  ­­  '  isiSffll  li  �•  :• •   ­vSjS  W­'  SEAFAHSRS  too  riM«r, Bfaivk T. Matt  ^  SIU Story On Alrwaves­j^p  Members  Soon  Will  Be  Issued  Deluxe  Books  • r  • 4.­: J  Se£ifarers  in  the Atlantic  &  Gulf  District  will  have a  real  beauty in  their  hands before long  when distribution is  begun  on  the new  SIU Union  Book,  ^  The  expiratiqn  .Q£.  many  books  ume  will  turn  them  out  in  jig  ^  enmasse,  because  they only  accom­ time.  modate a  10­year or  12­year record  The  exchange  of  books  will  be  at  most,  has  necessitated  the  new  at  no  cost  to  the  membership  in  book  issue,  and  its  promises  to  be  line  with  the  Union  policy  of  pro­ vidirg  all  services  w.tb  no  charge  a  whopper.  It  is  expected  the  trade­ins,  old  attached.  They  will be  distributed  bock  for  new,  will  begin  within  a  a  batch  at a  time,  in  keeping  with  month,  since  proofs  and  samples  a now  numbering policy set­up  con­ are  already  completed  and  mass  forming  to  alphabetical  listing.  printing  of  the  valuable  little  vol­ Seafarer Brown will have a  B­num­ lier and  Smith a  number beginning  with  S.  Since  many  men  have  a  sentimental  attachment  to  a  num­ ber  that  they've  sailed  with for  so  many  years,  a  space  has  been  left  in  the  new  book  for  former  book  numbers.  Story  of  SIU operations and  Union's newspaper  were  discussed  on  industrial  relations  program  over  The  design  is similar  to  the  ex­ isting  model.  That's  where  the  Fordhani  Uuiveisity's radio  station  WFUV Thursday,  Feb.  28,  by  Herbert  Brand  (center)  editor,  and  comparison  stops,  however,  as  a  Bernard Seaman  (left), art editor, SEAFARERS  LO G.  Program's moderator  was Robert  J.  Mozer.  Seeking  to  gag  organized  labor  thorough  overhauling  has  been  support assisting  the striking  Tide­ made  to  bring  record  entries  and  water  Oil  Employees  Association,  all  data  up  to  par  with  current  oil  barge  operators have  secured  a  bookkeeping methods  of  the Union.  14­€araf  Job  temporary  New  Jersey  restraining  order  against  •  the  International  The  book will have an all­leather  The NMU has a  few  words of  solid fidvice  to  its  ill  members  who  are  unable  to  collect  Longshoremen's  Association  and  cover,  gold­leaf  lettered  with  the  maintenance  and  cure  benefits  from  the  operators.  According  to  the  last  issue  of  the  its Marine  Tugboatmens  Local  333.  man's  name  and  number,  and  14­ NMU's  newspaper,  members  who  have  difficulty  getting  such  benefits  which  are  provided  The  2,000  workers  in  the  TOEA,  carat gold  tips to keep it  whole. In­ for  in  that  union's  contract^  an  independent  union,  broke  with  side  pages  will  be  waterproofed  have  to  pay  for  legal  aid  to  says  flatly  that  men. should  get  can  not  be  obtained^ through  the  management  nine  weeks  ago  after  and will have  a place  for an identi­ lawyers  when  "claims  for  main­ help of  the Union  representatives."  balking  at  stalled  negotiations  for  fying  photo  of  the  Seafarer.  An  collect  them.  a  new  agreement.  Their  efforts  to  attractive  folder  will  be  provided,  The  article,  quoting  National  tenance  and  cure  benefits  .  .  .  As  far  as  weekly  hospital  bene­ Secretary Neal Hanley of  the NMU,  are contested  by  the operators and  fits  and  death  benefits  are  con­ (Continued  on  page  17)  enforce  the  beef  at  the  Tidewater  cerned,  the  NMU  Secretary  says  oil  refinery  and  tank  farm  in  Bay­ that  "lawyers  are  not  needed"  to  onne,  NJ,  have  been  aided  by  the  collect  them,  and  continues  that  ILA,  MM&P  and  the  SIU.  "Union  officials  in  every  port  are  Obtaining  the  injunction  in  prepared  to  give  necessary  advice  Superior  Court,  Patterson,  the  needed" in  collecting  these  claims.  (The  following  article  was  written  expressly  for  the  SEAFARERS  barge  operators,  who  transport  oil  Members  Victimized  products  in  the  harbor  area,  as­ LOG  by  Senator  JAMES  E. MURRAY  (D.)  of  Montana, Chairman  of  The reassiurance on  legal aid  was  serted  that  the  activities  of  long­ the U  S  Senate Committee  on  Labor  and  Public Welfare.)  shoremen  in  helping  the  strikers  I first  became  well  acquainted  offered,  the  article  said,  when  it  was  harming  their  business.  Mean­ was  learned  that  members  have  to organize  tanker seamen had met  while,  the  strike  is  continuing  as  with  the  Seafarers'  International  with  vigorous  resistance.  been  "victimized  by  having  to  pay  Union,  Atlantic  and  Gulf  District,  actively  as  before.  legal fees to obtain claims  to which  Happily,  as  we found, the  Union  Seafarers  at  a  headquarters  during  the  investigation by my sub­ they  are  justly  entitled  under  the  branch  meeting  February  13  voted  committee  of  labor  relations  be­ was  strong and intelligently organ­ ... Welfare  agreement."  to  assist  the  striking  refinery  In other words,  beneficiaries and  tween  the  Union  and  Cities  Serv­ ized  and led, and  was able  to over­ workers  with  a  $600  cash  gift.  come  employer resistance.  The  members  of  the  NMU  in  order  to  ice  Corporation.  The  invest'gation  collect benefits  from the  Insurance  struggle  was  certainly  one  of  the  revealed  that  the  Union's  efforts  company to which  the NMU  turned  epics, in  the  history  of  American  over  its  welfare  plan,  have  been  labor, and  at  the conclusion  of  our  compelled  in  some  cases  to  get  a  March  7. 1952  Vol.  XiV,  N.e.  5  investigation  I  had a deep and abid­ lawyer  before  they  could  receive  As  I  See  It  Page  13  their  just  due.  In  at  least  one  in­ ing  admiration  for  your  great  Un­ Burly  Page  16  stance,  previously  reported  in  the  ion.  Incidentally,  throughout  my  LOG,  the  widow  of  a  NMU  mem­ Crossword Puzzle  Page  12  boyhood  I  always  wanted  to  go  to  ber  had  to  go  to  court  to  collect  Did  You  Know  Page  18  Senator  James  E.  Murray  sea.  Undoubtedly the glamour and  a  death  benefit.  Editorial  Page  13  romance  of  seafaring  has  greatly  numbers  under  able  and  devoted  A  SIU  Welfare  Fund  spokesman  Foc'sle  Fotog  Page  19  added  to  my  interest  in  your  af­ leadership.  commenting  on  the  article,  de­ Inquiring  Seafarer  Page  12  fairs.  I am  looking forward  to my first  clared,  "The reason  so many  NMU  The  67th  birthday  of  the  Sailors  I  was  very  proud  that  our  in­ opportunity  to  visit  the  New  York  members  and" widows  of  members  In The  Wake  Page  12  Labor  Round­up.......  Page  16  Union of  the Pacific  was celebrated  vestigation  played  a  constructive  hiring  hall  and  see  it  in  actual  have  had  to run  to  lawyers  to  get  their  claims  settled  is  because  the  Letters  Page  21,  22,  23  yesterday  in  San  Francisco  and  part  in  the  establishment  of  good  operation.  NMU has  abdicated its responsibil­ labor  relations  in  the  Cities  Serv­ wherever SUP men  sail.  Libertys  Names  Page  20  ity  to  represent  the  members  and  It  was  on  March  6,  1885,  that  a  ice  tanker fleet.  I know  that  after  Letter Of  The  Week...  Page  13  turned over its whole  welfare oper­ the  high executives  of  Cities  Serv­ Current  IJOG  Maritime  Page  16  group  of  aroused  seamen,  an­ ice  learned  the  facts,  they  made  a  ation  to  an  insurance  company.  Biggest  Ever  SIU  Handles  It  Meet  The  Seafarer  Page  12  gered  at  shipowners'  wage­cutting  determined  and  effective  effort  to  The  new,  streamlined  LOG  On The  Job  Page  16  schemes,  gathered  on  the  Folsom  establish  good  relations.  Accord­ "Where  the  SIU  distributes  to  my  information,  the  Union  will  be  a  28­pager  beginning  hospital  benefits  every  week  in  Ore Ship Feature  . .Pages 14,  15  Street  wharf  in  San  Francisco  to  ing  and  the  corporation  now  enjoy  this  issue  and  continuing  form  of  cash  to  the  men  in  Panama  Ship  Story  Page  10  form  a  union  that  was  later  to be­ peaceful and stable relations  which  through subsequent  editions of  the  the  hospital,  and  mails  out  death  come  the  SUP.  Personals  Page  26  contribute  much  to  the  well­being  the Seafarers'  own  newspaper.  benefit  checks  immediately  upon  The  impetus  to  the  meeting  was  of  the  tanker  industry.  The  addition  of  four  extra  receipt  of  death  certificates,  the  Quiz  Page  19  pages  has  been  prompted  by  NMU  member  or  beneficiary  haB  a  shipowner  plan  to  cut  the  men's  I  have  recently  heard  of  the  es­ Sailing  Ship  Feature.. .Page  11  the  expanding  welfare  and  to  make  application  to  the  insur­ wages  to  $20 a  month.  It  was  de­ tablishment  of  your Vacation  Plan.  Ships' Minutes  Page  26,  27  cided  then  and there  that  the  only  I  am  sure  it  will­do much  to assist  brand new  vacation  operations  ance  company.  The  company  is  .  SIU History  Cartoon  Page  7  way  to fight  the  scheme  was  to  your  members.  The  Union has  as­ presented  in  full  in  the  LOG,  never  anxious  to  give  out  money  Sports  Line  Page  20  form  a  union.  The 220  men  pres­ sumed a  great responsibility  in the  as  well  as  the  desire  to  in­ and  will  investigate  and  delay  and  sometimes  refuse  benefits,  Ten Years Ago  Page  12  ent  raised  a  sum  of  $34  to  rent  a  administration  of  a  joint  plan,  and  clude  additional news  and fea­ ture reading matter.  The fact  compelling  the  member  or  )iis  Top Of The  News.  Page  6  meeting hall  for the  next night.  At  so  far  as  I  know  it  is the first  un­ that  this  issue  marks  the  larg­ that  meeting  the  union  was  estab­ ion,  certainly  in  the  maritime  in­ widow  to hire a  lawyer."  Vacation  Payments  lished  and  a  constHution  and  by­ dustry,  to  actually  make  vacation  est  SEAFARERS  LOG  ever  When  it  comes'to  maintenance  Pages  23.  24,  25  laws were unanimously adopted.  payments  to  its  members.  I  think  presented  to  SIU  readers  can  and  cure  it  has  always  been  the  Wash.  News  Letter  Page  4  be  attributed  wholly  to  the  practice  in  thb  SIU  for  a  Union  Simple  ceremonies  were  held  it  is  an  amazing  feat  that  the  Un­ Welfare  Benefits  Page  25  yesterday  in San  Francisco to  com­ ion  could  pay  out  in  excess of  mounting  interest  and  support  representative to  go after  the com­ $100,000  in  one  week,  in  13  ports,  by  the  membership  to  make  pany  and  collect  such  benefits  if  memorate the occasion.  Publlthed  biwMkly  at  Hia  iiaadquartcri  their paper the  most  alert  and  they  are  disputed,  in  contrast  to  The  men  of  the  SIU  A&G  dis­ without  a  serious  mistake.  ef  fh«  Saafarert  Intarnallonai  Union,  At­ lantic  A  Suit  District,  AFL,  *75  Fourth  trict  on  this  birthday  say  to  the  attractive  Union  newspaper  in  the  NMU  policy  of  telling  mem­ I  have  the  utmost  confidence  Avanuo,  Brooklyn  32,  N. Y.  Tal. STariinn  the  world.  • ­4471.  Entorod  at  lacond  class  matter  SUP,  "Steady  as  she  goes,  broth­ that  your  Union  will  continue  its  bers that  the union  can do nothing  at  the  Post  Office  In  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  eE&J*  ­ unusual; grawttk  in^jatresgth.  midi  for  under  the­Act?dif.  AuaiMHHfllli,  Court  Bans  Tug  Aid  In  Oil Strike  Get Lawyer^ NMUers Told  SlU's Plan 'Amazing:' Sen. Murray  SEAFARERS  LOG  Sailors Union  Born 67  Years  Ago This Week  .1­  jv..  �. .wJi­^SSiJU.' ^  Wtl«a7, Mank  9»  UM  SKAFARERS  IPG  mm­ us Port Security A Myth  Failure To Screen  Foreign­Flag Ships  Perils US  Security  • x.m  1)  (Copyright,  Seafarers  Int.  Uni|n,  A&G  Dist..  1932)  Despite the establishment two years ago of a security  program  for  America's  waterfront,  our  piers,  harbor  facilities^  oil  terminals and drydocks  are wide open to  any potential enemy.  Thousands of seamen aboard foreign­flag ships arrive  in  United  States  ports  every  day  with  virtually  no  Wide  open  for  potential  subversiTe  traffic  to  and  from  ship,  the  Panamanian ­ registered  San  Pedro  lies  at  dockside  at  foot  of  Woicott  Street,  Brooklyn.  Pier  gate  was  open  with  no  guard and  LOG  re­ porter  boarded ship  and  took  photos  without  being  questioned.  Crewmen  were  all  foreign  nationals.  SiU Vacation Payments Well  On Way; 200G's In 3 Weeks  Continuing  to  serve  up  thousands  of  dollars  in  vacation­ benefits with  every working day, the SIU Vacation Plan paid  out over  $200,000  after  only  20  days of  operation.  While the  pace  has  slackened  off  a  bit  the  thousands  of  dollars  from the early rush, payments  include  paid  out  weekly  by . the  Seafarers  in  the  two­week  period Mon­ Welfare  Plan in  death and  hospUal  ' day, February 19, through Sat­ benefits.  urday, March  1,  totaled $102,­ In  the  20  days  since  the  Plan  896.59.  Added  to  the  money  first  started  jpaying  out  benefits,  a  paid  out  in  the first  week's  total  of  3,183  Seafarers  have  re­ operation,  the  grand  total  ceived vacation  checks from $35  on  up,  depending upon  the total  num­ comes  to  $202,067.57.  restriction on their movements  or  check  made  of  their  back­ threat.  The  question might  even be  raised;  Is  the  security  program  grounds.  Guised  as  seamen,  a  small  realiy  aimed  at  making  the  ports  army  of  saboteurs,  spies  and  spy­proof  or  is  its  intent  to  give  spy  couriers  could  be  landed  the  Coast  Guard  tighter  control  of  in  this  country  with  little  to  stop  American  seamen?  The  staunchly  anti­Communist  them.  Seafarers  International  Union,  While  the  United  States  Coast  which  in  this  matter  is  working  Guard,  .which  is  with the  Coast Guard  in its attempt  charged  with  op­ to  minimize  the  dangers  to  the  vi­ erating  the  se­ tally  important  ports  of  this  coun­ curity  program,  try,  undertook  this  week  to  ieam  has  checked  the  what,  if  any,  steps  are  being  taken'  security  of  the  to  plug  the  dangerous gap. The  re­ 400,000  American  sult  was  startling!  seamen  and long­ The New  York office  of  the Coast  shoremen,  Guard  reported  that  it  was  aware  the  biggest  dan­ of  the shortcomings  of  the security  ger  to  the  na­ program as it  is now  operating, but  tion's  safety  has  been  left  unchal­ lenged,  and  indications  are  that  little  if  anything  is  being  done  to  plug  the  hole  in  this  country's  Is This Security?  security  program.  Under  the  present  security  While  American  seamen  ai­ program:  screened,  the  procedure  made  • American    seamen  and  more  difficult  for  American  sea­ Longshoremen  are  screened,  men  to  get  duplicates  of  lost  pa­ yet  no  provision  is  made  te  pers  and  even  the  men  sailing  on  screen  possible  subversives  on  the  Great  Lakes  must  undergo  the  foreign  ships  tying  up  in  our  screening  process,  the  gate  is  left  ports.  wide  open  to  a  really  dangerous  • Unscreened    foreign ­ flag  ships tie  up  at  restricted  piera  barred  to  unchecked  Ameri­ cans.  .  • Hundreds    of  foreign  sea­ men  jump  ship  here  every  year. >  • The    McCarran  Act  bars  "suspected"  visitors;  no  such  rule on  foreign seamen.  • Enemies    —  for  example,  the convicted  Communists now  at  large  —  can  escape  this  country  on those  foreign  ships  which  require  no  seamen's  papers.  of  days  on  their  sea  and  port  The.  above­listed  figures  apply  .ber  time  discharges.  The  largest check  to  vacation  pay  only  and  do  not  paid  out  thus  far  went  to  Seafarer  could  not  report  that  steps  are  be­ Edward  Zebrowski,  OS,  covering  ing  taken  to  clamp  down.  Restric­ the period  from  June  1,  1951, when  tions  on  foreign  seamen  aboard  the  plan  %ent  into  effect,  until  foreign­flag  ships  actually  are  no  February  26,  1952,  when  he  signed  more  stringent  today  than  they  oft the  Lewis Emery  Jr.  Zebrowski  were  prior to the security  program.  received  a  $105.36  for  the  nine­ Half­Way  Check  month  period.  Maximum* obtaina­ The  Department  of  Immigration  ble  for  a  full  year's  sea  and  port  First Seafarer  to apply for  vacation pay  in Lake Charles,  Melton R.  stated  that  it  checks  crews  of  for­ time  is  $140.  Zebrowski  had  been  Henton  (right)  hands  completed  form  to SIU  Agent  Leroy  Clarke.  eign  ships  for  possible  undesir­ riding  4:he  Emery  steadily  on  the  He got  a  check  of  $89.04, for 229  workdays.  (Continued  on  .lage  10)  coal  and  Army  cargo  run  to  Eu­ rope.  Smooth  Job  Despite  the  tremendous  amount  •   With  some  shipping  com­ of  clerical  work  involved  in  han­ dling the applications  in  New York  panies  completing  all  pay­ and  in  all  outports,  the  job  has  A $30  increase for all  day men in the deck  and  engine  departments,  with  the  exception  of.  wipers who will get $15,  went into effect on  March  1.  The  latest  increases  were  negotiated  proceeded with remarkable smooth­ ments  and  others  not  yet  ness.  After the  initial rush  of  pay­ by  the  Union  under  the exclusive  SIU reopening  clause  which  allows  for  renegotiations  on  beginning,  payment  of  retro­ ments  subsides,  the  Vacation  Plan  monetary  matters  at  anytime­^  active wages to Seafarers back  expects  to  pay  out  benefits  in  an  dividing  line  on  overtime  rates,  to  receive  overtime  in  the  home  to November 1,1951, shows a spotty  even  shorter  time  than  it  now  during  the contract's life.  Ap­ the  Union  emphasizes  that  the  port  for  work  before  8  AM  or  aspect.  A  good  number  of  the  takes  between  filing  of  application  proval  of  the  Wage  Stabiliza­ existing  overtime  rates  paid  for  after  5  PM.  Questions have  arisen  small  companies  and  some  of  the  and  issuance  of  cfieck.  In  New  tion  Board  is  required  which  the  various  ratings  will  continue  under  this  clause  as  to  what  the  larger  ones,  notably  Waterman,  York,  the Plan  has  gotten the. time  make  for  some  delay  in  get­ for  the  remainder  of  the  contract.  home  port  was.  It  was  determined  Calmar  and  Cities  Service,  have  limit  down  to  one­half  hour  and  ting the  money to the  men in­ Stewards Overtime  in  negotiation  sessions  that  the  virtually wound  up the  job of  mak­ is  confident  it  will  be  turning  out  volved,  but  in  any event  pay­ In  addition  to  the  wage  in­ home  port  was  the  port  of  payoff  ing  payments.  Others  are  well  on  the checks within 15  minutes of  fil­ ment  will  be  retroactive  to  creases,  clariflcation  was  reached  with  two  exceptions.  The  home  the  way  toward  completion.  ing.  Payment  in  the  outports  Is  March 1.  on  the  question  of  stewards  de­ port  for  all  Robin  Lines  ships  is  At this stage  it woijld be  difficult  necessarily  limited  In  speed  be­ Although  the  newest  increase  partment  overtime  on  freight  New  York,  and  for  all  company­ to.  estimate  what  percentage  of  cause  of  the  mailing  problem,  but  puts  some  of  the  day men,  notably  ships.  Under the  existing contract,  owned  ships  of  the  Mississippi  deck  maintenance  men,  over  the  stewards  department  workers  are  (Continued^^  ;  ^Continued  on  page ^  Go's Hearing  MidwayMark  In Back Pay  Daymen Win $30 Increase  (Cwtowa gn  ­ ­ ".L.  a  :  I  �*• ; \  SEAFAREKS  LOG  Pace Few  Lame  Ship Draws  Shrimp Boat  But Coast  Guard  Aint  A  Xomin  SIU  NEWSLETTER  from WASHINGTON  Mobile.—Like  the  traditional  "Queen  for  a  Day" stripped  of  her  trappings  the  morning  The current  investigation  by  the special  Congressional subcommittee  after, the SS Cape  Corwin  retraced its ghostlike course to New  Orleans and once again com­ into  tanker sales of  thq  former Maritime  Commission,  negotiated  with  certain  interests  headed  by  Joseph  Casey  (former  Congressman)  is  fortably  settled  herself  in  this port's layup  fleet.  pointing  up  the alien  control  of  US corporations  engaged  in  shipping.  Allocated  to  the  Waterman  Insofar  as the  acquisition  of  ships from  the  Commission  is concerned,  Steamship Company  under govern­ the  Senate  subcommittee  will  never  be  able  to  prove  any  violation  ment  authority,  the  vessel  was  of  law  in  the  Casey  ship  dealings  or  that  undue  Influence  was  used  withdrawn from  the boneyard  near  in  receiving  the  allocations.  Mobile  and,  with  an  SIU  riding  What  will  be  brought  out  is  that, legally, everything  was  on  the  up  crew  aboard,  towed  to  New  Or­ and  up, and  that  everyone complied  with  the letter  of  the law  but  not  leans to  be  refitted for  active serv­ the spirit  of  the law.  ice.  She  no  sooner  arrived  ^lere,  after a  hectic 17­day  tow  on  a  trip  One  thing  that  will  result  from  this  investigation,  however,  is  sure  normally taking  three to four  days,  to  be  a  recommendation  from  the  special  Senate  subcommittee  that  when  she  was  declared  unfit  for  Congress enact  legislation  to  tighten  up  any  loopholes existing  now  in  service  and  marked  for  a  return  Sections 9 and  37 of  the Shipping  Act, 1917,  having to do  with  transfer  to  the  reserve fleet.  of  vessels  to foreign  flags.  The incident,  costly  in  dollars to  Another  result  of  the current  hearings  into  the  Casey  ship  dealings  the  Government  and  in  hardship  with  the former Maritime Commission is the revelation  that  US owners  for  the  four  Seafarers  making  up  may  charter  to  foreign  corporations  at  very  low  rates  and,  therefore,  the riding  crew,  also  drew  the fire  reap a  huge profit,  tax free, through the  operation of  the vessels Hinder  of  the  SIU  participants  because  of  foreign  registry.  the role  of  the  Coast  Guard in  the  &  ^  '  situation.  In  a  report  to  the  LOG,  The  US  Coast  Guard,  it  will  be  recalled,  was  authorized  some­ brothers Paul Chattey, W.  H. Grad­ time  back  to  use  500  officers and 4,200  men  to conduct  a  limited  port  dick,  Charles  O.  Lee  and  Clyde  security program  in 10 major  ports of  the United States and  in  4 fields  Rayford  set  forth  what  transpired.  of  activities.  These four fields  consisted of,  first, screening  of  seamen  The Cape  Corwin left  Mobile for  to  eliminate  subversives;  screening  of  dock  workers;  protection  of  all  New  Orleans  on  the  last  day  of  port  areas;  and  the  control  of  shipments  for  explosive  loadings.  Trip  on  "ghost  queen"  Cape  Corwin  was  «  real  hard­luck  Junket  January  under  tow  of  the  tug  H.  Throughout  the  country. Coast  Guard  has  issued  some  225,000  vali*  f?7  (L­R)  Seafarers  Clyde  Rayford,  W.  H.  Graddiek,  Charles  O.  C.  Whiteman  for  New  Orleans. On  dated  seamens' documents so  that  this  phase  of  the activities  is  pretty  February  1,  the  tow  line  parted  Lee  and  Paul  Chattey.  well cleaned  up.  and, due to heavy seas, the tug  was  However, the stevedore  problem is still  before the  Coast  Guard, and  unable  to  make  contact  with  the  it  is  expected  that  by  the  end  of  June  30,  1952,  about  225,000  steve­ powerless ship. Drifting for several  dores also  will have  been screened.  hours,  the  Seafarers  sounded  10  fathoms of  water  and  dropped  an­ chor;  however, the  hook  would  not  Something  that  has  been  brewing  for  a  long  time  but  has  never  hold  until  they  drifted  into  nine  been  faced  head­on  is  the  subject  of  Government  competition  with  feet  of  water.  private  enterprise  in  the  steamship  business.  This  matter  will  come  No  Lifeboat  Five  SUP  crewmembers  of  the  Alaska  Bear  have  been  in  for  a  lot  of  attention  in  a  couple  of  months  before  a  special  Sub­ The  following  day,  the  men  cleared  by  a  Coast  Guard  examiner  of  charges  brought  committee  on  Sea  and  Harbor  Transportation,  of  the  House  Armed  noted,  the  sea  had  gone  down  against  them for violent and  unruly behavior  aboard the ship  Services Committee.  enough for  them to  have  been  able  and  in  foreign  ports.  At  the>  During the  past few  weeks some elements fit  the Capitol, not directly  to  launch  a  lifeboat—if  they  had  connected  with  the  House  Armed  Services  Committee,  have  quietly  same  time,  members  of  the  Cisco last October  4 for the  Orient.  one—and  get  supplies  from  the  been  digging  up  facts  as  to  competition, to  privately­owned  ships  of­ Upon  arriving  in  Karachi,  India,  steward  department,  who  tug,  which  was  standing about five  by  the  Military  Sea  Transportation  Service.  Although  this  miles  out  from  them,  but  the  tug  brought  the  charges,  are  stiU  the  steward  department  told  the  fered  matter  at the  moment  is  held  to  be  confidential, figures  thus  far  un­ made  no  attempt  to find  out  their  awaiting  hearings  for  delay­ captain  they  would  refuse  to  work  earthed by some  of  the staff  boys in Congress  will show  tiiat  numerous  unless the five  SUP men  were dis­ condition.  ing  the vessel  in  Karachi,  In­ passengers  (in  addition  to  CMgo)  have  been  carried  on  MSTS  vessels  charged. The  reason  given  for  this  A  Coast  Guard  boat,  the  Nike  dia,  and  refusing  to  work  the  that could,  and should, have  been carried  by American  privately­owned  was  that  their  lives  were  threat­ 112,  appeared  February  3  and  ship.  The  steward  men  are  though  it chinned  with  the tug  for  members  of  the  Communist­ ened  by  the sailors  and  they  could  vessels.  not  continue  work.  In  addition  to  Government  competition  with  shipping  on  the  high  a  while,  also  made  no  attempt  to  seas,  the  special  House  Armed  Services  Subcommittee  also  has  been  Stewards  Obstinate  contact  the  Cape  Corwin,  despite  controlled  Marine,  Cooks  and  distress flags flying, a  barrel of  oil  Stewards Union.  A  hearing  was  then  held  by  the  delving into  the matter  of  Army­Navy  competition  with  private  barge­ burning  on  deck and  other  indica­ Exoneration  of  the five  deck  American  vice­consul  in  the  port  tug operators  within  the iinmediate  pott areas  throughout  the country.  tions  that  aid  was  needed  at  once,  hands  was  hailed  by  the  SUP  as  of  Karachi.  He  found  no  grounds  The  Chairman  of  the  Special Subcommittee,  Representative  Haven­ the  next  day,  the  Whiteman  foiling a  frame­up.  for  the  steward  department  be­ ner,  California,  is  veiy  friendly  to  the  cause  of  private  enterprise,  moved in  to about three miles  away  The  Alaska  Bear  left  San  Fran­ havior  and  ordered  them  to  sail  wants to  keep the  Goveriunent's competitive ship  operations down  and,  and  sent  over  a  boat—but  still  no  the ship. However, when  the vessel  with  just  a  little  persuasion  from  those  interested  in  the  merchant  groceries.  Fortunately,  no  one  left  Karachi,  the  men  refused  to  marine,  would  be  only  too happy  to  reconimend,  in  the final  analysis,  aboard was sick or hurt at  the time,  work, and  the captain  put  them  in  a^.firm  policy  prohibiting  Government  competition  when  priyate^­ the  SIU  quartet  agreed.  *  the  brig  on  bread  and  wat6r.  One  owiied  ships,and  tugs are  available to do  the  job.  February  5  brought  no  change  of  the  SUP  men  involved,  Gott­ Ji  j;,  ^  in  the  situation "and  the  men  took  freid  Ruff,  a  carpenter,  took  over  .  Over  the  objections  of  some  maritime  unions,  the  Departments  of  to  chopping  up  hatch  boards  for  the  galley  for  the  next  leg  of  the  Commerce,  Treasury  and  the  Federal  Communications  Commission  heat.  Some  of  the  water  supply  trip. When  the ship  arrived  in  Co­ was  used  up  the following  day  for  chin  the  stewards  went  back  to  are  teaming  together  to  work for  passage  of  legislation  to  suspend  the  6  months  previous service  requirement  during  the  emergency,  in  con­ washing  so  the  men  could  get  work.  nection with  radio operators on cargo vessels.  themselves  clean  and finally  the  On the ship's return to San Fran­ skipper, who  was riding  with them,  A  plastic "reflection  plotter" de­ cisco, January 17,  the stewards de­ ,The  position.of  these  Government  agencies  is  based  on  the  current  was  told  that  if  no  attempt  would  signed  to  cut  down  chances  of  er­ partment  and  the five  SUP  men  shortage of  radio operators.  be  made  to  get  fuel  to  cook  and  ror  in  utilizing  marine  radar  data  were  taken  off  for an  investigation  The  Federal  Comnf^unications  Commission  recalls  that  some  unions  beat  with  they'd  be  forced  to  get  may  help  nip  future  collisions  at  by  the  hearing  examiner  of  the  had  opposed  such  a  move,  primarily  on  the  basis  that  safety  required  ashore some other  way.  sea.  local  Coast  Guard  in  San  Fran­ that  radio  operators  be  experienced.  However,  FCC  emphasizes  that  This was  accomplished  by one  of  Designed  to  fit  over  the  radar  cisco,  who  found  nothing  against  the  proposed  legislation  it  favors  does  not .automatically  suspend  the  the  Seafarers "hitching" a  ride  on  scope,  the  plotter  enables  the  any  of  the  deck  hands.  The  men  previous  sea  experience  requirement  but  w6uld  only  give  FCC  au­ a  shrimp  boat  to  the  tug  H.  C.  navigator  to  visually  track  the  subsequently  returned  to  work  on  thority  to  modify  or  suspend  it  for  limited  periods  of  time  when  it  Smith,  and  getting  in  touch  from  course  and  speed  of  vessels  to de­ the  Alaska  Bear.  might  appear  that  such  action  is  neceissary.  there  with  SIU  officials  in  Mo­ termine  the  point  where  they  may  However,  they  were  not  in  the  Officials  of  FCC, recognizing  the  desirability  of  having  experienced  bile,  who  contacted  Waterman  and  meet  or  cross.  The  non­reflecting  clear yet.  Just  before  the. ship  was  arranged  for  a  shrimp  boat  to  de­ plastic  screen  is  edge­lighted  and  ready  to leave  again,  the  stewards  radio  men  as operators  aboard  ships,  state  that  thqy  are  no  more  in­ to  waive  this  requirement  "except  when, necessary,"  than  they  liver  stores,  fuel  and  cigarettes  to  has  an  optical  set­up <  permitting  department  refused  to sign  on  and  clined  are  to , waive  any  other  requirements. of  its  rules  designed  to  insure  the  men  on  the  evening  of  the  speedier  interpretation  of  observ­ on  February  3,  the  Coast  Guard  operators are  fully  qualified.  .  ^  ^  seventh,  after  a  week  of  founder­ able  data.  again  took  ^e five men  off  to face  ,  Ji;  ;5;i  .  ing.  ,  Use  of  the  new  device  does  not  21  charges  preferred  against  them  With  the  outside  world  now  require the  navigator  to remember  by  the  stewards.  A  trial  was  then  For  inany  months,  the  US  merchant  marine  has  been  expisnding,  aware  of  their  plight,  assistance  the information or  utilize a  maneu­ held  before Daniel  H. Grace,  Coast  primarily because, of  the addition of  Goveniment­owned tonnage  thrown  was  rushed  to  the  scene  and  tow  vering  board.  Wax­pencil  mark­ Guard  hearing examiner from  New  in to take  care of  abnormal requirements.  However, thn peak has  been  lines  were  gotten  aboard , to float  ings on  the plotting  surface appear  Orleans  who  was  brought  in  as an  reached,  with  tfie  active  merchant  fleet  amounting  to about  2,046  ves­ .  the ship  down  to  New  Orleans.  to be reflected  as though  they were  Impartial outside  hearing officer.  sels.':  Unless', the. emergency  becomes worse,  this  fleet  gradually  will  The  fact  that  the  ship  was  sub­ on  the  face  of  the  screen,  so  that  After  a five  day  trial,  during  bejgin  t'6 . decline,  and  when  all  of  the  Government  ships  have  been  sequently found  not  up to standard  the  luminous  radar  "pips"  can  be  which  the  chief  mate testified  that  returned  to  reserve,  wiU  amount  to  ,a  maximum  of  1,250  privateiy­ . ;  .  ;  > ;  and  towed  right  back  again  where  retained.  Several successive "read­ the SUP  men  had  done their  work  owried  v€^,ls still  in  operation.  it came from, with  a different crew  ings"  will  enable  a  calculation  of  properly  and  fulfilled  all  orders,  •   Ift'.^he  meantime,  Americanr  shipovmers  will  keep  the  Gbvernirient,  aboard,  was  bad  enough  from  the  the  exact  course  and  the  point  the  examiner  dismissed  all  the  advised  as to  the availability  of  privately­owned  iships  to c^y foreijgn  aid shipments  so  that  the  Gtovernment­ban  schedule  the  orderly  re­ taxpayers'  standpoint,  the  Seafar­ where  the  ships  might  meet,  as  charges as  unfounded.  ers  remarked,  but  why  the  Coast  well  as  the  probable  time  of  con­ The SUP is still  looking fojward  turn  to  inactive  status  of  governmeni­owned  ships  now  carrying  the  Guard ididu't  see fit  to  look  in  on  tact.  with  interest  to  the^ outcome  of  a  coal, grain and other  bulk cargo shipments.  them  or let  them  in  on  the  secret  If  constantly, followed, the  proc­ Coast  Guard  hearing on  the  mem­ .11  they  had  changed  distress  sig­ ess  could  mean  fewer  sea  mishaps  bers of  the steward department  for  nals is one of  the mysteries they'd  and  losses  of  lif^  maritime  ob­ their  refusal  to  work  the  ship out  like answered.  servers say.  of  Karachi.  MCS  Charges  Flop;  CC  Clears  SUP  Men  k"'  Pridac. Maiek 7,195t  New Radar Rig  Seen  Aiding  Ships  Safety  �l.iR.i.W.'!!.i!iW!  Friday. Mareb T. 195*  Pay* PiT*  SEAFARERS  £0G  Insurance l^ents Laud  Master Deaf To Crew Plea  Sill Support In Strike  As 1 Dies of  Food Poison  Expressions  of  thanks for  aid  rendered  by  the SItJ  to  the  Just returned  from a  hospital siege  in  the Azores,  two Seafarers  oif  the Longview  Victory  Prudential Insurance strikers  have  been  received  from  both  related a harrowing  tale of  food  poisoning striking  down  six  crewmembers  and  bringing  death  to  one  of  them.  They  charged  neglecf by  the captain  was indirectly responsible for  national  and  local  officers  of  that  organization.  The  insurance strikers,  members^^  "• • the death  of  James  Doherty,  of  the  Insurance  Agents  Interna­ SIU  membership  twice  voted fi­ AB,  and  prolonged  and  seri­ tional  Union,  recently  concluded  nancial  contributions  totaling  $1,­ ous illness for Clarence E. Ar­ an  82­day  strike  against  the  Pru­ 250  to  the  insurance  agents.  Sea­ nold,  wiper;  and  M.  M.  Cur­ dential  Insurance  Company  which  farers  also  made  daily  trips  to  rier,. AB  who  were  worst  af­ won  them  wage  increases  and  strike  headquariers  in  Newark  fected  by  the ailment.  oth^r  improvements  for  some  with  coffee,  donuts  and  cigarettes  Furthermore,  they  said the ship'i  for  the  strikers.  The  SIU's  assist­ operator.  Victory  Carriers,  was  not  ance  to the  strikers, financially  and  far  behind  in  its  crilous  neglect  otherwise,  was  greater  than  that  of  the  ill  seamen.  After  the  men  rendered  by  any  other,  union  in  had  been  put  ashore  in  the  Azores  the  New  York  area,  the  heart  of  Arnold  said, the  company  not  only  the  walkout.  failed  to  notify  his  wife  but  cut  "Morale  Booster"  off  the allotment  on  which his  wife  Isidore  A.  Landsman,  regional  and  two  children  were  dependent,  organizer  for  the  Union,  wrote  to  without  a  word  of  explanation  to  SIU  Secretary  Treasurer Paul  Hall  her.  that  the  daily  trips  made  by  Sea­ Just  Left  Port  farers  with  donuts,  coffee  and  The  Longview  Victory  had  just  cigarettes  "was  certainly  a  great  left  the  port  of  Brake,  Germany,  morale  booster."  near  Bremerhaven  January  31  and  "The  visit  by  the  striking agents  was running  into the  English chan­ Efforts  by  the  Eastern  SS  Com­ to  your  fabulous  headquarters  in  nel  when  Doherty,  Arnold  and  pany  to  sell  two  popular  cruise  Brooklyn,"  he  added,  "was  an  in­ Curridr  suddenly  took  ill  about  a  ships  long  familiar  to  Seafarers  spiration  to  them."  half  hour  after  lunch.  They  suf­ have  been  snagged  so  far  by  gov­ Similarly,  Oscar  d'Adolph,  act­ fered  from  continuous  vomiting,  ernmental  requirements  imposed  ing  president  of  Local  19  of  the  diarreah  and  severe  cramps.  Sev­ on  the  prospective  buyer  despite  union  wrote,  "Mere  acknowledg­ Clarence  Arnold  (left)  and  M.  M.  Currier,  crewmembers  of  the  eral  other  crewmembers  were  US  Maritime  Administration  ap­ ment  of  your  contribution  .  .  .  Longview  Victory,  back  in  New  York  after  suffering  a  severe  case  stricken  that  same  evening.  The  proval  of  the  sale  to  Brazilian  in­ could  not  possibly  express  for  my  of  food  poisoning  on  the  ship  which  led  to  their  hospitalization.  exact  cause  of  the  poisoning  is  not  terests.  membership  and  myself  our  deep  known,  although  some  maggots  Affected  by  the  proposed  sale  to  appreciation."  were  found  in  creamed  corn  which  the  Companhia  de  Navegacao  Sao  "Please  jccept  my  heartfelt  ap­ was  served  to  the  crew.  Paulo  are  the  sister  ships  Evange­ preciation  for  all  you  have  done  Although  within  easy  reach  of  line  and  Yarmoutli,  both  of  which  for  us  and  our  neighboring  locals  half  a  dozen  channel  ports  where  had  worked  the  cruise  lanes  be­ in  New  Jersey."  he  could  have  put  the  men  off  for  tween  New  York,  Boston,  Nova  James  Moran,  Jr.,  trustee  for  medical  attention,  the  captain  Scotia  and  the  Bahamas.  the  Insurance  Agents,  wrote  in  a  failed  to  do  so.  The  men  involved  Holding  up  the  sale  are  a  maze  similar  vein,  declaring,  "I  wish  Oil  paintings  held  an  early  lead  as  entries started  coming  sent  word  to  the  captain  that  they  of  federal  regulations  that  would  to thank  you and  other members of  in from far  and  wide in  the First Annual Seafarers Art  Con­ were  in  bad  shape,  but  evidently  make  the  buyer conform  strictly  to  the  Seafarers  Union  for  the  great  test.  The  number  of  oil  paintings  which  have  been  received  the  captain  and  mate  thought  that  US  laws, according  to a  spokesman  help  they  have  been  to  us  in  the  they  were  putting  it  on,  because  thus  far  came  as '  somewhat • •   ^  at  Eastern.  strike.  Their  generosity  made  this  as the  mate put  it, "they  don't  have  be  distributed  in  each  category,  of  a  surprise  in  view  of  the  Among  these  are  the  require­ small  success  possible."  high  degree  of  skill  required  and  there  is  no  limit  on  the  num­ a  temperature."  ments  that  the  ships be made avail­ Belated  Advice  ber  of  entries  or  on  one  man  en­ to  produce  a  good  oil.  able  to  the  US  during  an  emer­ Further,  as  far  as  Arnold  and  With  the  deadline  for entries set  tering  more  than  one  category  in  Currier  can  tell,  it  was  not  until  gency,  that  they  not  be  sold  with­ the  contest.  Nor  is  there  any  at  May  10,  1952,  there  is  stUl  out  Federal  Maritime  Board  per­ they  were  well  out  to  sea  and  still  plenty  of  time  for  all  ambitious  limitation  on  the  subject  matter  of  severely  ill  that the captain radioed  mission  or  transferred  to  another  the  art  work.  Seafarer  artists  to  enter  any  one  flag,  and  that  they  have  to  be  sold  for  medical  advice.  He  was  noti­ of  the  four  categories  covered  by  Some  well­known  Seafarer  pen  fied  that  the  men  were  suffering  or  chartered  to  the  US,  upon  re­ and  ink  artists  are  yet  to  be  heard  the contest:  oils,  watercolors, draw­ quest,  under  the  same  conditions  from  food  poisoning  and  should  as if  they  were owned  by an  Amer­ A  6,020­ton  ocean  freighter. will  ings  and  miscellaneous  which  in­ from.  Interestingly  enough,  most  be  given  milk  of  bismuth.  By  this  of  the  entries  coming in  so  far  are  ican  citizen.  go  into  se^ice  as  a  Great  Lakes  cludes  any  type  of  sculpture,  carv­ time,  however,  they  could  no  long­ ing  or  handicraft  work.  There's  from  men  who  had  never  contrib­ er put  into port  as they  were out  at  Additional  limitations  are  im­ cement  carrier  by  1953.  uted  to  the  LOG  previously.  posed  on  where they  may  sail.  The  The CoastalJDelegate, now  under  plenty  of  opportunity  to  pick  up  a  sea.  It  wasn't  until  they  were  ill  Use  Resristered  Mail  new  owners must agree not to oper­ charter  to  the  Bull  Line  for  trade  prize  too,  since  three  prizes  will  for a  full week  that  the ship finally  Contestants  who  want  to  submit  ate them  in  trade with  Soviet­dom­ between  New  York  and  the  West  entries  should  mail  them  to  the  put in  at  Horta  Fayel  in the  Azores  inated  countries  or  anywhere, else  Indies, will continue in  that service  Art  Editor,  SEAFARERS  LOG,  675  on  February  6.  But  it  was  too  late  than the  Western  Hemisphere,  this  until mid­1952,  when  it is expected  4th  Avenue,  Brooklyn.  It  is  de­ for  Doherty.  He  died  before  he  last  further  limited  by  a  ban  on  to  go  into  a  Hoboken  shipyard  for  sirable  to  send  the  entry  by  reg­ could  get  medical  aid.  calling  at  ports  of  the  US  and  its  alterations  in  preparation  for  its  Even  ashore  the sick  men's trou­ istered mail  to make  sure the  work  possessions.  new  career.  bles  were  not  over.  Hospital  facili­ doesn't  get  lost.  It  4s  also  very  The  Evangriine  has  been  out  of  The  321­foot  vessel  will  be  ties  in  Horta  Fayel  were  primitive,  important  for  the  contestant  to  service  sinbe  September,  1950,  laid  brought  to  the  Lakes  through' the  identify  his  entry  very  clearly  by  as  there  was  no  heat nor  any  mod­ up  at  a  Hudson  Siver  pier.  Com­ Mississippi  River  and  the  Illinois  putting  his  name  and  address  oh  ern equipment.  The two  men could  pany  officials  state,  however,  that  waterway.  Owned  by  the  Southern  not  understand  why  they  were  not  the  back  or  bottom.  summer  cruise  plans  for  the  Yar­ Steamship  Ck>bipany,  she  has  been  put ashore in Puerto Delgado  which  All  entries,  ­winners  and  losers,  A  Navy  tactical  maneuver  in  the  mouth  are  going  forwfird  unless  purchased  by  the  Huron  Portland  is  the  largest  city  in  the  Azores  will  be  exhibited  in  New  York  middle  Atlantic  area  involving  the  sale  is  completed  before  then.  Cement  Co.  of  Detroit.  where  they  could  get  better  care.  headquarters  for  a  week  following  simulated  attack  by  undersea  craft  on  a  "dummy"  merchant  ship  con­ conclusion  of  the  contest.  Entries  The  same  viewpoint  was  held  by  voy  indicates  that  the  Defense  will  then  be  returned  to  the  own­ the  American  consul in Puerto Del­ gado. ,  "Incidentally"  Arnold  said,  Department  is  employing  a  lock  ­ ers.  "the  consul  was  never  notified  of  the  ­  bam  ­  before  ­ the  ­ horse  ­ our illness,  though  the  captain  was  is  ­  stolen  philosophy  should  an  supposed  to  send  word  to  him.  It  emergency  arise.  was  only  when  we  got  out  of  the  Atlantic  Fleet  exercise  Convex  hospital  18  days  later  and  went  III,  concerned  with  the  protection  Philadelphia—The  SS  Alice  to  Puerto  Delgado  ourselves  that  of  merchant  shipping,  is  now  Brown  took  an  unexpected  he  found  out  about  it."  underway  with  about  a  hundred  Back  home  now,  the  two  men  ships.  The first  convoy  to  "safely"  cargo  to  sea  with  it,  although  are  still  receiving  treatment.  Ar­ reach  port  pulled  in  at  Charleston,  the extra  load never  got to the  SC,  last  week.  No  merchant  ships  vessel's  next  port  of  call.  The  nold's  eyes  have  been  affected  by  hazy  weather  obstructing  the  the  illness  and  are  badly  blood­ are actually being used  in the man­ view  of  the.  pilot  when  the  shot.  Currier,  who  had  only  one  euver."  Through  the  simulated  "enemy"  Bloomfield  ship departed  from  kidhey  to  begin  with," has  appar­ attack, the  Navy strategists hope  to  pier  number five  caused  the  ently  suffered  damage  to  it  as  he  develop  techniques  for  defending  ship  to  take  half  of  the  tower  still  has  back  cramps  and  head­ US  merchantmen,  too  often  sitting  at  the  head  of  the  pier  to  sea  aches.  An SIU headquarters  representa­ ducks  in  the face  of  enemjr  attack,  with  it,  Pat  McCann,  ship's  if  and  when  the  necessity  for  delegate, reported.  Though the  tive,  when  notified  of  the  case,  transporting troops  and supplies in  ship suilered  no damages,  it is  declared,  "This  kind  of  treatment  unofficially  disclosed  that  the  is  further  evidence  of  the  utter  another  war  develops.  disregard  some  operators  have  for  A  force  of  60,000  is  engaged  in  bricklayers of  Philadelphia ex­ the exercises.  Seafaiftrs sailing  the  tended  a  vote  of  thanks to  the  human  lives in  their  pursuit  of  the  ship for  making extra  jobs  for  dollar.  It  isn't  the first  time  that  sealanes  along  the  Atlantic  sea­ Bomb  "casualties"  are  treated  by  Civil  Defense  aids  and  nurses  board from Maine  to the Caribbean  the  locai  membership  because  seamen  have  been  neglected  in  may  possibly  observe  thq  opera­ of  repairs  necessary  to  the  foreign  ports  because  there  isnt  in course  of  mock air­raid  drill held at SIU  heaclquarters in  Brook­ any  Union  representative  around  lyn. "Victim" Is receiving plasma transfusion  while other "wounded  tion,  which  will  continue  through  tower.  to  keep  the  operators  in  line."  March  19.  civilians"  await  further  care.  '  ­ 15,000 agents.  It  was  the  first suc­ cessful  large­scale  white  collar  strike  of  its  kind.  In  the  course  of  the  strike  the  Yarmouth, Eva  Sales  Stalled  By  US  Rules  Oil Paintings  Lead  In SIU  Art  Entries  0  Ship Switching  To Great Lakes  'Convoy  Safe'  In Simulated  War  Sailing  Aftermath Of ''Air Raid''  Alice Brown  the Bricks'^  ^  •   •  •   �Par* SIz'  SEAF^ntns  10 c  PMda3r.MMMIiT.i9n  New  Drugs TB Seamen's Cure?  New  hope  for  the  many  Seafarers  who  suffer  from  tuberculosis  Is' contained  in  the  announcement  that  two  new  "miracle'*  drugs  have  proved  highly  effective  in  treating  the disease.  4  :  '•   ^  THEY'RE  MAKING  IT  OFFICIAL  NOW—With  representatives  of  Thus  far  the  two  drugs,  rimifin  Matthew  Bruno,  »  patient  at  the  TB  germ  might  develop  resistance  14  countries  attending  in  Lisbon,  Portugal,  the  North  Atlantic  Treaty  (or  nydrazid)  and  marsilld  have  hospital, declared, "We're all happy  to  them.  In  order  for  the  drug  to  Organization  (NATO  for  short), has  agreed  on  formal  establishment  of  been  utilized  on  an  experimental  about  the  news  be  effective  in  the  long  run,  it  has  a  united  armed  force  for  Europe,  including  divisions  from  West  Ger­ basis  in  ten  hospitals  only,  two  of  but  the  doctors  to  be  able  to  overcome,  this  re­ many,  France,  Italy, Belgium,  the Netherlands  and  Luxemburg. Present  them  being  New  York  City  hospi­ plans call  for  the  establishment  of  an'army  of  50 divisions  by the end  are  not  too  op­ sistance.  tals  and  the  other  eight  being  timistic.  They've  Patients  who  have  received  the  of  1952  in  Western  Europe,  as well as  for the construction of  airfields,  Veterans  Administration  Hospitals.  been  fooled  so  drug  at  Sea  View  Hospital,  a  New  roads,  depots,  and  other  building  projects.  Greek  and  Turkish  troops  A  limited  number  of  patients  at  many times  be­ York  City  institution  on  Staten  were  brought  under  General  Eisenhower's  command,  although  they  the  hospitals  involved  have  been  fore  that  they  Island,  were  those  who  were  con­ will  be  apart  from  the  so­called  "European  Defense  Community."  receiving  treatmer  and  •  have  want  to  wait  and  sidered  hopeless.  Appetites  were  This  setup  makes  it  possible  for  German  troops  to  participate  in  the  shown  marked  impio^ment  in  ad­ see before  saying  quickly  regained,  and  became  rav­ united  armed  force  without  being  a  full­fledged  partner  in  "NATO."  vanced  cases  of  TB.  All  experts  anything.  They  enous.  Coughing  stopped  and  in  the field,.  however,  are  unani­ weight  gains of flve  to  ten  pounds  Bruno  mous  in  cautioning  the  public  have  some  of  a  week  were  common.  Patients  THE  BIGGER  THEY  ARE  .  .  .—Texas  oil  millionaire  Glenn  Mc­ that  it  Is  too  early  to  tell  the  real  these  new  drugs  on  order  for  us.  who  were  bed  ridden could get  up  Carthy,  quite  a  headline  grabber  these  past  few  years,  is  suffering  value  of  the  new  compounds.  It  has made us a  whole lot  happier  and  walk.  from  a  widespread  ailment  common  to  . us  all—financial  trouble.  Not  In  USPHS  and  everybody  is  keeping  up  with  McCarthy  is  in  hock  to  the  tune  of  $34,100,000  to  the  Equitable  Life  A  spokesman  at  the  Staten  the  stories about  it in  the  papers.  Insurance  Company  and  hasn't  been  able  to  meet  payments.  The  In­ Island  Public  Health  Service  Hos­ The  two  new  drugs  have  been  surance  company  is  consequently  taking  over  management  of  his  oil  pital  said  that  at  present  none  of  six  years  in  the  making  at  two  properties  in  addition  ­to  the  fabulous  Shamrock^Hotel  in­  Houston,  the  USPHS  hospitals  where  Sea­ drug  companies.  They  are  syn­ Texas.  He  also  owes  a  mere  $5  million  or  so  to  the  Metropolitan  Life  farers  are  treated  have  yet  re­ thetic  compounds  made  out  of  Insurance  Company.  Action  was  taken  by  Equitable  when  McCarthy  ceived any  supply of  the  new med­ coal  tar  derivatives  and  promise  fell  two  years  behind  in  payments.  While  all  that  may  be  an  awful  ications.  to  become  very  cheap  when  mass­ load  of  debt  to  carry, around,  it  takes  a  good  man  to  touch  someone  for  a  $34  million  loan.  TB  has  long  been  a  scourge  of  produced.  The  actual  production  seamen,  particularly  in  the  daysc  of  the  drug  involves  only  two  4  4  4.  gone  by  of  poor  food,  overcrowd­ major  steps,  conversion  of  a  coal  THEY  WEREN'T  APPEALING  ENOUGH—The  United  States  Court  ing, "  and  ill­ventilated  foc'sles  tar  derivative  known  as  gamma  of  Appeals  has  upheld  lower  courts  in  two  important  cases,  that  of  which  contributed  to  its  spread.  picoline  into  isonictonic  acid,  and  Julius  and  Ethel  Rosenberg,  convicted  as  A­bomb  spies,  and  James  J.  Seafarers  at  the  Manhattan  then  into  rimifin.  Giant  super­super  tankers,  able  While  the  new  drugs  have  had  to  carry  more  oil  than five  typical  Moran,  who  perjured  himself  before  the  Kefauver  committee.  The  Beach hospital,  which  is an  institu­ tion for TB  patients,  were reported  dramatic  effects  on  TB  patients  pre­war  ships,  are  expected  to  be  court  unanimously  approved  the  Rosenbergs'  convictions  based  on  the  to  be  considerably  cheered  over  who  were  too  far  gone  to  operate,  under  construction  by  next  year  grounds  that  they  had  transmitted  secret  information  about  the  struc­ the  new  development.  Seafarer  doctors  are  cautious  because  the  in  the  yards  of  the  Bethlehem  ture  of  an  atom  bomb  to  agents  of  the  Soviet  Union.  In  doing  so,  the  court  upheld  the  death  sentence  originally  imposed  by  Federal  Judge  Steel  Co.  Irving  R.  Kaufman  in  April,  1951.  A  further  appeal  to  the  Supreme  Two 44,000  deadweight ton tank­ Court  is pending.  In  Moran's  case, the  former  side­kick  of  New  York's  ers  ordered  from  British  builders  ex­Mayor,  William  O'Dwyer,  had  his flve  year  sentence  for  perjury  by  the same  company  have already  affirmed.  Moran  was found  guilty  of  lying  to  the  Kefauver  Committee  lost  their  title  as  the  world's  larg­ about the visits of  a number of racketeers to his office when he was  with  est  with  the  placing  of  orders  for  the Fire  Department.  Moran has  just been sentenced  to 13Vi  additional  two  .45,400­tbn  capacity  bottoms  years for his role  in fuel­oil  inspection shakedowns.*,  A  sudden  slack­off  in  European  needs  for  coal bas  caused  700  feet  in  length.  The  ships  will  4  4  4  the  Maritime  Administration  to  withdraw  seven  ships  from  be  longer  than  the  biggest  Ameri­ can flag  liner  no\g  in  service,  the  GARDEN 'OF  EDEN  REVIVAL?—The  government  of  Iraq  has  an­ service.  The ships are all  operated by  the­National Shipping  America,  although  they  will  still  nounced  adoption  of  a  long­range  irrigation, plan  using  the  waters of  Authority  under GAA  charter^  be  dwarfed  by  the  990­foot  United  the  Tigris  and  Euphrates  rivers  to  bring millions  of  acres  under  cul­ to private owners.  boneyards  to  recommission  them  States.  tivation.  Ancient  Mesopotamia,  legendary  site of  tKe'Garden  of  Eden,  The  seven  ships,  six  of  which  are  remaining  in  the. reserve fleet.  The  super­supers  will  be  oper­ , was  a  very  fertile  country  several  thousands  of  years ago when  legen­ are  crewed  up  by  the  National  Most  X}t  the  ships  operated  un­ ated  by  owners  of  the  largest  in­ dary  kingdoms constructed  elaborate  irrigation  works long  since  fallen  Maritime  Union  and  none  by  the  der  the  GAA  charter  have  been  dependent  tanker fleet.  World  into  disuse.  The  new  plan  will  be financed in'  part  from oil  revenues  SIU,  will  not  go  back  to the  moth­ carrying  coal  and  grain  to  Europe  Tankers,  and  will  have  speeds  ex­ and  wiU  be  an  attempt  to  get  back  to  the  "good  old  Mesopotamian  ball fleet  but  for  the  time'  being  and  elsewhere.  Mild winter weath­ ceeding  16  knotb,  despite  single  days."  will  be  anchored  at  docks  in  New  er  in  Europe  has  built  up  coal  screw  propulsion.  4.44  York  and  Norfolk.  In  the  event  stockpiles  and  grain  shipments  An  estimated  cost  of  $10,000,000  HOW  TO  MAKE  A  QUICK  BUCK—Under  act  of  Congress,  the  the  cutback  continues  they  will  be  abroad  haTe  also decreased.  Since,  will  turn  the  vessels  out  by  De­ put  back  in  the  boneyard.  it  is  the  policy  of  the  National  cember,  1953,  for  active  service,  Internal  Revenue  Bureau  is alibwed  to  pay  up  to  a  total  of  $500,000  <  Others SU.id By  Shipping Authority  to stay  in  busi­ double the price of currently work­ to  tipsters  who  inform  the  bureau  about  delinquent  taxpayers.  Last  Aside  from  these first  seven  ness  only  so  long  as  private  oper­ ing  28,000­ton  ­super­tankers  and  year  the  bureau  paid  but  the  fuli  amount  and  collected  ^,700,000  in  ships,  additional  ships  of  an  un­ ators cannot  handle all  cargoes the.  six times the  price brought  by T­Ts  unpaid taxes. Tipsters usually are given about 10 percent of tiie  amount  determinate  number are  being  put  cutbacks are  more or less automatic  sold  by  the  government­ under the  of  taxes collected, although this is not  a fixed figure. The largest award  last  year, $62,000,  went to  ui informer  who let the  bureau know  about  on  standby  status.  They  will  keep  once  cargoes  decline.  Additional  ship  sales  act..  one  taxpayer's  practice  of  keeping  two  sets  of  books  with  different  skeleton crews  on board  until such  retirements  of  NSA  ships  are  Ex­ Each of the  45,400­ton jUants will  time as it is  determined what  their  pected  in  spring  and  summer  have  three­fourths  the  displace­ figures  in  them—one  for  himself  and  one  for  benefit  of  the  tax  fate  will  be.  Sixteen  other  vessels  months as  the demknd  for coal  de­ ment  of  the  Cunard  passenger  collector.  4  4  4  en  which  work  had  begun  in  the  clines.  Queens.  ORDER  ONE  FROM  SEARS­ROEBUCK—Great  Britain  has  an­ nounced  that she  has  produced an atomic  bomb and  has a  plant  ready  Union Chief  Learns SIU Methods  to go into regular  production. The  British  version of  nuclew fission in  action  will  be  tested  sometime  this  summer  in  the  arid  and  empty  interior  of  Australia.  Two  fully­loaded  freighters  have  already  left  home  for  the  long  mp to  the  test  site,  a  trip  made  necessary  by  the  lack  of  suitable  open  space  in  England  to  conduct  such  a  test.  The  British  announcement  means  that  three  countries,  US,  USSR  and  England,  now  have  atom  bombs  with  other  nations  probably  pre­ paring to  get in  on  the act.  What  was  once the  world's  greatest  secret  is  now  becoming  almost  as  common  as  a  washing  machine—though  slightly  rqore  expensive.  Super­Super  Oil  Tankers  To  Built  NSA Retires 7  Ships  As Coal  Needs Drop  l^p.  Ife­­:.  fe  lit.  |p>  4  4  ^  4  A  SLIGHT  LEAKAGE  OF  FUNDS—Waste  of  funds  in  construction  of  huge air  biases in  Morocco  is the  latest  subject of  Congressional  in­ quiry.  An  army  auditor  and  other  investigators  have  told  a  House  of  Representatives  subcommittee  that  at  least  $50  million  has  gone  do«m  the  drain  in  the  form  of  waste,  kickbacks,­and  collusion  on  over­ charges for  equipment. Biggest  source  of  waste was  on overcharges  for  supplies  and  equipment  with  consequent  kickbacks  to  the  purchasers.  Arab  workers  on  the  job  were  shaken  down  in  order  to  get. employ­ ment.  Much  of  the  material  purchased  by  the  Army  for  base  con­ struction  was  bought  without  advertising  for  competitive  bids.  Total  cost of  the bases  is estimated  In  excess of  $300 million.  m^:  ^lanation.of  how  SIU  vacation  pay  works  is  given by  Vacation  Plan  repftsentati've  to two  hq.  vis­ itors from the American Federation of  State, County  and Municipal Employees, President Arnold Zimder  (right)*  and  International  Representative Jerry Wurl  ^  .  DEMO CANDIDATE  NUMBER  2—With still  no word  from President  Truman  at to  his  1952  intentions^ another  Democrat  has  thrown  his  hat  in  the  ring.  Senator  Richard  Russell  of  Georgia  Senator  Russell  attracted'attentibn by  his chairmanship  of  the MacArthur  hearings and  is expected  to  have  strong Dixlecrat  backing  as well  as  support  from  party  regulars  in  the  South.  Meanwhile  Senator  Kefauver  is  pressing  his campaign.vigorously  and will  oppose  President Tnunan  in the  New  Hampshire  preferential  primary  and  elsewhere.  The  president,  while  his name  has  been  entered  in: New  Hampshire,  isn't  talking  about his  future plans bnU  has again praised Governor  Adlai Stevenson of  Illinois.  Another  canaidate  mentioned  as^ a­possible  Truman  choice  is Senator  Robert  Kerr,  Oklahoma  oil  millionaire;  ' .:  •  �frlday. March 1, ItSt  Face  Seyea  SEAFARERS  LAfG  Sea Calls Back Oiier^ 72  The sea's own  will return  to her  when  their country needs them, and Gerald Fitzjfimes,  72,  is  just  back  from an eight­month foreign  trip to  prove it.  Fitzjames  left  sailors Snug.Harbor  on  Staten Island after  a comfortable sojourn of  less  than a year there in answer to­*  ^  the  feverish  Government  ap­ shipped from  San  Francisco  on  the  D­Day  in  Normandy,  though  he  peal  for  rated  men  to  return  sailing  ship  Maid  was  a  ripe  old  65  at  the  time.  "Time  was  when  you  had  to  of  Sydney back in  to  sea  during  the  current  1894.  He  has  bring your own bedding, knife, fork  emergency.  He's  been  out  been  going  to sea  and  spoon  with  you,"  he  declared,  since  then  in  engine  ratings  since  then,  and  "but  today,  a  seaman  sailing  with  with the North Platte Victory  expects  to  stick  the  Seafarers  has  every  advantage  (Mississippi)  on  trips  to  the  to  it  until  he  he can  think of."  As long  as a  man  Near  East,  Germany  and  can't  pull  his  does his  job and pitches  in with  his  Japan.  share of  the work  shipmates,  the  72­year­old  cau­ Now  looking  to  ship  as  a  deck  engineer—those  "black  gang"  jobs  are  a  little  too  wearing on  the  legs  from  liaving  to  climb  around  so  much—he  urged  younger men  now  sailing  to  realize  the  multitude  of  benefits  that  have  come  their  way  through  the  SIU.  Still vigorous, though with energy  belying  his  age,  Fitzjames  first  Split Ship's Stem  •  Towed Into Port  mi  tioned,  he'll  live  a  good  life.  any  longer.  Fitzjames  , "}  had  a  lucky  star  over me  all  the  time,"  he" recalled,  as  he  recounted  the  days  when  steam  replaced  sail  and  some  of  his experiences  in  two major  world  wars,  both  of  which  he  sailed  through  without  a  scratch.  He  noted  particularly  being  in  there  FIRST  ANNUAL  SIU Raps Bid  To  Reopen  Ship Sales  I  seafarers  art contest  ~  1, OILS  2. DRAWINGS  3. WATER  COLORS  4. MISCELLANEOUS  THREE  PRIZES  IK EACH  CLASS  I  send your work  in now to  I  • THE    ART  EDITOR  <  SEAFARERS  LOG  |  CONTEST  CLOSES  MAY  10  «7S  Fourth  Avo.  • I rooklyn 32. N.  Y.  '  1M2  The  SIU  has  concurred  in  pro­ tests  by  American  shipowners  against  a  proposed  law  enabling  Philippine  interests  to  purchase  eight  government­owned,  w a r ­ built  vessels  as  a  dangerous  pre­ cedent.  Legislation  permitting  the  sale  would  reopen  the  Ship  Sales  Act  of  1946  at  a  tirtie  when  American  buyers  are  unable  to  secure  addi­ tional  vessels from  the government  reserve  fleet  and  chartered  ships  now  active  are  being  returned  to  layup  status.  The measure,  now being  weighed  by  a  Senate  (Committee  on  Inter­ state  and  Foreign  Commerce,  was  attacked  as  presenting  a  one­sided  advantage  to  foreign  buyers  who,  it  was  pointed  out,  had  the  same  opportunity  as  American  buyers  to  secure  ships  when  the  Act  was  in  force  but  failed  to  take  advan­ tage  of  it.  Unfair  to  Market  Creating a  precedent  in  ailowing  foreign  buyei­s  to  secure  the  ves­ sels  would  unfairly  affect  the  cur­ rent  market  as  well  as  open  the  door  to  future  sales  by  the  samP  method,  opponents  urged.  Philip­ pine  citizens  are  the  only  for­ eigners  presently  permitted  to  charter  American  Ships.  It  is  not  up  to  the  US  Congress  to  bolster  foreign  maritime fleets  at  a  time  when  the  American  merchant fleet  is  at  low  strength  and  few  steps  are  being  taken  to  insure  its  active  future.  Seafarer  officials  point  to  the  continuing  national  apathy  toward  the  projected  Long  Range  Ship­ ping  Bill  which  has  long  lan­ guished  in  Congress,  as  sharply  contrasting  with  the  legislation  favoring  the  foreign  sale.  Cartoon  History  Of  The  SIU  Altfink  halls  and  crimp  joints  hewed  to  the  same  pattern.  ,  A  five  spot  counted  more  than  ability  with  good  jobs  peddled  over  the  board.  Only  the  union's  strength  and  the  wartime  shortage  of  rat­  ings  kept  the  Shipping  Board's  private  fink  halls  from  monopolizing hiring.  L  The  stern  section  of  the  crippled  Fort  Mercer  passes  under  the  Brooklyn  Bridge  as tugs haul  her to  berth at  23rd Street  in Brook­ lyn after  taking her  in tow  off  Cape  Cod.  Thirteen crew  members of  the ill­fated  tanker Fort  Mercer  won  their  battle  against  the  sea  by  riding  the  stern  section  of  their  ship  into  New  York  last  week.  The  Fort  Mercer,  along  with  the  tanker  Pen­>^  dleton,  had  been  broken  in  were  taken  in  tow  off  Nantucket  two in a severe storm off  Cape  lightship.  Crewmen  disclosed  that  they  ate  Cod.  Both  sections  of  the  very  well  throughout  the  ordeal,  Pendleton  were  completely  since the  galley  was in  the extreme  wrecked  in  the storm,  as  was  stern  of  the  wreck.  With  food  for  45  men,  the  remaining  the  bow  of  the  Fort  Mercer,  stocked  13  had  ample  supplies  of  steak,  but the stern stayed afloat and  turkey,  bacon,  milk, eggs  and other  was  subsequently  taken  in  eatables.  tow.  After  being  taken  in  tow.  the  Thirteen  members  of  the  crew  stayed  aboard  the  stern half  of  the  tanker,  deciding  to  ride  it  out.  Al­ though  five  men  on  the  bow  lost  their  lives,  the  men  stayed  on. the  stern reported  that  thej' were  com­ fortable  at  all  times.  The  ship's  power  plant  was  working,  so  that  there  was  plenty  of  heat, light  and  good  food.  Stick  It Out  When  the  ship  split,  there  were  34 men  left on  the  stem and  11  on  the bow  section, five  of  whom  were  subsequently casualties.  The  Coast  Guard  removed  21  men  from  the  stern of  the ship  but  the remaining  13 decided  to stick  it out until  they  Ooverninent Fink  Halls  The  set­up  was  part  of  a  plan  for  post­war  union  smashing  by  shipowner  and  bureaucrat.  Fearful  of  the  union's growth,  they used  the  war emergeney  to  build  their  union­busting  apparatus.  ­Seamen  •  ­ had  served  their  purpose  and  they  were  out  to  re­  •  turn  them  to  pre­war  slavery.  Mercer  was  still  not  out  of  danger  as  she  had  to  negotiate  the  tricky  waters  of  Hell  Gate  on  her  way  to  Brooklyn.  Nevertheless,  the  tow­ ing  passed  without  mishap.  In  ad­ dition  to  saving  half  of  the  ship,  the  owners  recovered  some  45.000  barrels  of  oil  carried  in  her  stem  section  tanks.  Crewmembers of  the unfortunate  Pendleton  were  not  so  lucky.  Nine  out  of  the  crew  of  41  lost  their  lives  in  her  splitup,  with  half  of  the  ship  going  on  the  rocks  and  the  other  half  sinking  soon  after  the  crew  had  jumped  onto  life­ ratts floated  over by a  Coast Guard  cutter.  iVo. S  The  war's  end  saw  soldiers  coming  home  and  ship­ ping  at  its  peak.  Contracts  had  expired  but  pros­ perous  shipowners  wouldn't  talk  wage  increases.  A  strike  called  on  May  1,  1919,  brought  quick  sur­ render,  with  a  two­year  contract  that  was  the  best  ,  eVer  up  until  then.  .  •   .  ''"11  �i^Ua^ Bka^ 7; l#8t  SEArAKKkS  LOG  Pare Elchi  PORT  MtEPORTS..  shipped  too  many  jobs,, but  with  San  Francisco:  the  Alaska  Cedar  (Ocean  Towing),  Wilmington:  the climate being so wonderful  and  which  limped  in  here  after suffer­ the  women  dandy  and  handy,  ing  a  crack  in  her  hull  during  a  nobody  has  a  desire  to  move  out  storm  up  north.  She's  been  fixed  too fast But those who do  will have  up  and  is  back  in  shape.  a chance  soon as  we expect  a regu­ The  Seastar  (Triton)  and  Mass­ The  outlook  for  the  coining  two  mar  (Calmar)  were  in  for  a  short  Just  as  we  anticipated  in  this  lar  bodm  here in  about two weeks.  Shipping turned  mighty fine  this  Sam  Cohen  weeks indicates  that things  will  be  stay  as  intransits.  The^ast­named  port of  seesawing activity, shipping  period—although it  had stood  very  Wilmington  Port  Agent  low for  a  long time.  We're  having  ,  very  slow  around  here,  consider­ of  these,  plus  the  Fairisle  and  was  just  fair  for  the  past  two  ably  quieter  than  it  has  been  in  Johnson,  took  on  a  couple  of. the  weeks,  the  bulk  of  business  some  nice  sunny  weather  after  a  t  t  t  few  remaining  men  on  the  beach  provided  by in­transits  to the  port.  this  port  for  quite  «  while.  spell of  rain, so that both shipping­ Boston:  ^rise  aqd  weather­wise  things  are  Two  payoffs  and  sign­ons  high­ We had  the Beauregard, Warrior  and  nearly  cleaned  us  out.  looking  up.  and  Morning  Light  (Waterman)  We  are  having  a  bit  of  trouble  lighted  the  picture.  The  Lynn  In  here  for  payoff,  plus  a  run  of  with  Ocean  Towing  regarding  the  Victory  (Triton)  and  Madaket  All  the  ships  that  called  here  Alcoa ships, the  Cavalier, Pennant,  black  gangs  on  their ships,  but  we  (Waterman)  paid  off  abd signed­on  took  some  men  off  the  beach,  so  Roamer,  Patriot  and  Clipper,  and  hope  to  have  this straightened  out  right away  again.  we could use  some hands  out here,  the  North  Platte  Victory  (Missis­ before long.  The in­transits  kept  us  busy  for  The  business  of  the  port  wound  particularly  rated  sea­going  men.  Vacations  are  still  the  topic  on  a  while.  These  included:  the  Re­ sippi ).  up  fair,  better  than  usual  anyway,  Two  ships  in  for  payoff.  Bright­ On  the other  side  of  the  ledger,  everyone's  tongue.  The  boys  are  public  (Trafalgar),  which  came  in  for the  period, although the weath­ star  (Dolphin)  and  Maiden  Victory  the  sign­ons  were:  John  Kulukun­ really  happy  with toe.  set­up  and  twice;  Portmar,  Seamar,  Marymar  (Mississippi),  and  both  signed  on  at toe  other  extreme.  dis  (Mar  Trade);  Monarch  of  the  hail  this  gain  as one  of  our  great­ (Calmar);  Yaka,  Fairport  (Water­ er was  again.  The  in­transits  to  the  port  We  had  eight  payoffs  and  two  Seas,  Beauregard  (Waterman);  est.  man);  Steel  Admiral,  Steel  Flyer  sign­ons  during  the last  two  weeks  totaled  seven, including:  Marymar,  Alcoa  Pennant  and  Roamer,  and  Emil  Austad  and  F.  I.  Gibbons,  (Isthmian),  and  Angus  MacDonald  to  keep  us  in  practice.  Portmar,  Massmar  (Calmar);  Steel  the  North  Platte  Victory.  In­tran­ two  of  the  brothers  in toe  local  (Mississippi).  Admiral  (Isthmian),  and  Yaka,  sit  to this port was  the Alcoa  Ran­ marine  hospital,  could  use .a  little  We  had  a  little  hassle  on  the'  In for  payoff  were the following:  John  B.  Waterman  and  Madaket  Anson  Mills  (Seas  Shipping);  The  cheering up via  mail or  a  visit toe  ger.  Lynn  Victory  when  the  captain  Cabins,  Julesburg  (Mathiasen);  (Waterman).  Just  back  from  several  trips  on  next  time  one  of  their  shipmates  failed  The  activity shaping  up for  next  to  set  sea  watches  and  the  Trinity  (Carras),  plus  the  French  two  looks  good  too,  with  the  Morning  Light  is  brother  Al­ comes  to  town.  not cleab port.  I managed  Creek,  Government  Camp,  Brad­ foim  weeks  payoffs  and  three dn­transits  fred  Wright, a  member of  the SIU  Generally, our slim  crop of  men,  ship did  hours there.  The old  ford  Island  and  Bents  Fort  (Cities  already  in  sight.  These figure  to  since  1941  who  especially  those  with  ratings,  is  to secure 440  man's  excuse  was  that  he  was  try­ sails  in  the  deck  making our  hair grow  a  little thin.  ing  to  get  engineers,  but  he  did  Service).  The  Anson  Mills  and  be the  following: Arizpa,  Ponce  De  department  He  We can't  even shake a first­tripper  not  make  provisions  of  launch  The  Cabins  signed­on  for  another  Leon  (Waterman);  Carroll  Victory,  trip.  Bessemer  Victory  (South  Atlantic),  came  by  to  apply  out  of  the  bushes,  let  alone  find  service  for  the  crew.  It  took  a  There  was  an  overtime  dispute  all  payoffs;  Yaka,  Jean  Lafitte  for  his  vacation  an oldtimer  on  the beach.  phone  call  direct  to  the~owner  to  on  the  Anson  Mills  which  we  got­ (Waterman)  and  Steel  Flyer  (Isth­ and  was  glad  to  Jeff  Morrison  get  the  okay,  but  the  crew  stuck  paid,  and  a  slopchest  beef  which  mian),  in­transits.  hear  about  the.  Seattle  Port  Agent  and did not pay off until we  squared  we  easily  squared  away  before she  We  just  had routine  beefs on  all  smooth  opera­ ^  away  the  beef,  sailed  for  France.  We  have  been  the ships  coming in,  but  plenty  of  tions  of  the  sys­ Savannah:  Ammo­Slinging  repeatedly  warning  the  men  about  big  smiles  over  the  vacation  pay.  tem  set  up  in  headquarters  10  The  deck  department  on  this  paying  off  at sea,  but  the  crew  on  Wright  Short strike  handle  these  ap­ same ship  came  in for  high  praise  the  Julesburg  went  at  it  anyway.,  There's  nothing  much  new  in  plications.  from  the  chief  mate  as  the  best  We  took hold  of  an  OT  dispute on  town  either,  except  for  a  short  A1  thought  it  would  be  quite  a  crew he'd  had in the  last 30  years.  her  when  she  came  in  and  got  it  strike by toe  AFL Carmen's Union.  while  before  he'd  see  his  check,  The  picture  down  here  is  look­ When, a fire  broke  out  in  number  cleaned  up.  Froin where  I sit,  but  he  found  to  his  amazement  ing up as far  as shipping  goes.  We  three  hold,  the  crew  jumped  in  Agents  Thanked  SIU  it  looks  like  the  that he'd  just have  to  stick around  shipped  men  to  eight  ships  that  and  put  it  out,  even  slinging  Our  regular  meeting  featured  a  Mayor  tried  to  • few    days  or  a  week  at  most.  In  turned  into  this  port  and  also  around  cases  that  were  beginning  discussion on  the Welfare Plan  and  give  the  boys  a  this  way  he  can  take  a  rest,  pick  racked  up  a  half  dozen  each  in  to  burn  by  hand.  The  kicker  in  the  ships  that, are  sailing  short­ rough  go,  al­ up  his  money  and  be  ready  to  payoffs  and  sign­ons.  this  story  is  that  the  hold  was  handed.  Some  of  the  representa­ though  he  was  ship  all  over  again.  loaded  with  ammo.  tives  of  the  Prudential  Insurance  well  backed  by  Among  the  ships  that  took  men  He  asked  to add  his  thanks,  like  There  is  a  growing  tendency  of  Agents were  on  hand  to  thank  the  labor  in  the  last  off  the  beach  were  the  following:  many  other  members,  to  the  offi­ men  missing ships and  then squar­ members  for  their  support  diuring  election. The  Dorothy  (Bull);  Zane  Grey  cials  of  the  Union,  for  a  job  well  ing it  away  with a fine.  They  jiist  that beef.  They had  full use of  our  beef  centered  4ione  on  the  many  benefits  he  re­ (Isthmian);  Robin  Wentley  (Rob­ pile  off  here  and  then  try  to  get  hall  and  all  other  help  we  could  aroimd  the  fact  in);  Cape  San  Martip,  Southstar,  Bearden  ceives  through  our  negotiators'  the  Korean  run.  The  only  trouble  give  them  during  their  strike.  that toe  city  Southwind;  Jesse  .H.  Metcalf  long  hours  of  work  and  effort  to  with  that is they're  getting fooled.  The  brothers at the meeting were  wanted  the  men  to  put  in  their  (Eastern), and  our  port  namesake,  make  Seafarers'  conditions  the  the Seatrain  Savannah  (Seatrain).  We  have very  few ships going  into  also  pleased  to  see .our  two  Union  eight  hours  a  day  over  a  period  best  in  the  maritime field.  Korea.  Most  of  them  go  directly  films.  This  Is  The  SIU  and  The  exceeding  10  hours, despite  a  city  There's  little  doing  of  note  in  Business  is  expected  to continue  to  Japan.  Battle of  Wall Street, the first  time  charter  provision  calling  for  eight  town.  But  our  members  in  the  at  this  healthy  pace  for  the  com­ most  of  them  around  here  had  hours  work  to  be  done  within  lO.  There are maijy  smiling faces on  marine  hospital  could  use  a  little  ing  two  weeks,  according  to. pres­ After  a  couple  of  days  a  court  cheering  up  by  mail  or  in  person.  ent  indications.  The  number  of  the beach  these days with the  vaca­ seen  them.  Among  them  are  W.  J.  Gray,  T.  men  on  the  beach  being  small,  tion checks coming through. Money  Those  of  us working  in  the j>ort  rule was  handed  down  stating that  Burke,  J.  Jones,  E.  E.  Dykes,  G.  there  was  no  regular  branch  meet­ flows" on  the  boulevard,  and  the  want to know  how the membership  these  men  were  right  to  demand  boys are  digging down  deep bring­ feels ou toe  matter of  issuing skis,  the  existing  set­up  of  eight  in  10.  ing.  Robinson  and  S. S.  Irby.  ing out  their discharges.  snowshoes  or  a  small  dog­sled  to  The  guys  are  back  on  their  jobs  The  men  coming  in  are  a  happy  Cat  Tanner  Mobile  Port  Agent  gang  because  of  our  new  Vacation  Among  our  old  timers  out  here  us  so  we  can  make toe  ships. The  now,  but  the  Mayor  is  still  belly­ Plan  set­up,  which  is  siurely  mak­ are  brother  "Babe"  Aulicino,  trains  have  been  stopped, toe  aching that  the city  is going  bank­ 4"  4"  ing  a  hit  both  near  and  far.  Fact  Teddy  Freeland,  Jesse  Lewis  and  roads  are  blocked  to  buses  and  rupt.  We  didn't  have  to  send  in  Seattle:  is,  the  men  must  be figuring  their  "Red"  McManus.  In  the  marine  there is  no  way  to get  to the ships  any support  during the beef, as the  vacation  dollars  every  time  they  hospital and eager for a bit  of  mail  unless  you  have  a  good  dog­team  Union  had  an  effective  strike  and  sign  on,  or  should  I  say  $ign­on,  from  their  friends  are  F.  Cohen,  on  hand.  We  will  knock  off  for  no outside help was  needed.  because  every  day  they  work  adds  T. 6. Lyons  and  E. L.  Pritchard.  now  as  we  have  to  go  out  front  We  had  brother  Arvel  J.  Bear­ up  to  a  husky  check  when  they  Well,  generally  we've  got  no  and  shovel  eight  more  inches  of  den in here off toe  Portmar, a man  who  said  he'd  get  k  chicken  farm  beefs.  The weather  has been  great  new  snow  off  the sidewalks.  We're  still  holding  up  our  end  put  in  more  than  90  days  time.  and  went  ahead  and  got  one.  A  E. B."  Tilley  and shipping, though not  at a peak,  James  Sheehan  on  shipping  as  it  remains  con­ Savannah  Port  Agent  is  holding  its  own.  We  haven't  Boston  Fort  Agent  native  of  Louisiana  and  member  sistently  good.  As  far as shipping  of  the  SIU  since  May, 1943,  Bear­ goes here,  we'll stick  to our slogan  den  sails  nothing  but  carpenter  —The  Best  in  the  Northwest.  and  is  one  of toe  best,  on  ship  or  Since  the  weather's  improving,  ashore.  Mosf  of  the  vessels  he_  we hope some  rated  men  will head  rides  he  acts as ship's  delegate  or  out this  way  as they're  sure to  get  deck  delegate,  and  he  always  out  in  jig  time.  We  always  have  brings  In  a  clean  ship  with  all  to  send  to  the  outports  to  get  the  beefs  in first  class  order.  men  as fast  as  they're  needed.  Shipping  from  Febriiary  13  to  February  27  His place  is located  northeast  of  The  David  B.  Johnson  (Missis­ Los  Angeles  and  now  that  he's  on  sippi)  paid  off  in  Portland  with  the  beach.  Brother  Bearden  ex­ TOTAL  REG.  SHIP.  SHIP.  REG.  TOTAL  SHIP.  REG.  just  routine  beefs  aboard  her  and  pects  to  head  home  and  see  it  PORT  DECK  ENGINE  STEW.  REG.  DECK  ENG.  STEW. SHIPPED  signed  on  again.  Also  signing  on  an^hing  hatched  while  he  was  were the  Fairport  (Waterman)  and  50  away.  49  17  10  65  23  27  9  Mobile:  Labor­Backed MayorNo  Barpin to AFL GarmoB  Lynn Vieiory Deck Gaog  Gheernd as Fire­Kiiiers  Shipping Slowing a Bit  After a Stretch in High  Paying Off at Sea Easy  Way fa Trouble in Port  Shipping in This Port  Heavier for a Change  Shipping Pace Out Here  'Best in the Herlhwesl'  A&G  SmPPJOfC  RECORD  199  62  168  165  26  12  51  109  54  SUP Offices  fit  New  Hall  The  SUP'S  office  is  at  the  SIU  A&G  Hall  where  the  complete  facilities  of  the  building  are  available  to Sail­ ors  Union  men.  Shipping,  beefs,  mail  and  all. other  SUP  services  are  maintained,  at  the 675 4th Ave., Brooklyn, ad­ dress.  J  kWALS  • 949  .  • • toooegovgtto*  170  66  112  130  25  11  ­  ­46^  60  54  60  .  7M  '  104  32  101  104  29  12  45  62  86  47  fid  473  160  361  399  80  39  144  231  164  160'  171  42  187  124  33  21  49  126  78  • 1  139  102  38  19  48  81  70  89  426  93  105  20  ;  434  112  324  98  98  27  90  16  :  132  300  93  197  94  200  80  76e  low  927  162  ­  *i  ,  Another  of  our  members,  R.  Ulmer,  who  just  paid  off  tho  Madaket  in  LA.  came  in  for  a  breatoeb,  but  before  he  could  get  it was shipped to the John JB. John­ son  in  Portland.  A  tough  go, toe  brother  admiu,  but  when  the  Union needs  men, it's up  to every­ one to turn to as a replacement.  The thing to do, he says,  is ship  when  you're needed  and  take your  vacation later on when  things turn  slow.  H. X Fiaeker  Wfft'^Ceast­ ­­­ �Friday. Mareh T. Wig  SEAFARERS  lOC^  Pare MM  .... PORT REPORTS  and  Robert  Lowry  (Bloomfield).  Lake Charles:  Yulee  H.  Crews,  who's  been  sail­ bership's approval.  Our SIU  Wash­ The  Joyce  Kilmer  (Mississippi)  ing for the  past 12  or 13 years. He  ington  representative,  Robert  Ma­ crewed  up  finally  after  leaving  was in  the campaign to sign  up the  thews,  has  been  in  the  city  assist­ drydock,  as  did  the  Del  Mundo,  Cities Service fleet,  and  won't  sail  ing in  the search  8nd  looking  over  Sud,  Oro  (Mississippi);  Puritan,  anything  else  now  because,  as .'he  a  few  sites  we  have  lined  up.  Wa  Pilgrim,  Ranger  (Alcoa);  Clear­ says,  we  should  ride  them  now  to  expect  to  hear  from  headquarters  f he  pace  of  shipping has  been a  water  Victory  and  Robert  Lowry.  ^hipping  and  business  in  this  collect  the  gains  that  we  worked  concerning  this  plan  for  the  port  In­transit  activity­  was  a­hum­ hard  to  score.  Yulee  sails  in  of  Baltimore  in  the  near  future.  little  slow  these  past  few  weriu,  ming, with  the following'recorded:  lovely  city  has  definitely  been  so  booming  the  past  two  weeks.  If  the steward  department, usually  as  The  membership  will'also  be  although  it  has  pieked^­up  in  the  Alcoa  Corsair,  Pennant,  Cavalier,  there's  anything  we  like  to  see  the  department  delegate,  and  al­ pleased  to  note  that  the  wage  dis­ last  couple  of  days,  and  prospects  Roamer  (Alcoa);  Steel  Vendor  around  here,  it's  plenty., of  ships  ways  does  a fine  job.  cussions  for  day  workers  on  SIU­ for  the  coming  period  look  good.  (Isthmian);  Del  Mundo,  Oro  (Mis­ and  mucho  jobs  to  keep  the  boys  The  biggest  item  for  conversa­ contracted  ships  have  been  cli­ tion  these  days  around  the  hall  maxed  with  the  Union  securing  a  Quite  a  few  ships  due  in  for  pay­ issippi);  Seatrains  Louisiana,  New  happy.  Jersey,  Georgia  (Seatrain);  Mon­ The  local  prosperity  is  abetted  (when  we  can find  enough  men  to  $30  monthly  for  all  daymen  in  offs.  arch of  the Seas, Afoundria  (Water­ to)  is  the­vacation  pay,  par­ the  deck  and  engine  departments,  We  paid  off  a  total  of  21  ships  man);  John  Kulukundis  (Mar  no  end  by  the comings  and  goings  talk  of  Cities  Service  ships,  the  recent  ticularly  the  fact  that  it  was  se­ with  the  exception  of  wipers,  who  and  signed­on  four  in  the  last  two  Trade);  Southern  Counties  (South­ crop including the Lone Jack,  Win­ cured  at  all  as  many  didn't  think  will  receive  a  $1.5  monthly  in­ weeks.  The  big  difference  between  ern Trading),  and  Margaret  Brown  ter Hill, Fort  Hoskins, Government  they'd  see  it  in  their  lifetime.  crease  in  base  pay.  Camp, Cantigny, Bents  Fort, Salem  One  of  our  good  brothers  who  Despite  the  huge  outgoing flow  the  payoffs  aiid  sign­ons  is  due  to  (Bloomfield).  Since  the  last  report  the  AFL  the fact that a  large number of  the  Electricians  went out at  the Kaiser  Maritime,  French Creek  and Brad­ lives in Lake  Arthur, La.,­ about  50  of  manpower  through  the SIU  hall  Island,  all  of  whom .^hipped  miles away  from  here, is taking up  here  these  last  two  weeks no ships  ships are on continuous articles. All  plant  in  a  beef  against  a  sub­con­ ford  quite  a  few  men  each.  the  art  of  helicopter flying.  He  were  delayed  in  sailing  for  lack  .'of  our  payoffs  ran  fairly  smooth,  tractor  who  had  the idea  he  could  Over  in  Port  Arthur,  Texas,  the  figures that  since a  CS tanker  only  of  men.  however, with all  beefs being taken  hire and  fire  as  he  saw fit,  or can  good ship Federal  (Trafalgar) came  stays  in  port  about  10  hours,  he  Earl  Sheppard  a man  for any  trivial reason. With­ in,  shuttling  between  the  mighty  can fly  home  with  his  'copter, chin  care of  at the time.  Baltimore  Port  Agent  out" electricians at  the  plant it  will  The  following  were  in  the  tally  not  be  long  before  Kaiser  will  Mississippi  and  Texas  ports.  The  a  while  and  be  aboard  his  ship  4"  boys  positively  again  in  quick, time­..  So  far  he  is  Galveston:  for this  period: Lone Jack,  Abiqua,  straighten  out  this  sub­contractor  '  ­­ do  not  quit  her  on  lesson  number  one  put  out  by  Salem  Maritime,  Council  Grove,  in order  to get  things going  in  full  the  International  Correspondence  as she is running  Winter  Hill,  Cantigny,  Royal  Oak,  swing.  These  anti­labor  characters  School.  1  n   competition  have  to  be  put  iq  their  place  or  (Cities  Service);  LaSalle,  Hastings,  they'll run  with the  US mint  We  don't  know how  far he'll  get  wild.  in  making  on this  project, but  we can  be sure  Wacosta,  Gateway  City  (Water­ Berry Pickers Win  there  won't  be  any  fuel  problein  money.  man);  Binghampton  Victory,  Bea­ anyway  with  a  refinery  just  a  This  port  was  really  humming  The  other,  strike  sftuation  in­ We  also  had  trice,  Inez,  Puerto  Rico  (Bull);  with  activity  as  shipping  over  the  coon's  breath  away.  volves  the  Louisiana  Fruit  and  one  of  the  SUP  Shinnecock  Bay  (Mar­Trade);  Sea­ iiii  past period  turned very good.  Leroy  Clarke  tankers,  the  trains Georgia and  New  Yqfk  (Sea­ Vegetable  Producers  Local  312  in  We  had  six  ships  in  for  payoff  the  strawberry  country.  After  Lake  Charles  Agent  Frank  A.  Mor­ train);  Sea  Magic  (Orion);  Steel  Crews  and  the  same  bunch  signed  on  picketing  several  berry  plants  in  gan,  which  car­ Vendor  (Isthmian),  and  Fort  4­  t  again.  Among  them  were  the  fol­ Ponchatoula,  Hammond,  Albany  ried  a  large number  of  SIU­broth­ Bridger  (US  Petroleum).  lowing:  Sunion  (Kea);  Neva  West  Baltimore:  and  White  Hall,,  the  union  has  ers.  We  went  down  and  paid  her  Our  sign­ons  were the  Steel  In­ (Bloomfield);'  William  Carruth  ventor  and  Steel  Voyager  (Isthmi­ gained  complete  control  of  the  off  in  company  with  the  SUP  rep­ (Trans  Fuel);  Oceanstar  (Trfton);  strawberry  crop  in  the  state.  Five  resentative  and  everything  ran  off  an);  Wild  Ranger  (Waterman),  and  James  H.  Price  (South  Atlantic),  major  handlers  of  berries  tried  to  okay.  Robin  Mowbray  (Robin).  and  William  A.  Graham  (Water­ hold  out  against  the  farmers,  but  On  the  local  labor  scene,  the  man).  Puerto Rico  Back  learning  from  past  experience,  the  AFL  Metal  Trades  Council  is  ne­ Shipping  has  really  gone  over  That  strike down  in  Puerto Rico  farmers  were  not  going  to  be  de­ gotiating  for  a  new  contract  and  the  top in  this  port, with  over  400  A  flock  of  in­transits  pulled  in  Is over,  and  we have the  good  ship  prived of  the packers and  handlers  has  served  notice  on  the refineries  men  moving  out  during  the  past  during the  period, including: Brad­ Puerto  Rico  back  on  her  regular  before  the  berry  crop  started  in.  that  they  intend  to  get  it  or  else.  period.  The  exact figure,  434  ford  Island,  Logans  Fort,  Abiqua,  run  again.  We  hope  she  'runs  Last  year  the  farmers  struck  late  The  AFL  Electricians have  a  pick­ shipped  in  all  departments,  is  a  Chiwawa (Cities Service); Seatrains  New York,  New Jersey, Texas (Sea­ steady ­  for  a  while.  Those  boys  in  the  season  and  although  they  etline on  the air  base  here against  record  peak  for  this  branch.  train); Petrolite, Julesburg  (Mathi­ one  of  the  contractors,  and  the  got  their  price  it  was  too  late  in  have  had  more  vacations  in  the  Contributing  to  the  heavy  past  six  months  than  a  Standard  the  season  and  some  berries  were  Building  Trades . Council is  making  activity  were  24  ships  paying  off,  asen;  Schuykill;  Afoundria,  Beau­ lost.  They  made  sure  no  berries  headway in its contract talks.  We've  13 sign­ons and  six  ships in­transit.  Tegard  (Waterman);  Evelyn  (Bull);  Oil  sailor  gets in  three years.  the  IBEW  that  the  SIU  With  the "exception  .of  a  couple  Compass  (Compass);  Frank  Mor­ There's a  happy  note  in  that  we  would  go  to  non­union  handlers  notified  branch  in this jmrt stands  ready  to  of  small  beefs  submitted  for  gan;  Del  Oro  (Mississippi);  Cata­ this  season  by  striking  early.  are' able to  report  that  we  haven't  give  them  all  the  aid  it  possibly  clarification,  aU  vessels  paid  off  houla  (National  Nav);  Southern  Market  Control  been plagued  by performers aboard  Counties  (Southern  Trading),  and  can.  the ships in port for the past couplS  As  in  the  past,  the  berries  will  and  signed­on  without  a  hitch.  Cape  Grieg,  just  out  of  the  bone­ Machinists  Active  be auctioned  at Hammond  by com­ of  weeks.  We  would  like  to  impress  on  petitive  bids,  but  by  controlling  'Lastly,  the  AFL  Machinists  are  the  brothers  at  this  time  the  re­ yard.  Bar Busy  The  William  A.  Graham,  in  for  the  berries  no. one  market  will  be  moving  to  organize  local  garages  sponsibility  they  have  in  the  edu­ The  Port  O*  Call  bar  is  now  flooded  and  thereby  lower  the  and are meeting with huge success.  cation  of  newcomers  which  th^  payoff  from  India,  came  in  very  doing  a  rushing  business  with . a  price  in  that  area.  The  union  has  To date, they  have every  garage in  Union is  taking in, due  to the over­ clean  and  smooth.  Nothing  could  great  number  of  the  boys'coming  now  set  its  sights  on  handlers  in  town  signed  up  with  pledge  cards  abundance  of  shipping.  Since  we  compare  with  the  cleanliness  of  ashore  to  their own  bar  to quench  both  Tennessee  and  Arkansas.  and  expect  to  call  for  an  NLRB  can't help  but get  a few  performers  that  ship,  both  inside  and  outside.  their  thirst.  It  must  be  quite  an  When  these  are  organized,  a  con­ election  very  soon.  and  foul­ups  in  taking  in  these  The  boys made  plenty of  overtime,  attraction, as  I have  seen  some  of  trolled  flow  of  berries  from  three  Things are  quieting down  on  the  men,  it  is  therefore  up  to  each  and  you  could  see  it  all  by  the  the  oldtimers  around  lately  that  states  will  enable  stable  market  political  front  now  that  labor's  member to help  the Union as much  looks  of  everything  when  you  I hadn't seen,for  some  time.  prices.  friend has  been reelected sheriff  of  as  possible  to  keep, performing  at  walked aboard  the ship.  As a  matter  of  fact, Capt.  Miller  I  ihust  say  also  that  I've  seen  Quite  a  few  brothers  from  this  the parish  (^ounty) for another four  a  minimum.  some  really  big  smiles  around  the  port  live  in  the  strawberry  coun­ years.  He  won  by  over  3,000  votes  Of  special  interest  in  this  port  of  the  US  Maritime  Administra­ counter  on  the  third floor  where  try  or  have  families  or  friends  and  showed  the  anti­labor  gang  are the  efforts  now  being put  forth  tion,  the  port  captain,  called  the  the  vacation  pay  is'being  paid  out.  there.  There  is  no  doubt  that  that  we  do  not  intend  to  have  to  obtain  a  new  branch  hall  in  hall  and  stated  he  wanted  to com­ Many  of  the  men  who  have  been  their  being  with  the  SIU spread  a  goons  around  when  we  strike  to  the  port.  A  search  for  suitable  mend  the SIU,  its officials  and  es­ uphold  our  rights.  going  to  sea  for  10  and  15  years  lot  of  unionism  in  that  area.  buildings  is  now  going  on  and  it  pecially  the  crew  of  this  ship  for  Lindsey  J. Williams  The  only  old  timer  we  have  on  is  expected  one  or  two  sites  will  the condition  of  the vessel and  the  had  nevei* collected  a  dime  for  New  Orleans  Fort  Agent  the  beach  at  present  is  brother  eventually be selected for  the mem­ conduct  of  the  crew  during  their  vacation  before.  They  have  good  voyage.  reason  to  be  happy  about  the  new  Keith  Alsop  Vacation  Plan.  Galveston  Port  Agent  Claude Simmons  Asst.  Sec'y­Treas.  Nmw  York:  Onilook Tarning Belter  For Mea Seekieg Berth  SIU Stands By to Help  At Electrieiatas  Picket  Snappy Graham Crew  Wins Plaudits for  SIU  M  •  1  ­• n  Wide Search on to Got  Now SIU Hall for Port  New Orleans:  Farmers Union Pickets  Bring Home tke Berries  Sm  BALL  DIRECTORY  SIU,  A&G  District  BALTIMORE  14  North  Gay  St.  Earl  Sheppard.  Agent  Mulberry  4540  BOSTON  276  State  St.  James Sheehan, Agent  Richmond 2­0140  Dispatcher  Richmond 2­0141  GALVESTON  308V4  23rd  St.  Keith  Alsop.  Agent  Phone  2­8448  LAKE CHARLES,  La  1419  Ryan  St.  LeRoy  Clarke,  Agent  Phone  6­5744  MOBILE  1  South  Lawrence  St.  Cal  Tanner.  Agent  Phone  2­1754  NEW  ORLEANS  523  BienviUe  St.  Lindsey  Williams.  Agent  Magnolia 6112­6113  NEW  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NEW  YORK  675  4th  Ave..  Brooklyn  BUFFALO.  N.  Y  180 Main St.  STerling 8­4671  Phone:  Cleveland  7391  Payoffs  for  the  period  included  CLEVELAND...  2602  CarroU  SL  the  following:  Del  Oro,  Del  Sud,  Canadian  Disfrict  Phone:  Main  l­oi47  tlETROrr  1038  3rd  St.  MONTREAL  463  McGUl  St.  Del  Aires,  James  Duke  (Missis­ Headquarters  Phone:  Woodward  1­6657  MArquette 5906  Isippi);  Aicoa  Puritan,  Pilgrim,  DULUTH  531  W.  Michigan  St.  HALIFAX.  N.S  .128Vi Hollis St  Phone:  Melrose  2­4110  Phone: 34911 ;  '.  Ranger  (Alcoa);  Clearwater  Vic­ 3361 E  92nd  St.  PORT  WILUAM....IUM1  Syndicate  Ave. [SOUTH  CHICAGO  ;  tory,  Steel  Surve^pi;  (Isth|^ji(^),  n^mNGTIOhr,  Calif• ­440  I  .  ^  Phone:  Essex  5­2410    Avale^, Mvj|.  ....  Be Sure to Get  Dues Receipts  Headquarters  again  wishes  to  remind  all  Seafarers  that  payments  of  funds,  for  what­ ever  union  purpose,  be  made  only  to authorized  A&G  repre­ sentatives  and  that  an  official  Union  receipt be gotten  at that  time.  If  no  receipt  is offered,  be  sure  to  protect  yourself  by  immediately  bringing  the mat­ ter  to the  attention  of  the sec­ retary­treasurer's  office.  The  union's  word  of  advice  is  to  insure  that  all  monies  paid  are  credited , to  your  SIU '  record.  Insistence  on  an  offi­ cial  receipt  will  prevent  "can  shakers" from  soliciting funds  for unauthorized purposes, and  will  bar any  foul­ups later on.  • ^   I  J  �Page Tea  SEAWARBRS  IOC  Frtdar, March 7,1952  Pdfiomonion Flag  —Ideal for  Subversives  F!­'  I  I­ K  Panamanian  registry, long  a loophole  through  which  ship­ owners  can  escape  maritime  safety  codes,  wage  standards  pel them  to require such  papers. It  and  other  regulations,  also  provides  one  of  the  biggest  gaps  is'possible then, for someone wish­ ing to leave  the country to get him­ in  the  security  of  US  ports.  self  a  job  on  a  Panamanian  ship  terested  in  getting  out  of  the  US  While ships of all foreign  nations  without  seamen's  papers.  provide  easy  access  for  interested  in  a  hurry.  Inquiries  made  by  a  No Outgoing Check  LOG  staffer  at  the  Panamanian  parties  to  and  from  this  country,  consulate  in  New  York,  produced  All  that  the  US  government  de­ Panamanian  flag  ships  are  a  spe­ cial  case.  Other  foreign  ships  are  a list of  25 shipping companies and  mands of  the Panamanian  company  usually  manned  by  their  own  na­ agencies in  New  York  alone  where  01  any  other foreign  ship, is  a  full  Tin cup days still live  on Panamanian  ships.  Note bare  wood  table  tionals  and  as  such  under  control  a seaman  could get a  job.  The con­ and  accurate  list  of  the  crews'  and  wooden  benches. ,  Crew  has  to  help  Itself  as  there  Is  no  messman.  In  contrast,  officers  eat  in  banquet­like  atmosphere—  of  that  nation.  Panama  not  being  sulate  sought  no  evidence  of  sea­ names.  Failure  to  supply  a  com­ and  the  two  pot  system  prevails.  plete list  or  use of  assumed  names  men's­papers  and  said  that  it  did  a  seafaring  country,  ships  under  on  the list  would  subject  the  com­ not issue credentials. The consulate  its flag  are  manned  by  a  conglom­ some  of  the smaller  ports  where  a  spying  in  this  country.  Once  the  eration  of  foreign  and  American  merely  referred  the  man  to  the  pany  at  most  to  a  small fine.  Panamanian  ship  might  pick  up  a  man  obtained  a  set  of  seamen's  Of  course, if  the company  know­ shipping  companies.  seamen  who  are  more  or  less  out­ man  as replacement  on  a  pierhead  papers from  a­iy country,  he  could'  ingly  conspired  with  a  fugitive  It is the general  practice of  Pana­ side  the  regulatory  scope  of  their  jump,  or  through  a  local  one­shot  run  regularly  to  and  from  the  US  from  justice  it  could  suffer  more  manian  companies  and  their  agen­ native  countries.  on  Panamanian  ships  with  nobody  cies  to  ask  for  sean^n's  papers.  serious penalties. But  that wouldn't  agent. ^  No  Questions  Asked  Papers of  any  maritime  nation  are  stop  a  man  from  getting  aboard  Aside  from  the  possible  exodus  being  the  wiser  for  it.  The  fact  The procedure for getting aboard  acceptable,  so  that  a  seaman  from  under  an  assumed  name  without  of  US  citizens  on  a  sub­rosa  basis,  that  many  Panamanian  ships  run  a  Panamanian, ship  is  short  and  Poland,  to cite  one  example,  could  seamen's  papers  if  the  company  Panamanian  ships  would  be  ideal  regularly to Iron  Curtain countries,  sweet,  indicating  that  they  would  ship  an  Panama  flag  ships.  But  v/ere so  disposed  to  hfre him.  This  for  any  foreign  agent  interested  help  make  them  an  easy  pipeline  be  an  easy  mark  for  anybody  in­ there is  nothing in  US law  to com­ would  probably  be  much  easier  in  in  doing^ a  job  of  plain  or  fancy.  for two way  traffic of  undesirables.  us Lacking Port Security  (Continued  from  page  3)  LOG,fanged from "We've got noth­ brought  American  civilian  seamen'  ten piers last week ships of  foreign  were  purchased  under  the  Mer­ ables: fugitives, men  who have  rec­ ing  to do  with  it" to  "we do  enter  under the  jurisdiction of  a military  registry  were  tied  up;  one  British,  chant  Marine  Act  of  1946,  when  ords  of  being  deported  previously  into  the  picture,  but  our  role can­ group.  The  hearing  units,  so  sim­ one  Panamanian  and  one  Hon­ this country  was glad  to  help "our  ilar  to  courts  martial  proceedings,  duran.  Moreover, the  Coast  Guard  friends  to  gain  their  maritime  and  men  who  have  criminal  rec­ not  be  publicized."  ords. A­eursory  check  is also  made  None  of  the  agencies,  however,  have  never  been  endorsed  by  the  stated  that  these  ships  would  con­ standing  and  rebuild  their  econ­ for  possible  subversion,  based  pri­ reported  that  there  was  any  4)ro­ men  of  the  merchant  marine,  who  tinue  to  use  these  restricted  piers.  omy  to  withstand  the  pressure  of  marily  on  information  that  has  gram  in  effect  or  in  the  planning  feel  they  should  be  tried  in  civil  At these  restricted  piers the only  communism."  courts.  precaution  being  taken  by  the  been  furnished  the  agency  from  stage to  combat the danger.  Means  of  Escape  The Coast Guard  has done an ex­ Coast Guard  is the  posting of  addi­ y  While foreign  flag ships,  notably  other sources.  In  other words,  they  State Dept. Policy  work  much  the  way  the  Customs  Several questions could be raised  cellent  job  in  its  screening  pro­ tional guards.  those of  Panamanian and Honduran  men  do  in  apprehending  smug­ as  to  the  wisdom  of  certain  prac­ gram.  American seamen have found  These  ships  in  restricted  piers  registry',  might  well  constitute  a  glers.  Unfortunately,  a  search  tices  of  this  nation  in  relation  to  that  the  appeals  boards  have  been  were not  tramp vessels,  which  may  threat  to  our  security  through  the  won't  reveal  a  man's  subversive  foreign­dag ships.  One  well­known  fair  where  a  question  arose  as  to  not  touch  an  American  port  again  transporting  of  subversives  to  this  tendencies.  policy  of  this  country's  State  De­ a  man's  security;  however,,  the  for months or years, but  were ships  country,  these  vessels  could  also  The  Immigration  Office  in  New  partment  has  been  to  oppose  a  Seafarers  International  Union  has  in  regular service—an  ideal set­up  serve  as  a  means  of  refuge  for  York  told  the  LOG  that  it  is  im­ large  American  merchant  marine  never  given  blanket  endorsement  for  subversive  elements.  One  of  Communists,  spies,  saboteurs  and  possible  to  make  a  close  check  on  except  in  time  of  war.  The  State  to  its  quasi­military  rule  of  the  the  ships,  the  passenger  ship  fugitive  Americans  who  wish  to  all  foreign  seamen  entering  the  Department believes that  goods for  merchant  marine.  Argentina,  is  in  regular  service  to  escape  this  country.  country.  A  shortage  of  personnei  foreign countries should  be carried  At  the  same  time  the  SIU  does  South  American  ports.  Another  While an  American  must  carry a  is part of  the story; the department  in  foreign  bottoms  to  help  the  not seek  preferential treatment  for  ship  at  the  restricted  dock,  the  seaman's certificate and be screened  has  also  discontinued  its  practice  trade balance. The  problem of  what  men  on  American  ships,  nor  does  Horta, is in  regular service  to Por­ before  he  can  work  on  an  Ameri­ of  fingerprinting  foreign  seamen  the State  Department  would  do  in  it believe foreign seamen  should be  tugal and  the  Azores.  And  outside  can  ship,  no  such  provisions  are  and  now  only does  so if  a  man  has  time  of  sudden  hostilities  when  a  the  target  of  any  special  witch  of  the  restricted  areas,  ships  of  made  crewmembers  of  Pana­ stayed in  the country  over 29  days.  large  foreign—and  unscreened—  hunt.  The SIU,  however, questions  Panamanian,  Honduran  and  all  manian for  flag vessels.  For  a  man  to  the  direction  of  a  program  in  maritime  flags of  the  world  tie  up  get a  job aboard a Panamanian flag  In  a  recept  television  show  an  me]y:hant  marine would  raise grave  official  of  the Immigration  Depart­ questions  of  reliability  and  secur­ which  precautions  are  aimed  al­ regularly.  ship  he  needs  no seamen's  papers,  ment told  of  the recent deportation  ity  has  never  been  made  clear.  most  primarily  against  the  Ameri­ LOG  Boarded Ship  no passport, no previous experience  of  over  100  alien  seamen—men  In  the  government,  the  security  can  seamen.  The  Seafarers  International  In  New  York  this  week  a  LOG  —nothing  except  the  rules  of  a  who had  jumped ship  in  this coun­ program  for  the  nation's  water­ reporter  boarded  a  Panamanian­ Panamanian  Steamship  Company.  try  and  had  been  here  for  months  front  was  set  up  by  government  Union  has  felt  that  from  the  be­ flag ship at  its pier.  There was no  All  these  potential  enemies  of  and  years.  Anyone  of  these  men  agencies with  little working  knowl­ ginning  of  the  security  program  guard  at  the  gate,  no  pier  official  our  country  could  theoretically  the maritime unions of  this country  *  could  have  been  a  threat  to  this  edge  of  the  waterfront.  anywhere  to  check  the  going  and  leave  on  one  of  thiese  vessels.  The  nation's security. And for every 100  The  Coast  Guard's  job  until  —the  men  who  know  tl^e  water­ coming  of  seamen.  The  reporter  regulations  under  which  ships  of  front  best—should  have  been  con­ departed,  there  are  dozens  of  World  War  II  was  one  completely  boarded the ship, took  pictures and  Panamanian  registry  opei'ate  are  others  who  are  not  apprehended.  apart  from  the  actual  operation  of  sulted.  left without once  being met  by any­ extremely  loose  and  are  almost  "We're  too  lax with  foreign  sea­ the  merchant  marine.  Merchant  Throughout  the  country  wher­ one  except'  an  Italian  speaking  totally at the  discretion  of  the ves­ men.  We  don't  have  control,"  was  seamen'until  then  were  under  the  ever  ships  tie  up,  the  potential  crewmember.  sels' owners.  the  way  the  immigration  official  Department  of  Commerce's  juris­ danger  to  this  country  is  ever  Not  only  are  New  York  piers  According, to a spokesman for the  present.  summed it  up to the  LOG reporter.  diction.  open  to  (foreign  flag  ships  but  Seamen's  Syndicate  of  Panama,  No  Law  barrier  Other  federal  ageneies  whose  When  the  Coast  Guard  was  tankers  of  all  of  the  nations Jiave  which supplies  men; in this country •  work  is  of  an  investigative  nature  handed  the  additional duties  of  is­ Citizens  of  foreign  nations  who  the  right  to  enter  strategic  high­ for Panamanian  flag  iships,  possesr  were checked  by  the LOG  to leam  suing  seamen's  certificates  and  wish  to  visit  the  United  States  octane  gasoUne  production  centers  slon  of  a  book  issued  by  the Pana­ what role  they played  in the secur­ maintaining  hearing  units  for  dis­ must  be  screened  tinder  the  pro­ situated  along  our  manian consulate  would  be author­ coast.  ity program. The answers given the  ciplining  seamen,  its  set­up  visions  of  the  McCairan'  Act.  In  With  the  decline  of  the  Commu­ ization  enough  to  secure  a  berth  many  cases  persons  who  have  ap­ nist  Party  in  American" waterfront  on  a  Panamanian  ship.  plied  for  visas  to  come  to  the  unions it  is only  natural to  assume  In  the  vital  oil  terminals  along  Editor,  United  States  have  been  barred.  that  the  Communists  would' have  the  coast  foreign­flag  tankers  ar­ SEAFARERS LOG,  There  U  no  such  procedure . for  to resort  to the  use of  foreign flag  rive  daily.  At  Norfolk,  the  hub  of  675 Fourth  Ave.,  foreign  seamen.  If  a  spy  or  sabo­ ships  for  their  operations.  While  coal  shipments  for  European  re­ teur were to attempt entry  into the  Gerhardt  Eisler  escaped  from  this  armament,  ships  of  all nations  are  Brooklyn  32, N.  Y,  United  States,  his  bSst  bet  would  country  as  a  stowaway  aboard  the  at  the loading  piers constantly.  In  .1  would  like to  receive.the SEAFARERS  LOG—please  be,  to  become  a  crewmember  of  a  Batory, it is also very  possible that  the  Gulf  and  on  the  West  Coast  the  Communist  fugitives  presently  the situation  is the same.  put  my  name  on  your  mailing  list.  (Print  Information)  ship  hitting  the  United  States.  It  wouldn't  be  difficult.  In  a  at  large  escaped  aboard  other  ves­ The  threat  to  the  piers  and  the  one­day  spot­check  of  the  ship  ar­;  port cities of  our country  is. a  very  sels  flying  flags  of  other  nations.  NAME  rivals in  New York  39 ships entered  :  Particularly  useful  by subversive  apparent  one  and  a  yory  tempting  New  York  harbor.  Of  these,  .19  ,  would  be  ships  flying  one  to  our  enemies.  i<Tom  these  STREET ADDRESS  ...  ;  were  foreign­flag  ships.  These  elements  facilities  this  nation  will  launch  Panamanian  flag.,  ships  tied  up  at  piers  throughout  According  to  tb®  survey  made  its armies and  its supplies if  it has  CITY  /.....; .ZONE...... STATE.  the  city—oil  docks;  drydocks,  pas­ by  the  United .States  Naval  Intel­ to  stop  an  aggressive  enemy.  Our  senger  terminals  and  piers recent­ ligencer­verliled  with  photographs  enemies  are  well  aware  of: that.  ly  declared  restricted.  and names—most  of  the ships trad­ Here,  too,  is  the  gatewa;y  for  the  Sighed..  .  ....... Book  No  In  New  York  on  March  1  ten  ing'  with  Communist  China  aind  spies  and  Saboteurs  whose  targets  TO  AVOID  DUPLICATION:..­if  you  ar«  ah  old  tubscnbcr  and  hava  a'ckanqa  .  piers  were  classified  restricted  other  Coihmunist  controlled  area^  are. inside  our  country.  of  addrast.  plaafa  qfva .your,former addrasf below:  areas.  Longsbmremcn  working  the  fly  the  Panamaniw  flag,  a  good  Our  ports  are  Qiir . outposts  piers  have  to, carry  port  security  many  of  them'owjied—ironically­i­lr  against the enemies  of  our country.  ADDRESS  cards  in  order  to  work  these  clas­ by  .American  interests,Many. ,qf.  JbOy. ,arft,9i^tP99}^  V{liicb,,/V:e  '  a~=^.l.;;?.r^ZONE;^.(t...;...:;..  STATE:......,:;.,.:.  sified  areas.  Yet  at  three  of  the  the fbrei^ 'flag  ships iii  ihls'trade  'fenseless.  '  ClIYwv..  �• "  itt'rjIiiniiMr Tt*"'riwinr^ir^ I  'ii^tri;~  ntiri r111 iF:iirifTW' lrfiiiIltniiia»iiiffnT{|l I liHlllWMimi ii'i i  i  Frlday. Blareh  1, IKUt  SeAFAtlEHS  LOG  m  Tag9 VImwm  a  Longshore  gang  stacked  planks  of  southern  pine  on  Nomis'  deck  while  the  schooner  was  at  anchor  in  Charleston  harbor.  Three­masted  lumber  schooner,  the  Nomis,  is  pictured  at  anchor,  sails furled, with  a full load  of  lumber on her deck  and in  the hold.  to  modem  times  aboard  her  was  which  Martin  applied  regularly,  the  use  of  towboats  for  docking  wrapped  in  a  cloth,  to  draw  the  when  the  wind  wasn't  right. Other­ remaining  pus  from  the  infection.  wise  she  would  have  had  to  wait  Evidently  the  cook's  medical  re­ The  Nomis shown  going "wing  outside  the  harbor  until  favorable  cipe  had  genuine  value,  because  and  wing"  with  the  wind  di­ winds  sprang  up.  in a  week  the  swelling disappeared  rectly  aft.  Martin  was  at  and  the  arm  was  as  good  as  new.  Emergency  Operation  wheel.  All  this  time,  one  handed  or  not,  Work  on  the Nomis,  a hard  grind  stood  watches  together,  each  one  under  any  circumstances,  became  Martin had  to  steer,  stand  watches  tougher  for  Martin  when  he  suf­ and  go  aloft.  half  of  the watch.  It's the  rare seaman  who  has an opportunity  to turn  back  steering  fered  an  infected  hand.  The  in­ The  trip  on  the  Nomis  was  Mar­ In  practice  however,  the  men  the clock  and find  what  sailing  was  actually  like  a  century  would  be on  call at­ all times. When  fection  spread  and  blood  poison­ tin's  only  voyage  on a  sailing  ship,  set  in,  swelling  the  arm  up  to  although  he  worked  subsequently  ago.  Seafarer  Leroy  Martin  is  one  of  a  handful  that  have  headwinds  blew  up,  which  was  ing  the  shoulder.  With no radio aboard,  on  a  four­master  while  she  was  in  more  often,  than  not,  all  hands  undergone  this  unusual  ex­>  ~  would have  to  go aloft  to shift  top­ the  skipper  tried  to  signal  passing  port.  When he  signed off  the  Nom­ perience.  In  1935,  at  the  age  ship  displacing  457  tons.  She used  sails in  order to  tack  the  ship.  Sail  steamers  to  take  Martin  off,  but  is,  he  continued  working  on  of  19, he signed  up for a voy­ to  run  regularly  between  Charles­ had  to  be  set  and  shifted  by  hand  none  came  close enough  to get  the  dredges  and  harbor  boats,  switch­ age under sail  aboard a  small  ton,  SC,  and  the  New  York­New  since  the  gasoline  engine  merely  signal.  He  decided  that  the  only  ing  to  deep  sea  ships  during  and  England  area,  carrying  lumber,  raised  them.  The  Nomis  carried  way  out  was  to  operate.  after  the  war.  lumber  schooner,  the  Nomis,  with  an  occasional  load  of  coal  or  enough  sail  to  keep  the  gang  hop­ Consequently,  the  captain  ster­ which  gave  him  a  thorough  potatoes  While  under  no  illusions  as  to  from  Maine's  Aroostook  taste  of  the  sea  as  it  used  County.  While  Martin  was  uncer­ ping;  foresail,  mainsail  spanker;  ilized  a  razor  blade  by  boiling  it  the  "romance"  of  working  a  sail­ foretopsail,  maintopsail,  spanker  over the  galley  stove.  He  then cut  ing ship,  the trip  was a  memorable  to  be.  tain of  her history,  indications  are  topsail; fore  staysail and three  jibs.  an  "X"  at  the  original  site  of  the  experience  for  Martin.  "It  was  a  Aside  from  the  use  of  an  auxil­ that  she  was  built  in  Maine  ship­ With no  electric power or  refrig­ infection,  and  the  mate  squeezed  long  hard  grind  day  after  day," he  iary  gasoline  engine  to  raise  an­ yards  in  the  period  just  prior  to  eration,  life  aboard  the  Nomis  was  out as much  of  the pus  as he could.  chor and  saiis, life and work aboard  the first  World  War.  At  that  time  pretty  primitive.  The  food  supply  The  cook  put  together  a  hot  poul­ said, "but  if  1 had  the  opportunity,  the  Nomis  was  pretty. much  the  there  was a  brief  revival  of  sailing  was  necessarily  limited  to  non­ tice  mixture  of  cornmeal  and  lye  1  would  like  to  take  one  more  trip  on  a  ship  like  that."  same  as  it  was  on  the  hey­day  of  ship  construction,  mostly  for  the  perishables  such  as  casks  of  salt  sail,  100  years  ago.  Even'the  own­ lumber  trade.  pork,  potatoes and  plum duff.  Eggs  er­skipper,  Captain  Charles  C.  were  available  while  in  port  but  Sank  Off  Hatteras  Clausen, fell  into the same  pattern.  fresh  fruits,  vegetables  and  milk  Shortly  after  Martin's  trip  He  was  a  true  "sea  dog"  80  years  were  out.  old,  who  had  been on  sailing ships  aboard  her,  the  Nomis  came  to  an  Laundry  Problem  since  the  age­of  ten,  starting  out  untimely  end  on  the  treacherous  in  1865  right  after  the  Civil  War.  reefs near  Cape  Hatteras.  She ran  Fresh  water  was  a  pretty  severe  aground  at  Ocracoke  Inlet  in  a  problem.  It  had  to  be  carried  in  In  his  day.  Cap­ The area surrounding "Washington, the nation's capita, long  storm, and  broke  up after  the  crew  casks  and  lugged  by  the  pailful,  fallow as a  port  of  entry of  any consequence,  is fast  growing  tain  Clausen  had  was taken off  her by  breeches buoy.  making  for  a  very  limited  supply  in stature as  a  shipping  point.  commanded  pas­ senger  packets,  After  Martin  and  his  friends  reserved  for  cooking  and  drinking.  It's  importance  to  Seafarers,  of'  the  cream  of  the  signed  on as  deck hands  at $45  per  Salt  water  came  into  play  when  course,  has  never  been  pinpointed  sailing  trade,  ca­ month,  the  Nomis  ran  from  Perth  the  crew  wanted  to  wash  clothes  as  a  place  to  ship  out  from,  but  side  unloading  and  storage  space  taring  to  the  Amboy  to C^iarleston,  a trip  which  or clean  the  foc'sle.  A  bucket  was  rather  as  as  the  site  of  the  Con­ required.  It  was an  important  port  tastes  of  trans­ took  13  days.  She  spent  a  couple  put  over  the  side  and  the  water  gressional  mill  which  annually  during  the  early  history  of  the  Atlantic  travelers  of  weeks  there  taking  on  a  cargo  heated  on  top  of  the coal­burning  grinds  out  some  350  new  laws  country,  principally  for  tobacco  He  con tinned  of  planks.  The  lumber  was stacked  galley  stove.  The  crew  would  then  affecting  the  maritime  industry  in  export.  With  the  coming  of  the  railroad  and  larger  ships  unable  sailing  for  some  by hand ta  the  hold,  as well  as ten  scrub  their  clothes  with  it,  using  one  way  or  another.  Martin  to  navigate  the  shallow  Potomad,  time  afterwards  feet  high  all  around  the  deck.  the  deck  for  a  washboard.  Disclosure  of  the  1950 figimes  in  the  nineteenth  century  its  com­ and  was  nearly  90  when  he  died.  While  in  Charleston  Martin ran  The crew  foc'sle boasted  the tra­ and the  estimated  statistics for  the  into  a  common  nautical  problem,  ditional  wooden  bunks  with  straw  year just  past are  expected to show  merce  grew  negligible.  Sailing  A  Hobby  Nearby  Alexandria  on  the  op­ the size of  the draw.  Captain Claur  mattresses and  no springs.  Warnrth  Martin's  spell  of  service  aboard  sen  evidently  kept  a firm  hand  on  was supplied by  a pot­bellied wood­ a  continued  sharp  upturn  in  the  posite  bank  of  the  river  is  also  the  Nomis  grew  out  of  his  enthu­ his  mariners,  for  he  only  allowed  burning stove.  With plenty  of  lum­ activity  of  sea­borne  commerce  experiencing  a  relative  boom  in  siasm  for  sailing  as  a  hobby.  He,  two draws of  $5 each  while  in port.  ber  aboard,  fuel  was  no  ^fficulty,  through  the  Washington  area.  commercial  shipping  and  adds  to  his  brother  and  two  friends  owned  When  fully  loaded,  the  Nomis  but  the  men had  to do  a little  saw­ Showing  a  steady  increase  every  the  rise  in  water­borne  traffic  for  a  small  sailboat  which  they  oper­ ran  back  to  New  York  and  from  ing  as  one  of  their  side  duties,  year,  the  shipping  activity  is  be­ the  entire  area.  ated  in  the  waters  of  the  Raritan  there  to  Bridgeport,  Connecticut,  both  for  this  stove  and  to  supply  lieved  considerable for  a city  some  Though  the  "Port  of  Washing­ River  near  their home  town,  Perth  before  returning  to"  Perth  Amboy.  kindling for  the  galley.  The watch  distance  away  from  any  large  in­ ton" won't in the foreseeable future  Amboy.  At  that  time  there  were  The entire  trip took  some 10  weeks  arrangements  being  what  they  dustrial  center.  loom  as  an  actual  threat  to  the  Its  geographical  location  —  180  a  dozen  lumber  schooners  running  in  all.  were,  at  least  one  man  would  be  miles from  the  Atlantic  Ocean  and  prominence  of  major  US  ports  regularly  into  Perth  Amboy,  many  Aside  from  its  four  man  deck  asleep  in  the  foc'sle  at  any  given  such  as  New  York,  Philadelphia,  of  them ­ from  as  far  off  as  Nova  gang,  which  slept  forward,  the  moment  of  day  or  night,  unless  of  108  miles  up  the  Potomac  River  New  Orleans,  Houston  or  San  Scotia.  When  the, Nomis  put  in  at  Nomis  carried  three  ­others;  cap­ course  when  there  was  sail  setting  from  its mouth  in  Chesapeake  Bay  Francisco,  it  is  worthwhile  to  note  Perth  Amboy  at the  end  of  one  of  tain,  mate  and  cook  whose  quar­ to  be  done,  in  which  case  it  would  —is  certainly  not  one  to  build  up  it  is  once  again  a  "going  concern"  any'reputation  as  a  major  port  of  for  water­borne  commerce,  in  her  coastwise  trips, ,  the  quartet  ters  were  aft.  In  theory,  the  deck  be  all  hands  aloft.  entry.  signed  on  as ,her  deck  gang;  addition  to  its  function  as  the  hub  gang's  day  was  divided  into'  ten  For  illumination  and  running  But  many  items  for  local  con­ of government  in the  United States.  The  Nomis  was  a; three­masted  hours'  watches  one  day,  14  hours  lights  the  Nomis  depended on  ker­ the  next.  Watches  were  rotated  osene  lanterns.  In  foggy  weather,  sumption  do arrive  daily on  barges  and  split  up  in this  matter  by  use  a  hand  foghorn  was  used  for  sig­ and  inland  vessels  ­sailing  the  of  two  dog  watches  of  two  hours  nalling.  Aside  from  the  gasoline  Potomac. Petroleum  and petroleum  each  in­  the  afternoon.  Two  men  engine,  the  only  other  concession  products,  for  one,  are  a  major  In­ coming  cargo  essential  to  the  sprawling center of  federal govern­ The LOG is interested in col­ ment  in  the  District  of  Columbia  lecting  and  printing  photo­ and  suburban  Virginia  area.  graphs  showing  what  seagoing  Building  materials  for  the  con­ was  like  in  the  old  days.  All  struction of  expanding quarters for  government  bureaus  and  agencies  you  oldtimers  who  have  any  also  provide  a  considerable  bulk  old  mementos,  photographs  of  of  the  cargo  arriving  yp  the  river,  shipboard  life,  pictures  of  as  does  pulp  wood  and  newsprint  ships  or  anything  that  would  show  how  seamen  lived,  ate  for  the  mountains  of  printed  mat­ and  worked  in  the  days  gone  ter  emerging  from  the  capitol  by,  send  them  in  to  the  LOG.  each  day.  Whether they  be steam  or sail,  Georgetown  Wharves  around  the  turn  of  the  cen­ The  major  activity,  moreover,  tury,  during  the first  world  war  and  as  late  as  1938,  the  is  nowhere  near  the  actual  LOG  is  interested  in  them  aU.  seat  of  the  government  but  beyond  the  District  of  Columbia  We'll  take  care  of  them  and  Mate  of  Nbmls  was  lucky  flslier­ Deck  loadt of  lumber  was  stacked high  aroupd  the  entrancewajr  to the  in  historic  Georgetown,  whose  return  your  souvenirs  to  yftu.  nfan.'Nbte  salt  pork'banel,"<rear).  jwooden  u^^rws  provide  ,dock­ aoi  in"  V.  I./­ Life On  A Schooner  —Woy  Back  In '35  Washington Gaining  Fast  As  Important  Sea Port  Olde Photos  Wanted by LOG  .:4\  .­a  • ^1  �Pace TWCIT*  SEAFARBRS  tOC  WMtar, MM %wtt  IN  THE  WAKE  JOE  GALLIANO,  Waiter  St,  Elmo's  Fire,  an  electrical  yard,  though  in  modern  science  it  phenomenom  frequently" observed  usually  means  an  insect's  "feeler"  The  things  that  lead  men  to  go  Ave  months  ago  at  sea,  got  its  name  when  the  and  in  radio  terminology  an aerial  to  sea  are  many  and  varied.  In  when  he  caught  a  Cities  Service  crews  of  Columbus  and  Magellan  ... A  beef,  either  a  complaint  or  Joe  Galliano's  case  a  school  essay  tanker,  the  Cantigny.  saw  it  and  rejoiced,  convinced  dispute  in  sea  slang,  probably  Question:  What  do  yo.u  consider  contest  touched  off  a  lasting  in­ As  far  as  Joe  is  concerned,  that  their  patron  saint,  St.  Elmo,  stems  from  the  same  direction  as  terest  in  shipboard  life.  Nowa­ there  is  nothing  like  riding  the  the  most  dangerous  part  of  your  to  chew  the  fat,  referring  to  the  was  near  at  hand.  The  "fire"  is  days  Joe  is  one  of  the  "regulars'  Delta  Line  cruise  ships.  For  one  caused  when  atmospheric  electri  gristly  salt  beef  which  requires  work?  sailing  out  of  New  Orleans  on  thing,  there  are  the  attractions  of  much  chewing  before  it  can  be  city  of  low  intensity  induces  elec­ Delta  Line  passenger  ships  and  South  American  cities  like  Rio,  tricity  on  the  ship  or  other  ob­ swallowed,  and  which caused  many  hopes  to  become  a  steward  some  Montevideo  and  Buenos  Aires.  Walter  C.  Patterson,  chief  stew­ ject  that  happens  to  be  under  its  an  early  complaint.  When. some­ day.  influence.  The  induced  electricity  one  chews  the  fat  today,  he  usu­ ard:  Well,  sometimes  you  run  into  Joe,  a  native  of  Passaic,  New  "When  we  get  to  Rio,"  he  said,  "everybody  who  is  free  comes  on  mighty  rough  concentrates  at  the  extremities  of  ally  just  talks  on anfi  on aiidlessly.  seas  and  can  get  Jersey,  was  just  13  years old  when  deck  to  see  the  port,  no  matter  structures  where  it  becomes  visi­ 4^  4>  »  a nasty bum from  he won the  essay contest  sponsored  how  many  times  they've  seen  it  ble.  frying  fat.  You  jointly  by  the  US  and  Italian  gov­ before."  In  addition  to  being  When  a  ship  was  caused  to  heel  4.  t  3^  can't  be  too  care­ ernments.  The  prize  was  a  three  satisfying  to  the  eye,  Deita  Line  A  plum  pudding  has  a  special  over on  its side  for making repairs  ful  when  you're  month  tour  of  Italy  on  the  Conte  seamen  find  a  good  time  in  the  or the  like, she  was said  to careen,  significance  for  American  whale­ from  handling fat.  The  de  Savoia,  one  of  the  luxury  pas­ Brazilian  metropolis.  the  French  carener,  or  Latin  men.  It's  a  term  used  for  the  carina,  least  jolt  can  senger  liners  of  the  Italian  Line.  or keel.  A  place  where this  ^  Facilities  Open  muscular  substance  in  the  tongue  was  often  make  a  mess  out  He  doesn't  recall  what  the  essay  This  is  especially  true  when  it  done  gained  the  name  of  sperm  and  humpback  whales ...  of  Careenage,  of  you.  Too many  subject  was,  but  the  trip  certainly  comes  to  the  Delta  Lines  baseball  sometimes  abbrevi­ The  light,  fast  boats  formerly  ated,  as  in  Bridgetown,  proved  memorable,  opening  up  a  men  aren't  careful  enough.  Barbadoes,  used  by  the  Moros  on  piratical  ex­ to  "The  Ca'nash"  .  .  .  The  sailor's  fascinating  vista  of  travel  and  teams  on  which  Joe  performs  peditions  are  called  salisipans.  usually  as  a  third  baseman.  All  change.  for  the  cootie,  the  bother­ These  dugouts  from  the  southern  name  the  facilities  of  the  luxurious  When  the  war  came,  he  joined  Thomas  J.  Heggarty,  AB;  Work­ the  Navy  and  spent  Philippines  have  a  wash  strake  some  body  louse that  GI's first  be­ Gymnasia  y  Esgrima  and  the  Mu­ years  in  made  of  palm  leaves  (nipa),  which  came  familiar  with  during  World  ing  on  deck  topping  off  and  han­ service.  Like  many  a  returning  nicipalidad  clubs  are  open  to  the  also  serves  as a  protection  for  the  War  I,  comes  from  the  Polynesian  dling  gear  is  no  veteran  who  went  off  to  war  just  team's  players.  Brazilians  are  paddlers  against  arrows  and  darts  word  kutu,  meaning  a  parasitic  picnic  any  day.  out  of  school,  Joe  didn't  know  wild­eyed  sport  enthusiasts  and  insect.  Guys  can  get  when  fighting.  what  to  do  with  himself  when  it  the  clubs  offer  the  last  word  both  t  4.  4  tangled  up  in  was  all  over.  He  knocked  around  as  to  sports  and  entertainment  J"  4  The  lodestone,  magnetite  with  lines  as  easy  as  in  his  native  Passaic  for  about  a  With~all  that,  Joe's  favorite  city  is  In  the  waters  of  the  Suez  Canal  magnetic  properties,  was  used  as  pie,  I  saw  one  year,  most  of  the  time  as  a  mem­ Buenos  Aires  where  the  food  is  or  lower  Danube  River  a  salmon  kind  of  mariner's  compass  man  get  caught  ber  of  the  "52­20"  club.  Finally  tops and  the  prices right.  tail  has  nothing  to  do  with  the  by  the  Norsemen,  Arabians,  Chi­ up  in  a  line  go­ some  friends  of  his,  who  were  al­ Riding  the  cruise­ship  itself  has  finny  delicacy  by  the  same  name.  nese  and  other  early  nautical  peo­ ing  over  the  side  ready  sailing  with  the  SlU,  per­ its  solid  points  too.  "You  meet  Used  to  get  increased  turning  ples.  Floated  on  a  piece  of  wood  and fly  off  in  it  suaded  him  to  come  along  with  some  wonderful  people,  and  the  power  when  navigating  narrow  in  a  basin  of  water,  it  always  just as  if  he were  them  to  Savannah.  They  caught­ crew  is really  a  fine  bunch." Delta  waters,  it  is  an  extension  plate  pointed  to  the  north  ... At  log­ a  bird.  a  South  Atlantic  Line  ship  out  of  cruise  ships  being  smaller  ones  added  to  the  trailing  edge  of  the  gerheads,  a  shore  phrase  meaning  XXX  there  on  which  he .made  one  trip  out  for  the  relatively  lengthy  rudder  .  .  .  Sampan,  the  general  to  quarrel  or  be  in  disagreement,  before  returning  to  New  York.  period  of  47  days,  the  atmosphere  name  for  a  small  open  boat  or  probably  arose  from  whaling  prac­ Rudy  Leader,  messman:  I  don't  Wall  Street  Baptism  is  informal  and  there  is  plenty  of  skiff  in  the  East  Indies,  Malaya,  tices.  A  loggerhead  was  a  post  in  think  you  run  into  anything  too  landed  in. the  big  town  just  time  to  get  acquainted.  The  usual  China  and  Japan,  is  said  to  be  a  a  whaleboat  to  which  the  harpoon  dangerous  in  the  in Joe  time  to  become  involved  in  the  quota  of  cruise  ship festivities  also  corruption  of  "shan­pan,"  which  line was made  fast when  the  whale  steward  depart­ Wall  Street  He  received  makes for a congenial  and pleasant  In  Chinese  means  three  planks.  was "ironed."  ment.  At  least  I  his  baptism  of strike.  fire as  a  union man  trip.  4"  4*  1"  haven't,  anyway.  by  spending  a  month  or  more  in  While he finds  the South  Ameri­ 4"  4"  t  But  I  guess  han­ support of  the Financial Employees  Natives  of  the  south  of  England  can  run  enjoyable,' Joe  isn't  con­ A  tourniquet,  as  we  know  it,  dling  hot  liquids  refer  to  a  wrecker as  a  moon­ picket  line.  or oil  in  the  gal­ When  the  strike  ended,  Joe  and  tent  to  let  it  stop  at  that.  He  is  curser,  because  of  his  practice  of  usually  refers  to  a  surgical  device  ley can  be  plenty  his  side­kick  found  shipping  a  awaiting  the  opening  of  the  stew­ enticing  vessels  ashore  by  tying  a  for  stopping  bleeding,  but  the  tricky  in  rough  little  slow  in  New  York.  They  ard  department  school  for  as  he  lantern  to  a  horse's  bridle  and  French  seaman  uses  it  to  open  a  put  it, "lhave  been  looking for  the  watertight  door  aboard  ship.  It's  weather.  You al­ hobbling  one  leg  so  that  the. ani­ took  off  for  New  Orleans  which  chance to  improve ipyself.  It's good  mal's  stumbling  simulated  the  mo­ the  equivalent  of  a  "dog"  or  snib  ways  have  to  watch  your  step.  was  more  active  at  the  time  and  to be a  member of a Union  like the  Seaweed  or  sea  grass,  excel­ tion  of  a  ship.  Naturally,  this  was  caught  the  Del  Valle.  One  trip  SlU and work under top notch  con­ XXX  not possible  on fair, moonlit nights,  lent for manure,  is one of  the prin­ on  Mississippi's  Latin  American  ditions but  it's really  a  wide­awake  cipal  sources  of  iodine  .  .  .  Elk  hence  the name  mooncurser.  leather  is  used  to  make  the  sail  Bob  Roberts,  oiler:  If  a  man's  run  was  the  proof  of  the  pudding  Union  that gives  a  guy  like  myself  i 4"  4"  and  rigging  for  a  Siberian  dugout  not wide, awake when "feeling" the  for  Joe.  He  has been  riding  Delta  the  opportunity  for  advancement  crank  and  the  line  ships  steadily  up  until  about  at no  cost  to  him."  Antenna  is  Latin  for  a  sprit  or  known  as  schitiki.  ship  is  pitching,  he'll  get a  whack  he'll  remember.  Checking  that  oil  flow is no  joke  if  you're still sleepy  ACROSS  DOWN  19. Bearing  of  Mal­ 36. Abbr.  for  a  Fighting  to  retain  a  foothold  on  with  no  lives  lost  .  .  .  Two  other  1. Ships are  need­ rating  lorca from  Ibiza  or not alert  while  Bataan,  battered  U$  planes at­ SlU  ships  sunk  in  sea  accidents  ed  to  carry this  1. Stop at  a  port  41. One  of  the  23. Ship's initials  2. Wind  instru­ you're  doing  it.  9. Bring  a  yawl  tacked  Subic  Bay  concentration  of  same  week  .  .  .  Spring  training  Apostles  ment  24. Ties  up  close  to  wind  It's a  hard  lesson  Japanese  fleet,  sinking  three  big  for  the  1942  baseball  season  got  42. Sailors' patron  8. Complaint  3. New  plant  at  25. Symbol  for  for  someone  who  turns  to  12. Seaman  with  Chalmette  44. Where  Jask  is  ships  .  .  .  California  oil  plant  underway.  arsenic  rating  4. Irish  sea  god  up.  shelled  by  enemy  sub offshore,  in­ 26. Pitcher  Pameil  46. Italian  m^pey:  13. Girl's name  XXX  5. Projecting arms  27. Heavyweight  con­ 14'. A  song  flicting  minor  damage  in  first  at­ Japanse  won  hold  on  Sumatra,  XXX  of  cranes  37. Father  15. Lower, as  tender  in  1951  tack  on  mainland  .  .  .  Britis'h  weather  6. Fuss  39. Britain's fleet:  28. Took  men  Samuel  L.  Vandal,  baker:  Cook­ parachute  troops  raid  French  twice  bomb  Darwin  on  Australian  16. Where ships  Abbr.  7. City  on  the  aboard  are  laid  up  ing  donuts.  No,  I'm  not  kidding.  coast  .  .  .  Russian  fleet  blasts  mainland  .  .  .  Opposition  protests  Irrawaddy  40. Vipers  29. Log  reader  —M. Man's  nickname  8. Bengal or  Biscay  30. Vase  It's  usually  done  Nazi  Crimea  line,  relieves  Sevas­ mount,  Churchili  reorganizes  Brit­ 47. Stockades  19. Where  Cape  Sable  is:  Abbr.  9. Periods  of  time  31. Spread  to  wind  49. Large  tub  at  night  with  no­ topol,  under  siege  since  previous  ish  cabinet  following fall of  Singa­ 10. Medical  abbre­ 10. Where  Youghal  33. Where Browning  50. Woman's  name  pore  .  .  .  RAF  pounds  Kiel,  exacts  body around,  and  fall.  viation  . Bay  is  lived  in  Italy  heavy  damages,  casualties  In  raid  51. Greek  letter  31. CaU,  in  poker  a  guy  trying  to  11. Cover,  in  craps  X  X  ^  22. Bay  SE  of  on  factories near  Paris . .  . Burma  take  down  the  Honshu  17. Infielder's  muflt  Puzzle  Answer  on  Page  27  Seafarers  blasted  NMU  proposal  34. Uwner  of  the  deep  fat  fryer  of  a  maritime  "czar"  for  the  east  defenses  weaken  as  entire  civilian  football  Giants  will  be  a  sad  coast with  authority to  crack  down  population  of  Rangoon  is  evacu­ 1  2  3  4  36. Region  in  9  10  II  Belgium  sight  in  the  on  any  union  activity  that  "might  ated  . .  .  Unbeaten  contender  for  28. It  once  guarded  12  morning  if  he  hamper"  war  effort  .  .  .  Desert  boxing's  welterweight  title,  Ray  Rhodes  32. Bird  of  don't  know'  just  dust temporarily  halted fighting  in  Robinson  breezed  to  28th  straight  IS  Australia  win  .  .  .  Brig.  Gen.  Eisenhower  what he's doing.  33. Making  a  loud  Libya,  grounding  rival  air  forces  named  war  plans  chief  on  Army  noise  You  have  to  be  extra  cautious  on  .  .  .  Java  under  continuous  bom­ 18  1290  ^• 21  34. Before  s,taff  in  reshuffling  of  US  staff,  that  job.  •   35. Holy  place  In  bardment  and  invasion  attack  as  field  commands  .  .  .  Trial  to  de­ 22  23  Tibet  25  X  X  X  Nipponese  forces  moved  ah  Bali  termine^ war guilt  opens in  France.  37. Breathe  rapidly  38. They  cut  the  . ; . Worsening  US­Vichy  relations  27  26  29  30  3  Charles P. Benway, FWT: There's  water  'XXX  eased as  Marshall  Retain  promised  39. Victor  in  Battle  nothing  like  what  happens  to  a  5i  of  Britain  134  that  French  fleet  wouldn't  be  The  House  voted  a  record  $32  man  when  he  40. Animal native  to  turned  over  to  Germans.  Gibraltar  billion  measure  to  pay  war  costs  falls  from  the  39  43 .  Cap.  HalU  XXX'  »  .  . .  US,  Cuba  commemorated  44th,  crosshead grating  44. Docked  45. Mountain  in  138  Treasury  proposed  pay­as­you­ anniversary  of  the  sinking  of  the  into  the  crai^  Switzerland  gp  tax  plan,  sought  to  hold  down  battleship  Maine  in  Havana,  pit.  You  heard  48. Where  Santa  143  Ana  is  inflationary, buying  .  .  .  FDR  en­ springboard  for  Spanish­American  .about  it  a  lot  91. Lake  port  CPA  revealed  ters  10th  year in  White  House  . .  .  War  (1898)  years  ago,  but  52. Cougar  SO  53. A  great  place  AFL­CIQ  chiefs  iisued  strong  plans  for  rationing  of  sugar  .  .  .  not as much  now.  54. Sea  swaUow  153  caution  against  wage  curbs  while  Admiral  Ernest  J/  King  assumed  It's  practically  55. Passage  S  of.  Rabaul  in WW  U  profits,  prices  continued  to  rise  top  Navy  post  ... Toiri  Mooney,  impossible  96. Sift earth  for  156  ;  SlU­ratmned  ore  carrier  freed  from  prison  three  yekta  to come  out alive  gold  07. Greek  war  god  Marore  torpedoed  by  sub  pack  earUer, died.  once  you  get  caught  in. tl^ei^  Puzzle  I  r  L  TEN  YEARS  AGO  �tag» Thixtem  SEATARERS  LOG  'On  Guard'  SEAFARERS  LOG  Vol.  XIV  No.  5  March  7.  1952  Published  biweekly  by  the  Seafarers  International  Union,  Atlantic  &  Gulf  District,  AFL,  675  FourU  Avenue,  Brooklyn  32,  N.  Y.  Tel.  STerling  8­4671,  PAUL  HALL,  Secretary­Treasurer  Editor,  HEBBBRT  BBAMD;  Managino  Editor,  RAT  DENISON;  Art  Editor,  BXBNABD  IBCAMAK;  Photo  Edlitor.  DAMUL  NILVA; Staf/  Writers.  HERMAN  ARIHOR.  IRWIN  SFZVACX.  isa  /Locking  The  Barn...  The hue and cry set up in all corners of the nation to cleanse  the country  of  possible fifth  columnists and saboteurs in  the  LOG  Is Example  person of  subversive elements like the Communist Party and  To Errant Men  their  "pink" fringe  of  supporters  has  left  a  monstrous flaw  To  the  Editor:  I  am  writing  this  letter  to  you  in  its argument.  .  .  Assuming, we can  rid  the  US of  these  undesirables  before  concerning  the  SEAFARERS  LOG  a  real  emergency  sets  in,  what  about  the  unending flow  of  which  I  was  receiving  at  the  San  potential  security  leaks  daily  entering  the  country  via  vir­ Quentin  penitentiary.  I  have  been  tually  every  major  port  in  the  land? We  refer, of  course,  to  transferred  now,  and  the  only  pos­ the  danger  implicit  in  a  policy  of  not  screening  crews  of  sible  way  I  can  get  the  LOG  is  by  foreign  ships  crowding  into  our  harbors  within  a  stone's  notifying  you  of  the  change.  I  throw  of  vital  harbor  defense  installations.  would  appreciate  it  very  much  if  American seamen  have to wade through  a maze of  security  you  would send  me  the  LOG  to the  procedures set up to check their  national allegiance  and com­ new  address.  •   petence  to  sail  on  ships  carrying  billion  dollar  defense  cargoes—a  necessary  step  in  times  like  these—while  alien  During  my  stay  at  San  Quentin,  seamen flock  down  the  gangways  of  foreign­flag  ships  into  as  a  former  Seafarer  I  had  the  oc­ casion  to  meet  men  from  different  the US  as free as  the sea­birds flying  over  them.  What  worth  has  such  a  policy—shortsighted  at  the  outset  union  organizations  around  the  —since  it  subjects  the mass  of  patriotic  citizenry  to  security  country.  The  interest  in  the  LOG  controls  in  a  search  for  the  potentially  subversive  few,  and  was  so  great  that  it  took  me  at  at  the same  time  conspicuously  overlooks  the  bloc  of  thous­ least  thirty  days  to  pass  the  LOG  ands  of  foreign  seamen  in  whose  midst,  cloaked  as  seamen,  around  to  the  fellows of  these  dif­ there may  be an  entire corps of  subversives?  ferent  unions.  They  all  praised  The SIU  is  not  anti­alien  or  anti­foreign  seamen.  We  just  the good  work  that  you fellows  are  want to make clear  this loophole  in  our security  program.  doing  in  the  SIU.  The  former  sea­ .  If  the  national  security  program  requiring  screening  and  men  were  especially  pleased  be­ loyalty  checks  of  seamen  on  American  ships  is  to  have  any  cause  they  are  hungry  for  good,  purpose,  why  has  the  more  obvious  security  loophole  been  honest  waterfront  news  that  the  left  untouched?  LOG  gives  its readers.  We wonder if  the screening set­up is no more  than a means  New  Hall  Is  Hit  of  imposing controls on  the comings  and  goings of  American  seamen.  There is  no  reason  why  we  should  be  more  suspect  The  issue  with  the  pictures  of  the  new ""hall  in  it  really  made  a  than  men  sailing  under  allegiance  to foreign flags.  bit.,  The  men  just  couldn't  say  't'  4«  4­ As 1 See It  by  PAUL  HALL  THE  In  the  NMU,  for  example,  hospital  MANY OF US HAVE HAD  shock  of  learning that  one  of  benefits  last  only  13  weeks.  Then  they yank  off  the feedbag, although  our shipmates  has come  down with  you  might  be  just  as  badly  off  as  the  TB  bug and has to  be confined  when  they  started.  Not  so  in  the  to  a  hospital  bed  for  endless  SIU.  You get  that dough as long as  months  or  years.  I  can  think  of  a  it's  needed  whether  it's  ten  days  couple of  men I've  sailed with  who  or  ten, years.  are  now  drydocked  in  a  TB  hospi­ 4  4  4'  tal.  That's  why  its  such  welcome  "T^ALKING  ABOUT  TB  AND  enough  in  praise  of  it.  The  LOG  news to learn  that the  doctors have  our  benefits  points  up  some­ itself  didn't  need  any  explaining  come up with a couple of  little pills  thing that  the public,  and the  operr  as  it  talked  for itself.  I knoAr  that  that  might nail  down that TB  germ  ators,  doii't  always  realize.  The  In  some  quarters  it is still  popular  to  scare  children  with  they  would  appreciate  it  at  San  for good.  man  who  goes  to  sea  runs  far  frightening  tales  of  bogeymen.  The fellow­traveling  Marine,  Quentin  if  you could  possibly  keep  TB  has  long  been  one  of  the  greater risk  of accident  and disease  worst  perils facing seamen.  In  the  than  the  man  ashore.  Aside  from  Cooks  and  Stewards  Union  tried  the tactic  out  on  the^­Cpast  on  sending  the  LOG  there.  Guard  with five  SUP crew­members  of  the Alaska  Bear  cast  I  can  honestly  say  that  receiv­ days  of  crowded,  dirty  foc'sles,  the  death­dealing  power of  the sea  in  the  bogeymen's  role.  They  found  that the  Coast  Guard  ing  the  LOG  regularly  made  us  poor  food  and  long hours,  TB  sent  itself,  there  is  the  problem  of  get­ examiner  wasn't  interested  in  fairy­tales,  because  he  threw  realize what  kind of  fellows we had  many  a  seaman  to  the  hospital  to  ting  early  medical  attention.  out  a  long  list  of  'MC&S­sponsored  charges  and  exonerated  the  honor  to  work  with  when  we  cough  his  lungs  out.  Even  today,  the  sailors  100  percent.  The  ship's  stewards  department,  were  on  the  outside.  It  made  us  with  all  the  improvements  the  If  you're  shoreside  and  you  which  was flagrantly  guilty  of  refusing  to  sail  and  refusing  realize 'that  to  be  a  good  union  Union  has  fought  for  and  won  break a  leg or  come down  with  the  to  work  the  ship  while  at  sea,  is  now  undergoing  a  Coast  member  we  would  have  to  take  a  there  are  TB  hospitals filled  with  flu,  the  doctor  or  ambulance  is  genuine  interest in  our  work,  work  hundreds  of  seaman.  there  within  a  half  hour.  But  once  Guard  crackdown.  hard,  and  participate  in  our  Union  No  matter  what  the  Union  has  the  ship  leaves  port  and  heads  for  There is  no love  lost,  nor  will  there  ever  be,  between  the  that  made  our gains  possible.  done  or  will  do  in  the  future. Sea­ sea,  the  suffering  seaman  has  to  SUP  and  the  MC&S  and  justly  so,  for  the  leaders  of  the  Leave Drink  Alone  farers  will  have  to  work  in  close  wait  days  and  sometimes  weeks  stewards  union  are  among  that  dwindling  handful  who  still  quarters  and  be  exposed  to  heat,  But  most  of  all  it  taught  us  to  hold fast  to every  twist  and  turn  of  the Kremlin  line.  for  medical  aid.  Usually  what  leave the  booze alone,  the downfall  chill and  dampness.  It's part of  the  With  all  their  professed  concern  for  working  people,  the  of  a  great  many  of  us  and  the  job,  just like  the miner going down  happens  is  that  serious  infections  MC&S leadership  was perfectly  willing  to frame five sailors,  main  reason  for  our  being­where  in  the  pit  knows  he  is  going  to  and  complications  set  in,  making  and  possibly  cost  them  their  livelihood  just  to  take  a  crack  we  are.  I  hope  that  you  will  put  inhale  that  coal  and  rock  dust  into  things far  tougher  than they  would  be  if  medical care  was available  on  at  the SUP.  It's another  in  a  long  line  of  unsavory  illustra­ this  letter  in  the  LOG  so  the  fel­ his  lungs.  the  spot.  That's  why.  for  example,  The  doctors  tell  us  that  right  tions of  how the Communist­liners operate on the waterfront.  lows  will  see  that  we  appreciate  your Union has fought  for the  addi­ the good  work  that  they  are  carry­ now  they're  not  sure  whether  the  tion of  penieillin to  ships' medicine  4­  4­  4  new  drugs  have  all  the  answers.  ing  on  towards  making  a  better  •   SIU  and  improving  things  for  all  Even  if  they  do,  it's  going  to  be  chests,  and  for  welfare  benefits  in  some  time  before  they  are  put  to  general.  seamen.  •   A  tragic  iuustraiion  of  this  I  also  hope  that  the  gashounds  general  use,  one  reason  being  With  the  Opening  of  the  Sea  Chest  and  the  Port  'O  Call  will  take  an  honest  tip  from  one  there's  simply  not  enough  of  the  simple  fact  is  the  case  of  a  Sea­ farer  aboard  the  Longview  Victorj  B.^r,  the long and complicated  task of  setting up  a new  head­ who  knows  too  well  what  it  means  stuff  to  go  round  right  now.  who  died  of  food  poisoning  jusi  quarters  building has  been completed.  All facilities are  now  to drink  too much.  Leave the  booze  Comfort  to  Seafarers  one day  port.  Whatever  operating smoothly  and  efficiently giving Seafarers  the very  alone,  you  will  be  a  lot  better  off.  In  the  meantime.  Seafarers  at  the  facts away from  of  the  case,  it  does make  Believe me  when I say  that, or else  best kind of  service and  convenience.  some of  them  will  be keeping  com­ least  have  the  comfort  of  knowing  clear  that  the  Seafarer  faces  ter­ The  functioning  of  the  new  headquarters  in  its  various  pany  with  me  if  they  don't  take  that  their  Union  will  continue  to  rible  danger  if  he  sufferers  illnes."  pay  out those  weekly  hospital  ben­ or injury  on ship,  far from a  doctor  departments,  particularly  vacation,  welfare,  and  contracts,  my  advice.  is of  benefit  to  all  Seafarers  no  matter  what  port  they  sail  In  closing,  I  and  the  other  fel­ efits,  no  matter  how. many  months  or a  hospital  bed.  from.  Nevertheless, the Union  fully appreciates  the desire  of  lows  who read  thie  LOG  thank  you  or  years  they  are  bed­ridden.  And  Therefore,  when your  Union sets  where  an  important  fact  its  sights  on  broadening  the  scope  Seafarers  in  the  outports for  the. same  kind  of  modern  con­ once  again  for  the  i­eally  fine  Job  here's  should  be  emphasized  not  only  for  and  increasing  the  size  of  its  wel­ veniences  and  physical  comforts  that  are  available  to  their  that  you  are  doing.  TB  patients  but  for  any  hospital­ fare  benefits,  the  public,  govern­ brothers  in  New  York.  Consequently,  the  Union  is  now  Name  Withheld  ized  Seafarer.  Your  Union  is  the  ment and everybody else concerned  knuckling down to  work on  the problems  of  the branch  halls  (Ed.  Note:  As  requested  the  LOG  only  one  that  guarantees  that  its  should  realize  that  these  demands  iri  the outports.  It  will  take  a  little  time,  just  as  New  York  will  be  forwarded  to  this  man's  hospitalized  members  will  receive  ere not  plucked out  of  thin air but  did,  but  the  planning  is  now  underway.  Men  sailing  from  new  address.  In  addition  we  sick  benefits  indefinitely.  are  solidly  based  on  the  actual  the outports can rest assured that new setups will be provided  will  continue  to isend a'copy  of  In  most  of  these  welfare  plans  needs  of  ^afaring  men  who  plaj'  for  them  which  will  be  comparaWe  to • y^at now exists  in  .  the  LOG  to  the  San  Quentin  run  by  insurance  companies  they  with  death  and  Injury  every  ^ "•  sHodn.)''' •  ^  yy x'>'  .'.­i  ..v  pay  off  fer b­feW­' memths at  moStv  «N­the  jab.,  headquarters:'  • ­n­n;.  Vanishing  Bogeymen  Ouiports  Next  JI  "  '  �;  .;­  •' _*  •  •­  *  • .'  ­•   'V­­ v.  WiUMfi March  fi  ItSt  c  • *  >.« ­i  J.  Seafarers  manning  Ore  Line  ships  on  the  South  ,America­Sparrows  Point,  Md.,  run  are  key  m(»n  in  a  chdnge  of  fqr  reaching  conse­ quences  for  thif  country.  For  the  first  time  the  US  is  compelled  to  go  outside  oil  the,  country  for  major  sources of  iron  ore  to  feed  the  ever­ growing demand of  the nation's blast furnaces.  With  US  steel  production  topping  100  mil­ lion  tons  annually  (the  pre­war  figure  seldom  went  over  50  million  tons)  and  the  first  grade  iron  ore  of  the  Mesabi  range  in  Minnesota  ex­ hausted  by  war­time  demands,  the  steel  indus­ try  is  turning  more  and more  to foreign  sources  for its ore supplies.  Leader in  the development  for  ore  mines  outside  the  US  is  the  Bethlehem  Steel  Corporation,  whose  huge  Sparrows  Point  plant outside  of  Baltimore  is  ideally situated  to  handle  imported  ore  without  transshipment.  US  Steel  will  undertake  d  similar  operation  when  its  new  plant  opens  in  Morrisville  outside  of  Philadelphia  this  summer.  Like  at  Sparrows  Point,  ore  brought  by  ship  frorn  Venezuela  will  be  dumped  right at  the  plant site.  The  Ore  Line  operation  started  a  year  ago,  in  March,  1951, with a fleet of  10 vessels carry­ ing 800,000 tons of ore  from.Bethlehem's  El  Poo  mines  to  Sparrows  Point  up  to  the  end  of  the  year.  This is only  the  beginning,  for  in  the near  _  future,  Sparrows  Point  will  be  receiving  3  mil­ lion  tons of  ore  yearly  from  Venezuela  in  addi­ tion  to  ore  importation  from  mines  now  being  developed  in  Chile.  As  the  US  steel  indus­ try  expands  its  use  of  foreign  ore,  iron  ore  im­ ports  are  sure  to  bulk  ever­larger  in  the  ship­ ping  picture  along  with  bauxite,  copper,  man­ ganese  and  other  ores  needed  to  feed  our  in­ dustrial  machine.  All  this  means  expansion  of  deep sea  ore­carrying  operations  with  a conse­ quent  increase  in  jobs  for  Seafarers,  although  some  of  the  ore  imports  are  certain  to  come  from  Canada  via  the  St.  Lawrence  Seaway  when  that  project  is  completed.  •  •  • ­•  •   ­•  . :•  •  • .   ,• .',  The  ten  ships  now  operated  by  the  Ore  Line  are  among  the  most  modern  vessels  manned  by  Union  members.  They  are  well  dedgned  for  the  crew's  comfort  providing  roomy  quarters  and up­to­date  facilities. The  ore shuttle  is one  of  the  best  jobs available  to Seafarers,  offering  the  advantages  of  short  runs  which  come  and  go,  with  clock­work  regularity,  and  assurance  of  continually­expanding  operations  for  many  years  to come.  �­VKTtpTt^,,­^,­,  ,­„ , ^,  w J&" ­  Fri«nv^Manlt;7»^:]SS».^  ":'  , ­;i..  •   .^• ^.  :.V,­!• .,• ­   iii.­i.i'­.  '.'iiitvy  J.,&­­.'  •  ­,  (Z  ';• •  • '• • '''  : '• y'',' ­• ' • •  •  •   •  ^• ­­;­;^• •  •'   SEAFARERS  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on  the  principles  fuel  oils must  be  met  by  the  July  delivery  date  at  the  peril  of  cutting  by­  disputes  between  member  of  gravity.  The  certain  fleet  operations..  Requirements  of  9,500,000  barrels  "remain  unions, has  appointed an arbitrator  lifeboat is  carried  uncovered  to  the  extent  of  5,300,000  barrels"  a  spokesman  revealed  to  settle  such  disputes.  The  un­ in  two  cradles  .. . Owners of  a new  high­speed freighter,  the  Silver  Gate, claim  she'll  usual  aspect  of  the  appointment  is  which are  mount­ be  the  "highest  powered  cargo  vessel  in  the  world,"  with  a  loaded  that he  will have  the final  say  with  ed  on  rollers.  speed  of  nineteen­and­a­half  knots..  Built  in  Germany,  the  all­welded  no  appeal  from  his  decision.  First  The  rollers  move  ship has  two  8,000  horsepower  diesel  engines  which  developed  twenty­ man  to  take  on  this  delicate  task  over  two  parallel  is  Dr.  George  W.  Taylor,  who  used  tracks  at  right  ene­and­a­half  knots  on  her  maiden  run.  to be chairman  of  the Wage  Stabil­ angles to  the  side  A  frail  houseboat  that  parted  her  lines  and  strayed  into  the  stormy  ization  Board.  28  of  the  35  CIO  of  the ship.  When  Gulf  of  Mexico with a  small, middle­aged  woman aboard  has been  found  unions have ratified  the new  set­up.  not  in  use,  or  tossing  around  in  heavy  seas  about  eight  miles  from  the  mouth  of  Su­ "cradled"  the  if  if  if  wannee  in  Florida.  Its  lone  occupant,  a  120­pounder,  had finally  man­ Wetback  problem  grows—The  boat is held at the  aged  to  push  a  175­pound  anchor  overboard  .  .  .  Record  barge­borne  wholesale  invasion  of  the  United  top  of  the  davit.  tOATA?  .JMBAKKATKMOiai  graifi  shipments passed  through  the  ports of  New  Orleans,  Houston  and  States  by  hundreds  of  thousands  When  the  gripes  the  Illinois  waterway  last  year.  of  ­illegal  Mexican  immigrants,  are  released  if  ii  if  known  as  "wetbacks"  is  still  with  and a  brake lever  The  converted  freighter  Courier,  refitted  for  use. as  a floating  radio  us.  The  wetbacks  enter  the  US  by  raised,  the' entire  Gravity  davit  station  to  beam  the  Voice  of  America  across  the  Iron  Curtain,  is  in  swimming  or  wading  the  Rio  assembly,  boat  Chesapeake  Bay  testing  equipment  this  week.  Manned  by  Coast  Grande  and  then go  to  work  for as  and cradle, rolls  down  the tracks  by gravity  until the lifeboat is suspend­ Guardsmen,  she  will  have  a  shakedown  cruise  in  the  Caribbean  and  little  as  10  cents  an  hour  usually  ed  over  the  side  at  the  embarkation  deck.  depart,  probably  in  May,  to  relay  broadcasts  in  a  way  to  cut  down  at­ on  farms.  The  Mexican  govern­ Tricing lines  swing the  lifeboat into  the ship's  side and  hold jt  in po­ tempted radio  interference from  Soviet  broadcasts . .. The  Great Lakes  ment  is  trying  to  get  the  US  to  sition  until  trapping  lines  are  secured  around  the  falls.  This  brings  tanker fleet,  comprising  103  vessels,  carried  over  sixteen  million  tons  penalize employers hiring  wetbacks  the  boat  in  position  for  boarding.  The  tricing  lines  are  then  cast  of  petroleum  products during  1951, setting a  new  record for  the fourth  si>  that  legal  importation  of  Mexi­ adrift ­and  the  boat  loaded.  When  the  lever  is  raised  again  the  boat  year in  a row.  '  can  workers  under  safeguard,  can  continues  downward  until  it  reaches  the  water.  i.  t  continue.  The  AFL  Farm  Labor  The first  Scandinavian  ship  with  a  fully  equipped  movie  theatre  is  Union charges  the US  has failed  in  Care  must  be  taken  when  raising  the  boat  and  davit  heads  to  the  now  being  built  in  Holland  for  trans­Atlantic  service  .  .  .  Ship  losses  a  pledge to  bar  wetbacks from  this  secure  position.  Limit  switches  are  provided  on  these  davits  to  shut  off  the  electric  power  before  the'  davit  heads  strike  the  stops  during  during  January,  abetted  by  stormy,  wintry  seas  in  many  areas,  totaled  country.  hoisting.  A  check  should  be  made  to  assure  that these  switches are  in  10  complete  losses and  823  partial  losses, exceeding  by  over a  hundred  position  to  cut  off  power  at  the  proper  time.  if  X  if  the figure  for  the  same  period  a  year  earlier.  A  breakdown  showed  Oil Keeps  Flowing—A strike  call  163  resulted  from  collisions,  160  from  weather  damage,  117  stranded,  Hand  Cranking  by  the  Oil  Workers  International,  47  from fire  and  explosions  and  146  from  damages  to  machinery  .  Once  the  power  is  cut  off  the  hand  crank  is  used  to  hoist  the  boat  Charged  to  war  reparations,  a  busy  shipbuilding  operation  for  the  set  for  last  Sunday,  March  2,  has  and  davit  heads  the  last  few  inches.  The  operator  of  the  hand  crank  USSR  is  going  on  in  East  Germany.  At  least  four  passenger  ships  been  put  off  pending  federal  me­ should  make  sure  that  the  power  switches  are  open  and  that  nobody  diation.  Companies  involved  In­ are  on  the  ways  now.  clude  Sinclair,  Texas,  Cities  Serv­ will  apply  electric  power  while  the  hand  cranks  are  In  place  or  are  if  if  if  being  used.  Once  the  boat  is  cradled,  the  hand  cranks  should  be  re­ ice,  Shell  and  Socony  Vacuum.  moved  Ten  more  oceangoing  vessels  are  going  into  Great  Lakes ore  opera­ immediately.  tion  by  the  1953  shipping  season,, several  of  them  this  year.  Three  Union  demands  total  25  cents  an  The two  other davits  in general^ise,  the  boom type  sheath screw  and  vessels 710  feet long  will  be cut  in half  on their  way from  New Orleans  hour  and  ,Dther  items.  the quadrant dav­ to  Chicago.  The  remaining  ones  can  make  the  trip  without  suffering  4  4  4  it,  both  operate  a  hatchet  job  . .  .  Salvaging  of  150  new  cars  dumped  into  the  Ohio  Year  Round'Wages—One  of  the  on  the same  prin­ River  when  a  barge  capsized  in  December  are  now  underway.  Pon­ few  guaranteed  wage  plans  in  the  ciple.  They  em­ toons  will  be  lowered  and attached  to  the  barge  by  divers  in  order  to  country  has  been  obtained  by  the  ploy  upright  dav­ float  it . .  . The  Governinent  again  extended  a  "temporary" suspension  United  Packinghouse  Workers  at  its  which  swing  of  price  controls  on  the  shipbuilding  industry,  affecting  sales,  repair  the  National  Sugar  Refining  Com­ out  in  an  are  and  conversion  of  vessels more  than  65  feet  long.  The  extension runs  pany.  Some  1,100  workers  em­ when ' In  opera­ to  May  13.  ployed there  will  be  guaranteed  an  tion,  carrying the  average  of  37  hours  paid  employ­ boat  outwards  if  i  if  The  Coast  Guard  reported  "only  25  persons"  out  of  30,000  screened  ment for  every  week  of  the year.  and  down  to  the  last  year jor  jobs  in  the  Great  Lakes  were  rejected  as  poor  security  proper  position.  4  4  4  risks  .  .  .  The  Senate  Commerce  Committee  has  approved  a  bill  to ex­ Odds  'n  Ends—Price  Increases  In both  cases, op­ tend for two  years the  authority  of  Canadian  ships  to  carry  passengers  brought  an  automatic  three  cent  eration  of  the  between  Alaskan ports  and  the continental  US .  . .  Most  of  the  imports  hourly  boost  for  more  than  a  mil­ davit  is  pivoted  through  the  port  of  Houston  during  1951  came  from  south  of  the  lion  automobile,  aircraft  and  farm  near  the  foot.  border,  particularly  Mexico,  which  supplied  crude  oil,  coffee  and  ben­ implement  workers  .  . .  8,000  New  The  difference  zene.  Latin  America  accounted  foi;  61  percent  of  the  shipments,  and  York  bus  drivers  got  six  cents  an  between  the  two  Europe,  principally  Belgium,  France and  Holland, for  26  percent ... A  hour under the  escalator clause . .  .  is  in the  mechan­ 30­man  Russian crew  at Genoa,  Italy,  is  testing the  4,650­ton motorship  CIO  Electrical  Workers is  demand­ ism  used  to  ac­ Tobolsk,  the  second  such  ship  built  there  and  ready  for  delivery  to  ing interest payments  from GE  and  complish  this  Boom  type  sheath  screw  davit  the USSR.  Westinghouse  on  $15,000,000  worth  purpose.  4'  if  if  .  The  quadrant, an  earlier model used  on Hog  Islanders and  other prd­ of  wage  increases  held  up  for  sev­ stormy  seas  went  on  the  rampage  last  week, flooding  part  of  the  eral  months  by  Wage  Stabilization  World  War  II  ships,  makes  use  of  a  "traveling  nut," oh  a  worm  gear.  business section  in downtown  Havgna,  Cuba ... An offer  by  the owner  Board  . .  .  Cost  of  living  has  in­ A crank  handle  is rotated  outboard,  moving  the nut  along the' threaded  pf  the  ill­fated  pleasure  ship  Noronic  which  burned  at­a  Toronto  pier  creased  faster  in  Savannah  since  gear.  This  swings  the  davit  arm  outward  and  suspends  the  boat  over  in  1949  with  a  loss of  119  lives has  been  accepted  by  all  but  22 of  the  1939  than  in  any  other  US  city  side.  The  boat  is  frapped  into  the  embarkation  deck  and  lowered  by  claimants  for  damages.  Settlement  of  $2,150,000  was  okayed  by  553  .  More  than  14,215  employers  its falls.  auitors  for  damages  resulting  from  the  disaster  on  the  vessel,  which  cheated  their  employees  by  paying  The  boom  type  sheath  screw,  which  is  used  on  Libertys  and  T­2's,  had  been  manned  by  members  of  the  Canadian  SIU  .  .  .  Australian  less  than  the  75  cent  minimum  is operated in the  same manner,  with the  difference that a  sheath screw  dock  workers  have  walked  off  their  jobs  in  sympathy  with  wharf  wage  in  1951  ... Bookkeeper  is used  to swing  out the  davit arm.  The  lifeboat may  be carried  either  laborers  who  wheel  hand  trucks.  Sydney  harbor  was  tied  up  when  Harry  Poling  in  Teamsters  Intl.  on  chocks under  the  davits or  be  cradled  between the  davits.  the  laborers  objected  to moving  three  instead  of  two  bags  of  fertilizer  headquarters  was  victimized  by  a  There  is a  fourth  type  of  davit,  the  round  bar  or radial  davit,  which  • t  ­a  time on  a hand  truck.  thief  who  stole  his  baby's  diapers.  is no  longer generally  used on  ocean­going vessels.  Two  Navy  icebreakers,  lend­leased  to  Rugsia  during  World  War  11,  have finally  been returned to the  US.  Recommissioned at Bremerhaven  after being  handed  over  by  the  Russians,  the  Northwind  and  Westwind  were  found  to  be  in good  shape  for  sea­going  duty.  They  are  now  in  Boston  . . .  Bids on five  vessels sunk  off  the coast  of  Florida  during the  war  will  be  opened  by  the  Maritime  Administration  next  week.  The  ships,  two  tankers  and  three  freighters,  are  the  Lubrafoil,  Halsey,  Leslie,  Norwalk and  Laertes.  They are  lying in  48  to 300  feet of  water.  Burly  \  Follow  Burly  Every  leane  In  The  Seafarers  Loy  �Pace  SeventccB  SEAFARERS  IPG  Deluxe Book  ComingSoon  To Members  They Ve Seafarers Too  Vacafion Payoff:  20 Days­$200 C's  (Continued  from  page  3)  stituted  as  an  answer  to  the  vaca­ here  too,  payments  go  back  to  the  tion  problems  of  Seafarers  arising  port  of  origin  the  same  day  the^,  out  of  the  fact  that  they  seldom  worked  long  enough  for  any  one  are  received.  (Continued from  page 2)  company  to  qualify  for  benefits  Discharges  Needed  also  at  no  charge,  to  further  pro­ from  that  company.  The  plan  One  of  the  hitches  that  has  tect  the  book  against  soiiing.  arisen  in  the  payments  in some  in­ makes  it  possible  for  any  Seafarer  In  all,  the  new  Union  Book  will  stances is the  problem of  port  time  to  collect  vacation  money  for  ac­ be  the  most  up­to­date,  stream­ discharges.  The  SIU has  instructed  tual  time  worked  no  matter  how  lined Union  document in  existence,  the  shipping  companies  to  give  many  companies  he  might  have  a  proud  possession  of  every  Sea­ port  time  discharges in  addition  to  worked for  in the  past year.  Under  farer.  the  sea  time  discharge  so that  Sea­ the  plan,  operators  pay  50  cents  a  A  consequence  of  the  new  book  farers  can  receive  credit  for  port  day  into  a  central  Vacation  Fund,  set­up  will.be  a  $10  charge  to  re­ time  toward  their  vacation  money.  out  of  which  the  Union  dispenses  place  any  book  lost,  a  cost  neces­ In  the  event  that  the  company  benefits  up  to  a  maximum  of  $140  sary  to cover  the  new book  and of­ doesn't  issue  the  discharge,  Sea­ a  year  on  a  per  diem  basis  to  the  fice  work involved.  .The fee is  also  Experienced  deep  water  sailors  Grace  N.  Corbett  (left)  and  Hilda  Seafarer involved.  Each day worked  farers should  contact the  Union.  Revesz  discuss  a  feature  of  a  C­3  ship's model  on  display  in head­ to  discourage  careless  handling  of  means  that  much  more  vacation  As  a  Vacation  Plan  staffer  put  money.  quarters.  The  girls  work  as  stewardesses  aboard  the  Puerto  Rico.  the book.  it,  "^Vacation  pay  can't  be  issued  50c  Daily  Contribution  unless the  Seafarer has a discharge.  No  letters  from  the  company,  pay  The  Vacation  Plan  was  negoti­ vouchers  or  any  other  document  ated  with  the  operators  last  May  can  be  accepted.  Even  if  a  man  on  the  basis  of  a  35  cents  a  day  off  about  10  percent of  the  men  so  and last  will  be MSTS  vessels. The  only  works  one  day  on  a  ship  he  shipowner  contribution  and  a  $115  (Continued  from  page  3)  Seafarers have received  money due  far. The  fastest way  to get payment  mailing  has  been  completed  for  is  entitled to the money  and  should  annual  maximum.  In  November,  them  but  a  good  over­all  guess  is  to  go  to  the  agency's  office  at  the company's  own ships.  Vouchers  get  that  discharge  so  that  he  can  the  contribution  was  increased  to  50  cents  daily  and  the  ceiling  to  would be somewhere in the  vicinity  80  Broad  Street.  Mail  requests  have  to  be  signed  by  the  men  and  collect."  of  35­40  percent.  have  not  yet  been  taken  care  of.  returned  to  the  company  in  order  The  SIU's  Vacation  Plan, first  $140.  The  obvious  superiority  of  of  its  kind  in  maritime,  was  in­ the  SIU's  Vacation  Plan  to  other  Retroactive  wage  payments  are  Eastern  SS  Co.—Payrolls  have  to  get  checks.  arrangements  prevailing  in  the  in­ due  to  Seafarers  under  the  terms  been  completed  for  four  of  the  Southern Trading—All  men have  dustry  has  led  many  maritime  un­ of  the  contract  signed  back  in  ships  operated  by  the  company.  been paid  off  with the  exception of  ions  to  include  similar  provisions  October,  1951,  but  were  held  up  They  are  being  made  up  in  order  stewards  and  cooks as  the  contract  in  their  contracts  with  the  oper­ by  the  Wage  Stabilization  Board  of  the  ships'  arrival  in  port.  Men  rate  for  these  men  is  still  not  ators.  which did not  issue approval  of  the  should  write  to  the  company  at  40  definitely  settled.  Commenting  on  the  operation  agreement  until  well  into  January,  Central  Street,  Boston,  Mass.,  giv­ Bloomfield  Shipping  Co. — They  of  the  plan  in  its  early  days  SIU  1952.  This  piled  up a  considerable  ing  a  correct  mailing  address  and  are  sending  out  checks  to  all  men  Secretary­Treasurer  Paul  Hall  de­ backlog,  and  along  with  payments  checks  will  be  mailed  to  them.  concerned  this  week  as  per  ad­ clared,  "The  Vacation  Plan  which  due  other  maritime  unions—engi­ dresses  they  have  listed  in  their  Dry  Trans  (Trans  Fuel)  —  All  was  hailed  as  a  great  step  forward  neers,  radio­men,  deck  officers—  payrolls  are  ready  with  the  excep­ office.  Men  who  do  not  receive  when  we  negotiated  it  last  year  is  have  made  for  a  considerable  tion  of  the  Catherine.  Men  have  checks  within  a  week  or  so  should  now  proving  its  dollars  and  cents  accounting  problem.  to  apply  to  the  company's  office  contact  the  company's  accounting  value  for  every  Seafarer.  For  the  Wrong  Addresses  Hurt  by  mail  or  in  person  at  25  Broad­ department at the  Ck>tton Exchange  Building,  Houston,  Texas.  Another  difficulty  in  handling  way,  NY.  As  part  of  a  scheme  to  furnish  first  time  anywhere  in  maritime,  Mar­Trade  Agency — About  200  China, Korea  and Communist  revo­ the  operators  have  to  come  across  the  payments  as  revealed  by  in­ Triton  Agency  —  Payments  are  with  cash  for  the ­men's  vacations.  quiries  at  several  companies  has  being  made  alphabetically  by  the  checks,  roughly  10  percent  of  the  lutionists  elsewhere  in  Asia  with  The  SIU  is  seeing  to  it  that  the  total  amount  due  have  already  been  the  lack  of  accurate  ad­ name  of  the  ship.  About  25  per­ dresses.  In  many  cases  checks  or  cent  of  the  men  have  been  paid  been  mailed.­  The  remainder  will  arms,  Czechoslovakia  is  starting  money  is  going  where  it  belongs,  vouchers have  been sent  out to  the  out.  They  will  make  payment  to  go out  during  the  month of  March,  her  own  merchant fleet.  The  fact  into  the  pockets  of  Seafarers  and  addi'ess  in  possession  of  the  com­ men  requesting  them  by  mail  or  with  everything  wound  up  by  that  the  country  has  no  seacoast  not  into  some  phony  company­ operated  vacation  kitty from where  April  1.  pany  only  to  be  returned  by  the  in  person  at  80  Broad  Street.  doesn't  seem  to  bother  ther'Czechs  it  went  right  back  into  the pockets  Mississippi  Shipping  Co.  —  The  post  office,  Seafarers  with  money  Dolphin  SS  Corp.­r No  checks  of  the  operators."  due  them  are  advised  to  contact  have  been mailed  yet due  to delays  forms  which  men  are  to fill  out  in  who  will  base  their  ships at  Polish  order to  secure paymenffhave  been  ports.  the  company  involved  giving  them  occasioned by  US tax returns. They  a  correct  mailing  address.  will  start  mailing  after  the  March  airmailed  to  all  SIU  halls.  Forms  The  Czech  merchant fleet  will  are  to  be filled  out  and  signed  and  start off with ten second­hand ships,  The  following  is  the  status  of  15  tax  deadline.  SlU­contracted  companies  not  re­ Isthmian  SS  Co.  —  Retroactive  mailed  back to  the company's main  at  least  one  of  them  being  a  9,000  ported  as fully­paid  up in  previous  payrolls  have  been  completed  for  office  in  the  Hibernia  Bank  Build­ tonner,  the  Republica,  which  for­ issues  of  the  LOG:  the  following  vessels  and  voyages:  ing,  New  Orleans,  La.  Once  the  merly  sailed  under  the  Panaman­ Alcoa  SS  Co.—^The  company  is  Steel  Chemist,  voyage  12,  from  system  gets  well  underway,  which  ian flag.  drawing  up  a  payroll  covering  all  'August  13  to  November  7,  1951;  will  be during the month of  March,  Once  these  ships  are  put  into  unions  under  contract  to  it,  and  Steel  Ranger, voyage  82, August  11  they  expect  to  be  able  to  mail  service  they  will  join  Polish  ships  will  not  send  any  vouchers  out  to  November  9,  November  10­13,  checks  back  within  48  hours,  not  in  running  to  China  and  the  Mid­ until  the  entire  payroll  is  com­ 1951;  Steel  Voyager,  Voyage  11,  counting  weekends.  No  payments  dle  East  to supply  arms  and  other  pleted  for  all  ships.  They  expect  November  6,  8,  1951;  Steel  Navi­ will  be  made  on  personal  applica­ essentials, to  troubled  areas.  The  With  the  Coast  Guard  waiver  on  payments  to  begin  sometime  in  gator,  Voyage  14,  August  3  to  No­ tion  to  the  company's  offices.  advantage  to Communist  nations in  alien  officers  in  effect  for  a  few  Palmer  Shipping  Co.—All  retro­ April.  Vouchers  will  be  sent  to  vember  6,  November  17­28,  1951;  having  these  ships  in  service  is  home  addresses  for  signing  and  Steel  Apprentice,  Voyage  11,  June  active  wages  are  being  handled  on  that  they  could always  claim  to  be  weeks,  64  aliens  have  applied  for  return  to  the company  after  which  12  to  November  28,  1951,  Novem­ the  payoffs  as  there  will  be  no  "neutral"  in  case  sea  routes  to  sailing  permits  in  New  York  checks  will  be  sent.  ber 29 to  December 8,  1951.  Wages  money  due  otherwise.  China  were  attacked  by  Chinese  Coast  Guard  headquarters.  Of  this  As  reported  in  previous  issues  nationalists.  Seatraders  (Amer  Merchant  Ma­ are  available  at  the  company's  total  a  dozen  men,  mates  and  en­ rine,  Ocean  Carriers,  Zenith)  —  main  office,  71  Broadway,  NYC.  of  the  LOG,  other  companies  that  Hidden  Arms  Cargo  gineers,  have  met  the  necessary  All  men  have  been  paid.  Additional  infofmation  will  be  have  already  completed  payments  Instances  have  been  turned  up  Bull  Lines—Payrolls  have  been  printed in  future issues of the LOG.  include Western Navigation, Strath­ of  arms  cargoes  on  Polish  ships  requirements  and  are  awaiting  let­ made  up  on  20  of  the  company's  National  Navigation—About  half  more  Shipping,  Shipenter,  Omega  being  disguised  as  civilian  goods.  ters  of  approval  from  the  Coast  30  ships. and  checks  will  go  out  of  payments  due  are  made  up.  Waterways,  Pacific  Waterways,  Recently a  Polish ship  was unload­ Guard  which  will  permit  them  to  very  shortly  to  all  of  the  men  Requests  on  hand  in  company's  Liberty  Navigation,  Seatrain  and  ing^  crates  in  Alexandria,  Egypt,  ship  as  second  or  third  engineers,  involved.  office,  11  Broadway,  are  being  Eagle  Ocean.  that  were  marked  "Porcelain"  on  or  as  mates  if  no  qualified  citizen  Calmar  SS  Co.,  Ore  SS Co.—All  taken  care  of  now.  'The  rest  will  the  outside.  One  of  the  crates  checks  have  been  mailed  out  and  be  completed  when  the  ships  pay  broke,  spilling  out  revolvers  and  is  available.  The  waiver  approval  many  have  come  back  because  of  off.  came  over  the  bitter  opposition  of  munitions.  incorrect  addresses.  Anybody  who  Robin  Line  —  They  have  been  Poland  already  has fifteen  ships  the  Masters,  Mates  &  Pilots,  AFL,  has money  due  from  this company  paying  men  as  they  come  into  the  in service on  the Polish  China  Line  which  felt the  armed forces should  and  has  not  collected  should  get  office, starting two  weeks ago.  Mail  that  are  carrying  military  supplies  release  any  needed  officers.  in  touch  with  the  company's  New  is  just  beginning  to  go  out  now  to Chinese and  North Korean  Com­ as  the  total  payroll  has  just  been  York office  at  25  Broadway.  To  qualify  for  the  Coast  Guard  munist  armies  as  well  as  to  other  Carras  Agency—The  majority  of  completed.  Men  have  to  apply  to  points  in  the  Far  East  such  as  waiver,  an  alien  has  to  show  an  men  were  caught at  the  payoff.  In  Robin  Lines  to  collect,  c/o  Seas  Indo­China.  Three additional  ships  English  translation  of  his  license,  (Continued  from  page  3)  most other instances the  remaining  Shipping  Co.,  39  Cortlandt  Street,  are  being fitted  for this  service be­ and  have  proof  of  nationality  and  men have  a month  and nine  or ten  NYC.  ­ Shipping  Company,  New  Orleans.  Victory  Carriers,  Western  Tank­ For  Mississippi's  GAA  ships  it  is  sides  the  ten  ships  that  the  Czechs  proper  immigration  documents.  He  days  due.  Payments  have  not  yet  will  have.  also  has  to  pass  a  physical  exam­ begun  for  these  and  no  date  has  ers,  Trafalgar  SS  Corp.,  US  Pe­ the  port  of  payoff.  Crews  of  the  Czech  ships  will  ination,  obtain  seaman's  papers  troleum Carriers—They  are still  in  Classifications  covered  by  the  been  set  yet.  ,  Cities  Service  —  Practically  all  process  of  drawing  up  a  complete  latest  wage, increase are  as follows:  consist  largely  of •  C h 1 n e s e  and  and  lifeboat  and  first­aid  certifi­ checks have been mailed out Some  payroll  which  they  expect  will  be  wiper,  engine  utility,  engine  main­ other  oriental  sailors.  More  than  cates.  Of  the  total  applying  thus  far,  have  come  back  with  incorrect  ad­ ready on  May  1,  1951.  Men  should  tenance, deck  engineer, electrician,  300  Chinese  sailors  are  now  wait­ 655  bosun,  deck  maintenance  and  car­ ing  in  Polish  ports  to  crew  up  the  39  have  been  mates  and  25  engi­ dresses.  The  company  will  hold  write  letter  to  bompany  neers.  Many  of  the  men  find  them for a  while and  then forward  Madison  Avenue,  or  come  in  per­ penter.  Handling  the  negotiations  new  merchant fleet.  Another  Polish  steamship  line,  that  they  cannot  pass  the  first­aid  for  the  Union  were  SIU Secretary­ a list  of  men  who  have  money  due  sonally.  to the Union.  For further informa­ South Atlantic  SS Co.—They are  Treasurer  Paul  .Hall,  Assistant  the  Levant  Cine  with  six  ships,  is  examination  because  it  requires , a  tion  contact  Cities. Service  at  70  now mailing vouchers out on a ship  Secretary­Treasurer Lloyd Gardner  busy­supplying  arms  and  ammuni­ better  command  of  written  Eng­ Pins Street,  NY.  .  "  .Jtiy  ^dp ­  basis>  Company's  own  and  Int'l  Vice­Presidcbt  Morris  tion  to  the­seething  Arab  lands  of  lish  than  most  aliens  would  or­ • ^itarilyposees6«  •  ^h«F^SA^­ships­ • Weisber^ert'—  Go's Near Midway  Mark in  Back  Pay  Czechs Buy  Fleet To Aid  China's Reds  Alien  Waiver  Of  Officers  Now  In Effect  Union Wins  $30 Increase  For Day Men  ...  .t|  4  ' ''Vsl  • I  'i|  �Pac* kifliiceil  Prf^, March 7. M»  SEAFARERS  LOG  Cake of  Soap Causes Sensation  On Steel Voyager  Arabian Run  >­*  That  tiny Monaco, home of famed  Lindbergh  case  in  1932?  The  ab­ Monte  Carlo  on  the  French  Medi­ duction  of  the  baby  son  of  Col.  Having  just  arrived  in  New York  after  a  trip to the Persian  Gulf  and  India aboard  the  terranean  coast,  is  named  after  Lindbergh  and  the  circumstances  Steel Voyager, I  can  proudly claim that  our  Seafaring  crew  developed  an  entering  wedge  Hercules,  the  strong  man?  The  surrounding  his  de^h  so  aroused  into bathless  Arabia.  We introduced  .the  virtues  of  soap  and  water  to  a  young  Arab  boy,  Phoenicians,  and  after  them  the  public  sentiment  and  pointed  up  Greeks,  had  a  teniple  on  the  Mon­ the  loophole  in the  law  that  Cong^  whom as  far  as we know, had"*  ~  acan  headland  honoring  Hercules.  ress finally  adopted  a  specific  never  had  his  back  scrubbed  the  difference  particularly  at  the  ­The  little  tourist  country  took  its  statute.  in all 14 years of his existence,  back  of  his  neck  which  he  missed  name  from  Monoikos,  the  Greek  4  4  4  although we can't vouch for it.  in  the  bath  and  had  to  be  done  surname  for  the  mythological  over again.  That  the  oldest college  fraternity  strong  man.  In  the  meanwhile,  I  had  cut  in the  U. S.  was born  at the second  t  4"  4>  down  an  old  shirt  and  an  old  pair  That  one  of  the  three  largest  oldest  college  in  the  country?  Phi  of  dungarees  to  size  so  we  could  paintings  in  the  world  is  in  Atlan­ Beta  Kappa,  whose  letters  stand  give  him  a  clean  set  of  clothes.  £a,  Georgia?  Located in Grant Park,  for  a  Greek  motto  meaning  "Love  The  boy  himself  was  tremendously  the  Cyclorama  depicts  one  of  the  of  Wisdom  (or  Philosophy),  the  pleased  by  the  change.  He  cer­ great  moments  in  the  city's  his­ guide  of  life,"  was  formed  in  1776  tainly  came  out  of  his  ordeal  with  tory—the  Battle  of  Atlanta  July,  at  William  and  Mary  College  in  a  lot  of  prestige  among  the  rest  22,  1864.  The  painting  is  400  feet  Virginia.  of  the  longshore  gang,  because  around,  50  feet  high  and  weighs  4  4  4  when he  got ashore  they all  crowd­ 18,000  pounds.  That  the first  recorded  Olympic  ed  around  and  looked  at  him  with  t  4>  4"  Games  were  held  in  776  BC  out­ awe.  That  only  one  state  in  the  Union  ^de  tiie  little  Greek  town  of  Natives  Impressed  has  a  legislature  with  one  house?  Olympia?  The  only  event  was  a  This  little  gesture  made  a  very  The  bicameral  system,  referring to  great  foot  race  of  about <200  yards.  good  impression  among  the  na­ the governmental  set­up having  two  From  that  date  the  Greeks  began  tives.  in  Damman  and  made  for  separate  houses or chambers,  exists  to  keep  their  calendars  by  "Olym­ friendly  relations  during  our  17  in  all  states  except  Nebraska,  piads,"  the  four­year  spans  be­ day  stay  in  that  port.  The  long­ which  has  a  one­chamber  legisla­ tween  the  celebrations  of  the  shoremen  here  have  a  long  way  to  ture  whose  members  are  classed  famous  games.  Modern  Olympics  go  before  you  could  say  that  they  as  Senators.  on  a  world­wide  basis  were  started  were  actually  getting  a  wage.  i  4  t  in  1896.  These  poor  fellows  work  for  one  That  the  SIU  is  one  of  the  few  4  4  4  rupee  a  day  which  is  equivalent  to  AFTER.  All  cleaned  up  from  unions  in  the  maritime  industry  about  25  cents  American  money.  head  to  toe,  he  poses  with  his  and  in  the  entire  labor  movement  That  the  density  of  comets  is  They  have  to  support  families  benefactor.  Seafarer  Joseph  altogether  to  hold  annual  secret  so  low  that  we  can  see  the  stars  BEFORE.  "Bathless"  stands  Heckl.  balloting  for  officials?  Yearly  elec­ through  them?  There  is  more  for  portrait  on  deck  with  old  with  that  kind  of  "cash"  which  tions  for  officers  are  provided  for  actual  material  in  one  cubic  inch  ciothes  and  old  dirt  stiil  on  makes  it  understandable  why  they  can't  afford  a  piece  of  soap,  al­ get  through  visiting  ports  like  Ras  in  the  Union  Constitution  with  of  ordinary  air  than  in  2,000  cubic  him.  though  we  think  that  part  of  the  Tanura,  Bahrein,  Bander  Abbas  many  safeguards  to  insure  fairness  miles  of  the  tail  of  a  comet.  The  In  our  own  way  we feel  that  reason  is  local  custom  and  re­ and  Bombay  you  begin  to  get  a  in  the  voting.  Earth  passed  through  thg  tail  of  bit  accustomed  to  the  local  the  Steel  Voyager  may  have  ligious  superstition  among  the  little  Halley's  Comet  in  May,  1910,  but  4  4  4"  That  the  U.  S.  didn't  have a  law  no  observable  effects  were  noticed  started  a  modest  unheaval  in  Arabs  that  they  should  never  take  odors.  Joseph  Heckl  to  cover  kidnappings  until  the  by  astronomers.  a  bath.  Arabia.  The  history  making episode  took  Consequently  while  we  got  the  place  in  the  port  of  Damman,  Sau­ boy cleaned  up the rest  of  the cool­ di  Arabia,  where  water  is  scarce  ies  were  in  pretty  bad  shape  and  and  soap  even  scarcer.  When  the  being  older  were  considerably  longshore  gang  came  aboard  in  dirtier.  At night  they used  to sleep  +V,  geishas  and  rice  and  another  one  underway,  the  crew, of  Damman  we  noticed  a  young  kid  in  the passageways  and  believe me,  the Madaket  has gotten  to  know  each  other  pretty  well.  By  careful  delving  at  shipside.  that  smell  they  gave  off  was  suf­ working  with  the  coolies.  For  want  cortee  sessions  and  assorted  information  brought to me by  my agents I've come  up with the  of  a  better  name  we  can  call  him  focating  to  us  crewmembers  who  following  data.  (Did  I  hear­f­ are  used  to  cleaner  and  more  del­ "Bathless Groggins, Jr."  He seemed  some one  say gossip?)  icate  living.  It's  all  part  of  the  Joe  grew  a  nice  handlebar  mus­ sists  he  is going  after  the  Titanic's  like  a  pretty  clever  boy  and  the  Take  Joe  Flever  for  example.  tache  yet  when  we  got  back  to  treasures.  The  only  thing  holding  crewmembers became quite friendly  Isthmian  run  though.  When  you  with  him  as  he  made  himself  very  Long  Beach ft  suddenly  disap­ him  back  is  lack  of  equipment.  useful  around  the  galley.  He  was  peared.  My  informant  telis  me  Anybody  know  where  he  can  get  a  used  diver's  outfit?  obviously  ragged,  ill­fed  and  dirty  that  his  girl  said  "off  with  it,"  so  so  we decided  to clean  him up  and  Our  two  would­be  deck  officers  off  it  went.  The  tyranny  of  wom­ are  in  a  quandary  each  of  a  dif­ give  him  some  decent  clothes  to  en!  By  the  way,  Joe's  father  was  ferent  kind.  Red  Sperling  left  all  wear.  .  OS  on  the  same  watch  returning  of  his  books  on  navigation  on  the  .  Successful  Plunge  beach, claiming  he'd  rather  stay  in  The  boy  was  a  little  timid  about  Here  I  am  on  Bull  Lines'  Ines.  This  one  however,  is  the  the  foc'sle.  Maybe  trignometry  it  all  and  insisted  on  bathing  in  stumped  him.  On  the  other  hand,  private,  with  his  back  turned  to  "stray  child"  of  the  company  and  follows  the ice  and  snow,  Scotty  Lewis  says  he's  going  to  us,  but  no  doubt  about  it,  the  ex­ rather  than  the  rum  and  coke.  We  only  made  one  port  o'call;  Washington  to find  out  why  alien  periment  was  a  success. "Bathless"  told  me  that  garlic  was  the  secret  2nd  mates  can't  sail  as  such  on  emerged  almost  unrecognizable,  namely,  Bremerhaven.  That  how­ of  his  strength.  Believe  me—it's  American  ships.  He figures  if  any­ several  shades  lighter  than  before,  ever  sufficed  to  keep  the  boys  no  secret! Most  of  the time  though  one  is  smart  enough  to  tell  time  while  the  water of  course  was  con­ broke.  One's  conscience  doesn't  he's  a  real  gentleman.  He'd  never  by  the  stars  he  should  be  privi­ siderably  darker.  You  could  see  stop  one  from  doing  things—only  hit  a  lady  with his  hat  on.  One  of  enjoying  them.  In  the  post­war  leged  to  use  his  British  license  our  crew  had  a  run  in  with  him.  years  Germany  has  made  several  here.  By  the  way,  getting  back  to ;  noticeable  changes.  One  shoe  man­ Total  damage—one  ruined  Mohair  Red,  he  has  a  sister  in every  port '  LOG­A­KHYTHMS:  chair.  This  can't  be  taken  as  triv­ ufacturer  is  now  making  shoes  out  and  spends  most  of  his  time  with  of  soy­bean.  When  they're  beyond  iai  considering  the  time  it  takes  his  family  wherever  he  goes.  Poor  to  raise  a  Mo.  the  wearing  stage  they  can  be  Red!  Chilly  Quarters  eaten—delicious  with  ketchup. Buy  Tobacco's  Profitable  By Charles W. Cothran  the  12D  size  and  you  don't  have  to  Still  ever  present  in  the  Ger­ Tennessee  Lowe  insists  that  man  winterland  are  the  '.'not  so  Don't  muzzle the  ox  that  plows  the  go back  to the  ship for ni^t lunch.  warm" living  quarters.  I guess  the  there's  more  money  raising  tobac­ corn.  Women  Everywhere  co than  raising the  gear,  but he  re­'  Heinie  janitor  would  rather "sleep  That's  quite  unfair  you  know;  The  most  noticeable  change  than  heat."  Bucking  the  elements  fuses  to  go  hpme.  You figure  it  If  it' wasn't  for  him there'd  be  far  though,  is  with  the  femme  fatale.  with  me  are  Ray  "Jug­head" Garo­r  out.  Anyway  we're  sure  Tennessee  less.  As  children  they  were  satisfied  fala and  Charlie  "The  Kangaroo"  has it figured  better that  the Greek  So  let  him  eat  as  you  go.  with  ah  all  day  sucker.  Now,  they  Palmer.,  Palmer is  presently  work­ seaman  we  picked  up  in  Naha,  Hon  Holt,  (Left),  and  Cliff  Okinawa,  after  a^.five  day  spree  on  ing  on  a  new  drink  to  cure  in­ You'll  both  fare  better  when  har­ just  want  one for  the  evening.  The  somnia.  Actually  it  doesn't  cure  McKie  slash  the  topping  lifts  the  bpach.  He  missed  his  NMU  vest  is  done,  likes  of  these  are  ship  where  he . was  deck  mainten­ it,  but  it  makes  you  feel  content  aboard  the  Madaket.  Tis a  fact  you  cannot  ignore;  usually  found  ance.  rOne  day  on  the  way  back  to  be  awake.  For  a  man  with  an  ox  can  plant  around  the  Pen­ to  sea  after  a  long  stay  on  the  we  had  a  meeting  so  wd  sent  him  Summarily  speaking,  our  trip  more  com.  guin  Club  and  to  relieve  our.ship's  delegate  was  fairly  good. ...Steward  Jenkins  beach.  Than, a  man  alone  can  score.  the  Rote  Muhle.  Bank  Account  Growing  Whitey  Leiishner,  on  the ­ wheel.  and  Co.  handled'the  grocery  de­ Don't  count  the  stalks  the  oxen  Both  places  are  partment  very  well.  If  our  steaks  Don  Holt,  our  Sup man,  is grow­ He'd  have  done  alright,  if  she  was  so  close  to  the  eat.  were  any  thicker  you  could  milk  ing  a  bank  account  instead  of  a  on Jrbn  Mike,  but  80 ' degrees  off  But  rather  the  stalks they  make.  WeSer  River  them.  As  for  the  North  Atlantic;  mustache.  He's  from  Seattle  and  course  was  a.  little  mbrd  than  tol­ You'll  find  there's  crop  galore  for  they  appe.al  par­ she  didn't  roygh  us. up  too  much,  hopes  to  make  enough  money  to  erance  would  allovy.  Whitey  didn't  Campbell  ticularly,  and  ca­ you.  except for one time  when we  realiy  go  into  the  construction  business.  stay  long at  tliat  meeting.  ,  For  each  of  the  stalks  they  take.  ter  to,  seamen  and  herring.  Most  took  a  deep dive.  I'm  not sure  just  I  doubt  if  he'll  make  it  unless  he  As  for  me,  I've got  my  ifihancial  of  the  girls  claim  to  be  ex­mem­ how  deep,  but  I  can  teil you  if  the  gets  back  on  the  Alaska  run.  Cliff  problems  tpo^.  I'm  staying. dn  oM •   Go to the crib  and  count  your  corn.  bers  of  the  underground.' Too  bad  Flying Enterprise  is heads or  tails.  McKiiE^ has  money  problems  too.  more  trip . to' make,  the  down  pg^  You'll  find  much  more  since  oxen  they  didn't  stay  there.  In  conclusion,  I  just  want  to  say  The  question  that  has  everyone  on  m'ent  on  my  new  record  shop  in  came;  One  of  the  bouncers  typifies  the  that  the  Ines  is  really  a  ship  "put  edge  is  how  he's  going  to  pay  for  Long  Beach.  1. never Was  much bn  So treat  them good, they'll  pull the  wartime "superman."  This guy  too  of  this  world."  I  guess  that's  why  his  big  '50  Chryslpr  convertible  painting  or splicing,  but'yob nahie  plow.  can  leap  over  tall  buildings  in  a  took  us  so  long  to  got  back  to  that  will  show  its  rear  to  any  hot  it  and  I'lrWhl^le  it.  *  That  turns  the  ground  for  golden  fingle  bound.  All  you  have  to  do  this one.  •   rod  on  the  West  Coast.  Harry  D.  French  grain.  is touch  him  in  the  right ptace.'  Hft  "Tigei­  Shdrk'^Ibarra"  itill  11(1^'  ­  "Red" Campl>«ll  ­ "  'Heck  ddle­gaie'  Here's  Real  Info On  Madaket  Red  Gives  Vs  Loivdawn  On  German Womanhood  I  I ^'   I  And  Let  Live'  fe'>> •  pi'  6  fe'..  ji:"*'­.­.  itrS  .­VV  ?iSfi  f.;.­­,  JYA'tinA  \itiU  v'jioX.  ,  �Friday, March 7,  Udt  Far« Nlneteca  SEAFARERS  LOG  Sailor llags Is Hospitalized ...  Contributed by E. Reyes  Crewmen's  Quick  Action  Saves  Lynn Victory  From  Disaster  '  Saigon,  Indo­Chfna—Thanks  to  the  alertness  and  initiative  of  a  couple  of  Seafarers  on  the  Lynn  Victory,  this ship  was  saved  from  a  disastrous  ammunition  fire  while  unloading  here.  The  possibility  of  sabotage  is  not  ruled  out in  the light of  circumstances which I will  describe.  But  before  I start  I­t^'  want to pay tribute to Paul R.  of  the crew  that  were aboard  made  which  would  rule  out  such  an  ac­ I  Foy, OS, and Robert S. Elston,  haste  to  assist  Elston  and  Foy.  cident.  AB,  whose quick  action  saved  Both  of  them  were  quite  ill  after­ Substantiating  this,  Foy  stated  the ship and possibly the lives  ward from inhaling  so much  smoke  that  when  Elston  threw  the  smok­ and  had  to  lie  on  deck  for  air.  ing  box of  grenades out  of  the way  of  all aboard  her.  Other  crewmen  who  helped  put  so  it  wouldn't ignite  the others,  he  •   I  .By  SEAFARERS  LOG  Photo  Editor  In  our  last  issue  we  discussed  the  virtues  and  characteristics  of  several  35  mm  cameras,  including  the  numerous  models  of  the  Leica,  most  popular  in  the  midget  camera  field.  No  discussion  of  miniature  cameras  would  be  complete  without  some  words  about  the  Coittax,  another  35  mm  camera  manufactured  by  Zeiss  Ikon,  which  is  also  an  excellent  miniature.  It  has  everything  the  Leica  has  with  some  minor  differences.  Its  top  shutter  speed  has  been  boosted  to  1/1250 of  a second,  its range  finder  and  view finder  are combined  into  one eyepiece, and its focal  plane shutter  crosses the film  on the  24  mm  side  making  flash­synchronization  a  little  easier.  It  has  a  delayed  action  device  and  the  Zeiss  lenses  are  bayonet  mounted  instead  of  being  threaded  as  the  Leica  lenses.  It  should  be  noted  here  that  the  Russian  zone  is  also  producing  a  Contax.  Its  model  is  known  as  the  Contax  S,  undoubtedly  standing  for Soviet.  The latest  model  Contax is  2A and  is engraved  "Stuttgart."  Zeiss  lenses  for  the  Contax  follow  pretty  much  the  same  sizes  as  the  Leica  lenses.  Model  3A  is  the  same  as  2A,  but  has  a  built­in  photoelectric  cell  exposure  meter.  Before finishing  with  the  Contax  cameras  it  should  be  pointed  out  that  double  cassettes  can  be  used.  This  eliminates  the  necessity  of  rewinding  exposed  film,  and  partially  exposed  film  can  be  easily  removed  in  broad  daylight.  The  use  of  two  cassettes  facilitates changing from  black and  white film  to color  before the  whole  roll  of  film  is  exposed.  Zeiss  Ikon  has  recently  introduced  another  35  mm  camera.  It  is  much  cheaper in  price  than  the  Contax  and  is  known  as  the  Contessa.  It  will  turn  out  as  good  pictures  as  the  Contax,  though  it  hasn't  all  the  refinements  of  the  costlier  Contax.  Instead  of  the  focal  plane  shutter,  it  has  a  compur  rapid  shutter  from  one  second  to  1/500  and  bulb.  No  interchangeability  of  lenses.  It  is  fitted  with  a  45  mm  f­2.8  tessar,  has  coupled  rangefinder,  one  eyepiece  for  view  and  rangefinder,  built  in  exposure  meter  with  two  measurement  ranges—for  indoors  and  out.  Has  the  usual  standard  things such  as  picture  counting  device, film  speed  scale, depth  of  field  indicator,  etc.  Double  exposures  are  possible  with  the  Contessa  since  the  shutter  must  be  cocked  for  each  exposure.  A  newcomer  in  the  miniature  field  is  the  Japanese  Nikon  with  its  Nikkor  lenses  and  it  threatens  to  take  over  from  Zeiss  and  Leitz.  It's  a 'bit  puzzling  how  this  came  about  since  Japan  never  had  any  reputation for  quality  optical  goods,  but since  the war  this camera  has  been  the  rage  and  has  been  cutting  deeply  into  the sales  of  the  Leica  and  Contax.  Life's  New  Eye  Photographers  from  Life  magazine  /'discovered"  the  camera  and  its  terrific  lenses  during  the  Korean  war.  All  the  excitement  is  not  about  the  camera  box.  It  closely  resembles  the  Contax  box.  The  big  difference  comes  in  the  quality  of  the  Nikkor  lenses.  No  lens  manufacturer,  from  the  oldest  to ,the  youngest  has  ever  made  a  lens  for  the  miniature  that  comes  near  the  quality  of  these  lenses.  They  are  of  such  superior  quality  that  for  a  while  Life  maga­ zine  was  buying  the  total  factory  output  for  its  own  staff.  Before  you  rush  out  to  purchase  a  35  mm  camera  there  are  a  num­ ber  of  things  that  you  should  consider.  The  miniature  became  popu­ lar  for  many  reasons.  It's  small, light  in  weight,  and  can  be  loaded  with film  up  to 36  exposures.  There  are more  types of  film  available  in  the  35  mm  size  than  for  any  other  camera.  The  cost  of  film  per  exposure  is  cheaper  than  for  any  other  camera,  not  only  because  the  film  is  smaller  but  because  35  mm  film  can  be  bought  in  bulk  and  loaded into your own  cassettes.  At the  present time  film can  be  bought  for  about $1  per  hundred  feet, and  you  get  8 exposures  per  foot.  All  this  sounds  quite  convincing  but  there's  a  catch  in  it.  Unless  you  also  have  an  enlarger  to  make  a  print  large  enough  to  view  you  will find  that it  will  prbbably  cost  more  to  run  a  35  mm  camera  than  a larger  camera  that  makes  a  visible contact  print.  So take  care.  Un­ less you  are  prepared  to set  up a  dark room  and  do  your own  process­ ing  and  printing,  stick  to  a  larger  camera.  Only  by  doing  your  own  work  will the 35  mm  camera  remain  cheap  to operate.  If  you  have  to  have  all  your  work  done  by  commercial  processing  plants  you  will  not  be  saving  any  dough.  Let  your  pocket  make  the final  decision.  The  fire  broke  out  while  we  out  the  blaze  were  Edmond  Giza,  tried  to  release  the  grenades  to  were  anchored  in  Saigon  on  Fri­ chief  electrician;  Albert  Akberdin,  avoid  further  danger.  "I  had  to  day  night,  February  1.  I  noticed  a  utility:  James  Gillespie,  OS;  really  pry  the  top off  with  a  piece  commotion  at  hold  No. 3  and  over­ Thomas  Lambert,  AB;  Eric  V.  of  metal,"  he  said.  "The  grenades  heard  Elston  ask the chief mate, "Is  Riseberg,  AB;  Harold  Sollis,  AB,  were so  tightly  packed  that  I could  any  of  the crew  down  there?" The  and  Soppi,  AB.  hardly  pry  them  apart."  mate  replied  that  Foy  was  in  the  My  impres^on  of  the  events  is  Packed  Tightly  hold.  Elston  then  urged  the  mate,  that  the  skipper  was  of  no  use  The  grenades  involved  in  the  "Let's go  down  there and  give him  a  hand  before  the  ship  goes."  At  blaze  were  packed  to  the  top  of  whatsoever  to  the  crew  in  their  this  point  large  billows  of  smoke  the hold  in  boxes,  end  to end. The  fight  to  wipe  out  the fire  danger.  started  pouring  from  the  hold  longshoremen  were  under  instruc­ His  attitude  seemed  one  of  indif­ which  carried  cases  of  phosphorus  tionis  to  lift  the  boxes  carefully  ference.  With  all  possible  fairness  from  the  top  and  not  to  tip  them.  to  him,  I  did  not  rest  on  my  own  grenades.  Each  box  contained  16  grenades,  opinion  but  asked  the  men  who  They  were  part  of  the  cargo  which are  individually metal­casecL  took  part  in  quelling  the  danger  which the ship Wjas  carrying to sup­ one  explanation  of  the  fire is that  and  they seemed  to share  my  sen­ ply  the  French  armies  fighting  in  two  grenades  rubbed  together  timents.  Indo­China  against  the  Commu­ cauring  a  spark.  However,  the  Harry  Pitt  nist revolutionaries in that country.  grenades  were  very  tightly  packed.  Ship's delegate  Rush  Into  Hold  Elston  plunged  into  the  hold  with  the  mate  at  his  heels,  fol­ lowed  shortly  by  other  crew  mem­ bers.  The  men  worked  feverishly  for:the  better  part  of  an  hour  to  bring  the  fire  under  control.  For  the  rest  of  the  night  small  fires  broke  out  only  to  be  extinguished  Here's  a  real. commuting  prob­ steward,, gaining  weight  on  shore­ lem for ydu. Albert H. Birt recently  side  while  waiting  for  a  ship.  immediately.  When  the  smoke  first  appeared,  bought  a  hqme  .in  Saint  Peters­ .What  became  of  Frank  Fernan­ the. French  checkers  and  coolies  burg,  Florida,  and  plans  to  moye  da's  plans  to  open  up  a  second­ all  ran  for  safety,  while  members  tha  family ^here.  But  he  intends  hand store in  Tampa?... Two crew­ to continue  working at  the Port  O'  members  of  the  Puerto  Rico  dur­ (1)  A  hospital  has four  times as  many  patients as  nurses,  and  twice  Call  bar . . . Curley  Barnes  who's  ing, the  recent  strike  in  San  Juan  as  many  nurses  as doctors.  The  total  number  of  patients,  nurses  and  in charge  of our parking lot  behind  picked  up  their daily  allotments in  doctors is 110.  How  many  nurses  are  there?  Once Over Light­iy  our.  new  headquarters  building  style  with  a  car.. .A1  Tocho  >^11  (2)  The color  of  a  star  is an indication of  its  (composition),  (surface  says  these  Brooklyn • dogs are  real  probably open a  super market soon.  tieinperature),  (magnitude),  (distance  from  the  earth)?  toughies. He. tried to  chase onie  out  He's  always , bragging  a b o u t  his  (3)  Through  how  many  right  angles  (90  degrees)  does, the  minute  of  the  lot  the' cither,  day  but  was  Softball  team . . .  hand of  a clock  turn from 11:45  AM to 2:30  PM  of  the same  day?  ­ bhased  out  hilRself.  .  .  Most  of  us  know  the  Seamen's  (4)  The  arbitrary  rearrangement  of  electoral  districts for  party  pur­ According  to  latest  reports  from  Church  Institute* the  world  oyer  poses is  kno^n in  government  as  a  (lobby),  (filibuster),  (gerrymander),  the  Gulf,  Argentina  is still  a  good  as the dog  house.  But where is the  (police  power)?  country to visit,  A dollar really goes  puppy  house?  See  answer  at  bot­ ,(5)  The  Dome  Scandals  during  Harding's  administi­ation  places there.. ­The Del  Mar's  back,  tom  of  column... About  ten  years  (1924) involved  (oil),  (illegal  whiskey),  (Chinese  imports),  (child  labor)?  on  the run  after a Jong stay  in the  ago  i spent  a  little  time  in  Iran  (6)  When  the moon  casts  its  shadow  on  a  portion  of  the earth's  sur­ drydock. .^Haye  you  receiyed  your  and  I'll  never  forget  where' they  face, we  have  an  eclipse  of  the  (earth),  (moon),  (earth­moon),  (sun)?  vacation  pay  yet? •   Just  go  to  the  washed the  beer  glasses­... in  the  (7)  Here's a question that  needs both  history and  baseball knowledge.  Union  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section  is  known.  voltage?  Bosun A.  Gonzalez, gives lights  rail.  Bill  was  disappointed  when  Answer: 'Seamen's  home  in  New  (10)  Someone  who  nicitates  (smokes),  (drinks  coffee),  (winks),  •   a  thorough  eking  over  be  foupd  he'd  ,have ;tQ :go  back  by  (ghowers  often)?  ,  •   v­.i  .  (Quiz  Answers on  Page  27)  >|Sg:Iiiboanrthe Ibem^ille.  ,,  his  lonesome ...Tony  Schavone,  Salty  Dick  Florida  To  iV. Y.  Shuttle  Makes­ Tough  I'omniuting  Quiz Corner  • '• O I  ;:;v^l  ••  ­'i\  M  .­^1  • •  {­• L.t­  I  ­  I  ­I  :;d[  M  • t'­'­'tl  �:• ­:.­r^y/^:^vf.^^:4V;^::­•• ;   fini* Twen^  '  .  '  .;  \/­­­V^:ir^­.• T''    SBJ4F4KERS  LOG  Friiv. Hmh T, IM*  Rosario Crew  Sighting Gleam  Of  Cash  Award  For  Salvage  1;%:.:  J"  l> ­•   By  Spike  Marlin  Prognostication  is  the  bane  of  problems  for  years  since  Charley  sports  writing.  A  sportswriter's  Gehringer  retired.  The  return  of  Crewmembers of  this ship,  the Rosario, a  Bull Lines Liberty, are cotmting their chickens  real  business  is  second  guessing,  Art  Houtteman  to  the  mound  staff  in anticipation of  a 50 percent  salvage award  for helping rescue the Nausica, a Liberian ship,  yet  in  order  to  maintain  his  pose  won't  prove  an adequate  substitute  as  an  expert  he  has  to  climb  out  for  a  sound  short­second  combine.  when  the  latter  broke  down  north  of  San  Juan.  on a  limb every March and  tell you  That­leaves it  to the  Indians and  The  Rosario  was  making  for­f­ how  the  teams  will  stand  at  the  Yankees  by  default.  Our  pick  is  Norfolk  when  we received an  SOS  end  of  September.  Cleveland.  The  Indians  have  more  .  from  the  Nausica.  She  had devel­ If  writers  could  really  predict,  depth  in  the  pitching  department  oped  evaporator  trouble  and  her  they  would  be  sipping  frosted  but  the  key  to  their  success  is  engine  went  dead,  leaving  her  champagne  on  their  baronial  Paul  Bunyan's  kid  brother,  Luke  adrift  at  the  mercy  of  a  20­mile  estates  in  the  Hudson  Highlands  Easter.  Big  Luke  was  in  and  out  trade  wind.  for  a  living.  Between  the  writer's  of  the  ^neup  with  a  bad  leg  last  The  Rosario,  being  temporarily  forecast  and  the  actual  outcome  year.  If  he  is  sound  the  Indians  unemployed  due  to  the  longshore  there's  many  a  rock  to  stumble  should  shoo  in.  The  Yankees  with­,  strike  in  San  Juan,  made  for  her  over—injuries,  sore  pitching  arms,  out  DiMaggio  are  in  a  pickle,  and  full  ahead.  We  arrived  on  the  marital  troubles,  too  much  beer  the  loss  of  Jerry  Coleman  to  the  scene as  daylight  broke.  Our skip­ and  too  little  sleep,  swelled  heads,  Marines  will  hurt.  But  as  usual,  per,  Captain  Clark,  made  several  the  sudden  loss  of  skills,  army  there's  plenty  of  reserve  strength  passes at  the Nausica  while strong­ draft  calls,  clubhouse fights  and  plus  an  ample  quota  of  heart  armed  ex­sandlotters  in  the  deck  all  of  the  innumerable  factors  in­ which  has  brought  the  berries  department unsuccessfully attempt­ cluding  plain  luck  that  can  drasti­ Jiome  to inferior  Yankee  teams the  ed  to  land  a  heaving  line  on  the  cally  affect  a  player  and  a  team's  past  three  years.  Could  do  again  Nausica's  deck.  too  if  the  Indians  run  true  to  performance.  '  Tries  Casting Rod  faint­hearted  form.  A  successful  forecaster  would  Our  deck  engineer  then  came  Rosario'a  deck  gang  takes  kinks  out  of  the  towing  line  before  The  Nationals  have  a  three­team  have  to  be  a  combination  of  pro­ up  with  a  very  brilliant  suggestion  putting  it aboard  the  stricken  Liberian  ship Nausica.  fessional  psychiatrist,  soothsayer,  scramble  pending  between  Philly,  which  all  hands  agreed  to  give  a  Anthony  Dibartolomeo, .,3rd  cook.  specialist  In  physiology,  and  keen  Brooklyn  and  New  York.  Brook­ try.  He  secured  his  new  casting  deal  with  the  tug  Berwind  of  San  Oh  yes,  all  hands  partook  of  a  student  of  the  art  of  baseball.  lyn's  pitching  ­without  Newcombe  rod  from  his foc'sle  and  attached  Juan  instead  of  losing  all  if  our  victory  party  the  next, three  days  Our  being hone  of  these  bothers  won't do.  The Dodgers  always have  wire  broke.  Sure  enough,  the  his  heaviest  sinker  to  it.  He  then  ranging  from  the  Caribe  Hilton  us no  end,  but  the forecasting  task  the .promising  rookie  hurlers  but  morning  of  the  third  day  the  made,  according  to  bis  own  de­ Hotel  to  the  Bayview  Brawlropm.  is made  much  easier  this  year  be­ they  are  like  some  of  the  honey­ Berwind  got  a  line  aboard,  and  at  scription,  "some  of  the  most  The last radio report we received  10 AM  our line  parted  leaving  the  cause  there  are  only five  clubs  in  dew  melons  we  New  Yorkers  get  tremendous  casts  in the  history  of  the  fishing  game,"  only  to  fall  Berwind towing alone.  None of  our  however,  had a  familiar  tone.  The  both  leagues  who  have  the  slight­ stuck  with—never  seem  to  ripen.  other  competitors  showed  up  so  Nausica,  after  making  repairs,  est  chance  for  the flag.  You  can  The  Giants  will  miss  Stanky  and  short  by  breathtaking  inches.  ^  Mays.  They  showed  a  jittery  de­ Being  a  fisherman  at  heart  be  we  stood  by  and  let  our  partner  sailed  <or  Trinidad  and  developed  forget  about  the  others.  *  a  water  leak  in  her  fuel  oil  tank:  fense  and  lack  of  reserve  strength  earn  his  50  percent  by  towing  her  was  quickly  diverted  from  the  Two­Team Affair  Not  knowing  if  it  is  allowed  to  last  year  which  cost  them  the  the  next  two  days to  San  Juan.  Nausica  when  a  large  school  of  The AL  boils down to a two­team  World  Series.  Our  pick,  for  no  hammerhead  sharks  appeared.  Our  success  was  adequately  salvage the  same ship  twice we are  affair  between  Cleveland  and  New  good  reason,  is Philadelphia,  main­ Here  he  succeeded in  hooking  two  celebrated in  the  press.  Tbe news­ continuing our  cruise,  trawling  for  York.  Boston  without  Bobby  Doerr  ly  because  of  youth,  speed  and  tuna  or anything  else  that  bites.  paper  £1 Mundo  printed  story  and  of  them  but  was  no more  success­ and Ted  Williams just  doesn't have  the  expected  return  of  Curt  Sim­ Jack  E.  Smith  pictimes taken by  our photographer  ful  in  bringing  them  to  heel  than  it.  The  White  Sox  will  be  plenty  mons.  Their  egos  were  thoroughly  be was  with the  Nausica.  troublesome  with  the  two  best  deflated  last  year  and  they  should  In  the meanwhile  the  bosun  had  ,young  pitchers  in  the  League  in  rebound strongly.  As for the  Cardi­ withdrawn his offer  to swim  to  the  Rogovin and Pierce,  but not enough  nals—well,  Eddie  Stanky  insisted  Nausica  with  a  line,  sharks  being  punch  or  all­around  strength.  De­ on  a  two  year  contract  as  man­ what  they  are.  troit  has been  plagued  with  infield  ager.  Smart  man,  that  Stanky.  Finally  we  got  a  line  on  the  Nausica by  means of  a lifering.  At  3 PM  after seven  hours bard  work,  Tokuyama, Japan—With so many new men coming to Japan  we  started  towing  to  San  Juan  at  where  like  in  any  oriental  region  the  food  varies  a  lot,  I'll  fou; knots.  A  half  hour  later  one  explain  for  the  benefit  of  those  interested  in  this  run  what  of  our  bridle  wires  rigged  on  our  these  foods  are  and  how  they*  A  knife  attack  on  Seafarer  Olav  was  used  to  provide  him  with  a  stem  parted.  Captain  Clark  then  are  made.  ­ My  information  is  hungry  here  because  they  don't  Herland of  the Steel Apprentice  on  decent  funeral.  ordered  slower  speed  and  more  know  what  they  are and  how  they  February  16  led  to  his  death  in  a  Herland,  who  held firemen­wa­ slack  on  the  tow  wire  which  kept  reliable,  coming  directly  from  are  made,  here's  the  score  for  the  hospital in  Djakarta, Indonesia, six  tertender ratings,  was  37  years old  a chief  cook  of  one of  the best  her  well  in  tow  for  two  days.  and  a  native  of  Norway.  He  restaurants  on  the  Ginza,  benefit  of  those  interested.  Competition  Shows  days  later,  according  to  a  report  shipped regularly  out  of  Baltimore  Sukiyaki  is  nothing  else  but  On  the  second  day  word  came  Tokyo's  main  stem.  of  beef  cooked  in. a  shallow  received from ship's  delegate John  and New  Orleaps.  that  three  tugs  werq  coming  to  Most  of  the  food  here  doesn't  slices  pan  with  and  other  vege­ Friend.  Word  was  also  received  of  the  stand  by  and  take  their  chance  of  resemble  Frenchy  Michelet's  cui­ tables  and onions  a  Japanese/sauce  con­ death  of  Arthur  B.  Chason,  OS,  in  getting  a  line  on  her  in  the  event  sine in the least,  but some of  these  sisting  of  sweet "sake,"  soya,  and  Friend  v^ote  to  the  LOG  that  according to  eyewitnesses,  Herland  New  York  City  on  February  18.­ ours  parted.  With  winds  on  the  dishes  like  "sukiyaki"  or_  "tem­ some  sugar.,  had  gone  ashore  and  was  walking  Chason  shipped  out  of  the Norfolk  increase  and  heavier  swells  pre­ pura"  are  favorites  of  many,for­ Street­Side, Bar  down  a  street  when  d  rick­shaw  hall.  He  was  39  years  old  and  is  vailing,  we  consented  to  a  50­50  eigners.  Since  many  souls  wiU  go  Tempura  are fish  and  shrimp  driver  tried  ­to  pick  his  pocket.  survived  by  his wife  Eileen,  resid­ fritters  cooked  and  eaten  at  the  Herland  caught  the  thief  and  took  ing in  Washington,  D.  C.  The body  cook's  stove, fish  after fish, just  as  a  swing  at  him  whereupon  one  of  has  been  sent  to  Sayville,  N.  C;,  you  do  when  eating  clams  at  a  the  thief's  companions  knifed  him  for  funerai  services.  Another  SIU  oldtimer.  Brother  street  clam,bar.  The  difference  is  in  the' stomach.  Louis  Ross,  passed  away  aboard  that  tempura  is  fried.  The  price  He was taken to  Tjikani Hospital  on  this  dish' ranges  from  600  to  in  Djakarta  and  was  operated  on  the  Raphael  Semmes  while  in  the  800  yen  respectively  in  the  avef­ without  success, djring  on  the 22nd  harbor  of  San  Juan,  Puerto  Rico.  Brother  Ross,  43  years  of  age,  had  age  restaurant.  of  February.  He  was  buried  the  been  a  member  of  the  SIU  since  In  many  hotels  and ^restaurants  next day  in  Djakarta.  1938  when  he  joined  up  in  Nor­ you  can  take  groceries  with  you  Crewmembers  of  the  Apprentice  folk,  'Virginia.  He  is  survived  by  and after  paying  a  couple  hundred  took  up  a  collection of  $150  which  his  mother,  who lives  in  New  Bed­ yen  for  service  they  let  you  do.  was  left  with  the  local  agent  and  ford,  Massachusetts.  IE SiU BEGINS  • your own  cooking.  It's  very  fair  if  you  know  the  trick  of  handling  'AlEeOTlATlONS  a  skillet,  casserole  and  the  like.  IN JOLYIiOR  A  Those  interested  in  learning  more  about  Japanese  food  can  drop  me  The  government, when  it  tmder­ (1756­1820).  A  native  of  England,  NEW CONTRACT.  a  line  c/o  the  Bessemer  Victory.  took  the  tremendous  shipbuilding  he  graduated  what  is  now  Prince­ MEN WHOPERPORAA  South  Atlantic  SS  Co.  in  Savan­ program  of  World  War  11,  named  ton  University,  NJ.  During  the  ANDFOUirUP>\BQl^  nah.  If  I  don't  know  the  answers,  its  Liberty  ships . after  famous  American  Re'volution,  he  was  ac­ SHIP HURTAU  I'll find  out  for  you.  Americans.  Below  are^ the  names  tive  in  the  Carolina  campaign,  be­ Luis  A.  Ramirez  of  a  few  SIU­contracted  Libertys  coming  Gen.  Greene's  commissary  SEAIVXRERS BY  and  thumbnail  sketches of  the  per­ general.  A­North  Carolina  legisla­ MAKING THE UNIGNS  sons  whose  names  they  bear.  tor and  later governor,  he was  one  NEGOTIATING JOB  of  the peace  commissioners sent  to  NVDRE DIFFICUUT.  William  A.  Graham  tWaterman).  France  (1799)  when  hostile  rela­ Statesman  (1804­75).  Born  in  tions  arose  between  the  two coun­ For obvious reasons the  LOG  North  Carolina  and  educated  in  tries.  cannot  print  any  letter  or  the  state  university,  he  was  state  ^  4"  ^  YOUR JOB «­ other  communications  sent  in  legislator,  US  senator  and  later  Henry  Meiers  (Mississippi).  Pro­ PROTECT THE BEST  by Seafarers  unless the  author  governor.  Secretary  of  Navy  in  CONTRACT  IN  signs  his  ^name.  Unsigned,  Fillmore's  cabinet,  he  was  unsuc­ moter­and  railroadman  (1811­77>  MARITIME *  anomymous  letters  will  only  cessful candidate for vice president  Bom  in  Catskill,  NY,  he  went  to  wind  up  in  the  waste­basket.  in  1852.  An  advocate  of  compro­ California  for the gold  rush,  where  If  circumstances  justify,  the  mise'  rather  than  secession,  he  he  made  and  lost  a  fortune,  and  LOG  will  withhold a  signature  eventually  supported  the  Confed­ then  to  Chile.  He  had a  spectacu­ on  request,  but  if  you  want  it  eracy.  lar  career  there  and  elsewhere  in  printed  in  the  LOG,  put  your  South  America  as a  railroad  build­ William  Davie  (Alcoa).  Revolu­ er.  beating  nature  at  every  turn  name  on it.  tionary  soldier  and  statesman  despite  innumerable  obstaclepi.  Sukiyaki?—B eef Ala Mode  Done  Up  Japanese  Style  Seafarer Dies Of  Knifing  4>  How Liberfys Were Named  t>  I'V  •  I >'­,'^  ilf'­l  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newspapermen  who  are  vote  of  thanks  for  their  generous  to  our  merchant shipping.  Al­ As  an  e'x­NMU  man  who  got  and  assessments  black  sheep  in  the  offices  of  their  wise  some  years  back  and  started  contribution.  though  written  a  great  many  years  they  have  to  pay.  big  dailies.  ago,  they  are  still  good  to quote  in  We  would  also  like  to  say  that  sailing  with  a  real  Union,  I  got  If  these  fellows  The  seaman  has  been  called  a  a  horse­laugh  out  of  Joe  Curran's  the  mailing  of  three  LOGs  to  each  our  SIU  paper  as  follows:  would  sit  down  bum at  times.  Why?  Just  because  "confessions"  as  reported  in  the  ship  is  really  helping  us  keep  the  "The  ship,  in its  latest,  complete  and figure  it  out,  he  is  a  seaman?  Would  the  same  last  LOG.  So  the  NMU  is  going  LOG  moving  among  the  crewmem­ equipment  is  an  abridgement  and  as  I've  told  them  people  call  a  lumberjack,  a  miner,  to  cut  down  on  the  number  of  pa­ bers  and  helping  teach  the  new­ compendium j>f  a nation's  arts. The  over  and  over  a  ­cow­puncher,  a  well­digger  a  trolmen.  So  what?  Their  guys  comers  the  Seafarers  way  and  ship  is  steered  by  compass  and  again, they  would  buiQ?  Many  of  them  drink  and  never  did  anything  for  you  any­ stress  to  them  the  importance  of  chart,  longitude reckoned  by  lunar  see  that  they're  have  their  moments  of  passion.  way.  Many's  the  time  you'd  come  being  an  all­around  shipmate.  observations,  and  when  the  heav­ getting about  the  Others  who  live  shoreside  under  into  payoff  with  a  load  of  beefs  W. M.  Fields  ens are  hid, by chronometer, driven  greatest  bargain  better  circumstances  do  the  same.  as  long  as your  arm  and  all  those  Ships delegate  by  steam  in  wildest sea­mountains,  ­Sosa  that  anyone  ever  at  vast  distances  from  home.  The  4;  4>  4i  birds would  tell you  was, "we'll  re­ Family  Men  got  for  $80  a  year.  pulses of  her iron  heart go  beating  fer  it  to  headquarters,"  and  that  The  gossip  against  seamen  has  Where  else  could  they  get  a  through  the  storm."  was  the  end  of  it.  $2,500  insurance  policy, $140  vaca­ caused  people to  shrink away  from  No  wonder  the  NMU  members  Here's  another  one.  "The  most  tion  pay,  the  kitid  of  wages  and  a  man  who  says  he  works  on  a  won't  vote  a  $1  a  month  dues  in­ advanced  nations  are  always  those  To  the  Editor:  ship.  Too  many  people  do  not  conditions  we  have,  plus  the  kind,  crease.  Judging  from  the  kind  of  No  words  are  kind  enough  to  who 'navigate' the  most. The power  of  setup we have  in our  new hall?  understand  that  seamanship  today  representation  they  get  they  ought  thank  the  shipmates  of  our  late  which the  sea requires  in the  sailor  is  hot  like  the  story  books  and  Insurance  Costs  to  ask  for  a  cut  in  dues.  Believe  makes a  man  of  him  very fast,  and  Just  take  my  case  for  an  exam­ motion  pictures  of  yesterday,  like  me, I know  what I'm talking about.  beloved  husband  and  father  Wil­ the  change  of  shores  and  popula­ liam  A.  Miller  aboard  the  Frank  in  the  days  of  Jack  London.  To­ ple.  I am 51  years old.  If  I wanted  Eddie  Stimpson  C.  Emerson.  The  sympathy  they  tion  cleanses  his  mind  of  much  to  buy  $2,500  worth  of  insurance  day,  thousands  of  seamen  are  re­ 4;  4;  4>  felt  toward  us  in  our  sorrow  and  nonsense."  spectable,  married  men  who  send  at  my  age,  the  cheapest  rate  I  Stanley  C.  Korzen  their  great  regard  in  sending  the  could  get for  that  insurance  would  money  home  through  the  allot­ donation  of  money  will  never  be  ment  system  and  carry  an  album  4  4  4  be  $144.50.  And  most  companfes  forgotten  by  us.  won't  even  sell  you  a  policy  when  of  loved  ones  in  their  wallets.  To  the  Editor:  We  want  to  thank  Bosun  Wil­ you're  over  50.  My  wife  says  that  Many ' in  their  spare  time  study  .  During 15  years of  sailing on  the  liam C.  Moore for  sending Mr.  Mil­ all the  intricacies of  maritime  law,  if  I  ever  give  up  sailing,  she's  go­ ing  to  keep  up  my  dues  Just,  for  the  science  of  navigation  and  hun­ West  Coast,  practically all  the time  ler's  last  words  to  us  and  being  To  the  Editor:  on  passenger  with  him  to  the  last.  If  any  of  his  I  am  writing  from  the  Port  of  the  sake  of  the  insurance  alone,  dreds  of  other  duties  so  that  they  ships  as  bell  boy,  shipmates  care  to  write  us,  we  Mombassa,  East  Africa,  where  the  because  she  could  never  get  that  can  become  mates  and  captains  bell  captain  and  would  be  very  grateful  to  hear  Robin  Sherwood  is  waiting  for  kind  of  policy  on  the  outside  as  later  on.  all  top  side  rat­ from  them.  Down  below  there  are  more  cheap  as that.  cargo.  At  present,  thg  morale  ing  jobs,  I  made  Mrs.  Kathleen  Miller  aboard  the  ship  is  low  because  of  When;;you  add  on  the  vacation  who  aspire  to  become  engineers  a  lot  of  friends  Mary  Lou  Miller  pay  now,  that  I  never  got  before  and like  the deck  hand are getting  annoyances  we  have  had  on  ac­ am 0 n g  sailor­ in  my  life,  and  believe  me  I've  practical  experience  on  the  ship.  t  4.  4  count  of  our  cigarette  supply,  the  men.  It  would  be  been  sailing  for  quite  a  few  years,  The  man in  the  bowels of  the  ship  amount of  the draws and how  often  a  privilege  to say  you  can  see  that  actually  you're  faces  a  most  complicated  mass  of  our  slop  chest  is  opened.  "hello"  and  wish  getting  your  dues  paid  up for  free  machinery  which  he  has  to  leam  As  to  cigarettes,  we  get  the  all  of  them  pros­ Villabol  with  $60  left  over  besides.  how  to  operate.  The  student  in  brand  they  want  to  give  us,  which  perity  and  good  To  the  Editor:  Anybody  who  doesn't  think  that  the  galley  wants  to  be  a  cook  or  health  through  the  LOG.  Thanks  for  sending  us  three  is  usually  Chesterfields  and  no  this  is  the  best  possible  deal  he  steward  and  studies  evenings  to  Now  that  I'm  sailing  with  the  copies  of  the  LOG.  It  helps  give  other.  Aside  from  this,  we  are  can get  just doesn't know  what he's  this  end.  SIU  off  the  East  Coast,  I find  the  everybody  aboard  a  chance  to  get  told  we  are  allowed  one  carton  talking  about.  The  job  of, a  seaman  is. .an  edu­ job  to  be  a  very good  one, and  en­ a  look  at  what's  doing  in  the  SIU.  every  five  days  which  is  all  well  Tony  Sosa  cation  in  itself.  Many  of  them  joy  the  company  of  my  shipmates  Our  experience  in  the  past,  when  and  good  except  that  sometimes  4"  t  are  learned  in  foreign  languages.  who are  a fine  bimch,  there's  none  only  one  copy  was  sent  to  each  we have  to  wait nine  days between  Their  minds  are  broadened  by  better.  Best regards to  all of  them.  ship,  was  that  the  ship's  delegate  issues.  Draws  Irregular  travel.  They  come  in  contact  Pedro  Villabol  usually  monopolized  the paper  and  not  more  than a few  crewmembers  with  people  in  strange  lands  and  Then  comes  the  trouble  over  4;  4>  got  a  look­see.  learn  all  about  them,  their  cus­ draws.  Sometimes  we  get  a  draw  To the  Editor:  Now  with  three  copies,  one  has  every  ten  days,  sometimes  eight  Some  sections  of  the  daily  press  toms  and  politics.  been  given  to  each  department  days,  sometimes  five.  We  have  The  people  who  are  respons­ have  been  mercilessly  abusing  delegate  which  gives all  crewmem­ been  in  Mombassa  about  five  American  seamen  for  many  years.  ible  for  groundless  slurs  against  To  the  Editor:  weeks  and  we  usually  have  to  beg  These  accusations  are  probably  seamen  are  the  same  people  who  The  crew  of  the  Monarch  of  the  bers  an  opportunity  to  read  it.  Crew,  Nathanial  Currier  for  our  money.  The  captain  states  based  on  the  actions  of  that  hand­ said  during  the  war  that  ships  Seas  disagrees  with the world opin>  he  only has  to  put out  one  draw  in  ful  of  seamen,  who  haying  been  were  indispensable.  But they never  ion  of  Captain  Kurt  Carlsen  as  a  4  4  4  each  port  regardless  of  the  length  pent up  on long  voyages, gave  vent  mentioned  the  men  who  sailed  hero.  We  feel  that  as  captain  in  of  time  we  stay  in  the  port,  but  to  their  emotions  when  ashore.  those  ships,  more  than fi,000  of  charge  of  a  vessel  and  its  cargo,  we  can't  find  any  rule  in  writing  But  all  seamen  should  not  be  con­ whom  died  and  went  to  a  watery  his  job  was  to  assure  proper  load­ that  says  anything  one  way  or  an­ grave.  Nobody  called  them  bums  ing,  improper  loading  being  found  To the  Editor:  demned  because  of  those  few.  The  biggest  mistake  journalists  then,  when  they  were  out there  on  the  cause  of  the  loss.  He  was  also  I've  just returned  from  the  Ger­ other.  and  their  reading  public.make  is  a  vast  ocean  on  a  ship  that  was  supposed  to  follow  regular  ship­ man  run  on  Waterman's  Gateway  It  might  be  a  good  idea  in  the  to  harass  seamen  without  being  fair  target  for  enemy  warships.  ping lanes  which he  was not doing.  City.  While  far  from  my  native  agreement  to  stipulate  how  often  familiar  with  their  lives.  There  But  perhaps  for  want  of  some­ When  the  ship  split  across No.  3  Sheepshead  Bay,  I  had  plenty  of  we are  allowed a  draw  and to  what  is  practically  no  way  .to  really  thing  to  say  so  that  they  could  hatch  just  forward  of  midship  family company  aboard  as my  two  amount,  and  how  often  we  are  al­ know  a  seaman  without  being  one.  meet  the' deadlines,  something  is  house,  he  had  to do  but  one  thing,  brothers  went  along  on  the  same  lowed  cigarettes and  when  the slop  chest  should  be  open.  This  may  Nor  would  one  or  two  trips  on  a  said to  lampoon seamen.  Whether  have  crew  and  passengers  evacu­ ship.  seem  like  an  unimportant  matter  ship  make  a  newspaperman  a  Jo­ war  or  not,  ships  are  important  ate.  His remaining  may  have  been  My . brother  Frank  and  I  signed  seph  Conrad.  To  know  seamen as  and  the  men  manning  those  ships  that  he  wasn t  anxious  to  jump  on  for  the  voyage  in  New  York.  in  comparison  to  what  oiu*  Union  they  are,  one  must  travel  with  are  respectable,  hard­working  into  the  fury  of  the sea  and hoped  When  we  got  to  Philly  who  should  has  accomplished  for  us  in  our  them  for  more  than  a  year,  make  men.  to  ride  out  the  storm,  but  then  catch  the  ship  there  but  brother  agreements,  but  some  of  the  small  things  help  keep  a  crew  peaceful  voyages  to  Europe,  cross  the  Pa­ William  Calefato  seeing  it  was  inevitably  going  and  happy.  cific  and  visit  most  of  the  ports.  down  he  was  forced  to  jump  and  .  4;  In  closing,  I  hope  this  letter  Hearsay  is  the  wrong  tool  to  use  was  rescued  by  the  tugboat.  The  finds  everyone  at  the  New  York  in  a  serious matter  of  judging  the  crew  of  our  ship  feels  that  there  office  in  the  best  of  health.  behavior  of  men  who  shoulder  the  was  nothing  so  heroic  about  this  Walter  J.  Fitch  oehavior.  responsibilities  of  our  merchant  To  the  Editor:  Stewards  delegate  marine.  Incidentally,  the  new  LOG  is  a  Our  maritime  Industry  gives  The  crew  aboard  the  CarrahuUe  big  improvement  over  the  old  one  4  4  4  men  of  every  nationality  a  chance  wants  to  let other  Seafarers  know  and  really  is  a pleasure  to  read.  to  work  and  helps make  good  citi­ about  the  raw  deal  we  received  on  J.  Bruce  Cole  zens  of  sailors  from  Poland,  Nor­ money  exchange  while  we  were  in  4"  it  4"  way,  Sweden,  Italy  and  even  little  Recife,  Brazil.  The  captain  on  this  To  the  Editor:  Estonia.  The unions  have  the  pol­ scow  refused, to  give  out  a  draw  Just  a  note  of  appreciation  for  icy  of  selecting  mentally  and  in  American  money  aboard  ship.  the  Welfare  benefits  I  received  He  did  give us  a  draw  in Brazilian  physically fit  and  competent  men.  To  the  Editor:  while  in  the  USPHS  Hospital  at  money,  but  the  catch  is  that  he  Among other things we discussed  Face  Daligera  Baltimore.  I  was  in  from  Decem­ Much has  been said  about  wages  gave  us  the rate  of  18  cruzeiros  to  aboard the  Cubore at our last  ship­ ber  19,  1951  to  January  10,  1952  and  living  conditions.  There  is  the  doUar.  board  meeting  was  the question  of  and  I'd  like  to  tell  the  world  that  Fitsgeralds  pose  In  life  jack­ no  doubt  that  men  working  on  If  he gave  us our draw  In  Amer­ hospitalization  for  Seafarers'  fam­ the  $25  Christmas  gift,  plus  the  ets during fire  drill  on  Gate­ ships  face  great  dangers  as  is evi­ ican  money  we  could  get  28  cruz­ ilies which someone  wrote about  in  way  City.  Left  to  right:  Al,  $15  regular  benefits  really  came  dent  in  all  the  newspapers  which  eiros  to the  dollar  ashore.  It sure  the  LOG  recently.  It's  the  unani­ "outdder" Bob  Estrich,  Frank  in  handy.  describe  in  detail  every  catastro­ makes  it  a  nice  racket  for  some­ mous  feeling  of  the  crew  on  this  and  Vlnce.  Biondie  Johnson  and  Al  Stans­ phe  to  ships  at  sea.  A  ship  can  body.  bury  were  right  there  every  week  ship  that  seamen's  families should  sink  within  a  matter  of  minutes,  It might  be  possible for  the  Un­ have  privileges  in  the  Public  Al.  All  of  us  signed  on  as  deck  with  a  good  word  and  the  money.  and  if  it  is  a  tanker  it  can  burst  ion  to  make  an  arrangement  with  Health Service hospitals.  We  don't  maintenance which meant spending  My  best  appreciation  to  them  too.  Into flame  just  like  a  match  box.  the  operators  to  ­issue  American  know  just  how  this  could  be  ar­ both  working  hours  and  leisure  Believe  me,  we  have  a  nego­ tiating  committee  and  a  Union  The  forces  of  nature;  fog,  storms,  money  in  those  ports  that  have'  ranged  but  it  is  something  we  time  together.  All told  we made three crossings  that's  tops  In  taking  care  of  the  uid  high  seas,  cause  considerable  such a  difference in  exchange rates  could try  to go after.  damage  and  sometimes  send  ships  aboard  ship  and  ashore.  The boys on this ship have really  to  Germany  and  back  before  pay­ membership.  H.  C.  MoCurdy  to the bottom.  .  come  through  in  fine style  for  the  ing off this ship.  F>  H. Browii  Vine*  Flticeraid  ^  .  Steel  BxeentlT*  March of  Dimes. We hav^ collected  ;  Of  all |he thp^spds^.of.men  in  Tells NMiJ To  Cut Their Dues  Widow Thanks  Crew For Aid  East Or West^  He Finds Pals  Draws, Ciys Get  Crewmen Down  Ohays 3 LOGs  For Every Ship  Holds Newsmen  Abuse Seamen  Crew Questions  Carlsen Heroism  3 Brothers Ship  On Gateway City  CarrahuUe Crew  Short'Changed  Families Should  Get Hospital Aid  Hospital Benefit  Comes In Handy  •  • .5  a  �iPafe  Twenty­tnw  prriday, March 7,195ie  SEAFARERS  LOG  Mate  Beefs Up  Stony Creek Trip  L  E  T  T  E  R  S  •   He^d Like Cooks  Column in IJOG  To the  Editor:  To  the  Editor:  Here  we  are on  the Stony  Creek  take  me  in.  I  was  made  to  sign  who  fought  for  conditions  that  1  I have  been  on  the  beach  better  (Mar­Trade)  with  the  same  first  off  and  was  not  given time  to pack  am  now  enjoying."  mate  problem  we  have  had  on  the  my  belongings.  I  was  questioned  Today  we  are  in  a  position  to  than  two  months  under  doctor's  previous  trip.  There  is quite  a  lot  at  headquarters  and  then  arrested  To  the  Editor:  support  families  even  under  this  care.  I hope  to be  back  in the  near  of  disputed overtime  as a result.  In  On  Tuesday,  February  19,  I  was  Having recently  been  discharged  high  cost  of  living.  But  there  is  future.  I  just  read  in  the  January  addition this  character consistently  taken to Immigration  Headquarters  from  the  Staten  Island  USFHS  one  important  loophole  which  is  25  LOG  about  9  members  saying  refuses  to  turn Cwo  men to  on'OT.  for  a  hearing.  Hospital  I  would  like  to  recall  my  in  the  US  Marine  Hospital  set­ that Captain  Dunn of  the SS  Mass­ He  also  wouldn't  have  a  gangway  I  had  the  right  to  hire  a  lawyer  experiences  and  pay  respects  to  up.  If  you  are  on  the  beach  for  watch  on  working  days  between  but  did  not  do  this  as  I  did  not  the  doctors,  nurses  and  help  that  more  than  60  days  the  hospitals  mar  was  one  of  the  best  captains  t AM and 5  PM.  think my  offense  (being away  from  took  good  care  of  me.  Without  will  not  admit  you,  whereas  in  the  that  they  have  known.  I have  been  The  sign  on  pspcedure  on  this  the  ship  ten  hours)  was a  basis for  throwing  bouquets  at  any  individ­ armed  forces  I  believe  that  if  you  going to  sea  since  1910  and  I  want  ship  was  a  little  odd  too.  We  left  being  imprisoned  any  longer.  uals,  1 feel  that  1 must  pay  tribute  spent  time  in  them  you  are  en­ to  second  that.  He  is  not  only  one  Providence  on  February  2  and  Well,  I  was  wrong.  I  was Clas­ to  the staff  as a  whole for  the  care  titled  to  get  hospitalization  for  the  of  the  best  but  he  is  the  best  in  signed  on  while  sified  as  an  "illegal  immigrant" in  and attention  given me. This  is not  rest  of  your  days.  at sea four or five  the  warrant,  although  I  was  on  only my  view  but  that  of  the  many  I  do  not  begrudge  this  to  the  all  ways  as  a  captain  and  a  man,  days  afterwards  articles  as  a  crewmember  of  the  SIU  brothers  1  came  in  contact  armed  forces,  but  why  can't  mer­ fair  and  square.  If  all  of  the  skippers  were  as  on  a  payroll  DeSoto  at  the  time  of  my  arrest.  with  during  that  time.  chant  seamen  be  entitled  to  the  fair  as he  is,  Seafarers  would  have  sheet.  When  we  I had  reported  to  work  when  I  was  1  am  stilL receiving  treatment  as  same?  Also  why  couldn't  a  fund  got  to  Beaumont  supposed  to,  had  not  been  paid  off,  an  out­patient,  but  believe  me,  be  set  up  between  the  Union  and  a  wonderful  life.  Not  that  he  is lax  on  February  11  fired,  or  asked  to  sign  off  on  when  1  make  my  visits  1  feel  right  the  US  Public  Health  Service  or easy­going.  He  is a  captain first,  we  signed  on  for  request.  whereby  every  seaman  could  con­ last  and  always  but  he  will  treat  at  home.  foreign  articles  tribute  so  as  to  allow  his  imme­ you  as  a  man  and  will  talk  with  Not  Allowed  Ball  More  Females  without  paying  diate  family  to  use  the  hospitals'  you  as  man  to  man.  More  power  The  ten hours  I  was absent  from  However,  conditions  at  the  hos­ and  lots  of  years  sailing  to  him.  off  on  coastwise,  the  ship  was termed  an escape  and  Herman  pital  have  changed  considerably  facilities?  dating  the  pay  Recipe  Exchange  Protection  Needed  sheet  back  to  February  2.  Then  the  judge  ruled  that  deportation  since  I  was  a  shut­in  in  December  By  the  way,  why  not  have  a  The  way  things  are  now,  a  sailor  1949.  For  one  thing  1  was  sur­ we  loaded  in  Beaumont  for  Cura­ proceedings  should  be  started,  stewards  department column  in the  cao,  DWI,  discharged  cargo  there  don't  question  the  right  of  the  prised  to  see  so  many  females and  can  be  on  ship  in  the  Far  East  paper  on  the  boys'  likes  and  dis­ authorities  to  deport  me  but  and  get  a  letter  from  home  that  have  found  also  that  the  number  and  reloaded  for  New  York.  likes? •  Also,  how  about  us  cooks,  Although  we've  had  our  prob­ don't  think  my  offense  warrants  of  seamen there  is on the  decrease.  his  baby  is  suffering  from  an  ail­ stewards  and  bakers  exchanging  a  my  being kept  in  jail.  The warrant  ment  which  costs  so  many  dollars.  The hospital  has changed  its name,  lems the  chow has been holding  up  few  recipes  with  one  another?  I  fine  for  which  the  steward  depart­ called  for  release  on  $1,000  bail  the  former  US  Marine  Hospital  What  can  he  do?  He  is  thousands  have  some fine  baking  and  salad  but  when  I  inquired  about  this  I  now  being  defunct,  and  perhaps  of  miles  from  home  and  has  to  ment received  a well  deserved vote  was told  that the  bail provision was  seamen  are  becoming  a  secondary  have  this  on  his  mind  while  work­ dressing recipes  to exchange  which  of  thanks.  ing,  which  could  be  a  cause  of  I have  gotten  up  in  the  last  20  or  William  Herman  in  there  by  mistake.  I  was  told  it  consideration.  30 years.  I would  also like  to see  a  was different with  people who were  When  one  considers  the  heroes  a  shipboard  accident.  Ship's delegate  on  the  Pennsylvania,  all  46  lost,  in  the  country  illegally  for  several  If  his  family  could  get  assis­ iittle  sea.  law  printed  so  I  can  years,  but  I  just  could  not  walk  and  others  too  numerous  to  men­ tance  from  the  hospital  the  letter  keep  up  with  these  sea  lawyers  as  tion,  I wonder  if the merchant  sea­ from home  could say  that  his  child  we  hear, different  things  here  and  off  a  ship  and  be  let  out.  there.  A  little  bit  of^sea  law  in  A  dangerous  criminal  or  gang­ men  should  not  be  taken  into  ac­ is  getting  the  best  of  attention.  each  LOG  would  benefit  us  all.  I  ster  can  be  turned  loose  on  bail  count  in  all  institutions,  whether  A  lot  of  you  may  say;  "I  never  To  the  Editor:  but  apparently  my  record  is  nqt  they be  the USO  or what  have you.  had  a  sick  day  and  I  am  never  would appreciate  if  you would  mail  the  L0(*' to me.  Yours  for the  best  I  am  not  currently  a  member  good enough.  From August  2, 1951,  Merchant  ships cannot  sail  with­ of  the SIU;  I left the  SIU for other  until  my  arrest  I  had  184 days  sea  out  qualified  seamen.  So  as  one  going  to  get  married."  Yet  you  Union  and  paper  in  the  world.  carry insurance  on your  automobile  pursuits  in  1939.  time  on  SIU, ships  and  in previous  of  that  group,  I  think  we  should  or  your  house,  and  if  anything  Before  I forget,  we  have  a  swell  If  it  is  possible  for  you  to  do  admissions  to.  the  US  never  had  get  a  break.  agent  in  Wilmington.  Hats  off  to  happened the first  thing that  would  so,  I  would  appreciate  it  very  any  trouble  with  the  authorities.  Paddy  Farrell  come  to  your  mind  is  "Boy  am  I  Sam  Cohen.,  much  if  you  would  put  this  in  the  Jesse  W.  Puckett  I  would  like  to  bring my  case to  it  X  i.  lucky  that  I  carried  insurance."  LO(j so  some  of  my  old shipmates  the  attention  of  the  membership  it  it  Tell  me,  what  is  better  Insurance  can  see  it  and  write  to me.  Thank  and  would  like  to  know  if  any  than  that  on  you  and  your  ­loved  you  for  whatever  you  can  do  for  Seafarer  had  a  similar  experience  ones'  health?  me  along  this line.  Any  of  my  old  in  another  country.  To  the  Editor:  Jerry  Lurie  shipmates  reading  this,  please  Heinz  A.  Ruchatz  Although  no  longer  sailing  on  it  it  it  •  .  write  me  when  you  can.  To  the  Editor:  4.  i  t  my  SIU book  after 12  years, I  want  Louis  Kellar.  No.  86953  I'm confined  to the  hospital here  Box  69,  London,  Ohio  to  congratulate  the  Union  for  the  since  June,  1951,  with  an  ailment  wonderful  conditions  prevailing  that  only  time  will  cure  if  luck  aboard  SIU  ships  these  days,  Back  To  the  Editor:  To  the  Editor:  and  God are  on  my  side.  . Just. the  I'm  writing  a  few  lines  to  let  other  day  I  was  running  through'  I  was  reading  in  the  LOG  about  in  1939  the  average  saHor  could  this  long­range  shipping  bill  that  never  dream  that  he  would  be  you  know,  how  much  I  like  the  some  of  my  stuff  and  cSme  across  To the  Editor:  LOG.  You're  doing  a fine  job  of  is  up  in  Congress.  It,  was  a  little  On  February  11,  1952,  I  arrived  tough  going  for  me,  but  I  got  the  sailing  under  such  conditions  as  letting the  men know  what's going  the  picture  that  I  took  with , my  in Philadelphia  aboard the  DeSoto,  idea  that  if  this  bill  passes,  we'll  exist  now.  Some  persons  feel  that  on in the  Union, and  keeping them  buddies  on  the  Mary  Dodge  in  a  Waterman  ship,  on  which  I  have  some  new  ships  and  it  will  the  war  and  high  living  costs  in  touch  with  things.  I  have  been  1945  when we  were  in Naples. "This  worked  as  an  oiler,  signing  on  in  help  keep  those  ships  sailing.  That  brought  this  about.  This  is  partly  sailing with  the SIU since  1943 and  was  a  swell  hunch  of  shipmates.  Norfolk,  Va.  on  January  11.  The  sounds  like  a  pretty  good  Idea  to  true,  but  the  membership  itself,  look  forward  to  getting  the  LOG  I  was  night  cook  and  baker  and  ship  docked  at  5:30  PM.  As  a  me,  as  1  suppose  it  does  to  any­ with  proper  officials  at  (fie  helm,'  every  time  another  one  is  put  out.  if  I  do, say so  myself,  we  had  good  native  of  Germany  and  subject  to  body  who  goes  to  the  sea  for  a  brought these conditions  about and  If  possible,  I would  like  to  have  pastry and  bread.  It would  be  nice  . immigration  laws,  I  was  cleared  living.  are maintaining  them.  one sent to my  home to  let my peo­ if  I  could  hear  from  some  of  my  by  the  Immigration  Department  Newcomers  should  look  back  a  ple, know  about  what  kind  of  work  buddies who  were with  pie in  times  inspector  who  examined me  in  the  What  I'm  getting  at  is,  maybe  I  }it  and  not  take  them  for  granted.  I  am  doing.' Then  when  I come  in  when  I  was  lots  healthier  than  I  don't  know  too  much  about  how  usual  manner.  Many  an  old  sea­dog  carries  a  off  a trip  I  can  look  over the  back  am now.  I  made  arrangements  with  a  few  these  things  are  done,  but  every  scar,  and  you  newcomers  can  say  papers  and  catch  up  on  what's  George  Vourlounls  shipmates  to  go  to  New  York  on  Seafarer  should  be  interested  in  What  a  difference  things  must  what.  USFHS  Hospital  the  7  PM  train.  We  left  the  ship  keeping  a  healthy  merchant  have  been  for  him?  He  was  one  77  Warren  St.  .  Otis L. Townsend  ''  at  6:30,  and  were  about  to  board  marine.  Brighton,  Mass.  ^  ­4­ a  taxi,  when  the  4th  mate  called  It  seems  to  me  though,  that  us  and  told  me  the  inspector  want­ while  this  kind  of  thing  is  pretty  ed  me  back  on  board  for  half  an  much  out  of  SIU  hands,  that  the  hour  until  he  had  checked  about  shipowners  could  do  a  lot  more  for  our  merchant  marine  than  me  at  headquarters.  I  met  the inspector  and  told him  they  have  in  the  past.  As  soon  as  about  my  intention  to  go  to  New­ things  get  a  little  slow,  they  start  York.  He  told  me  to  wait  until  he  dumping  their  ships  or  selling  made a  phone call  which  would  not  them  to  foreign  flag  operators.  take  more  than  25 minutes.  I  went  But  when  things  get  hot,  you don't  back  on  boar4  and  waited  until  see  these  birds  building  any  new  7:20  PM.  When  the  inspector  did  ships,  or  if  they  do  they  got  them  not  return,  I  thought  the  matter  under  Panama  registry.  had  been  cleared  up  and  anyway,  More  Than Share  I  thought  it  was  unimportant.  I  If  you  ask  me  the  SIU  has  done  had  been  admitted  to  the  US  at  more  than  its. share  to  keep  the  different  ports  9  times  during  the  merchant marine  going. Right  now,  past  year  so  I  saw  no  reason  for  for  instance,  with  our  traihing  being  stopped  now.  program  which  is  supplying  the  Called  Illegal  Immigrant  men  for  the  ships.  Or  the  way  the  I  told  the  watchman  I was  going  Union  has  always  fought  to  keep  to  catch  the  8 o'clock  train to  New  the  gashounds,  performers  and  York  and  would  be  back  before  6  foqi­ups  off  the  ships,  and  to  sup­:  AM.  The chief  mate heard  me and  ply  efficient,  clean  crews.  saw  me  leave.  I  was  back  at  5:40  The  SIU  is  doing  it  from  our  AM  the  next  morning.  end,  its  up  to  the  shipowners  to  Later  in  the  day  I  was  called  take  care  of  their's.  Maybe  if  there  before  Inspector  Cox  of  the  Immi­ was  an  SIU  negotiating  committee  gration  Service  asked  for  an  ex­ down  in  Washington  things  woiild  planation  of  my  absence.  He  in­ go a  lot faster.  In happier  days,  Seafarer  George  Vourlounls  (center  with  moustache)  is showh  with  a  group  of  ship­ formed  me  that  he^had  ordefrs  to  ,  M^ler  J  mat^.^ni'A.*i>Ml»S)i4e'^«rty  ltt,.the,voi^  years a^0.he(y|^  his illnesO..  Finds Changes  in Si Hospital  Ex­Seaman Asks  Pals To Write  Urges Broader  Hospital Care  Night Off  Ship  Fouls Up Alien  •  ft­ If­ lii^  •  ^• ,r­r  III;'  s­/.  Seafarer Hecalls  Heathier Bags  LOG Deceives  Headg Praise  Union Doing its  Best on Shipping  •   �I.T­::P''ifr  Mtf  ­ •   • '•^r^.; ; •   ;.r­.  ^"'r. WwAf.ifSl  '  •   "  ""  LETTERS  'Bottomless Boats  SMp Agroundf  Bring Crew Blast  Fjood Is Short  'WAFAREltS­^tOc  '.  "''^^  9ag* Tfhnif4kn»  S  E  A  F  A  R  E  R  S  CASH  BENEFITS  To the Editor:  To  the  Editor:  After  years  of  Just  applying  We  the  crewmembers  of  the  paint  to  the Robin  Sherwood,  they  James B.  Richardson  wish to  bring  PAID  BY  THE  SEAFARERS  INTERNATIONAL  UNION  •  ATLANTIC  AND  GULF  DISTRICT  • A   .F.L.  have  decided  to  knock  some  rust  to  your  attention  the  unbearable  off  this  tub.  The first  thing  we  situation  that  exists  aboard  this  VacatUn  Plan,  Feb.  lO­March  1  know,  we  found  a  couple  of  holes  ship. Besides  receiving no  coopera­ WeUare  Plan.  Feb.  10­Feb.  23  through the deck  Just aft  the laun­ tion at  all from  the captain, we  are  dry  at  No.  4  hatch.  The  mate  or  receiving no subsistence  for decent  captain  had  the chief engineer take  lodgings  ashore.  Edward  Polise  1895  36.S»  the water  line through  the laundry  The  steward  has  informed  us  MorrU  Prizant  1896  69.21  bulkhead  to  supply  water  for  ste­ that  we  are desperately  in  need  of  John  M.  Pinkus  1897  42.77  WUUam  Frasor  1898  60.26  vedores.  The  water  line  was  re­ fresh  stores  and  has  told  the  cap­ Arthur  J.  McKenna......  1899  55.99  placed  and  chips  plugged  the  deck  tain  o.f  such  and  has  given  him  REPORT  NO.  2  Edgar  C.  Doane  1900  37.71  Carl  F.  Tynes  1901  58.71  reasonable  time  to  replenish  such  with  wooden  plugs.  By  Lloyd  Gardner, Asst. Secretary­Treasurer  Cooley  A.  Edward...  1902  65.32  stores. The  captain  has  completely  John  F.  Connolly  1903  68.04  Holes In  Lifeboat  ^Period Covered By  This Report—^Feb. 19­March  Robert  J.  Murphy.  Jr....  1904  59.10  disregarded  the  steward's  request.  Next the mate  was going  to have  He has stated  that fresh stores will  Cash  on  Hand  Earl  W.  Hackine  1905  59.47  9371,257.16  Edward  J.  Wade  1906  38.49  natives  chip  and  scrape  the  boats  be  gotten  off  another  ship  when  Estimated  Accounts  Receivable  139,000.00  Thomas  J.  O'Connor.....  1907  75.04  but  he  had  his  mind  changed  and  one  arrives  in  this  port.  By  that  Vacation Benefits  Paid in  Period  Donald  F.  CarroU  ....1908  34.99  102,896.59  Leroy  L.  Dixon  1909  82.81  used  the  crewmen  as  he  should  time,  the  crew  will  be  suffering  Vacation  Benefits Paid  Since Feb. 11, 1952  202,067.57  Thomas  J.  Heggarty  1910  .  40.44  have.  We  started  scraping  No.  2  from  malnutrition.  Six  crewmem­ Abdel  G.  Mohamed  1911  48.99  Manuel  Perry  1771  82.04  Harold  B.  Vincent  1912  92.15  Check  lifeboat  and  found  such  nice  rusty  bers  have  already  suffered  from  Name  1913  76.59  1772  65.32  Robert  W.  Scales  No.  Amount  Charles  J.  Wille  holes  that  you  could  run  a  chip­ severe  vomiting  due  to  the  food.  Hubert  L.  Lanier  1914  43.16  $80.48  Laron  Garabedian........  1773  83.59  Arnold  Ackerman  1649  James  T.  Lassitu  1915  67.65  83.20  Andrea  Lala  1774  57.15  O.  Peralta  1650  ping  hammer  through  the  bottom  The  steward  also  informed  the  Pedro  ,  62.21  1775.^  82.43  Henry  A.  Manchester....  1916  87.87  Jake  Tripton  B.  Schutte  1651  in  places.  The  bottom  of  No.  1  captain  three  weeks  ago  that  the  JuUua  1917  84.76  1776  72.32  M.  L.  Flannagan  70.37  Eduardo  Balboa  Angel  L.  Romero........  1652  Henry  J.  Wood  1918  44.71  1777  82.43  71.15  Edward  J.  DevUn  lifeboat  was  worse.  We  were  in  iceboxes  were  unsanitary.  Since  Francis  X.  Phelps.......  1653  1919  43.55  1778  89.04  Allredo  Morales  78.93  Harry  Stelnman  August  A.  B.  Schroter...  1054  Dar el  Salaam  at  the time  and  the  then  the  food  in  the  iceboxes .has  Robert  L.  Sizemore  1920  69.99  1779  41.99  John.G.  Salmon  61.43  Richard  J.  McConnell  1655  1921  43.55  50.93  Antonio  P.  Garcia  63.37  Edward  W.  Bamberger...  1780  bosun  had  to  put  on  temporary  been  deteriorating and  has become  James  M.  Stephens.......  1656  Thomas  J.  Mack  1922  100.31  George  H.  RusseU  1781  93.31  Charles  D.  Teems  1657  52.10  patches until  we could  get to Mom­ too contaminated  to use.  1923  68.43  1782  45.10  J.  T.  F.  Sigmor  45.88  Michael  Sovich  Robert  J.  Cramer  1658  1924  102.25  84.76  Albert  W.  NeUon  1783  69.60  Carlos  Lopez  basa.  The  boats  are  ashore  now,  The  captain  and  chief  engineer  Israel  Ramos  1659  1925  97.98  69.21  Mallie  H.  Gaton  .  .  1784  61.43  WiUiam  J.  Hartlove  John  W.  Marrs  : 1660  having  new  bottoms  put  in.  They  are  Alfonso  J.  Surles  1926  88.65  67.26  Ignatius  A.  Nuccio  1785  36.55  Joe  A.  Forrest  1661  able  to  sleep  ashore  and  don't  98.37  1786  68.43  Maxwell  E.  LongfeUow...  1927  Just  passed  ^ 10  years'  inspection  68.82  George  W.  Guscott  Hilding  V.  Erlckson.....  1662  ­with  this.  1928  52.10  1787  44.71  Anthony  P.  Violanto  56.76  Ernest  R.  SmaUwood  Delphls  J.  Caron  '..  1663  on this  trip too.  Wonderful inspec­ have  to  put  up  George  S.  Kohler.  Jr  1929  54.82  J.  R.  Phipps  1788  86.70  73.87  1664  Robert  M.  Garrod  Vernon  Bolton...~  42.38  tion!  50.54  Roy  T.  Smith  1789  62.60  Raymond  W.  Kaboska  ...  1930  Carl  DeMarco  1665  Ships delegate  ­ 1931  95.64  10L09  Hewitt  B.  Goodman  1790  53.65  Walter  C.  PaschaU  Emique  A.  Soto  1666  We have  been shuttling  hack and  John  W.  Jones  1932  45.88  61.04  Audrey  H.  Thurman  1791  96.03  John  T.  Weber  1667  t  ^  4  1933  70.76  forth  between  Mombasa  and  Dar  52.10  Woodie  E.  Pamell  1792  76.59  Andrew  Pickur.  Giovanni  F.  Abundo  1668  1934  84.76  36.16  Stanley  L.  Palfrey  76.20  Woodrow  Dickens  ....... 1793  Harry  R.  Philfips  1669  el  Salaam.  The  mate  had  a  bunch  1935  49.77  1794  81.65  Louis  Marrichl  87.09  Warren  G,  Lewis  Charley  W.  Gann  1670  of  natives  chipping  in  Mombasa.  Walter R.  Hayes  1936.  42.77  WiUiam  E.  SwiUey  1795  69.60  45.88  Peter  Orth  1671  George  A.  WoH  1937  68.43  Raymont  P.  Franklin....  1796  56.38  47.04  Nieolaos  M.  Mellis  '.1672  He  picked  the seven  best  and  took  1938  88.65  1797  73.48  Uuno  Pipinen  40.82  Manuel  Church  Frank  K.  Robertson......  1673  ­ them  aboard  working  them  all  the  To the  Editor:  1939  90.59  82.81  Jose  A.  Silva  1798  75.43  Jack  Arellanos  C.  J.  Whatley  1674  Stanley  Szerszen  1940  79.32  WUson  A.  Keane  1799  76.59  93.70  1675  time  while, in  the  ports.  We  put  I  have  a  little  story  to  tell  you  Joseph  Wohletz  1941  81.26  1800  66.48  Leslie  Brodkin  48.99  Calvin  Hayes  VelUnga  1676.  down OT  just as if  they were work­ about  how  the  US  Army  operates  Rocus  1942  72,32  1801  57.54  Jeremiah  McNeice  38.10  Manuel  Maclas  ErUc  P.  Jensen..  1677  .  1943  79.32  1802  82.81  Leon  Curry  91.76  Floyd  Schwartz­  '  days.  It is  just  like  Robin  Line  to  when  it  comes  to  handling  dis­ Malcolm  B.  Woods  • . '1678  1944  54.04  1803  83.98  John  Chrestie  77.37  Durward  D.  Story  George  Austin  1679  putes.  There was one going around  Panagiutis  PapadopouU..  1680  pull  a., stunt, like  this.  1945  62.60  1804  67.26  John  Sand  63.37  Victor  L.  Durden  CUfford  Weimer..  1946  89.42  1805  83.20  68.04  Thomas  E.  Tucker  The  incessant  chipping  with  all  on  the  Great  Lakes  oyer  tugboats  WUUam  H.  Thompson  ... 1681  1947  84.37  1806 '  85.92  Vernon  Strut  82.43  Oskar  Kirs  Herman  Forstermann....  1682  kinds  of  hammers  is  about  to  put  and  other  craft  and  there  was  a  Francisco  1948  82.43  1807  37.71  Herbert  Muncie  87.09  Angel  Valdes  Pineiro  1683­ 1949  71.15  1808  75.82  Grover  Lane  57.15  Charles  Morris  some  of  the  watch  slanders  off  possibility  of  a  strike  call  by  the  Julius  A.  Luksevich  1684  George  Rode  1950  52.88  1809  63.37  52.88  Esteban  G.  Abad  Frank  S.  Gustav.  1685  their  nut.  They  have  one  man  militant  seafaring  men  who  sail  Samuel  Claude  Scott  1951  65.82  John  T.  Canon  1810  42.77  49.77  Connolly  1686  1952  85.15  1811  63.76  William  Baker  ....".  77.76  WUbur  Taylor.  chipping­in  the  starboard  blower  them  every  day for a  living.  Edmond  Beikotsky  1687  Arthur  Huhn  1953  78.54  56.38  Frank  Okoorlan  1812  97.59  Kader  A.  Maameur  1688  ventilator  who  will  be  there  as  I  can  only  guess  that  the  state  Joseph  1954  84.37  1813  87.87  Edwin  Thompson  39.66  Alexander  Benzuk '  B.  Schweinefus...  1689  1955  55.99  long as  we  are  here and rtill  have  or ship operators  must have gotten  Keith  W.  Foster  1814  43.16  Woodrow  Lawton  90.98  Carmine  C.  Giordano  1690  1956  47.82  1815  35.38  Clarence  Gibbs  .  .  59.88  Clarence  M.  Smith  Daniel  H.  McGinn  1691  nothing  done.  together with the Army to  cook  up  John  To  Cash  Vac.  Checks  1937  2.000.00  1816  86.31  '79.32  Edward  H.  Denchy  TravagUm  1692  1958  46,27  1817  55.99  Lawrence  O'ConneU  a  deal  whereby  seamen  trained  by  Rodney  A.  Harris  61.82  Cheng  Yung'  1693  Heat  Too  Great  1959  73.09  Ronald F.  Wallace  1818  36.55  John  Cobb  79.70  Jvnes E.  Ashley.  Jr.  1694  the  Army  wouid  step  Into  the  pic­ James  Michael  1960  94.46  43.16  The starboard  side of  the engine  73.48  Thomas  F.  Tierney......  1819  George  O'Rourke  1695  1961  67.65  1820  69.60  Julian  Brykczynski  85.92  Robert  Borland  Antonio  A.  Garcia  1696  room is  so hot  that one oiler passed  ture to take over and run the  boats  Francis  Walter  Katarzynskl  1962  89.42  Salvatore  Terracina  1821  48.21  86.70  J.  Sylvia  1697  under  a  declaration  of  a  national  Joseph  Wolan  1963  52.88  1822  Void  out  of. heat  prostration,  Working  66.48  Void  Marion  J.  Goold  1698  Harold  Rlggs  ............ 1964  48.21  emergency  by  the  President  or  1823  Void  61.04  Void  Mandor  Loschnik  1699  men  under such  conditions here at  1965  76.59  1824  44.71  Harry  AcosU  48.21  Alton  L.  Noble  Maurice  P.  McCoskey....  1700'  some other official, an  i  If  not  that,  1966  57,15  the  hottest  time  of  the  year  is  1825  52.88  Walter  Walsh  62.60  Victor  O.  Bonet  Jerome  S.  Dob  1701  Marion  Abremsld  1967  40.82  by force of  arms.  69.21  93.70  Calvin  T.  DeSUva........ 1826  .  Charles  Babick  1702  sheer  inhumanity.  It  looks  like  Floyd  Bamett  1968  64.93  Albert  P.  Eikel  1827  42.77  74.65  Charles  E.  Ackerman  1703  Twice  Alerted  1969  66.87  two more  weeks here and six weeks  76.50  WUUam  H.  Kumke.......  18^  83.59  Clarence  WaUac*/..  Charles  W.  Heppding....  1704  1970  64.54  84.37  Robert  F.  Black  1829  91.37  Earl  Griffin  Vladyslaw  Soltys  1705  to  Beira,  Here's  ho^g  nothing  Twice  in  the  last  year  our  com­ Samuel  .Tames  Bryant  1971  64.93  77.76  Vincent  J.  Stefanick  1830  66.48  S.  Brown.........  1706  pany  has  been  alerted  to  pack  1972  62.99  gives  way.  1831  56.38  WUUam  Kennedy  70.76  Nicholas  E.  Sarris..  Abner  J.  Ralford  1707  1972  92.92  clothes and  be ready  on a  minute's  Adam  T.  Buck  1832  89.42  Lihwoed  Brown  65.71  John  F.  Sims  1708  •   •  Manuel . Cotty  1974  74.26  1833  76.20  Eugene  StinehcUcr.  95.26  Fred  L.  Rochon  Allison  1709  Wilbert  Wentling...  1975  75.43  Ship's  Delegate  notice  to  move  out  by  whatever  Blair  Clarence  J.  Oliver  1834  64.93  73.87  Harry  R.  Crabtrae  1710  1976  66.10  transportation  the  Army  provides  Joseph  y.  Sullivan.....;,  1711  1835  80.48  Kemp  Smith.  Jr  65.71  Paul  R.  Klausen  »  »  *  1977  84.76  1936  70.76  Hendley  Beave  53.27  Roy  R.  Thomas  Jerry  Valentis  1712  to  the  struck  area.  Edward  Nathanson  1978  40.82  1837  82.81  49.77  Daniel  W.  Cap  George  F.  Glock .  1713  1979  82.04  We  were  also  told  to  take  our  Charles  P.  Stangenherg..  1714  1833  51.71  Clinton  Hurt  69.21  Thomas  J.  ConneU  Joseph  Sanchez  1980  54.04  1839  84.76  83.98  Mikael  Hovlano  1715  carbines  with  us  just  in  case—and  Howard  Garnt  1981­  80.87  1840  101.09  Peter  Marozas  99.53  Patrick  A.  Dunphy  Edward  J.  Foley  1716  1982  48.60  you  can  imagine  what  that  case  Sidney  Robert  W.  MiUer  1841  48.21  Isaac  C.  Shelton  59.10  A.  Cavanaugh...  1717  1983  74.65  1842  94.48  Lewis  J.  FUippis  To  the  Editor:  81.65  Vance  A.  Raid  would  be!  George  Ananidakis  1718  Charles  R.  Brown...  1984  73.87  1843  76.59  78.15  Jennings J.  Long  Y.  Lakin.  Jr  1719  The whole  thing started  very in­ 1985  51.32  It  seems  to  me  that  the  Army  Charles  1844  77.37  Jesse  W.  Puckett  64.54  WUUe  M.  Brasnight  Alexander  Becker  1720  Fred  Schrottman  1986  46.27  Charles  F.  Connors  1845  63.76  nocently  at a  table, four shipmates  is all too ready and  willing to make  Karl  Treimann  93.31  1721  .  Edward  L.  Coleman  1987  62.21  95.64  71.15  Constanta  E.  Constantakis  1846  Alexander  J.  Leiter  1722  having  coffee  and  shooting  the  a  deal  with  the  operators  in  a  Leo  Lewis  M.  Judd.  Jr  1988  77.76  1847  56.76  91.37  Adriaan  Vader  J.  Kulakowskl..  1723  1989  44.32  1848  52.88  Eaton  G.  BrookshU*­  breeze.  Someone  mentioned­ the  scheme  to  run  things  their  way.  James  J.  Kelly  95.64  Marshall  R.  Frlddle  1724  Francisco  Mateo  1990  77.76  Frank  N.  Schloersen  1849  71.54  44.71  James  D.  Felts  1725  coming  election,  and  while  we  WiUiam  L.  Strike  1991  74.65  Name withheld  Gaspar  1850  67.65  56.38  Joseph  M.  Cash  Garay  1726  .... 1992  71.15  45.88  Szc  A.  Soung  : happened  to  agree  that we needed  55.99  Theodore  D.  Halenda....  1851  Ramon  Galarza  1727  71.93  1852  93.31  Anthony  A.  Meshefsky...  1993  98.37  Jose  R.  Moro  Luis  E.  Gutierz  1728  a  complete  change  of  administra­ 80.09  1853  73.48  Herbert  W.  Ehmsen  ..... 1994  50.93  Anthony  J.  SakeUls  Charles . F.  Schuck.......  1729  Robert  J.  Edwards  1995  77.16  tion,  no  two  seamen  seemed  to  be  1854  92.92  87.48  Roscoe  T.  MUton  Howard  T.  Glisson  .­1730  1996  68.82  1855  80.09  Michael  Haukland  73.09  Ronald  R.  Norfleet  David  G.  PoUte  v. 1731  able to agree ajs to who should  take  1997  64.54  1856  55.99  Boyd  E.  Hess  79.70  James  W.  Thomas  Ralph  A.  Stiefel  1732  1998  35.38  Truman's  place.  But  we  sure  did  To  the  Editor:  1857  47.04  John  F.  Smith  38.10  Petridis  G.  Nicolas  Nelson  Gorbin.  Jr  1733  Jack  B.  Wenger  1999  41.21  1858  89.04  79.32  AUison  L.  Schantz..  Charles  B.  Bennett  1734  agree on one point, Mr. Taft smells  The  port  of  Kunsan,  Korea,  is  Leonardos  89.81  1859  38.49  James  M.  Rogers  ........ 2000  76.20  Albert  R.  Jones  Behm  1735  2001  77.76  kind  of  bad  to  a  Union  man  and^  in  good  hands.  We  have  in  this  George  E.­ A.  1860  92.15  John  T.  DUlon  70.37  AUan  G.  Burke  Kitchens  1736  Robert  M.  Nordeen  2002  60.65  Earl  T.  Congleton  1861  52.88  72.32  victor  A.  Valencia  .  1737  we  wanted  no  part  of  him.'  96.03  port  company  almost  enough  SIU  Marvin  C.  Wright  1862  64.15  WUlard  Mulling  ....... 2003  67.26  James  W.  Robertson  1738  2004  70.76  Now  this coming election  is very  men  to  crew  a ship.  1863  71.93  Samuel  M.  Pearson  47.04  Jerry  E.  Wood  George* F.  Krava...  1739  Palmer  S.  Lanier  2005  44.32  1864  37.71  1740  ,  77.37  Cho  Yeung  important  to us.  Far  be  it for  any  Myself  and  Roy Lee  are  the  two  Chang  K.  Yung  2006  64.93  1865  71.54  Daniel  F.  Kearney  46.27  WiUiam  E.  Barrett  Maasik  1741  2007  71.54  member  to  stress  whom  the  other  GI  harbor  pilots.  The  rest  are  John  1866  80.09  Santos  P.  Garcia  73.48  Emery  D.  Crowell  Jesse  S.  Lewis  1742  Leslie  A.  Dean  2008  63.37  56.38  46.66  Joseph  E.  Caron  ........ 1867  1743  guy ­should  vote  for  but  I  would  scattered  around  here  on  small  Thomas  C.  Finnerty  2009  61.43  1868  50.93  Charles  Hancock  45.49  Herman  D.  Carney  Benedict  L.  Smith.  Jr....  1744  2010  60.65  like  to  emphasize  one  poiiit,  that  craft  as  longshoremen  or  truck  Max  1869  44.71  BiUy  Dale.  Jr  68.04  John  Melvin  R.  Diinlap  1745  2011  62.21  1870  43.93  Rosindo  Mora  68.82  George  K.  Owens  1746  is,  that  every  seaman  is  entitled  drivers.  We  would  have  liked  to  Richard  D.  McManus  Robert  Mader  2012  07.05  1871  41.60  William  B.  Gardner  55.60  Valdemar  Koskinen  Fred  W.  Clifford  1747  2013  64.15  to  an  absentee  vote.  82.04  Johannes  Tani  1872  66.48  Charles  Davalos  paint  a  flying  W  on  the  U­boat  Pascual  D.  Juagpao......  1748  2014  62.21  1873  65.32  Kenneth  F.  Elvin  82.81  Frank  J.  OevUn  1749  All  thQ  man  has  to  do  is  apply  when  the  Citrus  Packer  (Water­ Claude  L.  Fulchcr  2015  68.82  1874  67.26  Frank  J.  HaU  38.49  WiUiam  Sisto  Henry  J.  Banicki  1750  2016  89.04  for  an  absentee  ballot  well  in  ad­ man)  was  here,  but  I'm  afraid  the  Theodore  R.  Maples.....  1751  1875  54.43  Neil  Thurston  ...;  70.76  Jose  M.  DaCosta  2017  61.43  1876  65.71  William  J  Clegg  81.26  Carlos  Rocafort.  Jr  Henry  L.  DUl  1752  vance  in  his  home  state,  and  tell  brass  wouldn't  understand.  2018  73.48  1877  47.82  William  J.  Hirst  57.15  Arthur  M.  Harris  Mchin  J.  Martin  1753  2019  52.88  the  local  board  of  Sections  where  All  of  you  boys  will  be  ruining  Samuel  T.  Pappas.  1878  68.04  Harold  L.  Paige  77.37  WUbert  V.  Sorensen  1754  2020  40.82  1879  50.93  General  C.  Fugitt  36.94  Earle  G.  BouteUe  to send it.  The skipper of  the ship  in  here  so  if  I  don't  happen  to  WiUiam  R.  Kern.  Jr......  1755  2021  45.49  1880  61.04  Henry  Dell'Orfano  61.43  Edward  J.  Whelan..  Alphonse  J.  Tremer,  Jr..  1756  2022  42.38  ' is responsible for  his  ballot  reach­ spot  you  right  aw^, Just  look  me  John  E.  Nordstrom..^...  1757  1881  44.71  Albert  Jones  54.82  Jack  Chattin  .  2023  89.04  1882  56.33  John  D.  Boje  ..  89.42  Manuel  L.  Joao  ­Ing  the  board  of  elections to  time  up.  I'll  be  hCTt  "iqr  quite  some  Eric  B.  Hayes  1758  2024  82.04  1883  93.37  John  C.  Orser  74.65  Arne  W.  Howde  Hubert  G.  Weeks  ........ 1759  :.... 2025  73.09  so that  his vote  may be counted,  time  I'm  afraid.  And  if  they  don't  Howard  T.  Compton  1884  83.98  Russel  E.  McLeod  53.65  Owen  A.  Podkosoff  1760  2026  73 48  36.94  Hugh  Murphy  49.77  Duncan  McCorkindale....  1885  ­r  vlt  Is  so  little  trouble,  and  may  get  here  they  can  at  least  write.  William  O.  Murray  1761  2027  62.99  !..  1886  52,10  Jerome  H.  Shain  ..,  71.93  Henry  A.  Buckley  Omer  G.  Prescott..  1762  2028  46.27  I  mean  so touch  to all  of  us, iuclud­ ' Pvt. Ray  Wennberg  1887  72.32  Francis  W.  Keeley  58.32  Albert  Vetu  Thomas  Boyd  1763  2029  62.21  1888  55.60  W.  W  Wells  03.31  Arthur  L.  Brooks  :tog the fate of  pur hiring hall. Let's  Ralph  CoUier  1764  2030  50.93  ­  US S8142m  Monroe  HaU  1889  37.32  75.04  Saga  Hanks  1765  Robert  V.  Anderson2031  48.99  ^^e this a  of  sert^ toought,  Hq  & Senrice­Uo«:  62.21  Michael  Klepelg  41.21  Lincoln  E.  Smith........  1890  EUian  M.  Mercer.,  1766  2032  85.15  1891  74.65  Manuel  Alvarez  '59.88  Walter  E.  Bezanson.  ^'and  take action on  it after  coming  ­  nth Trana.  Fort  Bn.  Charley  Stevenson,  Jr.... 1767  2033  '  67.65  James  J.  Crotty  1892  55.60  Charles  H.  DeRouIe  James  C.  Armstrong. • • • • ..1^  78.54  Leonard  3034  36.38  to a  donclusion.  AFO  970,  e/o  FM  H.  Goodwin  1893  ­ 41.21  42.38  .  Aarti  A.  Huffarl.  (Continued  on  page 24)  Otto  R.  Hoepner  1894  82.81  .;  famiiel'EM  'V^dal:  San­ Francisco,  Calif,  suig. J.  nto  I  Vacation  Sees Army Plan  To Break Strike  Reminds Seamen  Theg Can Vote  Ex­Seatarers  Run Korea Port ^  $131,888.26  �Friday. March 7,195t  SEAFARERS  LOG  F«f« Twcntr­fenr  11  SEA  FA  RE  R  S  $131,888^6  CASH  BENEFITS  Vacation  Plan  'Feb. 19 — March 1  Welfare  Plan  Feb. 10  —  Feb. 23  PAID  BY  THE  SEAFARERS  INTERNATIONAL  UNION  •  ATLANTIC  AND GULF  DISTRICT  •  A.F.L.  79.70  Anthony  L.  Siamato  2471  2617  68.43  Grace  N.  Corbett  2325  George  Peteusky  ... 8173  ­  62.60  WUfred  M.  Gurtnaw  83.98  Frank  Adkins  2472  2618  59.47  Ned  L.  Remley  2326  82.04  Boyd B.  Burger  ... 2179  Francis  J. West  53.27  Victor  G.  Rico.. .  . *.  2473  40.82  Jack  Johns  2619  2327  97.98  Charles  O.  Tucker  ... 2180  Richard  W.  Wlmer  ...  Check  83.20  2474  Francisco  A,  Martinez...  Connor  M.  AUen,  Jr....  2620  71.15  Joseph  A.  Gomez  2328  86.70  ... 2181  Name  No.  Amount  Sorat  K.  Singh  82.81  You  Hong  Kim  2475  2621  59.47  Leo  D.  Loney  2329  54.43  Walter  O.  Wilson  ... 2182  42.77  Rayus  Freeman  Edwai:d  Tierney  263S  99.14  Poo  K.  Gee  2476  2622  35.38  Lester  Joseph  Campo  ... 2330  ,  39.27  Lexie  Tate  .. 2183  Theodore  C.  Musgrove  82.04  John  L.  Crowley  2036  52.10  2477  WUiiam  W.  Wilcox  Anders  Thevik  2623  68.04  Norman  E.  Melton  2331  65.71  ... 2184  68.43  Albert  M.  Weems  Frank  L.  LamberU  2037  89.81  Henry  J.  Childs  2478  2624  48.21  Everett  F. Marsh  Curtis  Thompson  2332  59.10  ... 2185  Kenneth  N.  Vancour  .  38.10,  Leonard  F.  Lewi*  2038  2479  74.26  Donald  C.  Saunders  91.37  WiUiam  C.  Reid  2625  ... 2186  65.71  Clarence  A.  Hancock  .... 2333  48.21  James  F.  Yanner  Harry  E.  Brophy  2039  65.71  2480  Sung  Ah.  Sue  95.26  Pete  Matovich  2626  Henry  L.  Giilot  2334  ... 2187  56.76  Charles  WUlard  2040  54.82  James A.  Bodiford  ....  66.87  2481  Paul  Gay  Gerald  F.  Shaffer  92.92  2627  Albert  Richoux  2335  ... 2188  58.32  Niel  E.  Badlg  2041  60.26  Harold  J.  Masdon  93.31  Wpng  Ah Sal  73.48  WUUam  H.  MiUison,  Jr..  2482  2628  2336  87.48  Essen  A.  Johnson  96.42  Joseph  W.  Henderson  ... 2189  Bernard  P.  Burke  2042  2483  40.05  Edward  W.  McAndrews..  Daryi  David  Waiizer  91.37  2337  2629  66.10  George  Mi  Chang  85.15  WiiUam  G.  Moore  .... ... 2190  Martin  M.  MitcheU  2043  2484  46.66  James  M.  Clark  21.21  Albano  Leal  2338  ... 2191  71.93  61.43  Ravaughn  Johnson  ...  John  W.  McCaslin  2044  55.80  Grath  A.  Broad  83.20  Joseph  T.  Arnold...^....  2485  2630  2339  ... 2192  38.10  Paul  Laborde  50.93  John  W.  Quimby  Clark  C.  Wood,  Jr  2043  45.88  Albert  Morales  2486  86.31  Leo  McCusker  '.  2631  78.15  Francisco  Esposito  ... 2193  Abner  A.  Abrams  45.88  Boleslaws J.  Gezeskowick.  2046  79.32  75.43  Burton  Hirsh  2487  Paul  G.  Kyrk  ;  2632  Sebastian  C.  Foti  2341  70.37  48.60  Frederick  F.  Farthing. ... 2194  Alexander  Duddle  2047  2488  69.60  Waciaw  Leuschner  67.65  Thomas  Comtek..^  2342  2633  71.15  Lewis  Rivere  2195  59.88  Ervin  W.  Crabtree  Glen  M.  Curl  2048  50.54  Aurelio  Domenesh  2489  49.77  Richard  James  Maiey....  2634  2343  61.04  Max  R.  Trocha  ... 2196  101.48  George  Romano  Edgar  C.  ChUcott  2049  2490  83.98  85.54  Robert  W.  Arleque  2344  Theodore  N.  Louden  2635  ... 2197  62.60  Faiemino  Palume  62.60  Charles  M.  Cobb  Paul  C.  Turner  2050  75.82  Burton  J.  Frazer  2491  38.49  John  J.  Brennan  2345  2636  54.04  Stanley  C.  Scott  76.59  Malcolm  P.  Cieutat... ... 2198  Stanley  Ruzyski  2031  98.37  WiiUam  Lweth  57.54  Mark  G.  Dugan  2492  Frederick  Harvey  2346  2637  ... 2199  94.87  Clyde  W.  Burns.......  79.32  Howard J.  Abell  2052  72.32  John  Ally  69.60  Stanley  A.  Niederberger.  2638  2347  2493  87.48  John J.  St. John  ... 2200  Frank  S.  Findlay  2053  77.76  Bernard ' Jackson  80.09  James  V.  Warning  2494  52.49  Simeon  Crocker  2348  2639  55.99  Harlow  B.  Wright  ... 2201  Salvatore  G.  Zammith....  2054  73.87  Clyde  C.  Ra.vfort  85.54  .Tohn  McWiUiams  2349  Robert  N.  Keiley  2495  89.04  George  J.  Smith  2640  39.66  ....2202  Jose  F,  .Santiago  2055  74.65  William  H.  Werneth..  77.37  Ebenezer  Smith.  Jr  88.26  Arthur  A.  Morrison  2350  2496  2641  66.87  Waiter  Nash  i  ... 2203  Reino  R.  Sundberg  2056  42.38  M.  E.  Cazaias  82.43  Osborne  M.  Brooke.  Jr...  2497  23Sl  70.76  WUiiam  H.  McNeil  2642  65.32  WUiiam  Kovamees  ... 2204  64.15  Rex  Swain  Patrick  1.  Rogers  2057  66.10  Robert  Fred  Walker  ..... 2352  Alphonse  P.  Bosarge.....  2498  64.93  66.87  Edward  J.  Amerault  2643  85.54  Waiter  C.  Coleman... ... 2205,  Wm.  Nuttal  .­  2058  Arthur  G.  GiiiUand  2353  73.09  Roy  C.  Bro  88.26  Francis  P.  O'Connor  2499  75.43  2644  ... 2206  Cleave  G.  Cazaias  79.32  Carl  Wayne  2059  96.81  Clarence  H.  Alexander...  2500  2354  81.65  John C.  Drummond  ... 2207  41.99  William  H­  RockweU.... ,2645  95.64  Robert  J.  Callahan.....  Alphan  Fruge  2060  Geronimo  Morales  2355  88.26  2648  ... 2208  65.71  Walter  L.  Goodrum  2501  62.60  Arthur  J.  A'Hearn  65.32  Charles  Smith  CecU  R.  Batto  2061  75.82  Hubert  C.  Gordon.  2356  2647  ... 2209 '  74.26  Stephen  N.  Carr....  2502  80.87  Charles T.  Scott  62.21  Glenn  Darling  Lee  H.  Thompson  2062  54.43  Lesley  Courthey  Walter  Frank  Pierce  ....  2357  70.76  Robert  E,  Doyle  2648  ... 2210  Waliace  E.  Cooper  2.503  88.26  52.10  Wm.  A.  G.  Marpenhoft...  2063  89.04  Edward  Joseph  Smith  ... 2358  2649  ... 2211  74.26  William  F.  Cogswell  2504  67.26  Quentin  H.  Remaud  36.55  Thomas  D.  Melton....,  James S.  Barker  2064  41.60  Otto  DeBoer  2359  ...  2650  2212  Marion  A.  McCiintoc  2505  69.60  Theodore  C.  Adams  72.32  94.09  Harold  Stiilweil  Roy  L.  Justic  2063  73.48  Sidney  2360  2651  ... 2213  72.32  Rafael  L.  Ortiz  D.  Turner  38.49  James  F.  Carroll  2506  40.44  Sam  Singer  Julian  R.  Wiison  2066  77.76  Ronald  A.  Swayne  2361  55.99  Frank  B.  Burns  2052  Anthony  Wychunis.....  ... 2214  Albion  P.  Glassner  2507  78.93  77.76  Joseph E.  Woolford  2067  84.37  Evaristo  Aldahondo  2362  61.82  ... 2215  Lloyd  C.  Knowles  2500  103.03  George  F.  Blackmore....  2053  72.32  Arthur  Sampson  S.  Athanasion  2068  Abraham  Vegas  2363  34.99  John  S.  Rubery  ....>2654  59.47  ... 2216  ..James  F.  Johnson  2509  73.48  61.04  Francisco  Nicoles  C.  L.  Margaritaraki  2069  50.16  Harold  Westphall­.  2364  '  2655  77.76  James  D.  Bergia  ... 2217  2510  73.48  Douglas  K.  Hines  77.76  Robert  Smith  Harold  C.  Peterson  2070  75.82  Arnold  C.  Givens.  Jr  Edward  Seserko  2365  2656  Nicholas  Hatgimisios..,  82.43  ... 2213  2511  49.38  Harold  L.  Wagonci>  55.99  Joe  W.  Kusmierski  2071  39.66  James  Terracciano  2366  2857  69.60  82.43  Charles  F.  Dwyer  ... 2219  Hubert  P.  Seymour  2512  72.71  Alexander  Szmir  Remuso  O.  Perkinson  .... 2072  2367  55.21  Joe  Camblor  2658  87.09  Raymond  Perks  2513  ... 2220  39.27  George  E.  Lothrop  36.16  James  R.  Eanes  Edward  W.  McNamar  ...  2073  Daniel  T.  McGovern  2368  86.31  Thomas  W.  Mullaney  Albert  R.  Trotman  2659  Frank  Strickland  51.71  2514  ... 2221  96.03  45.49  Walter  E.  Harris  2074  68.04  Escolastice  Sanchez  2369  54.82  Joseph  W.  Bale  96.03  William  J.  McKeon......  2660  ... 2222  51.71  Stephen  Kaminski  George  Cobieinsky  2075  70.76  Andoni  Joseph  Ferrara...  2515  2370  2661  84.76  Carlos  F.  Rocafort  2516  79.70  James  Sabrila  ...­ 2223  44.71  James  L.  Alien  Jose  Rivera  ,  ,.. 2076  Richard  F.  Bianchard....  2371  66.10  2662  Leon  F.  Davis  61.04  Emerto  Torres  2517  75.43  Earl  M.  Mabie  ... 2224  94.48  Victorio  E.  DTndia  2077  John  D.  Wright  2372  78.15  Joseph  M.  Cyran  John  J,  Kavanagh........  2663  ... 2225  74.65  Emil  G.  Gaare  2518  83.20  83.20  Russeli  Sheiton  2078  Frederick  O.  Piper  2373  69.99  2664  ... 2226  89.04  Edward  C.  Caudill  2519  85.54  Dominick  DiMato  88.26  Henry  T.  Miller  George  Ddhiels,  Jr  2079  Edwin  A.  Ainswbrth  .... 2374  79.32  John  A.  Da  w ay  2665  ... 2227  93B1  Walter  Flom  2080  36.16  Alfred  H.  Janlcke  Benno  Ar Zielinski  2520  57.15  Milton  A.  Poole  John  Breimo  2375  40.82  2666  ... 2228  WUUam  E.  Lanier  69.60  Kenneth  H.  Kristensen  ..  2081  90.20  Michele  M.  Amato......  2521  74.65  Thbmas  F.  Young  Richard  R.  Leikas  ....... 2376  57.93  2067  ... 2229  92.53  Frederick  J.  Macioiak  ... 2082  90.20  Jeff  Workman  2522  76.20  Francis  J.  McGarry  52.88  King  W.  Elliott  2377  2868  ... 2230  56.38  Ralph  M.  Ricketts  Andrew  J.  Westerlund  .. 2083  62.99  William  Lipscomb  Theokiitos  D.  Demestichas  2523  55.60  William  H.  Willdridge....  2669  Harold  E.  Laird  2378  49.38  ... 2231  72.71  Samuei  S.  LaPorte  2084  75.82  Leonard  A.  Miller  75.43  Arnfin  A.  Oyhus  2379  57.54  Archibald  J.  Andersen...  2524  2670  . .i  2232  49.77  Truman  L.  Sustaire  James  C.  Pampiin  2085  49.77  Joseph  Springer  2525  80.48  Pachu  A.  Saunders  66.48  James  C.  Wingate  2071  ... 2233  73.87  M.  K.  Weber  Madsen....  2380  63.76  Denis  BouiUt  Frank  C.  Bona  2086 ^  John  Bilko.  2526  80.48  Jeremiah  J.  McCarthy....  2672  Clement  De  Hospedales  .. «381  81.65  ... 2234  57.93  55.99  Jack  D.  Sayre  Noian H.  Hurtt  2087  2527  94.87  James  Keiley  Charles  R.  Garner  2382  63.76  Gaetano T.  Busciglio  2673  William  J.  Stephens...  .. 22.35  45.88  James  D.  Schulze  2088  49.77  89.42  2528  2383  62.60  Vincente  Garcia  ... 2236  100.31  John  D.  Struiler  64.54  Vernon  Douglas  WUiiam  E.  Mau  2089  73.87  ­Nicholas  A.  Ritrovato....  2674  John  GaUetta  2529  Athanasios  Tsitsinakis  ... 2384  53.65  Andrew  J.  Tobin  2675  .. 2237  73.09  Miles C.  Foster  2090  77.37  Delvini  Brodeur  2530  36.94  OUie  G.  English  . ..4b..­.  2676  57.15  Lawton.  J.  John.  ... 2238  65.32  Fernando C.  Rocafort  .... 2385  35.77  William  Horton  Edwin  L.  Chesser  2091  Adolberto  Gautler  2531  36.55  Charles  R.  Shatzer  Merrill  F.  Hummel  2386  74i65  2677  Paul  Strickland  67.26  ,.  2239  47.43  John  C.  Roberts  2092  2.532  42.77  George  L.  Hand..........  2678  2387  76.20  Joseph  M.  Bock  .. 2240  86.70  Wong  Kong  Ching  Edward  F.  Martin  ....... 2093  65.71  RusseU  Ciymer  James  T.  Balny  2533  50.16  Tadeus  Wrona  William  J.  Goodchild  .... 2388  48.21 ,   2679  74.26  J.  D.  Smitty  66.48  Meibron  W.  Clarke..., .. 2241  Robert  E.  Thomas  2094  '  Hilda  E.  Revese  2534  79.70  Edward  P.  Scherzer  2680  2242  92.92  Duval  O.  Tibbetts  2095  43.55  Peter  Losado  Richard­  W.  Kemmler.... 2535  43.16  Norman  T.  Jackson  (To  replace  check 511)..  2389  44.71  2681  Paul  Evans  .. 2243  45.10  Richard  C.  Brown  2096  53.65  Sidney  Bernstein  2536  79.70  2390  64.15  Jean  R.  Longhucst  2682  .. 2244  46.27  Justo  BesuiliT  George  E.  Poweli  2097  77.76  John  J.  Bowdon  Timothy  F.  Leary.­.  2537  75.04  Abraham  Sanchez  2391  75.43  Donald  E.  Zweep  2683  .. 2245  36.16  85.15  Fred  L.  Miller  Richard  T.  Shanahan  2098  Michael  M.  Manning  2538  96.81  John  J.  Yendral  56.38  Robert  H.  Builoek  2392  MiUard  M. Cutler  2684  ..  2246  83.20  Hailbrook  Pittman  2099  73.87  Alex  Gall  2539  54.04  Vassilios  Mamais  2393  96.03  Aubry  T.  Sargent  Samuel  C.  Gibbons.......  2685  .. 2247  36.55  Wilton  If.  Stokes  2100  38.71  Joseph  G.  Johnstone.....  2540  50.93  75.43  2686  ... 2248  62.60  William  H.  Dunham  .... 2394  Alfred  C.  Crabtree  2101  61.43  George  Fuciu  2541  45.10  Bjorn  A.  Granberg  ­  2395  50.54  James  D.  Moore  John  Hartman  2687  .. 2249  71.93  Henry  Waller  Wilson  B.  Yarbrough  .... 2102  66.87  Laurence  L.  King  James  Stewart  2542  63.37  George  W.  Mattalr ....... 2688  Henry  S.  Bonitto  2396  88.65  Albert  R.  Guidry  ..  2250  52.49  John  Ballman  2103  46.27  2543  92.92  James  E.  Eschinger  52.88  Robert  F.  Stewart.  2689  .. 2251  73.48  Ladisiaie  A,  Ziembka  .....  2397  36.16  Eriing  Hansen  Oscar  F.  Labrador  2104  2544  35.38  Julian  1.  Autenceo......  2690  2398  82.81  ToUi  Olsen  ... 2252  59.47  Tranis  C.  Leake  Nicholas  Lomas  2103  91.37  Matthew  Eursia  James  J.  Crown  2545  55.21  BiUy  M.  PrUiaman.......  2691  Jaun  A.  Goglas  2399  71.54  Bernard  M.  Moye.  .. 2253  90.59  Gerossimos Totolos  2106  51.71  2546  77.37  2400  63.73  Ronald  P.  Bentick  ;....  H.  Somers....2692  .. 22.54  57.54  Harold  S.  Tuttie  Jose  L.  Gomez  2107  45.49  John  Luther  2347  58.32  Harry  2401  "•  83.20  Stand  M.  BeU  Phillip  A.  Lewis  2693  .. 2255  55.21  James  E.  Dawson  Simplicio  C.  Franco  2108  58.32  Charles  A.  Hau  .  Conrad  J.  A.  Ganthier....  2548  57.93  WUiiam  Lieberman  ...... 2402  75.82  C.  Clark  2694  .. 2256  65.71  Kekis Demetrios  2109  99.59  Cline  S.  Gaihraith  Louis A.  Fricks  2459  89.42  Lester  Paul  Dayton  2403  86.31  WUiiam  T.  Presley....  Chris  J.  Bamette..  2695  ..  2257  63.76  Harold  R.  FaU  2110  .  91.37  2530  74.65  2404  Void  Gerard  A.  Maher  Vincent  WalrSth  2696  68.43  Void  .  Tiburcio  C.  Ibabap  2111  79.32  Thomas  E.  Gould...... .. 22.58  Ramon  R.  Ortiz  2551  56.38  James  J.  HiUier  2405  101.48  George  A.  SuUlvan.....« 2697  .. 2259  47.82  John  J.  Cook  2112  56.76  Paul  M.  Lytell  Mung  S.  Yip  .2552  58.32  Kurt  P.  Franzke  2406  36.94  2698  Antonio  Diaz  8113  75.43  85.92  James  M.  Edmonston.. .. 2260  2553  58.32  Fred  Lambert'  47.04  Chen  Y.  Vung  .. 2261  2699  Stylianns Zografoi  3114  46.66  WUUam  C.  Versioot  ..... 8407  56.76  MUton  P.  MaiUho  2554  61.43  Franciszek  Mietki  2408  71.54  Eugene  Leary  Chester  A.  KrupinsM....  2700  Laurie P.  Welch  2115  69.60  Arthur  H.  WUUams  73.09  Warren  W.  Currier.... .. 2262  2555  82.43  2409  83.50  Daniel  H.  Boyce  2701  Claudius  E.  Fisher  2116  85.92  Reginald  M.  Roberts..., .. 2263  40.44  Peter  Gonzales  2556  66.10  Albert  A.  Williams  75.82  Howard  Y.  Whitely  Kenneth  D.  Thomas '  2117  39.66  Charles  A.  Martinez.,.. .. 2264  38.49  Eugene  Katko  ........... 2410  Johannes  C.  Sorel........2557  88.26  Clifford  L.  Middleton....  2702  81.26  2411  Waiter  J.  Joseph  2118  John  F.  CasirOMover  2703  ... 2265  66.48  JuUus  P.  Thrasher  80.48  Carlo  Visi  2412  90.20  To  Cash  Vac.  Checks....  2558  $5000.00  Rheiuo  Y.  Pelasoja  ... 2266  Nicholas  DeMarco  2119  43.16  David  A.  Kamsey  2704  76.98  Eric  James  Day  2559  50.93  Joseph  Fernandez  69.99  Rafael  Reyes  Archie  J.  MUne  2120  74.65  Chester.  Hughart  2705  ... 2267  48.60  Nicholas  G.  MaryeUos. ...  2413  2560  77.76  Leon  Krawczyk  2414  40.44  Nicholas  Moraco  Elmer  C.  Mixon  2121  2706  40.05  Frank  Morris  42.38  Frank  Friesen  ... 2268  2561  105,36  Joseph  V.  Simms  2415  78.03  Edward  J.  Zebrowski  James  W.  Henderson  .... 2122  50.93  Anthony  R.  Ducote...,  64.76  Edward  F.  Casey  2707  ... 2269  Walter  A.  ivarlak..  2562  80.09  Joseph  Francis  Russel  ... 2416  48.21  Alfred  P. Stearns  2123  77.76  Arthur  N.  Wert  John  A.  Call  2708  73.87  ... 2270  JuUus  Bang  2563  61.04  Francis  V.  Keiley  2417  66.87  Renfroe  HaU  Marvin  D.  Bozard  2124  61.43  James  D.  Cannady.  jr....  2709  73.48  ... 2271  2364  70.76  Joseph  H.  Booker.  2418  73.87  Albert  Stracciolinl  Elma  E.  Wasden  2125  2710  69.60  Thomas  Navgrre  77.76  Ramos  Roque  ... 2272  2565  87.87  Ronald  Canady .^.  2419  $3,000.00^  George  D.  Koenig...  MUlard  B.  EUiott  2126  70.37  Richard  Reinecke.  ."  2711  78.93  To  Cash  Vac.  Checks  ... 2273  Charles  R.  Hensley......  2566  96.42  Milton  AUen  2420  62.21  Thomas  R.  Stanley  2127  Ronald  W.  CanVUton....  2712  47.04  Clarence  DePriest  57.54  ... 2274  70.76  Loran  Bishop  58.71  Joseph  E.  Brooke... i.... 2567  2421  Lyman  J.  Bexley  2128  3713  34.99  James  Robertson  86.70  James  P.  Lord.  ... 2275  2568  75.43  John  M.  Tujague  76.20  Belford  B.  Simpkins  2422  ...i,  Cyrus  M.  Crooks,  Jr  2129  2714  ... 2276  87.48  Paul  J.  Senior  66.87  George  Clement  Arthur  A... Butler  2569  41.60  82.04  AUen  J.  Friend  .2423  Charles  O.  Lee  2130  ... 2277  2715  41.60  Ernest  C.  Smith  94.87  2570  75.43  .Joseph  C.  Lucas  88.26  Arthur  J.  Scheving  Reed  E.  HumphriesT.....  2424  WUioughby  C.  Byrd  2131  46.27  Patrick  Thompson  ... 2278  2716  47.82  Lloyd  BiUy  B.  Arledge  2571  57.93  Joseph  A.  Rusheed  W.  Miller  2429  71.93  Joseph J.  Chatess  2132  54.43  Francisco  Garcia  Benjamin  Mundy,  Jr  2717  ... 2279  76.98  George  Mike  70.76  2572  2426  102.25  LeeRoy  H.  Hoffman  Angel  R.  Silvestri  2133  46.66  Ernest  C.  De  Bautte.. ... 2280  Max  Lipkln  2218  94.87  Daniel  C.  Robinson...... i 2573  38.49  Rickard  H.  Simpson  8427  88.65  Joseph  Prindezis  2134  74.65  John  J.  Newman..... ... 2281  Arnold  F.  Rehm  2719  75.82  Hugh  Turner  Roughton..'  2574  65.32  71.54  William  E.  Hampson  .. 2428  Phil L.  Huss  2135  88.26  James  K.  Little  ... 2282  Howell  Fairbanks  2720  52.49  2575  72.71  Everett  66.48  BiUy  J.  Anderson  2429  Connors  S.  Connors  2136  48.99  Albert  MitcheU  Henry  L.  ChapeU  2721  ... 2283  50.54  Edward  S.  Johnson  2576  81.65  Harry  Scholes  ...;  79.70  Edward  Mikkelsen  Antoni  Przbysiak  21.37  99.53  Adam  Lemoine,  Jr.... ... 2284  2722  57.93  Vincent  A,  Fitzgerald....  2430  Melvin  G.  Moore  2577  47.82  Antonio  Fancellu..  2431  58.32  Keith  Winsley  WilUam  O.  White  21.38  59.88  ... 2285  Dewey  A.  Penton  2723  38.49  Heiiry  M.  Connell  2578  87.48  Nils  A.  Ohlson  87.87  Paul  C.  Baxter. . .  2432  Angeio  Meglio  2139  ....  72.71  Morris  R.  King  ... 2286  2724  45.88  2579  . 84.76  Walter  H.  Cook  2433  85.54  Miliedge  P.  Lee  Tony  S.  Sosa  2140  62.99  Frank "Digangi  ... 2287  2725  101.48  Christian  J.  Voss  2580  80.09  Claud  Bankston.  Jr......  2726  2434  78.93  Kenneth  E.  Foster  Henry  D.  McRoui  2141  80.48  Dan  S.  Munro  .•   ... 2288  38.88  Roy  A.  Johnson  Howard  C.  Hutcherson...  2581  52.88  Hector  Conrad  2435  77.76  Maurica  L.  McCarty,  Jr...  2142  90.98  Paul  T.  Cassidy  ... 2289  William  H,  Padgett  2727  89.04  2582  94.00  James  McNaliy  Quinn....  2728  2436  52.40  Cyril  J.  Magnan  Shelley  M.  Lynn  2143  50.16  Alfred  Fahm  ... 2290  75.04  Christor  Mantzakos  2583  09.14  Robert­S.  Singletary.  Jr..  2729  41.99  Gerald  C.  FitzJames  Philip  J.  Capiing  2144  47.04  Erick  R.  Ekiund.  ... 2291  59.47  Jerry  Chapkewit;:  ....... 2437  2584  51.71  Robert  L.  Ferguson  2438  55.21  Hoyt ­L.  Tanner  Irving  DeNobriga  2145  98.37  William  D. Thiemonge. ... 2292  2730  82.04  Frank  H.  Dougherty  John  J.  Munno  2585  71.15  Manuel  Laca.  Jr  Kenneth  Rubel  2146  49.77  James  G.  GUI  ... 2293  2731  89.42  Allen  M.  Fitzgerald.....'.  2439  .  79B2  Leedam  B.  GilUkin......  2586  41.21  ..  2440  65.71  Roger  L.  HaU  2147  72.32  Edward  C.  CromweU.. ... 2294  Charles  Morris  Barkins..  2732  63.76  Paul  KrajcirUc  2507  77.76  Edward  TerreU  2441  62.99  Lawrence  E,  Melton  John  W. Prescott  2148  74.26  James  C.  Brannan..... ... 2295  2733  63.37  Andrew  W.  Albers.,  2588  73.48  Ashton  L.  Stephens  2442  84.76  Julio  SoU  Brantley  L.  Fowler  2149  37.32  George  L.  Esteve...... ... 2296  2734  38.88  Biaggio  Paniccin  John  W.  Norman  .'  2589  58.32  James  R.  Williams  Herbert  J.  Danelon  2443  "  99.92  Clifton  M.  Weaver  2150  69.21  William  G.  Rogers.... ... 2227  2735  73.09  2590  66.87  Henry  D.  McKay......:.  2738  2444  89.04  Lewis  T.  Everett....  Spyridon  Nikoiouzos  2151  45.88  Louis  PinUia  .  ... 2298  80:09  Earl  S.  Shinaberg  .... 2391  48.21  Aubrey  WiUiams  2445  58.71  WUiie  Carpenter  Spiridon  Vangelatos  2152  63.76  Richard  G.  Martinez  .. ... 2299  2737  48.60  John  C.  Whittington  54.82  Carl  P.  Swendlng  2446  88.65  Rufus  D.  LiUy...2592  Jesse  Griffith  2153  83.20  Harvey  H.  Guenther  .. ... 2300  2738  101.48  Gervais  J.  Bozec  2593  .35.38  Robert  J.  O'Brien  2447  57.15  Raymond  Nomio  67.26  Patrick  L.  Macklln  ... ... 2301  Lewis  J.  WiUiams  2134  2739  81.26  Thomas  J.  Hoar....  2594  42.77  'John  B.  Geissler  2448  70.37  Jerry  C.  Moody....  Gleason  G.  Weaver  ...... 2155  59.88  Guss  A.  Janayaris  ....  ... 2302  2740  41.60  Julin  £.  Ross  .'  2595  55.99  William  Glesen  69.21  Elton  T.  Hayes  82.43  Charles  Szakacs  ......  Raymond  E.  KeUer  2156  ... 2303  2741  46.27  Anthony  Zielinski........  2449  Walter  H.  Nickelsen  2596  47.82  Sydney  Garden  Georg  Bekken  2450  59.47  82.04  Robert  U.  DiUon  .....  Jose  V.  Alvarez  2157  ... 2304  2742  61.82  104.99  2451  93.70  Desal  W.  Barry  86.70  Edward  Y.  Corral.....:.  2597  John  A.  Sheevin^  2158  ... 2305  Standish  B.  WoodeU  2743  70.98  Marcelo  Reposar  42.77  2492  82.81  Felix  R.  Bonife  ..;....  Hugh  A.  WiUiamson.....  2159  76.20  Robert  L.  Harrell  ...... 2598  ... 2306  44.32  Robert  Eschricb  Mateo  Ramirez...  .... 2744  66.10  67.65  Fredrick  W.  Brandenburg  2599  2453  85.92  Jack  R.  Utz  Thomas  L.  Teears  2160  ... 2307  49.77  Howard  J.  Lahyn  2745  2600  76.98  Joseph  R.  Delise  90.20  John  D.  Harper  75.82  Joseph  A.  Cole  Billy  Russell  2l61  ... 2308  74.65  Howard. E.  Rode.........  2454  2746  66.48  Eugene  Watson  Joh^  W,  G.  Iglebekk  2601  95.26  94.09  Robert  Rosenberg  .­.. ... 2309  James  W.  Cox  2162  87.48  James  C.  Chrlstant......  2459  Sabato  S.  Mancino  2747  56.38  52.88  Archie  Z.  Scarborough...  2602  73.87  Daniel  E.  Miller  2496  Herman  M.  McCoy  2163  ... 2310  72.71  Frank  6.  Scott  '.  2748  95.64  Edward  W.  Bolden  2603  69.32  Endel  Knndissiim  8457  45.10  Louis  J.  Graham  ...... ... 2.311  Gregorio  C.  Gonzales.'...  2164  40.44  Ralph  E.  Stahl  ­Antfonio  Tarquinio  2749  68.82  Francis  E.  Becraft...2804  35.77  .... 8498  42.38  Allen L.  Dunn  Rex  G.  Etheridge  2165  ... 2.312  86.70  Van  E.  Warfleld  Bryant' Alonzb  2750  74.65  2605  57.93  John  M.  Power....:­  38.88  Herbert  Clifton  ......  Willie  G.  Saunders, Jr  2166  ,.. 2313  56.38  Herman  L^  Unglesbee....  2459  Peter  Prokopok  2751  37.32  John  A.  Bueha'nan..:...  2606  89.04  82.04  Aristede  Dafmis  Stanley  C.  Fauntelroy...  2460  Guy  Wbitehurst  2167  2314  ...  74.65  2752  74.65  George  Taylor  .'....  9607  Void  Xenophon  Balis  73.09  Morris  D.  Donovan  ,..  .. 2315  ..2461  Joseph  C.  Waliace  2168  52.49  Void  2753  40.05  John  P.  McCarthy  69.99  James  E.  Hurst.2608  41.60  Daniel  A.  Hutto  .. 3468  Eugene  Gardner  2169  .. 2316  39.66  Mack  J.  Acosta  SeraBn  G.  hopez  2754  68.04  ^  83.20  Llcurgos  Parasamlis....'.'.  2609  39.66  Antonios­E.  Manesis  ..  .. 2317  Joseph  F.  Vickers  2170  68.43  Crittenden  E.  Foster.....  2463  James  J.  Powers  2755  61.82  Andrew  HarviUa  2610  91.32  38.49  Tomas  Juanita  Gustave  L.  Loeffer.......  2464  Harold  J.  Moore  2171  .. 2318  45.10  To  Cash  Vac.  Checks..  2756  59.10  2611  43.16  Angel  Pedrosa  63.32  laiovou  A.  PoUdoros  2465  Jorgen  L.  Oisen  2172  .. 2319  09.21  Elroy  W.  Henderson  John  W.  Clark  2757  94.48  38.10  Edward  R.  Barnes  ....  .. 2329  78.54  Lloyd  D:­ Richardson.....  2612  Edward  J.  Worthy  2173  ...'..  8466  69.99  Jose  Pacheco  Joseph  DiOrio:  2758  53.27  Lemuel  McClenney.  Jr.... ,2613  ­  55.99  47.04  Robert  A. Tate  Karl  H.  Hakanson  2174  WUUam  S.  Trotman..... a 2467  ... 2321  60.26  89.04  Newton  B.  Dohaha...  2759  8r.48  Weston  B.  Howe........ .v261<  70.37  Charles  Henschke  ....  Joseph  Sprenzel  2175  2322  67.26  Rudolf  Mlchalek........V.  8466  2760  90.59  August  Jensen  88.65  Hubert  N.  Hsrrell......;.  2615  71.15  WUiiam  E.  Stephens  ..  .. 2323  Arthur  O.  KeUy.2176  75.04  Charles  O.  Bergagna..­l.r  2460  59.86  I  Robert  L.  Gresham  ... ... 2324  David  Blumlo  2177  ... 2470  .  75.43  BrenlaUw, KuUkowiU. .^..  afW.,  se.70  Fred  Thayer.  .  ....  J  i  (Continued  from  page  23)  .  . .  • .  .  .  .'  66.48  89.81  103.03  94.48  73.09  98.37  63.37  60.65  72.32  104.5,9  88.65  104.59  54.43  62.60  43.16  80.70  97.,59  40.44  37.71  48.99  38.10  37.32  RO,f>i  41.99  •   53.27  38.88  83.20  70.76  62.99'  83.20  77.37  83.93  89.04  64.93  57.93  37.71  40.06  69.99  80.48  50.93  56.76  90.93  50.76  38.10  42.38  .  52.10  59.10  77.76  74.05  91.76  42.77  99.53  55.60  90.59  54.82  66.48  61.43  48.21  69.60  47.82  39.66  75.82  67.65  86.31  57.15  85.92  75.04  5.5.60  97.20  97.20  ' 60.65  92.92  64.54  44.32  84.76  78.15  62.gi9  98.78  88.65  102.64  88.^  101.48  79.70  ­46.66  54.04  97.20  73.4S  61.04  73.87  66.48  36.04  63.76  39.27  55.99  75.43  54.04  72.71  69.60  85.15  92.15  75.43  68.43  43.55  60.65  74.26  72.32  68.04  52.49 '  76.20  73.48  77.37  94.87  62.60  72.32  44.71  38.45  64.54  66.48  66.10  67.65  48.60  54.82  89.04  40.82  36.16  43.55  80.87  59,47  74.69  102.25  91.76  64.54  88.26  67.26  83.59  68.82  47.82  48.99  97.59  3000.00  72.71  64.15  96.03  66.67  .  (Continued  dn  page  29)  '  II  .'.• • lie'.,  I  ­.1 1,1  agvnaij  OJ.St  .  , ;.  i.­t„.:t:  I'l'i'. ,  MludWi  .*­«  . .t'.  its .U  .  'j i.V.A'"­/)*  �rriday. Bfanii 7. 1951.  Pace Tw«oty­fiT«  SEAFARERS  LOG  S  E  A  FA  R  E  R  S  TOTAL  $131,888.26  CASH  BENEFITS  Vacation  Plan  Feb. 19 — March 1  Welfare  Plan  Feb. 10  —  Feb. 23  PAID  BY  THE  SEAFARERS  INTERNATIONAL  UNION  •  ATLANTIC  AND GULF  DISTRICT  •  A.F.L.  (Continued from  page 24)  Robert  Bridge  3050  46.27  James L.  Hart  75.82  Robert  P.  Coleman  .. 3117  55.21  Thomas  Stevens  90.00  Jack  Burke  66.48  Edward  Le  Roy F. Schmidt  3051  81.26  Clifton  V. Berg  ,. 3118  100.31  Harry  Thompson  30.00  Check  Lindbergh  Parrlsh  3052  43.15  Robert  P. Vemey  84.76  William  J.  Hanlon  .. 3119  94.87  F.  Trenholm  30.00  Name  .No.  Amount  BUUe  .Mooney  3053  78.54  Edward  D.  Montague  .. .. 3120  38.10  David  G.  Horton  64.93  Thomas  WlUlamsen  15.00  Henry  C.  tower  2761  89.04  Luther  DUls  .  2908*  3054  90.98  Felix  L.  Serrano  68.26  Curtis J.  Hill  .. 3121  94.48  Richard  J.  Brooks  39.27  Austin  Smith  2762  USPHS  HOSPITAL,  GALVESTON  3055  62.21  Marcelo  B.  Belen  66.87  George  R.  Smith  .. 3122  81.65  Thurston  J. Lewis  2763  71.54  Floyd  Perkins  3056 '  75.43  Walter  J.  Chamberlln  .. ,. 3123  77.76  Leonard  Bailey  90.00  62.99  I.  B.  Beard  74.26  Gideon  AUen  2764  Ah  mng  Fons  73.87  Robert  D.  Musselwhite  .. 3124  .  2911  64.93  Charles  L.  Dandridge  .. • . 3057  15.00  97.59  WUUam  Brown  68.82  GuUlermo  DeJesiu ;  George  M.  Craggs  2765  Chester  I.  Splnks  3058  90.98  WlUlam  H.  Titus  .  2912  68.04  60.65  W.  W.  Brown  15.00  .. 3125  78.15  WUUam  Gale  Clifford  Newton  2766  Douglas  E.  Driven  3059  49.77  Edward  A. Wlcak  .  3126  76.20  92.53  D.  Caron  15.00  87.48  Herbert  Svanberg  Harry  Krunmel'  2767  WUUam  Havelln  3060  68.04  Charles  H.  Montgomery  ,. 3127  87.09  93.31  Walter  Connors  15.00  35.77  Herman  Sampson  Paul  F.  Arthofer  2768  39.27  McGhee  J.  Mackey  ,. 3128  55.99  Charles  B.  Stephens  ..... 3061  100.69  B.  F.  Grice  45.00  77.37  Henry  Mlkulskl  Joseph  W.  Duffy  2769  3062  38.10  Harold  L.  Weaver  .. 3129  58.32  William  J. Gray  38.88  John  Manen  .  15.00  84.76  Void  Eugene  B.  Flowers  2770  Irvln  Matthews  3063  81.'65  Harold  L.  Weaver  Void  .. 3130  62.99  .  2916  Marion  H.  Maynard  15.00  77.37  Leon  Gordon:  George  W.  Thayer  2771  Lee  A. Smith  3064  49.38  WUUam  A.  Wade  .  2918  102.'64  ,. 3131  43.93  A  Peffanls  15.00  41.21  Ignatius  McCormlck  2772  Klmbrlel  J.  Kimbriel  3065  95.64  Earl  P.  McCaskey  76.98  Joel  Peoples  .. 3132  .  2919  69.60  Eric  W.  Johnson  15.00  40.44  Calvin  Buzbee  Andrew  C.  Stortreon  2773  Tommy  R.  FllUnglm  .... 3066  63..37  Harry  C.  Stesch,  Jr.  .. .. 3133  92.53  62.21  Stephen  Plash  30.00  52.88  Frank  L.  Smith  2774  Jack  Adams  3067  102.25  Alfred  F.  Wright  105.75  Shirley  Poole  ,. 3134  Veikko  Pollancn  82.04  15.00  56.76  Aide  Pontiff  2775  Ivan  H.  Behnke  3068  b9.60  Walter  J.  Holman  85.54  Edward  Rivers  .. 3135  88.65  Floyd  L.  Jeffryes  15.00  63.37  William  Edward  V.  Ortiz  2776  Paul  Leonovich  3069  54.04  Leroy  C.  Bewig  95.64  .. 3136  Nicholson  .  2923  89.04  Charles  Scherhans  30.00  44.71  Norlin  Berry  2777  Alvjn  A.  Vanderpool  Egbert  W.  Goulding  3070  70.76  John  W.  RleUy  . 3ft7  86.31  F.  W.  Walasks  ..  .  2924  80.09  45.00  69.21  Homer  Nichols  Joseph  R.  Flever.  Jr  2778  3071  75.43  Vincent  Gonzales  . 3138  66.48  .  2925  77.76  Thomas  ,C.  Ballard  72.32  Ernest  L.  Alexander.  Jr..  2779  USPHS  HOSPITAL,  SAVANNAH  68.43  Victory  A.  Mlchelettl  .. ,  3139  41.21  40.05  Joseph  L.  V.  Dionne  .... 3072  .  68.04  James  Bertand  Hubert  Q.  Lawson  2780  Norwood  O.  Cain  3073  69.60  John  W.  Donaldson  ... . 3140  89.04  S.  L.  Archer  Benjamin  Stewart  66.10  15.00  35.77  James  D.  Jackson,  Jr....  2781  3074  44.71  Rred  Adehold  .  3141  58.32  James  Brown  67.26  Roland  O.  Sulklvan  45.00  63.37  Joseph  Brodelon  Herbert  L.  Drawdy  2782  John  J.  Kane  3075  38.49  Tliedore  Weems  ,. 3142  46.66  W.  B.  Creech  Thomas  Hyde  .  2929  94.09  15.00  37.71  Walter  Sudnlck  2783  3076  45.10  Maurice  Bailey  . 3143  41.99  R.  W.  Dasher  .  2930  38.88  .Tames  R.  Brandley  30.00  80.09  Lucian  Edmonston  John'F.  Santos  2784  Cecil  G.  Merritt  3077  78.54  Loyie  L.  Hairston  . 3144  63.76  J.  T.  Moore  70.76  Thomas  Dugan  30.00  105.75  2785  James  L.  Meeks  3078  74.26  Johnnie. Sanders.  Jr.  ..  . 3145  79.70  T.  C.  Musgrove  88.26  George  F. Klmbrel  30.00  102.25  Roy  Truly  Ralph  Dlcken  2786  3079  50.93  John S.  McCullen,  Jr.  .. .  3146  38.88  66.87  Henry  B.  WllUams  37.32  Philip  Foy  Donald  A.  Relyea...'  2787  ST.  AGNES  HOSPITAL,  PHIL.  BUly  C.  Ward  3080  80.87  Cuder  Q.  Holt  .  3147  35.77  .  2934  87.87  2788  85.54  WUUam  Herman.  Isidoro  VaUes  54.82  Julius  A.  Rohebaugh  ... .  3148  66.87  PhUip  Navitsky  $15.00  59.88  George  E.  Murphy  ...... 3081  Virgil  M.  Hanley  2789  61.04  Michael  Romanowicz.... .  2935  Luther  B.  Green  3082  51.32  Howard  M.  Webber  .... .  3149  81.65  Ralph  Williams  101.48  2790  79.70  Henry  L.  Lowery  VET.  HOSPITAL,  LONG  BEACH,  CALIF.  John  D.  Morgan  3083  85.92  Alfred  A.  Bernard  .  3150  81.26  .  2937  43.16  2791  57.93  Paul  F.  Ellis  Hike  Miana  3084  40.44  George  W.  Common  ... .  3151  62.99  E.  L.  Pritchard  $30.00  62.21  Mlchele  Liuzza  .  2938  Simon  J. De  Zee  2792  103.03  Joseph  Santalla  Robert  A.  Reynolds  3085  53.65  Void  Void  ,. 3152  Rufus  E.  Stough  77.76  .  2939  73.09  George  M.  Harrison  2793  SEASIDE  GENERAL  HOSPITAL  CyrU  M.  D'Andrade  3086  100.69  Henry  J. Rote  3153  .  38.88  55.99  .  2940  74.26  Bennle  Guarlno  Raymond  P.  Harrison....  2794  3087  60.65  Martin  J.  Pyk  . 3154  82.04  LONG  BEACH,  CALIF.  .  2941  38.10  Horace  Douglas  Shirley  C.  Butler  2795  74.26  Frederick  E. FarreU  Raymond  E.  Mott  3088  59.47  Ralph  T.  Moore  . 3155  67.26  Thomas  Hanson  .  2942  47.82  Frank  C.  CarroU  $15.00  BUUe  G.  Neeley  2796  57.03  • Tames M.  Foster  3089  37.71  Woodrow  W.  Perkins  .  . 3156  73.48  .  2943  69.60  48.60  Hugh  W.  O'DonneU  Leonlclo  O.  Bumatay  2797  Allen  H.  Bosarge  3090  49.77  Jack  B. Gardner  .  3157  96.03  TORRANCE  GE.NERAL  HOSPITAL  Ehigene  S.  Brown  .  2944  61.04  68.82  2798  Jack  C.  Brock  309i  76.98  WUUam  Tank  .  3158  52.49  TORRANCE,  CALIF.  73.87  John  F.  Dixon  35.77  Charles  Ray.  Beimett.... .  2945  Thomas  P.  Gavin  2799  3092  72.71  Carl  Jensen.  Jr. '  . 3159  91.37  T.  J.  Lyons  .  2946  74.65  John  R.  Roberts  $45.00  69.21  Jack  E.  Walker  WlUlam  A.  Guernsey  2800  WUUam  R.  Stone  3093  50.16  WUUam  J.  Doyle  .  3160  58.32  74.65  .  2947  2801  102.64  Walter  K.  Yerkes  Giovanni  Bubo  Kenneth  W. EUsson  ...... 3094  61.04  Jack  Mays  .  3161  36.94  USPHS  HOSPITAL,  BALTIMORE  .  2948  64.15  George  Rees  2802  75.04  John  W.  Ward  3095  71.93  Yace  H.  Smira  .  3162  64.54  Warner  W.  Allred  $15.00  .  2949  48.60  Herbert  O.  Green  83.20  Edward  A.  Lane  WUUam  H.  Murphy  2803  Morris  J.  Danzey  ........ 3096  92.15  Edward  J.  Kosecki  .... . 3163  30.00  59.47  Thomas  Ankerson  Pat  J. Colonna  .  2950  84.37  50.93  CecU  Ison  2804  Herman  P.  Stokes  3097  57.54  Walter  R.  Jackson  .... .  3164  James  D.  Bergerla  IS.Ot  50.93  82.81  OUlce  D..FUUngim  64.54  Lawrence  C.  Franklin... .  2951  Dale  H.  Garrigues  2805  3098  45.10  Wllmer  G.  Black  .  3185  46.66  Nelson  W.  Blades  30.00  .  2952  105.75  Frederick  E.  Kerfoat  .... 3099  61.04  Michael  KaUds  WUUam  F. IsbeU  2806  74.65  Ira  P.  Hemenway  . 3166  49.38  E.  Cabanskl  15.00  99.14  Dennis  J.  Black  .  2953  Amos  A.  Ralney  66.10  Frank  S.  Borkowsld  2807  3100  52.49  James  E.  M.  Guffey  ..  . 3167  96.42  Ira  Cannon  45.00  .  2954  57.54  George  E.  Armstrong  .... 3101  88.26  Antonio  Pereira  James F.  Belsky  2808  44.32  Joseph  H.  Prudhomme  . 3168  60.23  Michael  Frangias..'  30.00  75.82  WilUe  Kyles  45.10  Karl  V.  Christensen..... .  2955  Harry  Johnson  2809  3102  103.42  Bernard  R.  Chason  .  3169  85.54  J.  F.  Goude  30.00  .  2956  75.04  Clyde  H.  Flowers  2810  59.10  Richard  1.  ChatAeld  Jeremiah  E.  Logan  3103  55.21  Douglas  E.  Clau.sen  .... .  3170  47.43  B.  C.  Granberg  15.00  .  2957  Void  Earl  J.  DeAngelo  55.21  Void  Ovlla  VaUey  2811  3104  88.26  Robert Z.  Banister  . 3171  102.64  Hugo  J.  HUden  60.00  John  H.  Henrich  .  2958  54.43  105.36  John  W.  Powers  2812  Joseph Green  3105  73.09  Frank  P.  Breck  ........ .  3172  38.49  Thomas  Hoar  15.00  .  2959  78.15  Courtney  Rooks  2813  64.15  Joseph  F,  Lanahan  Kenneth  S.  Collins  3106  50.93  Harold  T.  Brown  .  3173  83.20  Robert  Hunt  15.00  73.48  Charles  W.  Halla,  Jr.  ... 3107  64.93  Clarence  A.  Baldwin.... .  2960  Speros  C.  Cavassls..  2814  82.04  Vincent  A. Hebert  .  3174  71.15  Joseph  M.  Kueider  15.00  52.49  Gustave  Hoyzam,  Jr  101.48  Nicholas  A.  Levitsky.... .  2961  i  WlUlam  R.  Hare  2815  3108  91.37  Warren  Conner  85.92  .  3175  Earl  McKendree  30.00  .  2962  74.26  McCleveland  Baker  2816.  43.93  Salvatore  R.  Casella  Frank  Oney  3109  96.81  George  V.  Wright  42.77  John  Mllbum  .  3176  15.00  .  2963  87.87  John  J.  CrossweU  Daniel  W.  Lippy  2817  69.60  Louis  Jaffee  3110  79.32  Alexander  Sokolowskl  .. . 3177  90.98  H.  W.  Muches  30.00  .  2964  76.20  George  I.  Lawrence  38.40  Baldo  Coccia  Henry  Schwartz  2818  3111  63.37  Leonard  B.  Brown  95.6a  Thomas  F.  Mungo  .  3178  30.00  .  2965  34.99  Joseph  H.  Koppersmith..  3112  2819  86.31  Rosario  Copani  Dorsey  L.  Shumake  79.32  Henry  F.  CUne  54.82  Francis  H.  O'Brien  . 3179  15.00  .  2966  59.10  Jack  C.  Trosclalr  39.27  Thomas  Janczak,  Jr  David  E.  Emerlck  2820  3113  39.66  Evis  J. Thibodeaux  .  3180  47.82  John  J.  O'Connor  45.00  .'... .  2967  75.43  Charles  B.  Martin  2821  73.48  Frank  DeFUippo  I.awrence  Johnson  3114  74.65  WlUiam  G. Seisfeld  . 3T81  30.00  61.43  Paul  L.  Painter  53.65  Hans  H.  Pederson  Edward  C.  Barron  2822  77.37  Anthony  C.  Landwajowlcz  2968  3115  38.49  Raul  E.  Cumare  . 3182  54.82  P.  Peralto  15.00  Richard  H.  Cummings... .  2969  83.98  Samona  SuUman  2823  98.37  Harry  R.  Pitt  3116  73.09  Samuel  U.  Guess  .  3183  55.99  Walter  PSschaU  30.00  .  2970  56.38  2824  62.60  Edwin  Lleber  Dryce  G.  Purdy  Fred  Plttman  30.00  ,  2971  81.26  63.76  Albert  Lock  Thomas  J.  McDermott....  282$.  Arthur  Relnholdt  '.  30.00  35.77  97.98  John  R.  Shannon....... .  2972  2826  Frank  A.  E.  Harper  R.  Rivera  60.00  ,  2973  83.20  75.04  Fmile  J.  Olive  WUUam  E.  Murphy  2827  John  G.  Robinson  30,00  66.10  .  2974  49.38  Joseph  O.  Bush  George  E.  Henderson....  2828  A.  L.  Sargent  30.00  .  2975  78,93  58.71  Benjamin  Prltiken  fesse  W.  Floyd  2829  Leonard  T.  Splvey.  30.00  88.26  ,  2976  2830  41.60  Louie  B.  Payne  Robert  Morawltz  John  M.  Stone  >.   30.00  ,  2977  99.92  Clyde  L.  Knab  2831  90.98  Petros  Andronoglou  John  A.  Stout  30.'00  REPORT  NO.  23  ,  2978  74.26  Harlan  E.  GraveUe  2832  83.59  WUUe  E.  Cole  WilUam  Stromberg  15.00  .  2979  52.10  83.20  Robert  G.  Varnon  Hans  M.  Shaalegaard....  2833  By  Lloyd  Gardner, Asst.  Secretary­Treasurer  Charles  F.  Sturmer  15.00  ,  2980  37.71  Frank  Bamberger  2834  87.87  Yung  Lai  Ong  Thomas  WaboUs  30.00  .  2981  37.71  78.15  Fang  Ah  Lung  Kalph  O.  Masters  2835  Period  Covered By  This  Report—Feb. 10­Feb.  23  WUUam  Wallace  30.00  ,  2982  41.21  87.87  Lawrence  F.  Eder  CyrU  Loades  .'  2836  30.00  $274,496.56  Walter  Warner  Clennon  O.  Baccus  ,  2983  50.93  Cash  on  Hand  36.55  Felipe  Lugo  2837  Albert  WiUlS  30.00  .  2984  48.21  US  Government  Bonds  754,023.44  2838  82.43  SwindeU  W.  Lewis  fiamon  Morales  79.32  Estimated  Accounts  Receivable.  .  2985  55.99  Stephen T.  Arales  Richard  E.  Racine  2839  USPHS  HOSPITAL,  NEW  ORLEA  S  169.000.00  99.53  .  2986  68.04  Byron  J.  Johnson  Eugenio  F.  Hemandes....  2840  Howard  J.  Abell  15.00  Hospital Benefits  Paid  in  Period  i  6,425.00  Franklin  C.  Rose  .  2987  51.71  38.49  Japies  J.  Battle.  2841  Asenci  30.00  .  2988  72.32  Total  Hospital Benefits  Paid Since  July 1, 1950.;  l23,83M:f?  A.  2842  36.94  Calvin  B.  Moose  .James  C.  Chen  E.  G.  BUUngs  30.00  .  2989  62.21  Death  Benefits  Paid  in  Period  2843  73.09  Roswell  A.  Sanderlin  AUan  L.  Lake  15.00  22,566.67  T.  G.  Roster  87.87  2844  89.81  Rufus  Leroy  Abcmathy., ,  2990  Isidore  Welshrot  Wilson  O.  Cara  30.00  196.866.66  James  87.87  Death  Benefits Paid  Since July  1, 1950,.  2845  75.43  Arthur  P.  MUls,  Jr  ,. .  2991  Frederick  N.  Kopf  D.  CardeU  '  30.00  66.48  Frederick  A.  Burrus  .  2992  47.43  2846  Henry  Gock  '.  30.00  USPHS  HOSPITAL  Ralph  Siglcr:  45.00  OUver  Celestlne.  85.02  Fred  R.  Hicks,  Jr  83.98  2993  2847  Ertbn  Hurst,  Jr  15.00  STATEN  ISLAND.  NEW  YORK  John  Slaman  15.00  L.  CarrasquiUo  80.87  Everette. C.  Dooley  .  2994  59.10  Izaac  C.  Krallngen....;..  2848  James  Crone  .*  30.00  30.00  2849  43.93  Benjamin  Griffith  .  2995  80.09  C.  .Adams  '&Ung  O.  Andersen  $30.00  Emerson  Spauldlng  30.00  .'  45.00  Rogello  Cruz  61.82  Thomas  W.  SterUng  ; .  2996  44.71  C.  Ames  .uhornas  J.  Dixon  2850  30.00  August  Steinman.  15.00  30.03  C.  DePrlest  54.04  John  C.  Loffler  Julio  S.  Russettl  " 2851  .  2997  92.15  A.  Banes  60.00  Thomas  SuUivan  30.00  15.00  Martino  DeSalvo  2852  96.42  Mohford  M.  Owens  .Torster  J.  Forsberg  .  2998  71.15  Edwardo  Balboa  75.00  Stanley  Swienkoskl  W.  F.  Doran  15.00  30.00  Arthur  OgUvle  2853  36.94  Ezekiel  E.  Daniels  .  2999  69.99  Joseph  Barron  ;....  45.00  Albert  Sylvestrc  T.  L.  Dagan  30.00  30.00  2854  Rol^ert  A.  Sipsey  99.53  Robert  J.  Lendry........ .  3000  15.00  S.  A.  Thompson  52.49  Robert  Anderson...'.  30.OO  15.00  L.  S.  Grab  84.76  Arthur  Running  Ellis  S.  Samia  ;..  2855  30.00  John  TranagUni  90.98  M.  Bass  ,  3001  E.  E.  Gross  30.00  Jack  R.  Utz  90.00  2856 .  74.65  John  I.  DaU  James  P.  Rowan  15.00  61.82  J.  Bazzell  ,  3002  Leonard  Kay  60.00  45.00  2857  101.48  Robert  F.  Wendt  GaUndez  Idelfonso  30.00  John  Walklewicz  ,  3003  48.60  Ronlad  Bentick  15.00  15.00  Paul  P.  Lamb  2858  48.99  Lionel  Chapman  John  J.  Cook  45.00  Francis  Wall  89.81  J.  B.  Bogren  30.00  Henry  Woods  45.00  Leo  H.  Lang  2859  95.64  George  D.  Rourke  Clkiide  V.  Morgan  15.00  1  3005  50.93  Thomas  Caffrey  WlUlam  F.  Lynaugh  30.00  Ventura  G.  Colas  2860  54.82  John  R.  Gleeson  15.00  USPHS  HOSPITAL,  MOBILE  .  3006  90.98  Francisco  Calascione  C.  W.  Matthews  30.00  2861  Edmund  J. Floo J  78.93  John  J. Morrison  30.00  Tim  Burke  57.15  Alfredo  Carmoega  ,  3007  30.00  15.00  Thomas  McLees  2862  82.43  Salvatore C.  Alu  Robert  A.  Stokes  15.00  C.  A.  Crabtree  3008  93.70  Edward  Celkos  30 00  15.00  Lawrence  C.  Melanson  2863  77.76  Frank  J.  Galvin  Richard  L.  Reed....  15.00  E.  E.  Dykes  50.54  Frank  CoUlns  ,  3009  M.  V.  Mobley  30.00  15.00  Ernest  D.  Mabee  2864  75.04  Abraham  Goldfj^rb  15.00  W.  J.  Gray  74.65  J.  R.  CueUc^.  .  3010  J.  G.  Naugle  30.00  15.03  2865  84.76  Thor  M.  Waage  Arthur  Grof  Juan  Cortez  60.00  54.43  3011  30.00  Sidney  Irby  15.00  K.  Raana  69.21  Wfnston  McCants  Glildo  Merola  2866  30.00  J.  H.  Jones  55.99  Charles  DeRoule  3012  30.00  15.03  Claude  A.  Ray  2867  105.36  Jay  W.  Savage  Theodore  M.  Larsen  15.00  George  Robinson  62.21  James  Oownle  3013  H.  D.  Rasure  15.00  30.00  Myles  C.  Sterne  2868  42.77  Melvln  W.  Bass  '....  30.00  65.71  Lawrence  DuBeau  3014  T.  Savage  15.00  USPHS  HOSPITAL  Sigurd  HUseth  2869  76.20  Isadore  C.  Dongen  30.00  42.77  Frank  Fabanuk  • 3015  Foster  B.  Shedd  30.00  BRIGHTON,  MASS.  45.00  To  Cash  Vac.  Checks.....  2870  1,000.00  Harry  Robert  Gunderud..  3016  56.76  Roy  M.  Green  Lonnle  R.  Tickle  30.00  45.00  R.  P.  Bowman  45.00  Louis  WUUs  FraiUc  E.  Guitson  2871  40.82  Ramon  Maldonado  3017  87.87  Hans  Hanssen  15.00  45.00  Charles  Collett  45.00  Carlson  F.  Clyde  2872  78.54  Enrigue  A.  Abad  60.65  R.  Hobdy  3018  USPHS  HOSPITAL,  FORT  WORTH  O.  Hultin  45.00  Charles  F.  Dwyer  15.00  James  Logan  2873  87.48  Angel  Amadns  40.44  3019  15.00  J.  H.  Ashurst  ,15.00  WUUam  Hardy  93.70  Leo  J.  Cinq­Mars  :Charles  Burke  2874  3020  91.76  M.  Incerto  $60.00  nO.OO  John  Kavanaugh  45.00  Stephen  Carey  2875  83.59  Charles  A.  Carr  3021  66.10  B.  E.  Jackline  USPHS  HOSPIT.AL,  MEMPHIS  J.  Kachelhoffer..A  45.00  Anthony  Kaznurskl  30.00  2876  Robert  Barber  83.98  Francis  P. Geraghty  80.09  3022  45.00  Anthony  D.  Leva  45.00  John  B.  Hegarty  2877  43.16  Georges  L,  Pltour  Leroy  Westcott  $75.00  55.99  C.  Kerstens  3023  30.00  James  R.  Lewis  45.00  2878  62.21  Morris  Rlechelson  Mlscha  Kanaef.;  64.93  D.  W.  KimbreU  3024  USPHS  HOSPITAL  15.00  Leonard  Richard  30.00  Gustav  HaUenborg  2879  51.71  Victor  Bosnich  77.37  George  Kitchen  3025  30.00  George  Vourloumis  45.00  Lawson  TrusseU  ;.  2880  86.70  Demetrius  M.  Kyrlakos... . 3026  FORT  STANTON,  NEW  MEXICO  80.09  John  Kosinski  Thomas  Kustas  30.00  .John  Guerrlero  2881  78.15  PhiUp  F.  Jordan  3027  82.43  USPHS  HOSPITAL,  SAN  FRANCISCO  Thomas  Isaksen  60.00  45.00  Shio  Sun  2882  49.77  Francisco  A.  Gonzalez....  3028  94.48  Robert  F.  Larsen  90.00  $30.00  Bomar  Cheeley  T..  45.00  WUUam  Anderson  >2883  66.10  Dixon  R. Stroup  Herbert  HaU  3029  78.54  James  Lawlor  45.00  USPHS  HOCPITAL,  SAN  JUAN  30.00  Gee  Cheng  Leonard  Rams............  2884  49.77  John  W.  McCauIey  96.42  WlUiam  Logan  3030  15.00  Valentin  Acabeo  $60.00  15.00  John  Maasik  James  Beresford  2885  59.47  Frederick  D.  Roman  77.76  J.  E.  McElreath  • 3031  Charles  Robertson  30.00  Emillano  Acabero  15.00  15.00  Leonard  Richard.  2886  66.87  Francisco  Gaspar  84.37  A.  McGuigan  3032  Peter  Smith  45.00  D.  Magglo  30.00  George  Meaden  2887  63.37  John.  WeUs  3033  56.38  DEATH  BENEFITS  David  Sorensen  45.00  W.  J.  Mlchaclis  15.00  Victor  Carlsen  56.76  Donald  S.  Gardner  2888  79.32  3034  Fred  Summerlln  $2,500.00  USPHS  HOSPITAL,  NORFOLK  30.00  ' Edward  Riley  76.in  To  Cash  Vac.  Checks  2889  3035  4000.00  Vic  MUazzo  500.00  30.00  George  W.  MUler  45.00  Iris'  Arkerson  Karris  SmaUwood  62.60  J..^C.  Bendas  2890  3036  $47.82  AUred  MueUer...  Charles  L.  Moats  2.500.00  William  Armstrong  30.00  James  Chancey  3Q.00  70.76  Paul J.  KeUy  2891  3037  84.37  Kasimer  Oborski  Gldlow  Woods  1,500.00  Albert  Brlckhouse  45.00  Lawrence  O'Connell  30.00  84.37  Joseph  B.  Arceo  Ernest  Belkner  2892  3038  99.53  1,500.00  5.0C  Eugene  Krlstiansen  45.00  Roy  M.  Green  WUUam  Macdonald  59.47  Constantine  2893  Harvey...  3039  73.93  Charles  Oglesby  2,500.00  45.00  Paul  A.  Leonard.  Charles  Berkeley  46.27  Roszel  D,  Vlck  30.00  Theodore  Halenda  . ..  2894  49.77  WUUam  Osmundsen.  3040  Welfare  Patrick  Flaherty  Joseph  Murphy..V.......  WUUam  Rees.  2897  James  Wzeklel  8888  James  McLaughlin.  Daniel  Fltzpatrick  2900  John  Mlnnahan........  Richard Famkd'ff.  FrewfeHB  Sebblns..  ^  45.88  37.33  84.76  48.21  52.10  39.27  72.32  Robert S.  VanValkenburgh  3041  Harold  J.  McDonald..  .  Robert  Schlagler  3043  .  Royee  A.  Ym­dborough..,  3044  An^ew W.  Page  3045  HamUton  L.  Hadley  3046  Jiohn  T.  Norgaard  3047  73.48  Charles  B,'  Rubinstein....  3048  '  8T.7*  /•   JtUltur V. Sacmas.  .  ..A..  S049  WUUam  Owens  Joseph  Prlndezis  Peter  Prokopuk.  F.  Purcell...  Robert  Qulnn  jdaiirice  Rosenthal  jl.  Ruppert  John  Saarl  J.  P.  Schider.  83,69  97.59  63.76  55.60  40,44  83.98  43.16  82.81  37.71  ^  30.00  60.00  30.00  30.00  45.00  15.00  >^....  15.00  30.00  30.00  John  HUl  Roger  Horton  I.  Laskaratos  Gerald  McCarthy  OUver  MUls  Leonard  Murphy  WUUe  Outen  Shirley  Roundtreea.  George  Sawyer  /  30.00  30.00  45.00  45.00  30.00  30.00  30.00  30.00  15.00  ^f...  ,  Louis  Ross  Hermanus  Out  Paul  P.  Painter  John  Barron  Remie  Doucette  Joseph  Johnson  Joseph  Fussell  2,000.00  1,500.00  1,500.00  2,500.00  66.67  1,500.00  2,500.00  «22,SC«.67  �"r:  Fridar. Mmli f; 1M»  SEAFARERS  LOG  TwentrnHx  ... DIGEST of SHIPS' MEETINGS ..  THOMAS  P.  LBATHBRS  (Katfarn)/  Jan.  G.  R.  Dotch.  On* member  from  each  de­ to  and  not  aUowed  to  lUp  by.  It  is use­ wUl  be  referred  to  patrolman.  Motion  care  of  the  recreation  room  while  th*  17—Chairman,  O.  Smithart; Sacratary,  H.  partment  to  buy  magazines  which  money  leu  to  make  decisions  at  meetings  and  made  that  each  department  bring  their  engine  department  and  the  deck  depart­ Hankea.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs  and  no  disputed  overtime.  Suggestion  made  to find  out  about  cigarettes  and  how  many  each  man  is allowed  when  em  tering  Yugoslavia.  All  hands  were  asked  to  keep  their  feet  off  the  chairs.  PETER  V.  DANIEL  (Alcoa),  Jan.  37—  Chairman,  Clinton  M.  ':^'h  will  be  returned  to  them  through  the  ship's  fund.  When  through  with  maga­ zines.  members  will  return  them  to  U­ brary.  HURRICANE  (Watermen),  Jan.  —  Chairman,  Mike  RozalskI;  Secretary,  Wll  Ham  O'Grady.  Painting  decks  in  crew'i  quarters  and  mess referred  to  the  patrol  man.  Total  ship's  fund  $34.55.  Washing  machine  discussed  after  clarification  by  patrolman.  The  question  arose  on  draws  for  short  port  stays.  The  captain  is  not  avaUabie  to give  dratvs to  off  watch  crew­ members.  A  vote  of  thanks  to  SIU  of  ficials  for  our  Union  advances.  E  J.  Wright.  Motion made  and  seconded  to  make  an  amendment  that  t^sporta­ tion  be  paid  from  port  of  payoff  to  of  engagement.  The rtewart  was  asked  how  he  Eot  on  the  ship  and  he  came  through  hall  at  Norfolk  but  lost  ahipptag^M^airman,  Clinton  M.  Wabbi  CLAIBORNE  (Waterman),  Jan.  Jr­ Sacratary,  E.  J.  Wright.  MoUon  made  Chalrman,  Cherles  George  Peters; ­Seer^  that  any  man  who  tary,­G.  R.  Kosch.  Delegates  reported  brought  up  on  charges.  Complaint  that  some  disputes  on  overtime.  No  beefs.  menus  are  not  Issued  on  time.  Stewards  department  was  requested  to  CULFWATER  (Mar  Trade),  Jan.  JO—  get  a  new  set  of  books  from  the  Me^  Chairman,  J.  Madwed;  SawataiT,  "•   chant  Marine  Library  Association.  Each  Coodulck.  Disputes  on  overtime  wiU  be  member  of  the  crew  will  donate  $1.00  to  taken  up  by  patrolman  at  Payo/ts.  No  the  ship's  fund.  Ship's  delegate  to  see  signons  until  repairs  are  c^pleted.  alM  patrolman  about  new  mattresses and  new  stores  and  medical  suppUes  wlU  be  washing  machine.  checked  before  signons.  ROBIN  TUXFORD  (Seas  Shipping).  Jan.  CLAIBORNE  (Waterman),  Dec.  10—  13—Chairman,  Pete  Prevas;  Secretary,  Chairman.  Joseph  D.  McPhee,  Secretary,  William  Nesta.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  Toaster  Is  to  be  replaced  for  a  new  one  If  the  old  one  can  not  be fixed.  Chief  electrician  said  that  he  would  have  it fixed.  YOUNG  AMERICA  (Waterman),  Jan.  37  —Chairman,  Nels  Larson;  Secretary,  Herb  Dunlevie.  AU  agreed  to  put  pressure  on  Ame  V.  Olsen  company  for  a  new  Mississippi SS  Co. has forwarded  the  Motion  made  and  carried  that  there  wiU  be  no  signon  for  the  next  voyage  until  a  US  Treasury  check  for  you  to  ample stores  and Unen  are  placed  aboard.  the  New  Orleans  SIU  Hall.  You  Remarks  were  made  that  it  is  important  can claim it upon  presenting proper  that  suggestions  and  motions  made  and  carried  at  meetings  shouid  be  attended  NOTICES  1.1  't'  t'  identification.  35.  4.  4  Archie  Bishop  Eugenius A. Cioper  Your  seamens  papers  are  heing  held for  you  at  23  Pearl  St.,  NYC.  4.  4"  4"  The  following  men  have  been  reclassified  by  their  draft  boards:  William Ryan,  Harry  Larson, David  R.  Johnson,  all 2A  until September  1,  1952;  Edward  James  Foley,  Nathaniel  Einshruck,  both  2A  un­ til  August,  1952;  Peter  J.  Arthurs,  2A until  August 20,  1952.  PBRSONALS  D.  D.  Walker  It  is  important  that  you  contact  your  brother  Roma  at  Rt.  1,  Ash­ ford,  Ala.,  as  soon  as  possible.  4i  4;  Ray  Queen  Get  in  touch  with  me at  the  SIU  hall  in  Seattle.  Ralph  Groseclose.  4>  4>  4*  Tony  Comman  Your wife is anxli us  to hear from  The  following  men  should  make  you.  Write  3119  Baldwin  St.,  Los  out  new  SIU  Welfare  beneficiary  Angeles  31,  Calif.  cards  in  any  SIU  branch:  Nils  3r  45'  '  4>  Harry  Lundquist,  Stanley  J.  Grys­ Robert  McCarthy  zka,  Dominick  Quorici  (?).  The  last  Harold McVey  •   named  man  listed  Elder  Klaus  as  Your  money  has  been  sent  to  his  beneficiary.  Jerome.  Thanks  Austin  J.  4.  t  4"  O'Maliey.  3^  4*  4.  I­ 1;  S>;.  !.  i^'­  •   ••  lij<':'  iV'.:  i  til  'm.  fe  The  following  seamen  have  disputed  overtime  checks  at  this  office  and  they  are  requested  to  pick  them  up  as  soon  as  possible:  ^  SS  ABIQUA—D.  Alt,  H.  J.  Byer, Jr.,  W.  Cruser,  J.  Hartman,  Juan  Leston,  M.  Me­ Intyre.  Robert  Michael,  Julius  Moore,  J.  C.  Mun<len»  J.  Permuy,'  Manuel  R€^  C.  then  Immediately  forget  the  things  as  beefs  up  in  form  of  discussion.  soon  as  the  meeting  is over.  ITie  various  STEEL  WORKER  (Isthmian),  Jan.  engine,  deck,  and  steward  delegates  should  see  that  such  items  are  carried  Chairman,  John  H.  Schmidt;  Secretary,  Tony  Gsspar.  Blank  copies  of  Union  con­ out.  tract  were  distributed  to  ail  delegates  to  GLENVILLE  M.  DODGE  (South  Atlan­ be filled  out  for  the  benefit  of  aU  mem­ tic),  Jan.  37—Chairman,  Roy  L.  Justice;  bership.  AU  hands  agreed  to  donate  Secretary,  Carl  E.  Simpson.  Each  de­ towards  the  library  fund.  More  keys  to  partment  delegate  wlU  make  out  a  repair  be  made  for  rooms  and  messhaU.  "Stew­ list  for  his  respective  department.  All  ard  .to  check  with  the  chief  mate  the  disputes  in  the  engine  room  and  any  repair  list  for  the  foUowing  voyage.  other  department  to  be  presented  to  the  EVELYN  (Bull),  Feb.  3—Chairman,  A.  patrolman.  Anderson; Secretary,  E.  C.  Decay.  A  sug­ gestion  was  made  that  the  door  on  the  HURRICANE  (Waterman),  Dec.  side  be  kept  closed  as  the  seas keep  Chairman,  A.  Lazzaro; Secretary,  F.  L.  Al­ port  Into  the  passageway.  A  sugges­ len.  Delegates  reported  some  disputed  coming  tion  was  made  by  the  steward  to  get  up  overtime.  There  was  a  talk  on  Union  from  the  supper  table  after  eating  so  policy  by  the  ship's  delegate.  others  may  sit  down,  also  so  messman  can  get  through  at  his  regular  time.  SEA  GALE  (Scatraders),  Jan.  37—  Stamps  for  ship's  use  to  be  paid  for  Chairman,  S.  Sonlding;  Secretary,  George  through  the  ship's  fund.  M^ndzsk.  Delegates  reported  everything  running  smoothly.  Request  made  to have  foc'sles  painted,  as  well  as  the  lockers.  Suggested  that  a  letter  be  written  to  the  Union  concerning  chief  cook  who  left  the  ship  without  giving  proper  notice  to  the  steward  or  anyone  else  conceimed.  Letters  from  the  Union  were  read  to  the  brothers.  LOGANS  FORT  (Cities  Service),  Jan.  3  Walter  Hantusch;  Secretary,  SEATRAIN  NEW  YORK  (Scatraln),  Jan.  —Chairman,  Frank  Parsons.  Motion  made  and  carried  35—Chairman,  R.  W  Sweeney;  Secretary,  for  men  to  wear  tee  shirts at  meal  times.  C.  Goldstein.  Treasurers  report  $83.12.  Motion  made  to order  more  milk  as  there  S.'OO  was  donated  to  the  March  of  Dimbs.  has  been  a  shortage.  Suggestion  that  two  washing  machines  be  Feb.  4—Chairman,  O.  M.  Bartlett;  Sec­ available,  one  for  white  clothes  and  an­ retary,  Kenneth  Coldman.  Ship's  dele­ other  for  dungarees.  gate  resigned  his  Job.  Letter  from­March  of  Dimes  was  read  and  wiU  be  acted  SWEETWATER  (Metro  Petro),  Jan.  14  upon  at next  payoff.  Ten minutes  devoted  —Chairman,  R.  HIghtower;  Secretary,  to  various  subjects.  An  awning  should  Paul  Jakubesak.  A  safety  meeting  was  be  brought  up  to  the  company  for  boat  held  on  arrival  into  port  and  crewmem­ deck.  The  new  men  should  read  agree­ bers  were  asked  to  cooperate  by  saving  ment  carefully.  water  due  to  the  fact  that  ship  has  been  Jan.  30—Chairman,  Frank  Parsons;  Sec­ losing  water  somewhere.  AU  depart­ retary,  Walter  Hantusch.  Ship's  delegate  ments  wiU  alternate  in  keeping  recrea­ reported  that  the  repair  Usts  wUl  be  tion  haU  clean.  taken  care  of  in  the  shipyard.  Delegates  reported  some"  disputed  overtime  which  STEEL  ADVOCATE  (Isthmian),  Jan.  30  patrolman  will  settle.  —Chairman,  J.  V.  Fernandez;  Secretary,  Charles  Gedra.  A  letter  from  the  Union  STEEL  MAKER,  (Isthmian),  Jan.  30—  was  read  informing  the  brothers  of  the  Chairman,  Henry  GregorskI;  Secretary,  Seafarers  Training  School.  The  March  Edward  Leahy.  Motion  made  to  have  re­ of  Dimes  was  discussed.  No  man  is  to  pair  list  taken  care  of  on  arrival  at  Mo­ enter  the  messhall  at  any  time  if  he  is  bile.  Suggestion  made  to  have  steward  not  properly  dressed.  Articles  referring  distribute fifteen  mattresses  now  in  sup­ to  the  new  1952  contract  were  read.  AU  ply  to  men  who  have  greatest  need  for  departments decided  to discuss  the  agree­ new  ones.  ment  of  their  own  department  and  see  If  there  is  room  for  improvement.  PHILLIP  P.  BARBOUR  (Waterman),  Feb.  3—Chairman,  Jim  Shiber;  Secretary,  DEL  NORTE  (Delta  Line),  Feb.  tr  Frank  Steen.  Delegates  reported  no  Chairman, M.  E.  Foster;  Secretary,  H.  E.  beefs.' 'Springs  on  bunks  should  be fixed  Crane.  Motion  made  and  carried  to  pur­ or  replaced.  Suggestion  made  to see about  chase  a  new  movie  screen.  Motion  car­ getting  new  washing machine.  Crew  asked  ried  to  purchase  a floral  wreath  for  the  to  check  drain  in  laundry  when  using  departed  brothers  upon  arrival  in  New  washing  machine.  Suggestion  made  for  Orleans.  AU  crewmembers  were  asked  to  speak  English  aboard  ship  as  foreign  each  department  to  mak^ up  repair  list.  languages  are  not  understandable  to  TOPA  TOPA  (Waterntan);  Feb.  3—  others.  Chairman,  A­  M.  Branconl;  Secretary,  M.  R.  Janes.  A  vote  of  thanks  was  extended  to  the  entire  steward  department  for  their  continued fine  chow.  Motion  made  that  each department  delegate  bring  their  beefs  in  a  form  of  discussion.  4.  4^  4^  Jack  Delaney  Am  trying  to  contact  you.  Write  520Vi  N.  Mobile  St., Mobile.  Addle  Richardson.  AZALEA  CITY  (Waterman),  Feb.  3—  Chairman,  Jack  Garrison;  Secretary,  Charles  Lord  . Dispute  with  mate  con­ cerning  gangway  watch not  being aUowed  in  Nordenham.  Germany.  Suggested  that  seamen's  Ubrary  be  requested  to  renew  ship's Ubrary.  Suggested  that  crew  make  an  effort  to  keep  inesshaU" clean  at  aU  times.  i  t  4^  '^AVCHERS  HOPE—LeonarJ  Ells,  R.  F.  James  V.  Murphy  Jr.  Jacobs.  SS  CHIWAWA—R.  Jackson.  H.  Staples.  Get  in  touch  with'  your  parents  SS  COUNCIL  DROVE—Ivan  Bradbury.  Edward  Crosby.  Edward  Farrell.  J.  San  at Clover  Hili Gariien  Apts., Mount  CANTIGNY  (Cities  Service),  Feb  3.—  Chairman,  Arthur  Colburn;  Secretary,  G.  Fiilippo.  Peter  Jomidcs.  J.  Macaulay.  Holly,  N.  J.;  .  . .  .;  Galliano.  G.  Galliano  reported  coUec­ wniard  Parks,  Edward  Szarythe.  Thomas  tions­for March  of  Dimes totalUng  SIOO.OO.  Walker.  45,  ^  4'  SS  BENTS  FORT—Alfred  Case.  Albert  Crew  was  informed  that  they  wUl be  paid  Roy  "Blackle"  Peters  for  launch  service  which  was  not  avail­ Eikenberry.  Timothy  Griffin.  R.  J.  Hen­ able  at  Lake  Charles.  Treasurer  wiU keep  ninger,  James  Ray.  Waiter  Stubbe.  How  about  dropping  me  a  line.  SS  BRADFORD  ISLAND—John  Capuzzl.  electric  steam  iron  in  his  room  which  T.  McCann.  James  Preston.  Edmund  Ray  (Navlrro)  Borowski,  USS  Sis­ will be  checked in  and out  by anyone  who  it.  Discussion  about  aUoting  time  Spencer.  kin  (AMS­58), c/o  FPO; N.Y., N.  Y.  uses  SS  FRENCH  CREEK—Ernest  Bossert.  to  ordinary  seamen  for  washing  down  A.  Carrano.  Stune  Christiansson.  P.  Fitz­ poop  deck  each  morning.  Crewmembers  4­45'  4  simmons.  Paul  Kronbergs.  C.  B.  Ma­ were  asked  to  contact  their  delegate  John  Lee  Nugent  honey.  Manuel  Poperman.  George  Snee­ whenever  beefs  ariise.  Want  to  get  in  touch  with  you.  den.  W.  E.  Treadway.  William  Wendland.  WILD  RANGER  (Waterman),  Jan.  13—  Elmer  G.  Wetmore.  Write Robert  M. Godwin, SS South­ Chairman,  Charles  Gann;  Secretary,  Ed­ SS  GOVERNMENT  CAMP—Thomas  P.  Condon.  Joseph  Foley.  E.  Molineaux.  J.  star, South  Atlantic  SS  Co., Savan­ ward  K.  Parker!  Steward  delegate  re­ Staniecki,  Jose  Tablas.  Arnold  Valente.  ported  that  the  captain  and  the  steward  nah.  SS  LOGAN'S  FORT—Robert  L.  Mays.  jre having  difficulties on  overtime.  It  was  requested  that  the  messhaU  be  kept  a  John  B.  Shilling.  4  4  4  SS  FORT  HOSKINS—^Robert  Anderson.  littie  cleaner  and  that  the.  menu  be  Edward Nooney  Edward  Corral,  Olav  Gustavsen,  William  changed  a  little.  Requested  that  the  Anxious  to hear  from  you. Write  delegates  contact  their  department  heads  Watts.  SS  WINTER  HILL—Thomas  W.  Bren­ Joseph  Rechsteiner,  Box  128,  about  having  the ­ toc'slea  painted.  Re­ quested  that  the  delegates  inform  the  nan.  Raymond  Averitt.  SS  ROYAL  OAK—Louis  W.  Boren.  Chino,  Calif.  newer  members  about  their  responsibUl­ George  Brown.  David  Demarets.  John  Di  ties  to  the  Union  and  to  their  Jobs.  4  4  4  Feb.  3—Chairman,  Robert  Bellveau;  Pietrontonio.  Cecil  Gray.  Maurice  A.  Sergio Bonilla ^  Secretary;  Edwsrd  Parker.  The  crew  is  Gray.  John  Levack,  Albert  Perterson.  James  Romano.  Joseph  Stodolski.  to  keep  tl)e  messhaU  clean  as  Contact  Ben  Sterling,  42  Broad­ requested  it  was  painted  recently.  AU  repair  Usts  SS  SALEM  MARITIME—Edward  A.  De­ way,  NYC.  toibe turned  over to  the  department  dele­ Felice.  Nathan  Benenate.  Clarence  Brace.  gates  who  in  turn  w;iU  give  them  to  the  WiUiam  Carraway.  Delvin  Reynolds.  4  4  4  ship's  delegate  who  wUl  turn  them  over  Hans  Richardson­.  Francoie  Savdie.  Har­ Jesus Landron  to  the  correct  authority  for final  action.  vey  Shero.  K.  Lewis.  W.  Basnight.  C.  Martinez.  E.  Sanchez.  F.  Warren,  H.  L.  Please  call  me  up in  Brooklyn  at  MONROE  (Bull),  Jan.  34—Chairman,  Hackney,  R.  Young.  Francis  A.  Warren.  Juan  Oquendo,  Jr.; Secretary,  James  Mac­ Thomas '  D.  Smith  IH.  Ivan  H.  Behnke.  Main  4­8827.  Mrs.  Landron.  Gulre.  Unable  to  contact  San  Juan  Rep.  John  R.  Kain.  Curtis  L.  Southwick.  Gyrd  4  4  4  to  consult  him  about  ILA  strike  and  re­ W.  Marrs.  Robert  Sweet.  Philip  C.  Mc­ I  am  trying  to  locate  the  name  placements  for  injured  AB  and  the  stew­ Bride.  Jack  D.  Sayre.  Alan  E.  Whitmer.  John  L.  Ohannasian.  MUledge  P.  Lee,  and  address  of  a  man  who  joined  ard  utility  who  got  off.  To  have  steward  personally  check  aU  stores coming  aboard  Raymond  Averitt.  the  Tuskegee  Victory  in  NY  on  or  for  his  department  and  that  when  un­ SS  ABIQUA—W.  Susikarl.  SS  LONE  JACK—Jesse  Melton.  John  about  July  27,  1951,  as crew  utility  able  to  procure  items  notify  delegates  at  Michele.  WiUiam  Meijer,  Mack  Galligan.  in the  stewards dept.  His testimony  once.  Ship's  delegate  suggested  that,  menus  be  turned  over  to  patrolman  in  Robert  Krug.  Gayland  Bahan.  Henry  Ban­ sen,  Eugene  Roberts.  Elvis  Warren.  Pat­ may be crucial  in my  accident case.  port  of  payoff  and  that  his  decision  be  rick  Coponitl.  Charles  Seney.  Otho  Ware.  Herman  Uriarte,  785  Broadway,  final.  Communication  from  headquarters  read  concerning  SIU  Training  Program.  Ralph  Todd.  David  GulUory.  Crew's  attention  directed  to  article  in  SS  CHIWAWA—Vincent Carmen. James  San  Francisco.  LOG  about  SlU­TP  members  urged  to  A.  Phillips.  Walter Ramin.  William Berks,  4  4  4  guide  new  men and  help  them  learn  SIU  SS  GOVERNMENT  CAMP—T.  E.  Tetl.  Anyone  knowing  whereabouts  of  style.  W.  Craven.  SS  BENTS  FORT—M.  Bugawan.  Quinn  Jack Chestine,  who sailed the Alcoa  Moore.  Max  Pitre.  John  Bough.  B.  E.  Ed­ TOPA  TOPA  (Waterman),  Feb.  3—  wards.  Wm.  Prltchard,  H.  E.  O'Brien,  Runner the last  part of  1947, please  Chairman,  A.  M.  Branconl;  Secretary,  M.  Ray  Boudreatix.  Arthur  J.  Aheam.  E.  K.  coritact  H.  E.  Hopkins,  293  Olds­ R.  Janes.  Repair  list  maUed  in  from  Japan..  Discussion  on  wiper.  Engine  dele­ field Rd., Decatur,  Ga.  r­r '.  .  •   «4tRii:eBgjih9A.goRm,<Hsi>Htes^qB  ­• ­'.I.  .ment  cleaned  up  the  laundry  room.  Thla  was  agreed  to  by  aU.  A  suggestion  was  made  that  the  last  standby  clean  the  place  up  a  Utile.  JOHN  B,  WATERMAN  (Waterman),  Jan,  31—Chairman,  Alfred  Ls  Plante; Sec­ retary, Frank  P.  Votto.  Motion made  that  each department  delegate coUect  25 cents  from  each  crewmember  at  the  next  draw  and  turn  it  in  to  the  ship's delegate.  AU  freeze  boxes  should  be  checked  as  ice  cream  will  not  stay  hard.  FAIRHOPE  (Waterman),  Mc. 33—Chair,  man,. C.  H.  Straling;  Secretary,  A.  Brind.  ley.  Delegates  reported  everything  run­ ning  smooth.  Discussion  by  Brother  Star­ ling  on  having  a  regular  ship's  fund.  Everyone  was  in  favor.  The  crew  tyas  asked  to  cooperate  in  keeping  the  pantry  in  shipshape.  Two  men  who  missed  ship  were  referred  to  the  patrolman.  Feb.  3—Chairman,  Charles  H.  Starling;  Secretary,  Al  Brindley.  Discussion  on  buUding  up  the  ship's  fund.  Delegates  reported  everything  going  along fine.  Steward  made  a  requisition  for  new  mattresses  for  crow,  preferably  inner­ springs.  SEATRAIN  SAVANNAH  (Seatraln),  Jan.  30—Chairman,  Acker;  Sacratary,  R,  Whita.  Motion  made  and  carried  to  have  door  stopper  installed  on  door  port  side  of  ship  leading  to  crew's  quarters  so  as  not  to  wake  up  the  men  who  are  sleep­ ing.  The  Seatrain  Savannah  made  a  good  impression' upon  the  people  of  Sa­ vannah,  Ga.  They  Une  the  river  and'  meet  the  ship  when  it  comes  in  port  every  Sunday.  FRENCH  CREEK  (Cities  Sarvlca),  Jan.  37—Chairman,  K,  R.  Marstan;  Sacratary#  T.  C.  Thompson.  There  have  been  com­ plaints  on  the  cooking  and  chow.  Due  to  the  milk  shortage  for  coastwise  run  there  was  a  suggestion  that  more  miik  be  ob­ tained.  GLENVILLE  M.  DODGE  (South  Atlan­ tic),  Dae.  33—Chairman,  G.  Whitahursti  Secretary,  C.  E.  Simpson.  The  purpose  of  the  meeting  was  to elect  a  ship's  dele­ gate.  Any  member  using  the  washing  machine  should  help  to  keep  it  clean.  Discussion  of  distribution  of  washing  powder  to  the  deck  and  engine  depart­ ment  due  to  the  limited  supply.  A  little  effort  and  cooperation  were  asked  for  in  order  to  keep  the­ recreation  room  and  the  pantry  clean  during  coffee  time  and  night  hours.  DEL  AIRES  (MIsslsslppU,  Fab.  IS—  Chairman,  Douglas  Claussan;  Sacratary,  Jarry  J.  Palmar.  Ask  the  membership  to  contribute  to  the  support  of  the  March  of  Dimes.  Deck  delegate  reported  some  dispute  on  overtime,  will  be  settled  at  the  payoff.  AU  hands asked  to  cooperate  at  the  payoff.  •  SEAMAR  (Calmar),  Jan.  37—Chairman,  E.  Godfrey;  Sacratary,  J.  Marshall.  Mo­ tion made  that  each  member donate  $1.00  for  ship's welfare  fund.  Engine  and  deck  departments  to  supply  swab  buckets  for  sanitary  work.  Discussion  about  mate  working  on  deck.  Deck  engineer  to  TRINITY  (Carras),  Feb.  3—Chairman,  check  washing  machine.  James  L.  Stogaltis;  Secreta'ry,  Albert  G.  JOHN  F.  APPLEBY  (Eastern),  Fab.  3—  Espeneda.  AU  hands  were jisked  to  keep  Chairman,  C.  O.  Saunders;  Sacratary,  the  washing  machine"  in  better  condition  R.  McNslly.  Motion  made  and  carried  after  using  it  and  they  were  asked  not  that  port  patrolman  be  contacted  to find  to  leave  the  clothes  in  the  machine  for  out  the  home  port  of  this  vessel.  A  too long  a  period.  Any  crewmember hav­ lively  discussion  was  held  pro  and  con  ing  any  beefs  should  see  his  respective  for  the  members' benefit.  delegate.  '  WILLIAM  JAMES  (Bull),  Jan.  4—Chair­ KATHRYN  (Bull),  Jan.  37—Chairman,  man,  Willard  Mulling;  Sacratary,  A.  Lin­ W.  Lachance; Secretary,  G.  Watson.  Dele­ go  Dunn.  The  ship's  delegate  was  ap­ gates  reported  no  beefs.  Engine  utUities.  pointed  to  see  about  a  washing  machine.  requested  a  little  quiet  at  night  in  pas­ Ship's  delegate  to  collect  all  donations at  sageways In  port.  Three keys  to  be  made  the  payoff  for  the  March  of  Dimes.  for  messhaU  and  given  to  each  watch.  March  of  Dimes  and  new  contract  nego­ SEATIGER  (0­:on),  Fab.  15—Chairman,  tiations  were  discussed.  New  ship's  dele­ T.  Bladas;  Sacratary,  C.  Kantflald.  Sug­ gate  to be  elected at  next meeting.  gestion  made  that  a  wire  span  be  in­ stalled  between  the  davits  of  the  midship  OMEGA  (Omega),  Jan.  30—Chairman,  lifeboats  and  lines  leading  from  it  into  Harold. A.  Arllnghaus;  Secretary,  S.  Roth­ the  lifeboats.  A  motion  was  made  and  chlld.  Committee  elected  to  start  a  ship's  carried  that  paper  for  crossing  the  Une  fund.  AU  hands  were  asked  to  refrain  certificates  be  bought  ashore.  Requests .  from  slamming  doors  while  men  are  try­ made  that  the  ship's delegate  contact  the  ing  to  sleep.  Steward  suggested  submit­ captain^about  making  out  aUotments.  ting  another  list  of  perishable  stores  for  the  master's  approval  at  the  next  port,  as  he  refused  to  get  any  stores  at  Las  Palmas.  • Q  THOMAS­  HAYWARD  (Waterman),  Jan.  37—Chairman,  N.  E.  Geno;  Secretary,  P.  WIdegren.  AU  members  were  asked  to  turn  in  all  repairs  to  their  department  delegates.  Steward  • department    was  CAPE  ROMAIN  (Delta),  Dec.  30—Chair­ praised  for  doing  a  good  Job.  man.  None;  Secretary,  Ray  Casanova.  Ship's  delegate  asked  permit  men  to  BULL  RUN  (Mathlasen),  Jan.  37—Chair­ study  in  their  spare  time  our  SIU  agree­ man,  Lester  McHugh;  Secretary,  Jack  ment.  Ship's  delegate  was  asked  to  sea  Groener.  Three  new  men  signed  on  in  captain  or  mate  about  permitting  some­ England,  two  to  replace  hospital  cases  one  to scrape  starboard and  port  passage­ and  one for  missing fireman.  A  Ught  wUl  ways  on  crews'  decks.  Ship's  delegate  be  kept  on  at  night  so  the  men  on  the  asked  steward  department  to  please  not  fantaU  can. see.  Steward  asked  men  not  dump  garbage  on  deck  in  ports.  to  use  handtowels  for. hats.'  Ship's  dele­ gate  to  see  the  captain  for  draw  in  Ras  MADAKET  (Waterman),  Fab.  10—Chair­ "Tanura.  man,  French; Secretary,  I.  Rosvold.  Ship's  delegate  requested  crew  members  to  be­ CATAHOULA  (National  Nav),  Fab.  10—  sober  at  payoff.  .  Discussion  by  several  Chairman,  Joe  Cave;  Secretary,  N.  Whip­ crewmembers  of  messman's  habit  of  ple.  Steward  requested  that  aU  dirty  stripping  tables  before  meal  hour  is  up.  linen be  turned  in promptly  on  linen  day.  Laundry  to  be  cleaned  up  after  use  by  Motion  made  to  have  one  hour  and  each  individual.  twenty  minute  wheel  watches  stood  at  ail  times.  Collection  to  be  made  at  payoff  FRENCH  CREEK  (Cities  Sarvlca),  Feb.  for  March  of  Dimes.  17—Chairman,  E.  Barls;  Sacratary,  J.  C.  Thompson,  A  motion  was  made  that  DEL  MUNDO  (Mississippi),  Jan.  3»—  anybody  fouUng. up  in  port  be  askedt  to­ Chairman, Charlie  Murree; Secretary,  Don  pay  off  by  delegates.  A  io.otion  mads  Collins.  Motion  made  and  carried  that  a'  that  each  delegate, make  up  a  repair  Ust, <(«  sufficient  number  of  towels be  put aboard  and  also  that  the  washing  machine  be  before  leaving  the  states.  Discussion  on  checked.  the  March  of  Dimes.  ALCOA  PILGRIM  (Alcoa),  Fab.  15.—  WILLIAM  A.  RICHARDSON  (Water­ Chairman,  Donald  R.  Kaddy;  Socratary,  man),  Jan.  30—Chairman,  Jamas  Glenn;  R.  D.  Bufkln.  Deck  delegate  reported  Secretary,  Barnard  D'Ornallas.­  A first  that  some  arrangement  be  made  about  aid  kit  was  badly  needed  in  the  engine  standing  gangway  watch  in  port.  The  room  but  the  captain  would  not  put  one  engine  delegate. reported  the  watches  there  so  a  suggestion  was  made  to  see  mixed  up  in  foc'als  and  asked  some  the  chief  mate' any  time  of  the  day  or  changes  he  made.  Bosun  made  the  sug­ night •  no  matter  how  small .the.  inlury  gestion­Uigt.  all­  the ..departments  leave^.  r'^j I  �Friday, March  U5ta  SEAFARERS  LOG  Face Twentr­seTca  ... DIGEST Of SHIPS* MEETINGS ...  HENRY  MEIOeS  (MtfSlHlppI),  Jan.  IS—  Chairman,  Jarrail  Naalj  Sacratary,  John  W.  PIcou.  Suggestion  made  by  steward  to  gtop  and  straighten  tarps  when  one  sees  It  not  lying  right.  Suggestion  made  to  have  water  tanks  cleaned  and  lined  when  we  arrive  in the  States.  STEEL  VENDOR  (Isthmian),  Jan.  27—  Chairman,  John  Prescott;  Saeratary,  VI,  Smith,  Delegates  reported  everything  okay."  List  ot  repairs  to  be  turned  in  to  the  ship's  delegate.  Every  delegate  to  mdke  notes  on  new  agreement.  PAOLI  (Cities  Sarvlea),  Jan.  IS—Chair­ man,  N.  Xlrfc;  Secretary,  W.  T. Langford.  Ship's  treasurer  reported  a. balance  of  S27 87  in  the  ship's  fund.  Brother  Kirk  spoke  to  membership  about  smoking  in  unauthorized  places.  Motion  made  that  • II overtime  be  written  down  as  soon  as  worked  to avoid  mistakes with  the proper  time  and  work. <  delegates  see  that  better  slopchest  be  michael.  Brother  McNorton  made  a  sug­ built  for  next  trip.  gestion  to  compliment  the  steward's  de­ partment  on  the  excellent  job  they  have  EDWARD  A.  SCRIPPS  (Isthmian),  Jan  been  doing  in  preparing  the  food.  $14.65  27—Chairman,  E.  SImms;  Secretary,  J.  P,  in  the  ship's  fund.  Suggestion  made  to  Riley.  Notations  read  from  New  York  see  the first  engineer  about  fan  in fire­ hall  regarding  changes  In  agreement.  man  room,  and  have  deck  engineer  check  Suggestion  that  crew  make  less  noise  in  heating system  aft.  messroom  at night.  Suggestion  that  head  doors  be  kept  closed  at  night  to  prevent  COVERNMENT­CAMP  (CItIss  Service),  banging.  Steward  asked  that  aU  extra  Feb.  2—Chelrmen,  Holt;  Secretary,  A.  linen  be  turned  in.  Usher.  $4  reported  in  ship's  fund.  Dis­ cussion  held  on  ship's  fund  and  the  ARCHERS  HOPE  (Cities  Service),  Feb.  March  of  Dimes.  New screens  are needed  10—Chairman,  E.  Myer;  Secretary,  O.  F.  in  the  messhall.  Robertson.  Talked  to  captain  about  wash­ ing  machine  motor.  Motion  made  to  CHRISTINE  (Carres),  Jan.  20­Chelr­ write letter  on "Duties  of  Men  on Watch"  man,  A.  J.  KuberskI;  Secretary,  M.  Boyd  —whether bosun  should  work  or not.  No  Davis..  A  vote  of  thanks  was extended  to  milk  to  be  bought  in  foreign  countries  the  steward's  department  for  the  deli­ that  is  not  pasteurized.  Men  to  take  cious  food  and fine  service.  Repair  lists  orders  from  bosun  while  working,  not  of  ail  three  departments  made  up,  and  mate.  (hey  wUl  be  turned  over  to  the  ship's  delegate.  Deck  and  engine  sanitary  men  CATHERINE  (Trans  Fuel),  Feb.  volunteered  to  clean  up  the  washroom.  Chairman,  W.  J.  Reldy;  Secretary,  Julius  P.  Thrasher.  Motion  made  the  headquar­ ters  officials  be  given  a  rousing  vote  of  confidence  for  their  untiring  effort  In  securing  the  best  conditions  in  maritime  history.  Several  members  took  the floor  to  point  oiii  to  new  members  the  neces­ sity  of  maintaining  the  shipping  rules,  STEEL  FABRICATOR  (Isthmian),  Feb.  also  promotions,  aboard  ship.  Patrolman  S—Chairman,  Michael  J.  Carlln;  Secre­ is  to  be  advised  as  to  the  condition  of  tary,  Francis  McCutcheen.  Brothers  the  fresh  water  tanks.  were  asked  to  take  care  of  the  washing  PETROLITB  (Mathlason  Tankars),  Fab.  machine.  Steward asked  the crew  to  take  care  of  the  cots  and  not  leave  them  on  12—Chairman,  Walter  Hoaphner;  Secre­ deck  when  not  in  use.  Engine  depart­ tary,  Stanley  Schuyler.  Delegates  re­ ment's showers need  to be painted.  Scup­ ported  no  beefs.  Watertight  doors, need  per­ to  be  cleaned  in  deck  department  to  be  repaired.  Suggestion  was  made  to  buy  cribbage  boards and  dart  board  from  shower.  ship's  fund.  STEEL  SURVEYOR  (Isthmian),  Jan.  27  PONCE  DELEON  (Waterman),  Feb.  10  —Chairman,  Thaoders  M.  Larson;  Saera­ tary,  Charles  ZInn.  Motion  made  and  —Chairman,  R.  L.  Abbey; Secretary,  F. P.  carried  to  have  foc'sles  painted  before  Kustura.  After  several  members  dis­ the next sign­on.  Discussion on the ship's  cussed  the  situation  regarding  the  pur­ fund  and  a  suggestion  was made  that  the  chase  of  a  new  record  player,  A  letter  present  crew contribute  to  it.  Suggestion  from  headquarters  regarding  the  mem­ that donations  for the  March  of  Dimes be  bership's  ideas  on  the  new  agreement  to  collected  by  the  ship's  delegate  upon  be  negotiated  in  September  was  read  by  the  ship's  delegate.  arrival  in States.  SEATRAIN  NEW  YORK  (Seatrain)  Feb.  24—Chairman,  R.  W.  Sweeney;  Sec­ retary,  C.  Goldstein,  Ship's  deiegate  sug­ gested  that  the  crew  on  payoff  see  the  patrolman  with  their  books,  trip  cards,  etc.  Disciusion  on  the  food  situation.  CANTIGNY  (Cities  Service),  Feb.  14—  Chairmen,  None;  Secretary,  Antonio  Con­ ceives.  Ship's  delegate  made  a  motion  that  a  contribution  be  made  to  the  US  PHS  Hospital  in  Fort  Stanton,  New  Mexico.  After  the  purchase  of  a  record  player  and  a  steam  iron,  the  ship's  fund  now  stands  at  $33.93.  A  letter  was  re­ ceived  from  the  New York  office concern­ ing  the  necessary  changes  as. worked  out  by  company  and  Union  officials.  ROBIN  CRAY  (Seas  Shipping),  Feb.  IS  ­Chairman,  Robert  Morgan;  Secretary,  CHRISTINE  (TInl),  Fab.  10—Chairman,  John  Houser.  Motion  made  that  all  do­ DAVID  STARR  JORDAN  (Mississippi),  Jan.  4—Chairman,  H.  D.  Camay;  Secre­ D.  K.  Nonn;  Secretary,  M.  Boyd  Davis.  mestic  water  tanks  and  air  system  be  tary,  H.  Brandies.  Delegates  reported  everything  running  smoothly,  no  beefs  in  any  department.  There  wag  a  brief  dis­ cussion  on  keeping  the  washing  machine  clean.  There  was  a  short  talk  for  the  benefit  of  thb  new  men.  explaining  the  function  of  the  Union  and  what  is  ex  pected  of  good  Union  men.  The  crew  was  asked  to  be  more  careful  in  the  use  of  glasses.  Suggestion  made  by  the  ship's  delegate  to  start  a  ship's  fund  for  the  purpose  of  Union  business  on  board  ship.  Repair  list  of  last  trip  read.  cleaned  and filters  be  installed  in  same.  Informed  crew  of  repair  lists  made  out.  SWEETWATER  (Mar­Trade),  Feb.  3.—  Chairman,  Ed  Jury;  Secretary,  R.  M.  to  exceed  one  dollar  to  provide  a  ship's  fund  was agreed  upon.  Jan.  27—Chairman,  V.  D.  Mahan;  Sec­ retary,  C.  O.  Parker.  Motion  made  and  carried  for  repair  of  cabinets  and  sUver­ ware  drawers  in  crewmess  and  saloon.  Suggestions  were  made  that  each  indi­ vidual  using  the  washing  machine  to  be  responsible  for  its  cleanliness.  Agree­ ment  was  reached  by  all  members  for  contributions  at  the  payoff  for  a  gen­ eral  ship's  fund.  JOHN  FISKB  (Robin),  Feb.  17—Chair­ man,  Stanley  Bojko;  Secretary,  J.  J.  McMahon.  Motion  made  that  the  next  crew  will  not  sign  on  until  a  drinking  fountain  is  installed  in  the  engine  room  for  the  engine  department.  Suggestion  made  that  innerspring  mattresses  should  be  put  aboard  all  SlU  contracted  ships  for  the  unlicensed  personnel.  .  Jan.  27—Chairman,  S.  Bofko;  Secre­ tary,  J.  Tutwiler.  Ship's  deiegate  re­ ported  that  the  hot  water  system  was  fixed  and  was  assured  by  the  chief  en­ gineer  that  it  would  be  okay  for  the  re­ mainder  of  the  trip.  Motion  made  to  ex­ tend  vote  of  thanks  to  the  chief  engineer  for  help  in  instailing  new  washing  ma­ chine.  General  discussion  on  all  hands  keeping  the  messrooms  as  clean 'as  pos­ sible.  crewmembers  were  asked  to  turn tat  their  linen  and  leave  their  foc'slea  in  n  clean  and  orderly  condition.  ARLYN  (Bull),  Feb.  10—Chairman,  S.  Bugeria; Secretary,  J. McPhaul.  AU hands  were  asked  to  leave  the  messroom  in  a  more  sanitary  condition  after  having  night  lunch.  Donation  for  the  March  of  Dimes  to  be  taken  at  payoff  and  sent  to  headquarters.  Feb.  24—Chairman,  S.  Bugeria;  Secre­ tary,  J.  Rambe.  Discussion  on  the  chief  engineer's  unfairness  to  the  black  gang.  Deck  watch  to  make  sufficient  coffee  for  the  reUef  watch.  SEASTAR  (Triton),  Feb.  3—Chairman,  Jack  Mays;  Secretary,  Lew  Meyers.  Mo­ tion  made  that  a  donation  be  made  for  widow  of  Joseph  Mauer,  messman  who  passed  away  on  leaving  Formosa.  Decks  in  alleyways  wiU  be  painted.  A  vote  of  thanks  was  extended  to  the  ship's  dele­ gate  Red  Simmons  for  hoiding  down  beefs  to  a  minimum.  STEEL  ADVOCATE  (Isthmian),  Michael  La  Soya;  Secretary,  Alex  Lefchlk.  Delfri  gates  reported  everything  okay.  Fumiga­ tion  of  the  ship  was  discussed.  Lack  of  medical  treatment  by  company  doctors  in  foreign  ports  for  crewmembers  who  are  injured  also  discussed.  Vote  of  thanks  to  the  steward  and  his  depart­ ment.  March  of  Dimes coUection  was very  good.  $102  was  coUected.  Final  returns  should  be  $150  or  more.  JULESBURG  (Terminal  Tankers),  Feb.  24—Chairman,  L.  Paradise;  Secretary,  R.  Arnold.  Discussion  on  the  repair  list  and  the  results  of  the  March  of  Dimes.  Mo­ tion  for  ship's  delegate  to  see  the  mas­ ter  and  have  the  bed  springs  repaired.  NIKOS  (Dolphin),  Feb.  2—Chairman,  E.  Men  warned  on  quitting  without  giving  J.  Slllln; Secretary,  B.  R.  Lynn.  Delegates  proper  notice.  Men  should  remain  aboard  reported one  man missed  ship in  Norfolk.  until  properly  relieved.  AU  crewmembers  were  asked  to  give  as  as  possible  to  the  March  of  Dimes.  WARRIOR  (Waterman),  Feb.  17—Chair­ much  Reminder  to  keep  port  Holes  and  doors  man,  W.  H.  Banks;  Secretary,  Thomas  C.  locked  in  Italy  and  other  ports.  Ballard.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  Suggestion  made  that  the  noise  be  STONY  CREEK  (Mar­Trade),  Feb.  24—  stopped aft  while  the  watch  below  sleeps.  AU  hands  were  asked  to  donate  some­ Chairman,  William  Herman;  Secretary,  thing  to  the  March  of  Dimes.  Suggestion  William  Dyer.  On  account  of  patrolman  made  that  the  $9  left  in  the  ship's  fund  not  being  able  to  contact  ship  in  Beau­ mont,'  ship  left  minus  repairs  and  im­ be  used  for  books.  provements.  Vote  of  thanks  to  the  stew­ BENJAMIN  H.  6RIERSON  (Waterman),  ard  department  for  the  good  chow.  Jan.  4—Chairman,  Thomas  Dawea;  Secre­ SEATRAIN  LOUISIANA  (Seatrain),  tary,  H.  Rosenstlel.  SlUp's  delegate  spoke  to  the  captain  about  posting  time  of  slop­ Feb.  24—Chairman,  J.  Buckey;. Secretary,  chest  opening.  Repairs  to  be  handed  into  K.  M.  Skontierg.  Ship's  delegate  reported  the  chief  engineer  before  arrival  in  $15.23  in  the  ship's  fund.  A  vote  of  States.  Crew  had  discussion  on  use  of  thanks  extended  to  those  who  contrib­ washing  machine,  which  is  to  be  kept  uted  to  the  March  of  Dimes.  Motion  made  and  carried  to  bring  any  man  clean  and  properly  taken  care  of.  caught  tampering  with  the  food  or  locks  on  the  doors  be  brought  on  charges.  A  WARHAWK  (Waterman),  Feb.  17—  Chairman,  Frank  Baskurlc;  Secretary,  Eu­ repair  list  wiU  be  made  before  ship  comes  in  port.  gene  R.  Ceccato.  Messman  left  in  Rotter­ dam,  reason  unknown.  Donations  to  be  PAINE  WINGATE  (Boll),  Feb.  9—Chair­ made  to  the  ship's  fund.  Repairs  were  discussed  and  aU  hands  were  asked  to  man,  J.  Murray;  Secretary,  A.  3.  Wedge­ worth.  Ship's  delegate  suggested  that  keep  the  messhali  clean  at  all  times.  chief  cook  prepare  better  meals.  It  was  RAPHAEL  SEMMES  (Waterman),  Feb.  decided  that  the  ship's  delegate  and  the  20—Chairman,  Bill  Hare;  Secretary,  B.  captain  get  together  and  iron  out  the  Grayson.  Brother  Judah  made  a  motion  few  beefs.  Night  cook  and  baker  given  ^  that  aU  hands  contribute  $1  for flowers  a  vote  of  thanks for  a  job  well  done.  for  Brother  Ross  who  died.  Repair  list  TOPA  TOPA  (Waterman),  Jan.  13—  to  be  made  up  by  the  three  department  delegates for  new  mattresses, lockers,  etc.  Ch'­.irmen,  Schmidt;  Secretary,  A.  M.  Suggestion  made  that  membership  clean  Branconl.  Captain  tried  to  get  a  new  AB  their  quarters  and  have  them  ehecked  by  as  AB  did  not  show  up.  FWT  missed  their  respective  delegates  before  payoff.  ship,  unless  he  was  hospitalized  to  face  charges.  Engine  delegates  report  con­ tinued  that first  Asst.  shows  favoritism  to  one  of  the  wipers.  Tune.  Ship's  delegate  gave  a  lecture  on  all  overtime.  Report  to  be  made  and  MOBIL IAN  (Waterman),  Feb.  3—Chair­ sent  to  headquarters  on  condition  of  life­ man,  C.  R.  Brown;  Saeratary,  RIversly  boats.  Brown.  Collection  of  ship's  fund  came  KYLE  V.  JOHNSON  (South  Atlantic),  CAMAS  MEADOWS  (U.  S.  Petroleum),  Jan.  13—Chairman,  S.  J. Smith;  Secretary.  to  $25.05.  All  hands  have  not  yet  con­ tributed.  Correspondence  from  head  Feb.  17—Chairman,  L.  J.  Brilhart;  Secre­ Ed  Taylor—Short  talk  given  by  chairman  quarters  concerning  additional  sugges­ tary,  B  L.  Robblnt.  Deck  delegate  re­ to  pew  men  in  the  Union.  Men  were  told  to  work  together  and  do  their  jobs.  tions  for  1952  agreement.  Motion  made  ported  disputes  on  overtime.  Motion  Steward  department  given  a  vote  of  by  ship's  delegate  to  have  the  ship  prop­ made  that  an  educational  class  be  had  erly  screened, as  per  agreement.  Motion  for  all new  men.  The  engine  department  thanks  for  the  good  food  being  served.  also  made  by  ship's  delegate  that  anyone  complained  about  the  natives  coming  JOSEPH  L.  MEEK  (Mississippi),  Jan.  13  willfully  destroying  ship's  property  be  aboard  the  ship  at  2  AM  and  trying  to  —Chairman,  W.  H.  Butts,  Jr.;  Secretary,  brought  up  on  charges.  Discussion  on  sell  their  wares.  E.  W.  Auar.  Suggested  that  ship's  dele­ ways  and  means  of  collecting  vacation  WINFIELD  S.  STRATTON  (Bull),  Fe||.  gate  see  that  mail  Is  taken  care  of  in  pay.  10—Chairman,  Charles  J.  Hertman;  Sec­ transit  ports  to  Calcutta,  so  that  we  are  NORTH  PLATTE  VICTORY  (Mississip­ retary,  J.  B.  Chandler.  Attention  was  not  overcharged  for  stamps.  Suggested  that  American money  be issued  on voyage  pi),  Feb.  8—Chairman,  Patrick  Ryan;  sec­ called  to  all  members  as  to  the  impor­ retary,  Vernon  L.  Porter.  Motion  made  tance  in filing  customs'  declaration  wheii  permissible* as  per  agreement.  that  the  health  inspector  be  contacted  to  forms.  Deck  delegate  reported  disputes  SHINNECOCK  BAY  (Mar­Trade),  Feb.  inspect  all  meats, as  the  icebox  had  been  on  overtime  will  be  brought  to  the  atten­ 10—Chairman,  F.  W.  Coarin;  Secretary,  out  of  order  for  ten  days.  A  motion  tion of  the patrolman.  Compliments were  D.  D.  Falconer.  One  beef  of  discrimina­ made  that  a  strong  letter  of  protest  be  extended  to  the  steward  department.  tion  by  chief  mate  and  one  on  promo­ sent  to  the  company  office  in  New  Or­ Jan.  13—Chairman,  Charles  J.  Hart­ tion  be  referred  to  patrolman.  Motion  leans  and  ask  them  to  make  an  effort  to  made  that  no  one  is to  pay­off  before  ail  have  the  ship's  mail  waiting  for  the  ship  man;  Secretary,  J.  B.  Chandler.  All  beefs  and  disputed  overtime  are  settled.  when  it  arrives  in  the  gulf.  A  motion  members  of  the  creW  to  conserve  and  was  also  made  that  the  medicine  chest  maintain  all  steward  utensils.  Discussion  ALCOA  PENNANT  (Alcoa),  Feb.  10—  be  fully  stored  in  the  payoff  port.  All  as  to  the  cleanliness  of  the  recreation  Chairman,  C.  Parker;  Secretary,  Piggy  crewmembers  were  cautioned  about  re­ room  and  washing  facilities.  MARY  ADAMS  (Bloomfield),  Feb.  10—  Sahuque.  Ship's delegate  reported  every­ vealing  what  goes  on  at  shipboard  meet­ Chairman,  R.  Fink; Secretary,  C.  Murray.  BIENVILLE  (Waterman),  Jan.  27—  Delegates  reported  beefs  to  be  taken  up  thing  is  ok.  Get  new  mattress  for  crew.  ings  to  those  not  entitled  to  know.  Chairman,  Georges  Brazil;  Secretary,  J.  with  the  boarding  patrolman.  New  and  Have  juke  box fixed,  also  have  keys* to  FO  mess, so  that  juke  box  can  be  locked  E.  Stuckens.  Motion  made  to  have  cat­ old  members  were  briefed  on  how  to  aet  up  in  poii.  walk  made  across  deck  cargo:  patrolman  at  payoff.  Repair  lists  to  be  made  up.  to  investigate.  Any  man  found  with  his  STEEL  VENDOR  (Isthmhn),  Feb.  10—  feet  on  chairs  will  be fined  50c.  Discus­ ALICE  BROWN  (Bloomfield),  Feb.  1—  Chairman,  Prescott;  Saci­etary,  Smith.  sion  made  about  cleaning  laundry  room:  Chairman,  John  R.  Butler;  Secretary,  Ed­ Ship's  delegate  reported  all  logs  still  will  alternate  between  deck  and  engine  ward  Costa.  Motion  made  and  carried  stand.  To  be  sure  to  see  that  mate  gets  departments.  that  aU  rooms,  passageways,  and  showers  enough  soap,  and  powder  for  next  trip.  Feb;  12—Chairman,  Ceo.  Brazil;  Sec­ that  painting  be  painted.  Edward  Costa  retary,  J.  E.  Stuckens—Old  chief  cook  made  a  motion  for  bookmembers  and  SEACDMET  (Colonial),  Feb.  S—Chair­ SEAMADIC  (Orion),  Feb.  12—Chairman,  wants letter  from  crew  before  being  able  permit  members  to  attend  the  educa­ Daniel  Butts;  Secretary,  Chat  Caurych.  man,  John  Williams;  Secretary,  Fred  to  sign  on.  Ordinary  seaman fined  $10  tional  meeting  in  order  to  familiarize  Ship's  delegate  reported  all  beefs  are  in  Bruccner.  March  of  Dimes  literature  not  cleaning  quarters.  Chief  engineer  themselves  with  the  proper  procedure  of  steward's  department.  Drinking  fountain  read.  All  hands  were asked  to contribute  for  a  union  such  as  the  SlU.  All  hands  were  to  this  worthy  cause.  Discussion  on  uncooperative.  to  be fixed.  Feb.  23—Chairman,  George  Brazil;  Sec­ asked  to  donate  to  the  ship's  fund  in  keeping  the  messhall  clean at  night.  retary,  W.  McCarthy—Suggestion  made  order  to  bring  up  treasury  in  case  of  an  DEL  ORO  (Mississippi),  Feb.  11—Chair­ VENORE  (Ore),  Jan.  27—Chairman,  B.  that  ship's  fund  be  utilized  to  buy  crib­ emergency.  man,  Jack  Parcell; Secretary,  Philip  Mou­ ten.  Bulletins  from  headquarters  dis­ Holmes; Secretary,  H.  Vincent.  Chairman  bage  board  and  chess set.  Ship's  delegate  MILTON  H.  SMITH  (Isthmian),  Fab.  10  cussing  vacation  plan  read  to  the  mem­ Holmes  gave  a  talk  on  Union  education.  reports  that  the  matter  of  discharges  be  bership.  Delegates  check  overtime  with  Slamming  doors  and  loud  talking  in  pas­ taken  up  with  patrolman  for  coastwise  —Chairman,  none;  Secretary,  C.  Irving.  trip.  Suggestion  made  the'  books  be  re­ Another  request  wUl  be  made  to  have  a  department  heads.  Ship's  delegate  wants  sageways  discussed.  turned  to library  and  also  fos'cles be  left  washing  machine  put  on  board  as  pro­ to call  meeting when  patrolman is  aboard  vided  for  in  the  new  SIU  agreement.  It  TRANSATLANTIC  (Boise  Drlffln),  Feb.  ­clean  for  next  crew.  to straighten  out beefs.  A  vote  of  thanks  was  unanimously  agreed  that  charges  given  to  the  chief  cook  and  baker  for  a  3—Chairman,  H.  Casklll;  Secretary,  Jack  WILLIAM  STURCIS  (Robin),  Jan.  20—  would  be  made  against  the  2nd  cook  for  job  well  done  with  the  food.  Captain  Whitaker.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  and  chief  mate  mentioned  that  the  deck  Motion  made  that  the  steward  be  brought  Chairman,  I.  J.  DeCrange;  Secretary,  S.  deserting  the  ship  while  in  London,  department  waa  the  best  he  had  sailed  up on charges  for disregarding  the health  T.  Arales.  Deck  delegate  reported  dis­ England.  Before  leaving  the  ship  all  with  since  he  started going  to sea.  and  welfare  of  his  Union  brothers.  The  putes  on  overtime.  Suggested  that  all  men  getting  off  were asked  to  leave  their  bands  sign  a  petition  concerning  the  cap­ EDITH  (Bull),  Fab.  3—Chairman,  Vin­ quarters  clean.  tain's  attitude  towards  us  as  a  whole.  cent  Canco; Secretary,  H.  McAlaar.. Crew  Suggestion  to  ship's  delegate  to  see  the  MARORE  (Ora),  Jan.  25—Chairman,  J.  captain  about  sougeeing.  discussed  letter  from  hall  in  regard  to  (1)  20.  new  agreement.  Clarification  of  vacation  Wallace;  Secretary,  Floyd  Jenkins.  Mo­ and retroactive  pay situation  to 1>e  sought  tion  made  for  delegates  to  explain  living  STEELORE  (Ore),  Feb.  19—Chairman,  (2)  Surface  temperature.  from  patrolman.  conditions  to  the  patrolman.  Repairs  B.  SagodzieskI;  Secretary,  Jones.  Ship's  (3)  11.  Imagine  the  clock  dial  will  be  made  on  the  washing  machine  as  delegate  reports  that  all  messrooms  and  LONeVIEW  VICTORY  (Victory  Cat:  soon as  the  ship's fund  is built  up.  living  quarters  be  painted.  To  see  pa­ a  circle.  In  an  hour  it  turns  tiers).  Fab.  10—Chairman,  James  H.  trolman  about  washing  machine  for  through  a  circle,  or  360  degrees,  Boyles,  Jr.;  Secretary,  Baniamin  P, Trot­ CASIMIR  PULASKI  (Eastern),  Jan.  3(L­ ship's  use.  tle.  It  was duly  put  into the  records and  Chalrman, James  K.  Cann; Secretary,  Paul  four  times.  on  the repair  lists that  3 keys  were  to be  J.  Morgart.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs  BESSEMER  VICTORY  (South  Atlantic),  made  for  each  foc'sle.  It  was  declared  except  a  few  hours  disputed overtime  for  Feb.  22—Chairman,  Edward  F.  Lessor;  (4)  Gerrymander.  The  redis­ by  hand  vote  to  donate­ $10  by  each  shore  gang  shifting ship.  Repair  list  was  Secretary,  J.  Curlew.  Motion  made  and  member  of  this  cfew  to  the  mother  of  read  to all  members.  All men  getting off  carried  that  a  new  washing  machine  be  tricting  of  Massachusetts  under  our­late  brother.  ship  are  to  leave  their  foc'sles clean.  put  aboard  as  per  agreement.  Member­ Gov.  Gerry  (1812)  produced  a  ship  asked  to  concentrate  on  suggestions  state  map  in  which  Essex  County  SEATRAIN  6BOROIA  (Saatrain),  Fab.  ROBIN  MOWBRAY  (Saas  Shipping),  for  agreement  and  notify  delegates.  17­—Chairman,  J.  Melons;  Saeratary,  Paul  Dec.  22—Chairman,  S.  Storoy;  Secretary,  $145 new  pledged  for  the  March  of  Dimes  took  the  shape  of  a  (sala)  mander.  Ulrlch.  A  resolution  was  read  from  the  Jack  Ross.  Aerial  for  radio  needs  to  be  to  be was  collected  at first  draw  and  turned  Crew  of  the  Seatrain  Savannah  regarding  taken  care  of.  Each  crewmember  will  over  to  the  patrolman.  (5)  Oil.  Teapot  Dome  was  a  the  wages  now  paid  to  electricians  on  donate  SI  to  the  ship's  fund  to  be  used  government  oil  reserve  in  Mon­ Seatrain  vessels.  J.  Malohe,  steward,  for the  benefit  of  the  crew.  HRLEN  HUNT  JACKSON  (South  Atlan­ tana.  said he  was sorry  that  the  milk  was  sour,  and  If  necessary  ha  would  taste  all  160  J.  PRIESTLEY  (Bleomflald),  Feb.  10—  tic),  Feb.  22—Chairman,  Charles  Ma|elie;  (6)  Sun.  Secretary,  Charles  0.  Parker.  A  sugges­ quarts  of  milk.  Chairman,  Day;  Secretary,  I.  Kirk.  Dis­ cussion  on  washing  machine.  Motion  tion  to  the  forthcoming  negotiating  com­ (7)  Just  three;  New  York,  Penn­ ANNISTON  VIcrORY  (South  Atlantic),  made  that  all  members  use  the  machine  mittee  to  work  for  the  assurance  of  a  Jan.  27—Chairman,  R.  Brown;  Saeratary,  for  only  20  minutes.  Motion  made  that  mailing  address  for  each  voyage.  The  sylvania  and  Massachusetts.  L.  E.  Harris.  It­seems as  If  some.of  the  all  members  cooperate  in  keeping  mess­ fact  that  this  is  the  year  for  negotiation  (8)  Blows  from  sea  to  land.  for  new  contracts,  all  crewmembers  were  firemen  do not  know trhen  to report  back  hail  and  recreation  room  clean.  urged  to  be  alert  and  to  do  their  best  to  the  shU>  for  duty.  Motion  made  and  (9)  110.  at  their ­  respective ­ jobs  ­for­ ­benefits  to­ carried  that'the  ship­payoff  on  the­day  . KYSKA"  (tWatermanlf'  Jan. • ­  SO­^halr­ ..tS :'  • f arrival  in  Savannah.­oRNsiaaseHftilttqp  mMh'  9­r  Mati^tiptaiii'''BtMTMaey,­  H.="­C«p'  thenfsblVM  • nd­'Ttw.nibiMKVEi^a'ticnnoinil  ,(10)  Winks.  <• ';  Qui,z  Answers  WESTERN  FARMER  (Western  Naviga­ tion),  Jan.  24—Chairman,  L.  Lowe;  Secre­ tary,  V.  Bough.  Thanks  to  steward  and  department  for  job  very  weU^done,  and  also thanks  to aU  delegates for  a  job  weU  done.  To  have  delegates  draft  a  letter  of  commendation  to  captain  to  editor  of  LOG.  AU  men  warned  to not  do any  per­ forming  at  payoff  and  give  a  sizable  do­ nation  to  March  of  Dimes.  GOVERNMENT  CAMP  (Cities  Service),  Feb.  4—Chairman,  Bernard  Kimberly; Sec­ retary,  Lamar  Holt.  Membership  again  cautioned  not  to  payoff  before  arrival  of  patrolman.  Pumpman  cautioned  men  working  on  tanktops  to  be  careful  that  they  don't  faU  as  they  are  being  opened.  LASALLE  (Waterman),  Feb.  10—Chair­ man,  H.  S.  Greenwald;  Secretary,  G.  M.  Fernandez.  Delegates  reported  no  beefs.  Anyone  caught  leaving  the  washing  ma­ chine  dirty  should  be fined.  Suggestion  for  the  steward  to  exchange  toaster.  AU  laundry, to  be  handed  in  on  Fridays  and  not  kept  around foc'sles.  BULL  RUN  (Mathlasen),  Feb.  20—Chair­ man,  Roy  Roberson;  Secretary,  Jack  Han­ nay.  Ship's  delegate  asked  the  full  co­ operation  of  aU  men  who  signed  on  in  foreign ports  to uphold  our  working  rules  and  to abide  by  our  contract  at  aU  times.  Money  not  u.sed  on  draw  wiU  be  taken  back  if  in  time  to give  to  agent.  TRINITY  (Carras),  Feb.  24 —Chair­ man,  Albert  Espeneds;  Secretary,  D.  B.  Wilson.  D.  B.  Moon  recommended  that  everyone  cooperate  in  leaving  the  mess­ room  clean  at  night.  The  pumpman  re­ ported  that  his overtime  sheet  was  taken  from  his 'foc'sle  causing  him  much  in­ convenience  and  trouble.  Puzzle  Answer  aaHd  Hsca  miias  DBS  QSOB  [iglSKlQBQg:  (ss  as  mmm  oiasis  aadassffls  SIS!!!]  QIiiaSQ  dSIZlQSSQQ  S!2IG!]D  QSd  mm  Q[s  j^dB  SQdrasBas  m\^Bm  QdGSES  dglQ  DSISS]  sdSD  �JgiOK;?:'  Pvit  lir  •  SEAFARERS  VOL. XIV  No. 5  •  OFFICIAL  ORGAN  OF  THE  S E A F A R  E R  S  I N T E R N AT I O N AI  U N I O N  •  ATLANTIC  AND  GULF  DISTRICT  •  A Ft  •   rnmm  lililii;  fe  i  ^:  <  S'®®vW5®®SS*  :  :  |r''­.'  The  "proof  of  the  pudding"  of  the  SlU school  is contoined In  the  proise  of  high  Coost  Guord  officiois.  Witness  these  words  K  •  •  from  Vice­Admirol  Merlin  if:' '  O'Neill,  Coost  Guord  Com­ mondont:  "You  ore  to  be  com­ mended  for  sponsoring  such  on  octivity,"  Reor  Admirol  H.  C.  i?.:­ Shepheord,  Chief,  Office  of  . I  •   "^'  Merchant  Morine  Sofety,  put  it  this  woy:  "Keep  up  the  good  work," ond W. L. Moloney, Cop­ i'!'  toin  of  the  Port  of  New  York,  concludes:  "Congrotulotions ...  ond  best  wishes  on  o  job  well  done."  With  the  SlU  deck  deport­ ment  schooj proving  on  unquoli­ fied  success,  the  pattern  hos  been  estoblished  for  equolly  successful  operotion  of  schools  for  steword  ond  engine  deport­ ment  rotings.  Furthermore,  in  doing  its  job  the  deck  school  has  been  oble  to  operote  for  cheoper thon hod been expected.  •K­ ;•    >  The originol  estimote of  $50 per  l^^j:  mdn  hos  been  pored  down  in  ..  practice to an qYergg^ of $?2.5p.  t',/'  • ifSSiliii  L  .A  f,..­".' ''.1^  mr­ piftsiiE;  r  '  'I  IliS&llif  RO  J  The  SfU,  firsf  in maritime  to  open o  training  school  in the  current  emergency,  remoins  the  only  moritime  union  which  took steps t9 meet the notion's need, effectively ond vigorous­ ly, without recT tope or  deloy.  Pictured here ore  some  of  the  operotions of the SlU deck deportment school dnd o few of the  men  who  hove  successfully  completed on  upgroding  course.  These men have  possed Coost  Guord  tests ond ore  now  mon­ ning  SlU ships  os ABs.  V  f  'V'  j  J  '  '  ^  J  .  i  Liiiili  • ,  t  I  I  f  I  r  "J  r,  *  r­ ;  K  *  f  Ik.  J  I  mmMmm  I  V  L  I  *  U'X­ .  ... ..uii­i  BSfei­;/  .  � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Title A name given to the resource March 7, 1952 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XIV, No. 5 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SECURITY LOOPHOLE MEMBERS SOON WILL BE ISSUES DELUXE BOOKS COURT BANS TUG AID IN OIL STRIKE GET LAWYER, NMUERS TOLD SIU'S PLAN 'AMAZING:' SEN MURRAY SAILORS UNION BORN 67 YEARS AGO THIS WEEK US PORT SECURITY A MYTH SIU VACATION PAYMENTS WELL ON WAY; 200G'S IN 3 WEEKS CO'S NEARING MIDWAY MARK IN BACK PAY DAYMEN WIN $30 INCREASE LAME SHIP DRAWS SHRIMP BOAT BUT COAST GUARD AINT A 'COMIN MCS CHARGES FLOP; CG CLEARS SUP MEN NEW RADAR RIG SEEN AIDING SHIPS SAFETY INSURANCE AGENTS LAUD SIU SUPPORT IN STRIKE YARMOUTH, EVA SALES STALLED BY US RULES MASTER DEAF TO CREW PLEA AS 1 DIES OF FOOD POISON OIL PAINTINGS LEAD IN SIU ART ENTRIES SHIP SWITCHING TO GREAT LAKES CONVOY SAFE IN SIMULATED WAR SAILING NEW DRUGS TB SEAMEN'S CURE? SUPER-SUPER OIL TANKERS TO BE BUILT NSA RETIRES 7 SHIPS AS COAL NEEDS DROP SEA CALLS BACK OILER, 72 SPLIT SHIP'S STERN TOWED INTO PORT SIU RAPS BID TO REOPEN SHIP SALES PANAMANIAN FLAG SHIPS - IDEAL FOR SUBVERSIVES LIFE ON A SCHOONER - WAY BACK IN '35 WASHINGTON GAINING FAST AS IMPORTANT SEA PORT LOCKING THE BARN VANISHING BOGEYMEN SIU ON SEA LANE CZECHS BUY FLEET TO AID CHINA'S REDS ALIEN WAIVER OF OFFICERS NOW IN EFFECT CAKE OF SOAP CAUSES SENSATION ON STEEL VOYAGER ARABIAN RUN HERE'S REAL INFO ON MADAKET RED GIVES US LOWDOWN ON GERMAN WOMANHOOD CREWMEN'S QUICK ACTION SAVES LYNN VICTORY FROM DISASTER FLORIDA TO NY SHUTTLE MAKES TOUGH COMMUTING ROSARIO CREW SIGHTING GLEAM OF CASH AWARD FOR SALVAGE SUKIYAKI? BEEF ALA MODE DONE UP JAPANESE STYLE SEAFARER DIES OF KNIFING Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 3/07/1952 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1952 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/a50703df6c626aa04c6958b5ace95a30.PDF 5d0deb601b66be5c4323b361f5049274 PDF Text Text |4» Official Organ of the Atlantic and Gulf District, Seafarers International Union of North America NEW YORK. N. Y.. FRIDAY, MARCH 8. 1946 Vol. VIII. Kn No. 10 COMMIES RUN NMU, GURRAN ADMITS . +. iPiiiii illB' Says Membership Was Sold-OutTo CP Line; Asks Ouster Of Meyers, Smith, McKenzie As His Gang Batties For Union Leadership The Communists have busted the NMU wide open. Joe Curran, NMU national president, exposed the machinations of the Red leadership in its struggle for power in the Union at a closed membership meeting on February 18. Curran revealed that the communist machine continually overrode the will of the membership. He showed the membership how the commies had dictated who was to be elected, fired and 'or brought "^up on charges. Shipowners And NMU Members: These are some of the men on the Cape Junction who are doing their best to bring the Cape Junction into the Seafarers—and they're getting places. With the exception of the Bosun, these men are all active aboard the ship. From the left (kneeling): Nick Calzia, AB; Vincente Chavez, 2nd Cook. Rear: Guy Merchant, Bosun; Phillip Daum, Utility; Tex Hansen, AB; De Haven, AB. Passenger Ships Pianned NEW YORK — A summary of the construction plans of eleven ship lines has been announced by the National^Federation of American Shipping. A total of eighty-nine new passenger ves­ sels of 1,200,000 gross tons will be built, costing between $400,000,000 and $500,000,000. The new ships will be larger and speedier than the prewar models. They will have a total passenger carrying capacity of 14,000 to 15,000 passengers, and a cargo carrying capacity of 700,000 deadweight tons. Speeds will range from 16 to ,30 knots, com­ pared to a prewar range of from 12 to 22 knots. Four of the lines which have announced their plans have closed shop contracts with the Seafarers International Union. The number of vessels they plan to obtain, total passenger and car­ go capacity, routes and ranges of speed, is as follows: Grace Line, Inc., New York, nine ships carrying 450 passen­ gers and 83,960 cargo tons to South America at a speed of 18 knots. Alcoa Steamship Co., New York, three vessels with 2000 passengers and 40,000 to 50,000 tons of cargo to West Indies and South America at speeds from 16 to 20 knots. Mississippi Shipping Co. New Orleans, three ships carrying 360 passengers and 39,000 cargo tons to South America at 20 knots. American Mail Lines, Seattle, six special Diesel powered C-2 type vessels, with 75 passengers and 55,000 to 60,000 cargo tons from the Pacific Northwest to the Orient at 16 to 18 knots. The Seafarers International Union of North America is hereby giving notice to all U,S. shipowners that, no matter how badly broken up or weak the NMU becomes through the squab­ bling of their communist leaders, we will faithfully observe all NMU contracts, and will under no circumstances permit the disintegration of the NMU to be used as a club by the ship­ owners against the helpless members of that organization. Several times in the past, ship operators with whom the Seafarers has contracts have disclosed the fact that NMU of­ ficials Myers and McKenzie have both offered to deal with the shipowners on very liberal terms—provided that the operators sign up with the NMU, instead of continuing their SIU contracts. These disclosures have not caused the SIU to veer from the straight course and attempt to pay back the NMU in their own coin. On the contrary, we are making this pledge to the rank and file members of the NMU so that they may rest assured that they will have every assistance in the world from the SIU in cleansing their union-house of their scabby, finking misleaders. We make this pledge to the NMU rank and filers, and in­ tend to keep it. Now, do your shcure, boys. Make it a good housecleaning while you're at it, and don't worry about the shipowners coercive attempts. We'll back your play! Seafarer Led Filipino Regiment In Guerilla Warfare Against Japs By TOM MOORE McBRIDE Into the Log office in the New York Hall, the other day, came an amazing young man, a probationary SIU member named Edward G. Bender, oiler. Until recently he held the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, commanding First Bolo Regiment, Isabela, Philippine Islands. He is a man who survived the Bataan Deatht March, escaped from the Japs an SIU ship after five days In and led the resistance movement port. Ed Bender was still reticent in northern Luzon. when he began to talk, and Lutt­ This is the first time his story rell had to prompt him to get has appeared in print. Up to now him started. But once he got go­ he had been reticent to the point ing, there was no stopping him. Ed Bender's father was a of turning tail whenever a news­ Pennsylvanian who married a man appi'oached. His buddy, C. Filipina. Ed is an American cit­ E. Luttrell, longtime SIU full izen. He went to school in Ma­ book member, prevailed upon nila, and in 1940 joined the Phi­ him, however, to come up to the lippine Scouts. He was dis­ Log office to tell his story when charged for disability on August their ship hit this port. 6, 1941. When the Jap attack Bender and Luttrell sailed came he was an Army civilian from New York on March 2, on employee, a stenographer at the Army Medical Corps Hospital. Bender wanted to do more than work in a hospital, but he didn't get his chance until De­ cember 26. Then two non-coms of the 86th Field Artillery, who knew he'd had experience, picked him up and took him to the northern front, where he (Continued on Page 4) He disclosed that Joseph Stack, NMU' New York Agent and prominent in the communist par­ ty in New York, has been doing espionage work in and around the Port of New York. Since Curran's expose the NMU has been entirely leaderless. The fight for power has gone on. No one has quit throwing mud long enough to take the helm. And now the entire world knows aB'out the communist lead­ ership in the NMU. A report of Curran's sensational disclosures at the closed meeting was carried first in the New York World Tele­ gram. It was reprinted by other New York papers. The wire ser­ vices picked it up. Mention the NMU to anyone, anywhere henceforth, and any­ one, anywhere will see Reds. OFFICIAL MINUTES To World-Telegram reporter Fred Woltman came the official transcript of the closed meeting, through an undisclosed source. He broke the story on March 5. That was the first public knowl­ edge of the explosion in the vit­ als of the NMU, though it had been known for more than a week that the fight for power between Curran and the com­ munist bloc had come to a crashing climax of some sort. Despite the obvious inference throughout his 20-page indict­ ment of the Red leaders of the NMU, Curran managed to avoid the use of the word "communist," hewing to the phrase "the ma­ chine" each time he spoke of the men doing battle with him. QUIZZED SEAMEN He named as leaders of the commie plot to control the NMU, Ferdinand Smith, national secre­ tary; Howard McKenzie and Frederick (Blackie) Myers, vice presidents. Also scourged by Curran was communist Joe Stack, New York Port Agent. The World Telegram went even further than Curran, in establish(Continued on Page 10) �-mi Page Two THE SEAFARERS Friday. March 8, 1948 LOG SEAFARERS LOG Published Weekly by the SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA Atlantic and Gulf District Affiliated with the American Federation of Labor At 51 Beaver Street, New York 4, N. Y. HAnover 2-2784 » » » & HARRY LUNDEBERG - - - - - - - President 105 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif. JOHN HAWK - -- -- -- - Secy-Treas. P. O. Box 25, Station P., New York City Entered as second class matter June 15, 1945, at the Post Office in New York, N. Y., under the Act of August 24, 1912. 267 3-iikj A White Elephant? Although the shooting part of World War II has been over for more than six months, full peace has not yet been achieved any place on the globe. Sporadic fighting has brokeji out in many spots, and British and Dutch troops have been used to keep the colonial peoples in subjugation. This battle to keep the colonies under control is but another facet in the fight among nations for expanded economic power, and international prestige. The last eighteen months have seen the virtual en­ slavement of half of Europe by the Russians; the dismem­ berment of Chinese territory and the de-industrialization of Manchuria, also by the Russians; the meddling in Greece b\ the British, and an overall breakdown of the machinery designed to guard against just such excesses. These actions cannot be justified and are in no way compatible with the charter of the United Nations Organization. The veto, which has given the Big Three unprece­ dented power, has been used to quell any objections to the grabbing tactics of the Soviet Union and of Great Britain, and to the continued exploitation of the Dutch colonies, which has had the approval and the active cooperation of England. While the other member nations of the UNO certainly do not condone such activities, there is little that they can do about it under the present set-up. The basis for world peace has become fear of world war. We are attempting to build an organization to upbold amity among nations, yet we have the certain know­ ledge that force may have to be used to achieve this end. Already there is loose talk about World War III. Surely a world which has seen ten million people slaughtered fruitlessly is in no position to contemplate a new war. The brave new world may yet come, but not through the medium of an organization dedicated to the main­ tenance of power politics and imperialist expansion. It will come when no nation fears its neighbor; when all peo­ ples are free from want and tyranny—and may that day be soon. Out In The Open The stench that has arisen at the NMU national head­ quarters has existed for years. Up to now it has been care­ fully covered. Hitherto, any attempts to lift the lid have been met with the cry of "Red-baiting." Now, however, the expose comes from NMU Presi­ dent Joe Ciirran who certainly should know. He has been for the most part a willing part of the controlling ma­ chine. No matter what his reasons for the break, this much is certain: He knows whereof he speaks. For the maritime industry, this story has been the greatest thing that has happened since the overthrow of the old ISU piecards. For the membership of the NMU it is an opportunity to overtlirow their commie-line leadership; take over con­ trol for themselves in the name of clean, honest, militant unionism and prepare for the Coming day of real maritime unity—a unity free from communist political control. Hospital Payments Men Now In The Marine Hospitals STATEN ISLAND M. J. FIELDS J. DENNIS L. A. CORNWALL D. E. SEBOLD J. J. HANLEY V. SHAVROFF D. J. MONTELEONE J. L. WEKKS TIMOTHY HOLT j. L. CAMPBELL C. E. HASZ H. OLUF J. S. NEAL .1, C. CARSON H. L. GILLOT R. POWELL L. R. KATES C. MIDDLETON L. L. MOODY L. R. BORJA D. CARRILLO W. B. MUIR M. JOHN % % NEW ORLEANS HOSPITAL HAROLD SCOTT THORWALD JOHANSEN WM. ROSS P. F. HICKS WM. MIM3 BLYHURNE WOODS J. DENNIS WILBER MANNING C. JANULLEVICUS GEO. R. COOPER GEO. A. CARROLL 3. i 4BRIGHTON MASS. HOSPITAL ELMER STEWART E. JOHNSTON G. PHINNEY, Jr. J. SAUNDERS F. KENSFIELD A. RAMOS STEVE KELLEY A. HUDSON PHILIP ARCHILLOER S. 4. 4.GALVESTON HOSPITAL A. "A. TROMLY R. N. STROMER H. HARTMAN DIXON BANDA QUAID ^ 4, 4. NORFOLK HOSPITAL JOHN B. DARCY CHAR1,ES T. GASKINS EUGENE WENGARTEN LLOYD Q. McNAIR J. H. SMITH L. L. LEWIS Members of Ihe Seafarers are eniifled to a weekly pay­ ment from the Union if they are laid up in a hospital. Be sure to get what is coming to you: Notify the Union of your ward number so that there will be no delay in your receiving the money due you. CHARLIE MIZELL FRANK HOLLAND J. H. SMITH 4" 4" 41 ELLIS ISLAND D. MCDONALD J. KOSLUSKY It if i> BALTIMORE HOSPITAL PAUL WINTERLY ESELE WALKER STEPHEN KELLY BUCK SHERWIN 4 4 4 MOBILE TIM BURKE M. CARDANA J. C. DANZEY 4 4 4 SAVANNAH HOSPITAL ROBERT HANING 4 4 4 NEPONSIT £. VON TESMAR R. A. BLAKE BERTEL BRYDER J. F. CLARK PABLO CORTES E. V. FERRER �THE Fxiday, March 8, 1946 SEAFARERS LOG Page Three Report Of SlU Organizing Drive By EARL SHEPPARD By PAUL HALL In addition to the organizational task, the Union's postwar prob­ lems, the task of educating our younger union members, the Sea­ farers now have another job to do. We have the task of contacting every possible member of the National Maritime Union. This will be just as great a problem and as necessary as our current organizing drive. Details on the existing situation in the NMU are carried in another part of this paper. We are now witnessing a very large maritime union in the stage of breaking down. All officials and members of this union should remember that it will do the Sea­ farers no good to see the NMU completely demolished. The destroying of any maritime union will harm all other unions in the industry. This is what we must go to the membership of the NMU with. We must tell them; "Clean up your house— drive the fakers out. Unless you do this the NMU is sure to fall." Seafarer's Support Menjbers of the NMU must be told that the Seafarers will back them in their demands for a clean union. This can lead to the uniting of all seamens unions on common problems such as the program laid out in last week's Log of a joint agreement between all maritime unions to cooperate in eliminating the wartime powers of the Coast Guard, WSA, and other government bureaus. We know, and ^here's no use kidding ourselves, that we can sit on the sidelines and watch the NMU collapse through internal dissention and the sell-out tactics of their leadership. If this hap­ pens, and we do nothing about it, there will be nothing left to even call a union and the NMU membership will be left to be pushed around by the shipowners and all government bureaus. As we see it, our problem is plain. We must seek out the NMU members and explain to them that we have no designs on their organization, that for our mutual protection it is good that . llieie be an NMU until such time as we unite in "One Big Union" under the banner of the Seafarers International. The former chief stooge of the communist party, Joe Curran, now sees fit to expose the fact that the NMU is in the clutches of a group which no not intend to do one single thing for the mem­ bership of the NMU. In Curran's own words, they are interested only in following the political line of "Zig Zag" Foster, chief of the communists. Fired By Commies It is degrading to an organization of any kind in any industry to have to stomach the statement made by communist chief William Z. Foster in which he states he had had to use; "Surgery on some of the officials in the NMU." This must make every rank and file NMU member's ears burn. It must more than ever before tend to make him lose confidence in his organization. ..Naturally, we can expect the communists to attempt to rally and reshape their program along the line of some of their previous in­ famous slogans. The NMU member.s must bo told not once but as often as pqssible, that their internal problems are their own affair and that unless they and they alone clean them up, the NMU will surely die. The NMU membership has been told for years by the same communist leadership that are now slandering each other, that the Seafarers would do everything in its power to crush the NMU. This naturally has resulted in a bad feeling between the member­ ship of the two organizations. NOW IS THE TIME FOR THE MEMBERSfllP OF THE SEAFARERS TO PROVE TO THE MEM­ BERSHIP OF THE NMU THAT WE FIGHT FOR THE INTERESTS OF ALL SEAMEN AT ALL TIMES REGARDLESS OF WHAT ORGANIZATION THEY BELONG TO. THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION IS DRAFTING A PROGRAM CALLING FOR UNITY AMONG ALL MARITIME WORKERS. THIS PROGRAM WILL BE BASED ON SIMPLE FUNDAMENTALS, WITH THE THOUGHT IN MIND OF HAVING ALL MEMBERS OF ALL MARITIME UNIONS UNITE ON ANY MATTER AT ISSUE WITH THE SHIPUWNEKS OR THE WASH­ INGTON MARITIME BUREAUS. We must push this program. We must tell all seamen of all unions that the Seafarers are strictly for unity on all union prob­ lems. We must show by our actions that we mean what we say. It seems that NMU is really getting worried about the Isth­ mian drive. Just last week the big shots held a meeting and Joe "No Coffee Time" Curran ac­ cused some of the other national officers of sabotaging the drive, and causing NMU members to desert wholesale. All of this is reported in a front page article in the "World Tele­ gram" of March 5, 1946. It even states the fact that the NMU couldn't even win an election against a company union; citing the Standard Oil of New Jersey. Curran blames the other commies —Myers, Smith, Stack, et al— and they blame him. The SIU has known this all along. On plenty of Isthmian ships NMU organizers are turn­ ing in their books and joining the SIU. In the last issue of the NMU rag, the "Pilot," they even stopped claiming any progress in Isthmian. REPUDIATE NMU The men on the Isthmian ships in the great part have already re- Johnny Goes A-Gooning John Rogan, NMU Port Committeeman and commun­ ist "big shot," who sometimes is known as the "Assistant President" of the NMU. set out to drown his sorrows one evening last week. The whisky evidently made him think himself a big, bad tough goon so he set out with a few other gas hounds to hunt a victim, and inquired for several people who weren't around (convenient­ ly for him). When one of these called up the next day Johnny wasn't in. His secretary, how­ ever, reported that he was still on the binge. Tut! tut! Comrade Rogan, the NMU doesn't pay you to drink dur­ ing working hours—but after all drinking's a lot safer than gooning—don't mix 'emi pudiated the NMU, but this isn't enough. The job to do is to show every Isthmian man, re­ gardless of who he is, just what the Seafarers stand.s for and how he can benefit himself and his shipmates by selecting the SIU as his bargaining agent. Reports from all ships continue to be good. The crews are stick­ ing aboard and fast getting everyone swung over to the right course. The response to the charter membership fee of seventeen dol­ lars has been good, and large numbers of Isthmian seamen have taken advantage of this and become members of the Union. ALL SHIPS VISITED Various port organizers all re­ port that every Isthmian ship is being visited and that the re­ sponse is improving every day. There is no doubt that the Sea­ farers is the choice of the ma­ jority of seamen riding Isthmian ships. Special effort is being made to have Isthmian committees or­ ganized on every SIU ship. The object of this is to have Isth­ mian ships and crews contacted in every port in the world. Sea­ farers members should not only contact these ships but every ef­ fort should be made to get Isth­ mian crews to come aboard SIU ships and see at first hand just how an SIU ship functions. Special attention should be paid to showing these Isthmian crews all overtime sheets and letting tnem see at first hand just how much they benefit finan­ cially by becoming organized. The Agents Conference will be held shortly in N. Y., and the (Coniinued on Page 12) NEW ISTHMIAN SHIPS Some large 02, and 03 types of ships and a few 04'.s are being turned over to Isthmian. These ships have been operated by the Army and Navy as transports. When they are put into operation this will mean a large number of men that must be hired to I'eplace the Army and Navy crews. Every SIU member should pitch in and help. If enough men can get aboard these ships they too will be won over and the election will be cinched. CRITICAL POINT .Summing the whole thing up in a nutshell, this is the critical point of the drive and every SIU member must be on his toes. If crews start piling off the ship at the last minute before the elections there is a danger that they will be replaced by men who don't know the score or by selected men that the NMU will try and .send in just to con­ fuse the issue, even though they know that they have no chance of winning the election. The picture looks good right now, and if the SIU holds on to what strength is now aboard ships, victory is certain. Holding on means however, that the work must not be lessened in the slightest. If anything, the work must be intensified. The bigger the margin of victory the better the agreement will be. Every or­ ganizer and every man aboard every Isthmian ship mut.t pull to­ gether. NMU Finds It Can't Piece-Off SIU Volunteer Ship's Organizer NORFOLK — Despite the at­ tempts of NMU Norfolk Agent Kirk to piece-off a couple of Isth­ mian men aboard the SS John Constantino, the ship is solidly for the Seafarers, and will con­ tinue to be pro-SIU. ANOTHER ISTHMIAN SHIP FOR SIU Charges Proved When talking to members of the NMU, tell them that their President, Joe Curran, has verified the charges made many times by the SIU. That he now openly admits that the affairs and man­ agement of the NMU are controlled by Moscow stooges such as Ferdinand Smith, Frederick Myers, Howard McKenzie, Joseph Stack, et ab Prove to them that once again as shown by Curran's own words ar.d charges, that the NMU has been sold down the river completely as regards conditions and wages. Point'out to them that the good officials of the NMU have re­ signed or been forced out under pressure simply because they in- Isthmian voting should be under way at about the same time. One of the principal jobs of this con­ ference will be to see that Isth­ mian activity doesn't slacken when the voting starts. Isthmian crew of the John Constantine, snapped aboard their ship while docked at Norfolk, is all for the Seafarers. Reading from left (kneeling): Eseky Benson, Organiser; Dowoy Parry, OS; Ward Moyers. AB; Henry Ford, Messman; John Johnson, Messman; (stand­ ing): P. P. Gaskill, AB; Melviii Eure, AB; Reese O'Scott, AB; C. M. Tucker, FWT; Gordon Trail, Oiler; Allan Marby, 2nd Cook; Willard Beaton, OS; T. Proctor. FWT; Lester Smith, OS. This is nut the first time that the NMU has attempted to "buy" or '"bribe" SIU members or proSIU Isthmian seamen, but the unquestioned loyalty of all Sea­ farers has always resulted in their resistance to these under­ handed attempts, and the SIU has on hand authenticated rec­ ords of several cases in proof. Of the two men in question, Reese O'Scott and Bill Evans, Scotty has been sailing with Isth­ mian for three years, and his buddy. Bill, has been with them for two-and-a-half years. Accord­ ing to them, "After we got a look at this Mr. Kirk and his 'union' pals, we would not have anything to do with him or his 'union'." STRONG SMELL Scotty declared, after revealing the attempted piece-off, "It (NMU) stinks up'the City of Nor­ folk, and I don't think Rill likes that becau.se Norfolk is his home to-wm." Organizer Rocky Benson assert-, ted that, "These fellows are help­ ing me to organize Isthmian, and they will go aboard other Isth­ mian ships in any port they hit. Both Scotty and Bill will tell the story of SIU to unorganized sea­ men who belong to Isthmian or other non-union companies." With volunteer ship's organi­ zers like Bill Evans and Reese O'Scott, plus numerous others pn Isthmian's hundred odd ships, the Seafarers is confident of the elec­ tion's outcome. �Page Four Hm MfHIS ITHIITK THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, March 8, 1346 Seafarer Led Filipino Gueriiias (Continued from Page 1) laid guns to cover the retreat to RESISTANCE LEADER Bataan Peninsula. Then, because Bender knew all of the back roads, he led a con­ voy to Bataan. There he estab­ lished gun emplacements for the first line of artillery defense. Bender still didn't know wheth­ QUESTION: What port do you want to set­ er his status was Army or ci­ vilian. He wore an Army uni­ tle down in when you retire from the Sea? form, but that didn'tr mean much. He was advised to go to head­ quarters to find out. En route he ran into Major EINER HANSEN. CarpenterStephen C. Sitter, Medical Corps, Brooklyn for me—how else can who prevailed upon him to cstabr I follow the Dodgers if 1 don't lish the hospital registration sec­ live close fo them? Anyhow, it's tion and plan wards at the my home and I have my family newly-established Army field there. I like the wide open spaces hospital. For three weeks he of Flatbush. I like the gin mills worked 16 hours a day. Then the there, and you have to admit that casualties dropped off some. Brooklyn girls are the most beau­ But around mid-March all hell tiful you've seen. Even an old busied loose again. The second guy like me can see that. Most Edward J. Bender, who was a Li. Col. in the Filipino Resis­ Jap convoy had come. The whole of my friends live in Brooklyn. tance Movement and who is now an Oiler on an SIU ship, clasps peninsula shook, day and night, I know it sounds funny, and very hands in solidarity with his shipmate C. E. Luttrell. Jr.. 3rd As­ with the bombardment. The Japs few men will say this, but it's sistant on SS Marine Perch. pounded away at the field hos­ Brooklyn for me. Anyway, my pital where Bender was sta­ wife lives in Brooklyn—and likes thing he did when Bender's had other ideas though. They tioned. it—so I'm going to have to set­ group came up was shout "Atten­ kidnapped a collaborating po­ "I can't imagine why I didn't tle down there whether I want tion!" Eight men came to atten­ liceman and forced him to guide get it then," he says. . to or not. tion. Immediately the Japs fell the small group past .sentry boxes CIVILIAN AGAIN When the surrender flag was on them with rifle butts and bay­ to the rice paddies toward An­ raised Bender was too busy with onets. Bender told the white man geles, then allowed him to return. wounded to leave with the first he was a Filipino of German des­ There were several families of day's Death March contingent. Philippine Scouts at Angeles Major Sitter advised him to whom Bender knew. These took NELSON BENJAMIN. 2nd change to civvies as soon as pos­ them in, fed them and gave them Cook—New York, where else? sible, escape and organize guer­ money. Bender accompanied the New York is like heaven to me. rilla resistance. He managed to six to Tarlac, then set out over I have lived here since 1912 and make the change at night. the mountains toward home. He I still like it. I've never been The next day the ordeal be­ had crossed Balita Pa.ss when sol­ broke in New York, and I've gan. To start him off toward their diers of the Second Battalion, always been happy. My family concentration camp, three Japs 14th Infantry, Philippine Scouts, likes this town, and my kid has stuck bayonets in his back. An­ stopped him. Bender proved his grown up here. This is a good other twisted a piece of flesh identity, and gave the command­ city, nice people, plenty to do. from his arm with pliers. Anoth­ er, Major Enriquez, the first news and always a chance to make a er beat him over the head with of the American surrender. He living. I'm fifty-two years old a fla.shlight. told the story of the fall of Ba­ now. and I hope to live to be The worst part of this for Ben­ cent, that the Americans had taan, and the Death March. Ma­ seventy years old. and die right der was managing to keep smil- forced him and the men with jor Enriquez listened gravely. here in New York City. ling at his tormentors. If he him to do construction work. When Bender finished the major They had agreed on this story informed his men there would be hadn't they would have killed on the long march. All stuck to no surrender, that the 14th would him. They walked throughout the it when questioned, and the Japs continue to fight as a guerrilla first day and into the night. There believed it. They told the group outfit. was no water or food. It was the to disperse and go to San Fer­ NO SURRENDER JOE KRAMER. Oiler—I want same the second day. If a man nando or Porac, where they That battalion was the only to settle down in New Orleans. faltered he was beaten or bay- would become part of labor bat­ one which remained intact The boys tell me that I spent a onetted. The second night a med­ talions. Bender and six friends throughout the Jap occupation, good two weeks there once. It's ical officer looked them over. never surrendered and fought on a beautiful town, and the main Those whom he designated as too until long after the forces under street is one of the widest in the Bender Will Make weak to continue were bayonetMacArthur landed on the Luzon world. But the real reason I want ted to death. The men were made A Good Seafarer beaches. to live there is that the women to sit on the ground. They Bender wanted to stay with are really beautiful and not too Edward G. Bender, the couldn't stand or lie down. The the outfit, but Enriquez had more hard to get to know. The food guerrilla leader, will make us ground was damp and dysentery valuable work for him. He or­ there is the best in the United a fine Seafarer. set in. dered him to go home to San­ States, and as for the drinks, He sailed on an SIU tripSHEEP FROM GOATS tiago, Isabela, to collaborate with well, they're powerful enough. card as Wiper on the SS John It was a haggard group which the Japs and do intelligence I guess I'll never settle down any Goode on December 3. Two reached the point where civilians work. He gave him a horse to place, but if I do. I want to live days later he was promoted were to be separated from, sol­ ride tlie rest of 'die way. in New Orleans, even when it to Oiler. diers on the fourth day. Bender Ed Bender was a sad young rains. * He was badly burned on simulated a paralyzed hand. In December 31. but four days the office he showed us how he later he sailed on the Ruby did it, and his clawlike hand was Victory as an Oiler. As a so convincing we weren't sure it member of that crew he be­ hadn't grown that way. It was came a probationary member. just as convincing to the Japs. PETE SUDOL. Acting AB—I They placed him in a group of His buddy. C. E. Luttrell. don't want to live in a town 150, all supposed to be civilians. currently sailing as Jr. Third where the people act tough all Assistant, is a longtime, mili­ Only a fev/ Japs guarded his the time. New Yorkers are like group of civilians as they march­ tant Seafarer, and thinks that. That's why I'li take Bal­ ed northward, and Bender was he'll be an SIU asset. timore. where the people are able to pass the word for every­ "Look." said Luttrell, the swell and easy to get along with. one to dispose of everything GI, other day, "this guy will The girls down there are good- underwear, shoes — everything. make you a great Union man. looking and they like seamen. He knew Jap intelligence officers He's a top-notch man. and it . man when he asked the Japs in There are nice places to live, and would be the next ones separat­ doesn't take long for others Santiago for work as a book­ I think it would be a swell place ing the sheep from the goats, and to recognize it. What's more, keeper and they gave it to him. to bring up a family. There are would look for anything incrim­ he'll get out and organize About 10 percent of the people a couple of girls down there that inating. In addition, he warned them. in his hometown were collabor­ I am interested in and, who them not to do anything sugges­ "Any guy who could organ­ ators, and. he couldn't afford to knows, maybe I'll settle down tive of military training. ize an army from the ground let his family or friends know with one of them in Baltimore. up. should be able to organize There was a German in Am­ that he was in the Japs' erafor the SIU." erican uniform with the Japs at Labao, Pampanga, and the first (Continued on Page 11) �THE Friday. March 8. 1946 SEAFARERS LOG Page Five THE MEMBERSHIP SPEAKS Conditions On Azalea City A Scandal To The Jaybirds SIU PARTY HELD IN SALERNO We, the undersigned members of the crew on the SS Azalea City. Waterman SS Co.. do make the following state­ ments of conditions which exist at the present aboard this ship, on matters which are vitally important to the crew. We also make the following recommendations concerning what should be done in order to correct these conditions. Log - A - Rhythms Toast To The SIU By E, S. Higdon NO LAUNDRY FACILITIES As far as the ship's crew is concerned, there are no such things as facilities for laundering their dirty clothes. How­ ever. there are two laundry rooms aboard; one aft on the fantail and one mid-ships near the main galley. These two rooms are supplied with sinks and adequate equipment for the entire ship's company if handled properly. That is. if so much time for use of. and so much time and responsi­ bility for the maintenance of, were allotted to each group. As conditions now stand, the laundry room on the fantail is locked, and not available to the crew crew, and re­ served only for the Navy Personnel aboard. Likewise, the laundry room midships is kept locked and reserved for the use only of a few select officers. From what we gather there are only about IC officers using this laundry room. In each of these rooms, there is a washing machine, owned apparently by the individuals, who let out the use of the machines to others. It appears that the reason for locking the crew out of these rooms is that it would interfere with the use of the washing machines. Our desire is not for the machines, but for the use of the laundry room sinks, which we feel that we are entitled to. At one time, three department delegates went above to see if something could done, but were unable to kindle any interest, outside of the possibility of getting a steam line put in each one of the showers. This item should be corrected immediately, but from appearances, it is going to take more than a mere request of the persons in authority to do so. This letter is in request of the assistance of a little more power than we seem to be able to generate. CREW PANTRY, REFRIGERATOR To describe said crew pantry, it consists of a tiny room about 5 by 7 feet in which is jammed a rusty steam table about one-half the size necessary for the number of men being fed; a tin stand upon which rests an equally rusty coffee urn. which should have been discarded a year ago. and an old beat up refrigerator, which likewise should have gone to the junk heap a year ago. In addition to these items just mentioned, which should be sufficient in their importance to cause some action, the facilities provided for the washing of dishes, and of other mess equipment used by the crewv are not far short of criminal. We say this because of the knowledge which is common, that there has been and IS available to the proper agency, (W.SJl.) all the needed equipment necessary. Other ships have it; why hasn't this one? To continue, the facility for dish washing is. in short, one small tin sink about 18 inches square and 12 inches deep with an equally small drain board. In this small sink, the dish washer must handle all the dishes, silverware, glasses and utensils necessary for feeding about 80 men. Need­ less to say. it is an extremely unsanitary condition and if for nothing mofe important than the health of the men of the crew, some form of immediate action should be taken. It is absolutely impassible to sterilize dishes with this set-up. This so called pantry set-up for the ship's crew, if on shore, would have been condemned by the Department of Health before it ever left the shipyard, if it had been inspected properly. From what we gather from the past few trips, the story has been that the "Azalea City" would only make ONE MORE trip carrying troops; that after that trip the ship would go into the shipyard to be reconverted. This being the reason for not doing any work on her. Well, since they first started saying that, the ship has made at least three trips. We propose that this story that they give, should not be the reason for this ship to go out in the same condition again. Signed. THE CREW Wonder if the land folks Ever stop to know What the seamen mean To the world of "stop and go." Do they know the dangers Filling every trip? The risk of every man Down to the sea in a ship? This is the beginning of a surprise birthday party given by Seafarer members of the crew of the Mary M. Dodge at Salerno, Italy, for George Vourloumis (left, with beard). 41 River St., Fitchburg. Mass. It is easy to tell that the party is just begining. because the wine bottles are full, the birthday cake is un­ cut. and no one is under the table. INGERSOLL CREW AND SKIPPER ARE JUST LIKE THAT!! Dear Editor: We the members of the Deck Department of the SS Robert G. Ingcrsoll w;ish to express our thanks and appreciation to Cap­ tain Robert Van Bemmel for a short yet very pleasant trip. It would be a pleasure at any time in the future to sail again with Captain Van Bemmel. Signed. Deck Department CAPTAIN FOUND SIU CREW BEST IN HIS CAREER Dear Editor: I wish to express appreciation for the broad minded and con­ servative manner in which the unlicensed personnel aboard the SS TONTO have acted during my time as master and mate •aboard the ship. I relieved Capt. Roy M. Cone as- master after I had been aboard about two months as Chief Mate and I know that there were lots of grievances and wrongs going on at the time I took over. The three unions. Deck. En­ gine, and Stewards have com­ ported themselves in a business­ like manner and we have straightened out all the trouble. I wish to commend them for their patience and cooperation and thank them for their trust and confidence in me. About when the ship was get­ ting in shape to live in com­ fortably there was rharted an agitation against a certain mem­ ber of the crew whom I consider a very competent man. When it was demanded of me that I dis­ rate this man I refused, as in my judgment he is perfectly competent and satisfactory. Later I was gratified to receive a peti­ tion from the three SIU unions. Deck, Engine, and Stewards which was signed by all the un­ licensed crew members of the ship, upholding this crew mem­ ber and deploring the fact that The seamen are the sailors That sailed before the war— Before the natty uniform Made the salty tar. They learned the secrets of the sea The story of the brine. When Roosevelt called "Attention!" certain officers had tried to get The seamen stood in line. them to complain. I think that you can be justly And when came the war with a stout command proud to have such men in your The merchant marines were Union, and personally I am proud there. of their confidence and coopera­ tion. In a long career at sea I They carried the message to Garcia have never known a better crew. Not asking when or where. Laurie B. Cale. Master, SS Tonto Ships were afloat—ships went down. And men were thrown on high, WSA AND ARMY Then dropped to the ocean wild. TEAM UP TO FUBAR On her bosom there to die. SUPPLIES FOR SHIP Their's was not the glory loud Nor the trumpet's shrill applause. Dear Editor: But "Hell, what is a victory We, the undersigned officers When you're fighting for a and crew of the SS Richard Hen­ cause?" ry Lee, desire to call to the at­ tention of the War Shipping Ad­ And when the white-clad fleet ministration the deplorable con­ udieux. ditions existing aboard this ves­ When stopped the battle scenessel in regards to food supply. Still to the sea for Uncle Sam This vessel originally left New Always—the merchant marines. York City in June, 1945, with supplies for 42 days and at no And back of the men is a Union time since then has an amount of We've organized to stay. food been received adequate for We've won a place in the nation the length of voyage undertaken, FOREVER—not just today. eight months to date. The Master So, let us lift a brimming cup of this vessel has repeatedly re­ To the banner of the SIU quisitioned The War Shipping And drink it down—every drop— Administration and the U. S. To a Union staunch and true. Army for stores only to have the greatest part of his requisitions Then, shake your hands, across the world ignored. The appended copy of the latest requisition submitted A Brotherhood of the Sea. and the list of stores actually re­ In fairness there is freedom ceived amply bear out this state­ And the truth shall make you free. ment. We are aware that a ma­ jority of the items requisitioned are available at this port both for Army and civilian use and we BROTHER THANKS feel that they arc being unjustly SHIPMATES FOR withheld from members of the FUNERAL TOKEN Merchant Marine. We therefore respectfully re­ Dear Editor: quest that the situation be rem­ Please have the following print­ edied as quickly as possible as ed in the Log: our present diet lias caused our "I wish to thank the crew of health to deteriorate to the point where, in a short time, we will the SS Cranston Victory for no longer be able to perform our the kind expression of sym­ duties necessary to the care, pathy in the recent death of maintenance, and operation of my father. Since I was unable to attend the funeral, the col­ this vessel. lection will be used for masses (Signed by everyone on and grave decorations. board except Captain, " "Thank you, Shipmates," Chief Engineer, and Navy Personnel) Jack Paszkiet �THE Page Six SEAFARERS Friday, March 8, 1946 LOG SHIPS' MINUTES AND NEWS ih Peacetime Festivity Returns To Passenger Ships 'Neptune Reigns At Equator By ROBERT P. MORAN End Cargo Jeopardy, Crew Asks With an air of peacetime festivity, the SS Robin Tuxford welcomed back her first return voyage to South and East African ports after several years of war service in the European Theatre. Highlighting the journey was the "solemn" initiation A resolution requesting the scrapping of articles and sections of various Union and company agreements pertaining to the safe­ ty of the vessel and cargo was passed by crew rv.embers aboard the John Bartrain at the Feb­ ruary 18 meeting. The crew also voted to attend the first possible shoreside Union meeting to introduce a similar resolution and to see that such resolutions are pushed by mem­ bers at all Union meetings. The Bartram resolutions stress­ ed the following points: That on numerous occasions overtime claims for securing of gear not secured or ill-secured at the time of sailing have been dis­ puted and payment has not been made to claimants on the basis of such work being necessary for the safety of the vessel. LIFE vs. MONEY That on occasions of securing such gear in severe storms, a seaman's life is more at stake than at other times, constituting, in effect, a gamble of the sea­ man's life for company money. Tlial company agents have, on many occasions in the past few years, taken advantage of sea­ men by declaring various slight difficulties as emergencies in which the safety of the ship is involved. That all other contingencies and exceptions are included in the companies' figuring of freight costs, margins of profit, et al. All of these add up to, the Bartram crew believes, excessive abuses on the part of the shipping companies and exploitation of seamen. MORE ACTION TAKEN There was plenty of additional action aboard the Bartram at this meeting, presided over by Chairman Knies and recorded by A. Nagy. New motions car­ ried included: That the meeting condemn the previous crew or crews for laxness in the preservation and care of their fo'casles and messhall, and for concealing live ack-ack warhe^ids and 20 mm. shells un­ der lockers and in ventilators of tlie ship. That the meeting commend the Philadelphia Branch for its sup­ port of SIU Steward Joe (Doc) Sussman in his fight against the Coast Guard on charges of failing to attend boat drill in Philadel­ phia t-ecently. Sussman was aboard merely to collect his standby pay when the Inspecting Officer had ordered him to man a boat in 25-degree tempera­ ture and a 55-mile gale which al­ ready had parted a line aboard the vessel and set four vessels aground in the Delaware River. Calmar Says Mail Is Being Carried-Fast High jinks and hilarity are the order of the day aboard the Tuxford as it crosses the Equator. King Neptune sits with his Queen and courtiers (upper left), but somehow the courtiers look a little bored with it all. The blind folded ship's mascot (upper right) protests as the "ship's dentist" approaches with a pair of pliers, and a lady passenger (lower left), dressed for the occasion, gets a big "surprise" splashed all over her countenance. We don't know what has startled the other one, (lower right), but Brother, it must be plenty horrible, judging by the look on her face. Freylinghuysen Crew Asks Action Against Officers A petition asking that action be taken by the SIU against the of­ ficers of the SS Frelinghuysen, whom it accused of misconduct, has been received by the New York Hall. It is signed by eight members of the crew. The instances cited in the peti­ tion concern the Second Mate, ex­ cept for one concerning the Third, so the other officers seem to have been thrown in for good measure. But, if by their silence, the Master and First condone the actions of the Second, this would be reason enough for action to be brought against them, also. On one occasion, the petition charges, the Second, while in­ toxicated, struck three members of the crew with a wooden club v/ithout provocation. Much more serious was the case of the minor who was not a member of the crew, but as­ sisted in two departments while in port for meals and a place to sleep. The Mate, it is reported, struck the child. Later, upon sail­ ing, the boy was discoverd to be a stowaway. He was locked in .... I " a compartment without sanitary facilities or a guard. But there was a heaving line in the com­ partment, and the lad undertook to hang himself. A crewmember discovered him and cut him down. Despite artificial respira­ tion and two shots in the arm, he remained in a ^ coma for three hours. In the course of the trip, the Second ordered the seaman on watch to turn over the wheel to a lady passenger who was a novice. She managed to get the ship 10 degrees off its course. On another occasion, the Third Mate ordered a seaman to turn over the wheel to another woman, also a novice. In the minutes of the Union meeting aboard ship, it was re­ vealed that members of the deck department were unjustly log­ ged for coming to work an hour late. The men in question had no means of transportation, so they went aboard another Water­ man ship and had someone sig­ nal their ship to tell of their predicament. 'I'j" ' " 'i'"' •»of all pollywogs into the Royal Order of King Neptune. Passengers, as well as officers and crew, underwent all the mental anguish and physical tortures that the murderous band of shell­ backs could improvise. From the rising of the Equatorial sun 'til dusk, the ship was in a literal state of turmoil and the show­ ers and passageway bulkheads throughout the ship were an ebony hue that evening. Steve Bzdil and Frank Ward, Chief Engineer, spent a most en­ joyable afternoon shearing off the numerous victims' hair into a diversified as.sortment of fanfa.stic coiffures. Perhaps the most memorable one was that given to Don Brewer, the Third Mate, who had been charged with "scrambled-eggitis." To this day Mr. Brewer does all of his entertaining out-ofdoors so he won't be forced to take his hat offt GRAPEFRUIT COURSE The King and Queen were portrayed by M.P. Lee and Roy Berket, respectively, the latter of whom became a very curvacious ruler with the assistance of some giapefiuit and ati ullrafeminine bedspread. Despite the gagging concoc­ tions the "dentist" threw into the pollywogs' mouth.s, the ungodly baths in the fish-oil pool, and various other harassing events, the entire show was accepted by all in a most congenial manner. Even the less gregarious were on hand for the laughs. Recently a letter was received in the Log office which made the charge that mail sent to the SS Midland Victory; of the Cal­ mar Line, had never been re­ ceived by the crew. The letter was sent from Seattle, Washing­ ton, and said, in part, "When we signed on, we were told that all mail sent to us care of the Cal­ mar Line, 25 Broadway, New York City, would be forwarded to us. Out of the five ports we have hit inside of the U. S., we have received on the average of one letter apiece. Where the hell is our mail." USE FOR GUN-TUBS On the trip homeward, as far We called the Calmar Lines where a Mr. Squier said he al­ north as Trinidad, the crew found much good use for the gun-tubs—they were converted into make-shift swimming pools, with the fan-tail serving as the "beach." Of course, every time the ship took a sudden roll, the water splattered over all passersby and placed the "proprietors" in a most precarious position. With the return to peacetime sailing, for which the merchant seamen fought so valiantly, not only the ships have been painted gaily again, but also the lives of the men who sail them have be- . ready had received a complaint come brighter, and humorous letter from the Midland Victory things, such as this initiation, crew. are once again painting the SIX SHIPMENTS highways of the sea with the He looked up the records and color of bygone days. told us that six mail shipments had been made to the crew of the port ahead of the ship. If the Midland Victory. The last something happens, or if there is four shipments were as follows: some hold up, the agent forwards February 21, to San Francisco; the mail to the next port. February 23, 25, and 27, to Port­ When the ship is eastward land, Oregon, Another shipment bound, and in the Atlantic is being planned to catch the ship Ocean, deliveries are made by at the Canal Zone on the way having company representatives back East. go from New York with the mail, He explained that shipments to meet each ship with the loss of mail are scheduled to reach of the least possible time. '-I '''r �Friday, March 8. 1946 THE SEAFARERS LOG Page Seven It Was The Falrland's Last Trip ^The Crew Wasn't Supcstitious, But Things Happened ... Not a single member of the crew of SS Fairland could have been called really superstitious when they signed on for her thir­ teenth voyage at Portland on De­ cember 14. And none of them can be called really out and out superstitious now. But some of them probably won't be as anx­ ious to sign on any ships making their thirteenth voyages in the future. Not that they're super­ stitious, mind you . . . It looked like an entirely aus­ picious voyage from the start. Then everyone learned they would lose Christmas. The Fairland would cross the dateline on Monday, December 24, elim­ inating Tuesday, from the year. Baker Charlie Smith, who dropped into the New York Hall recently, said everyone was dis­ cussing the year without a Christ­ mas when, on Sunday, December 23, there came a terrible hissing from the engine room. It was followed by an emergency alarm and then a general alarm. Here's the way (lop) Ihe seas looked from the deck of Ihe Fairland during a quieler moment of Ihe storm when Seafarer Charles Smith was able to get on deck and make a picture. And if you think those seas weren't pounding, Jook at the torn and buckled plates (arrow). This is the way the Fairland looked when she reached port. MINUTES OF SIU SHIP MEETINGS DIGESTED FOR EASIER READING OCCIDENTAL VICTORY, Feb. OCCIDENTAL VICTORY, Sept. 31. — Chairman D. John­ 10.—Chairman B. Cadman. Deck Department reported overtime son; Secretary D. West. Engine was checked and OK'd for trip. Delegate reported on overtime Motions carried: Crew will not that was lost by oilers on last pay off until black gang overtime trip due to delegates' ignorance. is thrashed out; all except two Chief Engineer agreed to pay probationary book members were overtime on Second Engineer's accepted into the union; one new verification. Motions carried: member to be referred to Patrol­ That one man from each depaiT- man so that rules and regulations ment be assigned to keep gun­ of the union can be explained to ners quarters and messroom him. Good and Welfare: Stew­ clean^ each week; Steward to ard questioned reason for elect­ keep laundry clean and supplied; ing SUP man as Deck Depart­ soaking clothes not to rem.ain in ment delegate. In his opinion this laundry more than 24 hours; all was against rules of the union. men to cooperate in keeping mess Crew stated they elected man on recommendations of former crew. room clean. List of improvements for ship X' drawn up for future crews benefit. OCCIDENTAL VICTORY, Oct. XXX 6.—Chairman M. Ziroli; Secre­ JOHN GALLUP, Nov. 4. — tary D. West. Deck Department to request overtime for call back Chairman Vendetta; Secretary to ship while berthed at Colon, Way. Motions carried: One man C. Z. Steward Department re­ from each department to inven­ quested firemen to eat soon after tory ice boxes and store rooms: noon watch so cooks wouldn't All passengers to be prohibited have to spend so much time in from entering crew messhaHs; hot galley. Good and Welfare: Steward to report to skipper if Decided on seating arrangement any member of crew takes cups for mess room; ash trays may be or pitchers and does not return obtained from steward as long them. Good and Welfare: Men as supply holds out; pantry complained about being served should be kept cleaner and food second rate meats such as hot returned to icebox; watches to dog.s and chili. Steward ex­ get flashlights so as to get to and plained that it was the best he could do. from look-out. ENGINE ROOM FIRE "Lifeboat stations," someone shouted. "This is the McCoy." A boiler tube had blown and kicked the fire out into the en­ gine room. Thirty minutes later word was passed that the fire was out. But the ship was wallowing in a trough without power, and a hell of a storm was swinging down from the Aleutians. The one boiler out of commission had taken the water and steam of the others. Condition of the re­ maining boiler was unknown. Finally word came from the en­ gine room that one boiler could be used. Four hours later steam was up and the screw began turn­ ing over, slowly. The Fairland could now head into the huge combers. The wind was now gale velocity, but the ship still could make four knots an hour, which gave her steerage way. The storm increased during the night. Everything that could tear loose did so. By morning the wind velocity instruments reached maximum—force 12. And the wind kept increasing. HAVE YOUR SAY j THE SEAFif^RER WAY f^ a UlOLO TriOSE SHIPBOARD/MEETINGS — FOR ORGANITATION, —FOR EDUCATION, - FOR SOLIDARITY / CUT AND RUN By HANK If you see a pair of seamen,' baby girl who would like to see one short and smiling and the him home for a while longer. other, big and poker-faced, it it J. 1. will be Jack Lawtun and William We haven't seen Johnny Wolff merrily making the best of Flynn for some time, so it must it here in New York ... It looks be true he shipped out fast like Blackie Gardner, Peg-leg rather than wait around for the Andersen and Bill MacQuistian, boys . . , Lee Berwick, former the writer and orator, arc not to­ bartender, nearly shipped out gether again as they have been last week—but it was just a . . . Fireman Bush blew in from coastwise job to Baltimore. Frisco, said hullo to Frank Rad- j Anyway, smiling little Frenchy zwila, and will rest up awhile J Marcaux sailed on her and will with his swollen ankle while his | no doubt be back here again, lawyer keeps working on that' to see Danny Ellsbury. old ca.se of his. XXX XXX Wc heard Frank Bicniuk say he Cook Pete King might ship out, was getting rather tired of stayeven though he's waiting to settle i ing around—so in the near fuhis case. It ain't so easy to wait' ture we may see Frank departtoo long, especially when there j ing "dis cruel world of New are some shipmates on a good York" . . . Robert Zulauf was an­ ship hoping you'll sail with them other one of the guys on the . . . Red J. Whitten blew into: Spartanburg Victory, which had town and is taking things easy, as I the honor of being the first U. S. usual. i ship in seven years to visit FinS. i. J. ' land. Oldiimer Andy Thevik is XXX Little George Kelly, Messman ready to ship out, afler talking things over with Paddy Han­ on that Delaires voyage is now A REAL COMBER son and his little brown pipe ; working on a contract job in EngAt 2 p. m. on the 24th came ^. . . What's Rum and Coke West ; land. Perhaps it's a waiter's job a crash that shook the ship from" waiting for? Every week rolls or something like that . . . We stem to stern. Men went for their by and he's still smiling his haven't, seen or heard about life jackets. A tremendous wave way around, and talking about "Fienchy'' Nnrman Guillel since hit the starboard beam. Among Coffee-drinking Morgan? Per­ '43 and we're wondering if he other things, it dismantled a stai'- haps he's waiting for another knows wc have a New York hall? board running light 60 feet above shipmate or a certain ship? XXX the waterline, poured water down Cook Teddy Hess was ralher XXX the funnel, swept away five life Charles Copeman and Johnny anxious to ship out with one rafts, dislodged a lifeboat and Cabral are preparing to ship out, of his shipmates—but the guy ripped out and crumpled 45 feet although they miss Pete De Fazi he was asking has a bad leg of half-inch steel plate along the —who now sails as Third En­ right now, so he can't do it . . . starboard rail. gineer. Pete's brother, Richard Say. Where's Joe Buckley now? But the storm had done its De Fazi is still in the Army, al­ Down there for the Mardi Gras worst. After that it subsided, though he once sailed in the SIU with Tom Gould. Slug Siekgradually. mann and Jimmy Crescitelli. and still talks about the boys. Next afternoon, after a survey, XXX XXX Baker John Bove is still trying Captain Anderson decided re­ John Marciano likes to hang pairs were necessary and changed around the beach but Teddy Cuc- to ship out—but for a good run. course for Honolulu. The storm chiarelli can't afford such a thing. •Perhaps this week will be good had kept the Fairland from cros­ After all, Marcy hasn't got any for all concerned . . . We've no­ sing the dateline, and it was responsibilities . . . We thought ticed Pete Sudlo and "Chips" Christmas. It remained Christ­ we got a quick glimpse of AB Hansen toiling away the daily mas all day, and the passengers Harvey Hill last week, whizzing hours playing five-hundred rum­ and crew of the Fairland cele­ in and out, but then we might be my—while waiting for more jobs brated it all day. The weather mistaken . . , Bosun James Scott on the board. Say, Chips, do you was still rough, but the sun was might ship out for just one more know about Bosun Dick Brady out—in more ways than one to trip, if there's a ship going South working and living up Jamaica, the guys aboard the Fairland. Africa way. He has a wife and Long Island now? �THE Page Eiglit SEAFARERS LOG Friday, March 8, 1948 New Berths Boom Boston Shipping By JOHN MOGAN BOSTON—Business and ship­ ping in this port continued good for the second week in a row. All kinds of rated jobs are on the board and, in many cases with no takers. It looks as though the activity is not going to die out for .a while, as the prospects for the coming week show three payoffs for Monday. This increased business is no doubt due to the fact that the Army has just about pulled out of this port completely, making available a good many berths, the lack of which had been a definite drawback for shipping here. Eastern Steamship is readying up two of their ships for the passenger trade and expect to re­ sume operations early in the sum­ mer. Standby crews have been placed aboard both ships while they are being reconverted, and it's beginning to look like old home week, what with all the oldtimers showing up around Boston. land—at the present time there is considerable snow on the ground, and more and moi-e of same as one proceeds northward. Which is why the delegates get a little green ai'ound the gills when it develops that someone has to go to Portland for a payoff. All we need now is the good word that something is paying off in Searsport (135 miles far­ ther north) and the delegates will really get sick! But there is al­ ways the morsel of cheer—North­ ern Maine is a delightful place in the summer—or is that a very stimulating thought to those members who arc stuck up there for two weeks or more in this weather? I'll take a small bet that it isn't! Well, when we get to talking about the weather it means that we're fresh out of news—so we'll quit for this week. PAY IN FULL By way of creating a problem, many of these oldtimers are pos­ sessors of books which are in bad standing, and, at our last Branch meting, this problem was given an airing. It was voted by the membership present that, if these members should be re­ instated at a meeting, it should be part of the findings that they be required to pay in full before being permitted to ship. In other words, the feeling was strong that these members not be allowed to pay up on the in­ stallment plan; but because of the shipping situation today, they must be fully paid up before be­ ing permitted to compete for jobs with members who have kept their books paid up regardless of circumstances. Of course, in many cases, this is going to be a distinct hardship; but the policy was decided upon only after a lengthy period of free and democratic discussion by all hands. Silence Ihis week from ihe Branch Agents of ihe follow­ ing ports: BALTIMORE PORT ARTHUR SAVANNAH MOBILE NORFOLK GALVESTON TAMPA WE TOLD *EM There were a couple of Calmar ships in to payoff and crew up here in the past ten days. The new agreement made the pay­ offs infinitely easier and more satisfactory for all concerned; and, what is equally gratifying, the old hesitation of the mem­ bers in taking a Calmar ship was missing and the vessels were crewed up in good time. In view of these favorable re­ sults, it sems surprising that the Calmar Corporation held out against an agreement for so long. The thought naturally follows that an SIU agreement with Isth­ mian would also be equally bene­ ficial to the seamen and to the company. Incidentally, it does look very likely that, if an elec­ tion were to be held today, the SIU would be adjudged the bar­ gaining agent by a substantial majority. However, it is no tii re to be­ come complacent, but rather a time for redoubling our efforts in order to insure the Isthmian Line contract for our Union, And the only positive insurance avail­ able to us is to have the ma­ jority of the crew of every Isthmain ship consist of SIU mem­ bers. NO CONSOLATION The weather here is about what might be expected for New Eng­ Puerto Rico Gets New Painting Of Andy Furuseth By BUD RAY A GOOD NEIGHBOR NO NEWS?? Late Opening Seen For Lakes By ALEX McLEAN BUFFALO—Following a tradi­ tion of longstanding, the thoughts of waterfront marine men in these early pre-spring days al­ ready are turning to speculation on the opening of Great Lakes navigation. Their verdict today: a com­ paratively late opening, certainly much later than in all the war years. Engineers and fitting-out crews aren't expected to board ships in the harbor before April 1st at the earliest. Vessels won't be ready for sailing until after mid-April. Strikes have curtailed ore cony sumption and there won't be any great hurry-up demand for the red mineral at lower lake ports early in the season. Grain trade prospects also are viewed as poop by these marine forecasters, milling procedure. The Buffalo Federation of La­ bor, central body of AFL unions here, expressed emphatic oppo­ sition to the proposed St. Law­ rence seaway project. Federa­ tion President Robert Smith sent lo Senator Carl A. Hatch, Demo­ crat of New Mexico, chairman of the Senate subcommittee holding hearings on the proposal, the following telegram: "Buffalo Federation of Labor, representing largest dues-paying labor group in this area, vigor­ ously opposes St. Lawrence sea­ way project as impractical and visionary." The federation has been on record for several years in oppo­ sition to the seaway, and Mr. Smith said the telegram to the Senator not only reaffirmed that stand but also supported the re­ cent individual action of affilia­ ted AFL Locals. M. Rosado, eminent Puerto Rican painter, (left) presents his painting of Andy Furuseth to Agent Bud Ray. Membership Opinions Are Sought By ROBERT A. MATTEWS SAN FRANCISCO — Business picked up on the West Coast last week with several repatriated crews in for payoff. Joe Wread reports the following crews were in Seattle for payoff: SS Abel Stearns and SS James M. Porter. All these men will get $75,000 for the repatriation voyage, plus overtime for any work performed on repatriating vessels. Payoffs in Wilmington have been so slow that we v/erc forced to let Brother Drawdy go as Pa­ trolman down there. He expects to ship in the Coastwise ships for awhile. It is reported that Harvey Brow^n, International President of the Machinists' Union, will attempt to settle the four-month old strike of the Machinists in the San Francisco Bay area, over the heads of the local Machinists' Business Agents. In the event the strike is terminated, shipping should pick up quite a bit in San Francisco and vicinity. WELL, ARRY Now comes word that the long­ shoremen might pull a strike on the West Coast. There has been some job-action over hiring of checkers which could possibly spread over the entire coast. An^ other thing, the Longshoremen are not exactly pleased with the fact that the AITi Longshoremen on the East Coast and the GuH SAN JUAN—Things are about the same here, with shipping picking up and the shipping list getting longer, and more ships running steady. Most every one is happy who gets hei-e, or gets happy soon after docking—what with rum plentiful and no short­ age of lovely senoritas for the boys to spend their spare time with. Phily's wonder boy. Soapy Campbell is with us and in love; now I am waiting for the wed­ ding bells to peal. Tex Sorensen is here and he is getting tired of me running him down to take a job. He hid in the head of the Texas Bar for an hour when T. Lockwood told him I was looking for an Oiler. Every week there are more NMU men coming to the Had wanting to join up and sail ships where they get conditions and de­ cent contracts to sail under, and representation by a Union that is run by the membership and not a bunch of political-minded commies. BEARING A GIFT Well, I should soon be in the land of the sturdy north-men to attend the Conference, and get a taste of the ice and sleet. I. am bringing a beautiful portrait of Andrew Furuseth that was done by our neighbor below the hall, Mr. Rosado; Puerto Rico's own master with the brush and pallette. We are having a few ships to load at Humacao, which is an anchorage, and transportation is are getting $1.50 straight time and on the Pacific Coast the mighty Bridges has only been able to get $1.15. On March 18 the Annual Agents' Conference will begin in New York. All the various Branch Agents will be in atten­ dance, together with the Secre­ tary-Treasurer and Assistant Sec­ retary-Treasurer. At this conference will be charted the course which the Atlantic and Gulf District will follow during the next twelve months. Undoubtedly there will be many problems to be met and dealt with which are most vital to the membership of the Union. SPEAK UP Because of the fact that the SIU is controlled democratically by the rank and file, it is most essential that we get some ex­ pression from the membership on the various problems which will tough, as anyone can tell you arise. I, for one, would like to who has ever loaded there. It hear what the members think of takes from thirty minutes to an the following: hour and a half to make the trip Union control of the Slop Chest; one way; then you have to wait The four-watch system; Unifor­ for a barge to load before making mity-of Contracts; Formation of the trip. a Credit Union for the member­ ROUND TRIP ship of the Atlantic and Gulf Dis­ When I went to the Bull Line trict members; A Union-operated about' it, all T got was a short training school; A well-rounded answer and "It isn't in the Con­ educational program. tract." But Capt. Fortunatti for WRITE IN Waterman is trying to remedy These are just a few of the this condition on ships loading questions which will arise. Now for him. So I think that when let's see you guys write in to the contracts come up for renewal, Log with your opinions and, also, there should be a clause in all of take these things up in your them for at least one roundtrip a meetings and discuss tliern. Let day to and from the ship to shore yo*ur agents know what you want whenever they are at anchorage. and expect to get out of your Charles B. Martin, G16, is to Union. relieve me while I am gonet-up The Isthmian organizing is still north; any of the oldtimers who going along in fine style on this sailed out of the Gulf and Sa­ coast with all ships being con­ vannah in the hectic days when tacted at every opportunity. | we started will remember Everyone concerned is all set for him. So imtil we meet March the election, with possibly the ex- ! 18th keep her steady as she goes ception of the NMU. ' and full speed ahead. -r.- �Friday, March 8, 1946 THE Carnival Pays Coolie Wages By C. J. (BUCK) STEPHENS NEW ORLEANS — Shippingt Not In Contract iand business for the past week was pretty good, with the out­ look for the coming week fair. The Carnival Season started last Thursday night here in New Orleans and, believe it or not, it had its labor troubles also. In the past the light-bearers had been getting $2.00 a night, and the generous Fathers of the City decided to give them a raise of 50c to make it $2.50. But the men requested a $5.00 parade rate, or no lights. They don't belong to any Union. So the first parade started off with about three lights to the float; the Friday riight parade had around two and some had only one, so as they go along the outlook for the parades look mighty dark. Brother Stringfellow, Steward The head of the Saturday night on the Cape Remain, swings into parade has appealed through the local press to all discharged serv­ peacetime shipping. ice men to carry the lights at the low wage of $2.50, and give their brother service men and families a break so they can see some good parades. What low depths these labor-haters will go to, to try and beat the working stiff By BED TRUESDALE out of a few dollars! They contend that all parade PHILADELPHIA — Business expenses are carried by a few remains good in this port and, local individuals and should be from all indications, will continue cut as low as possible. Why in so indefinitely. We paid off a the hell don't they make some Bull and two South Atlantics this SEAFARERS LOG NOTICE! Seat ayera Sailing As Engineers All members—retired and former members—of the SIU, now sailing as licensed En­ gineers, report to the New York SIU Hall as soon as pos­ sible. Page Nine Beware Of Jacksonville Gestapo By LOUIS GOFFIN JACKSONVILLE — Things have quieted down here since our old standby, the SS Newberg, left us for Galve.ston. We don't know what to expect in the way of ships, so we will just have to wait around with our fingers crossed. A few oldtimers have shown up in this port recently GULF COAST TUSBOAT NEUf S OF SIU TUG AMD TOUl FLEET IN GULF AREA By VERNON SMITH to escape the snowballs up north. We've seen Brothers Van Dyne and Barrett, and an old picketline mate from Baltimore, Char­ lie Schrunk. Brother Jones, who a.ssisted in the Branch for awhile, is getting himself readied up to sit for his Second Assistant Engineers ticket. We wish him luck. WATCH YOUR STEP We have been ad\ised to tip off any of the boys who figure on coming down here to keep a weather eye open for the local gesiapu. They make It a point to arrest any merchant seaman, if he as much as stumbles, on the pretext that he is drunk. Quite a number of guys have been pinched, and the fines in this town are plenty steep. We visited the Commissioners office recently, and all we saw were Lieut. Commanders. It seems that every officer in that office i.s strictly a two and a half stripei". We haven't had any tiouble with those birds yet, but while we were there we told them of our position regarding the Coast Guard. They came up with the usual crap about, how happy they would be to get out of the Mer­ chant Marine picture, but we didn't notice any rush to leave those cushy jobs or to tear off those uniforms. Copies of the new proposed come up for negotiations in re­ amendments to existing contracts gards to amendments. Certain company stooges have between the Seafarers and River Terminals Corp., Coyle Lines and been attempting to sell the men Whiteman Towing Co. have been on the idea that "the old eonsubmitted to the operators and tracts have expired and arc no negotiations are already under longer in effect." Such is not the It is true that tlie old way. However, Bailey De Bar- case! and phony contracts which the deleben. General Manager of the Marine Division of Coyle Lines, SIU inherited are in the process objects to an eight-hour day on of renegotiation, but the contracts the tugs. He claims, "the in­ are as binding today as they dustry (towing), cannot consider were the day they were signed. FORTY SHIP OUT any contract, the basis of which If any of these finks try to sell week, and there are several scows is an eight hour day." you boys anything to this effect Have shipped around forty lying offshore which will also let the hall know about it. We'll men in the last few days, and Now there's a prime example probably take full crews. get the guy on the right track— have persuaded fifteen men to go However, there's a longshore­ of a man talking through his hat. and in a hurry. to Galveston. men's strike in the offing and, Of course we all know that what We are still being troubled We squared away two beefs if it materializes, it will probably Bailey objects to is the payment with the oldtime finks who sailed over at RTC the other day with­ foul up shipping until it blows of overtime after eight hours, but On the first non-Union all through the war. when he attempts to speak for out any trouble. over. one, W. Walters had the bucket Now that there is no RMO in this The unorganized ships keep the an entire industry, he's putting tied to him for refusing to leave port, they come looking for a local piecards hopping. We have up a bum argument. For Bailey's the tug he was assigned to and Union ship. been successful in getting a num­ information, I'll mention offhand Along with them there are nu­ going over and swab the decks ber of SIU men into these scows. just a few of the towing com­ merous kids looking for seamens on another one of their scows. We continue to hit them when­ panies which have not only con­ Walters was told to "either do it, papers. We use the youngsters ever the opportunity presents it­ sidered an eight-hour day, but or else." Well he got the "else." when they are needed, but the have signed contracts with the of these local merchants here foot self. But as soon as I contacted com­ finks are strictly out. We send the expenses is beyond me. They There are a number of men on SIU which calls for an eightpany officials on this matter, he are raking in the gravy with all the beach here — Wednesday's hour day. was promptly reinstated and then the visitors in town. meeting was well-attended. In SOME EXAMPLES quit immediately after reinstateThe speed dei'by here in N. O., fact, there were as many standees The most recent of these was jnent. has ended and it was won by as there were members who the Mobile Towing and Wreck­ REINSTATEMENT Pat Gallagher and Louie Meri- found seats. ing Co.—an eight-hour day con­ dith. The Merchant Seaman was Frenchy Michelet blew into tract. The Moran Towing Com­ On the other beef, one of the in up until two nights before the town with the avowed intention pany recognizes an eight-hour boys who was shipped on the end, and he wound up by slip­ of making a ship to Italy. We day as per our agreement with Patrick of RTC returned from ping out of the ring and busting understand that the gang waiting them. The Eastern transporta­ his vacation to find that the a couple of ribs. I knew they to ship with him has invested tion Co.; the Southern Transpor- finky skipper had hired a farm would have to really bang him heavily in bicarbonate of soda. hand in his place. Well, that up to get him out; maybe next "Ski" Janowski, the local Dis­ boy was al.so promptly reinsiated time our seaman will bring home patcher, is going to ship with and his transportation, both ways, the bacon. Frenchy as a Deck Engineer — was refunded. I'm enclosing a snap shot illus­ seems he's getting too fat and How some of the skippers on them to the NMU hall so that the trating the latest duty of a Stew­ wants to shed forty pounds or so. these tugs can be so chicken is birds of a feather can flock to­ ard. It is a shot of Brother We wonder how Ray and Sam­ beyond me. Listen to some of gether. Stringfellow, Steward of the Wa­ my are making out 'way down the complaints listed on one tug POEM terman Scow, Cape Komain. Be­ yonder. We understand that the in a letter recently received in Hero is a little poem that has lieve it or not. Brothers, but he necessities of life are ridiculously this hall: a good meaning, and we thought is playing the role of nurse maid high there. Why, they tell us Captain consistently refused it would fit into a seamens paper. in this picture. The mother of that whiskey is a buck a throw. to buy sufficient groceries. Cap­ the young one was seasick most "FUTURE" Oh, yes — we visited Saint tain refused to obtain clean of the trip, so Brother String- Agnes hospital where several SIU linen—result, no changes in Sail fast. Sail fast. fellow carried on. Never let. it hrnthers are laid up, apparently Ark of my hopes, ark of my linen between Dec. 23. 1945 and be said that an SIU Steward is indefinitely—or as long as these tation Co.; Martin Marine Trans. Jan. 22. 1946. dreams; not prepared for all events, and snazzy nurses keep trotting Co., and the Dougherty Co. in Sweep lordly o'er the past. Refusal to okay overtime pay their agi'eemenls with the SIU for Armistice Day, Thanksgiv­ cannot tako them in stride. Fly glittering through the SUIT'S around the wards anyway. recognize an eight-hour day. ing Day and New Years Day. strange beams. Space prevents me from listing No overtime pay for making Sail fast, sail fast. all of the SIU eight-hour tug and breaking hose connections Breath of new buds from off contracts, but any time Mr. Do by deck crew when handling some dying lea One of the boys sweating it out on the third deck of the Bardeleben doubts the above fuel oil. With news about the future scent, New York Hall, waiting for a ship, is finding his wail expen­ statements, I'll be more than glad the sea. No overtime pay for deck sive. He whiles away the time playing 500 rummy with an­ to show him copies of the above crew when handling cargo. other Seafarer. Stakes are a "coke" a game, and he hasn't mentioned contracts. The United Textile WorkersSome of these skippers have won a coke since the game started three weeks ago. AFL, representing 96,000 work­ Recently there has been some really been ^getting away with Almost every other habitue of the Recreation Room has ers will hold its ninth biennial misconception on the part of a murder down in this section, but gotten interested in the long distance game. They're rooting convention in Washington start­ few members regarding the exis­ within the next 60 days the SIU for the consistent loser. They want to see him win at least ing Apr. 29, Intl. President An­ tence of the present contracts will have this muddle all cleared one game, and some of them are talking of chipping in for a • thony Valente announced last with RTC, Coyle and Whitemans. away and then we'll start unload­ pair of glasses to help him do it. This is due in part to the fact week. The last convention was ing all of the finks off the Gulf They feel he might have a chance if he could see his cards. that the present contracts have tugboats. held in April, 1944. Philly May Have LongshoreStrike ^mi HE CAN'T SEE SPOTS IN FRONT OF HIS EYES i--.n :l >1 �Page Ten THE SEAFARERS LOG Friday, March 8, 194« SlU Crew Feeds Starving Greek Children PATHOS, Greece. Dec. 11 —^ Forget The Dead Thomas DiFazio, Sleward of an American Steamship, the Edweird K. Collins, yesterday sent an in­ vitation to fifty poor children of the city of Patros and gave them all the means to have a good time for quite a few hours. * * * This news report, taken from a Patros newspaper, does not tell the whole story. It does not tell of the quantities of food which was distributed by the crew out of their own rationg. It docs not tell of the clothing and shoes which were bought by the crew and given to the children. It does not tell of the • starvation and death which was witnessed by the crew. When the relief ship, Edward K. Collins, steamed into the pox't of Patros, the crewmembers im­ The tarpaulin behind the chil­ mediately made plans to give dren cover starvation dead. what additional help they could. The kids pay the mound no mind A pot of stew was prepared each —they're waiting for food. day for distribution to the desti­ tute people who lined up at the gangplank. The leftovers from etc. Soon we had enough food each meal was also given to them. saved up to give a party for these kids." As DiFazio says, "It was impos­ PARTY GIVEN sible for us to eat when we knew that children were going hun­ On December 8, before the ship gry. So we started a little plan. left Patros, a party was held for Each day the crew would do fifty Greek children invited by without something. One day, the crew. The vessel was deco­ no butter; the next day, no mar­ rated with American flags. Cho­ malade; the next day, no meat, colate bars and chewing gum were contributed by all hands, li­ CHOW LINE FOR CHILDREN censed and unlicensed. The labor of preparing and serving the food was contributed by the Stev/ards Department. And best of all, money was col­ lected to buy shoes and clothing so that each guest could be given a useful gift. The menu, at the dinner, in­ cluded soup, hamburger steak, mashed potatoes, string beans, cake, fruit, and candy. And of course, all the bread, butter, and marmalade that the kids could eat or carry with them. DEATH STRIKES "Some of the youngsters" said DiFazio, "were so afraid that this would be their last food for a long time, that they stuffed their pockets with bread and butter. Maybe reading this story in the Log will cause other crews to do the same thing when they hit foreign ports." Lined up with mess gear, the kids wait for the feeds. Some of The hunger that is ravaging all of Europe was witnessed at first these children would now be dead, if it weren't for the Collins crew hand by the crew of the Collins. who gave of their own food so that these innocent victims might live. While the townspeople of Patros were lined up at the gangplank, waiting for food, some of them COME AND GET IT! died and had to be covered with a tarpaulin. This happened quite a few times, and although the crew had seen death strike before, they never could become used to seeing men, woihen, and children die from hunger and exposure before their eyes. Curran Admits Commies Control NMU, Says Members Are Soid-Out fight for the membership, placed He and 20 other union members (Continued from Page 1) ing him as an agent of the Krem­ in u position where they were wrote a letter to The PiloL charg­ ing that Port Agent Stack had lin during and after the war, sup­ called all kinds of names." been rigging meetings as he saw plying information on troop and — OR ELSE! convoy movements to the Com­ Myers and McKenzie, he said fit. munist national headquarters at "made the decisions and then The World-Telegram, mean­ 31 East 12th Street. while, had obtained evidence that handed them on to the national Government agencies, the office . . . Men were driven from the NMU "machine" to which Telegram substantiated, found the Union and whispers and ru­ Curran referred functioned di­ rectly out of Communist head­ that seamen returning on con­ mors maligned all dissenters. quarters. It learned that the voys were quizzed about the size "The Union is in the hands of of convoys, their destinations, a machine, a machine that is go­ communist national committee cargoes, number of troops trans­ ing to tell you how to work or laid down an official party line ported and identification of troop else. I will not be a party to a for the NMU at its secret meet­ The happiest word in Greece these days is—food! And hungry units. machine. The machine tells you ing on February 5. kids fill up for first time since the war. In his report to the member­ who is a phony in the Union, the On that date, the Telegram ship Curran piled conclusive machine tells you who to elect, says, William Z. Foster, com­ proof upon many items of CP who to fire. munist national chairman. Warn­ ON SEA TRITON, IT'S THE SIU leadership and disunity in the ed that the party already had "The machine tells you who to NMU ranks already well known bring on charges ... If you want cracked down on NMU comrades to the Seafarers. it, it is okay with me, but if you who got out of line and warned He asked the membership to don't want it you have to have that more expulsions would oust Smith, McKenzie, Myers the facts and nobody should es­ come. He said; and Stack, charging that a com­ cape. Anyone who is part of a "We have a very dangerous mittee appointed to inve.stigat.e machine should be thrown out situation In Uie NMU. We have disunity in the NMU had failed quickly . . . You are the ones done our best to try to adjust the to bring facts to the members. who can bust it up." situation and have been unable Curran said he could "stand to accomplish it. "It doesn't trust you with these here the next three hours and facts," he said. "The principal reason is our He told the members how the give you dozens more examples own comrado.s in the NMU. They commies had sold the member­ . i . "I want to see the truth for are not carrying out the party ship down the river on wages a change. I want to see recogni­ line or we would have a differ­ during the war, backing the War tion that the Union is the rank ent situation in the NMU. This Labor Board on its low-wage and file." is intolerable. policy, in line with the party's RIGGED MEETINGS "There has been a little sur­ policy of subordinating all union But Curran warmly defended gery in the NMU but apparently issues to helping Russia win the an opposing faction of NMU of­ not enough. If these comrades war. ficials who were party members continue in defying the party "From that time onward," Cur­ but have fallen from grace with­ line, we will have to do some ran said, "those who had dis­ in the commie circle. Their more surgery." agreed with the national council "crime" in each Case seems to Some of the Isthmian crew members aboard the Sea Triton. found themselve.s picked out, have been that they questioned And the Telegram says that Reading from the left (kneeling): Billy Burke, AB; Gretsky, OS; one by one, and character assas­ the party line or deviated from it. NMU Vice President Blackie Rodriguez, AB. (standing): Bill Stroy, Bosun; John Neilson, AB; sinated and, one by one, made to One of them, Charles Keith, a Myers, a member of the com­ Shelby, FWT; Martinez, AB; Michaud, AB; Blea, OS; Beauchamp, either leave the Union or, if they delegate, was expelled from the munist national committeej was MM. Volunteer ship's organizers Strom and Gordon were busy desired to stay in the Union and party because of "factionalism." present at the meeting. working, and so couldn't be included in the shot. �Friday, March 8, 1946 THE SE AI A RERS LOG Page Eleven T BUTJ^TI?^ Seafarer Led Filipine Guerillas Here It Is Back pay checks from the city of Grand Rapids are at the Chicago Hall for the Broth­ ers and Sisters. CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS Otto Carlson $56.70 Carl Edwai'dSon 27.60 John Erwood 16.44 Raymond Forst 27.60 Howard Hill 26.08 Richard Hossler 23.65 Otto Horner 46.64 George Koche 27.20 August Melmros 25.14 Thomas McKoe 25.41 Frank Milkus 28.58 John Murphy 23.09 Cornelius Schapcr 24.40 Robert Snyder 23.02 James Toughy 21.79 Harry Bjork 20.08 Manus Boyle 29.08 Comad Graham 26.61 Oscar Grande 29.08 Karl Holm 22.32 Ed. Horton 29.08 Harold Lamrock 9.99 Clyde Patzkowski 25.14 Ray Quilan 26.61 Albert Rosenberger 26.61 John Russell 25.19 Ernest Rddlewicz 22.74 Donel Zelser 18.08 Oscar Zacher 19.71 Charles Bank 17.12 Ernest De.sjai-din 21.83 Hazel Fogel 22.68 Anderson Jones 19.54 Joy Kookcr 22.17 Edith Larson 22.17 Ida Lou Lavelle 24.15 Mary McNeely 22.17 Maxinc Miller 22.68 Barbara Quayle 19.18 Bradford Spake 24.35 Margaret Best 21.47 Nettie Brown 22.17 Sidney Barton 21.81 SlU HALLS NEW YORK BOSTON BALTIMORE PHILADELPHIA NORFOLK 51 Beaver St. HAnover 2-2784 330 Atlantic Ave. Liberty 4057 14 North Gay St. Calvert 4539 9 South 7th St. Phone Lombard 7651 127-129 Bank Street 4-1083 NEW ORLEANS SAVANNAH MOBILE SAN JUAN, P. R GALVESTON RICHMOND, Calif .SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE PORTLAND WILMINGTON HONOLULU BUFFALO CHICAGO CLEVELAND DF.TROIT ' DULUTH VICTORIA, B. C VANCOUVER tAMPA JACKSONVILLE •PORT ARtHUR s 339 Chartres St. Canal 3336 220 East Bay St. 3-1728 7 St. Michael St. 2-1754 45 Ponce de Leon San Juan 2-5996 305 Vi 22nd St. 257 5th St. 59 Clay St. 86 Seneca St. Ill W. Burnside St. 446 Avalon Blvd. 16 Merchant St. 10 Exchange St. 24 W. Superior Ave. 1014 E. St. Clair St. 1038 third St. 831 W. Michigan St. 602 Houghton St. 144 W. Hastings St. 842 Zack St. M-1323 920 Main St. 5-1231 445 Austin Ave. Phone: 2SS32 Ernbstine Butler Merina Davis Wm. H. Ferrill Anna Grier Willard Hess Mattie Jackson Mildred Jenkins Alice Jones Phillip Kirschenbaum Mack Rogers Clyde Worser Ted Zabrowski Robert Burkholz Madeline Graham Russell Jones John O'Neill Janet Pettit 22.17 21.81 22.17 19.54 21.57 22.17 22.17 22.17 22.17 21.81 21.12 21.47 20.95 24.15 22.17 22.17 22.00 NORFOLK Individual Donations $ 1.00 NEW YORK Individual Donations $ 9.00 SS STEVE TAYLOR 4.00 SS CECIL BEAN 22.00 SS MONROE 6.00 SS A. A. INGERSOLL 27.00 SS J. M. GILLIS 24.00 SS HAGERSTOWN VIC. .. 14.00 SS ELWOD HILLS 26.00 SS GEO. WASHINGTON .. 26.00 SS OCCIDENTAL VIC 38.00 NEW ORLEANS SS JAMES SWAN SS COSTAL COMPETITOR SS CAPE TRINITY SS THOMAS NELSON SS FIRE ISLAND SS WALTER CHRISTIANSEN Individual Donations $20.00 11.00 12.00 9.00 15.00 6.00 1.00 (Continued from Page 4) ploy to spy on them. Faces turn­ ed the other way as he walked down the street. Men spat as he passed. But in three months he had gained the confidence of the Japs and couM go anywhere. Ho was able to smuggle medicine and ammunition to the guerrillas, able to pass on to them infor­ mation on Jap supplies and con­ centrations through his brother, bi'other-in-law and untie, who acted as messengers. JAP CULTURE Then came the day when the .Taps ranght them. Renrier'.s brother-in-law and uncle were shot. His brother Frank begged the Japs to shoot him for four hours, before they did. They had disrnvered he was an American and pulled long strips of skin from his body with pliers, a little at a time. Ed Bender fled to the moun­ tains. Major Enriquez had been kilJed, but he got in touch with Capt. Matiana R. Balauag, com­ manding Co. G, 14th Infantry, who asked him to organize a guerrilla outfit to support his company, which had been re­ duced to 115 men, including of­ ficers. Bender did. He recruited men, and they recruited other men. In no time at all he had a regiment of five battalions of 350 men each. Officers were elected. As regimental commander, Ben­ der assumed the rank of lieutonant mlonel. THE BOLO BOYS Bender's First Bolo Regiment had little more weapons than the name implies when they started out. But the bolo is an effective weapon, ambushed Japs found. Soon the outfit was fully pro­ vided with Japanese weapons. Then the Americans began drop­ ping supplies and ammunition. In no time the Bolos had cleaned PERSONALS PHILADELPHIA DWIGHT SHELDON SS D. WILLARD $45.00 Write your grandmother im­ individual Donations 570.00 TOTAL $886.00 mediately. She has important in­ formation for you. FRED A. BARTHOLOMEW Contact the Customs Agency, Customhouse, New Orleans, Mr. All men who come within W. L. Whitney, in reference to the provisions of the Draft doeumonted gas crow voDSol Law should keep in touch 'May,' with their draft boards while t ^ ir on board ships. Do not de­ MELVIN V. HAY pend on the Purser io do this Please write to your mother. for you. He may fail lo do so, ^ t. A and the first thing you know, ROBERT C. WILSON you're not a civilian anymore. Call Silas B. Axtell immedi­ ately to sign releases. He is hold­ ing check. 4. i ft ROBERT G. FENDERS Your book, left behind on the The books of Robert S. Russak, and Don G. Cameron are being SS Spartensburg Victory is be­ held at Headquarter's offices in ing held for you at the Phila­ delphia Hall. New York. About The Draft NOTICE! out all of the collaborators in the area. The Japs tried to retaliate. They were ambushed each time they came into the mountains. The Bolos fought five major bat­ tles with them. Few Japs es­ caped. Once the Americans were es­ tablished on Leyte they request­ ed information on Jap supply depots, ammunition dumps and concentrations. The Bolos were able to supply it about Santiago, Isabela, and all of the am.munition dumps and rice granaries in the area were pin-point bombed. Meanwhile, the Bolos had hacked an airstrip out of the jungle with bolos and plows. Pi­ lots who were brought down were spirited to the airstrip, and light planes carried them back to Allied airfields to fiy again. Tech- nicians were flown in. Among them was a Filipino boy, Lieut. Larry Guzman, who became the idol of the Bolos because of his artfully contrived mines and booby traps which accounted for hundreds of Japs. AIRSTRIP BATTLE When the Americans landed on Luzon, a good portion of the Japs were occupied with fight­ ing the guerrillas. The Bolos cut off some 2500 men who were trying to reach General Yamashita's headquarters to the north. The battle was fought at the air­ strip, and when G-2 asked for prisoners there were only eight Jap survivors. Many others had been taken prisoner, but weren't ATTENTION! The following members have various papei's at the New Or­ leans Hall. These can be obtained by writing to A. L. Stephens, Sr., 339 Chartres St., New Orleans, La. Discharges: Stephen J. McNee, Jr.; W. C. Block, J. B. Sharpc, Wm. Cai'llon, James W. Sullivan, Orville' E. Abrams, Bertrand P. Palmer. Dues Receipts: A. M. Bert, F. Baptiste, J. I. McCants, E. E. Fletcher, R. Hansen. Argentine Passports: Wilfred B. Spring, John A. Maloney, Roland Hebert, Ren J. Martinez. Various Papers: Eugene Carhart, Louis Hussey, Kenneth A. Neff, Lyle E. Fowler, J. S. McRye, Irvin A. LeBlanc, Lester T. Hofstad, Ferdinand C. Trenchard. able to live in the high altitudes, somehow, Bender says. Bender's first contact with the Americans came when he brought the prisoners to Captain Sher­ man, commanding Co. I, 145th Infantry. The Captain ordered the Lieutenant Colonel to pa­ trol an area along the highway to Baguio, and Bender followed the Captain's orders. A month later the GI's took over, and Bender ordered his men to go home. For a month Bender taught at the small arms school at Camp Roosevelt, Ilocos Sur. Then he found out repatriation to the United States was open and his tendered resignation was accept­ ed. Meanwhile, though, the First Bolo Regiment of Isabela, P. I., was officially recognized by the U. S. as part of the Philippine Army. Many of the men who fought with bolos in rags now wear U. S. Army khaki. The regiment now is commanded by Lieut. Col. Alejandro C. Manikad. Bender never has been deco­ rated for the part he played in securing northern Luzon for the Allies, but he doesn't mind. He's proud to have killed some of the Japs who flayed his brother, proud to be sailing under the U. S. flag and the Seafarers In­ ternational Union banner. MONEY DUE SS JOSEPH I. KEMP The men who joined the ship in New York and paid off in San Francisco can collect transporta­ tion by writing to the Interocean Steamship Corporation, 311 Cali­ fornia Street, San Francisco, Cali­ fornia. ft ft ft SS THOMAS WOLFE The crew which paid off in San Francisco March 1, has one night's lodging coming, which can be colected by writing to Williams-Dimond and Company, 215 Market Street, San Francisco, California. ft ft ft The following men have over­ time coming from the Mississippi Steamship Co.: A. K. Knox, $6.48: H. C. Roach, $5.04; C. Dean Jr., $4.32; L. R. Guy, $17.28. ft ft ft SS ALCOA PATRIOT The following men have three days plus overtime coming to them: C. Mclntire, D. Gunn, G. Losee, F. Hills, Jr., R. Malinen, H. Childers, D. Turpel, A. Mackowski. Joseph Chavez, K. Clark, J. T. Miller, R. Greppi, R. Prozinski, James Ramer, John Spinosa. • The money can be Collected at Alcoa Steamship Company, 17 Battery Place, N. Y. C., write or cal. �THE Paae Twelve SEAFARERS Friday, March 8, 134S LOG Sea Triton Edmund Fanning Crew Condemns Isthmian Welcomes Seafarers NMU For Stalling isthmian Vote By A. GORDON and R. STROM BOSTON — Another Isthmian vessel, the SS Edmund Fanning, followed tlie lead of some sister ships by holding a shipboard meeting, eleeting delegates, and passing a resolution condemning the dilatory tactics of the NMU in playing the company's game by stalling the election. After the opening of the meeting D. Collins and A, Bauseo were elected chairman and secretary respectively. J. Ahern was elect­ ed Deck Delegate; J. Garvin to represent the Engine Dept.; and H. Weising as Stewards Delegate. Considerable discussion then ensued regarding the possibility of having the Isthmian election to determine the colleclive bargain­ ing agent held in the near future. At the conclusion of discussion, it was regularly moved, support­ ed and carried that the Seafarers International Union of North America be petitioned to repre­ sent the crew of the Edmund t EDMUND FANNING DECK CREW NEW YORK — It really was a pleasure and an encouragement for us to find the Isthmian men on this ship, the SS Sea Triton, as receptive as they az-e towaid the Seafarers' drive to organize Isth­ mian. Brother, they really listen attentively! When you start talking SIU to these seamen, they actually seem to take the words right out of your mouth, and ask you various questions concerning the Seafai-ers. Union contracts, represen­ tation on beefs, and working and living conditions aboard SIU ships. Several of the boys weren't satisfied with just filling out pledge cai-ds, and so took out Seafarei-s books, taking full ad­ vantage of the charter member pffer of an SIU membership book for only $17. We expect a num­ ber of other fellows to also take out books befoi'e leaving poiT. BRING 'EM HOME 100% ' > Thei-e are two or thi'ee NMU men on board the Triton, but one of them has already signed an SIU pledge card, assuring us that Fanning. Here's the Fanning's Deck Department, taken aboard their ship -while docked cit Boston, Fifth he fully intends to vote for the from the left in the rear row is Bosun Antoniou, supposedly NMU, who wanted to be included with the Seafarei's. With the rest of the CONDEMNS NMU crew at present shaping up over Whereupon the following peti­ rest of these Isthmian Seafarers. 90 per cent for the SIU, we ex­ tion was drawn up and signed pect to bring 'em home 100 per BLACK GANG OF THE FANNING cent at the completion of our by 23 crew members present: five month trip. "We, the undersigned mem­ These boys are getting impa­ bers of the crew of the SS Ed­ tient for the Isthmian collective mund Fanning (Isthmian Line) bargaijiiiig election to come up, being in dire need of a rep­ and of course they know the resentative to conduct collec­ reason for the delay, also whom to blame for it. They're pretty tive bargaining in our behalf well riled up at both the com­ with the Isthmian Line offi­ pany and the NMU for continu­ cials, do hereby petition the ously stalling, thei-eby prevent­ Seafarers International Union ing them from enjoying their of North Aiiierica to so repre­ democi'atic privilege of selecting the union of their choice to rep­ sent us. resent them. "Further, we also request How about some of you -broththat the Seafarers International ei's jumping into this drive with Union of North America do both feet, and do this job of or­ everything in its power to bi'ing ganizing Isthmian up good? With about an immediate election your assistance, all Isthmian within this company, and thus ships will then line up for the obviate the efforts of the Na­ Seafarez's as well as the Sea tional Maritime Union to stall Triton! (See picture on page 10), the election, which stalling tends to benefit only the Isth­ mian Line company to the de­ triment'of us seamen." Let Us Have 'Em 90% SIU After leaving Norfolk, the Fan­ ning crew, upon learning the score, swung to the SIU with the exception of three men either un­ decided or for NMU, making it better than 90% for the Sea­ farers. One amusing incident concern­ ed the Bosun, who is a whishywashy NMUer, and refused to knock the men off so that a shot of them might be taken. However, when the deck gang knocked off anyway, the Bosun made a mad dash to get in the pictui-e himself, proving some­ thing or other! Actually, the Bosun isn't really NMU, accord­ ing to the crew—merely misled by their phony "propaganda. Now that the Fanning crew has had a taste of union democracy in the form of a shipboard meet­ ing, electing their own delegates to take care of their many prob­ lems and beefs, they're all for the Seafarers' brand of unionism and membership representation. The Fanning's Engine crew display their sentiments in no uncertain terms. These Isthmian men with their SIU sign are typical of the great majority of Isthmian seamen who are all for the Seafarers. Clearing The Deck (Continued from Page 3) insisted on fighting for the wel­ fare of tho membership and not the Communist party. THESE THINGS MUST BE TOLD THE NMU MEN, AND THEY MUST BE TOLD IN A FRIENDLY SPIRIT. WE MUST NOT BRAG ABOUT THEIR TROUBLE OR ACT AS THOUGH WE ARE GLAD THEY ARE HAVING. SUCH PROBLEMS. It would be well for members of the Seafarers to invite rank and file members of the NMU to visit the Seafarers Halls. Many of them know nothing about the Seafarers, other than the lies they have read in the Pilot or been told by their leadership. Now is the opportunity for us to show members of the NMU in jusi what manner the Seafarers op­ erate on a day to day work basis. Now is the time to let them see that the membership of the SIU shapes its policy and program. Unless we do this to help the good members of the NMU to put their organization in a workable condition, minus the leadership of the communist scabs and finks, we will stand a good chance of seeing the unfortunate picture of the shipping companies smashing the NMU. It takes no great imagination to see what would happen if the shipowners succeeded in knock­ ing dowii one maritime union. If this happened all maritime unions would be weakened, and the wages and conditions of all seamen lowered, ALL OF THESE THINGS MUST BE TOLD TO THE NMU MEMBERS. WE MUST AP­ PEAL TO THEM TO WORK IM­ MEDIATELY TO CLEAN UP THEIR UNION. ALL BRANCH OFFICIALS OF THE SEAFAR­ ERS INTERNATIONAL UNION MUST FOLLOW ONE POLICY. WHEN NATIONAL MARITIME The Log wants at once the names and addresses of bars, clubs frequented by seamen, particularly in foreign ports, so that they can be put on the Log mailing list. With the postal delivery to ships snafued, this remains the only practical way of • getting the Union paper into the mem­ berships hands. So do it today—send us the names and correct addresses of your favorite places all over the world, with an es­ timation of the number of Logs they can use. Build the Seafarers by building the Seafarers Log! UNION MEMBERS APPLY TO THE SIU FOR MEMBERSHIP, THEY MUST BE TOLD THAT BEFORE THEY ARE ALT.OWED MEMBERSHIP THEY MUST GO EA.CK AND COMPLETE THE HOUSE CLEANING JOB IN THE NMU. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Title A name given to the resource March 8, 1946 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. VIII, No. 10 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Description An account of the resource Headlines: COMMIES RUN NMU, CURRAN ADMITS PASSENGER SHIPS PLANNED SHIPOWNERS AND NMU MEMBERS SEAFARER LED FILIPINO REGIMENT IN GUERILLA WARFARE AGAINST JAPS A WHITE ELEPHANT? OUT IN THE OPEN REPORT OF SIU ORGANIZING DRIVE JOHNNY GOES A-GOONING NMU FINDS IT CAN'T PIECE-OFF SIU VOLUNTEER SHIP'S ORGANIZER CONDITIONS ON AZALEA CITY A SCANDAL TO THE JAYBIRDS INGERSOLL CREW AND SKIPPER ARE JUST LIKE THAT!! CAPTAIN FOUND SIU CREW BEST IN HIS CAREER WSA AND ARMY TEAM UP TO FUBAR SUPPLIES FOR SHIP BROTHER THANKS SHIPMATES FOR FUNERAL TOKEN PEACETIME FESTIVITY RETURNS TO PASSENGER SHIPS END CARGO JEOPARDY, CREW ASKS CALMAR SAYS MAIL IS BEING CARRIED-FAST FREYLINGHUYSEN CREW ASKS ACTION AGAINST OFFICERS IT WAS THE FAIRLAND'S LAST TRIP MINUTES OF SIU SHIP MEETINGS DIGESTED FOR EASIER READING NEW BERTHS BOOM BOSTON SHIPPING PUERTO RICO GETS NEW PAINTING OF ANDY FURUSETH MEMBERSHIP OPINIONS ARE SOUGHT LATE OPENING SEEN FOR LAKES CARNIVAL PAYS COOLIE WAGES BEWARE OF JACKSONVILLE GESTAPO PHILLY MAY HAVE LONGSHORE STRIKE SIU CREW FEEDS STARVING GREEK CHILDREN CURRAN ADMITS COMMIES CONTROL NMU, MEMBERS ARE SOLD-OUT EDMUND FANNING CREW CONDEMNS NMU FOR STALLING ISTHMIAN VOTE ISTHMIAN SEA TRITON WELCOMES SEAFARERS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 3/8/1946 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America 1946 Periodicals Seafarers Log http://seafarerslog.org/archives/files/original/21e922d2a6d8a378a50052e138413c08.PDF e35283c6612e89d02c5be1e726f9d1bf PDF Text Text Hearings Start On M'time Arbitration Plan SlU, MTD Ready Attack On Anti-Strike Measure -Story On Page 3 QtgM f Seafarers are now manning the world's most modern ^ vOOIC jflip* cable-laying vessel, largest of its type under the US flag. The 17,000-ton Long Lines, to be operated by Isthmian Lines, is on her sea trials this week and is due to leave Hamburg, Germany about March 30 for Baltimore. A spe­ cial linear cable engine weighing 184,000 pounds (inset) will be installed in the vessel upon arrival. The massive engine is equipped with hydraulic lifters to speed an ; efficient job of laying cable by the Long Lines, which is due to complete a Carib­ bean telephone cable network after a long delay. (Story on Page 3.) s / \ .\ ^ f in AC Protesting operations of the Kulukundis fam^COTOFCFS in on LfflCS* ^hich have stranded SIU crews and failed to meet contract obligations on a score of American ships. Seafarers in Tampa (inset) and other ports set up picketlines to demonstrate against Kulukundiscontrolled foreign vessels such as the Canopus (above). The operator finally with­ drew the vessel from the port. Seafarers who manned the line in Tampa were (1-r) James Pipinos, Fred Mapstone and Eddie Perez. (Story on Page 2.) �Pace Two SEAFARERS LOG March 9, 19(» New Talks Seek Revival Of Kulukundls SlU Fleet Curacao Beckons Runaways NEW YORK—^Meetings were continuing late this week among major creditors of the Kulukundis shipping interests, attended by SIU observers and representatives of the Un­ ion's welfare, pension and vacation funds, to set up the means for getting its American-flag operations back into service. Liens on behalf of SIU crews SIU crews as primary claims programs and by duplicate actions have been slapped on the against individual ships, the com­ on behalf of similar programs for panies have been hit with suits the other shipboard unions. vessels for wages, overtime for contributions owed to the SIU The Justice Department has also and other monies. welfare, pension and vacation WILLEMSTAD, Curacao—Faced with the possibility of having to pay taxes in some of their present sanctuaries like Liberia, taxdodging US runaway ship opera­ !(.Tt tors may be able to find a new H?' home here In the Netherlands t mm'M ^ West Indies. filed suit to foreclose on FederallyKi ,>n ^ vfvJi Similar actions are expected to A new bill before the island's insured mortgages for Kulukundishit an additional dozen ships num­ legislature would make 80 percent owned vessels on loans of $35 mil­ bered in the complex of American of the net profits of such compa­ lion, and took action this week to companies owned or controlled by nies taxable at only one-tenth of freeze all Kulukundis assets in the Kulukundis interests, including the normal profits tax. The bill US, including realty holdings. ki. OR imtm the Bull Line, which are still at would especially apply to shipping Manuel E. Kulukundis and mem­ sea. companies and aircraft concerns, bers of his family have also been SIU crews on four of the idled according to news reports. mmm hit with criminal action. U' left if ships flew back to New York late To qualify for the reduced tax WASHINGTON—A good guide Nine of the American ships are Tuesday, March 5, after being re­ rate, the company must only be idle in New York, Philadelphia, to the financial difficulties facing patriated by the State Department, incorporated in the Netherlands and immediately received a $300 the Kulukundis complex of Ameri­ Baltimore, New Orleans, Portland West Indies, maintain its manage­ draw. They came off the Brldge- can companies, which began with and Norfolk, one of which, the Protesting the trade ac­ ment there and register its vessels the purchase of Bull Line two Westhampton, is scheduled for sale hampton, Suzanne, Elizabeth and in the kingdom of the Netherlands tivities of Kulukundis-operyears ago, can be obtained from a in Baltimore by the US marshal Ines, idled in Suez and Aden. (including the West Indies, the ated foreign ships, Seafarer just-released Government analysis. on March 14. Overseas, seven are SIU Gets Escrow Fund Netherlands proper and Surinam). The study shows that more than tied up in Suez, Aden, Bombay, James Pipinos mans line Under certain circumstances, how­ The draws came out of an es­ one half of 79 US tramp compa­ Yokohama and Chittagong, Pakisagainst the MV Canopus in ever, the vessels may even be crow fund secured by the SIU nies have been in business less Tampa. (Continued on Page 15) registered elsewhere and still some time ago and set aside to than three years. In addition, as of qualify for the reduced tax rates. cover family allotments, payroll last October 31, of the 130 ships checks and other unpaid crew owned by these companies, 60 In the past, runaway American monies. Accordingly, all allotments companies owned only one ship shipowners have flocked in large are up to date and crews with and only ten owned four or more. numbers to such tax havens to wages coming are being given up dodge American tax laws. Further, changes in the tramp to a $300 draw against monies due fleet, from January, 1956, through The Maritime Trades Depart­ for work aboard ship. ment of the AFL-CIO is seeking 1962, show that 120 new companies In separate developments. Sea­ were formed, but in the same amendment to Section 883 of the farers in several US ports are period 150 went out of business. NEW ORLEANS—A clear victory was achieved by labor- US Internal Revenue Code of 1954 manning protest demonstrations In its turn, Kulukundis manage­ endorsed Frederick L. Eagan in the primary race for state to narrow the gap between US against foreign ships that are part ment was faced with a losing ships and runaways competing in of the Kulukundis foreign shipping proposition on the Bull Line senator from the 6th district, and three other labor-backed the same trade. Interests under at least three flags. service to Puerto Rico right at the candidates face runoffs here^ Curacao is well-known to Sea­ SIU pickets hit these vessels as start. Thus, it quit the island trade March 23, despite substantial groups, and expressed public farers on the Delta Line runs to part of the same ownership which last year, disposed of container- wins in local primaries last thanks for the endorsements and South America, on which the is­ accounted for nearly ten percent ships which might have helped month. other support. land is a frequent port of call. of the free world ships in the make it pay, and stuck to bulk Under the election law, a clear Cuban trade last summer, accord­ cargo and tramp runs instead. and decisive majority must be es­ ing to a Maritime Administration A contributing factor to its tablished in a primary, or a runoff report. MA cited them as "by far problems, while it was still trying has to be held in which candidates the most important group of ship­ to make ends meet on the Puerto with over 5,000 votes can enter. ping companies in the Cuban Rico run, may have been the Eagan ran way ahead of four other trade" during that period. sugar rate case which the Federal candidates in the race for his dis­ The Kulukundis American-flag Maritime Commission didn't rule trict, where the SIU hall is lo­ operation, covering some ten US on until four months after Bull- cated. SAN FRANCISCO—An informal series of special talks on companies, has been in financial gave up on Puerto Rico because it All four candidates had the en­ shipping industry problems and maritime labor issues wa» difficulties for some time. Besides couldn't wait for the decision. It dorsement of the Maritime Port held near here last weekend by SlUNA representatives. Gov­ the libel actions for wage» filed by "won" the case. Council, Central Trades Council ernment officials and West-^ and the AFL-CIO Committee on Coast shipowners under the cials participating in the talks were Political Education in the port auspices of the Federal Medi­ Maritime Administrator Donald W. area. Alexander, Federal Mediation Di­ Now awaiting the runoff ballot­ ation and Conciliation Service. rector William E. Simkin and The three-day round of meetings ing, David Gertler, running for Deputy Director Robert H. Moore, judge of the Civil District Court that began last Friday, March 1, as well as Herbert Schmertz, gen­ at Palo Alto, included SlUNA (Division A) was high man in a eral counsel of the mediation serv­ field of four; Municipal Court President Paul HaU; SlUNA Ex­ ice and Prof. William Gomberg, NEW YORK—Thousands of waterfront workers, union Judge Paul Garofalo, running for ecutive Vice - President Morris special mediator, of the Wharton secretary-treasurer of officials, industry representatives and friends joined in trib­ Civil District Court (Division G) Weisberger, the Sailors Union of the Pacific; School of Commerce, University of ute to Anthony Anastasio, a vice-president of the Interna­ almost equalled the total vote for President William W. Jordan of Pennsylvania. three opponents, and Theodore In the discussions with J. Paul tional Longshoremen's Asso--f "Ted" Hickey, seeking the Senate the Marine Firemen's Union and St. Sure, president of the Pacific ciation and head of ILA Local measure of stability to the seat for the 5th District, was run­ Secretary-Treasurer Ed Turner of the Marine Cooks & Stewards. Maritime Association and a com­ 1814, at final rites in Brook­ Brooklyn waterfront by molding ner-up in a field of 14. mittee of West Coast shipowners, ten Brooklyn locals into one uni­ lyn last Tuesday, March 5. Ana­ All four candidates lauded the Both Jordan and Turner are also the labor and Government officials . stasio, 57, died here a week ago fied Local 1814, largest local in support given them by the union SlUNA vice-presidents. Among the top Government offi- went over a wide range of issues due to complications following an the ILA. confronting maritime, such as fu­ SrUNA President Paul Hall, earlier heart attack. ture shipping growth, manning is­ Longshoremen and other mari­ SIU headquarters officials and a sues and the general area of col­ number of rank-and-file Seafarers, time workers on the Brooklyn lective bargaining problems as they docks, along which a memorial attended the memorial services. apply to shipping. Anastasio had been instrumental procession travelled on its way to Hall and the three SIU Pacific in the fight to improve conditions Holy Cross Cemetery, paused In District union heads all challenged for longshoremen, and his passing their work to honor the ILA the view that seamen's wages were leader who had brought a good was called "a great loss to the the key issue in maritime today union" by Thomas "Teddy" Gleaand cited a long list of difficulties son, ILA executive vice-president. facing the industry about which One of Anastasio's greatest seamen and maritime unions are achievements for longshoremen especially concerned, and their families was the Brook­ It is expected there will be simi­ lyn Longshoremen's Medical Cen­ lar sessions held later, prior to ter, widely recognized as having any future contract talks, so that contributed to the health and wel­ a better approach can be made by fare of its beneficiaries. At present, all parties to common problems. the medical facility is being ex­ The Palo Alto talks followed up panded to include a broader range the three-day biennial convention of services. of the MFOW at its headquarters Anastasio is survived by a here, attended by union officers daughter, Mrs. Anthony Scotto, and rank-and-file delegates. The and three grandchildren. His MFOW President William W. Jordan Heft) end SlUNA February 26-28 sessions dealt with, brother. Rev. Salvatore Anastasio, President Paul Hall exchange greetings during convention a number of pending items of un^. pastor of St. Lucy's Church in the of the Marino Firemen's Union, which, w«s addressed by ion business ;as well as-industry-, Bronx, NY, officiated at the last wide Issues. .^ ; rites. Anrilony Aiioitosio Hall last week. >.• Trampship Woes Cifed %mm N'Orfeans Labor Support Scores In Primary Races SIC// Gov't, Industry Explore MM Issues Longshoremen Mourn Loss Of Anasfasio �lirifehk,iMt SEAFARERS Pace Tliree LOG HEARING BEGINS ON NO-STRIKE BILL SIU Mans New Cable Ship SIU, Afro To Fight NEW YORK—Fifteen additional SIU crdwmembers left here by air for Hamburg on February 26 to man the world's largest cable-laying ship, the Long Lines, and start her on her first sea trials. Now completed after lengthy delays caused by a shipyard bankruptcy proceeding in West Germany,-*the Long Lines is due to sail for Baltimore on her maiden voyage about March 30. Her exact departure date is de­ pendent on how she shapes up on the series of shake-down cruises now underway. Sea trials were to begin last week, according to SIUcontracted Isthmian Line, which will operate the vessel for -the Western Electric Company. Arrival In Baltimore is tentatively sched­ uled for April 14. The Long Lines will have a crew of more than ICQ, including tech­ nical personnel, when she takes over extensive cable-laying work for the American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Her initial job will be to cbmplete an "all-cable" underwater network throughout the Caribbean con­ necting Florida, Jamaica, Panama and South American points. Since there is no other large cable ship under the US flag, the SIU negotiated a special manning scale to cover the crew, which basically is the same as for crews manning a conventional C - 3 freightship. Upon arrival in Balti­ more, SIU crewmembers will take part in a training period of several weeks to prepare them for the actual cable-laying work. The Long Lines is behind sched­ ule because the Schliecker ship­ yard where she was built went into bankruptcy last summer. Due to the construction delay, AT&T put the British cable-layer Alert into operation on a temporary basis. Ships of several other American companies were affected by the bankruptcy situation, including two 51,000-ton ore carriers being built for Bethlehem Steel, which WASHINGTON—An array of management wit­ nesses began testimony this week in support of a plan by Rep. Herbert C. Bonner (D-NC) to set up special machinery to deal with maritime labor disputes with the ultimate goal of instituting compulsory arbitration in all shipping disputes. The proposed legislation is the subject of hearings that"*" began Tuesday, March 5, tion. The proposal, as introduced by and will probably continue the Merchant Marine Committee until the end of this month before the House Merchant Marine Committee. Now'completed, Long Lines (Isthmian) is pictured during construction in Hamburg, while work was still underway on her superstructure and special bow thrust gear for handling cable-laying jobs. She's due in Baltimore next month. had applied for a construction sub­ sidy so that the two ships could be built in the United States. How­ ever, Commerce Secretary Luther Hodges overturned the Maritime Subsidy Board's approval of the subsidy application and Bethle­ hem finally arranged to have the ships built In Germany. The Alert loaded her second cargo of single armorless-type cable at Baltimore last week. This will be laid down in the Carib­ bean for a Jamaica-Panama Canal Zone link that is expected to be completed this spring. The Alert completed laying the first section of the system early in Canada SIU Maps Job Appeals Panel MONTREAL—The SIU of Canada has taken formal steps to set up an impartial appeals tribunal as a further guarantee of job and seniority rights assured every SIU member under the union's constitution. Let­ ters have already been sent to the tribunal within 90 days aft­ out inviting management par­ er it is established. ticipation in the program. First proposed at a headquarters membership meeting here in Jan­ uary, the appeals panel would con­ sist of equal union and manage­ ment representation plus an impartial third party, or would function solely through an impar­ tial arbitrator, depending upon the final arrangements made. Members Vote To Accept The proposal was studied by an elected membership committee after the January meeting, and was followed up by further action at a February 6 meetings. Members voted to accept the idea in prin­ ciple last month and authorized discussion with management trust­ ees now serving on the Welfare Plan board of trustees to seek management participation in the program. A firm basis for operation of the appeals procedure is expected to be established by mid-March, in advance of the 1963 shipping sea­ son. One of the highlights of the proposal is a provision allowing for impartial review of the job rights of any member within the past three years, if an appeal is taken Arbitration Plan Meanwhile, the hearings in Ot­ tawa on the Upper Lakes shipping dispute resumed Monday, March 4, after a two-week recess called by Justice T. G. Norris, presiding as hearing commissioner. The dis­ pute between the SIU of Canada and the Upper Lakes Shipping Company has been the subject of hearings in several ports since last August. SEAFARERS LOG March 8,1963 Vol. XXV, No. ^ PAUL HALL, -Presfdent HERBERT BRAND, Editor; IRWIN SPIVACK, Managing Editor; BERNARD SEAMAN, Art Editor; MIKE POLLACK, NATHAN SKYER, ALEXANDER LESLIE, PETER MCEVOY, HOWARD KESSLBR, Staff Writers'. Published biweekly at the headquarters of the Seafarers International Union, At­ lantic, Culf, Lakes and Inland Waters District, APL-CIO, 675 Fourth Avenue. Brooklyn 32, NY. Tel. HYaclnth 9-6600. Second class postage paid at the Post Office In Brooklyn, NY, under the Act of Aug. 24, 1912. February, putting down 850 miles of cable between Florida and Ja­ maica, British West Indies. Tele­ phone service over the new cable will begin shortly. In giving what was characterized as "reluctant" support to the Bon­ ner proposal, the shipowners who have testified so far backed his view that "special treatment" for maritime on labor-management is­ sues is the means to bolster the shipping industry and keep the US as a "major factor in international commerce." In an opening statement to the committee. Rep. Bonner said the bill (HE 1897) was essential "if this country's trade Is to expand and its merchant marine Is to sur­ vive." He thus indicated that an ef­ fort to shunt aside all other prob­ lems in the industry would be made this session for the sake of the compulsory arbitration legisla- US Agency Embargo Set On 26 Cuba Trade Ships WASHINGTON—An amended total of 26 foreign-flag ves­ sels has been barred from cutting in on US foreign aid, farm surplus, or other 50-50 cargoes, as well as military shipments. that rightfully belong on shipping engaged in the Cu­ American-flag vessels. The eign ban trade has been expected since embargo order covers the list the Maritime Trades Department of free world ships trading with Cuba since January 1, 1963. The Maritime Administration is­ sued an updated report on ships in the Cuban trade on February 26, which added 14 vessels to the original list of 12. One day earlier, the State De­ partment's Agency for Interna­ tional Development put into effect regulations barring the blacklist­ ed ships from carrying any AID cargoes from the US. The agency's new regulations say that the ban will apply to cargoes whose freight is paid either by AID or by the country involved. The Defense Department issued similar orders last week covering the embargoed ships. It also ruled that with respect to ocean ship­ ment of military assistance mater­ ials from the US, arranged for by the recipient country, approval must be obtained by that country for use of any foreign-flag vessel. Restrictions placed on the use of the foreign-flag vessels which have been to Cuba since the first of the year may be lifted, however, if their owners give "satisfactory assurances that no vessels under their control will henceforth be employed in the Cuban trade" while it is US policy "to discour­ age such trade." The 26 foreign ships belong to eight nations, British and Greekflag vessels totalling nine each. Of the rest, two each were Nor­ wegian and Polish. Yugoslavia, Italy, Japan and Lebanon had one each. The Federal crackdown on for­ kicked off a protest to the flood of arms and military cargoes moving to Cuba on Communist bloc and foreign-flag vessels. MTD pickets tiedoip the Yugoslav freighter MV Drzic in Houston last September, after it arrived from Havana to load a 50-50 cargo bound for the United Arab Republic. chairman in January, would set up a new Title X in the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 embodying a series of procedures for fact-find­ ing, mediation, conciliation and, ultimately, compulsory arbitration with binding awards to bar mari­ time strikes. The legislation would amount to an exemption of mari­ time labor from the Taft-Hartley Act. Labor Witnesses Once the management witnesses have completed their testimony, maritime labor representatives will testify and present the opposition view to the entire concept of the legislation. The AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department, on behalf of the SIU, its affiliates and other maritime unions, will make a full presentation on the issue before the committee. No date has been set for the MTD testimony, which will be presented by SlUNA President Paul Hall. The legislation, which goes be­ yond a proposal made by Rep. Bon­ ner last year to put maritime dis­ putes under procedure similar to the Railway Labor Act, echoes a proposal he made in 1955 which also called for no-strike provisions and binding arbitration avvards. Rejected By SIU It was rejected completely by the SlUNA convention at Montreal in 1955, which made clear the un­ ion's position that such procedures could not solve maritime problems, including those that might exist in the area of collective bargaining. The effort this time to fit the no-strike legislation into the Mer­ chant Marine Act is viewed as an attempt to bypass the House Labor Committee, which would normally have jurisdiction over labor legis­ lation. A member of the House (Continued on page 10) New Norfolk Hail Coming Up Progress on new SIU hall In Norfolk keeps moving ahead, de­ spite confinuout bout with the weather that had slowed brickwork on the one-story structure. Bricksidings are cov­ ered with cellophane to reduce frost and moisture damage. The building is now explected to be ready by June, barring further delays. Men on temporary roofing are part of con­ struction gang. �-V •^, 3 SEAFARERS ^re roar V»« -n '. ^ •" MiriA t,1ffa LOG (Figures On This Page Cover Deep Sea Shipping Only In the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District.) February 1 Through February 15, 1963 SIU shipping kept us a brisk pace during the first half of February, running well ahead of what could be classed as "normal" activity for a two-week period. This could be credited to the wind-up of the longshore beef on the At­ lantic and Gulf coasts, since all of the idled ships and men had not been called back to work during the final week of January when the strike actually ended. Total shipping amounted to 1,673 jobs compared to a registration of 1,287. Due to the low registration for the period and the busy shipping, the number of men remainng on the beach bv mid-February was further reduced to 4,131. The latter figure is a good sign of Seafarers' job chances, since it shows the possibility of a complete turn­ over of the men on the beach, if they choose to ship out rapidly, within six weeks. This period's shipping was below the previous two- week figure of 2,283, so that most ports reported what amounted to a shipping decline. Mobile and New Orleans were the only ports that escaped the general trend. Payoffs, sign-ons and in-transit ship visits (see right) were higher than usual throughout the District, however, as many ports reported a flood of ships moving in and out to load and discharge cargoes accumulated during the dock walkout. New York, New Orleans and Houston to­ gether handled almost 150 ships, but the large number of vessels hitting Houston did not account, for many re­ placements there. The West Coast ports were least active, reporting 11 ship calls between them for a two-week period. According to the seniority listings, class A men con­ tinued to take most of the available jobs, in accounting for 67*^^ of all shinning. Class B men handled one out of every four jobs (25%) and class C filled the rest. Ship Acfivify Fay Sign In Off* OM Tram. TOTAL Boston 4 Now York.... 15 Ffcllmlolpiila.. 4 Boftimoro .... 10 Norfolk .... 1 Jacktonvllio .. 0 Tampa 0 Mobile 3 Now Orleans.. 7 Houston 7 Wilmington .. 0 Son Francisco.. 0 Seattle 2 1 4 5 4 3 0 0 5 11 4 0 0 1 5 27 13 13 5 4 0 5 31 34 2 4 2 10 40 22 29 9 4 0 13 49 49 2 4 B TOTALS ... S3 44 149 244 DECK DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A 1 i Shipped CLASS A Shipped CLASS B GROUP GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 12 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 2 0 3 6 2 1 5 7 1 4 1 6 23 30 11 64 1 13 16 30 24 59 16 99 4 11 17 2 0 2 1 3 1 7 2 10 12 17 3 32 0 2 10 12 15 43 67 9 6 5 0 0 11 0 3 1 3 3 0 4 4 4 10 1 2 3 3 2 1 0 7 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 6 5 1 12 0 2 5 31 12 7 14 57 33 47 89 5 13 33 9 51 49 81 14 144 16 26 11 53 2 11 12 25 13 27 14 54 3 1 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 0 4 3 13 1 3 2 0 4. 2 4 7 2 0 9 1 4 4 1 9 1 2 4 114 16'; 45 1 324 12 52 97 1 .161 124 260 69 1 453 Port Boston New York «-»i_ Registered CLASS B i_ * ^ Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jacksonville-. Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Francisco Seattle ye^T arc Shipped CLASS C GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1 0 3 2 1 15 15 31 0 0 2 2 0 5 13 8 0 1 1 2 0 4 3 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 4 5 18 26 49 0 3 6 9 0 1 0 1 1 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 8 47 71 1 126 TOTAL SHIPPED Registered O n The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP CLASS 1 2 3 ALL A B C ALL 0 6 1 0 3 1 10 1 0 2 9 11 99 31 11 141 2 5 0 7 10 2 7 19 0 2 6 8 67 13 8 88 0 2 3 5 2 11 4 5 0 0 0 0 7 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 57 61 0 4 0 1 1 1 3 144 49 3 196 0 0 1 1 1 54 9 64 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 8 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 3 13 20 1 36 453 126 36 1 615 GROUP GROUP 12 3 ALL 12 3 ALL 6 13 4 23 0 2 6 8 86 151 28 265 3 39 62 104 19 22 6 47 2 10 2 6 49 94 15 158 .2 20 23 45 15 16 32 1 0 2 14 16 12 14 5 31 1 8 8 17 3 11 2 16 0 3 1 4 31 40 75 4 1 7 16 24 90 109 , 21 220 7 56 63 126 58 71 10 148 4 29 30 63 7 13 4 24 1 10 2 13 20 21 7 48 4 7 8 19 25 21 3 49 1 20 16 37 417 600 119 11136 26 203 257 1 486 ENGINE DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A GROUP 1 2 1 3 12 32 10 1 6 16 1 2 2 5 1 1 3 10 12 37 14 37 1 0 1 3 0 2 5.7 7.58 Port JDOSIOD New York Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk Jack.sonville Tampa Mobile New Orleans Houston Wilmington San Franci.sco Sr^atlle T07A/5 Registered CLASS B 3 ALL 0 4 3 47 1 12 23 1 3 6 0 7 0 2 16 3 5 54. 3 54 1 2 0 ' 4 0 1 2 20 ' 233 Shioaed CLASS A Shipped CLASS B Shipped CLASS C GROITP GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL 0 0 0 1 3 0 3 1 0 0 3 3 0 17 11 28 23 49 10 82 4 15 20 39 0 3 0 6 4 7 2 0 2 8 2 4 2 10 5 1 17 15 29 4 48 12 8 21 1 .6 1 1 2 0 0 6 8 1 7 3 0 1 4 3 7 0 1 6 8 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 6 9 30 10 7 0 0 49 3 3 3 19 16 38 15 60 11 86 6 28 21 55 4 18 21 43 9 29 5 2 6 16 43 8 0 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 4 0 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 10 85 71 ! 166 75 210 42 1 327 15 80 65 1 160 TOTAL SHiPPED Registered O n The Beach CLASS A CLASS B GROUP CLASS GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL A 2 3 ALL B C ALL 1 1 2 3 ALL 0 2 3 10 2 4 3 3 4 1 0 0 4 1 4 5 1 12 5 18 82 39 18 139 41 137 17 195 12 43 40 95 0 5 0 5 8 17 2 24 4 5 1 27 0 4 11 15 0 7 2 78 9 80 9 48 21 9 9 98 4 24 24 52 3 0 3 7 15 5 18 2 5 5 5 28 11 7 20 2 0 11 13 1 0 2 1 3 8 20 1 8 2 2 11 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 9 11 6 1 0 2 4 0 0 49 52 0 0 3 0 9 38 6 53 • 0 15 11 26 0 3 1 4 86 55 4 145 37 99 8 144 0 65 61 126 0 0 0 ,, 59 28 12 &: 43 16 0 9 49 8 53 58 119 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 2 14 6 2 4 12 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 12 25 5 42 6 1 0 8 14 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 21 2 0 23 3 14 7 24 1 33 12 1 46 327 160 46 1 533 153 483 65 1 701 33 255 246 1 534 STEWARD DEPARTMENT Registered CLASS A Porf Bos NY Piil Bal .... Nor Jac .... Tam Mob .... NO .... Hou Wil SF Se^ .... .. Te«T arr GROUP 1-S 3 ALI. 1 2 0 2 0 3 1 7 14 13 25 59 0 4 3 5 12 3 4 5 8 20 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 4 3 11 10 17 8 60 95 2 15 7 19 43 0 1 2 0 3 3 2 0 10 15 2 0 0 3 5 30 64 42 135 1 271 Registered cuss B GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1-8 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 10 12 11 1 0 3 4 0 0 2 7 9 4 0 1 3 4 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 8 8 4 4 3 52 59 10 2 0 22 24 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 3 4 0 10 10 112 1 132 29 Shipped CLASS A GROUP 3 ALL 1 2 3 2 1 0 21 12 45 89 2 0 7 5 14 6 23 47 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9 5 28 46 29 10 71 120 9 5 23 9 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 89 41 185 1 344 Shipped CLASS B GROUP 1 3 ALL 2 0 0 2 2 0 1 20 21 0 3 0 3 0 15 1 14 0 1 0 1 1. 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 10 53 3 2 48 1 0 12 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 5 6 112 1 123 Shipped CLASS C GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 0 0 2 2 3 2 24 29 0 0 2 2 0 0 6 6 6 7 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 1 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 51 1 58 4 TOTAL SHIPPED Registered On The Beach CLASS A ClASS B 1 CLASS C ALL A B 7 2 3 2 21 29 139 89 12 2 7 3 68 6 15 47 10 7 2 1 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 56 0 46 10 53 4 177 120 39 23 13 3 0 1 0 1 4 0 0 4 8 1 4 3 344 123 58 1 525 1-8 1 40 4 10 4 3 0 11 27 14 5 9 5 GROUP 3 ALL 1' 2 2 4 2 9 62 37 100 239 15 7 11 37 30 25 38 103 18 2 9 3 0 8 4 1 3 11 15 1 66 17 9 29 51 23 108 209 42 22 41 119 31 5 14 7 52 15 7 21 30 10 4 11 133 267 148 388 1 936 GROUP 1 2 0 2 2 6 1 2 5 3 4 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 7 4 2 4 2 0 0 3 6 3 29 3 ALL 6 4 48 40 15 12 38 30 11 5 6 10 0 1 24 24 81 92 41 47 0 2 17 20 15 24 34 275 1 338 SUMMARY Registered CLASS A (iltOVP DECK ENGINE STEWARD GRAND TOTALS Registered Shipped Shipped CLASS B CLASS A CLASS B GROUP GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 Ai.L 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL J2 _52 97 161 124 260 69 453 8 47 71 1^ 10 _85 '71 166 75 210 42 327 15 80 65 160 10 10 112 132 118 41 185 344 5 6 112 123 I 2 3 ALL 114 165 45 324 55 158 20 233 94 42 135 271 263 365 200 828 32 147 280 J 459 317 511 296 11124 28 133 248 T 409 Shipped CLASS C TOTAL SHIPPED CLASS ABC ALL Registered On The Beach CLASS B CLASS A GROUP GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 1 2 3 ALL GROUP 1 2 3 ALL 3 13 20 I 36 453 126 36|615 417 600 119 11136 _26 203 257 |4M 46 327 160 46 I 533 153 '4'83 65' r 70i 33 '2'55 246|534 1 33 12 3 51 58 '344 123 58 I 525 400 148 388|9.36 29 34 275 | 338 4 8 49~83 1 140 1124 409 140 [1673 970 1231 572 12773 88 492 778 J1358 �Mweh t, INt SUP Backs Shelley For SF Mayor SEAFARERS Pace PiT* LOG Steady On The Cars, Men MA Examiner Upholds MTD Position Nix Subsidized Line in Puerto Rico Run SAN FRANCISCO—The Sailors Union of the Pacific has heartily endorsed the possible candidacy of Congressman John F. (Jack) Shel­ ley for mayor of this city In the coming November election. Morris Weisberger, executive vice-president of the SIUNA and SUP secretary-treasurer, declared that Shelley came from the ranks of labor and had always shown a deep concern for the problems of workng men and women. "With Shelley in office," Weis­ Newest SlU lifeboat training class in New York makes a dry berger said, "San Francisco labor run in revamped rigging loft near SlU headquarters. In­ can expect a fair shake and we will structor Dan Butts, veteran SlU bosun (back to camera), do everything we can to assist him shows Seafarer Fred Ferrara how to handle the tiller, while in his campaign." Rep. Shelley, 58, now actively J. R. Roman, L. Wilson, M. Minderman, T. Rasely, M. Trulock serving in the House where he is and O. Olsen, lean on the oars. Trainees for lifeboat en­ on the powereful Appropriations dorsements are from all three ship departments. Committee, is expected to be a leading contender in the mayoralty race building up here. The cam­ paign now getting underway cli­ maxes in an^ election this fall. A long-time Californian, Shelley was president of the California State Federation of Labor from 1947-50, and had served as presi­ CHICAGO — The SIU and other unions in the Maritime dent and then secretary of the San Trades Council here are taking immediate steps to counter a Francisco Labor Council from rumored shutdown of the Chicago marine hospital, one of 1937-50. He first came to Congress In 1949 after being named in a the last two hospitals main-tspecial election and has been re­ tained by the US Public made by the Department of Health, elected every two years since then. Health Service, on the Great Education and Welfare, clear in­ dications have been given unoffi­ Shelley's first public ofjfice was Lakes. While no formal announcement cially that the hospital here is the as a member of the California of the proposed closing has been next one slated to close its doors. State Senate in 1938. A general movement to cut back on the number of hospitals has continued steadily since 1947 and gained momentum in 1953, when a cabinet post covering health, ed­ ucation and welfare services was established. The reduction in USPHS installations since then has cut the hosptial total down to 14, Joseph Volpian, Social Security Director including specialized institutions' The new move in Chicago is the first attempt at a closing since Social Security Administration officials in many areas have issued August, 1961, when a statistical warnings to the public to be wary of advertisements promoting the survey of the Detroit marine hos­ sale of books that promise to tell how to "get around" certain pro­ pital threatened its future opera­ visions in the Social Security law. Some of these advertising materials tions. However, swift action by say that books, offered for sale at $1.95, $2.99, $3.99, and sometimes the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades $5, will also show "How to get twice as much Social Security," or even, Department won a redetermination of the hospital's status, and it re­ "How you can get Social Security for doing absolutely nothing." Actually these books cannot tell the? reader anything basic about mained open. Immediate steps are now being Social Security law that he would not find in the free booklets and taken through the port councii and leaflets available at any Social Security district office, the Chicago Federation of Labor If anyone has any questions'^ about his Social Security benefits, unemployed workers are exhaust­ to oppose any closing in Chicago. Prior to the start of the regular the best advice is to check with ing their state benefit rights. Great Lakes shipping season, ques­ your nearest Social Security of­ • Less than 20 percent of the fice. They may not be able to tell wages lost due to unemployment tionnaires are being distributed you how to "earn a million dollars are being replaced by the jobless among seamen to survey their use of the hospitals and their support a year while coilectihg Social pay program. of the maritime hospital program. Security" (as the promoters of • Low jobless benefits "ob­ some sensationaliy-advertised viously impede" training and re­ books suggest they can do). But training programs which are tied they can give you full and realistic to unemployment insurance pro­ information tailored to your par­ grams. ticular situation, which will save • The funds of one-third of the Seafarers and their families you time, money and delay when states are seriously depleted be­ are urged to support the strike benefits become payable. cause of continuous underby the Sheet Metal Workers In­ financing. 4" ternational Association against The "statistics of suffering" The rivalry and competition the Hotpoint Division of Gen­ make it imperative that Congress among the states for industry, the eral Electric Company by not ' give immediate attention to estab­ council said, is too great to expect buying Hotpoint appliances. lishing "a system of Federal any one state "substantially to Some 2,500 workers at Hotstandards for unemployment in­ increase benefits when such in­ point plants in Chicagq and surance," the AFL-CIO Executive crease would require higher em­ Cicero, Hi., went on strike Council has declared. The vitally- ployer taxes." The statement February 22 because of the needed reforms in the unemploy­ warned that legislatures are now company's arrogant refusal ment compensation system "can focusing on ways and means to over a period of eight months only be made by the Federal maintain low tax rates "despite to bargain in good faith. The Government" setting up uniform the near insolvency of a number company's attitude toward its standards. To rely on state legisla­ of state funds." There is no con­ workers is clear from the final tures to cope with the problem is cern iu any legislature at present contract proposals it made to "unrealistic," the council said. about the level of benefits and its employees offering no im­ This is the situation confronting there are proposals to reduce pay­ proved conditions of any kind. ments still further in six states, the nation; The SMWIA won bargaining • Of the 4.7 million unem­ the council declared. rights at Hotpoint last May ployed, 2.2 million, or 47 percent, after the company had oper­ (Comments and suggestions are are not drawing unemployment invited by this department and ated as a non-union stronghold insurance benefits of any kind. in the area for 56 years. can be submitted to this column • Every week another 40,000 in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) Chicago SlU Hits Plan To Shut PHS Beware of 'Get-Rich-Quick' Schemes WASHINGTON—An entry into the New York-Puerto Rico trade by a subsidized US-flag shipping line has been ruled out by the Maritime Administration's chief examiner as an unnecessary burden on non-'tsubsidized carriers in the Venezuela concerning volume of cargo can be worked out." Vene­ Caribbean service. The ruling came on February 25 following 20 days of hearings on a Grace Line application for temporary authority to start containership service to Puerto Rico. SIU companies, including SeaLand, Alcoa and Seatrain, fought the Grace Line bid and an attempt by American Export Line, another subsidized line, to make north­ bound calls at Puerto Rico. In rejecting Grace's application, MA's Chief Examiner Paul N. Pfeiffer cited Sea-Land's expand­ ing containership operation to Puerto Rico and stated there was no showing of an "emergency" to justify an additional entry. At its executive board meeting a few days earlier, the AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department urged protection for domestic op­ erators against "predatory compe­ tition" by subsidized lines. It said approval of the Grace Line entry "would place the unsubsidized do­ mestic operators in a position of severe and probably fatal compe­ titive disadvantage." At the same time, the MTD called for amendment of the 1936 Merchant Marine Act to provide Government construction assist­ ance to domestic operators "on the same basis as subsidies are now available to American-flag ships in foreign commerce." Com­ panies in all domestic services should be permitted to make de­ posits in construction reserve funds with the same tax and other benefits now available to subsi­ dized offshore lines, MTD said. In the MA hearings, American Export's application was strongly challenged because of the amount of free space already available on the northbound leg of the service. "Yet it is on the inbound leg, where the traffic is weakest," a Seatrain spokesman charged, "that operations are proposed by not one, but two subsidized carriers." Seatrain is readying its own serv­ ice into Puerto Rico. Turning to the Grace applica­ tion, Alcoa said that Grace does not propose a permanent Puerto Rican service, but "is using its financial plight with its containerships as a basis to enter the Puerto Rican trade and as a* stop gap measure until its problems in zuelan longshoremen have refused to handle two Grace containerships with, less than full-size gangs, while Grace wanted to reduce the size of dock work gangs. Sea-Land currently is keeping one of its four jumbo containerships built for the intercoastal trade, along with two smaller con­ tainer vessels and a carferry, on the Puerto Rico run, and disclosed plans to put further tonnage into the island service before the end of the year. The Los Angeles, last of the four Sea-Land conversions for the East-West trade, is due to start operations this month. Alcoa Eyes Jrade-ln' On Planter The SlU-contracted Alcoa Plant­ er, which suffered a disastrous four-alarm fire in January while docked at Bremen, Germany, will probably be sold overseas for scrap, according to the owners, Alcoa Steamship Company. The company hopes to replace the Planter under the trade-in pro­ gram with a C-2 type freightship. Negotiations are presently under­ way to obtain the replacement ves­ sel from an American company. The disabled Planter is one of the several C-l-types operated by Alcoa. The Planter crew was flown back to the States by jet when the decision was made to scrap the ship. Seafarer William Calefato reported to the LOG. The fire, he reports, made big news in Germany, and German newspapers carried stories and photos for several editions, calling it the most expensive ship fire they had ever seen. Quick and efficient action by the SIU crew and local firefighters prevented injury. The only casu­ alties suffered by the crew, Cale­ fato reports, were some severe colds caught while fighting the blaze in subfreezlng temperatures and later In shifting the vessel by hand because there was no power for the winches. Boycott Urged Against Hotpoint West German workmen sift through burned-out wreckage in #3 hold on the Alcoa Planter, in photo showing some of the fire damage that wrecked the ship. Seafarer William Calefato sent the picture before the crew flew home. �Pac« Sis SEAF4ftE^S Transport Agencies Sift Joint Industry Problems WASHINGTON—The big three Federal regulatory agen­ cies are continuing regular sessions on mutual problems in the transportation field. Representatives of the Interstate Commerce Commission, the-*^ :— Civil Aeronautics Board, and tinue pressing for legislation that the Federal Maritime Com­ would put ICC's merger-approving LOG MvnUt 9. llfS I* • Josepb B. Logae, MD, Medical Director it's Your Health-Take Care Of It •">> * - Heavy Seas, Winter Take Their Toil One sign of emotional maturity Is the capacity to reach's decision on Foul weather and resulting poor the basis of the best evidence available. Sometimes this is easy; some­ visibility caused mishaps to two times it's not. Sometimes the evidence is very clear; sometimes it's like SlU-manned ships in widely-scat« betting the odds. Those who can accept the evidence and act on it are tered areas recently, with the prob­ mission listed six problems as the power in abeyance, while pushing usually the more-successful ^ople in their communities. Not all of able loss of one ship to the scrap­ a full scale Congressional probe of most mutually urgent. them are consistent, though, and herein lies the problem. pers. There was no report of crew "the whole approach to transporta­ They are; jurisdictional prob­ George M. was a highly-successful executive. He could read a report injuries. lems in terminal pick-up and de­ tion mergers." and snap out a decision. He was a top man in his field. Yet when his The freighter Kyska (Waterman) While these activities continued livery services: divergent treat­ physician told him his health was slipping, George began to hedge. He was stranded in choppy waters on Capitol Hill, the railroads were ment and regulation of freight couldn't decide to change his way of life until nature did it for him. near Buyukdere, 12 miles north forwarders, brokers and consolida- reported planning a 30 percent in­ In the hospital he learned to make decisions for himself as well as of Istanbul, Turkey, where she crease in some cases for their tors; establishing joint and through for his business. -f : grounded on a sand spit. Two tugs rates between different forms of services, plus boosts up to $10 per were able to move her into open All problems aren't that simple. car for certain types of piggyback truly facing the facts. A cat isn't transportation; developing uniform water after a further bout with Mary Ann always had trouble with traffic. The ICC is expected to hold always convenient, and we may financial and statistical reports as the weather and she continued on a stuffy nose. Once after this further public hearings on the in­ take our insecurities out on a guide to cost standards; simplifi­ to Istanbul with a cargo of steel. cation of rate-making and hearing creases, as shippers have already trouble was complicated by infec­ family, friends, or associates. She was back in New Orleans tion, she developed asthma. Al­ raised a storm of protest. A patient often says, "Well, this procedures, and the need for col­ on February 26, reportedly none lergy tests showed she was sensi­ Earlier, amid claims of being doesn't affect anyone else, so why laboration on long-range research hard-pressed financially, major tive to feathers and cat hair. do you bother?" Since oo man is the worse for the incident. projects in transportation. Less fortunate was the oil tank­ railroads set off their biggest buy­ Getting rid of the feather pillow an island unto himself, par­ In February, the three agencies ing spree in eight years. They are was no problem; but she didn't er Coalinga Hills (Marine Car­ staked out mutual problems in expected to order some 60,000 get relief. The next thing was ticularly if he has a family, there's riers), which grounded in the In­ good reason for others to care. four major areas and assigned freight cars worth $900 million, obviously the cat. But the cat was I'reventive medical advice is no land Sea, south of Japan's south­ staff members to work together on compared to 1962 orders of almost a family institution. good unless it's applied. The best ernmost island of Kyushu, while them. The four fields were con- half that number. Most current or­ Her mother temporized and the medical care and treatment are enroute from Iran with a cargo tainerization, joint rates, freight ders are for 70 and 100-ton freight asthma persisted. Finally Mary useless unless heeded. The rug­ of crude oil. The ship developed forwarding practices and possible cars which enable the railroads Ann spent a week with a catless ged individualist who needs no a crack in her hull and was losing uniform cost standards. to give shippers special "incen­ aunt. No asthma. Two days after help — or thinks he doesn't — a large quantity of oil out of one The joint sessions will continue tive" rates. The buying spree was she came home, the symptoms usually requires the most care tank, but managed to refloat, by at regular monthly intervals. They set off in part by new tax rules recurred. when he is ill, even more when her own means. arose out of a suggestion by Presi­ and by ICC rulings on bulk ship­ The Coalinga made' it to port in Mary Ann's ^)hysician held a he's disabled. (Courtesy of Group dent Kennedy in his transportation ments in big, new cars. council of war and called for a Health Association of America, Japan on her own power, where message to Congress last year that decision. With the greatest re­ Inc., Dr. William A. MacColl, MD). repairs were ruled out as impracti­ there should be such get-togethers cal because of the extensive dam­ luctance, the cat went. (Comments and suggestions are age. All erewmembers were flowu among the major regulatory agen­ 3. 4 invited by this Department and back to the States, since the vessel cies because of their overlapping Most of us think we're being can be submitted to this column reportedly will be scrapped in Ja­ functions. reasonabie. But when we have to in care of the SEAFARERS LOG. J pan. Meanwhile, Sen. Estes Kefauver diet, give up smoking, get more (D.-Tenn.) chairman of the Senate sleep, take care of our diabetes, Anti-Trust Subcommittee, has giv­ change some established habit, or en all-out support to ICC's budget otherwise alter our way of life, request for funds to establish an we have great difficulty. eight man "Economic Council" to Our readiness to accept these participate in rail merger cases changes reveals much about us. and other proceedings of broad When there's reasonable evidence importance. At the same time, he and full explanation, a patient's announced his intention to con­ Cash Benefits Paid — January, 1963 failure to follow through fre­ AMOUNT PAID CLAIMS quently reveals much about his fundamental stability. Hospital Benefits $66,222.93 8,577 38,150.33 17 In Mary Ann's case, the cat Death Benefits episode revealed a whole world of Pension-Disability Benefits 54,450.00 363 insecurity, over-extended re­ Maternity Benefits 9,725.80 49 sources, and chronic, smouldering Dependent Benefits • • • 66,588.81 579 LONDON—The undermining of American-flag shipping by martial discord. This apparently- Optical Benefits 3,883.90 330 moves to allow more foreign ships into the US domestic trades successful family was skating on Out-Patient Benefits 37,760.00 4,338 thin ice indeed. Their is paralleled by similar conditions in Britain, where the state very • 562,185.69 1,888 physician was able to steer the Vacation Benefits of coastal shipping is de-4parents to a counsellor, and in TOTAL WELFARE, VACATION scribed as "startling and terri­ coastal fleet deteriorates further, time they resolved their differ­ BENEFITS PAID THIS PERIOD .... $838,967.46 16,141 fying." thus aggravating the situation. ences. Avoiding decisions or refusing A prominent shipbuilder used Continental countries have already these words to note the state of taken steps to protect their domes­ to accept the consequences of them suggests that a person.isn't domestic shipping affairs here, in tic trade, it was pointed out. seeking government protection for January, 1963 British shipping in the coastal Seamen Wives Children TOTAL Port trade. He stated that Dutch and German owners are operating a 214 20 52 142 Baltimore combined fleet of 2,000 miscellane­ 129 1 5 123 Houston * ous vessels in the trade, while Brit­ 123 16 96 11 AAobile ain's coastal fleet of trampships is 371 down to 350, of which 100 are over 15 341 15 New Orleans 20 years old. The coastal ships are 563 28 493 42 New York • • vessels of up to 2,000 tons dead­ 59 10 20 29 Philadelphia weight. Calling for government protec­ 1,459 90 145 _1,224 TOTAL tion for British coastal operators, he contended that the foreign ves­ sels have the advantage of lower operating costs, and that a good part of these savings are made at the expense of seamen's safety. A January, 1963 new type of Dutch coastal ship has Previous Pints Pints TOTAL been built for world-wide trading Port Balance Credited Used ON HAND with no lifeboats or davits. British Boston .................. 7 0 2 5 vessels, on the other hand, are re­ New York 48i/^ 40 28 flOVi quired to have these as well as Philadelphia 49 0 0 49 inflatable life-rafts. Baltimore 63 0 1 62 The point was also made that the Norfolk ................. 15 0 0 15 foreign ships bring no revenue to Jacksonville 34 0 0 34 the country in which they trade, Tampa 6 0 0 6 are a constant drain on the econ­ Mobile 13 0 0 13 omy and then return to their home SlU oldtimer William "Whitey" Jordan describes shipboard New Orleans 52 1 6 47 ^ country for almost everything they fall that landed him in the Staten Island (NY) marine hos­ Houston 4 0 •' 0 4 need. pital to SlU Patrolman "Red" Campbell, who was making wilmington ............. 7 1. 0 8 With the foreign-flag ships oper­ the rounds last week to distribute weekly hospital benefits. San Francisco 5 0 1 4 v. .. ating under highly favorable condi­ Seattle 15 1 0 16 f " Jordan had been sailing in the deck gang on the Santore tions, British shipowners are in no (Ore). TOTALS 318^ 43 38 323Vk position to build new ships, so the SlU Welfare, Vacation Plans British Coastal Trade Is Also Taking Licking SlU Clinic fxanvs—A// Porfs Drydocked At Staten Island «• e e e I SlU Blood Bank Inventory �SEAFARERS L6G Question: What is your favorite foreign port? • William Tucker: It's funny, but I can't remember the name of my favorite port. It's in Spain, just be­ low the Portu­ guese border. It's a beautiful city with really nice people who go out of their way to make your stay pleas­ ant. Instead of having their hands out every minute, they actually give as much as they can. 4 3^ Lucas Lopez: My favorite foreign port is Punta Cardona in Venezuela. There are _ nice people there and the town itself is beautiful and friendly. The women there are mostly, very pretty and they like seamen. I don't know why the town and people are so nice, but maybe it's because it is far from the big cities. Andrew J. Badini: Barcelona, Spain is my favorite port. The entertainment is cheap and there are lots of good sights to see. Last time I was there I was busy every minute from our arrival to just before the ship left. Many people spoke English and nobody tried to snub a sailor as happens in some other places. 4" 4" 4 Christos Psanis: Sorry, but my favorite ports are all in the US. In most foreign ports too many of the people you meet are only out for your money. In the US ports you can meet people and enjoy yourself without v/orryIng that they are just out to take you. I always have a better time in the US. 4 4" 4« Gene Jackson: I like Alicante, Spain, best. Things are cheap and usually of good quality. The town itself is very pretty and the people arien't trying to work you for your money. They are simple, friendly people. I was there last sum­ mer and would really like to get back there again soon. 4 41 4i Joseph Pinder: I like any port as long as I have money in my pocket. But I especially like Genoa, Italy; Kobe, Japan, and Manila. I enjoy sightseeing and these ports are very interest­ ing. But sight­ seeing is usually for the second day in port. The first day I like to meet some people and spend some dough. Chicago Sill Unions Back Radio Strikers 100% Vote Spurs SlU Phila. Pact PHILADELPHIA — Following through on a unanimous National Labor Relations Board election win in November, the SIU United Industrial Workers has wrapped up negotiations at the Peters Sportswear Company here, and signed a three-year contract with the company. A sizeable wage increase, guar­ anteed seniority plan, paid vaca­ tions, holiday provisions and com­ plete welfare coverage, for members and their families are all established under the new agree­ ment. The pact that went into ef­ fect on January 24 calls for a 20cent hourly wage boost over the life of the contract. Shippers and packers at the plant voted 7-0 last fall to have the SIU-UIW represent them as their bargaining agent. Peters Sportswear is a wholesale broker­ age concern dealing in clothing of all types, and employs 13 work­ ers in all departments. The SIU-UIW was also success­ ful at Galveston, Texas, in ob­ taining a 15-cent-an-hour pay hike plus a 20-cent increase in employer welfare contributions under a wage review for workers at the Galves­ ton Wharves installation. Gulf area representatives organized the Galveston waterfront operation in 1960. Pace Serea SIU affiliates in Chicago join in a mass demonstration by 13 AFL-CIO unions in support of a strike by Electrical Workers Local 1220 against radio station WXFM. They marched at the site of WXFM studio and transmitter located in a converted garage at Elmwood Park. The strike started a year ago when five employees asked WXFM to recognize Local 1220 as their bargaining representative. Representatives of SIU taxi workers and industrial workers took part In the protest (right, facing camera). AFL-CIO CITES ORGANIZING GROWTH BAL HARBOUR, Fla.—Organizing gains by AFL-CIO unions highlighted a manyfaceted program for 1963 mapped by the AFL-CIO Executive Council at its mid-winter meeting here late in February. The Council met for a full week of important discussions. AFL-CIO President George*'Meany, citing a net gain in most 200,000 since July, 1961, port to carry on Mrs. Roosevelt's AFL-CIO membership of al- pointed out that a "pilot" organiz­ work for "peace, social justice and Joe Algina, Safety Director Color Offers Practical Safety Aid ing drive in the Los Angeles area reflected an important cooperative effort among AFL-CIO affiliates and holds the possible pattern for future campaigns. The AFL-CIO Maritime Trades Department helped set the example of effective union organizing cooperation in a sharp attack since last summer against raiding among AFL-CIO affiliates on the West Coast by Harry Bridges' longshore union. Among the many legislative goals stressed, the Council again called for a fight to repeal section 14b of the Taft-Hartley Act, which authorizes state "right-to-work" laws that at present curb union ac­ tivities in 20 states. Transportation Policy In a statement on transportation policy, the Federation protested the Interstate Commerce Commis­ sion's approval of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad's purchase of the Baltimore & Ohio and urged the Department of Justice to join in a court challenge to the ICC action. It called for Federal grants to help urban areas develop mass ti'ansit facilities and warned the air trans­ port industry that it has to take steps to protect US-flag air carriers against losses in international traf­ fic to foreign carriers operating under heavy subsidies and at wages well below US levels. The Council also established an Eleanor Roosevelt Memorial Fund Committee of ten AFL-CIO vicepresidents, including SIUNA Presi­ dent Paul Hall, with Joseph D. Keenan, secretary of the Interna­ tional Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, as chairman. The com­ mittee will solicit fund-raising sup­ One of the simplest safety devices ever thought up is color. A bright red fire alarm box or fire exit sign, for example, stands out and prac­ tically shouts "Here I am!" when you need it in a hurry. Color can be used for safety purposes In a more subtle manner, however. In many instances different colors can be used to get across information much better than lettered signs ever could. Signs, if they are ever read at all, soon become part of the ship's furnishings and after a while go unnoticed. Colors are often a different matter, and even become more useful, safety-wise, with continued use and association. 4. Ship's machinery, for instance. Plain white lines with their high is usually painted gray. But if mov­ ing -parts or dangerous areas are visibility may be used to mark off highlighted with a different color safe routes around or between they demand notice and promote moving machinery where there is danger from falling objects. Other safer handling. colors, such as blue and purple Red is recommended for identi­ fying dangerous areas and parts. may also be used for special pur­ poses in combination with light Fire protection equipment and colors. At night, reflective paint emergency buttons on machinery is of great value. are usually bright red to catch the In general, these are standard, eye immediately. The color red has become the universal signal for accepted warning colors. Red warns of special dangers. Yellow such items. denotes caution of possible Yellow has high visibility also and may be used for marking dangers or unsafe practices. Green hazards of other kinds. As with is for safety instructions. Used highway signs, yellow can be used with care and common sense, color to warn of dangerous slippery can make every ship a safer place areas, steep ladders, or protrusions for its crew to live and work. which may cause injury to anyone (Comments and suggestions are bumping into them. Hot pipes or invited by this Department and tanks containing dangerous sub­ can be submitted to this column stances such as acids or. highly in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) combustible material may be painted bright yellow as a perman­ ent safety marking. When greater visibility is desired as a special warning, such areas can be paint­ Seafarers are reminded that in order to be eligible for $56 ed in stripes—say alternating weekly Sickness & Accident^ welfare benefits they must submit bands of yellow and orange. their S&A claims within 60 days of the date their injury or illness Green and white usually desig­ is incurred. They should also make certain they have filled out nate the location of first-aid and their applications completely, making full mention of the circum­ safety equipment. Lockers and stances involved in their case. This will simplify checking and proc­ gear boxes containing such equip­ essing of applications whether a Seafarer applies at headquarters ment will soon be known by their or in the out-ports. All payrnents are handled in the sanie manner color, so that all hands will know as SIU Vacation Plan benefits. where to go In a hurry when they need such equipment Apply For S&A Within 60 Days human brotherhood." On civil rights, the Council heard a report that the AFL-CIO is "moving forward" and "slowly but surely we are eliminating whatever discrimination remains in our own ranks." The report stated that 122 unions, including the SIUNA, have signed fair practices commitments with the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity. The Council set its next meeting for May 14 at St. Louis, in con­ junction with the annual UnionIndustries Show opening there. Nina II Sold As Museum ACAPULCO, Mex. — This an­ cient Spanish port, now a popular resort city, is to be the final port for the little Nina II, replica of the smallest of three ships used by Columbus when he discovered the Americas in 1492. The tiny vessel will become a museum. The Nina II set out rroni Palos, Spain, to follow the track to San Salvador that Columbus voyaged in 70 days, but bad weather caused her to take 117 days, .\fter over 100 days at sea, she was given a hand by Seafarers aboard the Alcoa Pennant (Alcoa) when they sighted her last December 18 and discovered a dwindling supply of food and water aboard. Supplies Dropped Arrangements were made to have the US Coast Guard at San Juan, Puerto Rico, drop supplies to the 42-foot sailing vessel by helicopter so that she could con­ tinue on her way. The boat was manned by eight Spaniards and one American, and finally reached San Salvador Christmas night for a big welcome. She later got to Nassau, Ba­ hamas, after being dogged by storms and lack of wind and was reportedly sold on February 15 to a Mexican TV syndicate that will put her on display iiere. �Par* Eiglift SEAFARERS LOG Norway Eyes Manning Cuts Via Joint Deck-Engine Gang . . t t- , ^ % I a n Manht, IMt Family Visits SlU Hall NORFOLK—^While Japan spearheads the way to cutting the size of crews on ship­ board by outright mechanization, the Norwegian Shipping Federation is studying the possibility of doing the same thing manually by utilizing deck and engine unlicensed per­ sonnel to work in either de--* and electric systems, featuring re­ the fuel system and to electropartment. mote control engineroom machin­ hydraulically driven deck machin­ The shipowner group looks ery and centrally-supervised in­ ery, along with six sets of auto- i f i ' ; ' j i ' • ' ; upon the operation of the Wilhelmson Line bulk carrier Troja that struments. The wheelhouse has a tension mooring winches that re­ recently loaded some 16,800 tons remote control console that per­ duce the number of hands ordi­ of coal here at Hampton Roads as mits direct control of the engines narily used to dock a vessel her size. The Kasugasan Maru is an a big experiment in this direction by the watch officer. 8,425-ton flush decker. Automation is also extended to The theory is that a reduction in manning can be accomplished by using unlicensed seamen in a vari­ ety of deck and engine jobs and maneuvering them so they might handle a mooring line on deck and then turn to back in the engineSeafarer Alfonso Mirondo-Febres and his family are on room. camera here in the New York SlU hall, while taking on some A study underway for the past refreshment at the headquarters cafeteria. The children By Sidney Margollus year and a half is aimed at devisll-r) include Dennis, II; Jacqueline, 5, and Eileen, 21/2. ing a manning scale for the deck Miranda-Febres last ship was the Azalea City (Sea-Land) and engine gang that could evenin the deck department. tually mean the trimming of as It's no longer a simple matter to buy a phonograph. Whether you many as six men from crews on are seeking one for yourself or as a gift, you walk into a store or look ships of the Troja's class. There at the ads and you're swamped in a sea of strange new words and appears to be no similar experi- claims. mentation as far as the steward "Stereo" has become the big word in sound equipment. Stereo department is concerned, at least record players and radio receivers are being heavily promoted-with not at the present time. no actual standards of quality they must meet. Stereo phonographs are The shipping federation calls the advertised for as little as $60. Yet, some hi-fi fans may spend $200 just whole idea a "rationalization for an amplifier—one component of a stereo sound system. SALAVERRY, Peru—High-ranking government, civic and study," according to a spokesman Stereo is a system of surrounding you with sound from two or more church leaders were among the 20,000 Peruvians who turned who was aboard the ship here. He conceded, however, that the pro­ speakers, as contrasted to "monaural" sound—from one speaker. The out here on March 1 to bid bon voyage to the US medical ship posal sounds simpler than it looks separate speakers, usually placed some distance apart, depending Hope manned by SIU Pacific because of minimum manning re­ on the size of the room, provide (or are supposed to) a "live" effect. District seamen. vian hospital and medical practi­ quirements for safety needs in Each speaker brings you the different sounds from different directions, as you would hear them listening to an actual orchestra In a concert The dignitaries and local tioners. each department. A medical team of 65 doctors, hall. (Hi-fi experts will kindly understand that this explanation is population heaped plaudits on the He pointed out that the "deck nurses and technicians on the Hope extraordinarily oversimplified.) ship, her medical team and the department has to have a minimum To receive stereo sound on radio you need both stereo receivers at Pacific District crew who just com­ put special emphasis on teaching number of men for painting, moor­ the importance of personal hygiene. ing, loading operations and the home and stations in your area broadcasting stereo (which requires pleted a ten-month stay here to The Hope is due to enter New simultaneous AM and FM broadcasting.) Not all areas do have local provide treatment and teach mod­ like. Jhe engine department has York Harbor on March 11 and will to be manned for peak activity also. stations providing this kind of broadcasting. But stereo records are ern medical techniques to Peru- be met by an escort of tugs and At the same time, aboard any ship, available widely, and so are stereo record-players. fireboats with whistles at full blast. any time, there are many unliAs a result of the pell-mell advertising with no standards of quality, When the ship docks, more cere­ censed seamen idle." many families now confuse stereo with high-fidelity. Hi-fi means, or monies will be held in recognition To put an engine room wiper in should mean, good-quality reproduction electrically amplified. You of SS Hope Week, declared by the deck department would require can, of course, have high-fidelity reproduction with either monaural Mayor Robert "F. Wagner of New he be taught the fundamentals of or stereo playing equipment, although stereo is considered to be a York, beginning the week of March deck safety, of taking a turn of further development of hi-fi. 10. After paying off m New York, the wheel, of serving as lookout, of The moderate-price portable record players currently being sold as the crew will return to the West mooring, but such instruction could stereo, do have the necessary extendable speakers for separation (to Coast, while the future of the Hope NEW YORK, Feb. 4—Chairman, Earl be given in a few hours, he con­ "surround" you with sound). But the speakers usually are too small, Shepard; Secretary, Freddie Stewart; is a little less definite. cluded. It would be even simpler, and the other components often inadequate, to satisfy at least the Reading Clerk, Angus Campbell. Minutes There are indications that after of all previous port meetings accepted. in his view, to put a deck crewman more-expert listeners. Port Agent's report on shipping, need a complete overhaul she will be in the engine room. Deck seamen Some of the medium-price stereo console record players have larger for upgrading in deck and engine ratings recrewed and head for the West would be given simple engine speakers and other fair-quality components, although they may not was accepted. President reported on con­ Coast of Africa on another mercy clusion of ILA strike, results of MC&S maintenance operations to perform have sufficient separation of the speakers for true stereo effect. These election. LOG reprint of SlU constitution. mission. On her previous missions Bull Line operations, AFL-CIO meetings and would be closely supervised. console stereo record players are available around the $200 level. in Miami, Bonner bill for seamen's physi­ to Indonesia, Viet-Nam and Peru, In contrast to the Norwegian Several manufacturers also have developed large portable record- cal exams. Canadian beef. NY printer's the 'medical- teams performed thoustudy is the push toward automa­ players with specifications at least approaching the two goals of both strike and administrative changes at head­ .sands of operations, with a huge Report carried. Secretary-treas­ tion by Japan, a process that is high fidelity and stereo. Several of these sets are oversize portables. quarters. urer reported on Union properties and saving of human life. costly at the start but which has In fact, the record player and extended speakers are packaged in funds, forthcoming election of SIUNA The Hope, a converted Navy delegates and quarterly finan­ cut manning on the Mitsui Line's separate cases. These new oversize portables cost about $125. (These convention cial committee. Report accepted. Welfare hospital ship with 230 hospital mew Kasugasan Maru to 35 men. A prices are just for stereo record-playing equipment, and do not include services report presented. Report of ap­ beds, laboratories and classroom peals committee re John Cole presented. ship of her size would usually be stereo radio receivers.) Meeting excuses referred to Port Agent. facilities aboard, is sponsored by operated by a 55-man crew. Auditor's reports presented. Discussion in the "People-to-People Foundation" The record changers found on moderate-price players are reasonably good and welfare on SIU organizing. The automation aboard this ves­ satisfactory, like the late models of the V-M changers, found on many Total present: in Washington. The unlicensed 455. sel extends to her deck, engine. of the well-known brands of record players. personnel includes 139 crewmem4" 4" J" PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 5—Chairman, bers from the Sailors Union of the Quality of speakers, however, is likely to be less dependable, although Drozak; Secretary, Steve Zubovlch; improving. Large speakers cannot operate on higher tones; small Frank Reading Clerk, Charles Stansbury. Min­ Pacific, Marine Firemen's Union speakers do not operate well on lower tones. Manufacturers try to solve utes accepted of all previous port meet­ and the Marine Cooks & Stewards. ings. Executive Board minutes of Dec. The ship sailed from San Fran­ this by providing speakers of varying size. Some of the larger portable 17 presented. Port Agent reported on phonographs provide as many as six speakers in two cabinets. You shipping, Bull Line operations, status of cisco to Peru almost a year ago. blood Report accepted. President's even can find $60 portables sold by chains, such as Grant's, Bradford Januarybank. report accepted. Secretary-Treas­ and Ward's Tru-Tone, providing three speakers". urer's report for January accepted. Ap­ committee report re John Cole However, numbers of speakers provide volume but not necessarily peals' Members of the Radio Officers presented. Auditor's reports accepted. Union have reelected top officers better quality. Nor is size necessarily dependable, since a manufacturer Motion under new bu.siness regarding SlU-Upper Lakes Shipping beef in the union's 1962-63 balloting. can extend the cone of a 4-inch speaker to 15 inches if he wants to. Canada was not put to a vote for lack of a sec­ Seafarers writing to SIU The voting continues in office The size of the cone, and magnet, the voice coil and motor efficiency ond. Motion regarding lay-up of SS in Baltimore during ILA strike headquarters or the SIU Vaca­ ROU General Chairman Andrew are all important. A high-quality speaker feels heavy because it usually Massmar defeated after discussion. Several ques­ tion Plan, 17 Battery Place, MacDonald and General Secretary- has a heavy magnet and is housed in a thick wood cabinet to minimize tions regarding repairs to building were answered during good and welfare. Total New York 4, NY, regarding vibration. (Put your palm against the large plane of a speaker cabinet Treasurer Joseph P. Glynn. present: 97. W-2 forms on their vacation In General Committee elections, to see if it vibrates when the volume is turned up.) if it if benefits are reminded to be The only other alternative for families who want both stereo and the following were named: BALTIMORE, Feb. 6—Chairman, Rex E. Dickey; Secretary, John Taurin; Reading sure to send in their Social New York, Edward F. Fitzgerald really high fidelity is to buy good-quality components and have them Clerk, Tony Kastlna. Minutes of ali pre­ Security account numbers and Gustave Lawrence; Baltimore, assembled in a sound system. However, complete stereo systems, in­ vious port meetings accepted. Dec. 17 when they write in. Al­ Executive Board minutes presented. Re­ cluding radio receiver, are expensive because you need two of almost Harold W. Falbee and Kenneth C. port by port agent on shipping and need though the forms went into Bridgeham; Wilmington. Del., Les­ everything except a turntable (which experienced hi-fi fans prefer to for up-to-date welfare beneficiary cards the mail some weeks ago to the was accepted. President's report and ter E. Parnell, Harold E. Swan; the automatic record changers most of the rest of the public buys). report for January last known address of Seafar­ It is difficult to assemble a good-quality complete stereo systerti for Secretary-Treasurer's New Orleans, Kenneth J. Wright were accepted. Report of appeals' com­ ers who received benefits for even as much as $400. A complete system requires a stereo FM-AM mittee re John Cole was presented. Vari­ and Joseph M. Penot. ous meeting excuses accepted under 1962, many have been returned A ten-man union balloting com­ radio receiver, two speakers, a turntable, and turntable-cartridge. communications. February information for lack of a forwarding ad­ Some discount houses and mail-order-suppliers do offer pre-wired repoii from headquarters accepted. mittee conducted the tally of all Auditor's reports accepted. Motion car­ dress. SIU men can speed re­ votes cast, as there were a num­ systems of components for under $400, But these often have one or ried under new business to notify all ceipt of their W-2 forms if ber of candidates running for each two high-quality components like a Harmon-Kardon receiver or the local newspapers regarding SIU assist­ ance to MTD in regard to exchange of they supply a complete for­ office. The ROU is an affiliate of famous Garrard turntable, but lower-quality speakers or other equip­ Cuban prisoners. Discussion In good and warding address plus their the Commercial Telegraphers ment. This does not produce a balanced system—by which experts welfare on importance of filing all wel­ claims properly and completely, and Social Security numbers. Union, whose members serve on mean the same level of quality in all components so that lower-quality fare on obtaining a master'r certificate when units do not nullify the high-quality components. all SlU-contracted ships. • leaving a vesseL T'otal present! 385. Stereo? Monaural? Hi-Fi? $60 Or $400? Hope Sails To NY, Ends Peru Mission SIU MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS ROU Reelects Union Officers Need W-2 Form? Send SS Number hi-' �MM9,Un SEAFARERS LOG PateNim _CLOSE-UP BALTIMORE SIU HAT.T. Checking on his eligibility for new $800 SIU vacation benefit, Seafarer Thomas Smith of the black gang (left! gets the latest lowdown from Bennie Wilson behind the vacation and welfare services counter in the Baltimore hall. Making a careful shopping choice at well-stocked "Sea Chest" store on main deck of the hall, two Seafarer-shoppers look around for a few possible additions to their gear lockers. John DeMarco, engine (center), checks over a new gimmick in jackknives. At right, Sidney A. Garner, steward, looks about to make a buy on a shirt. "Tippy" on the right was the center of attraction for a while during a get-together between SIU oldtimers Sandy Sanderlin, deck, and G. Davison of the engine department. "Tippy" is a secret pal of TV's famous "Lassie." A couple of Seafarers get set to have a little mild recrea­ tion, as Clarence Breckett, deck (left), and Beia Siupp, engine, prepare to lag off and see who plays first. Shuffleboard, TV, etc., help pass the time of day. Spic-and-span barber shop was the scene of this "once over lightly" for Seafarer David Nelson, with barber John Battaglia in command of the tonsorial equipment. Balti­ more shop has busy traffic between hourly {ob calls. Job registration counter in Baltimore finds Seafarers Cariton A. Roberts, deck (left), and Isidro Gonzalez, steward, on hand to check out latest reports on shipping. "How's ship­ ping" is the perennial query to the dispatcher, so the situation here follows the same pat­ tern as other ports. While waiting, Gonzales gives the cameraman a chance at his profile. At dispatch counter, SIU patrolman Paul Gonsorchik uses his ample lung power to announce jobs posted for the hourly shipping call. A group of Seafarers nearby lends an ear, hop­ ing to catch one of their favorite ships, rims or "good feeders" that call regularly at the port. Baltimore, Mobile, New Orleans and New York are listed as major SIU ports. �' i'age feai' P' 3 ly, ;. IV I SEAFARens VOG Georgia-Bound More On Tinplaf0—• Steel Co's Offer Deals As Hedge Against Staike Cliff Wilson, Food and Ship Sanitation Director Basic Rules For Preparing Fruii PITTSBURGH—"Buy now, pay later" has lately become the motto of several steel companies. With the possibility of contract negotiations beginning in May, companies that produce >interest to shipping because such can-making tinplate are of­ shipments move largely by rail, fering to let customers delay thanks to another in a series of I ji :X payment on any extra steel they buy so they can build inventories as a hedge against a strike next summer by the United Steelworkers. Tinplate buyers are being told they can buy now to build a stock­ pile, and pay when the material is used instead of on delivery as is the usual practice. Similar offers have been made by the steel companies previously when there was the chance of a strike. The current steel labor agree­ ment can be reopened any time after April 30. but the union is not hinting yet on what it intends to do regarding the contract. The steel companies' offer of pay­ ment delays will apply only if agreement with the union is not reached by May 1, and only for steel delivered after that date, since the union cannot strike until 90 days after the reopening date of April 30. Tinplate cargoes are of special 2 Seafarers Retired On Pension $s Two mote veteran Seafarers have been added to the ranks of oldtimers receiving the benefits of the SIU Pension Plan after a combined total of nearly 65 years on the high seas. The pair includes Marcellus Van Ryswyk, 74, and Samuel N. Hurst, 59, who have just begun to receive the $150 monthly pension benefit. Their addition to the pension list Hurst selective rate cuts by transconti­ nental railroads which wenf into effect on February 1. The latest rate cut has sparked the start bf an Inquiry by the In­ terstate Commerce Commission into rail rate structures, following a protest by the AFL-CIO Mari­ time Trades Department. The MTD said the reductions were de­ signed to cut further into tinplate cargoes handled by US ships in intercoastal trade. Through rate cut maneuvers over the past ten years, the coast-tocoast railroads have taken over most of the traffic In tinplate that used to move by water. Seafarers Defying Odds On Smoking If SIU men's comments in the LOG's "Inquiring Seafarer" are any index to US smoking habits, they are at odds with the latest death-risk figures published on cigarette smoking. The majority view on smok-"^ risk before 65 if you smoke less ing expressed by Seafarers in than a half-pack daily is 27 percent, the last issue of the LOG and for one-half to one pack a day, (Feb. 22) clashes head-on with the findings of the "Medical Bulletin On Tobacco", published last month. This publication is sponsored by the American Public Health Asso­ ciation, American Heart Associa­ tion, American Cancer Society and the National Tuberculosis Asso­ ciation. It estimated that American men aged 35 run a 27 to 41 percent risk of dying before age 65 if they, smoke cigarettes. Non-smokers over 35 run a 23 percent death-risk before 65, while cigar and pipe smokers run a 25 percent risk, the "Bulletin" said. But for cigarette smokers the fu­ ture is much dimmer, according to the published estimates. The "Bulletin" said the death- US Literacy Rate Rises SIU Yon Ryswyk brings the total number of men retired on pensions so far this year to 13. - Van Ryswyk, bom in the Nether­ lands, ended his career as a deck­ hand of 43 years' sea service on the Atlantic (Banner) in 1959 and had been ill since that time. An SIU member since 1944, he and his wife, Nellie, make their home in Massachusetts. After shipping out for over 20 years. Hurst, a native of Georgia, paid off the Westchester (South­ ern) last November. He joined the SIU at New York in 1948 and sailed in the deck department. He lives in Savannah. Type Minutes When Possible In order tc assure accurate digests of ^ipboard meetings in the LOG, it is desirable that the reports of shipboard meet­ ings be typed if at all possible. Seafarer Fred R. Hicks, steward, flashes check for $1,035.63 in SiU vacation pay after winding up yearplus voyage on the Rocky Point (Bull). He picked up family in Norfolk and then headed south for vacation in Georgia. WASHINGTON — Organized la­ bor, which historicatly has fought for free education in the United States, can take some measure of credit for the low illiteracy rate just reported by the Bureau of the Census. In 1900, there were 11.3 illiter­ ates out of every hundred persons in the United States. Today the rate is only 2.4 percent. In nine states, the average was less than one in 100, with the low­ est rate—0.7—in Iowa. Other states with rates below one percent were South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Washington and Oregon. At the other end of the scale were nine states where as many as one out of 25 were Illiterate. The highest percentage was 6.3 in Louisiana. The next eight states were; South Carolina, 5.5; Hawaii, 5.0; Mississippi, 4.9; Georgia, 4.5; Alabama, 4.2; Texas, 4.1; and New Mexico and North Carolina each with 4.0. 34 percent. For one to two packs daily, the odds rise to 38 percent, and for two or more packs daily to 41 percent. A tiny sample of Seafarers' smoking habits, taken when Sea­ farers were queried on the subject a few weeks ago, showed that four out of five were confirmed cigar­ ette smokers, regardless of cancer warnings. Most of them were wait­ ing to be shown that smoking causes cancer, or anything else. In two instances. Seafarer Mario G, Lopez, 57, said he had been smoking cigarettes mostly since he was 12, and Karl K. Knudsen stated he'd been lighting up smokes reg­ ularly for 40 years. Knudsen said his father not only smoked tobacco but chewed it—and lived to be 85. Whether the just-published "Bul­ letin" figures will change their views remains to be seen, unless it's that Seafarers can count on special help from the fresh salt air they take in each time they hit open water on a long voyage. Bonner Bill (Continued from page 3) group is sitting in on the hear­ ings at tlie present time. An unexpected development at the outset of the hearing Tuesday was the disclosure that both La­ bor Secretary Willard W. Wirtz and Commerce Secretary Luther H. Hodges had asked to defer their testimony on the proposal. They asked to appear after the commit­ tee has heard full testimony from non-Government witnesses. In a letter to the committee chairman. Sec. Hodges stated that the Labor Secretary and himself "believe it would be desirable to defer submission of a Department­ al report pending further study" to the bill. Secretary Wirtz has previously indicated his opposition generally to compulsory arbitra­ tion in labor-management disputes. It has been pointed out that fruits—fresh, canned and dried—should be used whenever possible to make shipboard meals more appetizing and healthful. Serving fruit offers no special difficulties, but" there are several basic rules which should be noted to aid In their prepara­ tion and serving. Canned fruits present few problems, since they come from the can for the most part already cooked, seasoned and ready to eat. A quan­ tity of the fruit's juices is included, as in canned pears or peaches. This should not be wasted but should be served along with the fruit Itself. If there Is any left over, it can be used for flavoring other dishes or for some special purpose, such as in baking a cake. Fresh Fruits Fresh fruit preparation aboard ship requires somewhat more effort to prevent waste and add to palatability, but this is well worth the trouble for the extra zest that is added to meals. In paring fruit, for instance, as little as possible of the pulp should be removed with the skin. The pulp is the edible portion of the frulV and often the most delicious portion is right next to the skin. The parings should therefore be as thin as possible. If they are thick, food values will be lost. Any other operation, such as coring in the case of apples, should be done carefully to avoid waste while still removing all the indigestible or unpalatable portions of the fruit. Citrus fruits, such as oranges, grapefruit and lemons, are almost al­ ways served raw. They are very seldom cooked except in some in­ stances for use as flavoring or garnishing. Other fruits, such as pears, grapes, peaches, bananas and most berries, are also usually served raw. In the raw state these fruits provide more of the nutritious elements needed by the body than when they are cooked. In cooking fresh fruits such as apples, you must take care to preserve their food values. They should be cooked as quickly as possible in a small amount of water. The juice from these fruits should always be served, since it contains many nutrients and is appetizing besides. Dried Fruits Dried fruit is cooked both to restore the moisture content and im­ prove its flavor. Before cooking, dried fruit should be soaked until it returns to approximately its original size. It should be simmered rather than boiled until it is tender. Simmering preserves the flavor, food value, shape and color to a greater degree than boiling. Sugar may be added if a sweet dish is desired as a dessert. Dried fruit should be served in moderate portions, and some of the liquid in which it is cooked should be included with each serving. The fruit may be used at breakfast or as a dessert for lunch or dinner. Many dried fruits may also be used to advantage for sauces or in pies. There are many interesting ways of serving them, so full advantage should be taken of all possible methods of preparations. .(Comments and suggestions are invited by this Department and can be submitted to this column in care of the SEAFARERS LOG.) MOUNT MC KINLER (American Tramp), Dec. a—Chairman, Walter Chlpman; Secretary, William Crulkfhank. Crew requested to cooperate and return all soiled linen, and to keep washing machine in good work­ ing condition. One oiler taken off ship for medical treatment after in­ jury. CITIES SERVICE NORFOLK (Cities Service), Dec. 14—Chairman, William Morris, Jr.; Secretary, L. Chapman. WESTHAMPTON (Bull), Oct. 15 — Chairman, R. Sanderlln; Secretary, R. Hebert. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. Motion to instaU icemaking machine aboard vessel. R. Sanderlln elected as new ship's dele­ gate. Crew asked to keep messhall clean. INES (Bull), Dec. 18—Chairman, O. C. Bailey; "^acretary, Philip Clacobbs. X OX wiilH ORION STAR (Orion), Nov. 4—Chair­ man, F. Ruf; Secretary, J. Secura. $11.20 in ship's fund turned over to J. Secura. No beefs reported by dele­ gates. F. Ruf elected to serve as ship's delegate. Vote of thanks to entire steward department. DEL VALLE (Mississippi), Nov. 4— Chairman, William Stevens; Secretary, N. Pat Ragas. Chief electrician Oscar Manifold, was elected to serve as ship's delegate. Suggestion made to have all erewmembers wear buttoned shirts in messhaU. LOSMAR (Calmar), Dec. 8—Chair­ man, C. F. Kane; Secretary, Raymond Obldos. $37.00 in ship's fund to be left with SIU patrolman in the event the ship lays up. When the vessel comes out of lay-up, or crews up again, fund will be returned to vessel. No beefs reported. STEEL ARTISAN (Isthmian), Dee. II —Chairman, Roberto Rivera; Secre­ tary, Gus Lopez. Beef on restriction to ship in Port Said. No sailing board was posted and there was no launch service. $20.81 in ship's fund. Some­ thing should be dope about rusty water in water cooler. Request that dryer be installed in the fidley for the crew. New fans needed in some rooms. No beefs reported. Vote of thanks to deck delegate J. H. Hunt. S1.61 in ship's fund. L. Chapman elected new ship's delegate. Crew requests change to better brand of coffee and toilet tissue. Bosun hospitalized in Cadiz, Spain. Gil Regal elected as deck delegate. No beefs reported. $6.38 in ship's fund. Vote of thanks given to steward department for Thanksgiving Dinner. Steward thanked crew for cooperation during trip. ^ ORION HUNTER (Orion), Nov. 12— Chairman, Chester Makuch; Secretary, Francis L. Cooiey. Ship's delegate re­ ported that except for a few minor beefs, aU is coming along fairly" well. All disputed OT will be straightened out. MANKATO VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers), Dec. 2—Chairman, G. Flowers; Secretary, J. J. Cabral. No beefs re­ ported by department delegates. Bal­ ance of $11.30 in ship's fund. Bosun to raffle off radio on arrival for $2 per chance. $30 will be given to the' ship's fund for TV set in recreation room. Ship's delegate reported that dispute involving chief mate was straightened out in New York and everything is running smoothly. Deck, department extends its thanks for action in this dispute. JEAN (Bull), Nov. 13—Chairman,. Norman Tober; Secretary, James Jones. No beefs reported by depart­ ment delegates. Vote of thanks to the night cook and baker for job well done. AZALEA CITY (Sea-Land), Nov. 20 —Chairman, W. L. Hammock; Secre­ tary, John Coyle. $5.60 in ship's fund. No beefs reported by department del­ egates. Crew asked not to leave coffee mugs on deck. FLOMAR (Calmar), Nov. 4—Chair­ man, P. Jeffers; Secretary, T. A. Jackson. Motion made to have wooden lockers put in all deck department rooms. Complaint made that there isn't enough hot water. Ship's dele­ gate reported all departments have been holding safety meetings, and found some unsafe conditions. $8.00 in ship's fund, which will be given to the crew measman and the crewr pantryman. �,Jto«h t, IffS SE'AFARIBRS LOG 'Try It-mat've You Got To Lose?' COPE KEPOPT The AFL-CIO has launched its on getting workers who move to 1964 reKister and get-out-the-TOte register as quickly as possible in campaign, with the initial drive their new locations. The committee reported that it aimed at liberalizing and modern­ izing state laws and setting up had collected $657,954 in 1962 for registration committees in every the rcgister-and-vote campaign and had spent $654,091 during the local union in the country. The administrative committee of year. The report also stressed the the Committee On Political Edu­ difficulty in getting accurate sta­ cation, meeting at Bal Harbour, tistics on registration and said Fla., during the recent AFL-CIO COPE would seek to improve state Executive Council sessions, re­ laws in this respect also. A major problem with state reg­ viewed the 1962 campaign, which it found "most encouraging." It istration laws, it was indicated, is set up initial plans for the 1964 that the times and places of reg­ drive, however, on the basis of istration are sharply limited and registration statistics indicating tend to discriminate against work­ that the voting record must be ing people. Proposals to make reg­ improved for next year's elections. istration easier in terms of time Noting that there are complicat­ and place are among the principal ed, restrictive and archaic laws in targets of the legislative drive. many States — often designed to The committee noted that a pro­ hold down the number of people posal before the Wisconsin legisla­ who go to the polls—the com­ ture, urging a system of door-tomittee planned to seek changes in door registration, is being opposed state laws this year, when most by the "Milwaukee Sentinel." Ob­ legislatures are in session. serving that while In many areas The drive to modernize registra­ the daily press urges register-andtion laws also includes the AFL- vote campaigns, it does not always CIO's priority directive to its state support them when legislation is central bodies to speed approval proposed, COPE added. of the proposed constituflo^nal Si J" t amendment banning the poll tax. The opportunity is here this year In addition to the legislative ap­ to bury the poll tax once and for proach, the COPE administrative all. Still effective in five states, committee recommended that all the tax forces payment by a citizen International unions amend their for the right to vote. Congress constitutions to require a regis­ passed an anti-poll tax bill as a trar or registration committee in proposed constitutional amend­ each local union charged with the ment last year, but it must be job of registering members, wives ratified by 38 state legislatures to Once again an attempt has been made to and children of voting age. become law. The committee pointed out that Ail but three state legislatures— introduce compulsory arbitration into laborover 25 percent of trade union Kentucky, Mississippi and Virginia management relations in the maritime in­ members move every year, and —are in session this year. Write making sure that all are registered to your state senator and/or rep­ dustry. Rep. Herbert C. Bonner, chairman properly is a major task. Part of resentative urging his support of of the House Merchant Marine Committee, the 1964 drive will be concentrated the anti-poll tax amendment. has submitted a bill (HE 1897) that would The United Labor Council of Lawrence County pulled the Red Cross community blood bank out of a hole with a spectacular suc­ cess at Bedford, Indiana, when 205 pints of blood were necessary to bring the bank up to par. Coun­ cil volunteers built a blood donor pledge booth with donated lumber, which all local unions took turns manning. By the deadline, after a six-inch snowfall, and a tempera­ ture drop to 17 degrees below zero, the Labor Council proudly told the Red Cross they were over the quota with 235 pints of blood. . . . The National Association of Letter Carriers has been notified that letter carriers can wear beards if desired. Notification came about when the Wayne, Michigan, postmaster said Carrier Ronald Kilasinski couldn't wear a beard. The order was appealed by the president of Branch 2992, NALC, who contended that nothing in postal regulations stated you can't wear a beard. The Post Office officially backed him up, closing the matter. A new "first" in labor contracts has been claimed by Local 117 of the International Union of Operat­ ing Engineers via an agreement with a Department of the Army installation at Memphis, Tenn. The one-year contract includes a griev­ ance procedure, recognized stew­ ard system, five-day week, senior­ ity rules to guide overtime assign­ ments and vacation choices,temporary supervisory appoint- ments from the top of the promo­ tion register, consultation on job reclassifications and a joint safety committee . . . Harvey Gantt, the first Negro to enroll at Clemson College, South Carolina, is also the first to get the James Mere­ dith $1,115 scholarship from the Community and Social Agency Employees, Local 1707, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. The scholar­ ship is specifically designated for a Negro student seeking education in an integrated school in the South. It is named after Meredith who registered at the University of Mississippi in the Fall of 1962 under great political pressures. 4" Wage EICTCB 4" it The Lumber and Sawmill Work­ ers Union, a division of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, has accepted arbitration in its strike against the Kimberly-Clark and Spruce Falls Power & Paper Companies in Kapuskasing, Ontario. " This ended a 33-day strike which saw three strikers killed, nine wounded, 19 scab woodcutters charged with non-capital murder and 237 strikers charged with rioting when they fought the strikebreakers who had killed three union members . . .It took 33 years for the Motion Picture Operators union in Portland, Ore., to convince the Third Avenue Burlesque Theater to sign a con­ tract, but the Multnomah County Labor Council has finally re­ moved it from its "unfair" list. put maritime labor-management relations under a new Title X of the 1936 Merchant Ma­ rine Act. It would set up extensive machin­ ery and procedures for fact-finding, media­ tion, conciliation and, finally, compulsory ar­ bitration in contract disputes. Hearings on the bill got underway this week, and several subsidized shipowners have presented their views to the Bonner Committee. All of them go for the compul­ sory arbitration bit. There is nothing surprising about this posi­ tion because subsidized operators in the main, long ago indicated that they have been will­ ing to abdicate the responsibilities that should be management's own, and are quite willing to pass on decision-making authority with re­ spect to their bargaining problems. This type of thinking is one of the ills that has been weakening the condition of the American maritime industry for some time. This year is not the first time that an at­ tempt has been made to destroy free collec­ tive bargaining in maritime. In 1955, Con­ gressman Bonner proposed legislation that would have established a Federal board with control over collective bargaining. The Seafarers International Union of North America and all of its affiliated unions vigor­ ously opposed this effort to strip the seafar­ ing unions of their freedom to bargain with the shipowners. The.SIU at that time pointed out that the proposals would lead to bureau­ cratic control over a basic union right, and that it would not cure any of the ills from which the American merchant marine was suffering. This union position has not changed. The presently-proposed legislation would place free collective bargaining in exactly the same jeopardy as did the 1955 proposal. The American maritime industry is plagued by a great many critical problems, each of which requires an intensive, honest and open study if these problems are to be licked. However, the view that the answer to these problems will come from replacing free col­ lective bargaining with compulsory arbitra­ tion is not only contrary to the freedom that is essential to sound labor-management rela­ tions—it is unrealistic as well. If those who seek to put an end to freedom in bargaining are successful in achieving compulsory resolution of all complex issues, this will have the effect of sweeping all of the manj problems of the industry right un­ der the rug. This will not improve the condi­ tion of American shipping. The idea of government enforcing or im­ posing decisions arbitrarily upon any section of our free community is totally repugnant to our democratic concepts. This may sound like corn, but it is a fact of our life. The SIU does not believe that the proponents of con­ tinuing the system that has made our country the greatest place in the world to live in are ready to concede that it is time to change our ideals. No democracy, or any of its parts, is a per­ fect machine. But this fact does not dim its attraction as an institution to those who value freedom. This is why the advocates of com­ pulsory arbitration are embarked on a course which presents a dangerous and unhealthy precedent. V �SEAFARERS Twdiv* MMBh •, IHt LOG 8TU AXtaXVAUB aantf All of the following SIU families have received a $200 maternity benefit, plus a $25 bond from the Union in the baby's name, represen Jug a total of $3,800 in maternity benefits and a maturity value of $475 in bouds: Lidia Leonard, born December 4, 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. Juliahna Harrington, born Olga Rebecca Guerro, bom Eugene P. Leonard, New Orleans, February 4, 1963, to Seafarer and February 10, 1963, to Seafarer and Louisiana. Mrs. Cesar A. Guerro, New Or­ Mrs. Arthur Harrington, South Boston, Massachusetts. leans, Louisiana. t Sbaun Lee, born December 30, The deaths of the following Seafarers have been re­ 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. Archie ported to the Seafarers Welfare Plan and a total of B. Lee, Pine Bluff, Arkansas. i I h 4- $24,000 in benefits was paid (any apparent delays in pay­ Victor J. Jacks, born January 28, ment of claim is normally due to late filing, lack of a 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Edward beneficiary card or necessary litigation for the disposi­ J. Jacks, Jr., El Campo, Texas. tion of es>tates): 4i Eugene Urbania^ 47: Brothers ^ Cynthia Peterson, bom January Urbaniak died of a heart attack DoUah Ben, 69: Brother Ben died 6, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. while aboard the of pneumonia at the Metropolitan Henry Peterson, Mobile, Alabama, SS Detroit on State Hospital, i January 29, 1963. Los Angeles, Donald A. Werns, born Decem­ He began sailing Calif., on Febru­ ber 27, 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. with the SIU in ary 6, 1963. He Harold Werns, Milwaukee, Wis­ 1943 and shipped joined the SIU in consin. in the engine de­ 1941, shipping in partment. He is 4" 4" the deck depart­ Kevin Sehultz, born January 14, survived by his ment, a n'd re­ 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Henry wife, Helen T. tired on pension Sehultz, Bronx, New York. Urbaniak, of in 1958. His wife, Brooklyn, NY. Total benefits: 4, i Mrs. Emma Ben, Hilda Slaman, bora January 29, $4000. of Los Angeles, survives. Burial 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. John 4 4 4 Slaman, New York, New York. Charles H. Cummings, 56: A was at Woodlawn Cemetery, Los fractured skull caused the death of Angeles. Total benefits: $4000. a* 4" 4 Susan Tracy, bom January 22, Brother Cum­ 4 4 4 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Wesley mings in New J. Tracy, San Francisco, California. Orleans, La., on Ellsworth L. Beal, 37: A lung 4 4> a* January 25, 1963. ailment proved fatal to Brother Rita Karen Utley, born Febru­ An SIU member Beal at the Hous­ ary 9, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. since 1942, he ton, Texas, VA Richard P. Utley, Alta Loma, sailed In the en­ Hospital on Jan­ Texas. gine department. uary 27, 1963. A He is survived by member of the Jessie Saiinas, born January 24, his wife, Myrtle SIU since 1959, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Johnnie Cummings, of Salinas, Galveston, Texas. New Orleans. Burial was at Green­ he sailed in the wood Cemetery, New Orleans. To­ deck department 4 4 4 and Is survived Cathleen Sherpinski, born Janu- tal benefits: $4000. by his mother, try 9, 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. 4 4 4 Annie Twine, of Charles Sherpinski, Baltimore, Raymond D. Stafford, 32: Brother South Norfolk, Va. Burial was at Maryland. Stafford was lost at sea on De­ 4 4 4 cember 28, 1962, Chesapeake Cemetery, Norfolk. To­ Linda Painter, born January 16, while aboard the tal benefits: $4000. 1963, to Seafarer and Mrs. Paul L. SS Afoundria off Painter, Laurinburg, North Tunisia. He Carolina. shipped in the 4 4 4 deck department Liso Jo Jarreil, born December and joined the 28, 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. SIU in 1959. His To the Editor: McConley Jarreil, Bandytown, father, T r a c e y We are all agreed that the West Virginia. Stafford, of Union was founded to promote 4 4 4 Southgate, Mich­ Margery Cambronero, born igan, survives. Burial was in better conditions aboard ship. January 12, 1963, to Seafarer and Michigan. Total benefits: $4000. Through the years, working Mrs. Isais Cambronero, New rules, economic benefits and 4 4 4 Orleans, Louisiana. feeding have been improved and David E. Russell, 64: Heart dis­ are excellent. But little has 4 4 4 ease was fatal to Brother Russell Kenneth Laugbiin, born Decem­ at his home in been done t^o improve the living ber 24, 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. the Bronx, NY, quarters aboard ship. Kenneth Laughlin, Gretna, on February 6, Since the "C" class .ships Louisiana. 1963. An SIU came out, the only ship-wide 4 4 4 member since improvements have been an ex­ Keith Murray, born December 1944, he shipped tra fan and an innerspring mat­ 30, 1962, to Seafarer and Mrs. in the steward tress in the rooms. The ships Fred E. Murray, Newport News, department and are getting older and quarters Virginia. retired on pen­ are degenerating. Bunk springs, 4 4 4 sion in 1961. His lockers, desks, shelving and Vickie Yvonne Pound, born wife, Gwendolyn lighting are all wearing out and February 3, 1963, to Seafarer and Russell, of the Bronx, survives. need replacement. Mrs. Victor C. Pound, Silverdale, Burial was at Woodlawn Cemetery I propose that as definite Un­ in the Bronx. Total benefits: $4000. Washington. ion policy and as a part of the welfare program a drive be in­ stituted to improve the quarters. A special representative could be designated and furnished with plans of the quarters on all ships. He would visit the ships and check on various changes that have been made through the years, but his primary pur­ pose would be to improve quar­ ters and to see that all available spaces are fully utilized. The ideal should be a private room for each man aboard the ship. With present tonnage, we can move to a situation where there are at most two men to a foo'sle." As this representative checks the ships, he will find that each Offers Plan On Quarters Seafarera are urged at all times when in port to visit their brother members and shipmates in the hospitals. Visit or write whenever you can, as you'll appreciate the same favor later when you may be laid up. The following is the latest available list of SIU men in the hospitals around the country: USPHS HOSPITAI, BRIGHTON, MASS. Robert Davis Angelo Polatos Edward Farrell Charles Robinson Llndley McDonald Sherman Shumate Levi Middlebrook USPHS HOSPITAL SAN FRANCISCO. CALIFORNIA Robert Nielsen Edward Atkins Jerome Pine Harry Baum Casimir Rinlus Arthur Caruso Franklin Haight Uidarico Repiedad Jack Stewart Robert Henley Joseph Savoea Bobie McMlchae! Norman Mendelson Calvin Wilson USPHS HOSPITAL NORFOLK, VIRGINIA Louis Baxter William Pierce Robert Beale Ollle Purdy Eddie Game Robert Stapiin H. E. Jackson WUey Stricklin Earl Lewis USPHS HOSPITAL SEATTLE, WASHINGTON Carlos Travlezo USPHS HOSPITAL GALVESTON, TEXAS Edward Boyd Robert Mays Isham Beard Knute Oisen Nopoleon Bianchard Joseph Pringer John Crosswell Wesley Palmer Clayton Frost, Jr. Aivie Rushing John Rawza Francis Greenwell Emerson Spaulding Stokes Harrison Frank Mary Allison Herbert H. Loreliette, Jr. Edward Ussery Emanuel Vatis August Mussman Lyndong Wade Leonard Martin USPHS HOSPITAL SAVANNAH. GEORGIA O. Ames Carl Jones T. Beatrous Joseph Miller Sheldon Butler Rudolph Poiettl John Epperson B. E. Stockman Malcolm Foster Austin Kitchens L. GUlaln William Morris A. W. Gowder James Woods R. C. Grimes USPHS HOSPITAL STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK Adelbert Arnold Ramon Maldonado Otha Babb John Oleary John Barone Jack Oisen Frank Bradley Anthony Oro Jblin Burke Oscar Ozer James Case Metro Palubniak Diego Cordero Fred Peterson Rosco Copenhaven Theodore Phillips Thomas Cox George Pilaras Edward Czosnowkl Thomas Pllkington James DeVlto Manuel Rial Adrian Durachcr Chester Ronda Willie Edwards P. G. Salino Steve Ericsson James Samuel Wong Fah Jeffrey Sawyer Frank GalUch Joseph Smith Demetrios Grivas William Smothers Walter Grohulskl James Stripp Jerry Intontl William Vaughan Joseph Jette Julian Wilson Gordon Kanady Yu Song Yee Harry Ledbetter ship has had changes that have resulted in both benefits and in­ equities. As an example. Isth­ mian's fleet of C-3s has widelydifferent sets of quarters even though the basic layout is the" same. On almost every ship afloat, there are two or more rooms topside and below that are never used except for storing suitcases or souvenirs or for re­ lief personnel. Why not transfer men to these rooms and relieve some of the overcrowding in the All letters to the Editor for publication in the SEAFARERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be loithheld upon request. present quarters? There should be a definite rule that no rooms are to lie idle. In the present rooms, we need several improvements. The lock­ ers were designed for the oldtime sailor who came aboard with an extra set of "Sunday Dungarees." We make enough money to have good clothing yet when we come aboard ship we do not have adequate room to store them. Not only are the lockers inadequate in size, but most of them have been broken •i USPHS HOSPITAL NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA Blair Allison Arnold Midgett Samuel Anderson Roslndo Mora Evlt Ardoln Melvin Morton Charles Baker J. D. C. Moser Rodney Bennett James Moyles Joseph Boucher James Noonan Louis Brown William Roach Mallory Coffey Calvin Rome E. Constantino Tage Roslund Ewal Crawford Aubry Sargent Thurston Dingier Vernon Sawyer Harry Emmett Hans Schmidt Natale Favaloro Clarence Scoper, Jr. John Fontan Wade Sexton Eugene Gallaspy William Simmons John Guidry Clement Stann Frank Halem Richard Stewart Leo Hannon Francis Stirk. Jr. Richard Harris Aibert Stout Albaro Hernandez Lucien Therlot Howard Herring Thomas Tighe Charies Hickox Harvey Thomas Sidney Irby Roy Tillman James Jackson Robert Trippe Frank James Joseph Vanacor Steve Kollna William Wade James Walker Robert Lowe Kenneth MacKenzie William Walker Roy Washburn Luther Mason Anthony Maxwell Roland Wilcox. Jr. John McCaslln Chris Williams Norman McDonald John WUllams, Jr. USPHS HOSPITAL BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Charles Adams. Jr. Charles Payne Alfred Bliksuar James Payne Calvin Price Charles Browne George Gass James Shipley Robert Kennedy Paul Strickland Jose Lopez John Sypniewski Samuel Tate Peter Losado Adrian Torres Edward Mello John Murphy Clyde Ward Navitsky Philip James Webb USPHS HOSPITAL FORT WORTH. TEXAS Warren Alderman Leonard Higgans Gerald Algernon Thomas Lehay Robert Banister Arthur Madsen Benjamin Ueibler Max Olson Abe Gordon Charles Slater Joseph Gross Willie Young USPHS HOSPITAL MEMPHIS. TENNESSEE James McGehee Willie Walker William Roberts SAILORS' SNUG HARBOR STATEN ISLAND. NEW YORK Alberto Gutierrez William D. Kenny Thomas Isaksen VA HOSPITAL HOUSTON, TEXAS Thomas Manion PINE CREST HAVEN COVINGTON. LOUISIANA Frank Martin US SOLDIERS' HOME WASHINGTON. DC William Thomson into so many times that they are not a secure storage space. Shelves have been taken out and a general rehabilitation is need­ ed. A safe, secure place to store luggage is also needed. The bunks in many cases need new springs. If repairs are re­ quested, it is the common prac­ tice to take a piece of baling wire and try to make temporary repairs that will stay indefinite­ ly. Desks and chairs are also missing from many of the rooms. At a minimum, we need a folding table top against a bulkhead. A real dismal area is the ven­ tilation situation. Our prime ob­ jective should be that all ships running in tropical areas are to be air-conditioned. As of now, we need better fans in rooms and in passageways. The blower systems on most ships today is a "sick joke." In hot weather' they fail miserably and, as a heating system, they cause everyone to suffer from the damage done to their sinuses. Many ships need awnings for crew recreation areas. The new tankers have vast poop deck areas that are almost useless due to lack of metal awnings. These are basic needs for comfortable living aboard ship. We know we are going to have to spend years on these ships before we are eligible for pen­ sions. Let's make them as com­ fortable as possible since we spend the majority of our time afloat. Neil H. Lambert �Harali t. iMt SEAFARERS Pare Thirtcea LOG Army Man Captain Tom -1 From the Ships at Sea By John Geoto The following tketch, sent to the LOG by Seafarer John Geese, whose last voyage was aboard the Beatrice (Bull), catches some of the mystery and adventure that a seafaring life still holds for many landsmen—and especially in the adventurous minds of children. Given the proper time and surroundings, "Tom Owens" in this story could be any Seafarer, who cannot bear to shatter the dreams of a child. Quick and efficient work by the SIU crew of the Bridgehamp-ton (Bull) prevented a major disaster on the afternoon of February 3 when a fire was discovered in the number two hold. All h^ds were called ~ out and turned to, working all his deepest thanks to his ship­ through the day and night un­ mates aboard the Steel Admiral til about 2 AM when they finally got the fire under control. Jack Dolan, ship's meeting secretary, wrote the LOG that much of the cargo in the number two hold, which contained jeeps, flour, pow­ dered milk and steel, was dam­ aged by the flames. Tom Owens came home at irregular intervals, sometimes every few months, sometimes less often. The length of his stay would never be more than several days. This wasn't really home, for Tom didn't have a permanent address. It —dressed In real silk. The chil­ was his married sister's house; dren were frolicsome as they fol­ she was his only relative. Here it was that he received his mail and kept his personal belongings —things he did not wish to carry jon his journeys. Tom worked as a seaman on merchant ships, and the length of a voyage was un­ predictable. His sister had two children: Betty, who was seven, and John, who was eight. Her kids, with their playmates, were always about the house, either playing on the front lawn or watching television in the living room. Because . of his sister's good nature, the neighborhood children would de­ scend on her house daily, and it seemed tacitly understood that this was their playground. Tom was friendly and easy­ going and he was liked by every­ one, especially the children. When­ ever he would return from a voy­ age he would bring souvenirs from the foreign countries he had vis­ ited—and always, some small trin­ kets for the children. In the eyes of these kids, Tom was a mys­ terious adventur­ er who lived the life of their story - book he­ roes. They were always cheerful when Tom was around, and quite often, he would tell them a wild tale about dis­ Geese tant lands of enchantment. For some unknown reason the children called Tom "Captain," al­ though he had never said he was a captain, nor done anything to lead them to believe that he was one. Actually, Tom Owens was only a deckhand. The name "Cap­ tain" stuck to Tom, and in time, even some of the adult neighbors would greet him as "Captain Tom." One day, late in the summer, Tom returned from a voyage that had been a little longer than usual. He came up the street with two large bags, one over each shoulder. Despite this burden there was gaiety in his walk. There were several of the children playing about, and as he ap­ proached they ran to greet him, caliing "hello. Captain Tom!" As usual, they were expecting a presient—a memento from some far­ away . place. This time Tom had made a voy­ age to Japan, and for each of the kids he brought a Japanese doli lowed him up the street. While they were walking along, one of the kids, a little boy that was about a year older than the others, asked Tom: "Are you really a Captain? The maiiman said that you're not a Captain at all!" Tom looked down at the boy, whose expression was one of im­ pending disappointment, and said: "You bet your boots I'm a Cap­ tain!" And the little boy answered: "I knew you were a Captain—I just knew you were." Canadian Sailor Sends Greetings To the Editor: As a member of the Seafarers International Union of Canada now residing in Yonkers, New York, I would deem it a great favor if you could place me on your mailing list for the SEA­ FARERS LOG. Having been a seaman both deep-sea and on the Great Lakes for most of my All letters ^o the Editor for publication in the SEAFARERS LOG must be signed by the writer. Names will be withheld upon request. life, I like to keep in touch with all union activities. I would also like to express my best wishes to the officials and members of the SIU for smooth sailing in the future. Desmond Kenny Likes LOG News On Ships, Seamen To the Editor: I have been receiving the SEAFARERS LOG regularly and would like to thank you for including me on your mailing list. As you know, I'm sailing as mate on the Elizabethport (SeaLand) back and forth from coast to coast. I find your paper very inter­ esting reading for, besides arti­ cles explaining in a clear-cut manner the current issues in the maritime labor field, so differ­ ent from the propaganda put out 4. Until he shipped with Uncle Sam recently, Sp-4 Bernard Maref was shipping with the SlU out of Mobile. Maret would like to hear from former shipmates who can get in touch with him by writing to Box 132, Port Canaveral, Fla. Maret is with an army transporta­ tion unit stationed there. by the daily newspapers, it con­ tains so many "gossipy" items of ships and seamen. In the words of Eugene F. Moran: "But ... it is not al­ ways spectacular events that stand out... It is personalities. Pilots and seafarers, ship news­ men—the characters who have given the New York waterfront such a legendary flavor. And, of course, ships, and ships, and ships, all of them taking on per­ sonality, too, directly they are sent down the ways." I hope to be sending you some items of a maritime historical nature which I have collected in following up the Port of New York project, among which you may find something suitable for the LOG. By the way, did you know that there is a ship named "Happy Seafarer"? I saw her out East a couple of years ago. Best wishes, and may all Seafarers be happy Seafarers. George R. Berens 4- i 4. There's a campaign going on aboard the Madaket (Waterman) for a little faster mealtime turn­ around in the crew mess. Seems that after eating, some of the guys like to sit around awhile and chew the fat. That's fine, but some crewmates who haven't eaten yet would like to chew some food. At a recent ship's meeting, the meh were urged to leave the messhall when they finish eating and give somebody else a chance, Henry Bilde, meeting chairman, reports. 4i t In another note. Seafarer Leonclo Calderon, chief steward on the Steel Traveler (Isthmian), ex­ presses his thanks to the officers and crew for flowers and expres­ sions of sympathy they forwarded to his family in Puerto Rico when they learned about the death of his mother. 4i 4i i The gang on the Mayflower (Mayflower Steamship) is proud of a letter of thanks received re­ cently from a Greek orphanage. The letter expressed the apprecia­ tion of the orphanage for a Christ­ mas donation from the crew that helped brighten the day for the children there. t 4i 4i Seafarer John E. Moore sends New Arrival 4< Lakes' Gidtimer is Now Retired To the Editor: Now that I have retired and have plenty of leisure time, I find that 1 enjoy the LOG more than ever. In my time, I carried books of three different seamen's unions. The first was the old Marine Cooks aqd Stewards of the Pacific, Where I was signed on in 1912 by Eugene Slideli. Four years later, I hitched on with the Marine Cooks and Stewards of the Great Lakes. As for the last and the best, I retired in October after seventeen years with the SIU. Best of luck to all Seafarers. Claude J. Lennox (Isthmian) on behalf of himself and his family for the flowers the crew sent after the death of his father. In a communication to the LOG from Singapore, Moore wishes all his shipmates much happiness and good luck all their lives. 4" Shauger Ddan plained that alien seamen sign on in foreign ports and then usually jump off before payoff, leaving the union crew undermanned any­ way. The crew was particularly disturbed by about ten aliens who were on the Planet and paid off in the Philippines before the fi­ nal payoff port. The Planet crew also went on record in favor of having an agent or patrolman in Hawaii because there seems to be a lot more shipping there since it became a state. 4i 4> 4> A shipboard "Safety Inspection Committee" gave the Antinous (Waterman) the once-over recent­ ly and found everything shipshape with one exception. The commit­ tee, made up of the chief mate, chief engineer and Seafarer P. L. Shauger, steward, found that the ladder on the forward deck load starboard was just too steep. This was corrected by bosun C. M. Gigantelli, who built a new one at a milder angle. An accident-free safety record is now in sight for the Antinous. 4" Snuggled up together at her New York City "home. Carmen Caban and her teddy bear both keep a wary eye on the photog­ rapher. Carmen was born in September to Seafarer Ralph Caban and his wife, Margarita. Seafarer Ca­ ban Is presently aboard the Steel Designer (Isthmian). 4" The shipping of alien, non­ union crewmen in foreign ports was the topic of discussion at a ship's meeting aboard the Orion Planet (Colonial). The crew com- 4' 4 Some hard feelings between Sea­ farers on the Natalie (Interconti­ nental Tran.sport) and the ship's captain over medical attention in foreign ports have been reported to the LOG. In one instance, a Natalie crewmember with a badlybruised, swollen wrist was given a hard time first about getting medical attention in Karachi, Pak­ istan, and then (after he returned from the doctor with his hand in a plaster cast) about not turning to for regular duty. Another Nat­ alie crewmember has reported a similar situation involving the skipper when he had to be treated in Aden, Arabia, for a blood ail­ ment. AcSboP^L^FSr/CVsi/ �Pagre Fonrfeea SEAFARERS LOG Definition.... A Dirigibie is, Basicaiiy, Just A Big Gas-Bag Back in the 1930s, the lighter-than air dirigibls was considered the coming medium of transcontinental travel. Tiie US Armed Forces had the Shenandoah, Macon and others for military uses; Germany operated the Graf Zeppelin and similar craft for passenger service between Berlin and ^ minal in West Hernia, Texas. The but they were sufficiently im­ Lakehurst, NJ. whole town was on the dock to pressed to write a song about me Since helium is the only greet us and our master and crew and the ship, "Goon Over Mi­ known safe material to use in the inflation of these airships, and since most of the helium is found only in Texas, a group of indus­ trialists pooled their resources and formed a company to transport helium from the Wells in Texas to Lakehurst. A 20,000-ton alumi­ num tanker was built and the crew was chosen from the cream of the American merchant ma­ rine. The master was an alumnus of 25 South Street, as were the mates and engineers, and the unlicensed personnel were the best that Sheepshead Bay could provide. The key job of pumpman was naturally the most desirable position on The remembrance of things past, which follows, comes from SIU oldtimer Edward A. (Goon) Boyd, who in his day has sailed some unique ships with unusual cargoes to and from some pretty odd ports. the ship and, because of my su­ perior talents and background, I was selected from the millions of applicants. It is widely known that my fam­ ily has been in the oil pumping field long before America was dis­ covered. An early ancestor, "Eric the Goon," drove a whale oil truck between Lapland and New York before the Atlantic Ocean was dug. Later, his grandson, "Eric the Red," was the first Communist in the New World. One of my more famous ancestors was "Dan­ iel Goone," who started the Stand­ ard Oil Company of Kentucky. In those days, petroleum was undis­ covered. so in order to keep the oil business going he sold "Fusel Oil" to the Indians, whiskey being against the law. As for myself, I have sailed as pumpman with all the major oil companies in America, and any company which hasn't utilized my services can truthfully say it is a minor oil company" indeed. We sailed from the shipyard on July 4th, 1936, and a proud ship was the "Gastric Typhoon," for that was her name. After a few days of fine steaming we docked at the newly-erected helium ter- Shipshape was invited to a banquet and dance ami." From that day to this, nothing at the Municipal Auditorium. That is, all the crc except me. As remained aboard to load the he­ lium. •The loading line was connect­ ed and the In­ take valves were open, so all I had to do was Boyd stand by iintil she was full. After loading for about an hour, I checked the ship's draft and she seemed to be going down scarcely at all. In fact,' the draft seemed less than what it was when we started. But I just figured she was coming in slowly and went back to my room. It must have been a few hours later when I woke up on my set­ tee and found the ship had heeled over at a 45 degree angle. Rush­ ing out on deck I heard the moor­ has been heard of the Gastric ing lines begin to part, the hose Typhoon, but each year on the coupling separating, and the ship anniversary of the tragedy a crowd gathers on the dock at West Her­ started rising In the air. People were rushing down to nia and sings a beautiful song the dock but the ship was already written in my memory, "When The 1500 feet in the air and was riding Goon Comes Over The Mountain." Then they all leave the dock in serenely out to sea on a moderate westerly wind. Two days later, we silence to attend a special show­ passed over Florida and were re­ ing of the film made to com­ ported at 10,000 feet. The people memorate the tragedy, "Goon With on the ground could do nothing. The Wind." LOG-A-RHYTHM; To Each His Own By Charles Cothran I've traveled the high road. I have sought the least resistance And traveled the low. But brother! I've always paid And I've tramped the inroads the bill. between. On both the trails and sidewalks, Now to me life is a dream. I've had some big and small talks, What's the use to plan and And there's little left that I scheme? haven't seen. I'm content to live from day to day. Now there's virtue in my bragging. There's no use to fret and pine, Though the progress wheels are Always keep a happy mind sagging Or you'll go—the prematurely way. For the pressure of my shoulder to the wheel. In each phase of this existence. Let me go back to my cave. Where there's no such word as slave. By R. W. Perry And no bill collectors t6 haunt my ev'ry dream. There with nature let me live. She has everything to give, And I won't be gypped by divers schemes. March 8, 196t ALCOA PATRIOT (AICM), NOV. Chairmin> P. Mltcholl; Saorotory, 0. H. Pox. <30 In movlo fund. No beefs reported by department delegates. •Lil V (Oeaan Cargoat), Dae. J— Chairman, Harry W. Millar; Saeratary> O. I. Oapac. Ship's delsgata reported soma disputed OT to ba taken up with patrolman. Deck delegata requesta men In his daportment to bo sura and strip their bunks before leaving ship. AU excess Unen should also be turned back. Vote of thanks to steward de­ partment for Job weU done. YAKA (Waterman), Nov. 25—Chair­ man, R. Kongalbak; Sacratary, R. Mastars. Everything running smoothly. Suggestion that each department take a turn on slilp's delegata job. SIS in ship's fund. Motion to have clause Inserted In next working agreement to have passes Issued before discharge of cargo since. In numerous ports, ono has to wait two to three hours for a pass. DEL ORG (Delta), Nov. 25—Chair­ man, Cecil Futch; Secretary, William H. Nawsom. $18 In ship's fund. No beefs reported. Vota of thanks to steward department for excellent Thanksgiving Dinner. MIDLAND (Marina Carriers), No data—Chairman, D. Barnes; Secretary, P. Triantaflllos. No beefs reported by department delegates. John Cruz was elected to serve as ship's delegate. MT. VERNON VICTORY (VIefory Carriers), Dec. 2—Chairman, W. John­ son; Secretary, Bruce Knight. Ship's delegate reported three men get­ ting off In Norfolk. No major beefs reported. Motion to write a letter to headquarters regarding the question of OT for using sanding machine, or sandpaper, to sand deck grating on wings of the bridge. Isldro D. AveclUa elected as ship's treasurer. Crew asked to read Instructions be­ fore using washing machine. TRANSCLOBR (Hudson Waterways), Nov. 22—Chairman, Anthony Palino; Secretary, Stanley U. Johnson. One man paid off ship by mutual consent and one hospitalized In France. S49 In ship's fund. Suggestion that skidproof paint should be used In outside passageway. Vote of tliaiike to stew­ ard department for good services and chow. DEL SUD (Delta), Dec. 9—Chairman, Raul Turner; Secretary, Gary J. Bry­ ant. Ship's delegate reported this Is a good trip with no beefs. S211.48 in ship's fund. Joseph McCarthy elected ship's delegate. Motion made to bring to the Union's attention the heat sit­ uation aboard this vessel. STEEL RECORDER (Isthmian), Nov. 17—Chairman, ,0. Erilngsr; Secretary, W. Davlas. G. Erlinger elected ship's delegate and J. Gallaher appointed as ship's treasurer. Small contribu­ tions requested for empty ship's fund. Steward will welcome suggestions for Improvements or additions to menu or service. No beefs by department dele­ gates. BLUR ROINT (Bull), Dec. 20—Chair­ man, Dewey Ball; Sacratary, caorga H. McFall. Ship's delegate reported crew Is leaving ship In Germany and flying home. Plane fare ,awaiting crew In Germany. Payroll will be reac^y for crew In New York upon arrival. Everything going along OK. HENRY (American Bulk), Nov. Chairman, Dongld Wagner; Sacratary. Joseph A. Stevens. Ship's delegata reported that one man missed ship In Puerto Jllco. No beefs reported by department delegates. Vota of thanks to steward department for the Job well dona. LONGVIRW VICTORY (Victory Car­ riers), D»«. 15—Chairman, Robert D. Schwarz; Sacratary, Brown Husxar, S28 In ship's fund. No beefs reported by department delegates. TRANSORIENT (Hudson Water­ ways), Dec. 5—Chairman, Daniel Rob­ inson; Sacratary, Sid Sakollc. Vance A. Reld elected ship's delegate. No beefs reported. Steward asked to put out Ice cream more' often. CITY OP ALMA (Waterman), Nov. 22—Chairman, Dexter Worrell; Sacra­ tary, C. J. Mitchell. Sloa In movie fund. Wade Harrell was elected ship's delegate. No beefs reported. Vota of thanks to steward department for a fine Thanksgiving Day Dinner. PORTMAR (Calmer), Sept. 15—Chair­ man, Cliff Babbin; Sacratary, H. E. DIddlabock. Crew asked to cooperate In cleaning recreation room after watching TV. Ship's deiegate thanked crew for Its cooperation. 833 (h ship's fund. Vote of thanks to steward de­ partment for a good job. BULK LEADER (American Bulk Car­ riers), Nov. 28—Chairman, John A. Zlarafs; Sacratary, W. K. Sutharlln. Ship's treasurer missed ship In San­ tos, Brazil, with ship's funds. Alto­ gether, three men missed ship an Santos. M. F. Kramer was elected ship's delegate. COUNCIL GROVE (Cities Service), Nov. II—Chairman, George McCurlay; sacratary, Julian Dadlcatorla. George McCurley was elected ship's delegate again. Crew requested to build up ship's fund. No beefs reported by department delegates. SEATRAIN TEXAS (Seat,sin), Nov. 18—Chairman, G. T. Chandler; Sacrintary, C. A. Collins. Ship's delegata reported no beefs. S10.02 In shlp'a fund. Discussion on steak to ba taken up with SIU Food Plan. Discus­ sion regarding men quitting ship at last minute. STEEL ADMIRAL (Isthmian), Nov. 2—Chairman, William Morris; Sacra­ tary, L. J. O'NallJ. No beefs reported by department delegates. Motion that no natives work, serve food or wash dishes at any time. Crew asked to keep pantry clean. ALCOA PLANTER (Alcoa), Nov. 25 —Chairman, C. Cola; Sacratary, Z. Y. Chlng. Ship's delegate reported there was no restriction to the ship while vessel anchored in Port of Pusan, Korea. S6.49 on hand In shlp'a fund. No beefs reported. TRANSORLEANS (Hudson Water­ ways), Dec. 21—Chairman, Pat Mur­ phy; Sacratary, Jamas Fort. Albert Rlnguette was elected ship's delegate. No beefs reported by department dele­ gates. Vote of thanks to steward de­ partment for good chow and. service. JACQUELINE SOMECK (Peninsular Navigation), Nov. 25 — Chairman, J. Thibodaaux; Sacratary, D. Sachar. One man hospitalized In Calcutta. Crew requested to leave rooms clean and to turn In keys when getting off ship. HERCULES VICTORY (Ocean Car­ goes), Nov. 30—Chairman, J. Kaavnay; Sacratary, R. RIgnar. J. Keavney was elected ship's delegate. Discussion on better variety of food. NEW ORLEANS (Saa-Land), Nov. 21 —Chairman, Louis Cartwrlght; Sac­ ratary, E. F. Armstrong. S9.00 in ship's fund. Mall service Is very poor and will ba taken up with patrolman. Waiting in Greece Now I've done a lot of thinking. As the evening sun was sinking, 'Bout this "rat race" that plagues the world today. And I've come to this conclusion. That it's just one grand illusion; But "to each his own" is what I always say. l|^. 1^'- Union Has Cable Address "I hope you realize, Sieith, what this is going to do to our safety record!" Seafarers overseas who want to get in touch with headquar­ ters in a hurry can do so by cabling the Union at its cable address, SEAFARERS NEW YORK. Use of this address as­ sures speedy transmission on all messages and faster service for the men involved. Seafarer Nicholas Bechlivanis is pretty proud of his family, two of whom—George, 2, and Maria, 9, are pictured wait­ ing at home in Greece for dad's return. The kids live with their mother, Despena, and a brother James, 6 (not shown), on the island of Palleapsara. It's easy to see here why Bechlivanis, whose last ship was the Beauregard (SeaLand), hopes to get home soon to see them all. �Much S, IMS SEAF ARERS Marshall Dram Contact travel agent Broad St., New York, your plane ticket found mate Joseph McCabe. i" 3^ 4" $1 William Brencoff Get in touch with Joyce Richards, 600 Soraparer Street, New Orleans, La. 4" if if Thomas J. Tighe Your brother, Joseph H. Tighe, wants you to contact him in New Haven. if if if if if L. Fontenot Wallace J. Beeman Contact Johnny Hines, 5935 Belcrest, or phone him at MI 9-0441, Houston, Texas, about your 1960 income tax returns. if 4" 3) Matthew D. Guidera Your sister, Mrs. Sarah Daly, asks that you contact her at 88-02 —35th Avenue, Jackson Heights 72, NY. if if if Steward Johannson Ex-SS Wang Knight Paul W. Barber, who was a ship­ mate with you on voyage No. 1 or 2 on the above vessel, in June, 1959, asks you to write him at Kulukundis (Continued from page 2) tan. However, the Maritime Admin­ istration is underwriting the cost of bringing home the ship now in Pakistan, the supertanker Titan, when it finishes unloading. The Titan is one of the three on which the Government holds the mort­ gages. In the interim, creditors are working out plans to reactivate the ships, possibly through a joint trustee arrangement under new management. The SIU picketing against the vast foreign ship holdings of the Kulukundis family interests, which numbef some 75 vessels of compa­ nies associated in three major Brit­ ish shipping groups, have caught six (different vessels in Norfolk, Tampa, New Orleans, Portland (Ore.) and Seattle. Operators of the ships have been successful in freeing only one ship through an Injunction, the Greek-flag Overseas Courier, in Norfolk. One other vessel, the Canopus, was flnked out after be­ ing picketed In Tampa, where lines were respected by the Inter­ national Longshoremen's Associa­ tion. However, the Canopus shift­ ed to Boca Grande and was loaded there by non-union dockers. In New • Orleans, where two ships were idled, one injunction was issued and lifted the follow­ ing day. A second injunction pro­ ceeding comes up for a hearing on March 11. Sro HALB DIRECTORY SIU Atlantic, Gulf Lakes & Inland Waters District PKESIDENT Paul HaU EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT Cal Tanner VICE PRESIDENTS Earl Shcpard LIndsey Willianu A1 Tanner SECRETARY-TREASURER A1 Kerr HEADQUARTERS REPRESENTATIVES Bill Hall Ed Mooney Fred Stewart BALl'lMURE .. 1210 E. Baltimore St Re* Dickey. Aeent EAatern 7-4900 BOSTON 276 State St John Fay, Agent Richmond 2-0140 DETROIT 10225 W. Jefferson Ave. VInewood 3-4741 HEADQUARTERS .. 673 4th Ave.. Bklyn HYacintb 0-6600 HOUSTON 5804 Canal St. Paul Drozak, Agent WAlnut 8-3207 JACKSONVILLE 2608 Pearl St., SE., Ja* William Morris. Agent ELgln 3-0987 MIAMI 744 W. Ftaglei 8L Ben Cnnzales, Agent FRanklin 7-3564 MOBILE ] South Lawrence St. Louis Neira Agent HEmlock 2-1754 NEW ORLEANS 630 Jackson Ave. Buck Stephens. Agent Tel 529-7546 675 4th Ave.. Brooklyn HYaclnth 9-6600 NORFOLK 416 Colley Ave. Gordon Spencer. Acting Agent 625-6505 PHILADELPHIA 2604 S. 4tb St. Frank Drozak. Agent DEwey 6-3818 SAN FRANCISCO 450 Harrison St. Frank Boyne. Agent DOuglas 2-4401 E B. McAuley, west Coast Rep. SANTURCE. PR 1313 Femander Juncos, Stop 20 Keith Terpe. Hq. Rep. Phone 723-0003 SEATTLE 2505 1st Ave Ted Babkowski. Agent MAin 3-4334 TAMPA 312 Harrison St. Jeff GiUette. Agent 229-2788 WILMINGTON. CaUf 505 N. Marine Ave George McCartney. Agent TErmlnal 4-2528 pany, 80 John St., New York 38, NY, about an Insurance policy pay­ ment for which you are the bene­ ficiary. if if if John Ware Your mother asks you to contact her as soon as possible by phone or letter in New Orleans. , FIRAMCIAL REPORTS, Th* conatitutlon of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and In­ land Waters District nakes specific provision for safeguarding the Deobership's Boney and Union finances. The constitution requires a detailed CPA audit every three Bonths by a rank and file auditing committee elected by the nenbership. . All Onion records are available at SIU headquarters in Brooklyn, should any BOBber, for any reason, be refused his constitutional right to in­ spect these records, notify SIU President Paul Hall by certified mail, return receipt requested. I if W. Feibel Write me as soon as you can. Jack B. iifm I Ji TRUST FONBS. All trust funds of the SIU Atlantic, Gulf, Lakes and Inland Waters District are administered in accordance with the proviaionc of various trust fund agreements. All these agreements specify that the trustees in charge of these funds shall consist equally of union and management represent­ atives and their alternates. All expenditures and disbursements of trust funds are made only upon approval by a majority of the trustees. All trust fund financial records are available at the headquarters of the various trust ftmds. If, at any time, you are denied information about any SIU trust fund, notify SIU President Paul Hall at SIU headquarters by certified mail, return receipt requested. SHIEPIHG RIGHTS. Your shipping rights and seniority are protected exclus­ ively by the contracts between the lihlon and the shipowners. Get to know your shipping rights. Copies of these contracts are posted and available In all.Union halls. If you feel there has been any violation of your ship­ ping or seniority rights as contained In the contracts between the Union and the shipowners, first notify the Seafarers Appeals Board by certified mall, return receipt requested. ®ie proper address for this Is: Max Harrison, Chairman, Seafarers Appeals Board 17 Battery Place, Suite I63O, New York k, NY Also notify SIU President Paul Hall at Union headquarters by certified mall, return receipt requested. Full copies of contracts as referred to are available to you at all times, either by writing directly to the Union or to the Seafarers Appeals Board. K;i CONTRAITrs, Copies of all SIU contracts are available in all SIU halls. These contracts specify the wages and conditions under which you work and live aboard • ship. Know your contract rights, as well as your obligations, such as filing for or on the proper sheets and in the proper manner. If, at any time, any SIU patrolman or other Union official, in your opinion, fails to protect your contract rights properly, .contact the nearest SIU port agent. In addition, notify SIU President Paul Hall by certified mail, return receipt requested. • mi EDITORIAL POLICY—SE.IF.ARERS LOG. The LOG has traditionally^refrained from publishing any article serving the political purposes of any individual in the Union, officer or member. It has also refrained from publishing articles deem­ ed harmful to the Union or its .collective membership. This established policy has been reaffirmed by membership action.at the September, 1960 meetings in all constitutional ports. The responsibility for LOG policy is vested in an edi­ torial board which consists of the Executive Board of the Union. The Exec­ utive Board may delegate, from among its ranks, one individual to carry out this responsibility. Hi Siiiii NEW YORK Schedule Of SIU Meetings SIU membership meetings are held regularly once a month on days indicated by the SIU Constitution, at 2:30 PM in the listed SIU ports below. All Seafarers are expected to attend. Those who wish to be excused should request permission by telegram (be sure to include registration number). The next SIU meetings will be: Dietrolt March 8 New Orleans March 12 Houston March 11 Mobile March 13 * Pake Fift«ka Box 100, Fort Worth, Texas., re­ Fraaels ClawMm garding two suitcases lost by the Get in touch with your niece, company. Mrs. Virginia MarshaU, 2710 Old North Point Road, Baltimore 4 t t 22, Md. George Curry Ramon Mutillo if if You are asked to call Mrs. at 80 Your wife asks you to contact Thompson in Atlantic City, NJ, at Thomas E. Delaney NY, for her at 6006 Walbridge St., Or­ 348-9201 regarding an important Contact Charles Coakley, ad­ by ship­ lando, Fla. message. juster, Travelers Insurance Com­ Orville A. Jetton Contact your mother as soon as possible. She is anxious to hear from you. if t> X Frederick E. Patterson Contact R. Lee Feagin, 002 Tampa Street, Tampa, Fla. $1 LOG PAYMBwr OF MOHIES. No moniea'ara to be paid to anyone in any official capacity in the SIU unless an official Union receipt is given for same. Under no cir­ cumstance should any member pay any money for any reason unless he is given such receipt. If in the event' anyone attempts to require any such payment be made without supplying a receipt, or if a member is required to make a payment and i£ given an official receipt, but feels that he should not have been re­ quired to make such payment, thia ahould ImBediately be called to the altention of SIU President Paul Hall by certified mail, return receipt requested. liiiiii iiil CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS AND OBIJOATION3. The SIU publishes every six months in the SEAFARERS LOG a verbatim copy of its constitution. In addition, copies are available in all Union halls. All members should obtain copies of this constitution so as to familiariu themselves with its contents. Any time you feel any member or officer is attempting to deprive you of any constitutional right or obligation by any methods such as dealing with charges, trials,' etc., as well as all other details, then the member.so affected' should immediately notify SIU President Paul Hall by certified mail, return receipt requested, RETIRED SEAFARERS. Old-time SIU members drawing disability-pension bene­ fits have always been encouraged to continue their union activities, in­ cluding attendance at membership meetings.. And like all other SIU members at these Union meetings, they are encouraged to take an active role in all rank-and-file functions, including service on rank-and-file committees. Bscause these oldtimers cannot take shipboard employment, the membership has reaffirmed the long-standing Union policy of allowing them to retain their good standing through the waiving of their dues. West Coast SIU Meetings SIU headquarters has issued an advance schedule through June, 1963, for the monthly informational meetings to be held in West Coast ports for the benefit of Seafarers shipping from Wilmington, San Francisco and Seattle, or who are due to return from the Far East. All Seafarers are expected to attend these meetings, in ac­ cord with an Executive Board resolution adopted in December, 1961. Meetings in Wilmington are on Monday, San Francisco on Wednesday and Seattle on Friday, starting at 2 PM local time. The schedule is as follows: Wilmington San Francisco March 18 March 20 April 22 April 24 ' May 20 May 22 June 17 June 19 Seattle March 22 April 26 May 24 June 21 EQUAL RIGHTS. All Seafarers are guaranteed equal rights in employment and as members of the SIU. These rights are clearly set forth In the SIU constitution and in the contracts which the union has negotiated with the employers. Consequently, no Seafarer may be discriminated against because of race, creed, color, national or geographic origin. If any member feels that he is denied the equal rights to wlilch he is entitled, he should notify SIU President Paul Hall at headquartera by certified mall, return receipt requested. ' - ^ tjisis- �..eijeTpaaa^ai "T^TT" SEAJPAl^S LOG OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE SEAFARERS INTERNATIONAL UNION e ATLANTIC, GULF, LAKES AND INLAND WATERS DISTRICT e AFL-CIO l-l.- SS YORKMAR Baltimore - Philadelphia Shuttle Run Fays Off Payoff time finds 2nd coolc John Pcnnell leading off on the money line as he signs off voyage articles. Most of the Yorkmar crew signed on again, praising "excellent food" and good conditions. Chowing down as lunch is served on the Yorkmar, engine department trio in the person of Jim Beome, Juan Torres and Tyiee Hotis (l-r) enjoys tasty meal after payoff proceedings. Oiler John Buckley mounts engineroom steps heading up to messhall after completing watch. He looks ready to claim record for fastest trek from engineroom to chowhall. Framed in doorway to workshop, Bennle F. Greshom of deck gang shows off drill press he constructed during spare time aboard ship. Gresham built press without mechanical tools. Posing for cameraman are ship's delegate D. Calogeros (left) and engine delegate Jim Beame. Photo was snapped just after they paid off, which explains the broad smiles. Dues records are checked out for Antonio Alcain, 3rd cook, and Melvin Lake, messman, by SlU patrolman Leon Hall. Crew reported a smooth trip to Union rep­ resentatives who handled payoff and minor beefs. Wipers Tom Bohr (left) and Juan Torres picked up some cleaning gear after ship docked in Philadel­ phia and gave engineroom a good scrubdown dur­ ing stopover in port. SlU trio in deck department was all bundled up for the cold weather encountered during stay in port. Men pictured (l-r) are Jimmy Slavin, bosun; Paige Toomey, OS, and Tom Kelsey, AB. But they didn't stay in one place too long and started heading back to warm foc'sles and chowhall as soon as the picture-fj^dng was ended. . -i � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Seafarers Log Issues 1960-1969 Description An account of the resource Volumes XXII-XXXI of the Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource March 8, 1963 Description An account of the resource Headlines: SIU, MTD READY ATTACK ON ANTI-STRIKE MEASURE NEW TALKS SEEK REVIVAL OF KULUKUNDIS SIU FLEET N’ORLEANS LABOR SUPPORT SCORES IN PRIMARY RACES US AGENCY EMBARGO SET ON 26 CUBA TRADE SHIPS CANADA SIU MAPS JOB APPEALS PANEL SUP BACKS SHELLEY FOR SF MAYOR NIX SUBSIDIZED LINE IN PUERTO RICO RUN TRANSPORT AGENCIES SIFT JOINT INDUSTRY PROBLEMS HEAVY SEAS, WINTER TAKE THEIR TOLL 100% VOTE SPURS SIU PHILA. PACT AFL-CIO CITES ORGANIZING GROWTH NORWAY EYES MANNING CUTS VIA JOINT DECK-ENGINE GANG STEEL CO’S OFFER DEAL AS HEDGE AGAINST STRIKE SS YORKMAR BALTIMORE – PHILADELPHIA SHUTTLE RUN PAYS OFF Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Seafarers Log Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Paul Hall Maritime Library Microfilm 1939-1993 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Seafarers International Union of North America Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 03/08/1963 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Newsprint Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Vol. XXV, No. 5 1963 Periodicals Seafarers Log